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Published: 2011-05-29 23:29:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 1684; Favourites: 44; Downloads: 31
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And rumble again! Random battle unicorn and random hulking demon from deep dungeons have developed serious conflict and rushed to fight. After couple of minutes in fencing, unicorn got over. Making deceptive move, he slipped under demon's attacking arm, then quickly lunged backward, slightly rising on back legs, abruptly straightening long muscled neck and reaching giant's limb. In one move, he sliced it with sharp horn.  

It is my experiment in improving martial abilities of such a classical D&D beast as unicorn. Why only pickling? He's not just animal, with his peculiar intellect, he can develop his own form of fencing against swords and axes. To fight like that, he just needs special form of horn and flexible neck.

This angle of view (from the top) is a try to depict an outlook from the eyes of some tiny creature, hiding in tops of nearby bamboo spinney.  

Music for the mood: Sonic Mayhem - Crashed Up Again.

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Этот же рисунок на моём сайте.

И снова драчки! Рандомный единорог и рандомный подземельный урюк что-то крепко не поделили. В непродолжительном фехтовании рогом и примитивным мечом, единорог оказался проворнее. Сделав ложный выпад и поднырнув под руку противника, он на отходе приподнялся и резко разогнул длинную шею, бесплатно сделав урюку маникюр с очень приличным запасом. И останавливаться на сём не собирается, так что бедный урюк.

Хотелось немного разнообразить боевые возможности такого классического существа из фэнтези, как единорог. Быть может, он может не только колоть рогом. Немного изменим форму и режущую поверхность, и обладающий своеобразным разумом зверь вполне может овладеть собственной техникой против меча и топора. Сцена изображена наблюдаемой каким-нибудь маленьким незаметным существом с верхушек бамбуковых зарослей. Такая перспектива получилась сильно искажённой, но ради динамики и неожиданности очень хотелось попробовать именно так.

Музычка для погружения: Sonic Mayhem - Crashed Up Again.
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Comments: 9

ijustlikehalo [2019-01-03 09:11:01 +0000 UTC]

How did unicorns end up being the softies of fantasy when in their original stories they killed anything that wasn't 100% pure? They were the inquisitors of the magical world. That's why I love the murderous, carnivorous unicorns from the Overlord games. 

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Miakhano In reply to ijustlikehalo [2019-01-03 12:24:48 +0000 UTC]

Hah! I played Overlord and I've seen that version of unicorns you're talking about.   They were pretty tough beasts.

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ijustlikehalo In reply to Miakhano [2019-01-03 13:10:28 +0000 UTC]

Also the unicorns from Disciple 3 deserve a mention. Those were some majestic beasts.

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OtachiKaiju68 [2018-11-24 04:47:06 +0000 UTC]

even unicorns can kick ass!

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Miakhano In reply to OtachiKaiju68 [2018-11-24 04:53:16 +0000 UTC]

They can... and they like doing that.

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SilverCoast [2011-06-09 17:19:23 +0000 UTC]

amazing , very original too

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Miakhano In reply to SilverCoast [2011-06-09 17:22:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks alot!

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meihua [2011-06-08 00:48:03 +0000 UTC]

Wow, great work! The perspective is dramatic, yet it looks accurately depicted, and the background is nicely painted.

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Miakhano In reply to meihua [2011-06-08 01:00:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I think, Unicorns miss dynamic fight scenes art in comparison with other fantasy battle creatures such as dragons or orcs. So I'm trying to fix it.

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