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Tag: armor

MODERN WARFARE

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Cal

well. kind of. the idea is that the shield is connected to the arm and the weapon can fit into a slot in the shield to keep it steady and/or allow the user to use both hands for aiming while
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Posted in BLOGTagged armor, art, concept, firearm, gun, modern, shield, soldier
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Plate armor helmets STRIKE BACK

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Cal

i like these. that is all I have to say.

Posted in BLOGTagged armor, art, concept, design, helmet, plate
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Armors for the common man

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Cal

some armor ideas yall. 🙂 based loosely off of some real life designs (namely the right one which is pretty heavily inspired by hoplites). they would be quite inexpensive to create compared to the more time and resource-intensive resin plates,
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Posted in BLOGTagged armor, brigandine, concept, conceptart, hauberk, hopline, hoplite, spartan
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GLADIATORS

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Cal

GLADIATORS!! more or less. not sure they’ll actually be called gladiators, but that’s basically what they are. I have some fun ideas and some unique (?) twists I’m looking forward to whenever I show them.

Posted in BLOGTagged armor, art, concept, design, gladiator, outfit, weapon
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Words about words

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Cal

As mentioned previously, I spent a couple weeks before ch3 doodling the characters and trying to streamline them more before I had to draw them in motion. In hindsight I wish I did that more for ch2, but hopefully I
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Posted in BLOGTagged arbo, armor, art, concept, design, militia, old, outfit, rene, silne, soldier
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Character concepts 4 – armor again

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Cal

Did some more concepts. looking again at a lot of real life designs, these have elements influenced by a variety of asian and middle-eastern pieces from cultures like the Mughals. It’s difficult to come up with original designs that are
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Posted in BLOGTagged armor, cuirass, feudalism, history, knight, mid-asian, mongolian, mughal, resin, spear
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Character concepts 3 – armor

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Cal

(click to view larger) some armor design concepts. on the whole metal is rarely used in Motherland due to a variety of factors, but the majority of regions have access to substitute materials. these alien ‘resin’ compounds are mass-produced from
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Posted in BLOGTagged armor, concept, concept art, cuirass, guard, helmet, history, metal, military, pauldron, plate, resin, soldier, weapon
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The smell of resin

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Cal

“Rrrgh… …great.” “Hm?” “Messed up. Didn’t get it straight.” “It happens. Just try again. It’s not a big deal.” It was a big deal. Rokur was just being nice. We were on a pretty tight schedule. The client was coming
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Posted in TechnologyTagged armor, blacksmith, conversation, cuirass, dialogue, haidate, manica, pauldron, resin, smith
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Character concepts 2 – helmets

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Cal

this is close enough to a character concept in my opinion. it can be pretty tough sometimes but it’s always fun to have to design clothes and armor and such with non-human parameters. Of course the motherlanders aren’t that different
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Posted in BLOGTagged armor, chain, chainmail, concept, concept art, crest, greek, guard, helmet, mail, military, norse, plate, resin, roman, soldier, viking
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