Just booking my seat. Don't no one steal it while I'm away.
Cheers for the comments and thanks to Malus for fixing the link.
A few things I want to work on:
- Some ornamentation on the axe design.
- Not 100% sure about the hooves (kinda generic) but they suit the lumbering nature of the demon.
- Unsure whether the face will be 'living armour' or simply coming out of his chest.
- Might change human loin cloth to become the jaw section of the living armour.
I haven't got a name for it yet, but it feeds off fear and pain converting it into energy to make it stronger. The story is behind the face mask is that his voice can enemies to instantly obey him, until a deaf warrior weakened him and trapped him with the muzzle he currently wears. The favour was returned and now that warrior is decoration for the demon and can never die, acting as a source of food for it
RE: Brutish weapons - probably because it's difficult to show magic effects or the ability to summon other minions in a pic?
Kezza: You can choose from a wide selection of weapons and mauling instruments at "WeaponsofMassDestruction.com" or Imps 'R' Us.
Here is my reworking of the original concept. My first one wasn't ambitious enough, but now this one is probably too ambitious. Don't ask me how I'm gonna get around texturing it (unless I go for a stony texture or obsidian texture).
It's inspired by Native American Indian totem poles. As it stands (no pun intended), this is a stationary demoness. Probably only the top will be rigged.
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/sprofilepic.asp?pic=36_Totem_Concept.jpg&news=4… [/img]
This probably won't work, but I dont know what I'm doing wrong with the image links.
Unfortunately, the scan was a little grainy - does anyone know if it can be done in portrait? ie - 600 X 800, it looks better that way.
quote:Originally posted by JonathanKerr
Here is my reworking of the original concept. My first one wasn't ambitious enough, but now this one is probably too ambitious. Don't ask me how I'm gonna get around texturing it (unless I go for a stony texture or obsidian texture).It's inspired by Native American Indian totem poles. As it stands (no pun intended), this is a stationary demoness. Probably only the top will be rigged.
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/sprofilepic.asp?pic=36_Totem_Concept.jpg&news=4… [/img]
This probably won't work, but I dont know what I'm doing wrong with the image links. Malus? Souri? Anybodyyyyyyyyyy?
Unfortunately, the scan was a little grainy - does anyone know if it can be done in portrait? ie - 600 X 800, it looks better that way.
Your concept picture is up at:
http://www.sumea.com.au/sprofilepic.asp?pic=36_Totem_Concept.jpg&news=4…
Put your mouse over your picture, right mouse click, choose properties, and it'll give the exact location of the image.. which is http://www.sumea.com.au/simages2/36_Totem_ConceptL.jpg
and just wrap that with the image tags...
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/simages2/36_Totem_ConceptL.jpg[/img]
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Hey you named one after me [:P]
I wondered if that was the rationale behind your name. Maybe I should name it 'Avarice'. Tee hee. I'm a bit annoyed at the scanning, I must have selected the wrong res because the shading on the original (no substitute for) is quite subtle.
I was running late for work, so I posted in a hurry. Thanks for fixing the link. This Totem-Demon stands in the middle of generic demon city X. All demons in the realm worship it when they step into the circle which houses it. Think of it as a living monument, an all seeing, omniscient presence, overlord of all. Those who do not show the respect are punished.
From a games perspective, it's intended to be a final boss type thing. Although it can't move (every boss needs a weakness), it can summon up standard minions and has heavy magical attacks. After all, if you're an overlord, why do what another can? Also, each head has a different weakness and strength so casting a generic water spell might weaken one head, but strengthen another.
Specs wise. 3 of the 4 elements are perfectly symmetrical, so I may save valuable texture space that way. Modelling wise, like most totem poles, the detail is on the front. I've given it thought, and I think it's gonna be difficult but it's supposed to be a challenge I guess.
Any suggestions for textures? Should I have each face looking different or go for a consistent texture (darkened wood, steel, marble etc) on all of them?
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/sprofilepic.asp?pic=36_Demon_Concept.jpg&news=4…]
This is the sketch of the direction I'm going. I'm still tempted to do a second concept that's less traditional, but I often do a lot of Japanese inspired stuff (not manga) so to do a traditional Western demon is sort of a new area for me. Still going to work details of the axe and will put pulsating veins in the wolf-face in the centre chest.
Link not working - I'm in a hurry to get to work so will fix later. It's on the front page anyway.
The original sketch is 2B on A2 sized paper - when you see it large, it's quite effective -- you can see the scan line where I had to join two separate images together (the image wouldn't fit in the scanner). From start to finish it took a little over 3 hours -- a hour before work last night and 2 hours and approx 20 mins this arvo.