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Character Name: War horse MAGOG

Character Race / Class: Demon/Abomination

Character Description: The unstoppable beast Magog which the most powerful minions of the demon prince Gog ride upon into battle.


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By aopaul at 2009-04-23

Zatoichi

Some huge Demon Abominations. As these are from another 'dimension' I wanted a more organic look so looking at deep sea life and insects for inspiration.

Diwan

wow nice concepts! I'm going for 5 and 8. really like the tentacles and that spike from the bottom of the belly.

Kamui

Nice work! I like the lobsterpus haha (5)

Zatoichi

Thanks, guys.

Kamui - Heh, I was trying to stay away from the usual Lovecraftian Elder God look for most of these, but I had to throw one in. Time for sleep and will do some different ones tomorrow.

408

You know the face, crest, and arms of #4 seem pretty interesting. I imagine him ripping through time and space and peaking out of a portal.

Try 4's front side on 5's body!

Steve Schulze

Woah...
1 and 7 get my vote.

Joshua Stubbles

4 & 8 have my vote

Wicked-J

#2 is different but I like 4 and 8 better

kite

those are great, think 1 & 8 are probably my favourites.

Lulu

Wow I love your concepts, they are so wild! I really like 7 and 1. 8 is really cool too but it reminds me a lot of a shrimp, like I should poke it with a stick instead of run away in fear

woogity

1 and 7 for me as well emphasis on 1 it looks sorta majestic inspite of its terror visage.


-Woog

Knucklebear

1 and 8 for me

r4ptur3

1 and 4 with an emphasis on 1. These are killer crustaceans dude! Nice work!

Zatoichi

To my liking, 1 has the majority of the votes (tallied up with votes on deviantart) with 8 a slight second. I will start to develop 1 a bit more, add a bit more 'aquatic' features without losing the epic 'mastadon' feel.

408- funny, it emerging from a portal (with a huge demon army behind it), was the exact image I had when drawing it. Smart minds think alike yadda yadda yadda...

AimBiZ

Good, since 1 is my favourite too. It looks very powerful from that angle.

Parnell

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 44444!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OrganizedChaos

Woah, nice concepts! I like 1 and 8 a lot. I haven't seen too many people using tentacles, it's good to see it handled so nicely.

BDPatton

IMO 5 and 8 are strongest. The insect-like 8 is very cool.

pestibug

Nr 1 man, its a wicked design! Regal yet otherworldly and disturbing. I can see it leading the troops alright!

As for the other concepts, they're all great and very imaginative. Really cool to see someone else take the tentacle/weirdness route too

Vailias

I Dig 4 too. Probably because it reminds me of a 'brid herc.

I think some combination would be cool though. Like 4's head structure on 7's body with a tail from 5 or something like that.

Zatoichi

You WOULD think it looks like a Herc, Vailias!

I wanted to get this image of it emerging out of a wormhole out of my head so I can go on designing this guy. I think I was 'channeling' Ken Kelly for this painting.

Vailias

ok thats just dripping awesome. It reminds me of an even more wicked and sentient creature that Wayne Douglas Barlow would design. ( had to look him up, I can only ever remember the book: Expedition)

and yes, I have mecha in my genetics.

Zatoichi

OK, the last one was a bit too 'elephantine' to me. A little adjustment.

claydough

apocalyptic! abandon all hope.

jeremy price

yeah these creatures are great.. number 3 is totally nightmarish.
Hieronymus Bosch has nothing on you:)

Belltann

Really, really nice!

3abden

Nice update man, keep em comming!

Xoliul

Definitely some Wayne Barlowe vibes here, I love it!

spaceidiot99

Damn that is Awesome. Though the paper gain seems a bit much

Ged

looks cool and a great design, its a little bit blurry/underdetailed and the paper grain doesnt really add anything much in my opinion.

Zatoichi

No bother... was just a low res brainstorming sketch.



"But mommy, I want a sinewy demon horse! Can I, can I?"
"O.K. Just this one time."

I just can't get this guy out of my head. I think I will explore this concept a bit more.

notebookguy

Hmmm a mammoth, hammerhead and octopus works for me.

James Edwards

Oooh this could be a fun one to model!

lorddon

DO IT!!!

ChaosEidolon

holy shit...some serious goodness in here. Great thumbs, and the final one is looking awesome. Particularly like the hooves, although the front elbow joint could flow a little better. right now it doesnt look like it's supporting the proper weight.

notebookguy

keep the last one for modeling

Zatoichi

Oooff! gotta get moving! Well, here is an updated profile for my abomination "Magog". Now with 2 heads for twice the fun!

jerry

I love this!

woogity

o the long neck is a huge improvement too he can reach his prey much better that way

heh heh beautiful man that poor little man is sooo screwed, i like that he looks as if it snuck up on him .


Really dig the carvings on his skin and the crows nest type structure with the rider, very epic.



-Woog

konstruct

pretty bad ass- creepy too- reminds me of that 2 headed beast thing that the troll transforms into in that movie willow-

coldkodiak

cool. It's an evil tall e

foreverendering

awesome

Zatoichi

eyes... dried open... can't see...



By aopaul at 2009-04-23

garagarape

Beautiful! Love the colours and the kind of translucent vibes from the background.
Take care of your eyes.

conte

great style!

woogity

beautiful still! the spirals on his head and the red orbs on his back are rockiin!:thumbup:


-Woog

WarNoodle

pretty scary man. amazing concepts! keep it up

Zatoichi

thanks all! I'm going to try to get his flesh to look like the Hagfish on the final piece. Now it's looking too cartoony on the concept page but the colors are there.

AimBiZ

It's awesome. I really like the colors you got on the tounge tentacle things.

garagarape

Cool ref! Is it yours?
This eel skin has beautyful reflects.
Could work with fresnel, may be?
Great challenge.