Hi Tiziano, great concept!
i agree with ferx about the vertical layout (and it seems that the composition will fit almost exactly in a “golden mean” layout… very interesting to explore).
Just a suggestion about the hammer: if Hephaistos is a “steamer” wouldn’t he bear a wrench, or another tool, instead of a hammer? just an idea.
I’m subscribing this thread, i’ll look forward for more wips!
Gracias, Pablo. The suggestions are definitely appreciated, good point about the hammer, I’m thinking of a spanner instead.
At the end I didn’t do any more sketches, I realized I really like the composition of this one…
Here it is, a revised version of sketch 2. It is likely that it will change a bit before I set to paint it, for instance I was thinking of having the god use a crutch (likely he’ll have the spanner in the other hand and the crutch under the right arm on the side of the prosthetic leg.
Hey Thaldir,
I was thinking about what you said about transferring your usual cyberpunk style into steampunk, so my husband and I came up with a few concrete attributes which can signal to the viewer that it’s steampunk. I hope you don’t mind?
I was looking at the background and thinking that, to me, it seemed very industrial? What about trying something like a Victorian era smoking room? All done in dark wood and maroon/violet velvet with a fireplace lit with a blue or green flame? It should act as a really nice contrast to the warm colours you have in the foreground and still jolt the viewer out of any assumptions that he/she is looking at a cyberpunk piece?
Hope that helps, and awesome work Thaldir!
Bronwen
WOw, Bronwen! Thank you so much to you and your husband for the awesome suggestions.:love:
- Glass tubes with coloured liquids instead of those wires from her
Some glass with colored liquids will be placed somewhere, those tubes though are flexible brass ones similar to this http://www.pecoelect.com/ (it will be clearer later on, at the moment I didn’t elaborate on the details).
- Copper and bronze instead of chrome or steel
Absolutely :). No chrome or steel in sight.
- Valves and clockwork cogs
Working on those right now 
- Victorian or gothic style clothes
At the start I thought of going with those, then I read somewhere in the FAQ that the idea behind the Challenge is to give a spin to Steam-punk taking it out of Victorian times, so Haephesus will wear either a loincloth or a short tunic, Ancient Greek style.
Landscape, I hear you. It definitely will change, probably we’ll see some tools and behind Doric Style brass or copper columns, maybe with Olympus in the farthest plane.
Hope you’ll like the next steps
This is the basic model for the gear/machine the robot handmaiden is linked to. It’s very basic (I can hear you 3d artist chuckling 
) but it’s my very first 3d model. Made with Autocad, a program I use normally for my day-job (in 2D) but whose 3D options I’ve never explored before today…
Out visiting relatives today, so my time on the Challenge was limited, however I have managed to decide the POV and the lighting.
This is quite a new experience for me but I’m enjoying the ride (no, it won’t be full 3D, more or less the 3D stage is equivalent to my usual line-art stage).
Looking good Thaldir! 
I love the warm colours and dynamic POV. I’m looking forward to seeing more when you have the time.
Thanks, Nekomouse ! Sadly, I have lost inspiration & motivation on this challenge and I don’t know if I will finish it :sad: .
BTW, new commissions are on my workbench now (always great news !) and so I’m redirecting all my creative energy there :arteest:.
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