DSG 226: Misc Conceptual Design: Heavy Horse Armor

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Today's topic is: Misc Conceptual Design: Heavy Horse Armor

[nBT]

http://www.mattijsart.com/dsg/dsg226armouredhorse.jpg
another day, another style
when o when am i gonna learn how to draw
its not that i cannot but i lack serious dicipline

nBT

[devilbunny]

my armor's purpose is 50% protection and 50% intimidation.
if i get a chance to color later, i'll update.
http://jenniferrodgers.com/horsearmor.jpg

[Carnifex]

now only if i could horses and armor and enviroments...:rolleyes:,but no,i won't complain.i have to do this.practice!
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/fisite/horse.jpg

[Kortez]

carnifex, you'll do alot better if you also use larger brushes, instead of just scribbling it in with a pixelbrush. There's no rush :)

hope this doesn't come off as rude, and I hope it helps :)

[ayato]

Why hold back on heavy?

http://home.graffiti.net/ayatodsg/031007heavyhorsearmor.jpg

[sushiboy]

http://home.graffiti.net/sushiboy:graffiti.net/art/armor_horse.jpg

Hi everyone, I'm new to concept art, and a total n00b when it comes to using my tablet, this is my first entry into the DSG.

[Carnifex]

Originally posted by Kortez
carnifex, you'll do alot better if you also use larger brushes, instead of just scribbling it in with a pixelbrush. There's no rush :)

hope this doesn't come off as rude, and I hope it helps :)
this helps alot:)



...just that it's hard to do in practice;)

[Yaseck]

ayato: it rocks!

[daG-ELLO]

I am going to have to go with Yaseck on this one... that utterly rules, ayato. ROFL!

[littlemac]

ummm... what sounded like a good idea at first turned into silliness. vtol horse. droppin bombs and horse manure.
http://testingtestingonetwo.250free.com/dsg5.jpg

[Hunger_Artist]

http://www7.oekakibbs.com/bbs/HungerArtist/data/19.jpg

[nBT]

ayato :cool:
and carnifex keep going, good spirit. flowers grow on shit
sushiboy welcome

nBT

[devilbunny]

tiny update.
http://jenniferrodgers.com/horsearmor2.jpg

[foma]

Not exactly armor, per se...

http://foma.250free.com/horsegrenade.jpg

[MGH]

Ayato & foma, you guys win. Those are hilarious.
I think I might be too late with this. Got interrupted...
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/horse.jpg

[Wednesday]

http://members.rogers.com/mypicshere/dsg/226.jpg

moo.

[finger]

3 nights in a row (late, but still)...beginning of good habit?


http://www.duncanmoore.org/images/tank-mule.jpg

[Jane Radstrom]

I haven't drawn a horse since I was around 11 years old! The back legs always messed me up then, and are still trouble now. Sloppy planning, I ended up not fitting it all into my sketchbook. And I guess it's kinda light armor... :p

http://www.velondra.com/images/gallery/226horsearmor.jpg

~35 minutes, pencil and ink. Those thingies on the front hooves are for tearing/poking, I suppose it's trained as a war horse. Didn't want to make them so long they would get in the way of running, though.

[danielh68]

Cool rendering, MGH. Very menacing.

[jemstone]

I went with more of the interpretation that the horse itself is heavy, rather than the armor, per se. After all, the "Heavy Horse" was a staple of Europe for centuries, y'know?

The temptation to draw a man in a suit of heavy "HORSE" powered armor was, I admit, hard to resist...

Anyway...

http://www.mecha.com/~jim/images/dsg/heavyhorse.jpg

Inspired by the barding of the late middle ages, a combination of plate and chain, including blinding rims for the horse's eyes, and a fluted chestplate to provide more protection for the rider's legs. The saddle's been omitted, obviously. That access point for the belting of the rump-plate's going to cause problems later...

-Minor edit... not bad for a guy who hasn't drawn a horse since his Life Drawing class, eh?-

-JEM

[daG-ELLO]

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/CMGELONECK/dsg_226.jpg

I got a little too involved into this project. I did some research on horses, and then I did some research on old horse armor, just like jem, but I found some cool plate for horses. This is the first horse I've drawn in like 10 years.

As for the tech, I figure it's an android battle horse. Built to withstand any battle condition. It has filtered breathing, the spikes on it's hooves and the horn on it's head (combigned with the enhanced neck) make it a formidable opponent on it's own. For the rider it has a sword for close quarters... though I'm sure on this ride, they'd be carring some sort of blaster ray or something.

I also added a boarder so that I'll never forget what I do this for. (And it looks cool!)

I liked this project. :)

[jemstone]

Originally posted by daG-ELLO
I got a little too involved into this project. I did some research on horses, and then I did some research on old horse armor, just like jem, but I found some cool plate for horses. This is the first horse I've drawn in like 10 years.

As for the tech, I figure it's an android battle horse. Built to withstand any battle condition. It has filtered breathing, the spikes on it's hooves and the horn on it's head (combigned with the enhanced neck) make it a formidable opponent on it's own. For the rider it has a sword for close quarters... though I'm sure on this ride, they'd be carring some sort of blaster ray or something.

I also added a boarder so that I'll never forget what I do this for. (And it looks cool!)

I liked this project. :)

Ooh, where'd you find references on the hinged plates for the chest and shoulders of the thing? I was only able to find references to hinged neck and rump armor... all the other armors I found had solid plates for the chest and head, and never anything for the legs or fetlocks...

And now I really want to do up that "HORSE" armor I mentioned earlier...

I like!

-JEM

[daG-ELLO]

Never underestimate the power to google's image search.

[edit] Or artists' license. The chest plate was of my own design, simplistic as it is, I just took the formal design and transmuted it into plate. As for the fetlocks' armor it just looked cool, mine are attatched to the horse itslelf... I don't think they would be practical on a "real" horse because it would slow it down. If you look at most old horse armor there is on the leg is the skirt itself and that's all.

http://www2.truman.edu/~capter/jins343/medi.htm

http://www.humanities-interactive.org/medieval/chivalry/ex018_07a.html

So on. :)

[fukifino]

My first hit on the DSG. Didn't have much time tonight so I did a sort of speed painting. And someone already beat me to the "all robot" horse, but oh well.

Sorta embarassing posting this here, but I gotta start drawing more often.

http://forestzachman.com/forum_images/art/dsg/metal_horse.jpg

:/

[Grimlohk]

http://home.comcast.net/~grimlohk/HorseMan.jpg

Eh I got carried away and went a bit off topic... never got around to giving him armor :|
I might work on it more, I kinda like it.
Alot to fix though. I dont like the head position, the left leg looks goofy, the axe is angled wrong, and the left arm should be a little more visible (all you can see is the hand). Not to mention everything is misproportion :). Oh well. first time I've done anything horse related, and haven't done anatomy in awhile.

[Bullseye]

Just found this forum and hope to be joining the daily sketch group very soon! Great stuff on here guys.

Cheers

Dustin

[unknownharold]

http://www.crabpistol.com/breakdancebarn/dsg/EL.jpg

i was in a hurry. you know, since i missed the deadline by ten minutes. but uhm. i wanted to see a horse with tusks. and bondage gear. and the headgear being laced up like a sneaker. so. sneakerphant bondage armor. heavy

[daG-ELLO]

Originally posted by unknownharold

i wanted to see a horse with tusks. and bondage gear. and the headgear being laced up like a sneaker. so. sneakerphant bondage armor. heavy

You know there are websites for that sort of thing. :evilbat:

[spok]

ayato, that is exellent man...lol....

[CKWorth]

Apologies for the lateness of this. I had it started yesterday but couldn't finish. Nice topic. :) I can't pass up an opportunity to draw a horse.

http://www.spherenoire.com/forumart/dsghorsearmor.jpg

[fireMonk]

Turokess, that is truly one awesome horse!! nice job.