CHoW#318 :: The Battlefield Butcher

[BozoTheClown]

Everything is looking so awesome so far

@spellsword I love that lighting, good stuff dude.

Here I have some quick thumbs, trying to move away from my initial thought of a hulking titan. Which brings me to my question, are we allowed to add extra limbs?


Update: Heres what i've been working on thus far.

[fairstranger]

Sure would appreciate some crits, if anyone has some to spare.

[Havok Reed]

Sure would appreciate some crits, if anyone has some to spare.

Well if you have decided upon the figure, you now need to design the character. Not sure if that is what you are asking for. There really isn't to go from right now to give you a solid critique. Also, if the crosses are things that he collects, bear in mind, that the "trophies" should probably be something that every person would have. Not everyone would be wearing a cross.

[Agent Melon]

Blessed by a mayan shaman to eternal life, the centuries of combat have twisted his mind; now the only thing that matters his adding to his collection of shrunken heads made from fallen foes.

Work in progress still adding to the design of the costume.

[Charmer]

I need to get so much better with my figure drawing -.- But I can say that my life drawing course this year made me a whole lot better! I'll get so much better, made that promise to myself.
Good work so far guys!

[a.marlowe696]

@Agent Melon That is a really cool concept. I dig it man. Keep it up.

[LukasN]

Here's mine. Wip(ing) butchers.

[AdrianNagorski]

fairstranger: "f" looks great, its in a great pose, you could design the hell out of that!
lukasN: liking no 1 and 4, 4 for the pose, 1 for the design,
paperhead: thank you, will experiment!

WOW !! you guys leave me breathless. . .

continuing, i took no6 and the legs of no 2 and combined them . . . . .

[C mcgreevy]

lukasn@ i love 2 and 4 but they are all evil! nice one.
adrian nagorski@ just one thing i thought, if thats his battle armour then would his eye injury be so fresh?
agent melon@ i love the pose feel like you have caught it really nice.

Crits please would like to develop/ work on this

[Savi]

Hey,

I've just started this tonite but here are my wips so far!



Changed the sword think im going to work into the one in the middle and right then choose which one I like.



Everyones work looks awesome so far cant wait to see the finals!!

[z0mbi]

@z0mbi Love your style! Wish I was able to get clean lines like that. I like the Nam style, however, if the butcher is supposed to be 7 ft. tall then that m60 is gigantic. For a guy that big it should look more like a larger rifle.

What fun is a tiny gun? Giant guy, giant gun. Don't worry, the pile of corpses he's standing on are tiny guys

Thanks for the compliments.

[GammaGrey]

Nice topic. Here's a quick wip.

[AdrianNagorski]

C Macgreevy: thanks didnt think of that.
you have interesting idea going, i would alter your pose a bit and work out the placement of the elements a little more, also watch your values, your painting is extremely dark/ a lot of black,
besides that its a good take, i like the helmet and the flag/cape?

beer time, now to figure out where to place the alien bodies. . .

[panama66]

First swing at it. Feels a bit too plain. Anatomy seems off as well.

[Maragnarok]

WW1 Battlefield butcher

[fairstranger]

Well if you have decided upon the figure, you now need to design the character. Not sure if that is what you are asking for. There really isn't to go from right now to give you a solid critique. Also, if the crosses are things that he collects, bear in mind, that the "trophies" should probably be something that every person would have. Not everyone would be wearing a cross.

Thanks for that, just to clarify are you saying that what I have here doesn't qualify as a character?

[Havok Reed]

Thanks for that, just to clarify are you saying that what I have here doesn't qualify as a character?

If you are referring to this



That isn't enough to call it a character design because, all you have is an exaggerated figure. We see that he is a character but that's not the whole point. What I am saying is, if that is the posed gesture that you are going to roll with, now is the time to design the character. Clothing, trinkets, weapons, etc; everything that defines a character. You have to show us, what makes this the battlefield butcher. Really dig into your imagination and show us why this guy should be a horrifying being to encounter. If you leave it as it is, we can simply call it a zombie, which is just a general category and non-unique.

[Dayle]

Great work guys.

LukasN. Number 4... please!

Maragnarok. Glad to see a modern military world war butcher, good start. I think you should reference a thompson machine gun or a rifle. That looks a bit AK47 and seems out of place (historically). Have you seen suckerpunch? Rubbish film but awesome characters and designs.

[Naevea]

Great job, guys... From most of what I saw here, you are doing great so far! ^_^ Keep up the good work~
Figured I might as well add mine here...

So basically this is how it started

I choose the 1st thumb and worked on it some more... and it turned out...

and a little "bonus" XD

[Quinn Simoes]

Finals thread is up!

[ShutUpMouth]

I know I wont get this done in time but practicing with this concept was fun so I thought I would show it. Good luck to all the finalists!

[vatteh]

Here's my first wip. I've been doing studies and looking for refs for the past few days. I'm going to go ahead and render this to finish.

[emerging]

good stuff everyone!
hopefully i can finish this by sunday lol havent partcipated on this forum for ages
i know he is butt naked right now haha but its just for posing and proportions

[Davie]

Some pretty badass stuff so far! This is the first CHOW I've tried in a long while; hopefully I can get the damn thing finished this time around.

When I read the theme I thought of those insane Celtic berserkers that fought wearing nothing but paint and a helmet, and how terrifying that must have been for the average Roman legionary...

I'm thinking I still haven't unified the color scheme enough; if anyone wants to give me pointers in that direction that'd be awesome.

[iamdio]

Hello People! My name's Dio, 2D Game Artist and Freelance Illustrator.
I love designing characters and this is my first time on CHoW (I think), I hope you can enjoy!

This is my rendition of a battlefield butcher, for me it shouldn't have to be a big brute one, I prefer doing someone's who psychotic.

This one, is called with "Slender Terror". During the war, he chained all the time in a cage, until his army release him. He's blindfolded and practically blind, but he can smell the fresh warm blood of every remaining soldier on the battlefield, and he hunts for it. He's using a double-bladed spear, the straight ones for cutting heads, while the curved one for picking the heads he cut. And he knows no allies.

[3mK]

Here's what I got so far, hope I'll make it in time.

[Kamiru_]

Update

[iamdio]

WIPs progresses!

[Quinn Simoes]

Here's where I'm at, don't think I'll make it to the deadline.

[Tadas]

didn't manage to finish it on time :/