Militaristic Academy Officer
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Started brainstorming and blocking out this new character for a few days now.
I'm mostly concepting this as I go... may not be the best idea. But we will see.
First male character in a long long while. As well as a more futuristic character (usually been making medieval-fantasy female char.)
I am aiming for a more industrious/militaristic/futuristic look here. Nobles and lords serve the Crowns by enlisting in the military as officers, instructors, or generals. Lowborn soldiers serve as support, but could be sired into noblemen by accomplishing deeds in the military. Constantly warfare with neighboring kingdoms because that's how society advances as a whole. People build war machines, inventing new weapons, and conquer more lands.
So, what does that mean for the character itself ??
- Wears and tears; a nation always at wars, equipment ain't gonna be super polished or brand new. Must be carefully done, since obviously noblemen can't just use crappy junk.
- the character most likely has seen some action already, and survive to tell the tales. Visible scars. Grim looks. Well-built... or at least quite fit.
- Various materials. Everything and anything can and will be used to fuel the war. Nothing in the society goes to waste. Equipment are made of iron, bronze, fabric, leather, steel, etc etc. Let's not go all the way to human skin or ... yeah.
- Militaristic means uniform. Cool uniform. Layers of uniform. With war decoration; worthy of a nobleman.
- A nice balance between practical equipment and decorative equipment.
Inspirations
- War40k. A combination of armor and fabric. Without the super bulky armors.
- Juggernaut-like war-machine.
- modern-day armors as well as fantasy armors pieces design.
- Well, more like armor pieces on top of fashionable costumes.
- others...
I'm mostly concepting this as I go... may not be the best idea. But we will see.
First male character in a long long while. As well as a more futuristic character (usually been making medieval-fantasy female char.)
I am aiming for a more industrious/militaristic/futuristic look here. Nobles and lords serve the Crowns by enlisting in the military as officers, instructors, or generals. Lowborn soldiers serve as support, but could be sired into noblemen by accomplishing deeds in the military. Constantly warfare with neighboring kingdoms because that's how society advances as a whole. People build war machines, inventing new weapons, and conquer more lands.
So, what does that mean for the character itself ??
- Wears and tears; a nation always at wars, equipment ain't gonna be super polished or brand new. Must be carefully done, since obviously noblemen can't just use crappy junk.
- the character most likely has seen some action already, and survive to tell the tales. Visible scars. Grim looks. Well-built... or at least quite fit.
- Various materials. Everything and anything can and will be used to fuel the war. Nothing in the society goes to waste. Equipment are made of iron, bronze, fabric, leather, steel, etc etc. Let's not go all the way to human skin or ... yeah.
- Militaristic means uniform. Cool uniform. Layers of uniform. With war decoration; worthy of a nobleman.
- A nice balance between practical equipment and decorative equipment.
Inspirations
- War40k. A combination of armor and fabric. Without the super bulky armors.
- Juggernaut-like war-machine.
- modern-day armors as well as fantasy armors pieces design.
- Well, more like armor pieces on top of fashionable costumes.
- others...
Replies
- Shaping the pants to be more sleek, less bulky.
- Broader shoulders.
- Underneath shirt. Or maybe like a pullover, or w/e.
- Cool sci-fi gauntlets and white fabric gloves
- Hanging split cape with war decorations
- Better face + better hair
- etc etc
Body too long compared to the rest of the proportions. Will change that. Arms/hands probably too small as well.
Debating on the warmachine; weather to do it in this project too, or separate it into its own project.
Here's a mood board I assembled... It's pretty much just my Pinterest board as I scroll up and down for ideas.
Note; I did think about another character, female, to be in it too. Like a partner to together pilot the mech. Both would be in a very similar uniform; showing that same uniform design works on both genders.
Will update on the Mech next time.
Well, here's his hair.
Not so sure about his torso protective plate... Can't see his vest underneath... And I want to see the vest.
His warmachine, on the other hand, had an identity crisis the other day; he wasn't sure if he's more of a Battletech-design, or FrontMission-design. So I mixed the two together. Gonna work on his hands next. I want his legs to have a ... natural turn out, I guess. But I don't know how the joints will work around the crotch. Probably gonna go with ball-joint instead of cylinder.
C&C welcome.
Been slacking off a bit the last few days... Gotta post more to motivate more.
I will do my best to keep the design consistent throughout.
As for the neck/shoulder armor itself, I have some ideas in mind... Not sure if it will be visible on the design, though. Might be just tech jargon thingy.
- Communications; like Holo-Screen projector, speakers/mic etc.
- GPS sorta.
- Neural Link Enhancement yada yada... Depends if that's how pilot controls/communicates the warmachine.
- Pilot Vital Supports; jolting the pilot if unconscious in battle. Administering drug-induced coma for medical reasons like, I dunno, concussion, maybe... Whatever. Or poison, instead, if pilot is captured. Or adrenaline, or pain-killer or something. Depends on the situation, I guess.
Obviously most of these features are used only when in combat or during sortie. Communication purpose is probably the only thing it's used for during peace time.
I guess it's not so much protective armor, per se.
Right now, I'm trying to make the Officer interesting enough of a piece on his own. So I can have the warmachine be a separated thing as well. Hopefully, 2 cool pieces together to make an awesome folio piece. And not 2 average pieces to make a nice one.
Also decided to go with this look. To further the idea that after you serve in the military, now the military serves you. As long as you earn your nobility/promotion, now you and your family are set for life. Handicapability means nothing compared to the knowledge, experience, and the heroic deeds you have accomplished.
Will add more details to the shoulder pieces, and try to nail the design of the lower half...
Happy Holidays y'all !
Thanks a lot for the paintover. Very helpful along the reference I use.
Took me longer than I wanted/should to have an update, and maybe not as significant change as I had hoped. But I do like the way the character looks better. I also changed his stance and his weight balance a bit as well which should affect the way he stands.
I exaggerate his eyelids some more as well, which I was working on his face, but it's still not so noticeable unless zoomed in a lot. Will put in eyelashes and see how that turns out.
I been trying difference way to make clothing more realistic looking. Apart from the folds and wrinkles, I want to put in proper hemlines as well as seams too. But so far I'm not getting the results I want.