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hwango — Blood of Ice, Lunar Exalted
Published: 2005-03-01 10:00:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 16925; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 5310
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Character illustration for Blood of Ice, my Lunar Exalted character. It was tempting to draw him in a more action-oriented pose, but I'm trying to shake off some of the Lunars-as-barbarians stigma that the game has associated with them, so I thought something a bit calmer would be nice.I made so many changes to the design of the character and the grimcleaver (crazy anime ax) while I was working on this that it took me much longer than it should have. Still, I'm reasonably happy with it. Give me 24 hours and I'm sure I'll regret having posted it without fixing something, but I really wanted to post it and have something to show for my time.
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nicely done, yes it does seem they have the barbarian stereotype to them but at the same time they still have a very organized society. Lunars are amazing and i like them a lot as well.
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Oh, wow! That is really, really good! The armor and the weapon has a nice effect! (How'd you do it? And what program did you use?)
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Glad you enjoyed it. I use Photoshop CS and a wacom tablet to make my art. That's an older piece, but I seem to recall using the Difference setting on an airbrush and painting over the same area repeatedly to make a lot of the metal texture for the ax and armor, then painted some more white over that for highlights. If you're into werewolves and such you should check out some of my other, more recent pieces - I have a new method for creating fur that I like a lot better:
Kolya ( [link] )
Falling Sky ( [link] )
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love this pic draw me one please srry to be a stranger
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An excellent piece. I am a big fan of the Lunar Exalted. They appeal to both the Garou and Bastet in me. 
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I like the way you've drawn the axe, with all its detail. The character has a cool name too.
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Thanks! The name works on an number of levels - not only is his animal totem an ice and cold based winter wolf sort of thing, but I also set him up with unshakable willpower and conviction, so he can be merciless and "cold blooded" when it's truly necessary.
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cool lunar. You make the moonsilver material look really good the way I imagined it would look. I don't know much about lunars because I've never played one. Although my solar characters have come across quite a few of them. I didn't know they could turn into anthro beast forms. I thought it was just either man shape or real animal shape. Cool nonetheless.
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Thanks! The Lunars' most significant power is the charm Deadly Beastman Transformation, which lets them turn into a anthro form of their totem animal. Well, based on their totem animal, anyway, since some of the powers you can buy for your beastman shape are a little wacky.
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Damn, that's so cool...
...wish I could ask for a commission...
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Well I'm flattered that you think I'm commission-worthy, at least.
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Considering I couldn't do half as good as you...yes, you are
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Very nice detail. I really like the axe and background.
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That's probably a good thing. I don't know if you're familiar with the game Exalted or not, but Lunars tend to be armed with artifacts made of Moonsilver, which is supposed to gleam like polished chrome...so I tried to make the ax and armor very shiny.
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Nope... I'm not unfortunately. But glad you achieved your desired effect.
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holy crap not a guy to mess around with i love the background
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Great job.
You should make the axe handle look more round though, as it is now the handle looks kinda flat.
I like the pants, the feet and the cuirass, but I dont really understand how the last one mentioned is strapped onto him.
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Whoops - I forgot straps and things for the armor. I must be even more tired than I thought. Thanks for the suggestions - I'll see if I can fix that stuff tomorrow.
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i think it's kick-ass! the only thing i'd have you change is his hand thats holding the axe-thing. it doesn't do justice to the rest of this awesomeness.
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yes, it looks much better now. great piece.
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Thanks! Yeah, I'll probably come back to that hand later - especially if it stands out to other people as much as it does to me...and it seems like it does, based on your comment. It's time for some sleep right now, though.
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