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Published: 2011-10-30 00:47:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 1719; Favourites: 83; Downloads: 0
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Was originally just a sketch thing for someone who wanted to see Talae with shorter hair, ended up slapping some color on it: [link]

He doesn't particularly want any of the various titles and accolades he's got, but he's a pragmatist and tends to make the best of whatever situation he's in. Eventually I'll draw up his full Commander robes, which have the smaller pauldrons here and a gorget, but are still predominantly leather in addition to the light plating. The others I usually have him in are for occasions when he doesn't have to be all formal and whatnot.

I figure in about ten years he'll have settled into his new role, picked up some new scars, and gotten a new, more military hairstyle that people can take more seriously.

Base texture for the armor, I did a lot of overpainting on it: [link]
Background texture from this pack: [link]


Talaerion Surana is my own character, developed for and within the structure of Dragon Age: Origins. He has been extensively developed and expanded beyond game canon, both in the game universe and unassociated ones.
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Comments: 25

Elvenwyn [2011-10-31 19:38:58 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tattoos.

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queenofthecrows In reply to Elvenwyn [2011-11-02 05:57:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I've always been fond of them.

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Elvenwyn In reply to queenofthecrows [2011-11-02 18:57:29 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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elenilote [2011-10-31 13:51:19 +0000 UTC]



Holy cow he is GORGEOUS

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queenofthecrows In reply to elenilote [2011-11-02 05:59:26 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thank you. I like him with long hair, but I like it short and badass, too. Before it was at optimal petting length, now it's at optimal ruffle-and-make-him-go-meh-at-you length.

I think when I make a sack of him, though, it'll be with the long, floofy hair. *shudders* I am dreading doing the tattoos, oh my god, DREADING I say.

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PetiteArtisto [2011-10-31 02:30:03 +0000 UTC]

Oh he looks so different with short hair!
i like both styles

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queenofthecrows In reply to PetiteArtisto [2011-11-02 06:00:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It really does change how he looks, I didn't realize quite how much until I was done. His tattoos and his hair are his most distinctive features, after all. That and the hair/skin contrast, I should have made his skin darker.

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PetiteArtisto In reply to queenofthecrows [2011-11-03 13:19:40 +0000 UTC]

Hehe true... but i like both looks
i think its amazing that he looks very different
with his hair shorter... shows that you are a very talented
artist

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pirateluv [2011-10-30 17:22:42 +0000 UTC]

he is so cool looking

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queenofthecrows In reply to pirateluv [2011-11-02 06:01:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I need to make an ami of him sometime (his normal long-haired version), if I can overcome my fear of the tattoos.

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TovarasNightroad [2011-10-30 17:04:30 +0000 UTC]

Serious Talae is serious.
I think he looks so handsome like that and even if I do love his crazy hairdue, this looks good as well.
Alistair approves. ^^

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queenofthecrows In reply to TovarasNightroad [2011-11-02 06:01:45 +0000 UTC]

Well, Alistair would. It is validation for his own oh-so-high-maintenance hair cut.

By high maintenance I mean he washes it and Jowan fingercombs it, and that's it.

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TovarasNightroad In reply to queenofthecrows [2011-11-02 19:53:19 +0000 UTC]

Well, not everyone has a personal Jowan to fingercomb their hair.
Alistair approves of this as well.

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queenofthecrows In reply to TovarasNightroad [2011-11-03 06:26:37 +0000 UTC]

Not everyone gets one, either. Jowan is terribly devoted, after all.

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TovarasNightroad In reply to queenofthecrows [2011-11-08 21:49:55 +0000 UTC]

Very true. Lucky Alistair. And lucky Jowan.

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MrMayhemm [2011-10-30 09:23:43 +0000 UTC]

Great work with this character. He looks cool and you did an excellent work with textures (and the awesome little detail of his armor ^_^)

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queenofthecrows In reply to MrMayhemm [2011-11-02 06:02:45 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thanks. I'd like to be able to actually paint and get rid of my lines entirely, but I have a lot more to learn with regard to anatomy, lighting, and so on before that'll happen. I do like how the texturing on the metal turned out, though.

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Squibley [2011-10-30 05:47:36 +0000 UTC]

Nice~

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queenofthecrows In reply to Squibley [2011-11-02 06:01:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Vampyric-Saiyaness [2011-10-30 03:02:02 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic character concept. Looks great! Love his eyes, his strong jawline and those tats/markings.

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queenofthecrows In reply to Vampyric-Saiyaness [2011-10-30 04:57:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm fond of him and like how he turned out, though the fandom he's from isn't particularly fond of male PCs.

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Vampyric-Saiyaness In reply to queenofthecrows [2011-10-30 09:28:51 +0000 UTC]

Haha. Clearly I need to play DA2

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queenofthecrows In reply to Vampyric-Saiyaness [2011-10-30 09:37:00 +0000 UTC]

Oh god, DA2 is horrible. Don't bother with it, seriously. Origins was great, though.

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Vampyric-Saiyaness In reply to queenofthecrows [2011-10-30 09:40:12 +0000 UTC]

I only played the first one for a few hours on load. I just heard that 2 was better and considering the MULTITUDE of Fenris fanart around, I assumed it was boss for eye-candy too. XD Although judging by your work and profile, you're for the minor characters.

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queenofthecrows In reply to Vampyric-Saiyaness [2011-10-30 09:44:57 +0000 UTC]

DA2 is a LOT worse. Very restrictive environment, tons of map recycling, no choice of race or class, they needed another year at least to develop it fully... Returning characters from the earlier games are horrible in terms of appearance and personality.

Fenris isn't as awesome as everyone says he is. He's a very dull and static character. People just like him because he's an emo kawaii-desuuuu~ elf boyfriend... thing with a tortured past, as far as I can tell. It's unfortunate because he could have been interesting if he weren't so shallow. I was looking forward to him and ended up being extremely disappointed, just as I was with all the others (with minor exceptions for Varric and Aveline).

It is most definitely NOT boss for eye candy. Everyone looks... wrong. I won't even discuss what they did to the elves.

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