DWIII - 2d - System404 - Ragna Røkkr

#1

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Design 2.

Weapon sketches

#2

CGTalk seemed to have so many totally must-win contenders last year during concept stage and yours was definately one that had me convinced :), hope you have a blooded tooth from last year! :slight_smile: looking forward to seeing your work of this years! :)/

#3

You’re going to hurt a lot of people, Sys.
And I’m not even going to mention your kill count.

Looking forward to your first concepts.

#4

Yup its should be fun bulldozing all those pawns out of the way…

#5

Thanks for the kind words guys! TO WAR!!!
I want to keep in line with my Dominance War 2 entry so I’m sticking to the Norse mythology. I really want to push this one as far as character.

Character brief:
[b] Ragna Røkkr

   [/b]After the failed attempt of the Valkiries in the last war the gods watched as the universe plundered into darkness. In the coming years they saw how the mechanical threat gave way to a more menacing danger. This new danger came as more species ditched their technological crutches in favor of the god's own weapon of choice, magic.
   Fearing that their place in the universe is being challanged, the gods try for one desperate attack, The release of the [b]Ragna [/b][b]Røkkr[/b]. Surely a beast meant for total destruction can wipe the universe clean, right?

Character type:
Class:
Warlord

   [b]Artifact weapon:[/b]
           Fire/lava

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#6

ok this is the first attempt.
I wanted to sorta mix in the mayor characters in Norse myth, especially Fenrir and Surtr. This is the most obvious choice so I’m really not happy with this. At least now I can proceed more creatively since this is out of my system.

Here’s a mix of other sketches after the last one.I still am not clear on the direction, I want something very massive and powerful. Once i’ve settled on the body type I’ll move on to armor and details.
Critiques and commetns welcomed.

#7

I really like the norse myth idea you could always make him extremly powerful looking.

#8

Good shapes in your sketches…I like the 2 in the bottom right corner. Very powerful and intimidating. I am suprised so many are going with the fire magic. After the Balrog (LOTR) I’m scared to create anything that has to do with fire. “How could I ever top that?” But i’m looking forward to what you can come up with. I’m rootin’ for ya.

#9

Wow :smiley: I love your sketches! Top 6 catches my eye, with the crossed reversed mandibles! Awesome! I feel like Bottom 4, the horned dragon with the mace, is also very nice.

#10

I agree, but I also like the evil, taunting expression of the devil creature in the middle bottom row. Make it brute like, but intelligent in a devilish kind of way.

#11

Very cool man, glad to see you in it this year as well :slight_smile: Loving the concepts so far.

cheers,
Gav

#12

ah, I first read Nurse and was all like “woah! cool!” x¨D
great sketching! didn’t see one that really hit the spot for me character-wise though… hope for more! :slight_smile:

#13

I go with the norse character too.

#14

Wow! You’re on fire!

I think I still prefer the first one tho. Anyway, I’ll keep looking here once in a while… it looks promising!

#15

great ideas here… i really like your thumbnails!!!

my DWIII

#16

Great sketches, Best of luck to you!

#17

Your monster concepts have great gesture! I’m liking the one in the lower left with the skinny legs, the one with the big horns next to him, the long neck dinosaur one with the mace, and the chicken-leg one in the center. Can’t wait to see more.
-I.

#18

I’ll be fleshing out some of the sketches in the coming days, for now here’s a quick concept.
I decided for the artifact weapon to have a giant mace that lava spews out of. As for the overall design I really want to integrate some animal design to tie it more to the norse myth. In the Ragnarok myth they have a giant wolf, serpents,hounds,etc. and I really want to make it as if this creature is based more on nature/beasts vs human/gods.

#19

I vote 1 but cut off the manticore things and give him a mane of magma… :slight_smile: Balrog all the way :slight_smile:

#20

Looking good! I’ll be keeping an eye out!