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Jc2theW — Burgnsteed the Kentaur

Published: 2008-07-12 23:56:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 1159; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 42
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Description And here he is in all his colored glory! I am veryveryvery pleased with this.

Again, this is the Fire element drawing I did for
=kankakanka and *PearlEden 's elemental contest.

and now for the story:

"Burgnsteed is a fantastical creature that is very much like a regular, boring Centaur, only that his race has the power to control fire.
Once upon another time, there once was a battle of energies. Beings of magic and strength fought over control over The Flame of Viefre which would give the wielder the power of never-ending flame. A centaur of ancient lore, managed to sneak in between the fighting of the races and get his hands on the legendary Flame. But since he was foolhardy and did not earn the right to the Flame, the great power engulfed him and burned him immensely. At this spectacle, the disputing races ran away in fear of the Flame, in fear for their lives. Little did everyone know, that this centaur survived his ordeal and somehow bonded with the great Flame of Viefre, becoming a new creature called a Kentaur. His name...was Burgnsteed.
Now, in modern times, the Kentaur race flourished and are a rowdy bunch of warriors, but follow a strict code of honor and pride. Their manes and tails are always red, orange, or blond fire and radiate an immense heat, which can burn anyone who tries to get near them. The females of the race are smaller in size and have pale blue to green fire manes and tails.
Their choice of weapons are the Firebands--for they can only be handled by the Kentaurs.
These Firebands emit great heat and fire in the form of giant rings, and with the training of the Kentaurs, can they maneuver these rings in both defensive and offensive attacks. They make for defensive shields, and explosive direct attacks. The battle moves of the Kentaurs have been known to be some of the best moves in the world, and anyone who happens to come upon them in battle, best wish themselves a quick death then to battle one of these great warriors.
All Kentaurs have some relation to fire in their names. Burgnsteed was the first one of their grand species and has been worshiped as a Mighty God of Fire amongst the nations"

artwork (c)
John-Clayton Wilson
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Comments: 10

Sylvaerian [2008-07-15 18:59:49 +0000 UTC]

Neat concept and design. The fire really looks good, as well as the cinders.

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Jc2theW In reply to Sylvaerian [2008-07-16 04:29:38 +0000 UTC]

thank you. The fire took so long to do. It literally took me about 3 different tries to get it the way I wanted it, which is the way you see it now.

I like the guy, I must admit!

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Sylvaerian In reply to Jc2theW [2008-07-16 04:36:49 +0000 UTC]

He turned out pretty damn neat, I like him too.

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WOWandWAS [2008-07-13 23:20:13 +0000 UTC]

I like the fire effect you have here; like fire strands bound into a rope. works well^^

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Jc2theW In reply to WOWandWAS [2008-07-14 05:25:50 +0000 UTC]

thanks. It took me a while to come to a style that I liked. I think this was the third try I did with the fire, and I liked the way it turned out.

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WOWandWAS In reply to Jc2theW [2008-07-14 05:55:43 +0000 UTC]

*nod* it comes through nicely

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Gribby [2008-07-13 05:29:36 +0000 UTC]

His head and musculature is amazing! Also a very hard position to draw, given the multi-dimensional foreshortening demanded of a creature with essentially two bodies and two directions. You did extremely well on this. The only thing, perhaps that detracts from this marvelous picture is the fact that he's lacking a lower joint on all but his right front leg. The rest of the anatomy is really good, but, well, imagine a person without wrists. I'm not sure how else to explain it. oO; *Failure at words.* But there should be another bend there, before the hoof.
Again, good work, you have reason to be fond of this piece.

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Jc2theW In reply to Gribby [2008-07-13 16:38:36 +0000 UTC]

oh it is there. I know what you're talking about don't worry. The bend is there it's just that it is bending back quite a bit, and if you see, there is a bit of the hoof there, just the underside of it.
My reference picture of the horse was terrible and do you know how FLIPPIN' hard it is to find a frontal shot of a horse jumping???

seriously. I tried for hours looking for a decent one. It's like the world doesn't take frontal shots of horses, just side views!

....cocksuckers...

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SyrinthAeonsway [2008-07-13 01:35:48 +0000 UTC]

The colors really brought this image to life

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Jc2theW In reply to SyrinthAeonsway [2008-07-13 16:49:06 +0000 UTC]

didn't it though? I am quite pleased with him.

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