DSG 845: Sci-Fi: ROMAN GLADIATOR-INSPIRED ROBOTS DO BATTLE IN THE DIRT

[William b. Hand]

[Well...]

[You don't really need a blurb for this one...]

[Do some Googley research (or pop in Ridley Scott's kickass movie) for some good reference, and really study some of this stuff...]

[Some fascinating designs they had.]

[Work improves with knowledge.]

[So, you got a blurb after all.]

[Now go draw!]

Sci-Fi: ROMAN GLADIATOR-INSPIRED ROBOTS DO BATTLE IN THE DIRT
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[trevor]

wow this is right up my alley
ive been playing waaaay too much shadow of rome lately
and again wow...this is really early
you still wont see mine till tomorrow
but i think i might take my one week dsg effort and parlay it into a full 30 days hmmmmmmmmmm perhaps some will join me


rise up and draw my people!!!!!!!

[charge]

http://members.iinet.net.au/~chucky/post/roboglad.jpg
disappointing but done.

[undercoverprojectspy]

I really like the idea of the DSG, brilliant!

Here's my first, of hopefully many DSGs.. I kinda got lazy 1/2 way through and changed my style, so here it is!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/undercorverprojectspy/DSG845.jpg

[Hamsta]

Thought to be a great idea at the time, gladiator bots were built to provide safe entertainment for the masses. Unfortunetly, the masses prefer blood and illegal sports.
painter, pretty quick, I think 30ish
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/7936/845romanrobots4np.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[BaronVonWink]

maybe they are toys? <:)

http://howardporter.com/gladiator_robots.jpg

trying to keep these to 30-40 minutes is hard... i want to finish them! :nohope:
H!

[Phaethon]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Phaethon/GladiatorRobots.jpg

Maybe shading, later? Am I violating some unwritten rule by going back and finishing these? I worry about messing things up w/ shading.

[goran]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/smogyboy/sketchbook/globots.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/smogyboy/sketchbook/globots2.jpg

[mysterian]

http://www.thotblot.com/conceptart/mech_gladiators.jpg
Mech Gladiators

[csteingart]

Kick ass jobs everyone!

1/2 hour

http://www.mts.net/~cstein/aug_20_sketch_1.jpg

[Nottingham]

My first one using painter.
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/8853/gladiatorwip6nf.jpg
ran out of time so I had to crop of the rest of it. Guess I will finish it some other time.

[derelic7]

Just a quick idea..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/CrazyHarij/gladiatorbots.jpg

[simmi]

http://www.simnet.is/simmi/dsg/dsg845.jpg

[csteingart]

Can't get enough of this one.

http://www.mts.net/~cstein/aug_20_sketch_3.jpg

[Bob.Razowsky]

"And Now? The Greatest fight of the century! Lets place to the TwO Best FighTers Of This AreA!? Red & Blue! Applause!!!"

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/520/sanstitre9pi.jpg


(ok, it looks very scary, but i got a big fun to do that 8) )


[hum... i cant stop laughing lol]

[charge]

Thanx for the welcome back goran , nice sketch btw,on this page and earlier.Nice work mysterian, do you post , then sketch?I have been guilty of fixing sloppy ones too.- not this time though. :blahblah: Seriously love ya work.cstein' barron,cool also.

[Antilight77]

Clang* Crash* Robots battling in the colossal coliseum for captivated fans…

http://www.digitalmack.com/DigitalV6/pages/conceptdesign/2005/q2/robat_roman.jpg

cheers ~

[Grimlohk]

great entries today

I kinda mind-blanked on the do battle and went for an after battle kind of thing.
I was going to make it alot dirtier and grittier and rustier, and I wanted so much dust to have settled on them that grass and flowers were growing on them
I failed. :(
oh well, next time. I did get good pose practice at least

http://home.comcast.net/~grimlohk/DSG-romanRobotGladiators.jpg

[hsman77]

Everyones look exceptional!!!

Here is mine...(55 mins)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/hsman77/gladiatorsketch2.jpg

[William b. Hand]

charge - Nice dynamic perspective... great arm.

BaronVonWink - That is so friggin great. Love the dead battery one.

goran - Beautiful treatment on the upper, left side, bot. exactly what I was imagining when I penned the topic.

csteingart - number two! Hooray! :D


I'm in a weird funk wherein I'm constantly stymied about how i want to approach anything. Ugh.
I'll struggle through, and post, regardless.

http://homepage.mac.com/dsgarchive4/.Pictures/robot%20gladiators.jpg
[too damn long/ps7]

[Floris Didden]

My sincerest apologies for beeing so late ( I blame timezones). I had a lot of fun painting this one, but I learned a lot about how not to plan a scene like this. I just started drawing the big guy, no idea about the surrounding whatsoever. Ended up throwing a lot of dust around and doing one of the quickest (read: sloppiest) colour jobs ever. Like, 2,5 hrs.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/krabad/dsg845_001.jpg

[derelic7]

That is god damn amazing, Floris. :$

[BaronVonWink]

Wow!

I bow to you Floris... very nice!

Hand- the figure draing of the sword/knife-guy is so well done. so fluid and natural. i am jealous :D

... I want to comment on them all because they are all so good but the wife gets mad if i am online too long...

nice work!

H!

[Phaethon]

Floris: It may have been quick, but it looks fantastic. Its difficult to tell about the composition though; its just slightly too big to get a view of the whole piece.
William: The foreground blurring is a nice touch. Very cool overall. I'm not so sure about the stars, though.
Grimlohk: The limbs in between the two robots get a little confused, but the overall idea still reads well. I like the clean robot design.
Antilight: I like the designs a lot, but the shading bothers me. I'm not entirely sure why- maybe not enough contrast, or not enough values represented on each part?
Csteingart: Great sense of motion in both of yours.
Simmi: Cool designs. I like the red bot's taunt.
Norringham: I really like the way you did the robots with sculpted plates of armor.
Mysterian: Looks great, though the nature of the speared robot's head sort of confuses me.
Goran: I like the second one best. Its more dynamic and I like the colors better (but that's just a matter of personal preference)
Myself: The front leg is too short, I think. The angle of the large 'mech might also be a little weird (gr argh)
BaronVonWink: Neat! The bisque tone works well.
Hamsta: Great movement in this one!

[RobHughes]

I've just spent the afternoon on the beach and came up with this.
I'm still working on it but I wanted to get it posted.
Great topic, most inspiring.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/RobHughes/02-Gladiators.jpg

Right, updated and larger.
I'm realy pleased with this one. I've been making so much bad stuff recently.

Rob

[magma]

Sorry for posting late again, I finished the piece, but I didn't have web access. About 1 hr 15 min. Pencil drawing, inked, then colored in Photoshop. I would have liked to render in fully w/color, but I only had time to block out base colors. Plus a few FX were used.

http://www.conceptart.org/gallery/files/2/6/5/5/5/gladiatorscolored.jpg

Great job everybody! Floris...wow!

[Hamsta]

Phaethon The front leg is too short, I think. The angle of the large 'mech might also be a little weird (gr argh) :P
Pretty good use of variable line width in most places, but some wierdness in various areas - her right shoulder, her breast, right leg.
I think I told you this before - the composition is wierd, the two figures don't really interact with each other, and the chick bot dosen't interact with the background, might change with a shading attempt.

[trevor]

woo hooo!!!!
internet went out friday got fixed today!!!!!
better late than never right? right?!?!?
i said 7 for 7 days and i dont wanna let myself down
so here
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/trevorclaxton/sketches/bladiobot.jpg
i spent an hour and was really busy with a rush photo job so didnt
have much time to draw so the battle is decidedly one sided :nohope:
ps floris..............wooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww
gorgeous

[Fallen Prodigy]

I had a lot of fun making this one.
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/7056/roboromans0fc.jpg

[aturkone]

20-30 mins on sketchbook pro
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/aturkone/run.jpg

[INNERWOLF27]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/innerwolf28/all-romannew1.jpg