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Re: LordBob's random stuff : drake arbiter

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And that's an excellent example of pointless thread resurrection. nice work ;)
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Re: LordBob's random stuff : drake arbiter

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Re: LordBob's random stuff : human swordsman

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New random art : one of the rejected designs for HttT's Aethyr involved armour and attitude that were very much like the existing loyalist swordsman.
So I threw in a few minor changes and here goes.
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Another alt =)
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Re: LordBob's random stuff : human swordsman

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LordBob wrote:New random art : one of the rejected designs for HttT's Aethyr involved armour and attitude that were very much like the existing loyalist swordsman.
So I threw in a few minor changes and here goes.
If you don't mind I'd like to base a unit off that for my era... It is the exact design I've been looking for.
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LordBob wrote:New random art : one of the rejected designs for HttT's Aethyr involved armour and attitude that were very much like the existing loyalist swordsman.
So I threw in a few minor changes and here goes.
That's really good, only to me it looks like an arab warrior, is this intended?
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Re: LordBob's random stuff : human swordsman

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LightFighter wrote:
LordBob wrote:New random art : one of the rejected designs for HttT's Aethyr involved armour and attitude that were very much like the existing loyalist swordsman.
So I threw in a few minor changes and here goes.
That's really good, only to me it looks like an arab warrior, is this intended?
His face is covered and there's a point on his helmet, but there's no resemblance otherwise.
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Re: LordBob's random stuff : human swordsman

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*pokes head in where it has no business being*

The sword, to me, looks a little bit too parallel with his shoulders, with the right arm (his right) straight out to the side. It would look a little more natural to me if the arm were rotated slightly forward and the sword gave a stronger impression of receding back slightly. I like the picture a lot, but that stuck out to me.


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Re: LordBob's random stuff : human swordsman

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Dipseydoodle : as long as it's limited to UMC, you're free to use this portrait. For mainline content however, we will not want completely different units to share a single portrait.

Lightfighter : the inspiration behind tRoW loyalists is byzantine, which explains the vaguely arabian looks. But I think it's still close enough to the existing loys to serve as an alternate.

Joram : you've got a keen eye, his right arm could improve. However I think the mistake isn't blatant and it's a heavy fix so, unless this concern turns out to be widely shared, I'd rather keep it unchanged. :?

Edit : yes, definitely not HttT. My mistake, sorry.
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Re: LordBob's random stuff : human swordsman

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LordBob wrote:Dipseydoodle : as long as it's limited to UMC, you're free to use this portrait. For mainline content however, we will not want completely different units to share a single portrait.

Lightfighter : the inspiration behind HttT loyalists is byzantine, which explains the vaguely arabian looks. But I think it's still close enough to the existing loys to serve as an alternate.

Joram : you've got a keen eye, his right arm could improve. However I think the mistake isn't blatant and it's a heavy fix so, unless this concern turns out to be widely shared, I'd rather keep it unchanged. :?
You mean TRoW right?
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Re: LordBob's random stuff : human swordsman

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Yay, LordBob's back with more cool stuff! :D I really want to create a sprite with a chainmail mask like that (not for mainline, naturally :wink: )...
LordBob wrote:Joram : you've got a keen eye, his right arm could improve. However I think the mistake isn't blatant and it's a heavy fix so, unless this concern turns out to be widely shared, I'd rather keep it unchanged.
For what it's worth, I didn't notice anything wrong with the right arm until Joram pointed it out. Since it's far from a glaring issue, and given LordBob's statement that it would be a lot of work to change it, I'd say it's fine as is. :)
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Re: LordBob's random stuff : human general

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The attached sketch isn't as random as the thread title says : it will see some use in a near future, so consider its posting an early preview :wink:
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Re: LordBob's random stuff : human swordsman

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O blah, I'm not sure I got round to committing that alt. Will do it tomorrow, along with the other stuff that has slipped my attention in the recent motivation-slump.

EDIT: this is now committed.
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Re: LordBob's random stuff : human swordsman

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Sorry, what is that thing on his head meant to be, a cowl or the general's hair?
Other than that, does anyone else think the far hand looks small compared to how large his arm looks?
(Well, maybe not small it may just look a little mis-placed, a bit left of where I think it should be.)
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Re: LordBob's random stuff : human swordsman

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JackBarber wrote:Sorry, what is that thing on his head meant to be, a cowl or the general's hair?
Probably a cowl, though it may emerge as a chainmail coif.
JackBarber wrote:Other than that, does anyone else think the far hand looks small compared to how large his arm looks?
(Well, maybe not small it may just look a little mis-placed, a bit left of where I think it should be.)
Definitely too small.
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