NEW Thunderdome 6 WIPing Post (If you're bold enuff to post em)

[mcotie]

Post your WIPs in here or talk crap to each other. This is the place to do it. Good Luck everyone!

Mitch

[grinn]

Haha nice. I have something I am very happy with going, but its a long ways from finish. I look forward to seeing some of the veteran work, its going to be just awesome for this Thunderdome. ... And every other thunderdome.

[skrubbles]

I'm a lil bit confused... this tdome sounds like a a character design contest and is focused on that, now when i see this:

"Entrees must be full color illustrations emphasising the character design."

... I'm confused by the full color illustration part, does that mean the characters need to be placed in an environment? or does this just mean the characters need to be in full color? probably sounds like a stupid question, but I thought I'd ask before I did and finalized pieces.

Also, since this is a character design thing, can we show multiple views of the character? ... like a turn around?

BTW, I'll say it again......... GREAT T-DOME IDEA!!

[mcotie]

"...full color illustrations emphasising the character design"

not black and white.

It 's best to do it in color to show the materials that the costume/armor is made of. Gold, iron, silver, stone, etc. We also want to see the artists skill at working with color.
You can show multiple views if you'd like; it's up to you. It's your presentation and how you sell it.

You can place them in an environment but keep in mind that it isn't the environment design that will be judged. The emphasis is the character.

mitch

[skrubbles]

i know what color means, lol.... its just the illustration part that confused me. Now I got it though... thanks for making it clear mitch, and for such a prompt reply too :)

[mcotie]

no problem I was trying to do it with out sounding like an arse!

I guess what it boils down to is do what you have to to make it a baddass piece!!

mitch

[Hexal]

Question about the part where it has to be influenced by Ancient Civilizations.

Does that mean just one, or many?
Like the warriors picked up a few things here and there?

thanks
-HExAL-

[mcotie]

Pic a civilization and focus on it. For example: Points against you if you have a Roman dude slinging a weapon that is clearly Persian in design. More brownie points if your character is in fact, without a doubt from...where ever. Does that make sense?

Mitch

[Hexal]

Yes,Perfect sense.
Thanks

[Nucleardan]

i don't know about you guys but i was thinkin' ancient greek.

Dan

[McNallyism]

Ancient Geeks? what a great Idea! I call dibs on the ancient Klingon impersonators!!

[Salieri]

if i'm understanding right, we are designing a character that has fought in the t-dome for at least the last 1500 years? kinda like the dudes in highlander? so we can only have one cultural influence? not like a bunch of stuff that they picked up through the ages?

[mcotie]

Salieri: Sure you can make him a veteran of the area if you want. but he just has to have armor/weapons/costume from ONE ancient culture. Not a hodge podge of collected cultures. just one, not two. Two would be too many;as would three. Four would definitely, most instantly land you posish on the losers pile. so keep it in the range of exactly one ancient culture influence.

mitch

[grinn]

Gah, the weapon I designed for my particular entry has no real origin. The character however, his clothing etc does. I don't want to change his weapon because its so awesome, so I think I will start working on a new entry..and just leave the other for something else.

[Salieri]

hi, not to argue, but i've been re-reading the brief and as far as i understand it, i dont think the character necessarily has to be of one culture, only that he originated from one and that the final design is influenced by it.... plus 3000 years is a long time for something to remain static and uninfluenced by other cultures. it seems like this is extremely open (which is good and makes me happy). so i guess this means i am in disagreement with what mcotie is saying even though he is in charge of this section of the forum.

[Nucleardan]

I was just checkin' ancient civilization stuff and came along somethings that might come in handy for people to take into consideration:

The colussus of Rhodes. (or any of the other 6 wonders of the world)
Gladiators.
The spartans.
Babylon
The myth of the Golem (Jewish lore)
Greek pantheon of gods (possible costume and weaponry design, very descriptive.)
Mayans (for a really slick interpretation of central american lore check out a comic called Battle Gods).
Azteca
Native American?
Inuit lore (eskimo)
Germanic Tribes (russel crowe kicked these guys' asses.)
Jason and the Argonauts
The Illiad
The Odyssey
Clash of the Titans (movie, i think we all know or have seen it)
African Mythology
Norse Mythology
Byzantian
Vodun spiritualism (commonly known as Vodoo or Hatian Vodoo)
Christian Mythology (take a peak into the bible, it's actually quite descriptive.)
Ancient Russian Mythology.
The three thebian plays (very good book of Ancient Greek Myth.)
Transylvanian lore
Most "big monster" moves have an ancient creature that's been locked away for at LEAST 2000 years...
the myth of atlantis
ancient Hawaiin or any other island lore. (yes, that includes greenland and iceland).
Read "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. (LOTS of gods and descriptions in there.)
Ancient Egypt. (duh.)

If i think of anything else, i'll post it in here, i just thought it would be nice to have a large grab bag of cultures and identities from those cultures to get a more focused idea on what people want to do. Enjoy.

Dan

[benzo]

hmmm, i was afraid it might be confusing......

salieri- the character originated from one civilization, and he/ she is still representing that civilization.

just make it cool.

joshthejames- fool!

[JoshuaTheJames]

Ben,

YOU love it!

-Joshua

[mcotie]

Joshua I mean Mac, I mean...
That is a very nice piece. You're making it tough for these guys for sure.
Especially since we don't know who painted it. :confused:

salieri

yes. If you made a guy that was actually from Egypt in the ancient times stepping into this arena he would definitely get his arse kicked. I guess the best example I can think of off the top of my head is the Egyptianesque characters in Unreal Tournament 2003. They are obviously not from ancient egypt, but they are clearly influenced by one culture. Does that make sense?

mitch

[grinn]

Ok ok, the project I was working on fits that kind of description. I am going to throw in a bit more culture though before i begin painting him. This is a really awesome project.

[brokencow]

Mine is Egypt. Prepare...my first contest. I plan to kick ass.

[grinn]

Arabian/Persian would be acceptable where Ancient Civilizations are concerned right?

[mcotie]

Grinn, yes. as long as it's pre-middle ages Persia. Benzo's original idea was to keep it all before the middle ages.


mitch

[Smeagol71]

This is pretty cool, I'm having a lot of fun researching my idea and learning a little in the process. Hopefully all the ideas I have in my head will make their way to my hand!!

Good luck to everyone! Can't wait to see what the gang has to offer!

[Johann de Venecia]

the list of ancient civilizations was indeed helpful. where do we submit finished entries by the way?

[mcotie]

I will make a completed pieces thread and youpost them there. If you want to wait till the last day that's fine. And you can make as many changes as you want to your piece up to the deadline; just update your submission.

Mitch

[geoffd]

ok, at the risk of sounding dumb... do ancient mongolians count? i've been spending weeks researching them and oooh boy i'd hate that to be time wasted. k thx bye... :rolleyes:

[mcotie]

Capt. Harlock: Are they pre- Middle ages? The middle ages range from
mid to late 400's AD to mid 1400's (correct me if I'm wrong students!). So if what you are researching is before that...go for it!!

Mitch

[geoffd]

blag dabnit!... mongolian rule started somtime in the 1100's starting with ghengis khan. so i guess i need to research another ancient civilization. oh well i got some good character ideas from what i did see of the mongolians. back to the drawing board.

[pibb991]

The Middle Ages
1246-1347

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/britain/mid_henry_iii.shtml

[mcotie]

pibb991: thanks, good show mate. This'll work for me if anyone has any complaints about this timeline used let me know. But I think it would be best to settle on a date (this one works) and move on.

Capt. Harlock that'll save you some work too.

Mitch

[MrSmith]

i was under the impression that the middle ages started after western Rome fell, but it doesnt matter. just make it old!

[mcotie]

I think you're correct Mr. Smith. But, yes the dates are set- make it old , make it cool.

Mitch

[benzo]

brokencow-
http://www.bensprout.com/carcass.jpg
(images speak louder than words)

[geoffd]

*EDIT - i took me pic down for now... i realized that it had no direction. my drawings seem to be lifeless... there are no dynamics to them, they come across as very unoriginal. so i am going to research some more and rework this picture and hopefully have a new one up soon. thanks!*

[cartoonfox]

hi. i'm kinda new here.

what is the thunderdome exactly? i'm guessing this one is a character design contest?
does it have to be human?
whats the deadline?
what will determain the winner (concept, art, illustration, compostition...?)

i wonna join! i want in! :D

any info would be great .

thanks.

[skrubbles]

cartoonfox - um, all your questions are anwered in the announcement that's at the top of every forum.

... just click here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/announcement.php?s=&forumid=25)

[DragonGX]

Ive got aquestion, it says your character can have technology, does that mean that you can do a futuristic warrior, as long as he clearly is influenced by some type of ancient civilization? Like a modern version of an ancient warrior?

[skrubbles]

according to the rules, yes, your character can incorporate technololgy... just take a look at stargate... the alien guard's armor and weaponry are pretty damn hi-tech and awesome but the design obviously has an ancient egyptian influence.

[enigma]

yesssss thunderdome! this should be fun!

Capt. Harlock
ok. i need help. badly. this is so far what i have. now mind you the blue arm bands will change, i'ma just trying to get the feel for some colors, etc. any suggestions and such are more than welcome. this is me first thunderdome and while i realize i may not win, i'm thowing this guy into battle and just seeing how well he'll do.

its kind of hard to tell what is going on, u said ure trying to get a feel for the colours, exactly what kind of feel are u looking for, what is the character like, where has he come from etc, its a bit blurred, so theres really nothing to go on, are these supposed to be base colours? is there going to be a design on the material hes wearing etc looking at the colours the contrast seems a tad high, since its an ancient civilization im guessing maybe he's from some sort of tribe, i'm trying to think of what kind of character it is that would wear colours like that, or is a fusion of futiristic with ancient? well hope to see u post a later version, good luck!:)

[DragonGX]

Originally posted by skrubbles
according to the rules, yes, your character can incorporate technololgy... just take a look at stargate... the alien guard's armor and weaponry are pretty damn hi-tech and awesome but the design obviously has an ancient egyptian influence.

cool , exactly what i meant. :cool:

[Johannes]

Dan - kudos to your list man.

Just thought I should add:
Sumerians
Persians
Mesopotamians

Norse mythology is very closely related to the vikings, which in their turn is almost the Nordic middle ages, dangerously close to the edge of this contest imho. :(

The way I remember from school is that the middle ages were different times in different places. In these days things travels round the globe in hours, but it took the knowledge of darn flintaxes 100eds of years to travel north (or something like that). :D

Im looking forward to all entries and I hope I may enter with a nice one too :D

[Nucleardan]

Yeah, no problem for the list. I actually ended up picking ancient central american for my theme. I was GOING to do a gigantic Terra Cotta statue with some ancient Chinese gunpowder guns grafted into him. Like those "dragon rockets" from Mulan.

I'll have the WIP posted sometime between today and tomorrow.

Dan

[al-x]

Johannes: The middle-ages, in Scandinavia, started right after the time of the vikings (that would be around year 1000). By that time large parts of this region had been christend. It ended sometime around the same time as the Kalmar Union took place...

[benzo]

it needs a lot of work, but here's a WIP. i am fixing the proportions now ie torso and legs C+C welcome

[JoshuaTheJames]

hey ben,

Darn cool so far. I think I know where you are going with the feet...but I don't think its working out too well. It would be great to see them as real as the figure.

-Joshua

ps I spent soo much time on my and I have absolutely nothing to show for it...sadly

[benzo]

JtheJ- thx. yeah, the feet were bad. I am trying to keep them orthographic from the side view to keep with the Egyptian style.

I redid her from the inside out, and hopefully I've fixed a lot of problems. c and c still welcome.
http://www.bensprout.com/tdegypt2.jpg

[rubygenesis]

lookin good benzo, the feet look much better really like that shield.

im going with greek! im so hung up on centaurs. here's my first pass rough, hit me with c&c plz.
his large helmet makes his lower body look under sized i will have to compensate?
http://www.demongoddess.com/sketchbook/WIP01.jpg

[Johannes]

Al-X - thanx for clearing that up, I never were good at history :)

benxo - nice design esp swordhilt and the shield is nice :)
I have troubles with her feet though, especially her left - its bent to much :)

[Prometheus|ANJ]

Ruby> I'd scale up the horse body a bit.

I'm very tempted to do an egyptian girl with some cool gear. It's kinda mainstream though. Perhaps something like in that 'Terror Moon' B-movie. You know the fossil that comes alive and goes on the usual rampart...
Ancient robots are neat too. Rusted things that boot up when some tomb raider/explorer/indiana jones guy stumbles upon them.
I remember the phantom once met a 2000 year old immortal roman gladiator too...
Hmmm...

[al-x]

Yepp Ruby, you should defenitly scale up the horsebody. It looks like he has the body of a pony and thats not very scary for his opponents :)

[K-10]

Nice work Rubygenesis, you might want to make his eyes or face more visable to give him more character (it's really up to you) and maby give him some fur at the base of his hoofs.

I'm also making a Thuderdome character and i was wondering if cyberware is to much technology.

I'm making a Viking Biker btw:mohawk:

[strych9ine]

Clever pose, benzo... the pic rocks man. I got the position of the feet instantly, but apparently others aren't reading it as well.

[benzo]

ruby, Johannes, stryche9- thanks for the comments.
Redrew again here:
http://www.bensprout.com/tdegypt1.jpg

[Jaku]

I´m with greeks also, so i won´t be so rude with you ruby :P
You should scale that horse to make it more "imponent"(i don´t know if it´s well said) but the overall desing looks so good.
This is goin to be hard.

Benzo your looks very good. Love that shield. I´ll look at it more calm, i think there´s something that´s not working for me.....

Here´s mine. Lot of detail to do and i´ve to decide a definitve desing for the weapons.
Any advice or crit or anything is more than welcome
:chug: http://members.fortunecity.com/jaku1/imagenes/wip1.jpg

[skrubbles]

man... my guy is greek too... we'll fight each other to the death!!

[Payback]

Damnit... Guess I have to change my topic...I have Greek as well.

It's just something about those helmets...

Ah well, maybe I'll just stick with it.

[strych9ine]

I'm thinking about going with ancient Indian civilization, but I'm not too sure if I should keep going with this. Any c&c would be very much appreciated.

Jaku, nice shield design man. I'm not sure if the cornrows fit in with the greek design, though. :D

http://home.comcast.net/~strych9ine/9ine/9ine-thunderdome.jpg

[benzo]

stryche9- i think you should keep going with it. give her some weapons.

jaku- i was feelin the same way about the hair. but its cool. i really like the sheild too... keep playing with that, perhaps incorporate its theme into other features in the character design, like his armor. The outer heads could be shoulder guards; the inner head on his breastplate.

i've started colorin. here's progress. i think i need to make her more battle-harden with some dirt and blood and scratches. c+c welcome!

http://www.bensprout.com/tdegypt3.jpg

[grinn]

really nice work with the color, though I think some of the shapes/designs toward the bottom of the shield could use a spot of color to break it up a bit.

[Nucleardan]

here's mine, i took ancient central american indian.

http://www2.gvsu.edu/~selleckd/mayanwarriordog.jpg

not that great, however, now that i think i have a firm grasp on what i'm going to be doing, i shall start over.

By the way, my website is going to be updated in the next few days...so keep an eye out.

[Carnifex]

Originally posted by strych9ine
I'm thinking about going with ancient Indian civilization, but I'm not too sure if I should keep going with this. Any c&c would be very much appreciated.

i really like this design,your inking is great.BUT oh-oh-oh change that legs! they look far too big and clumsy for the rest of the body! make them more sleek and female. otherwise just give her a sword into each hand and it's hard to beat that one;)
btw dunno if this one might help you,it's a listing of hindu gods(description and some pics).might inspirate you a bit more:)
http://www.artoflegendindia.com/read/indiangods.htm
oh yes,and i just noticed that the upper body is too short.lengthen it a bit and change the legs and you have a worthy fighter:D

just one question besides:are gods allowed?like f.ex. you want to have loki as a fighter there.

[Johann de Venecia]

really impressive work, guys. :chug:

that egyptian warrior is something.

[strych9ine]

benzo and carnifex, thanks for the comments.

I appreciate the link, Carn. Thanks for the crits, they're all valid and helpful. I'm gonna flesh this concept out some more I think... she needs some big friggin' weapons, though.

[rubygenesis]

oooo nice one strych9ine, really like it, weapons would be like iceing on the cake. mmmm...cake.

[benzo]

still polishing it:
http://www.bensprout.com/tdegypt5.jpg

[crumbsucker]

This is a quick sketch of your characters being slaughtered!

[TurtleWithWeapons]

A few questions (sorry): Is Atlantean civilization fair game? I'm asking because someone posted it among the list of possible civs, but the legend of Atlantis is just that, a legend. I have some ideas that I like involving Atlantis; it'd be a Greek variant (as some sources indicate that the legend of Atlantis originated in the destruction of a Minoan island due to earthquakes . . . I know Minoan doesn't equal Greek, but it's close enough for me). Sad, since everyone seems to be doing Greek . . . but think Greek Atlantis. So, yeah, would that be okay?

Also, can we submit several instances of the character (different poses, details of weapons/armor, things like that) and have it count as a single submission?

Thanks!

P.S. Also considering Norse, as that was my first idea.

[antihero]

Also, can we submit several instances of the character (different poses, details of weapons/armor, things like that) and have it count as a single submission?

Originally posted by mcotie
You can show multiple views if you'd like; it's up to you. It's your presentation and how you sell it.

That's what mcotie wrote somewhere in this thread.



My Question: Does the term "ancient civilization" include japanese culture (in my understanding: yes)? This may sound absolutely stupid to you but i thought that it would be smarter to check back before posting a finished image and raising a laugh. ;)
Especially since i know very little about timespans and definitions in history.

Thanks!

antihero

[TurtleWithWeapons]

Ah, I THOUGHT I had seen that passage somewhere, but I only looked for it in the official Thunderdome announcement post. Sorry for being lazy, and thanks!

[TurtleWithWeapons]

Until someone says NO ATLANTEANS, I guess I'll work at it. Here's a quick sketch I did, just to get a feel for the character:

http://www.shipoffools.net/art/atlantis1.jpg

[Hunger_Artist]

http://www.members.tripod.com/carlbeu/68d2c590.jpg



http://www.members.tripod.com/carlbeu/68295bc0.jpg


ph33r.

[TurtleWithWeapons]

So, uh, what's the verdict on Atlantean as an ancient civ?

[Invictus]

My first post here at Conceptart, just stating my intentions for this Thunderdome. I should have about 4 designs done in the next little while.

TurtleWithWeapons~ No one seems to have objected to it (mods, etc) so I guess that means it's fair game.

[antihero]

So, no reply means agreement?

I'm still curious if the japanese culture works as an ancient civilization... :confused:

An answer would be great. A simple "YES" or "NO" es enough... Thanks!

antihero

[mcotie]

antihero: Ancient Japan is fine as long as it's before 1246 A.D..


mitch

[ljefe]

wow well some good looking stuff....i'm going ton finally enter one of these things. but hey, you know what? i'm gonna do traditional media. because my computer sucks, and i have no wacom. so there
so here's the prelim sketch., i think i'm gonna keep this pose. sorry it's such a crappy image, i only had my camera available.
(so... native american buffalo warrior...yeah :rolleyes: )

http://www.artwanted.com/images/large/8607_48740.jpg

[dns2k]

Hatian was on the list.... but they are very big into Voodoo and spiritualism which touches on the magic aspect. I am just making sure hatian Badasses are fair game.

-dns

[Payback]

I could really use some crits on this.

http://www.home.no/perequin/spartan.jpg

http://www.home.no/perequin/spartancolor.jpg

[brokencow]

http://www.threed.nu/gallery/data/media/11/thunderdome_2.jpg

There you go benzo...i'll sketch something finished out before tonight.

[benzo]

brokencow- you might want to check out some of the character designs for Unreal Tournament before you go farther. I didn't see them until it was too late for my piece, but they have a race of warriors called the Anubians or something- all decked out in egyptian style.

here's an ex of one:
http://www.bensprout.com/unreal.jpg

-benzero

[brokencow]

damn them...damn damn damn.

[MindCandyMan]

Persian....Painting is so hard hehe.

http://www.mindcandyman.com/jons_uploads/persian thunderdome step 4.jpg

[benzo]

MindCandyMan- I really like your lighting and color. The design seems very authentic. He seems a little unbalanced though. Try flipping him horizontally to see it better. i think the torso needs to move over to the left a bit.

I suggest that you add more detail to your focus points where the light is the strongest. Right now, the face is a focus but it is just blocked out. Also I'd crop in further to get closer to the subject. Nice work so far!
-benzero

[ploboyko]

http://www.image4u.org/patloboyko/tdgladiatorlow.jpg

This is my first entry into Thunderdome. I've always wanted to try it but finally am forcing myself to make time. It also helps that I'm between art jobs at the moment...well, at least I have more time to enter cool activities like this.This guy's a myrmillo, a fearsome gladiator who's survived countless matches. Over the centuries he's upgraded his equipment periodically to better survive in an apocalyptic wasteland, but has decided to stay pretty true to his roots overall. Hey, if it's not broken...Anyway, I obviously I still have to tighten things up, concerning lighting, texture, detail, etc. Just want to see what you guys think—concerning any blatant errors, any suggestions, other comments, etc. I also might do a more action-oriented shot as well. Hopefully I'll also have time to do my ancient chinese warrior design...

[MindCandyMan]

Benzo - Thanks I really appreciate it...I see exactly what you mean! Funny how blind you can be to things. I will try to add those details that you mentioned. When I am painting I definitely feel like I am in uncharted territory...I haven't been trained to paint yet so all these tips really help...thanks so much. Yours is awesome by the way benzo...fantastic.

[Rusty Red Robot]

This is going to be hard, because not only do I have to learn how to paint (because I haven't painted since kindergarten, and I don't consider making a color wheel real painting), but I have to do it digitally. On my own. In less than two weeks.

[K-10]

Welcome to my world
Hey Hotshot's.., you got any interesting tutorials:dance:

[Payback]

There are some good ones over at GFXArtists (http://www.gfxartist.com).

[rubygenesis]

egyptian seems pretty popular, very cool.
~brokencow: nice style

here's second pass pencil c&c if you can think of anything.
im drawing large 17x15in thinking of hand painting with watercolour, past-time fav medium of mine.. :)
http://www.demongoddess.com/sketchbook/WIP02.jpg
~cheers

[antihero]

@ mcotie: thanks ;)
@ rubygenesis: In my opinion, this one looks great. I especially like the arm holding the bow. Great work! The only issue i can see, is the bady, which still seems a bit small. It's not too important because that makes him look more (fr)agile and brisk, and maybe that's what you want. Anyways: good work!

Here are some of my sketches.
http://www.circum.ch/cncpt/03/10/thunderdome001.jpg

http://www.circum.ch/cncpt/03/10/thunderdome002.jpg

http://www.circum.ch/cncpt/03/10/thunderdome003.jpg

http://www.circum.ch/cncpt/03/10/thunderdome004.jpg

Still not sure if i'm going to join the contest, but i might give it a try.

antihero

[rubygenesis]

~antihero: thank! your right about the body, but i think im going for a freakishly agile champion. ;) heh, i just noticed his quiver needs to be taller.. >_<

here's 3rd pass shading..
http://www.demongoddess.com/sketchbook/WIP03.jpg

[Carnifex]

aw ..damn! that's going to be one tough adversary!:eek:

[JoShuA]

well here's the start of my thunderdome entry.
like so many others this is my first thunderdome as well.
There's some really cool entrys so far.
but I would appriciate any crits and comments.
thanks guys. Ill be coloring this soon.





http://images.customize.org/category/dashboard/mayangladiatorpencils1-0_full.gif

[JoShuA]

rubygenesis, I really like your centaur.
at first I thought the body was to small as well but the more I look at it, I like it. ecpecially the shaded version, and I can tell you worked hard on the fingering of the bow. looks good.

Benzo, kick ass character. love her shield.

[Carnifex]

i'm working on my entry,but have nothing to show yet. i can only tell ya. it's going to be egyptian. the lower body's gonna be that of a snake and the armor is going to be pretty historic. i did alot of research on egyptian armor and weapons for it and now i only need to bring my idea down in the way i want it to be.nice entries so far, and rubygenesis,yours will be a hard opponent to overcome:)

[biscuit]

i haven't really posted anything here in about a year, but i'd like to try to enter this thing--anyway, my entry.. who better to be a badass than the people who went into battle with nothing but a weapon and a smile..

http://home.swbell.net/miko1006/sketch2.jpg

[JoShuA]

great pose biscut.
just give him somthing to protect his junk.

[biscuit]

that would make him a wuss

[Flint]

Authentic ancient greek influence would basically entail a guy with a sword, helmet, greaves, sheild and a very conspicuous lack of clothing that covers the junk.

Probably a distraction tactic, "hey look I got no clothes on! Ha ha I killed you while you were lookin at my ****"

[Flint]

Of course that brings up the debate I been having with myself about whether to make my greek champion cover his junk or not....

http://pages.prodigy.net/flint/Posts_Icons/Minotaur6.jpg

[mcotie]

flint, you might want to; since it could get snagged on Benzo's shield.

[strych9ine]

I feel like I should go back and add some big, floppy balls on mine after seeing these last few designs.

rubygenesis... nice piece, the 3rd pass with the shading looks fantastic.

[Flint]

:D

Good point, It would kinda bad for Minotaur to become half man half steer... He'd get fat and docile, hanging out eating ice cream, crying while watching Oprah...

http://pages.prodigy.net/flint/Posts_Icons/Minotaur7.jpg


Strych9ine: that would be.... wrong. But judging from the muscle meat head magazine I been using for ref, your warrior would then fit right in with many of the "women" in there...


BTW hows this lookin so far? Crits welcome.

[Hunger_Artist]

these are getting more and more intimidating..

here is a re-work of my d00d:

http://www.joinedartists.com/uploads/thunderdomeweb.jpg

p.s. home appliances are legal, right?

[Johannes]

Fine works all, this is gonna be a great thunderdome!!!! :D

I thought I should show some "junk" ;) by posting too.
Inspired by works of Schnorr von Carolsfeld
(color is in very early stages...)

http://home.swipnet.se/panzerkunst/thunder6_1a.jpg

[Rusty Red Robot]

Actually, Flint, if you want to get picky about proper influence, the dude would be wearing clothes. The Greeks idolized the human form, mostly through male nudes, in their art, but that doesn't mean they walked around nekkid . . . nor fought nekkid (be kinda stupid to leave yourself "open" like that ;) )

[JoShuA]

Flint your minotaur looks awsome!

Favs so far: (in no particular order)
Flints minotaur
rubygenesis's centaur
and
mcnallyism's neanderthal.

here's my mayan gladiator with some color, Im still working on it, what do you guys think?

http://images.customize.org/category/dashboard/mayangladiatorcolor1-0_full.gif




Great stuff guys.

[JerMohler]

Hey everybody,

Well, this is my entry so far. As you can see, I've still got to colour it, but, for the most part, the drawing is done.

I chose to do a Viking warrior.

C&C welcome.

http://www.jeremymohler.com/sketchbook/vikingwarrior1.jpg

[JoShuA]

JerMohler: dude that is a sweet viking.

[rubygenesis]

~JerMohler: very cool, luv the different textures of his armor.
~JoShua: lookin good, maybe lil more contrast? i like the design of the armor, very mayan.

[JoShuA]

hey thanks for the comment, I was kinda scared that his sword hand got lost in his torso. Is that what you were talking about?

[MindCandyMan]

jermohler you got mad skills man....awesome

[strych9ine]

JerMohler... DAYUM!

[Rusty Red Robot]

Crap crap crap . . . Lotsa people doing Greek or Roman . . . and I'll just be adding to the pile. Makes me feel REALLY original.

[siskol p]

hi everyone, this is also my first thunder dome,

my guy's got a lot of junk in him.
i call him the master knight...
hes a knife fighter with knives from all around the world, the whole philosophy of him fighting with knives, is that its the most intimate form of combat because you're SO CLOSE to your enemy.
hes got african scarification all over his body thats used to imply armor and to frighten his opponents (kinda like michealangelo integrating his subjects armor with their skin) he doesn't wear armor because thats HOW DANGEROUS he is, and it impedes the mobility and speed he needs when he fights so he doesn't need to worry about it because he just plain won't get hit...
he uses martial arts (from the orient)
and hes probably going to be of european decent
i'm probably gonna end up watercoloring it for the finish since i'm retarded at computer painting.. any comments an crits would be very welcome...
http://www.nickface.org/newkid/masterknight.jpg

[enigma]

don't forget siskol, your character has to focus on ONE civilization :)

[Mirana]

Charming Louse - Actually, greeks did fight nekkid sometimes. That's why many statues of fight scenes are nude.

JerMohler - Lovely piece. Only fault I see is the perspective of the axe--if I were him, I wouldn't hold it so that it was pointing to the side. I would hold it in front of me, pointing at my target. As cool as the viking is, I enjoy the background more...that sky will be fantastic in color, the trees are really gnarly, and the snow is very realistic. ^_^

[Rusty Red Robot]

And here I was feeling really clever . . .

[D.O.Jones]

I think, from what I've learned in classics this year, that the only time Greeks fought nakid was in competitions like boxing or wrestling. Otherwise they wore plenty of clothes/armour.

[pibb991]

they would compete in the olympics naked

[Rusty Red Robot]

See, I think Rash Overdrive and pibb991 are right; naked in
olympics and athletic competition, but not in combat (as in, the kind you have in a war).

[Rusty Red Robot]

Think I'm gonna try for Chinese . . . great selection of weapons there. Just have to make sure I don't rip of Dynasty Warriors. Good thing I only played it at a friend's house . . .

Here's a quick sketch I did tonight. Please tell me if you can recognize it as Chinese-inspired. Also, crit the hell out of the design, please. If you think I need to start from scratch, fine, tell me. Be honest and brutal!

http://www.shipoffools.net/art/conceptsketch.jpg

[Rusty Red Robot]

Found another reference, so here's another REALLY quick sketch . . . I think I like this outfit better, though I might lose the sleeves. Any comments?

http://www.shipoffools.net/art/conceptsketch2.jpg

[grinn]

I love all the images posted so far, but I have a particular liking for Siskols knife fighter. I have always loved that kind of character. Really cool concept.

Alright, new to the forums and all the work on this thread is really intimidating. But I need to get moving on mine as we get close to the deadline. I have barely started mine yet, but when I first read the topic, before it was even an official thunderdome I did some really quick sketches. So heres one of them.

Before I get onto refining this and coloring it and giving it a background, if you could point out any horrible errors in anatomy I would really appreciate it.

http://www.madorb.com/Art/tdome1.jpg

[pibb991]

MCM- don't sell yourself short, thats an impressive piece.

grinn- the deltoid should probably be bit more prominent and the bicep a bit smaller with a longer forearm

[Hyptosis]

What a fun thread guys.

[Landmate]

JerMohler - cool composition and everything. My only crit is that the way hes holding the axe seems unatural, I think it would be cooler if he held it out to his side samurai style.

-B

[siskol p]

is it really imperitive that the character only be influenced from ONE civilization. if you're talking about the supreme thunderdome champ of all time, then i think he/she'd have gotten around enough in the past 3 millenia to see some different stuff throughout the world. hence my character being influenced by multiple cultures.

[Flint]

Well I think it would be like someone who's wardrobe is stuck in ... say the 80s...

Sure they pick up new stuff and new clothes, but they retain a certain look that totally dates and places their appearance.

[strych9ine]

Your words moved me, Flint. Beautiful...

[K-10]

Charming Louse ~ Ok, let's start with the first one: It is to 2d, try to have more curves and irregularities in the clothing, the neck is to long, left leg to short and also the eyes don’t look Chinese.

Second one: Again the clothing the piece below the scarf left side (his left) could be higher, the clothing covering the groin isn’t symmetrical and I would stick with the gauntlets in the first one.

And remember, details, details, details. :nana

[enigma]

because its chinese inspired attire doesn't mean it has to be a chinese man/woman does it?

it doesn't even have to be human if i remember correctly

[Hyptosis]

I know a lot of people are keeping their characters/gladiators secret, and it will be great to see the unvieling of them all. But I know there is no chance of my character being a big surprise, nor is he that original, but this contest is rockin' so I gotta enter it. Here is what I just did, took about an hour, maybe two if you count research on norse/viking/saxon clothing and such. which I also posted a lot of it in the reference area for anyone else interested.

I figure I shouold at least ocme out in the end with a decent image if nothing else right? =P

http://www.lorestrome.com/trash/viking1.jpg

Have fun guys. =D

[Hyptosis]

Oh yeah, louse, love the designs. Very cool, first one hit me as very 'hun/mongle'

[al-x]

God damn...
another viking, I'm doing a viking also (but with a little twist)...

(not gonna be as original as i hoped though...)

but what the heck, vikings are cool and as scandinavian it's quite nice to see other people interested in our history

[K-10]

Oww:( , I thought I would be the only one with a viking, but that reference data will come in handy thx:)

[Johann de Venecia]

great designs everyone. i just finished my entry this morning. now i can finally go back to my fallout tactics game.

regarding louse's design, i think its really cool. the cleave-like spear he's holding is very much chinese. i'm not sure about the rest of the armor though. maybe you could add details that will make it look chinese. also the scarf reminds me of strider hiryu for some reason, and hiryu screams japanese. :)

i guess i'll be posting my piece at the final entries thread soon. drats, i've seen two people use the viking concept so far- and damn good ones too. i myself made a viking warrior. :eek: well, too late to turn back now.

goodluck guys. see you on thunderdome november!

[bluesliver]

Damn, I tought I would be the first posting a viking... but JerMohlers viking was not only first, that drawing made me understad that I will have to go back to the sketchbook again...

Anyway, I will post my progress to this point anyway...

Viking Numero three:

http://www.bostream.nu/bluesliver/images/gallery/art/vikingfullcolor.jpg

[al-x]

Ahh what the heck...

Didn't plan to post, but this is what I'm working on anyway...

Viking 04... but Bearviking 01 :D
http://www.alextornberg.com/art/concepts/sketches/bear_viking_progress.jpg

Wondering... should I loose the horns on his helmet?

[Nucleardan]

Well, i did a color job on this here entry. I picked Central American. Mayan to be precise. I did the color job in about 40 minutes. Uh, i'm not sure if it's done...:drool:

http://www2.gvsu.edu/~selleckd/war%20dog.jpg

Dan

[Rusty Red Robot]

Thanks for the crits and comments, everyone. I'll pay special attention to the anatomy in the final piece.

Thanks to everyone who suggested that adding details to the clothes would make them look more chinese; that's what I was hoping. I think Chinese clothes are recognizable for all the inticrate embroidery. At least I know the CUT of the clothes seems alright.

Hyptosis: I'm glad the first one struck you as Hun/Mongol, because that's what I'm thinking about doing instead of Chinese. The two are really similar, but with the mongols having less elaborate clothing (I think . . . need to research it).

Finally, it's great to see everyone's concept develop! Great work everyone!

[benzo]

There's a lot of ambitious and inspiring stuff on this thread everyone. I look forward to seeing all the idea come out.

This is an Assyrian 'cus he likes to kick ASS! I'm trying to get his head positioned right and polish the piece up. As always, crits and comments are welcome.- benzero
http://www.bensprout.com/tdassyria4.jpg

[Crunch]

are guns in? i ask because people are sticking to melee weapons...im not big on guns but should they be shunned or are they in? i will post my junk soon

[antihero]

Great pieces everyone!

@hyptosis: I like the pose of yours pretty much! Thanks for the references i find them very helpfull (not for thunderdome, my entry wont be viking-styled)!

@benzo: The texture of the axe is very nice done! Congrats. The biggest issue i can see is the head, which seems too small compared to the rest of his body. Well somehow it's not that hard because he's wearing heavy armor which broadens the body, but i'd still say his head is too small.
His right arm is also a bit off, i don't know exactly why... probably it's the perspective.
Except for those two mistakes i like your piece! Nice work!

@Crunch: I don't think it is forbidden to let your char use guns (at least the rules don't say so). Well and if the char has to be civilization inspired, a civ-specific weapon is a good start. And in the end i guess those ancient successfull warriors wont change their weapon of choice for no reason... gunpowder wont replace a good old blood-soaked blade... ;)

Thunderdome seems to kick ass like before...! I'm allready curious about all those previously unpublished entrys comin from the big ones in here...

antihero :bootyshak

[rubygenesis]

kool, this is my first thunderdome aswell.

~bluesilver: nice one, like the colour much

~Nucleardan: cool concept! he looks big and nasty. =)

~JerMohler: awesome piece, luv the setting with snow.

damn those are some kickin vikings.
nother layer of shading and wash with water on brush. now for the background....heh

http://www.demongoddess.com/sketchbook/WIP04.jpg

[antihero]

@rubygenesis: Nice! Yours is my personal Fav! Only remember "entrys must be full color illustrations".

[R_M]

http://www.robertomarchesi.com/gfxgallery/cent.jpg

I know. I know, it isn't exactly an original comment, but I can't help thinking that the horse part should be much bigger....

great work everyone! there are some pretty mean sons of... among the contenders!

[Carnifex]

i don't wanna give you the impression i don't work anything but i don't have too much time.anyway some preliminary sketches.
http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://fisite.150m.com/badass.jpg

p.s.:is it viewable?

[antihero]

not showing for me... :(
EDIT: now it works. ;)

By the way: the "rubygenesis"-centaur-body looks ok for me.

antihero

[Carnifex]

now?
edit:good
further edit:damn,bandwidth exceeded

[OLSEN]

Here´s two WIP shots from my thunderdom contribution. The pic is full body, but i desided to crop it and keep the full image for myself until i submit it as a finished pic. Its a biblical person, born in ancient egypt, now a thunderdome hero.. guess who?

http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/mosesWIP1.jpg

http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/mosesWIP2.jpg

[geoffd]

moses?

[OLSEN]

captn.harlock-> correct, who else.. i hope it fits withing the thunderdome rules. I worked on it at my girlfriends place, and the only book she had with good references to something ancient was the bible.. (some great ilustrations on the last 10 pages)

[K-10]

I'm still in the development stage and so I haven't started on the main image.

http://k-10.50megs.com/images/viking_skech.jpg

I need some crits on the theme, do i need more viking era stuff on him, is the cyberarm to much. I am planing to have a motorbike edged in runes and viking sculptur.

[siskol p]

k,

if thats a shotgun in his left hand, i'd make it "viking inspired" to coincide with the rules, i'd ditch the cyber arm in favor of a heavily armored one or something, but i've always been a fan of augmenting the human form, rather than replacing it. and i'd buff him up some more too, punch all those muscles and make him one massive guy, maybe even give him a gut and some kind of animal or human carcass just to play on the badassness....

[Johannes]

A little update
This guy is supposed to be a shepard, from the christian / judeean mythos/religion covered in the old testiments of the bible. He got a trustworthy staff and backed with faith in the one true maker, he can actually spank alot of behind, even if he doesn´t look like it. Some of the shepard guys also was famous for bagging opponents many times bigger than them :D
Oh, yes, I almost forgot, Its inspired by the images of Schnorr von Carolsfeld
http://home.swipnet.se/panzerkunst/thunder6_1e.jpg

[ljefe]

all i can say is i'm stoked. My piece is coming along nicely...gotta figure out a background beyond "white"
oh, Olsen? pure kickass. that moses...damn. i'm afeared. it would be sweet if he could throw burning bushes.
but hey, no magic and/or godly intervention, right?
and on the gun issue. I didn't hear it said they were banned, and if you can use a bow and arrow you can use a sawed off rail shotgun in my book
so there's my two cents

[K-10]

yes, it's our right to bear arms
siskol p ~ like i said I'm still in the development stage, I meant to have a drafon on the end of the shot gun but i was lazy

Also are pets alowed, and if there are no replies to that im just gonna asume so

[brokencow]

http://www.joinedartists.com/uploads/thundershit.jpg

WIP...i might do another one...depends

[killing.people]

looking good all.

[Phuzion]

Brokencow: That's looking kiiiilllaaaah! Beautiful start ;p

[ljefe]

K-10
i assumed when it said "independent" that that meant no pets. but hey, what's a familiar or two among friends?
sweet brokencrow. r those claws?

[siskol p]

hey all these are some fast watercolor/marker/pen renderings,

comments and crits overly welcomed...

http://www.nickface.org/newkid/master-knight-color-collage.jpg

[Rusty Red Robot]

Crap. Imma gonna get owned . . .

[Evil_Dan]

Nice stuff BC!

[oglzogl]

I hope I can find the time to color this. Getting the hell out of Dodge for a bit and all.. maybe I'll be able to do it when I get back.

This is a Celtic warrior. Started off with Curnunnos in the back of my head and then went somewhere else.

http://www.toddpowelson.com/celt-lo.jpg

[bluesliver]

This thread is very inspiring, everey pice is great

@rubygenesis - Love to see the progress with the Centaur, it will be a great piece...

@brokencow - Nice start, love the powerful stance and colors...

[Flint]

DAMN !! The work being pumped out here is phenominal !!! Really glad I found this forum. Cant wait to see everyones completed warriors.

:trippy:

[rubygenesis]

yes! colour! here's first pass colour, no highlights yet...and no idea for a background =( i'll sleep on it.

http://www.demongoddess.com/sketchbook/WIP07.jpg

[antihero]

Nice stuff in here...!
Impressing.

@OLSEN: Wasn't that hard to figure it out, you named the pictures mosesWIP2.jpg ;)
@rubygenesis: Great. Though i'm not sure, but do you want him to use a wooden shield? Well it's your centaur and don't feel like commenting on this one. Simply Great.

antihero

[Fozzybar]

Originally posted by R_M
http://www.robertomarchesi.com/gfxgallery/cent.jpg

I know. I know, it isn't exactly an original comment, but I can't help thinking that the horse part should be much bigger....

great work everyone! there are some pretty mean sons of... among the contenders!

I think this is a very useful hint...good job R_M!

rubygenesis: I don't know, whic direction you want to go, but i would suggest to make the rendering either more outworn or more noble...go to the extreme! Currently it's like a standard outfit...i hope this made some sense...

oglzogl: GoGoGo! btw don't forget, that the warrior should be in fullsize...

brokencow: yummee! Nice!

[benzo]

i have made some adjustments to the arms and head.-benzero
http://www.bensprout.com/tdassyria5.jpg

rubygenesis- how bout a colloseum for the bg?

oglzogl- it is very confusing. try to solidify it with the color

siskel p- i like the tats...almost like skin marks. also like the odd head shape... keep playing with it, make him as unique as possible.

broken- lookin good. give her some guns

Johannes- come on, you can make a shepherd more intimidating than that! ditch the pink

K-10- there honestly is nothing new here and he looks from modern. maybe integrate the dreads into his costume and give him a weapon with dread-like attributes

olsen- interesting ideas

Carnifex- u can push your concept further. perhaps armor the serpentine tail and mutant one or both her arms into something reptilian. redesign the bow. make it organic, perhaps animalistic

[R_M]

http://www.robertomarchesi.com/gfxgallery/crufinal1.jpg
holy crusader.
90% done, and pretty tired of looking at it. I just read Ken Follets "pillars of the earth" and got inspired to do some kind of christianity defender. Johannes we had the same idea!
his main weapon is his faith, and when that isn't enough, he has a nice relicsword with incorporated shotguns. C&C welcome, I am blind to it by now!


benzo/ the armor design looks very sharp and dangerous good job, but the head is to small. it should be a 1/8 or 1/7 of the bodys size (depending on what school you follow)

brokencow/ nice design, but what happend to your website?

oglz/colour it!

siskol/ I like the tattoos/scars he has, but his weapons are a bit unclear.

olsen/I love your rendering!

[JerMohler]

Hey everybody,

I've got a real quick question:

Does this all have to be done by one person, or can it be a collaborative effort? Say...my pencils and somebody elses colours?

I don't recall reading anywhere if that was off limits...SO...

Thanks!

And seriously, everybody, beautiful work. I feel so very humbled in such company...

[grinn]

Quick Coloring of my previous sketch. I can pretty clearly see most of the terrible problems now. If anyone has any suggestions on how I might be able to make his weapon look slightly less akward please let me know.

http://www.madorb.com/Art/tdome3.jpg

[strych9ine]

There is some stellar friggin' work here. My warrior needs a re-design, that's for sure...

R_M, I gotta tell you your piece floored me.

[Jaku]

Long way to go from here yet.
Changed a bit from the original idea. I think i´m going a lot into roman...

http://members.fortunecity.com/jaku1/td6/wipt6.jpg

R_M: intimidating. i´m going to church this sunday, i promise :D

Benzo: Cool characters. They´ll look even better when you put them on a bg

Rubygenesis: forget my comments about the size of the horse. That centaur looks too cool!

Grinn: Check your anatomy. Your character has a lot of abdominals.

Brokencow: Work on it! I can´t wait to see it finished

[bluesliver]

@Jaku - nice start, like the coloring of the armour... but do not forget, the Romans used small swords for a purpose...

[al-x]

Pencilwork done... just inking, coloring and fixing background left :)

http://www.alextornberg.com/art/concepts/sketches/bear_viking_pencils.jpg

Still wondering if the horns should stay or should go...

..and wondering if he can bring his pet wolf Huan to the kombat?

Or is it strictly no pets, 'cause this bear viking is a bad motha thats totally indepented, but Huan likes to eat the corpses of all that is stupid enough to fight his master...

by the way...
Johannes that Moses idea is really cool

Ruby: I actually like the smaller horsebody and coloring is progressing quite nicely...

Benzo: I like the egyptian concept more than this one

[bluesliver]

I think that you should let the horns go..

[Rusty]

http://members.fortunecity.com/rusty23/Maori.warrior.jpg

im starting l8,ah well...
Im a NZ maori so i thought id do one based on a maori warriors of the past,their eastern polynesian race,closely related to the Hawaian,Marquesas,rapanui people..Warfare was taken very seriously in those days,defeated foes where eaten:whoa:,often heads of respected enemy where mummified and kept as trophys..
The moko(facial tatoo)was chizelled into the face rather than with needle work which left a deep groove on the face...popular weapons where Taiaha(long wooden spear-like club),mere poenamu(tough grain nephrite club ,nearly as hard as diamond)..long range weapons(throwing spears) where never used in warfare as there was no mana(pride,respect)in killing a man that way,to easy..lol

heres a quick sketch of a fighting cheif.
PS..that PS2 game "mark of kri"`s character is loosely based on a maori warrior,i say loosely cause its been highly stylized.lol

cheers
Rusty

[Rusty]

awesome colouring Benzo and Ruby...that texture youve achieved specially around the top half Benzo is very travis charest(my favorite artist),welldone..

jermohlr,beautiful drawing m8.

R_M,youve got a Salvador Dali like painting style,that painting give me a surreal buzz whenever i look at it.

Rusty

[Dan Milligan]

Hey Rusty,

I too have chosen the Maori. Looking great so far.

Peace
Dan

[Flint]

Still workin on this and another, the other more than this one...

http://pages.prodigy.net/flint/Posts_Icons/Minotaur8.jpg

Still havent decided what to give him other than the spear. Hmmmm, design as you go minotaur in a box...

[fish~]

Heh, rusty i got have a polynisian (sp?) char too.. I am trying to tie in the "amakua" concept in (personal god/gaurdian/ancestor). its gonna be stylised a bit and will use a mix of maroi/and hawaiian patternes, and traditional hawaiian symbolic forms. with a twist of course :P..

see mom i learnt somthing in school!!!!!

[enigma]

dood! i thought i was the only one doing a polynesian character, oh well, ive got anotehr character in the works, i think ill focus on him

[rubygenesis]

cool thanks! lots of wicked progress i see, keep'em coming.

~fozzybar: your right most centaurs come at that scale, but im shooting for speed, agility, and the fact that this guy can fall on himself and not be crushed to his own death. ;)

~benzo: ooo you might be onto something thx ~_~
~antihero: no wood, metal!
~jaku, al-x: thanks guys!

[Flint]

Ruby - Regardless of the size ratio of horse body to human torso, It looks badass.

BrokenCow - Looks awesome so far, I disagree with benzo about the guns. cant wait to see it done.

Olson. Damn, just damn. Is that all mask or is it ancient leathery skin?

Jaku - Still looks very greek, I like.

Grinn, I would take the blade/scythe off his wrist and maybe relax the curve a lot. Ancient swords that curved forward like that were just vicious weapons.

Oglzogl - It is too busy need to simplify maybe?

Al-x - Like the Bear, I would dump the horns just one the principle that he looks like he is about to snag his own arm on them.

R_M - Awesome, just awesome. The field of crucified infidels is priceless.


One question I have is when did the crusades begin? Furthermore werent the vikings post 400 AD as well? My understanding was the warriors had to come from an era pre 400 AD... Could someone clarify on this please? Because there is a big difference tween ancient to middle ages as far as what is available to work with...

[R_M]

Flint/ thanks! love the minotaur, but I don't think the spear is the right weapon for him. Spears are medium to long range weapons, that require skill and finesse, but a minotur is more of a brawler on steroids, and it is in his nature to get close an personal.

I chose a crusader more on impulse than anything ;) but the very first crusade took place under Richard I in 1095, and it was stated in the rules that anything before the middle ages was a go. pibb991 wrote Middelages 1246-1347.
still I hope it will accepted, it would be a shame if all the work had gone to waste :(

Rusty/ that is a very good idea you come up with. he is original and interesting. I am looking forward to see the colours!
Dali you say? mmmmhh never though of him before.

al-x/ big hammer! I think the feet anatomy is a bit of.

jaku/ thanks! You should push the design of the armor a bit more!

strych9ine/ happy you like! now get up!

[Fipse]

R_M jsut for information, the middleages are normally set in the time by the historians between the fall of the western Roman Empire (ca. 450 AD) and Columbus (cca. 1500) so I think as great as your crusader is he´s out of time.

Hope I´m not a wiseass ...

Fipse

[R_M]

:(
Unfortunatley I don't hav emore time, I am leaving (again!) tomorrow...

[Flint]

If that is so, that sucks. was what I was afraid of.

[Johannes]

R_M - aw, crap, that just blows chunks! :(
I´m sorry. It still is a very cool pic though, so don´t feel too sorry. :D
:chug: to a fellow "defender of christianity"

[al-x]

That sucks R_M... but the crusades was in the middleage. As for the vikings, the middleages didn't come to Scandinavia until about 1000 A.D, so the vikings were pre-midleage here. We where kind of late here, still had bronzeage when Alexander The Great conquered Asia-minor...

R-M: Yeah, I felt kind of confused about the feet, they were right perspectivly but something just doesn't feel right about them, will go over them again before inking...

[JerMohler]

Hey everybody, great work.

I believe I read somewhere that the Saxons(whom you could basically consider vikings)began invading into the then Roman controlled Britain around 410 AD. I think it's pretty safe to consider them an ancient civilization.

Ruby - Thanks for all the kind words on my piece! Yours is most excellent. I'm regularily floored by all the little nuances to your pieces and getting to see alot of your process is really, truly most excellent. Only thing I might wander about is whether or not the torso of the centaur would be human, thus, skin coloured and not white, like the rest of the body. BUT, that's just nitpicky. Beautiful piece.

Flint - Nice minotaur! You've got some nice things happening here. Good anatomy, I really get the sense of his size. His legs seem a little short to me, though. Other than that, the only thing that bothers me about the piece is that I find it rather hard to tell exactly what ancient civilization he's influenced by. The armour looks Roman, but is it supposed to be Greek because he's a minotaur? Anyway, just something to think about.

al-x - Interesting piece! Good attention to detail with the armour as well. You might want to take another look at the feet, though. They don't look like they are planted on the ground, let alone the same plane. If he's going to be weighted down with all that armour and carrying such a huge implement of destruction, he's going to be Heavy. Just a thought. And in all the Viking research I did, I never found a helmet with horns...

oglzogl - Man, that's alot of strong black and whites. In fact, they compete with each other so much that it's hard for my eyes to seperate everything. THis, naturally, will probably be fixed in the colours. But for a character design, this might be a little hard to read. You've got some cool stuff happening, though, I certainly read it as a Celtic warrior.

R_M - Most excellent! Damn man, nice colours.

Benzo - Your Egyptian warrioress really inspired me as I was working. Very well executed piece. On your other character, it's been stated that the head is too small and I see that you did tweak it. It still needs worked on, I think. If not the head, at least the face. It's SO small compared to that monstrous body. If that is what your going for, that's cool. It just makes the whole character look really disjointed. Nice work on everything else though!

brokencow - This left me wanting to see more of your work! Damn!

Everybody, I've said it before and I'll say it again - damn nice work!

Jer

[al-x]

JerMohler: No vikings never actually had horns, I think it was some frensh artist in the early 20th Century who invented the horned viking helmet. I Just put them there to make him look more vikingish.. but I think it will work without the horns...

the vikings and the Saxons weren't really the same people, they got mingeled up by Norweigen vikings who made settlements both on british islands and in france... though that was a bit later than 410 A.D. But anyway, concepts on the Norse Mytholgy must be OK as it isn't from the Middleage

[bOne]

This is my contribution, not finished.

Before being the ultimate thunderdome warrior, he was the best player of a very dangerous aztec game, called poktapok.

I'm glad that the thunderdome is back !!!

http://bonestudio.free.fr/forum/poktapok2.jpg

[Nucleardan]

aw nuts, i'm doing a central american indian shaman too...:(


dan

[Carnifex]

uuhh...the adversaries are getting tougher.:hmm:
whatever,i have started with my piece.it's an ancient egypt snake warrior.armor and additional weapons will soon follow.one question:did the ancient egyptians wear their quivers on their belts?i think they did.c&c welcome.
http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://fisite.150m.com/snakewarrior.jpg


p.s.:viewable?

[JoShuA]

bone your weapon design rocks!!
It's all about the central americans.

man it's so cool to see such great designs from so many members. very inspiring!

also very cool maori design rusty "Good on ya!"
all blacks rule!

[siskol p]

rusty, the maori is PIMP!!!
keep working on it man it looks, as they say on "teen girl squad" hella tight...

r_m that knight is slick, i wanna say to make the body underneath the armor a lil more apparent, though right now he looks to be swimming in it and work on his hands some too. is that a crown of thorns on his head?? good throwback to jesus if it is. but all in all its turning out nicely chap..

Flint - beautiful minotaur man, keep going...

strych9 - LOVE the Kahli (thats what its called right, or Shiva??) cant wait to see it in color...

Mohler - thats the fanciest piece i've seen so far...

Olsen - way to turn moses into a badass, i almost want to see him ready to chuck the 10 commandments at someone...

Ruby - wow man you've really got some skills there, way to really pimp out your image. can't wait for the finish...

[grinn]

Bone - that lighting is awesome, I wish I had that much skill for lighting.

Carnifex - Cool idea, put in some more detail and get to coloring. His arms look a little strange too.

Rusty - that is the coolest face. your warrior concept is awesome though his right arm seems quite a bit longer than his left unless I am just not understanding the perspective.

Jsku - I like the design but you should get some more contrast in some of it to bring out the shapes.

Al-x - nice viking, thats awesome. Love the hammer,
though to me the handle looks maybe a little narrow for such a huge weapon.

I did another sketch based on a cool pose a friend thought up, and now I like my prticular drawing much better, but I am having a hard time coloring this one. Any suggestions?

http://www.madorb.com/Art/2tdome6.jpg

[OLSEN]

ljefe-> thanks

antihero-> lol, proves im not the sharpest tool in the box..

benzo-> thanks. Btw, i like your rendering.

R_M-> thanks. yours looking good too.

Flint-> Thanks. Its a gasmask/life support system.

Siskol p-> Thanks. There wont be any 10 comandments around, or burning bushes, just his simple staff and a strong belief in the Lord. :angel:


http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/mosesstaffWIP.jpg

Btw, everyones work is looking great, cant wait to see them all finished.

[Joachim]

looking forward to see all the great entries. I hope there will be a lot.
Anyway since this is a WIP, I don't want to post my wips, since I've made a lot of scribbles, but if you want you can check the progress on my site, with pics and text. I've posted every little sketch (almost) and hopefully I will be able to post to do this untill I'm done.

Just click my page and click the picture on the entrance page.

[Scratched Glass]

hey all. been a long time since ive posted on this site but am gonna put an entry into the dome. workin ona piece centered around native american fighters.. damn they are badass and overlooked =x

psyched to see the finished work.

[ljefe]

oh don't even scratched glass!
but you're right, there's a lot of stuff one can work with there. can't wait to see yours

[Phuzion]

Looking really good everyone. Damn, I wanna put something in if I can find the time for the work... Can't wait to see what others have hidden away for the knockout. Keep 'em comin'!!

[grinn]

I am trying to color the image I posted a few posts up and having a ton of trouble. Do you guys mostly color in painter or photoshop? And what method do you use in painter if thats what you choose? All of my attempts so far are coming out pretty poor, but I think i can pick it up pretty quick with just a bit of advice for a headstart.

I just have no real color experience, guess its about time I sucked it up and got some though.

[OLSEN]

Grinn-> linked a tutorial for you, written by Craig Mullins. If he cant help you, no one can. :)

http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials/7731

[grinn]

Thank you very much Olsen, I have actualy been studying your work trying to figure out exactly how you do it ;oP

[Carnifex]

i personally adapt to this tutorial (http://www.apsylus.com/tutorials.shtml) when colouring pieces.works pretty good for me.
one question:in how far do his arms look weird?
and another:did they wear their quivers on their belts now or didn't they?

[OLSEN]

Grinn -> Truth is i have no fixed way of doing things, i have only done digital art for 7 months so everything i do is very experimental and random.

Btw, I have started on a new render of Moses so the pics i have posted so far will not be my thunderdome contribution.

Heres all the WIPs i saved when i worked on the old one:

http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses2.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses3.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses4.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses5.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses6.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses7.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses8.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses9.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses10.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses11.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses12.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses13.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses14.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses15.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses16.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses17.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses18.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses19.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses20.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses21.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/ksmolsen/image/moses22.jpg

[Carnifex]

update:
lenghtened the tail a bit and added most of the armor.quiver is still missing but that's what i'll be adding next.then comes one of the most time-consuming parts:the scales on the tail.well...here ya go:
http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://fisite.150m.com/snakewarrior2.jpg


edit:damn bandwidth

[antihero]

Oha. This Thread is awesome!
nice work everyone!

Here is my humble contribution.


http://www.circum.ch/cncpt/03/10/td-dg/clear.jpg

http://www.circum.ch/cncpt/03/10/td-dg/clothing-1.jpg

(click the picture below to get a bigger one)
http://www.circum.ch/cncpt/03/10/td-dg/clothing-4-tn.jpg (http://www.circum.ch/cncpt/03/10/td-dg/clothing-4.jpg)

In think i'm going for the javellin-one. C&C is hardly appreciated.
Color & Details will be added, these are only about the pose and the clothing.


antihero

[Carnifex]

and another update!this is the final version for the lineart,so tomorrow(or maybe even today,dunno) i will start with the colouring and the background.:)
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle5681.jpg

[Nucleardan]

I redid my entry to taht of a aztec/mayan shaman. this is just a pencil version but i hope to have some values and tatoos on him soon. I'm not sure what to put in his left hand, some sort of sacrificial knife i suppose would be appropriate, open to suggestions.

http://www2.gvsu.edu/~selleckd/shaman.jpg
dan

[Hazart]

Nice work dudes!
Keep up the good work!

[Carnifex]

what do you mean not activated yet?ur user account is activated,is it?well,that's all you need!(along with a picture host of course) just do your entry,scan it and post it here!everyone is allowed to participate.that's got nothing to do with "activation" or something.

[Hazart]

Thank you Carnifex for helping np like me. Hahaha... This is my Riding Samurai sketch. I hope I get it done before deadline... Actual piece is wider than this sketch. Samurai warrior has two swords. Feel free to comment!

http://kotisivu.auriamail.net/~harheikka/samurai.jpg

[Hyptosis]

Great work everyone. Very cool stuff. I know you all are going to be bleeding your hearts, but I'm not going to be able to finish mine. I've got too many commissions to do, and just paid rent, so I can't put off any more work to finish this up. If I had a chance to beat you guys I might have =D Anyway, very cool stuff. Keep it up. I'll post what I did finish.

Pencils (http://www.lorestrome.com/trash/viking1.jpg)

Partial Inks (http://www.lorestrome.com/trash/viking2.jpg)

Base Colors (http://www.lorestrome.com/trash/viking3.jpg)

http://www.lorestrome.com/trash/viking4.jpg

Have fun everyone.

[grinn]

Damn hyptosis, I really liked the way yours was coming along. Did you use a reference for that arena in the background? I really like that. It doesn't seemt hat you were very far from finish either =/

[Fourth Nail]

ancite Greek Hoplite, in its final form, it's going to be one of the elite royal guards.

http://www.frogmencomics.com/images/hoplite.jpg

The sheild and helmet plume are going to be created by some type of energy bolts. Am starting the coloring of it now.

Z

[al-x]

heh... my first thought was "Is Magneto entering thunderdome"...

[Fourth Nail]

I saw that coming :D :D :D

Z

[Hazart]

Hey Fourth Nail. Your Ancite Greek Hoplite has nice pose... Good feeling!

[Hyptosis]

grinn, Yeah, I used some photos of some run down colliseum, not the big one, some small one. I'll finish it i'm sure, just not in time.

Fourth Nail, Nice spearman, I was thinking of doing an energy axe and shield similar, at least I think it would have been.

[Hazart]

strych9ine,

Your multiarmed character is one of my favoritez! Keep doing it! Overall balance is good. Maybe she needs some weapons. Weird ones. Like sharp sticks... lol... Let us see the final piece!

[borogove13]

Maybe not how I want to introduce myself to the community here, but I was "inspired" by this Thunderdome challenge and it made me make this, so I figure since I'm blaming you people for the idea you should have to see it.

Reading the suggestions for research and having the Bible referenced as a good place to look for inspiration I imediately thought of drawing a corrupt Roman type, and as I kept going, for some reason the idea of an ancient Roman nail gun popped in my head and onto the page. At which point my latest and most personally disturbing character began to be born: Fighter Pilat.

http://www.posergallery.com/wip/20031027-Fighter%20Pilat15616.jpg

[Hazart]

Borogove!

I have same story than you. I've never been here earlier, but heard about this contest and so on... You've done nice piece of work. It's very unique character out of mass. Cool! Keep it coming. If you want to see my work, check couple pictures before yours and there it is: The Samurai! Can you tell me something about blue pencil some of you use. Is it good for sketching and why... Rock out!

[bOne]

only 3 days left !!! I hope to finish it in time

http://bonestudio.free.fr/forum/poktapok3.jpg

[Fourth Nail]

http://www.frogmencomics.com/images/hoplite_shadows.jpg

Color, most definately still a WIP,

http://www.frogmencomics.com/images/hoplite_color.jpg


Z

[al-x]

hmm...
actually wondering when the deadline is... what timezone?

I have GMT+1 (CET) as most europeans on this board, but I guess the deadline is midnight halloween in some american timezone, but which of them?

[grinn]

I was wondering that myself al-x. I am just going to get it in by 9pm for me on halloween, as I am on the west coast. So that should hit by the deadline.

[Mirana]

The original "rules" by benzo say Eastern Standard Time.

[BC_]

cool stuff so far in this thread.. I will be posting a wip soon here

:chug:

[Hazart]

I wonder what treasures are kept out of here and published only to finals section... We'll see soon. I'm afraid of that DEADLINE! I tried to ink my piece today, but I couldn't finish it. Now I have 2 days to ink rest of my Samurai and put in colors. Great! Well... pressure keeps me rocking!

Would you like to see my bw inkwork before I color my piece?
:rolleyes:

[Fipse]

I really don´t have the time and skills to participate in this contest but at least I was inspired to do the following two sketches. I don´t think I will colour them but they were fun during my flu ...

I´m not really into heavy Fantasy-stuff but I was thinking how would historic champions of ancient times would have looked like - better armour and equipment or whatever. So I did a little bit research and done this:

1. Warrior of the Sea people
This people harassed the mediterranean coast at about 1200 BC, destroying the Hethite-Empire empire and trying some heavy assaults on Egypt. I took this figure from some egyptian reliefs and frescoes.

Unfortunately the shoulder is quite off - I wanted too desperately to show the sword ...

http://www.kriegsherren-von-og.de/historisch/seevolk.jpg

2. Mycanean Warrior 1500 - 1200 BC
This would be a warrior of the golden age of Greece. Fighter like this would have destroyed Troy and these are the people Homer is singing about. The equipment is from different sources. Typically he´s wearing a helm made of boar tusks and the huge 8-shaped shield over the shoulder (as seen on a mycanean dagger).

Hands are a bit off - I definitely have to practise them more ...

http://www.kriegsherren-von-og.de/historisch/mykene.jpg

And these are some of the reasons why Fantasy isn´t so fascinating for me since I´m interested in history :)

Fipse

[ljefe]

WIP
this thing better scan better than it photographs, or i'm up the creek...
http://www.artwanted.com/images/large/8607_49320.jpg

[Johannes]

Great stuff everyone. I can see that everyone is stretching theselves, giving that extra bit - cool. :D
Benzo - thanx for great idea and rubygenesis - I follow the developmnet of the centaur - great.

My shepard guy were no huge crowdpleaser, so I decided to remake it (actually I had to remake it twice...). Well, here goes:

http://home.swipnet.se/panzerkunst/shepard3f.jpg
If anyone wants to see the other ones:
http://home.swipnet.se/panzerkunst/thunderdome6wip.html

[Nucleardan]

:eek:

dan

[Nucleardan]

oh, by the way:

http://www2.gvsu.edu/~selleckd/shamanistic!.jpg

Almost done. :)

[Dan Milligan]

Hey Mitch,

Where do we comment on the finish pieces? Maybe start a separate comments thread.

Dan

[mcotie]

Good idea Dan. I'll hook us up.

mitch

[Jaku]

Last redesing. I hope to fisnish this in time...

http://members.fortunecity.com/jaku1/td6/griego.jpg

[Rusty Red Robot]

Wow, FANTASTIC work everyone! I dunno if I'll have time to enter . . . I lost a couple of days being stuck in L.A. because of the fires, and I just acquired a job as a comic strip creator for my college's newspaper. I can't wait to see everyone's finished pieces, though!

[Carnifex]

ok,so i decided to work a bit more on the lineart,because it went against my will to have only the face rendered in this (nice) way.
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle5754.jpg
i hope i will make it in time with the colour and the background.:doh:

[Molly]

Hello All,

here a few ideas I have. I hardly enter these comps, so I thought now would be a good time to try. May have to do these on paper, as my cpu at home is buggered...anyway, crits welcome....
http://www.costan.clara.net/pic/MollyEntry_Gladiator2.jpg

[Carnifex]

that first one has a cool perspective.work it out!:)

[Wohr Path]

Those look good molly, nice pose on both of them. Jaku, i love the way you handled the metal, especially the helm. Good luck getting finished in time aswell.

Great work from every one here! :cool: