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L-AhDesign In reply to ??? [2011-09-14 15:22:29 +0000 UTC]

I hope so

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vforvendetta1214 In reply to ??? [2011-09-04 16:00:24 +0000 UTC]

This is the coolest thing I have ever seen. The elephant seems much bigger than it would be in real life.... but then again this isn't real life. Fantastic work!

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Madspeitersen In reply to vforvendetta1214 [2011-09-05 19:17:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks alot mate Yeah about the size, i wanted to make it so big that it would totaly dominate the frame and setting. But then again, i dont think Giant Warpainted Battle Elephants can ever get to big

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Abdelrahman In reply to ??? [2011-09-04 13:53:04 +0000 UTC]

You have done everything very very well ... i love how the elephant's legs are loosing grip, this gave the picture an epic motion
the background and the birds show an interesting attention of general details

great piece

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Madspeitersen In reply to Abdelrahman [2011-09-05 19:15:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much my friend yeah, i think it was important to give the elephant a slight feel of being out of balance. This builds on the brutal and epic appearance of the animal. And thank you for mentioning the background details. Those trebuches are just enough to tell the story of where we are and create a deeper scenery Thanks again

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BergOne In reply to ??? [2011-09-04 12:29:40 +0000 UTC]

There is nothing wrong with having giant war elephants running amok in one's imagination when the end result is as good as this.

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Madspeitersen In reply to BergOne [2011-09-05 19:10:46 +0000 UTC]

Haha, well he was starting to give me a serious headache before I got him out of there Thanx mate

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Oemich In reply to ??? [2011-09-04 11:57:51 +0000 UTC]

I love this picture ,perfectly done
I loved it so much I wanted to give you a little feature : [link]

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Madspeitersen In reply to Oemich [2011-09-05 19:09:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks alot my friend Im glad that you like it. And thank you for the feature, its an honor to be among such fine artist

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Oemich In reply to Madspeitersen [2011-09-05 19:45:56 +0000 UTC]

Its an honor to feature such fine artists as you!

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Revan-Ghost In reply to ??? [2011-09-04 09:24:10 +0000 UTC]

No giant war elephants?! This book sucks then!
But seriously, the level of "coolness" of this work hits the roof so to speak We need more giant war elephants in our fiction! (Luckily in Skyrim will be mammoths! Half shorter but that's at least something )

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Madspeitersen In reply to Revan-Ghost [2011-09-05 19:07:16 +0000 UTC]

Hi Ghost Well, its pretty exiting besides the obvious lack of war elephants. And thanx mate, i was really trying to create a cool action scene in this one. So im quite happy that it "hits" the roof Ooh and yeah, i cant wait for Skyrim. Thats a game that will steal away the winter. Bethesda release another trailer soon

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Revan-Ghost In reply to Madspeitersen [2011-09-06 09:51:15 +0000 UTC]

By exiting you mean Friday the 13th and greedy French King "Philip the Fair" (oh, historical irony, how I missed you )? My pleasure ^^ Yep, Skyrim and new Batman before new TES will totally annihilate my studies Oh, and btw, who will be your first Dragonborn? For the first time in the series I am considering choosing an Orc cause they look bad-ass

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Madspeitersen In reply to Revan-Ghost [2011-09-08 16:09:14 +0000 UTC]

exiting like its violent and brutal in a good old medieval way. Its full of epic scenes and scenerys, and holds alot of romantic storys like a knights story would Ohh man i know what you mean, Skyrim is really gonna steal alot of time.. I actually hadnt checked out the character classes before you mentioned it. And i agree, the ogres really look awesome

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Revan-Ghost In reply to Madspeitersen [2011-09-09 08:59:39 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like good old hardcore Middle Ages ;D I think skills/classes (I will make my own class anyway ) are mostly the same as in Oblivion (enchanted with perks à la Fallout and with a new cool looking menu where each skill is a constellation of stars) but I can be wrong. Dual wielding spells looks interesting... oh well, still two months to make out my mind

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Madspeitersen In reply to Revan-Ghost [2011-09-10 11:57:57 +0000 UTC]

I think its a huge step up from Oblivion. Skyrim will have more indepth story and characters, not as randomly generated as Oblivion. Vastly improved Ai and craphics. Simpler Gui and interface as you say Christ im afraid to buy it

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Revan-Ghost In reply to Madspeitersen [2011-09-11 15:25:34 +0000 UTC]

It is indeed and a solid one from mods Yep, it looks like Skyrim will be a great sequel in most ways ^^ A propos, do you know that in Skyrim you will be able to marry almost any NPC? Argonian-Khajiit marriage ftw!

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Madspeitersen In reply to Revan-Ghost [2011-09-11 19:12:11 +0000 UTC]

Really!? That sounds cool, its a little more social like Fable then I can hear that i should begin to catch up on Skyrim.. Interviews and stuff

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Revan-Ghost In reply to Madspeitersen [2011-09-12 16:57:54 +0000 UTC]

Yep, that's definitely some Fable influence here If you want to catch up, on official Bethesda YouTube channel is 20 minutes of "new" X360 gameplay in 3 parts from summer conventions in glorious HD Oh, I just want to go Dragon-hunting like... right know

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Madspeitersen In reply to Revan-Ghost [2011-09-13 17:53:09 +0000 UTC]

ooh thanks alot my friend. Thats an instant sub and 20 mins of eye popping youtube for me right there

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Revan-Ghost In reply to Madspeitersen [2011-09-13 21:43:31 +0000 UTC]

No problemo ^^ And thanks to omnipotent Google (ha, maybe joined Gmail and YT account wasn't such a good idea after all ) I sent you YT and Facebook friend-invites

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Madspeitersen In reply to Revan-Ghost [2011-09-14 09:31:52 +0000 UTC]

hi there

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TheNormish In reply to ??? [2011-09-04 01:32:55 +0000 UTC]

Crusader War Elephant Giants? Sign me up for the crusades!

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Madspeitersen In reply to TheNormish [2011-09-04 12:45:00 +0000 UTC]

I call shutgun haha Its certanly a period in time worth exploring, i would love to see stuff like this in a movie

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TheNormish In reply to Madspeitersen [2011-09-04 14:46:32 +0000 UTC]

A movie with Crusader Elephants... You make life too exciting.

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SpectorKnight In reply to ??? [2011-09-03 20:46:40 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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Madspeitersen In reply to SpectorKnight [2011-09-04 12:39:27 +0000 UTC]

thnx alot my friend

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ToshirotheKnightWolf In reply to ??? [2011-09-03 18:26:17 +0000 UTC]

O____O whoa!!

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Madspeitersen In reply to ToshirotheKnightWolf [2011-09-04 12:39:03 +0000 UTC]

haha RUUUUN its coming for you

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ToshirotheKnightWolf In reply to Madspeitersen [2011-09-04 16:48:14 +0000 UTC]

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Democo In reply to ??? [2011-09-03 17:11:40 +0000 UTC]

Wow, looks awesome!

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Madspeitersen In reply to Democo [2011-09-04 12:24:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank alot my friend I wish to create more like this

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Silverhub In reply to ??? [2011-09-03 16:11:43 +0000 UTC]

This is an awesome action pic

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Madspeitersen In reply to Silverhub [2011-09-04 12:26:03 +0000 UTC]

Hi mate, thanks alot. Yeah action can be a tricky one to nail, but with the right framing and posing of characters makes all the difference

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Silverhub In reply to Madspeitersen [2011-09-04 21:22:59 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, It is all set up very nice C:

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SCHIMPANSEN In reply to ??? [2011-09-03 14:44:57 +0000 UTC]

yeah

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Madspeitersen In reply to SCHIMPANSEN [2011-09-04 12:26:18 +0000 UTC]

Exactly

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SCHIMPANSEN In reply to Madspeitersen [2011-09-04 13:57:30 +0000 UTC]

hehehe

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Noneednogreed In reply to ??? [2011-09-03 14:43:46 +0000 UTC]

Awesome.. they really should have used elephants in the wars though.

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Madspeitersen In reply to Noneednogreed [2011-09-04 12:28:38 +0000 UTC]

yeah, it certanly creates more epic battle scenes

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Edarneor In reply to ??? [2011-09-03 10:53:38 +0000 UTC]

If the TEMPLARS had elephants the crusades would have ended twice as fast!

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Madspeitersen In reply to Edarneor [2011-09-04 12:31:38 +0000 UTC]

haha, and maybe twice as brutal Its certanly some epic scenes that this would create

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Edarneor In reply to Madspeitersen [2011-09-04 13:07:42 +0000 UTC]

sure - and more epic scenes to paint

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tdlob In reply to Edarneor [2011-09-03 13:35:52 +0000 UTC]

^THIS^

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Fereshteh In reply to ??? [2011-09-03 09:25:55 +0000 UTC]

I have a particular affinity for the crusades, so this is quite a pleasure to see. The textures of the elephant and the sand are really quite striking. Although the knights would have had to have some scaffolding to reach its head to paint, wouldn't they?

Templars get all the attention, but I've always found the knights Hospitaller to be just as interesting--and the order still exists!

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Madspeitersen In reply to Fereshteh [2011-09-04 12:36:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanx for your great comment Haha yeah i actually never thought about that. They could even had build a giant stable. Where they would construct the armor and so on around it. Almost like the inside of a shipyard Ooh and those Hospitaller looks epic and mystical. I really like the looks of their dark cloaks. thanks for letting me know

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Madspeitersen In reply to roqdraw [2011-09-04 12:38:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks mate, thats quite some cool names to be compared to But yeah I see what you mean, it could easely be set in a mixed world of those two

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Lightfighter1 In reply to ??? [2011-09-03 02:57:23 +0000 UTC]

Nicely done

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Madspeitersen In reply to Lightfighter1 [2011-09-03 07:39:07 +0000 UTC]

thnx alot mate

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