ChOW#290 :: FINALS :: Guardian of the Flame

[Eofn]

As some of you may or may not be aware, the United Kingdom is currently celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee - which lasts for four days! Due to this, the topic deadline has been extended until 8AM GMT (9AM British Summer time) MONDAY 4th JUNE The new topic shall also be posted at this time.

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Character of the Week #290
Guardian of the Flame
Design the Guardian of the Flame!

DEADLINE: MONDAY 4th June 8AM GMT (9AM British Summer Time)
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Post your final images in this thread. Remember, any comments posted BEFORE the poll is posted will be removed without any sort of warning.

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MAKE SURE YOUR IMAGE ADHERES TO THE BRIEF

The Guidelines:

• Can be any gender
• Consider HOW they might protect the flame
• Must be flame related
• Does not have to be humanoid - but please no gelatinous blobs.

THE RULES
In addition to the brief, if you do not follow these rules, you will not be included in the poll.

• Files must be named: CHoW#290_Username 
(Files with any other names such as final.jpg or even chow290final.jpg will not be accepted)
• Finals must be posted in the finals thread BEFORE the deadline
• Final post must include the CHoW number and the artists username at the bottom of the image
• At least 3/4 of the focus character must be visible
• Final images must be accompanied with a basic character sheet in a separate image
 Character sheets should at the very least show a sketch of the front and back of the character and a couple of early thumbnails/silhouettes.
• Follow the brief!

[Uncomfortable]

Here's my beastie guardian.

[jonathan.appleby78]

Ok, This is it. As much as I could do. Wanted to do more with the character sheet, but ran out of time Hope it's okay. Sorry, but uploaded the two silhouette sketches last. My bad! Anyway, love the work coming in for this one.

[Varguy]

Here's mine.

[ChaosTheory]

Two Headed Guardian

[Kerah]

A little background:

So, a certain group of people kidnap a teenage gamer that is an ace at shooter games. In the past they kidnapped spartan kids as they were considered the elite, heh. In later centuries they kidnapped kids with similar skills.
They proceed to dress the teenager with the torch carrying helmet device that holds a flame feeding arm that also measures temperature in case the torch's flame begins to waver and dim.
The helmet also has 4 specialized cameras that transmit the feedback straight into the teenager's brain- should be helpful if any torch seeking attacker would try to sneak from behind.
That's about it. Also the kid is brainwashed to believe that his own life is connected to the brightness of the flame, so here we go. When the torch dims, so dims the life of the teenager.

[mjz92]

A statue that comes to life when its flame is threatened.
This is my first time doing this, so I hope I did it right.

[Vritra]

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[LukasA]

I had a lot of fun with this!
Not really happy with the result but it's only my first entry

[elephant´s stroke]

This guardian protects the olimpic flame not from people or creatures but from loneliness and despair between the oplimpics.
This ancient and elemental guardian is the only one in the entire universe that can speak the languaje of fire, thus being the only one who can make company to the flame, telling her histories and explaining the true reason of her existance.
He isn't there all day with the flame, but he can´t let the flame alone more than two or three days. He also is the one in charge to find the kind of branches and wood that this special flames likes. Human eye can't detect the guardian, but some people and most creatures can feel his presence. Some people talks about him as the god of fire, but he can't stand that...he is just the guardian of the flame...nothing more, nothing less. He exists before the universe, but he is not a god.

[paradoxba]

Only the one holding the key can get near without being burned.

[Obstfelder]

The guardian stands vigil over the olympic fire, but every four years it is successfully stolen from him. The chase that follows each theft is a sight to behold.

[mcreation]

My character was once an olympic gamer... every 4 years the olympic games are held with a secret purpose to the gods, it is to see who is the mighty warrior on earth and choose him to be the carrier of the olympic flame...the fire of the souls on earth. Task with a big and unavoidable burden he wanders earth carrying with him the flame inside his body that slowly but demently burns his skin to a red level, and dements him until another chosen one appears, 4 years after...he carries some relics from the gods to help him on his demand: hermes shoes, alows him to escape anyone...cloack made from aged golden fleece... protect him from most harm...and zeus staff, a weapon that controls the flame in his body, using his power whenever necessary...the same staff is used to pass the flame to the next carrier...and the time...is coming...
a little reference (in his shorts) is made to my country hehe good work everybody

[Adevila]

My entry. An ancient greek guardian protecting the olympic flame while using it inside a weapon.

[Mhugo]

Great job everyone, beautiful guardians!!

Wish i'd have more time to work on it...was a fun topic.

Final

[penciltipred]

my entry for the guardian of the Olympic flame
i though of im as more spirit like and ghostly
i imagined the the rings expand and into large circle blades and used for defense

[damienflux]

Prometheus as the guardian of flames

[bara]

Fun topic

[Imagus]

Located in a far-off, remote frigid region of the globe, the Great Guardian keeps the Olympic flame burning eternally. Only when the true flame bearer approaches is anyone allowed to partake of the pure blue flame that burns in the Guardian's heart. All others receive the red and yellow flames of the Guardian's hair, shoulders, knees and staff.

EDIT: For some reason, I can't seem to get the images to appear in the post using the upload manager, either in PNG or JPG format. The files appear to be well within the size limitations, but they don't appear in Preview or final post, and don't exist when I edit the post to try and re-upload.

[Eofn]

Closed The poll will be up shortly

EDIT: Having some trouble with adding the poll....or editing it either..... it's probably the same reason why images aren't showing up for people using the attachment editor as well.

[Djehuti]

NOOOOOOOO!!! GOT HOME TOO LATE TO POST!

Oh well, here's my finished illo + ISO anyway - the Classical Greek says, "The Mother of Flames"

[sykeros]

Damn, I didn't make it either. Ah well... I hope it's okay to post for feedback/crits? I will post some responses to the awesome work here soon as well! Just gonna rest these eyeballs for a bit.

Great job everyone!!

[steve pete]

hmmm, dont see Varguy's name in the poll. Was he/she cut?

[Eofn]

hmmm, dont see Varguy's name in the poll. Was he/she cut?

Quite a few people didn't make it due to a lack of character sheet.