Darkonerster
03-17-2011, 07:43 PM
Hi everyone,
here are some first concepts for my character idea of a reptilian god of war. The main foundation stones for this design originate from cgsociety's logo and a mixture between horse (legs), dinosaur and cobra anatomy. The bottom picture is the one with four character variations I am deciding between. 4-6 are identical apart from a slightly varied back armour decoration. Please let me know what you think of them and wherever I should continue polishing the design or take it in a different route.
Reptilian God of War background [extract from Tal'Sheran's Book of Lore]:
Fierce and reckless, this god has made an infamous reputation for himself by both men and god alike for his habits. The legend holds that in one of his battles he lost his bottom jaw to a fine warrior superior to him in swordsmanship. In the sight of his approaching death, he decided to cast away his honor and dignity in order to survive and leapt at his unsuspecting victim. His sharp front teeth sank into the champion's neck and soon enough a dry corpse was left behind. Ever since the victorious survival, his bloodthirstiness drove him into many battles to feast upon the fallen and drink blood in order to sustain his life. The historians call him Praeliodracor because his true name is unknown. Lore also describes how this reptile's hunger forced him to beg his own kin's gods for an endless supply of blood. However their denial ended with their deaths after a century-long battle and upon feasting on their essence, the reptile transcended into a god himself. He wasn't heared of ever since for milleaniums. Wherever this is based on facts or rumours, nobody knows. But it is assumed that belittling his given name brings his wrath upon the unaware victim. Many people use his name as a curse, nonetheless others use it more frequently during their jokes, such as P... [the word trails off into a scribble; fellow historians noted that they found their fellow monk's corpse completely dry with two large holes in the neck]
Concept 1
http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/076/f/8/dw5___concept_art_wip_by_darkonerster-d3bucvq.jpg
Concept 2
http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/076/b/a/dw5___concept_art_wip_2_by_darkonerster-d3bud0p.jpg
Concept 3
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/079/7/5/dw5___concept_art_wip_3_by_darkonerster-d3c3vz5.jpg
here are some first concepts for my character idea of a reptilian god of war. The main foundation stones for this design originate from cgsociety's logo and a mixture between horse (legs), dinosaur and cobra anatomy. The bottom picture is the one with four character variations I am deciding between. 4-6 are identical apart from a slightly varied back armour decoration. Please let me know what you think of them and wherever I should continue polishing the design or take it in a different route.
Reptilian God of War background [extract from Tal'Sheran's Book of Lore]:
Fierce and reckless, this god has made an infamous reputation for himself by both men and god alike for his habits. The legend holds that in one of his battles he lost his bottom jaw to a fine warrior superior to him in swordsmanship. In the sight of his approaching death, he decided to cast away his honor and dignity in order to survive and leapt at his unsuspecting victim. His sharp front teeth sank into the champion's neck and soon enough a dry corpse was left behind. Ever since the victorious survival, his bloodthirstiness drove him into many battles to feast upon the fallen and drink blood in order to sustain his life. The historians call him Praeliodracor because his true name is unknown. Lore also describes how this reptile's hunger forced him to beg his own kin's gods for an endless supply of blood. However their denial ended with their deaths after a century-long battle and upon feasting on their essence, the reptile transcended into a god himself. He wasn't heared of ever since for milleaniums. Wherever this is based on facts or rumours, nobody knows. But it is assumed that belittling his given name brings his wrath upon the unaware victim. Many people use his name as a curse, nonetheless others use it more frequently during their jokes, such as P... [the word trails off into a scribble; fellow historians noted that they found their fellow monk's corpse completely dry with two large holes in the neck]
Concept 1
http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/076/f/8/dw5___concept_art_wip_by_darkonerster-d3bucvq.jpg
Concept 2
http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/076/b/a/dw5___concept_art_wip_2_by_darkonerster-d3bud0p.jpg
Concept 3
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/079/7/5/dw5___concept_art_wip_3_by_darkonerster-d3c3vz5.jpg