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Mr-Culexus — What could have been
Published: 2011-01-18 12:48:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 4798; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 29
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These concepts were on my mind, in sketchbooks, sketched comics and in the case of Bok, actually made it to the comic ( the original comic was a once off, and so Bok's species and gender was indeterminate, but I had it in my mind that he was a girl) all that was important was that he/she look unimpressive.Levy was orignally more based on Captain Sturn (the Heavy metal one, not DOW) and was at once more bluff and soldierly but also a far, far worse person. As is all that remains is his being flippant and arrogant (Its also where I got the name as Eugene Levy did Captain Sturns voice.)
I do like the look though.
It occurs to me that some of my viewers may have prefered macho Raege. Certainly, it could have been fun, but I dunno.
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sadly im just now finding your scraps along with the some of my now favs from you as always fantastically incredible work
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Raege grabbing Boone's ass...my god I can't stop laughing.
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femme Bok actually looks pretty fine the male and female differences in look are small but still doesn't make the two look identical making him look good as either one instead of slightly off or crazy looking as either one
the macho Raege personality would probably be better for the funnies and not much else in my opinion rather than be set in stone as her actual and permanent personality
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female Bok has an odd charm the male lacks. I suspect its my disposition towards women with big teeth.
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yes maybe it is the teeth
and of course there's that Praetorian girl you got as well with her rather large dentals
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Hmm, fun. It's always cool to look back on the original concepts for characters and think "I wonder what that would have been like" or "what the warp was I thinking?" There are so many of my characters that do not look like they did in the original sketch in any way, shape, or form. One of them only has her original eye color left.
That said, I think that the final concepts that made it into your stuff are improvements or neutral. Bok's gender could probably be changed pretty easily and no one would notice. Darraj looks so much more awesome bald. It would be interesting to see what MANLY Levy was like, but I think I like his silly foppish self too much. And I am a total fan of asexual militant Raege.
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Introspection, providing it not overused, is a valueable tool. Kudos.
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Obviously we guys would like a chauvanistic Raege. We can relate to her better, of course.
And Boone, darling: dont act like you dont enjoy it.
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Overall I think you made the right choice with Levy by a long freaking shot, and as for Raege? You definitely went the right way, she is just a much better character this way.
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I think so too. Glad you do too. I place a lot of value in your opinion.
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Yeah, you tend to give fairly thoughtful comments.
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I'm glad you think so, I'm always afraid I'm annoying with my paragraph length comments critiquing, complimenting, and at times stating the obvious.
I'm glad you like it and I'd be glad to keep doing so
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I am neither a stranger nor a detractor from the tendency towards being verbose. As long as you are say7ing something (and you are) then it's all gravy.
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cool, that's part of what makes you a good artist, you value the opinions of those who look at your art....also, being able to write cool characters then portray their full range of emotions through expression, clothes, and minor details, but the listening to (readers?) is definitely an important part.
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I think I used to work with Macho!Raege.
Except he was a guy.
And not in the military.
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You realize you've opened the floodgates to the fetishists with Bok and Raege?
Nevertheless, they're amusing. I get the feeling that Levy would have punched out all these damn heretics.
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Pssh. Like anyone still looks at my work. Glad you find them amusing, though.
levy, as we know him has had some fairly decent, even punchy adventures (and unlike THIS one, no rape, pimping or selling drugs while disguised as a sororita) though certainly less rugged than this one, all the same.
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That version of Raege, Boone would have enjoyed more.
Manly Levy? Impossible.
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Boone does fancy Raege, certainly, but she fancies her partially because of her being taciturn and soldierly. Inscrutible. Stoic. Boone may wish for action from Raege, but not at the expense of her acting differently.
There are many ways to be manly. This version of Levy, could bench press more, certainly, but was a far bigger coward.
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Intersting, so this other version would be more advancing but would lose the qualties which Boone finds attractive.
Ah so he's essentially this is the "Cain" version of Levy. Have you seen the muscles on that commissar?!
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I've seen the muscles on his disasterously inaccurate portraits that shows him single handedly wielding a boltgun, when he always uses a laspistol.
My own image of Cain, is of wirey, spry man. Broad shoulder and muscled, but rangy. As maneuverable physically as he is verbally. Not a colossus.
This version of Levy was basically just 40k Captain steeeeern.
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I know I was making a joke about the propaganda posters (mainly the bookcovers).
Well Levy wise, everything went better than expected.
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Levy is VERY manly I do not know what you are implying here >:T
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That he's not, that manly.
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I try to imagine modern inquisitor Levy angry, and I mean truly, wholly pissed, but even then he would seem terrifying, but not manly...I recently dropped the hammer on the accoloyts in a DH game and I realized. Inquisitors can be friggin scary when fully stated and invoked.
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Scary? You mean utterly terrifying.
They have the power to render worlds unto dust and oblivion. The power to send millions of soldiers and equipment into a war to find one target. They are trully terrible and somewhat necessary instruments of His Majesty's Imperium.
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and I had my inquisitor pinning a normally wealthy arrogant ass to the wall with an augmentic arm, beating his having rolled an 18 out of 43 strength while threatening to liquidate his assets, strip him down, put him in a penal legion and then,after six months have him taken to the mecanicus and transformed into a servitor (or servo scull if he dies) and then ensure that as a servitor he is assigned the worst servitor jobs in the Imperium.... if I remember right the character soiled himself
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and I mean to say not Macho manly, we havn't seen enough of his inquisitor form for me to be sure, but I've seen some relatively manly moments in the Cases of Hives things before me thinks. I don't know but I find something manly about whirling around and sucker punching a close friend in the gut hard enough to presumably break ones hand while shouting "SON OF A BITCH!"
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I can totally imagine Boone imagining what Raege could have been like, and thinking up Raege as she is presented here 
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Raege the Chauvinist hurts my brain somehow.
Like alot.
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It's hard to imagine these days.
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Well this is entertaining.
However, a chauvinistic Raege wouldnt make any sense. Her whole character is based around being a calculated soldier - inspiring others to fight, or in the case of Gustav - a person/reason to fight for - all to make them better at their jobs. Rather than good for goodness sake.
Though saying that, Raege is wonderfully complex, as implied by Cuddles' comment in that same comic. I believe much of her complexity would be lost if she was just some Chauvinisticly sexy Macho Woman Commissar.
Would be funny though.
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You understand completely, crazy. Certainly it could be amusing, but really OOC, so baring extenuating circumstances or a dream sequence, it's unlikely. However it would not be a pleasent dream. Boone does fancy Raege, certainly, but she fancies her partially because of her being taciturn and soldierly. Inscrutible. Stoic. Boone may wish for action from Raege, but not at the expense of her acting differently.
Wait, why am I explaining that to you?
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I dunno why are you!?
Nah its good to make sure we all know where we are, here.
I'm in my office.
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I'm in the lab. Which is odd, given my calling, but it's still nice in here.
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Ah yes, the Labratory. The Enlightened Visionary's sanctum against the uneducated Plebians who decry his beautiful creations with such slogans as "tits or gtfo" or other such nonsense.
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Macho raege has the potential for comedy gold if applied sparingly.
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