Dominance War 2 - zenarion

zenarion

Let's see where this is going... BRING FORTH MY TABLET!
Edit: heres what half an hour of concepting might produce!

gauss

awesome, another polycounter that's got some content up right out of the gate!
there are some interesting elements here, but most of all the design needs a focal point (probably something on the head) and more generally speaking, you should probably do some work to distinguish the character from the milieu of the baddies from the halo universe, which is what this guy is reminding me of right now. so take your time and play with several different ideas--don't marry your first girlfriend, so to speak. do a bunch of small, quick thumbnails to play with shapes. it's good that people are thinking about their designs in technical, pragmatic terms--how they work, what their gear is like--but it's wasted effort if you don't have a visually arresting concept to arrange them around. but i think you're doing well so far, so keep working and keep us posted!

zenarion

Thank you gauss for the tips. I did what you said, and have added some ideas to the main draft.
For one thing, a pirate-inspired hat:

zenarion

Update!
Straying away from the "halo 2 monsters and baddies" and into the land of pirates! I was thinking "evil torturer shadow"... with a claw-like hand, but everyone has those now. So here comes the whip thing:


Now this baby needs more accesories, and ive got some stuff up my sleeve yet

Japhir

really like the hand thingy!!

zenarion

any ideas on how to make the hand thingy detachable?

Japhir

why does it need to be detachable? isn't he a cyborg like guy? how about making that hand thingy more like an arm thingy?

Em.

Nice! If it was detachable, wouldn't it just unscrew from the wrist? Maybe his hand is inside the upper most joint of the whip? I'm sure you'll come up with something, or you could go with Japhir said. Dig that crazy pirate style, cool pose too.

zenarion

More pirate things then! Lets design some really transsexual boots now...