Henri

K, here's mine. Like Bru Tal, i've submitted 2 costumes, but the instructions do seem to indicate this is what is required.

First one is the light armoured set. I don't really like using black so i've gone with a kind of dark teal here. Nothing too magical about it, it's more a functional set.



Next is much more magical oriented and is in answer to ShadowWings asking for a Magi-Knight type of costume in his original request, the idea being his main profession is as a demon slayer. This was my idea of a demon slaying Magi knight. The colours of both costumes aren't neccessarily following the original costume, but hey, what demon slayer wouldn't wear red armour

Well done Goblin Queen, grats on the prize. This is a good contest Naz, will certainly be submitting something for the next one

K, here's my take on Oz. He's actually doing 'the locomotion' in this shot, you can just see kylie's leg in a reflection... probably...

k, here he is inked, i've removed the pinstrips as i reckon i'll do those when i start the colour. This is the first time i've attempted to ink a sketch, and to colour one for that matter, so as always, comments most welcome Got some stuff to do today though, so might not get a chance to start on colouring just yet.

Hi again. Thanks to everyone who's commented so far, some really good advice and some really great encouragement, appreciate it

Got my 3rd sketch here, 'Chance' my Ill/Kin troller, and i've tried to take a step back here to concentrate on some basics. Also I didn't what to shade this at all as i want a base white sketch to attempt some colour with, but i just can't stop myself, lol. Saying that, i have used a different style of shading on this one and really only shaded the areas that are in very deep shadow.

I've also posted my initial outline sketch so if i'm doing anything very wrong in the earlier stages you might be able to point it out cheers .

K, tomorrow, attempt some inking!

That cover looks excellent Mardun, and the 3 characters look great. Look forward to seeing this

cheers Powerstream, appreciate the words as for the hair... it's a blue rinse

Hi LJ, here's my submission for your re-design. I've tried to keep it fairly simple, a little sexy with the bare shoulders, a bit physical with the sturdy belt and wristbands etc, a touch amazonian with her head gear, and lastly, she wears the chains of judgement

Hope you like it.

hmm, i have a dual blades scrapper called Blades of Ra, who looks a bit like, erm... 'Tu' tankhamun?

heh, grats on the 2k posts CR.

Thanks for the inking info Bayani, will be giving it a go on my next sketches i reckon.

And thanks for the crit CR, that's exactly the sort of thing i was after. I see what you mean about my light source, will watch that in future, as well as trying to contrast my shading a bit more.

I've got another sketch of British Hero to submit here, just finished it. This time it's an original piece rather than a copy of a screen capture, the idea being BH at a car showroom dreaming he could afford his perfect but totally unobtainable car. But i think prehaps i'm trying to run before i can walk as there's so many bits i'm not happy with in this piece, ie: the helmet under his arm hasn't really worked, the other arm that's supposed to be leaning on the window looks more like he's waving at the car, lol, and it's just too busy in the centre of the pic i think. It's just i had the idea for the scene and wanted to give it a go

I'll post it anyway and would love to hear your comments, but i think i'll try sketching some simple posed shots for a bit until i've got some basic techniques down. cheers.

cheers for the comments so far guys, i'm stoked that you like it . Personally i'm disappointed it's not what i used to be able to do, but i guess that's what you get for not keeping at it. Saying that, I am satisfied with the leather arms and the guns, and maybe some of the jacket, the bit around the buttons and seam. The rest, not so happy, the helm is rubbish, the pants almost an after-thought and the shoulder pads i'd hoped to make look shiney but failed there too. Heh, i am my own worst critic maybe, but i'd still like more critique, even if it's bad.

One thing i'd like to ask is about inking. I know the why, but it's the how i'm not sure on. do you do it manually on a sketch, with a pen, or digitally? or does it matter? or do you need to do it at all?

I've got an idea for a next sketch, but it's a leap from copying a screen capture. It'll be BH looking into a car showroom at an AC Cobra sprayed in a United Flag paint job. (my other love, other than my wife, pubs, superheroes, cider, whiskey, fantasy, mmo's... is 60/70's cars ) I'll let you see how it goes. I feel tmw is the day

Hi guys. Well, after seeing all the fantastic art here i've been quite inspired to get back into sketching, just never seem to have the time. Finally managed today to have a go at drawing one of my characters, British Hero. I've literally not put pencil to paper for over 10 years and didn't really feel confident enough to try an original piece so i've just drawn a screen capture to start with. I'd really appreciate any critisism and guidance as i want to improve as much as i can, but in words of one syllabal please, i've never had any art tuition so don't really know any technical jargon and stuff

I'll post the pic, then there's a few questions i wanted to ask.



k, as you can see it's just a basic pencil on paper sketch and I've attempted to shade the darker colours.

1. if i wanted to try and add colour, digitally that is, is it normal to do so with a shaded sketch, or should i have not shaded. how does that all work?

2. is Gimp2 up to the job? Because expensive software is, well... expensive.

k, there it is, hopefully i can put some time aside to do more as i do really enjoy it. cheers

ps: looking at it now, i feel i should explain the mis-shapen helmet. I original filled the upper background with BRITISH HERO in big letters, which worked in my head, looked naff in reality, so i rubbed them out again, unfortunately the head took a few knocks, lol.

These are fantastic, loving the Shadowknight one in the middle.

Nice Soulie. I like the idea of using the chest emblem and full cloak to add a third colour, and Doomus's head is great

This is a good idea Here's my first submission, i see him as being a kind of skyship pilot type. Of course he should have a voluptuous female with a beehive on his arm

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Robot H3 NRi is feeling lonely

Although you've already had a crazy death submission, this made me laugh this morning.

I didn't touch him, honest, he just... slipped... /ahem

This was my russian character, Redd Star. He was a MA/SR scrapper but only lasted to about lvl15 as i got bored with MA/SR. He was one of my first characters actually, and one of the first costumes i designed, looks so plain now, lol.



That red star emblem did inspire me to make another early costume. He's not russian or anything, infact more likely to be Dutch, and was really only a joke, i didn't even roll him up as i thought he'd get busted immediately for copyright or something. I thought it was funny though, meet...

CAPTAIN HEINEKEN

being EU, i haven't tried the mutant pack, but surely a new pack is just new tools? Who gives a fook whether this is a mutant pack or a demon pack or an elton john pack, it's just new tools to work with for our costume creations. What's the prob with what it's called? Let's call it 'new pack F', does it matter?

(disclosure: i should never post when i'm drunk, but i still do, and it's always grief!! lol )

Hi, got a lvl18 spines but playing him a lot at the mo so could be anything 18+. Would love to join depending on when, he's Robot H3 NRi, @ Henri.