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Offline M.P.

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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (giants)
« Reply #240 on: July 21, 2021, 10:15:35 AM »
Thank you :).

W.i.p of my cultists  :).




Next - Rubezahl based on a depiction from the map printed in 1561.
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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (cultists)
« Reply #241 on: July 21, 2021, 02:52:52 PM »
Evocative!
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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (cultists)
« Reply #242 on: July 21, 2021, 06:13:15 PM »
 :)

Offline M.P.

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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (cultists)
« Reply #243 on: July 23, 2021, 05:52:35 PM »
Next in the pipeline - Rubezahl


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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (Rubezahl)
« Reply #244 on: July 23, 2021, 05:58:43 PM »
There are some good Wendigo illustrations online, which might also be useful in getting the look.
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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (Rubezahl)
« Reply #245 on: July 23, 2021, 06:59:51 PM »
There are some good Wendigo illustrations online, which might also be useful in getting the look.

When I make mythological beasts for this project I'm trying to stick to the contemporary depictions of any given monster.

In this case I only have got this:


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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (Rubezahl)
« Reply #246 on: July 23, 2021, 09:27:22 PM »
Yeah, that's the illustration I thought you were working off, which doesn't give you a huge amount of detail! A wendigo illustration might give you some better anatomical guidelines, onto which you can sculpt the unique details of that fella. Looks very heraldic doesn't it?

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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (Rubezahl)
« Reply #247 on: July 25, 2021, 10:07:21 AM »
Yes it's very heraldic. Despite my previous reservations to use wendigo depictions as a reference material - now I'm using it quite extensively :).

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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (Rubezahl)
« Reply #248 on: July 28, 2021, 01:15:38 AM »
Update  :)


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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (Rubezahl)
« Reply #249 on: July 28, 2021, 02:18:44 AM »
I don't know what it is, but it is cool.

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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (Rubezahl)
« Reply #250 on: July 28, 2021, 09:10:47 AM »
I don't know what it is, but it is cool.

Thank you :), It's a beast/spirit from czech and polish folklore  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCbezahl.

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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (Rubezahl)
« Reply #251 on: July 28, 2021, 07:02:53 PM »
Cool indeed and faithfully reconstructed from the illustration! Well done!

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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (Rubezahl)
« Reply #252 on: July 30, 2021, 08:04:56 PM »
Thank you  :).

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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (Rubezahl)
« Reply #253 on: July 31, 2021, 01:26:31 PM »

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Re: Fantasy swashbuckling project (Rubezahl)
« Reply #254 on: July 31, 2021, 04:25:24 PM »
Finished Rubezahl :).

 

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