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rachaelm5 — Predator: Paladin color
Published: 2010-09-28 01:42:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 3256; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 0
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This is one of those things that I thought would be a quick study, but it wound up being a bit of a marathon. Those individual armor plates took *FOR-EV-ARRRR* to color.Yes, I said "study". I have mad plans for a sort of St. George and the Dragon with a Predator "knight" and a dragonish Alien. While I may tweak the armor design a bit, this is basically what the knight will look like... Minus the really awkward pose.
Accomplished with ink, watercolor, Prismacolor pencils, and metallic paint pen.
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Thanks! This was definitely one of the more intricate armor designs I've done. But if you ever get a chance to see Italian full plate armor from the 16th Century in an art gallery or castle or something, you'll see just how ridiculously detailed those guys were. I wanted to try to capture that with this Predator design. Later on, I'm planning to do a "St. George and the Dragon"-styled AvP piece.
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^_^ I looked it up a while ago and all I can say is, wow! They put a lot of work into their armor.
^_^ I think you captured it pretty well if not perfectly. It looks fantastic! 
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Habatchii Says:
The initial presentation is very impressive. The background ''study'' should be just as well. May I suggest more of an eastern dragon effect for the alien, emphasizing the "Yutani" era of alienology.
Again, keep up the good work, don't feed the animals and I hope to see you in the Smithsonian...
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Thank you very much!
I will certainly consider the eastern influence in the dragon, though when I initially considered the "Saint George and the Dragon" angle, I had a much more occidental design in mind for the Alien. I still have some decisions to make, which is what the studies are designed to assist with.
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Habatchii Says:
Respectfully;
You may also want to consider a 'Dragon Wars' theme in which two or more cultural eras are spliced into the final work in a 'Ying Yang' effect...
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Excellent idea, once again. I will take that into consideration.
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What a pose! What fluent movements. He is almost dancing out of the painting.
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Thank you! Glad you like this guy. It's funny how many of my monsters seem to be dancing... The paladin certainly isn't the only one.
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Dancing monsters must be very jolly.
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At least they are in my mind.
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I love the muschle, helmet patterns, they look very Samoan....absolutely cool touch! I just love the dynamics in your pieces, especially these Predator pieces.
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Gold'n blue is a beautiful combo of armor and jewelry.
Reminds me from ancient Egyptian metal.
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I was definitely thinking of enamel, stone, and metal with this color combination. The stone and gold design of the Egyptians probably had a subconscious influence on this guy's colors.
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Yes, my thought exactly.
But really well done work, I could tell by your artist commentary that it took a long time to do each plate.
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The armor is badass, but I particularly loves those wiggly toes :3
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LMAO - Oh dear Lord, the toes again...
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You just have to supply the jumble of rocks he's standing on and resting the sword on, and he doesn't look nearly so awkward.
"Paused. Waiting."
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LOL - Oh yeah, that background thing... What's funny is that it never entered my mind, not even once. My mind was full of rivets.
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No screws loose here; everything is firmly riveted in place.
You can put him here -> [link]
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Amazing stuff. Our local church here is a st. George aswell, I'd love to see analienated dragon besides a paladin-like predator there. I can imagine them as a colorful window
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Now THAT is a cool idea. I will have to consider a stained glass effect - I might do two versions of the project, one "realistic" and one stained glass, just to see how they would both look.
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Very cool! I'm looking forward to it!
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excellent work!gorgreous coloring!amazing details!congrats!
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This was one of those "I just want to try to do this because I CAN" projects.
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Cool! The alien-ish dragon should totally be a queen. They seem pretty dragonish to me.
This is really great!
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The study I did for the Alien is somewhere between a Queen-guard and a Queen - there're a lot of frills, but no oviposter.
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Oh good. Cause that would just be naaaaaaasty. Lol.
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Quite right! And really, you can't fight monsters very well with your oviposter holding you down.
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woah. really like the gold-wash on the blades.
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The colors are fantastic! I would image shogun version would be way cool and elite!
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I'm definitely going with a more oriental armor style for the shogun. As soon as I get next weekend's convention out of the way, I'll get back to my pencils and get your kiriban underway.
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Sweet! Looking forward to it
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