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If you're following this series in order, click here next . For more information on the entire series, read the "'Demon's Due' Defined" journal entry here [link] or the "'Demon's Due' Plus" journal entry here [link] .

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Luther awakens to a hoarse scream gurgling in his extended throat, and sits up. He is disoriented for a moment before the last instant in the hallway with Elina comes back to him. The hands, gnarled, powerful, and twisted in unnatural non-life, had driven him into the portcullis, striking his head against it with a blinding light that scattered his thoughts.

"Elina," he croaks. "What... where did you go?"

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NOTE (January 6, 2013): At about 9:20 am this morning (MST), ~shadow07203 correctly identified to me in a note that Luther Vandermoor's stock model is our own ~Mistersneaky . He beat ~john33 's guess by an hour, although John's guess does appear first. It might be fun to go back through these past few Luther images and read ~Mistersneaky 's comments about the stock model in question. He made some comical insider remarks at his own expense that had me rolling...

NOTE 2 (same day): We'll call this "The Chainmail Issue." From the very beginning of drawing Luther's chainmail, I recognized that my approach to it was only the best I could do at the time without going into a chainmail research spiral that may or may not produce what I wanted and would have taken a lot of time. Instead, my intention was that by selecting out the chainmail on each page in a digital psd file, if I ever figured out a better way to do it, I would be able to replace or modify what was there fairly easily. I have all those digital files for every page in which the chainmail appears, but I haven't figured out a better way to do it yet. Gotta get through the Rats revision first. With all respect due my fellow artists on DA and elsewhere, I haven't seen a practical solution to the chainmail issue that I liked more than my own, though there are some very good ones. I think *dashinvaine has a great thing going here ( [link] ) and elsewhere in his gallery, but my only attempt at working something like that out myself didn't improve it in my eyes. I had an idea last Summer about how to perhaps digitally work my chainmail design a bit, and I think I'm going to try that out. Regardless, I'm certain that the final production will contain a chainmail issue blooper that has Luther trying on a variety of chainmail designs, including plaid, paisley, etc...

Luther's stock model sent me a bunch of pictures for this sequence, of which I have used two thus far. Guess the deviant and get a prize! Also, I believe the deviant in question is posting the reference I used for this in his gallery.

Enjoy!

Description
If you're following this series in order, click here next . For more information on the entire series, read the "'Demon's Due' Defined" journal entry here [link] or the "'Demon's Due' Plus" journal entry here [link] .

***********************************************

Luther awakens to a hoarse scream gurgling in his extended throat, and sits up. He is disoriented for a moment before the last instant in the hallway with Elina comes back to him. The hands, gnarled, powerful, and twisted in unnatural non-life, had driven him into the portcullis, striking his head against it with a blinding light that scattered his thoughts.

"Elina," he croaks. "What... where did you go?"

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NOTE (January 6, 2013): At about 9:20 am this morning (MST), ~shadow07203 correctly identified to me in a note that Luther Vandermoor's stock model is our own ~Mistersneaky . He beat ~john33 's guess by an hour, although John's guess does appear first. It might be fun to go back through these past few Luther images and read ~Mistersneaky 's comments about the stock model in question. He made some comical insider remarks at his own expense that had me rolling...

NOTE 2 (same day): We'll call this "The Chainmail Issue." From the very beginning of drawing Luther's chainmail, I recognized that my approach to it was only the best I could do at the time without going into a chainmail research spiral that may or may not produce what I wanted and would have taken a lot of time. Instead, my intention was that by selecting out the chainmail on each page in a digital psd file, if I ever figured out a better way to do it, I would be able to replace or modify what was there fairly easily. I have all those digital files for every page in which the chainmail appears, but I haven't figured out a better way to do it yet. Gotta get through the Rats revision first. With all respect due my fellow artists on DA and elsewhere, I haven't seen a practical solution to the chainmail issue that I liked more than my own, though there are some very good ones. I think *dashinvaine has a great thing going here ( [link] ) and elsewhere in his gallery, but my only attempt at working something like that out myself didn't improve it in my eyes. I had an idea last Summer about how to perhaps digitally work my chainmail design a bit, and I think I'm going to try that out. Regardless, I'm certain that the final production will contain a chainmail issue blooper that has Luther trying on a variety of chainmail designs, including plaid, paisley, etc...

Luther's stock model sent me a bunch of pictures for this sequence, of which I have used two thus far. Guess the deviant and get a prize! Also, I believe the deviant in question is posting the reference I used for this in his gallery.

Enjoy!