DWIII-2D-Edric-Andromalius


#1

FINALS ARE AT THE LAST PAGE!!!

Hi guys, this is my first DWIII post here, and my first time joining an online competition, so i might not be doing a lot of things right, thus do not hestitate to give me any suggestion to “post” better(im a tech idiot…) and draw better :scream: !!

Anyway, i’ve given some thought to my character, Andromalius. Since we’ll be kicking other forums’ ass, i wanna make him as bad as possible, without looking ridiculous. He’s an Incubi, with an invoker class, a shape-shifting massive gauntlet as his artifact weapon and imbued with the Darkness element.

Firstly, why incubi? Because humans are too boringgg, and perhaps doesnt live as long and have the same wicked mind:twisted:, of course Incubi also means i have more options to customise all his body features to make it more unique. Then, he has to be an Invoker, to kick as many ass as possible he cant be standing on one side healing others nor shld he be sneaking around while others are enjoying the kill, as for warlord i feel its skill sets might be a bit limiting, after all who doesnt want to teleport in, blast some darkness to other armies, tear some silver creatures, claim e the loot and teleport out?:smiley: Lastly, i really couldnt think of any weapon that could really kick everyone’s ass, i saw people using swords and spears, these weapons have their pros and cons and they are too common, i mean c’mon how many of us have sword immediately pop out in our mind as the artefact weapon? So i thought, why not have a weapon that could morph into whatever weapon that’s most suitable for the situation? So there you go, a shape shifting massive gauntlet that could morph into a bow unleashing volleys of sword shaped arrows, or into a comfortable mattress after a long day battle…:slight_smile: so anyway, here’s the first draft!

I think the 2nd one from the top row is the best, armor makes the whole body dark color, without it there’s more contrast. I decided that he should have a “spell blasting” snake on his back, it makes his otherwise normal silhoutte look menacing and easily identifiable. The wings looks cool but again too common, this guy can teleport using spells, so he doesnt need to fly. I like the police concept, but feels that it tones down the raw “badass” feeling, after all Adromalius doesnt care about justice, he only cares about bringing “that” ancient weapon to CGsociety. Now that I have the main frame out, I will go on and do some detailing for the characters, updating soon!!!:thumbsup:


#2

Great concepts!

I personally like the 1st on the bottom row… If I were to cross paths with this character I wouldn’t even know how to avoid his attack… I know it may sound strange but that is how I feel when I look at this concept…

My favorite is the 1st on the top row… He feels the most balanced to me… I would think about having wings on both sides… He gets lost bc there is too much going on… I’m more interested in seeing his arm bc that is one wacky design… Love it!

Keep pumping those concepts out… Can’t wait to see more! Thanks for sharing…


#3

This time i try to lay the details more specifically in the sketch.

Upper Body-I gave him numerous strange looking tattoos on his body, as it resembles the spells and charms and protections he has with him. I gave him minimal armor, only around hus ribcage and collarbones. CGsociety logo will be displayed prominently on his belt, as well as a hanging keychain(yeah its the old logo, i havent changed it yet). The tattoos are not finalised yet too.

Arms-His left arm will be normal, so that his artefact weapon will be more prominent. After he needs his left arm is used to cast other spells and do everyday job like digging nose and scratching head…the weapon is too dangerous for that! The design for the weapon is a bit difficult, since it shapeshift i wanted a more organic approach, yet at the same time I need to make it sturdy enough to rip through armor and block attacks, thus I gave him slight “armor plating” designs on the palm and the lower arm, but for the upper part I tried to convey a monster spitting out some organic substances. There are also parts of the weapon where it looks as if it melded together to add to the organic feel. Overall, it still doesnt look dangerous enough, I like the monster spitting concept, but im still not satisfied with the (upper) palm…(have you ever thought what the lower looks like?:twisted: ) gonna refine it further…

Lower Body- Nothing much here, I dont want to make him look ridiculously armored here and there(that’s for warlord), the upper body already has some unique features as well as the hands, so here I want to retain some common features thats recogniseable to all of us. I like the chain on the belt where he has all these little miscellaneous things like scrolls, keychain, pouch and vodoo dolls, it gives hime more character as opposed to some “no-brainer-killing-machine”. As for the robe I decided to put even more bigger charm designs on it, to really “push” the spellcaster image. At first I thought of putting some tapestry or tattoos, but it doesnt make any sense and serves no purposes, Andromalius doesnt worship any god, he serves CGsociety!:thumbsup:

Notice that all the tattoos, armor and himself has 3 eyes? It represents him, the darkness thats ever watching…

I have thought of the design for the snakes on his back, but alas the size of A4 paper doesnt allow me to draw them:shrug: , I’ll probably include them in the color draft later on, next on my update will be the background story for this character, I’ll promise its gonna be gripping!!


#4

Id say number three, and make his wings and gauntlets connected ovver the shoilder, so its like the wings are driving the gauntlets and visa versa. A bit of Biomechanics.


#5

haha dont hate me, but i think you should just stay all digital, your concepts have so much more life and fun to look at. the detailed drawing seems hallow and lifeless :frowning:

i think the bottom left concept is wicked awesome, and id just develop that digitaly so you keep the spirit and flow to it.


#6

haha, no hate flork, its just that sometimes i find it easier to draw out details using pencils, especially on designs that require no volume like tattoos for example, after all my strokes are much more accurate with them. And hey, in the end its going to be digital too.

Im coming with more updates soon on the design, and the background story too, its just that this week has been abit bsy, hehehe. All the best everyone!


#7

Hey im back! I know ive promised to post the background story and more concepts, and here they are! Previously ive said that im not satisfied with the gauntlet, the…(i dont know what it is called…skirt?) fabric on his lower body and the tattoo. I have not designed the serpent behind his back too, so without further ado here they are!:slight_smile:

I like snake no 2(counting from the top) but its too fantasy-like for me, finally I settled with no 3 but change its eye to no 4 design, because i dont want it to have the same eye as the gauntlet. As for the fabric, I have leaves design in between the belt and the fabric(i know it doesnt look like leaves haha but pls imagine it so). At first i wanted to put tapestry design on it, but its too much detail from the character and its practically useless, so Ive decided to put scriptures design to indicate scroll-like incantation all over his body.

As for the gauntlet i redesign it to be more creature-like,the previous one is too plain and robotic i feel, the current claw design also has more consistency to the upper arm, both of the show things coming out of multiple mouths.The armor plating is also more interesting now, with multiple layers overlapping each other. Anyway hope you guys love it, next im going to post the full body design again to see how it fits together.:thumbsup:


#8

Psst, just a question, could any kind soul here teach how to look for my own post? I try to figure out but to no avail, in the end i always use the keyword search by typing “andromalius” to get here, while its not bad, i dont see it as a viable option to remember all the keywords when you have a lot of post at alot of places. So someone please help this newbie here. Thanks:D


#9

Here’s the background story i’ve created, i’ll insert WIP in between these stories, just in case you get bored with the story…my english isn’t good so please bear with me if you saw some mistakes, but i do really hope you read it, I spent a long time doing this, thanks.

Andromalius-[i]The Seventy-second Spirit in Order is named Andromalius. He is an Earl, Great and Mighty, appearing in the Form of a Man holding a Great Serpent in his Hand. His Office is to bring back both a Thief, and the Goods which be stolen; and to discover all Wickedness, and Underhand Dealing; and to punish all Thieves and other Wicked People and also to discover Treasures that be Hid. He ruleth over 36 Legions of Spirits.

[/i] Half a millenium ago, during a slighty more peaceful moment in the Cgsociety history, The Council leaders decided to further expand their military base to prepare themselves for the uncertain future. They went to the uncharted lands in the North, where the violent storms and tundras were born everyday. They thought it would make a good spot, despite the unforgiving weather conditions, it would also provide them a natural continuous defense against any invaders. And as they reach deeper inland, they come across the most unexpected thing. A young incubi child, sitting alone in the midst of the storms, yet unharmed in the slightest. Curious, they moved closer to inspect him.

         And they saw that his 3 eyes was perfect obsidian black, gentle and innocent, yet also cruel and devoid of pity. His ears are pointed and his skin was was white as porcelain, glowing with magical aura, yet there is something incredibly eerie about it.He has two human arm, but the other equipped with a delicate and deadly claws, slithering like a parasite that clings to the host, grasping on a dead serpent. As young and harmless as he was, there is something profoundly sinister to him. They do not understand how but they knew that this mysterious child would be their perfect ally, or their greatest nemesis, and so they took the risk and adopted him. "Andromalius" he cried.

         Over the years, he has constantly surprised his mentors. His mastery of arcane spells is awesome and terrible to behold, for how can one manipulate the ethers of magic so effortlessly within such a period of time is incomprehensible. But of all the different elements of magic, Andromalius true mastery is the Darkness element, the most frightening element. With the aid of the gauntlet, Bazaroth, he achieved superior control over darkness that is unsurpassed by anyone before him and unlikely anyone later. With no more than a whim, his Dark magic will engulf, smother and deconstruct any physical things before him and all ethereal beings will dissipate into nothingness, even magic barrier will be dissolved into the void. Thus, there no armor or magic barrier that he could not penetrate. The only offside to this is that it drains his stamina rapidly should he uses it frequently, and that's where his artefact weapon truly shines.

         The gauntlet is not just a magic weapon, it is also one malevolent living being. At the wielder's command, it morphs into a terrifying shape that suit's the combat situation, shaping itself into an armor harder than diamond to protect the wielder and into a deadly array of scythes ripping apart armor and flesh as if they were papers, pulsating vigourously as it does so. And as it scrapes through the armor and flesh, it leeches the victim's soul, ensuring their death and in return replenishing his own vitality and stamina.The shape shifting nature of the weapon means it could shape itself into the tiniest needle and twist and coil into the opening of any armor and strike the lethal blow. Fortunately for victims, the gauntlet is a close combat weapon, with a reach of 12 metre radius, but surely that is already too dangerous.

          Surely, someone with such terrible power will evoke fear even to the bravest of Leaders. Worried that he might betray and destroy the Cgsociety, the council has secretly sent him to numerous impossible mission that were considered suicidal, without revealing much information to him. Only to return alive and well with mission accomplished, because as evil and destructive as he might seem, Andromalius knows his benefactor, and that's where his loyalty ever lies.

          Pleased with his outstanding performance and loyalty, the council reward him by inscribing a forbidden rune on his back, to grant him elemental protection. But to everyone's horror, the spell backfired. Andromalius was blasted a few metres away and began wriggling in the floor with agony. Everyone raises their weapon and prepared their spells, anticipating the worst as they watch him undergoing a strange transformation. Andromalius began to kneel on the floor, with both hands on the ground exposing his bare back. His skin began to bulge and started to tear, in an instance, 8 snake-like being began to emerge from his back. One of the council couldnt wait for the transformation to complete, he hurled a lightning bolt towards the snakes, immediately one of it counter blast it with a spell of the opposing element and rendered the the bolt null. As the snake was about to follow up with another blast, Andromalius raises his hand to halt it, he whisper with a cold silvery voice, "no one hurt shall hurt CGsociety".

           Slowly he stood up, and strange looking runes began to appear everywhere on his body. He began to pace towards an open field while inspecting the emerging runes. As his footsteps stopped, the 8 slithering snakes began to rose up higher, and within a split second, each of them furiously unleashes spells of different elements into the open air. Whether this is the result of the rune or something inside him as awaken none would ever know. The council looked in awe and disbelief, yet terrfied at the same time, it took little intelligence to realise that this frightening combination of powers must make Andromalius the most dangerous Invoker of all time. There was a moment of silence, before Andromalius suddenly teleports back near the council Leaders. He looked at them for a moment, then he knelt before them and said, "I am complete". From that day onwards, nobody ever questions his loyalty.

           For the past century, intergalactic war has been raging between 9 planets, but the Cgsociety Leaders have never sent him out to war, instead he was tasked to guard the grand fortress of Cgsociety, and leave the wars to the machines and other soldiers. But with the occurence of the current 3rd Dominance War, the leaders decided that they could not afford to lose this war, with everyone deprived of war machines, they cannot spare reserving any warriors, having the secret of technology will assure their victory among all. This time they need to dispatch their most powerful units to achieve this, and who better than Andromalius in accomplishing such impossible task? After he is the most capable "to punish all Thieves and other Wicked People and also to discover Treasures that be Hid".(see quote)

             Just before Andromalius depart to infiltrate the wormholes, a dozen of unknown warriors arrived near the entrance of the fortress. To be able to bypass the sentries and guards to arrive so far, they must have been formidable opponents. But just as they were to take another step, they stopped immediately upon the seeing the appearance of Andromalius and their breath halted as the embodiment of death finally emerge. His presence caused the air to hum with sinister energy that would humble even the vilest demon.

             Many of the mortal opponents immediately gave up their fight before even the battle begun, for looking upon his eyes is to see the vision of their death within the depthless abyss. There are a few, if any, managed to resist the dreaded vision and continue to stand in resilience. But it is within the instance of his movement, that any sign of survival is shattered. For his movements possesed a sinuous grace, married with an impossible precision that filled his enemy a mixture of awe and horror. In one swift execution, the warriors were sliced apart, and their souls empowers his malevolent energy. The leaders saw the entire scene and smirked.

If they had any doubt that he would win the war, they faded at that moment.

“We’ve won the war”


#10

Well, i see that there’s very few comments T_T…hics, but never mind i shall continue posting:thumbsup:. Hmm, so far I like the overall design, but there’s something i still wanna change(arrgh there’s no timeee!). I realise I forgot to include the miscellaneous accesories on his belt (see pencil sketch) but im not to sure whether i should include it or not. I’ve also added some accesories on his left hand cos its becoming too plain when compared with the gauntlet, but ive not considered the design yet. I’ve also realised that the whole design is HUGE, now im wondering how can i squeeze all that thing with the snakes into a 1000X1000 file…? For your info, this is not the final pose(well it will be if i cant make it on timeT_T…). Here’s a close up for you guys:D

I realise i hate drawing the snakes, they have so many mouths! It is tiring! I hope people can give some suggestion on whether there’s anything more to add, I cant guarantee i’ll make the changes though, i still havent choose some color theme… And anyway I forgot to say thank you very much for anyone who read finish the story whether you like it or not, I really truly appreciate it:). I hope i can make it in time to produce the final details for him and draw the “final OMG super duper cool pose”, and all the best too, for the rest of you:thumbsup: (oh yah, before i forgot, can any kind soul also teach me how to change the thumbnail in the Dominance War homepage?? Is there anywhere where all this instructions are placed? thanks a million!)


#11

A quick work in the middle of the night:rolleyes:, I decided i to add the accesories around the belt, i really like it, it gives hime more character, like what’s up with the cgsociety talisman? what is the written in the scrolls? a voodoo doll?? :twisted: Ive also decided just to give him a simple bangle on his left arm, because of its size details will not be visible at all, i’ll probably play with contrasting colors to make it interesting.


#12

The face also receive some new changes, i found the old ones too mild, so i decided to give him some scary veins which gives him a more feral appearance!!:surprised Ive also decided to give him a mark on the lip, makes him feel more shaman/tribe/cult -like, after all he’s a spellcaster. Hope this facial features makes him easier to recognise and remember;) I think i can go foward with the colors tomorrow!


#13

Well well, i work out some color variation and here thay are!

SO what do you think? I thought i go with body number 2(the middle one) and snake number 3(number 3 is the top), 1 looked too monotone to me(though that was the intention in the beginning…haha)


#14

Simply. BADASS! Nice work.

[thread=604648]My Dominance War III[/thread]


#15

Remember what those professional artists use to say about happy accidents? I never really understood that because i’ve never encountered any (well of course, there’s aren’t enough cg done to begin anyway), but hey today i’ve finally encountered one!:scream: Yes I’ve tried the color variation, but somewhere inside feels that something is missing, not sure what it is, but it just lack the oomph factor, frankly speaking he sounded more scary in my story… but just as I was about to pack up and close photoshop, I decided to toy and play with the colors again before i close the file. Then I remembered somewhere where Ian Mccaig said that its better to take things to the extreme and pull back from there, so i tried crazy options and voila!! I think it looks better than before!, I never expected this, he looks godlike now!


close up

I’ve thought of making the whole gauntlet to bronze, but after seeing it I thought im pushing it too far, it looks more like flame gauntlet, rather than shape-shifting darkness gauntlet, so the arm stays the same. The snake color stay close to the robe, so that there will be a contrast between his middle body, cool and warm color thing…

Okay after much ranting I guess there’s 1 problem remaning… that is I have to change my story…his description doesnt match anymore! Till then, all the best to all participants:)


#16

Ive came up with several choices for the final pose, and here they are…

Im going for the last one, the snakes arrangement are better, the rest tend to have most of them cut away… I love the middle one but its too generic, i prefer to have the glove silhoutte in full view, like raising his hand in victory!


#17

i think the second comp is probbably the strongest, but you should play with the tenticals and have them coming and going away from the camera.


#18

Hi Eric,
I think the composition number 2, 3 are the strongest but I agree with CHRISTOPHER; than you should move more the deadly tentacles and show how destructive that hand can be as well!:twisted: loking really good all your ideas! :thumbsup:


#19

did you finish?!?! what happined! ah the suspence!! haha


#20

Aaaaaahhhh, finally i’ve finished o’ my god! All the best to all participants! Here are the finals!

Later on I’ll post the process and final image uncut version