Portrait sketches

[LordBob]

EDIT: posting a very quick and very dirty sketch of each colour scheme. I have to admit I'm not fond of the whole coated armour business, so my favorites are still the raw model and possibly the one with the red cape & bronze armour

[Kestenvarn]

Yah, the second one looks best. He reminds me of that SotBE guy.

[Sangel]

Yah, the second one looks best. He reminds me of that SotBE guy.

Agreed. The second colour concept (bronze armour, red cloak) looks convincing, and I think that it's close enough to the colour of the sprite to make sense. Add in a few dings, some dirt and grittiness, and I think that it will be perfect.

Girgistian draws a mean sketch, and I love the way you've fleshed it out.

[JAP]

A painted armor would be very realistic here is a interesting text about the subject http://www.livesteelarmor.com/hm/hf.html .
As for the aesthetic the bronze looks nice but my personal favorite is the green one (plus i think a bronze armor would be bellow the orc's technology level).
I'm sure whatever you and Kitty agrees on will look great though.

[LordBob]

JAP: enlightening ref indeed and note taken about bronze armour. I might go for brown or black coating in the end.
Also, I like Girgistian's new skeleton and once this orc grunt is finished, I might do something as well with your "flyswatted" model

[woodmouse]

I also like the second one the most.

[thespaceinvader]

I like the red cape best, but i prefer the rest of the first one, just to be awkward =P

The combination of those two elements would look good IMO.

[Girgistian]

Looking good, personally I'd go with the black or the red one, though I'd probably darken the latter considerably. Team colours are always somewhat difficult with portraits, but I guess we can accept that. The colour tint of the blue one's armour is pretty nice too, but I'm not sure if it would fit with anothe cape.

Also, I like Girgistian's new skeleton and once this orc grunt is finished, I might do something as well with your "flyswatted" model

I'm guessing I'll have to get back to fixing it then.

[TheJM]

Out of those 4, I prefer the second one. I like the armor of the third one, but not the cape.

Edit: actually, ditto that for the first one too. The cape colors are a bit too bright, methinks. or something.

[kitty]

yeah, definitely the second one. the colours work nicely together and it is the one truest to the sprite.
i'm not sure how final your rendering is, but i'd like to note that the leather looks very smooth and new. it will need more smudges/staines, wear&tear...
he's starting to look really good. now i just hope that these guys don't sidetrack you from finishing your loyalists!

[Girgistian]

Bleagh. Small and quick fixes.

EDIT: I'm coming to a full circle. Renewed wolf rider sketch.

[thespaceinvader]

Something still looks a little off about it, but i think it's something I can iron out at inking.

I now need to better lordbob's efforts

[Girgistian]

I now need to better lordbob's efforts

Do that, and thou shalt have my most sincere respect learningwise.

I might have a go with the wolf rider again someday, if no one else shows up to paint it.

[Simons Mith]

Just for an instant as I first saw the picture out the corner of my eye, I thought the wolf rider was smoking a pipe. And I thought that was extraordinarily cool. That's not to say I don't like him anyway, I hasten to add.

[LordBob]

Wow, I just love that Wolf Rider.
If you're okay with it, I'll paint him once I'm done with the bowmen and the grunt.