Dominance War II - Death By Chris

DeathByChris

Magdalene and her god sword, here are some rough concepts,
basically she doesnt really carry the sword it just sort of floats by her side and she can control it with simple gestures
using it as shield, battering ram, or she can grab on and fly short distances to evade certain danger and its good for destorying things in general.
a gonna work more on her face though. let me know what you think so far.

Nilium

Do I sense some Pyramid Head inspiration? xD

Nah, cool stuff though. Big sword is always a plus. I just don't know if that's too big, maybe.

low odor

Cool stuff reminds me of the MDK guy

DeathByChris

yeah im definitly gonna try some other head gear designs

gauss

help, i'm in loooooove
i wouldn't worry about the pyramid head comparisons.. i'd also say it reminds me more of MDK, and that you'll manage to avoid comparisons to both once you work out the specifics of her outfit more.
i think the forms are doing great, especially on the helmet, but i would personally trying working up different color combinations/coloration patterns for you. i know what the brief says, but i guarantee you there will be a metric shit-ton of entries from all four forums when this thing is over that hinge on some sort of all-black-with-glowy-bits style coloration. i know it's tough right now to consider otherwise, but i think you ought. besides, it'll be easy to do in photoshop; set up a mask/secondary layer and just try out some quick and dirty alternative. some sort of secondary texturing element, like a meshing or webbing, in addition to coloration, would also be worth exploring.
can't say much about the sword aside from that i'm really looking forward to seeing you depicting her holding it.
keep us updated!

twebb

Cool idea about the sword, could be a bit big though imo. I agree with gauss that it needs more color or texture, but maybe you haven't gotten to there yet.

DeathByChris

awesome crit gauss, yeah i think im gonna experiment with more silhouettes and color schemes im thinking about adding purple, i would like to keep it dark and somewhat stealthy (like a stealth bomber). i do like the swords size now, originaly i thought about making it even bigger but than i thought about the winning pose render for the final entry im gonna have to fit it in there somehow.
i wanna try and finalize the concept asap like sometime this week.

Ninjas

Yeah, that is the only problem I see with the sword... the winning pose... It does not seem very stealthy either. Very cool start though. I really dig the basic concept!

DeathByChris

more concepts.

more body types, personally i like the last two

conte

last two are really good.
keep it up

gavku

third figure gets my vote...

low odor

I thnk 3 too..has an Anubiss feel to it

Makkon

I agree, 3 has a very sharp, sly feeling to it. However, I'd use the arms of another one of your concepts, such as 2.

Emil Mujanovic

I actually like the shape of the fourth variation, not so much the head gear though. But everything from the neck down is ace. Maybe even combining the head of three with the body of four.
Great stuff man.

-caseyjones

steady

wow really cool concepts, likin the 4th and the 3rd myself MOAR

DeathByChris

glad you all like the concepts.
personally i was leaning towards the 4th one ecspecially the head, i like the 3rd one alot to but for reason its startin to feel like a futuristic batman, maybe ill combine the two.
thanks for all the comments so far.

GuyBrave

this is definately my favorite concept so far

and yeah, 3 and 4 are both good

DeathByChris

Thanks, GuyBrave.
im definitely getting a better idea of what i want now, heres some more. but im thinking deeper purple rather than red.

indian_boy

purple would definately look nicer than pink (which to me seems typical aswell...)

might i suggest that u have the 'horns' pointing forward? even if it is slightly? it seems more aggressive if the horns point kinda forward (maybe 45 degrees) and maybe curve upwards just a bit?

other than that, it looks nice...

DeathByChris

there not really horns as in they're not cylinderical but more rigid and triangular( dynamic and sharp like the wings of a plane as opposed to your typical devil horns), the shape im going for was hard to convey in a straight on view ill keep refining it.

GuyBrave

it reminds me of a tricorn hat.....

DeathByChris

Finally an update! havent had much time to work on it lately.
I should prolly just leave as is and start modeling, but drawing is so much fun.

mvelasquez

I love the detailing on the upper torso. I don't know if you are done with it, but I would give the legs the same attention. I've found if I can't visualize it in 2D, It's all the more harder to come up with something in 3D. Is it male or female? it looks like it has some semblance of boobs, but the rest of the body suggests otherwise.

richkid

it looks like the blades on her head are shooting straight out to the sides, maybe have them going back more so it is aero dynamic looking. plus it would give a maleficent look to her.
she is rad though, i agree with the detailing though, continue some of that orange down her leg, maybe the opposite one so it balances.

and why the huge sword, so many people are doing these big swords, it makes me a little sad, cause she is soooooo rad on her own. find something that complements her look more.