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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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