CHOW #53 - Guest Host: Julian Gollop - Topic: X-Com - The Chryssalid - revamp

[Oblio]

http://www.oreganoproductions.com/chow/chowlines.jpg

ROUND #53


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DEADLINE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24th
The way the deadline works: if deadline is on a Sunday and your image is posted on that Sunday 23:59 your local time it's a good entry.
In fact - as long there is Sunday somewhere on the planet your entry is ok. I will make the poll sometimes Monday afternoon my time (GMT +2) yet i'll have a look at the last entries.
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X-Com - The Chryssalid - ORTHO

Here we are at CHOW #52 - ready to shock again:
We have the pleasure of havig a legendary designer as our guest:
Julian Gollop is the creator of the X-Com series and he has a topic for us today.
Here he goes:
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Hi Andrei,
So the character I have chosen is a re-imagining of the most feared
alien from X-Com - The Chryssalid.

Description:

The Chryssalids one of the main alien terror species in the PC game
'X-COM: UFO Defense'. They are roughly humanoid in size, with an
insect-like exoskeleton and menacing claws. They strike fear into X-Com
soldiers in a major way. The reason? They turn civilians into zombies by
injecting a parasitical Chyssalid spore. Since the Chryssalids attack in
densely populated civilian zones, the task of the X-Com commander
becomes perilous. Every civilian is a potential zombie recruit, but it
is much worse than that. A new Chryssalid will emerge from a zombie in a
frighteningly short space of time. It is entirely possible for an X-Com
commander to find his squad transformed into a horde of Chryssalids,
with no hope of salvation.

The task is to re-imagine the Chryssalid. How can it's parasitical
nature be portrayed? Perhaps it has some human genetic material combined
with its own? There could be a hint of some human features mixed with
something horribly alien. For added effect, the creature can be
portrayed shedding its human-zombie host.

Here are some informational links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chryssalid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM:_UFO_Defense

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The winner of this topic will be taken to the new 3D contest.
ONLY the winner will be available for the Sculptors and 3D guys.
Do this right - see your creation in 3D.

Now... concept!

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Topic elements:

1 = revamp the Chryssalid.
2 = ORTHO
3 = na

Make sure your picture contains these - you will receive 3 VOTES for each topic covered.
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Please try to save your progress - maybe a nice tutorial is comming out.
BE PROFESSIONAL - only finished and good quality entries will be taken to the poll. The host will make the selection.


Info about ORTHO:

Previous ORTO Challenges:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=78667
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=80934

RESULTS:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81432
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82588

You have 2 WEEKS.
Let's make this GREAT!!!!

[StephenMReed]

shouldn't this be in the cow section???

[voraz]

This is probably one of the games I have spent more time playing in my life!
I was thinking about participating until I saw it is supposed to be a ortho challenge... lets see, I'm not a big fan of this ortho stuff he he!

[dragon4lunch]

humanoid - therefore CHOW stephen. Yet another zombie thingy, huh?

[cakeypigdog]

i loved x com to death but i cant enter this: too busy. :(

[SephyCloneNo15]

I may give this sucker a shot. It'll be my first CHOW.

[cmr8286]

I'm in too... I've got this idea that I think could be terrifying as hell, if I can just pull it off.
Also, I love how you guys (Oblio) are pushing for collaboration between the different groups on this site.

[Michael Jaecks]

This sounds like fun. I like insect bipeds.

I may be dating myself with this admission, but I have not played the game. Is there any chance we can get a good link to the old version of the Chryssalid. I've googled it, but I'm coming up with very small images and what appears to be fan art in some cases...

[cmr8286]

MJ... check this out... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chryssalid.png

[Radunz]

Just a quick preliminary sketch throwing ideas around. I'll do orthos next. I might have to do a little redesign to make him a bit less....uhhh....phalic.

http://www.mattradunz.com/Images/2d/CHOW53_Presketch_Radunz.jpg

EDIT: Ok here's the ortho. A bit rushed due to X-mas chaos.

http://www.mattradunz.com/Images/2d/Radunz_CHOW53_Chryssalid_Ortho.jpg

The most feared alien race in the known galaxy, the Chryssalid, has stalked the black void of space for countless millennia. Watch your six, and don't drop the soap! Because in space... no one can hear you get sodomized by a hulking alien crab man.

[Simon Boxer]

I heart monster topics.

[KaWaii]

I'm out, not a great fan of Ortho, will check the results though :)

[Chuck,mate.]

i`d probabley get head-butted by you people for this but:
i have never heard of X-com. or Chryssalid/s.
got no idea about any of this.
plus...an ortho... who in the world got the time.........
good luck mates, and have fun.
:)

[proximity]

hey guys maybe being dense here but whats a ortho? lol

[Woodlandwalker]

hey guys maybe being dense here but whats a ortho? lol

An orthographic view is when you are looking at a object from 90 degrees, or straight at it. This means that you can only see 1 side of the object. You see either the top, left side, right side, bottom, front, or back. Several views are used to define a 3D object.

[Oblio]

heloo alll from SF. Hope to see some of you at Insomnia.

I know this topic is about a bit more work the ussual - but then again - the reward is sweet too. And well.. if you havent; got into X-com when you had the right age... then.. no special invitation or pimping on my side will help anyway.

My respekts to all who grow the balls to do this one. I will not have the time - i hope i'll be able to serve you in a different way this week.

in..somnia...

[misledtomisery]

giving an ortho a go...we'll see how it comes out..
here is the front view...a little chaotic until values get thrown on i suppose.

http://www.misledtomisery.com/conceptart/chryssfront.jpg

[Howie]

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/561/howiechow53chryssalidreya4.jpg
final

[dragon4lunch]

Great silhouettes, Howie! Yes, 2 and 4 are best. You'll have to decide :)

[Paolo13]

This ortho thing is really tough...
Let see what will come out...
We all have the same kind of idea... lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/paolo13/ortho.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/paolo13/ufo2copy.jpg

[Woodlandwalker]

A revamp, but I'm trying to stay true to the orig as well.:^^;:

http://www.glensportfolio.com/woodlandwalker_chow53_ortho.jpg

[dragon4lunch]

Woodlandwalker that is just disgusting! Oh man, I think it's just too much gore. Bah, shame on you! lol


But for real! Eeeeowww!

[Howie]

Woodlandwalker that is awesome

[vances22]

Alight I think I am in.... woodlandwalker....you're one sick son of a........ ;) j/k totally digging it, You really made that description stick. Great work so far people! TO WORK I GO!

[Hookswords]

woodlandwalker, very nice

[vances22]

EDIT
FINISHED!!!

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/vances22/FeakcrazydemonFinish.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/vances22/feakcrazydemonorthoFinish.jpg

[Simon Boxer]

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f107/cognitionsb/cognitionsb_CHOW53_chrDec06.jpg

Went for bulky, geometric. In-game it's hunched over and uses its claws to walk, too. Like a gorillacrabmonster! Will probably add a separate illustration of it as well...

[vances22]

hey cognition,
Looking at the ortho and just wanted to throw in my two cents. I myself am a character modeler (not professional yet) about to graduate in the next year, so just a few things about your ortho. Its looking good painting wise and what not. It's not good to make a concept blocky, like it is in game to hand to a modeler. I know it sounds like it would be easier on them (it seems logical) but it's not. It hinders the model substantially. The modeler is going to try to match the silhouette of the character as best as he can with a given poly count. So if he is handed something that is blocky it's actually going to look worse when it is finished, because it will seem blocky and inorganic. You want a more geometric character to be the end result of a model, not the end result of the concept art. Because the more a modeler has to make "changes" to the original concept, the longer it is going to take as opposed to having a bangin piece of concept art where he has to subtract things from the model to get it to work through texture or normal maps instead of trying to add things to give it stronger details and more form. I hope that makes sense. Because if i was to model straight off of this. It would look boxy, and people would look at it and thingk something is wrong. I know models are geometric but a pentegon is a round shape, a square box is not. I do think its awesome you tried to think of the modelers for this piece though. A lot of people don't and that can also lead to problems. So its awesome you did that! keep up the good work! Oh and the texture on this would be dank cause you showed it off so well in the ortho. Nice.....(insert southpark voice here)

[xgabo]

Such a juicy theme... damn!

Going to SF this weekend, traveling home for christmas the next... I'll try to squeeze some time for it. Can't resist bug-like space monsters.

[Gorgoth of Suburbia]

For my redesign, i decided to focus on the humanoid aspects of the chryssalid. When i googled the chryssalid and other x-com creatures, I also saw some autopsy pics. I wanted to integrate that into my image somehow and ended up with the cross section of the chryssalid's chest.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o213/Damnroadkill/GorgothofSuburbia_CHOW53_Chryssalid.jpg

Here's the ortho (my first one, actually)

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o213/Damnroadkill/GorgothofSuburbia_CHOW53_Chryssa-1.jpg

Yeah, it sucks but that's all I have time for. Season's greetings everybody!

[Kenny's Evil Twin]

this is one of my attempts so far :D
can't wait to see more concepts on this topic

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/208/xcom2nv8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[hurricane]

cool entries so far !!

Here's tonights start...meh, it's something to work on anyways!

ortho will be done too
http://www.bjornhurri.com/sb/06/December/chryssalid.jpg
http://www.bjornhurri.com/sb/06/December/chryssalid_ortho.jpg
cheers!

[Simon Boxer]

It's not good to make a concept blocky, like it is in game to hand to a modeler. I know it sounds like it would be easier on them (it seems logical) but it's not. It hinders the model substantially. The modeler is going to try to match the silhouette of the character as best as he can with a given poly count. So if he is handed something that is blocky it's actually going to look worse when it is finished, because it will seem blocky and inorganic.

Hey dude, thanks for the feedback.

heh, I was actually wanting a blocky alien, and not so much for ease of modelling (although I did try and keep the number of spikes down this time ;)). I was going for a stylised look instead of something completely flexible and curvy. I just wanted something different than the super-agile monster look, and ended up with this oaf.

So I suppose this can translate to the crit "I don't like the blocky look"? heh

[mrgrumble]

hurricane-that is going to be one helluvan ortho!

[vances22]

Hhaha hey Cognition. I think it looks good man. It sounded in your post like you did it that way not completely like you wanted too cause i saw the words "in-game" after a description of the body lol. I guess there was confusion on my part. As a modeler I like the concepts to be as awesome as the concept artist wants them to be. I wouldn't dumb down a concept to model and I would not wanna see someone else do the same thing you know? so glad we cleared that up. Lets see that illustration!

[subtle_squid]

I'm helping my brother move this weekend so there is zero chance this will get finished in time. But since no one is going quite this direction I figured I would post this quick WIP from my sketchbook. Its got a little color and value tweak in photoshop to help it read.

http://subtlesquid.com/imagesforelsewhere/chryssalid.jpg

Its only goal in life is to impregnate every living thing it lays eyes on so I only gave it what it needs for that goal. Has eyes to see its victims, legs to chase them, a big c*** to rape them, and the rest of it's structure is a big sack of spores so it can do it over and over. To fit the description I should probably make the legs exoskeletal. It slowly consumes the corpse of its host for energy. Thats why it doesn't have a mouth but it does wear a torso as a hat.

[Simon Boxer]

LOL Squid!

hehe, cheers Vance. Yea, I think I need the illustration to really clarify it... Will get onto that soon enough, so many things to do at the moment :dead:

Also, very nice, Hurri. That pic didn't load last time I was in the thread.

[Gorgoth of Suburbia]

hurricane - WOW. Definately the best one yet! I'd love a tutorial on that one!

[Woodlandwalker]

just an update for today:dead:.... whoohoo... zombie skin!

[Act.Appalled]

Here is my WIP

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/gearshiftx/chrysallid.jpg

[StephenMReed]

here is my start

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a346/smreed/chrysalid-copy.jpg


what do you think for a rough start.
we will se were it goes.

[subtle_squid]

woah, i just noticed the deadline isn't today, but next sunday. maybe I will finish. I better get working

[vances22]

Haha sweet squid. I would love to see that thing finished.

Cognition - Nice job dude. I could deffinatly model fromt hat ;) hehehehe

[Evil_Sloth]

testing out a way of doing things.
lots of fun.
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/6628/chowinsectnx3.jpg

[Liviu B.]

hey all, thought I'd give this chow a shot, havent been active here for a long while

Here's a wip... the character isn't upright cuz its still hatching out of its host
Seen that its a chrysalid, I thought it'd sort of make sense to add some torn remnants of wings. And maybe give it a feline attitude, why the heck not :shrug: And I just realized I'm not to keen on drawing crab-like clawed arms/legs :nohope: .

http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/3135/liviubchow53chryssalidsv3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[t i m]

WIP, WIP, WIPPPITTTY, WIP.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a296/gr4phic4rt/prev.jpg

Tim.

[Kougansharde]

My entry for CHOW #53.

My aim for this design was to exhibit the parasitic nature of the creature and its origins from a human/zombie host.
Pincers and exoskeleton features from the original led me to think about the hermit crab. Drawing from that inspiration, I reasoned that the creature need not completely shed its human host, rather, it would be exceedingly horrifying for it to use the corpse of its former host as its "shell", from which several alien appendages would protrude.

The creature walks on four limbs. Two bone/exoskeletal claws on the right side, in the place of the left arm of the human host. The remaining two are the puppeted remains of the host's legs. Host's right forearm and hand have been replaced by an alien pincer. Tentacles protrude from the left side of the creature (where it used to be the groin area of the host) and act as "arms" to grapple things with. Three large tentacles protrude from the front of the creature (right side of abdomen for host) act as sensory devices, and can be perceived as a head for the creature. The creature impregnates opponents by first holding them firm with the pincer, then stabbing one of the three sensory tentacles into the victim, subsequently releasing spores into the body.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m170/barefists/kougansharde_chow53_colorpic.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m170/barefists/kougansharde_chow53_ortho.jpg

[Blahm]

Here is mine so far, i dont know if i will get to the ortho or not.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/kripto666/Xcomthingcopy1.jpg

[vances22]

Everyone is looking good. Cheers to everyone!I swear I am working on mine lol have an update tomorrow. Still workin on teh illustration and gonna block in my ortho. and Kougan, have fun with that ortho hahaha

[Kougansharde]

Kougan, have fun with that ortho hahaha

Haha, thanks man. I'm predict the most common question thrown to me later will be: "Alright Kougan, which is the front?"

Honestly, I'm still trying to decide myself, but tentatively the pic I posted is the front view.

[Zynic]

Woah O.o Where did all these entries come from?
I guess they didn't load as they should have the last time I was here :D
Kickass stuff everyone, I can't wait to see them all done!

I only have my initial sketch atm, but ah well.
I'll be working more on it tomorrow ;D

Peace!

edit2: Ok, here's another pic of the progress.
It looks boring, and crappy, just like usual >_< I still can't bring them to the next step properly( especially not know, when the current step is unfinished :P )
Unfortunately, I don't think that I'll be able to present a full ortho( which views are needed btw? ), but I'll see what I can do.
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4882/earlywipvg1.jpg


edit: Sorry guys, but imageshack is being bitchy, so I can't upload my pic :)
A link will have to suffice for now.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=65724&stc=1&d=1166652138

[Jska]

here's my doodle so far... i hope this deadline is next week because i've got a ton of stuff to finish ;)

http://www.jskaconcepts.com/badaboom/dailysketch/122106jska.jpg

[scorge]

Gonna try and get this one done. Hard enough to try and keep up with the fine work already posted but I'll do my best. Few sketches with pencil and used toilet paper. (At least that's what I'm guessing it used to be). Does anyone use that anymore?

Hurricane: You must be surrounded by monsters in Sweden because no else seems to have the reference that you do. Awesome.

Radunz: Aren't most impregnators phallic? Great sketches.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/scorge40/xcom-crysalis.jpg

Working on the SB

[hurricane]

hi people... killer entries!!!

i wont have time to finish it... what is online is the only thing i've had time to do... sorry...will contribute on some other one!

thank yo uall for the kind words my entry has gotten so far! <3<3

cheers!

[Moai]

Awesome entries, everyone. MisledtoMisery, Howie, and Hurricane have my favorite entries so far. Thank gosh multiple votes are allowed.

And Michael Jaecks...

...I may be dating myself with this admission...

To steal a punchline from a Dilbert comic strip, it's not as if anyone else would date you!:P

[Rosco]

Hello. Here is my go at this topic. I am stuck in a cartoon world...sorry.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/rosco44/Rosco_chow53_Chryssalid.jpg

[vances22]

kept the promise of an update... a little late lol. Working on the ortho and this thing at the same time. Thank god christmas shopping is done. I can paint all day tomorrow. Is there and extension comin or no? I know we have had 2 weeks, but sunday is christmas eve....

[t11]

Throwin' my hat in the ring this time too. With any luck the ortho'll be done by tonight... considering I think this'll be the first ortho I've ever even attempted to complete by a deadline who the hell knows. Never really put together monsters before either so this one was a pretty fun task while also maintaining that humanoid bipedal link.

EDIT: Updated with Ortho, and Head Features. Woo! Merry Christmas everyone! See you monday or something!
PS: Can't figure out how to link from the CA.org upload, and uh, the Photobucket version gets shrunk every time. Lil' help? lol

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=67800&stc=1&d=1167015158

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v450/mtw1180/TroyWilkerson_CHOW53_Chryss.jpg

[Panagos]

Aaaahhhhhh!!!!! I'm SO excited and SO frustrated at the same time! I'm excited because after all these years the original X-Com is probably still my favorite game of all-time (I still have the strategy guide sitting on my bookshelf) - and redesigning something for it is the coolest idea ever. And I'm frustrated because I've been so busy with Christmas prep that I didn't see this until now! So today is almost over, and tomorrow is Christmas Eve... so that leaves me almost no time to work on it. Oh well, I'm going give
it a shot. If I don't submit something don't be surprised, but I'll see what I can do.

[darkly]

Hey everyone, great entries thus far!
Here's mine. As usual I feel I could've done more, but its all a learning process. Right? Anyhow, hope you guys like it.


http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e178/natedogler/Chryssalid-Ortho-3.jpg

The parasitic Chryssalid takes on the physical traits of its host during the larva stage. Because its DNA is alien to all known life forms it is very rare to not develop some form of genetic mutation. The reproductive system is very unique in the Chryssalid in that it is hermaphroditic, although it does need a host to reproduce. This happens in a two-part process: first it inserts its "female part" (the visible part is a stocky hollow tongue like muscle that protrudes from the neck just above the collarbone. At its base it connects to the stomach where busy ovaries produce dozens of eggs at a time. When needed the eggs are accessed by being pushed through a series of muscles in the rib cage and through the "tongue.") into the oral orifice of its prospective host and lays an egg in the chest cavity. Secondly the Chryssalid's "male part" (a long prehensile tube the bares a sharp needle like tip) extends from "the scrotum." It then probes the hosts body searching for and orifice, or soft spot. Once a suitable area is found for penetration the "male part" delicately weaves through the hosts internal organs until it gets near the egg. It then releases a sperm like substance, which both inseminates the egg and causes a chemical reaction in the host to take on zombie like characteristics.


...and that's where baby Chryssalids come from :)

[Chuck,mate.]

http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/6/12/24/f_crabi_8ef2m_39faddeb.jpg
about 20 minutes worth.
wish I had the Time to make something more finished. but that`s a luxury now a days....

[Paolo13]

Those are 20 good looking minutes...
In Japan is almost xmas, so happy holidays to all.

Ciao Paolo

[Sapphire]

For the orthos, I was wondering what would work best for the requirements. Are all ortho. views needed (ie. front, side, back), or just one? Would it be more helpful to have a clean outline, or a colored drawing?

[Panagos]

Since I only noticed this topic yesterday - I don't know how I managed to do it (Actually, I do know, my lovely wife did more than her fair share of the holiday work); but somewhere between cleaning, packing, cooking and all the other joys of the holiday I managed to scrounge together this revamp of the Chryssalid.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/Panagos/Panagos-Chryssalid.jpg

I had fun with this one - definitely a kick to work on a redesign for X-Com. I hope it's sized right and everything, I had to format it on my laptop between family gatherings so who knows how all the levels will look on a good monitor. Well, everyone is waiting for me so they can open presents. Happy holidays to all, and to all a good night!

(If anyone needs a larger size of the ortho let me know, it got sized down considerably to fit)

[Sapphire]

...I can't believe it. I lost my memory card. My art's on another, disconnected computer, so it's stuck on there tonight.

I worked so hard on this concept, too. Well, at least it was a positive experience, making it.

[vances22]

Sapphire - Hey man Post it anyway. Even if you don't make polls, you still finished and that is what is important ! None of us will ridicule you for posting up some art for us to see! (and oddworld rocks by the way. I hope you have had a chance to look through thier art book.)

Merry Christmas fellow CHOW participators! And happy Hanukkah, and kwanza or any other religious holiday you participate in this season. I myself may not practice them, or only one of them, but I know it’s important to you guys!

[Kougansharde]

Hey sapphire dun worry, just post it.

Good concept art is good concept art no matter whether its on time to me.

Wish everyone here a merry christmas too!

[Oblio]

Hello everyone - i am currently in no position to start a new one (still waiting for the new topics from our winners) and since i'm very littel next to the net these days - i will extend the deadline for this until probably - next monday or (since that is 1st and i;;l be too drunk and too far from home or office ) beyond.

sharpen those entries - there are some great ones so far - som unfinished ones too - make them ready to kick legendary ass - and so we can get a great 3D contests on these boards.

RRRRROOOOOOOCCCCK IT!!!

[hurricane]

yay for Oblio drunkeness and loose people!

i've updated my earlier post

[wagon]

something... ortho and description coming soon

http://www.dave-casey.com/images/portfolio/chryssalid-dc.jpg


and here's the final:

http://www.dave-casey.com/images/portfolio/wagon_chow53_chryssalid.jpg

so her whole thing is that she hops up onto your shoulders, puts your head into a leg lock, winds her tentacles around your torso, wraps her mouth around the back of your skull and sucks your brains out through her tongue, using the remaining space as a nest for her spores.

[Sapphire]

Hurrah, thanks, Oblio!

[Simon Boxer]

Awesome so far, Hurri.

Wagon - Cool design. Reminds me of the Angels in Evangelion.

[Sapphire]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/Sapphire8400/Chryssalid-side.jpg

A side view... hopefully I have time for the front, also.

This version of the Chryssalid bursts out of its host, with the skin of its face still clinging to it. It looks through the eyes of the original human's face, and its mouthparts emerge from deep in thr throat, dislodging the jaw so that it hangs free. It walks mostly bipedally, using the points of its forelimbs for occasional balance. However, when it goes into a run, it splays its limbs and relies more heavily on quadrepedal motion. The black, whiplike threads, which grew and originated from the innards of the host, ooze from a hole in its back to infect the host once it's prone in the Chryssalid's grasp.

[vances22]

Happy new year fellow CHOW participators

[Charlie_2.0]

Happy New Year indeed:D

[burrito]

Here's my entry:

http://tysonc.net/burrito/burrito_chow_53.jpg

Happy New Year!

Edit: Updated with a few fixes.

[masque]

Hope 2007 rox yer sox! My contribution, almost unfinished 'cause I only found this thread last Saturday, and my heat just went out (again) and I have to figure out how not to freeze. R L SUX (tm). But the main subject's covered OK.

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/8826/masquechow53cg2.jpg

The evolved Chryssalids resulted from earlier generations bringing surviving humans back to the hive, where the queen incorporated human DNA into a new breed of soldiers that have adapted some human structural features for greater strength, speed and increased size. The tentacles in the head act similar to a jellyfish's nematocysts (stinging cells), lashing out to embed parasitical organisms in living humans. These do not grow, but instead act as internal bioengineering factories, taking over the human DNA and hyper-mutating it to produce an evolved Chryssalid without the need for the hive mother.

[wheezy]

There have been some awesome entries for this CHOW, is it going to come to a vote anytime soon?

[AndrewRitchie]

If its not too late, here's mine.
http://www.andrewritchie.com/AndrewRitchie_CHOW53_Chryssalid2.jpg

[Sapphire]

When is the new deadline for this?

[masque]

When is the new deadline for this?afaik, whenever Oblioboyo recovers from celebrating the New Year. :vodkamachine: which may be sometime in March. :zzz:

[nanyacura]

Some awesome orthos this round. MOre! More! MORRREE.

[Vulgar`]

Excess balanced talent - voting will be difficult. Good luck to the participants.

[Miles_]

loving the entries, Andrew Ritchie I'm loving the way hes stepping out of the human skin however the ortho looks slightly rushed. Still great work anyway.

[dragon4lunch]

Oblio what's up?! I think it is a bout time for a new round, eh? ;)

[AndrewRitchie]

loving the entries, Andrew Ritchie I'm loving the way hes stepping out of the human skin however the ortho looks slightly rushed. Still great work anyway.
Thanks,
I'm glad you can tell where I'm trying to go with it. Your correct I rushed through the ortho. I totally missed that part of the instruction and added after I did the main picture. I just went back and spent some time tightening up the ortho and added some background color.
-Cheers

[Lazy]

I agree with dragon4lunch, im itchin' for a new round of COW.

[ikuru]

Radunz, real impressive.

Seems half the people posting didnt understand what a ORTHO is.
You have to draw your creature from the front and from the side and from the back dudes!

[Sapphire]

I'm working on the front part, but I was waiting to see what Oblio said before getting anything ready to post. :) I'll do a back if I have time, but it probably wouldn't get colored. School on Monday! :)

[wheezy]

The CHOW that wouldn't die...

[Panagos]

No kidding. >:|