C.O.W. - #027: Messenger Of Death

**Fozzybar** · October 27th, 2005, 07:08 AM

Round #027

Topic:
Messenger Of Death

Deadline:
Thursday, 03rd November 2005

- for any questions or help go here:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37512

note: The deadline won't be EXACTLY after a week...it can last up to 24 hours more, i am human and have to work also, you know

Post your creature for this week!

**Fozzybar** · October 27th, 2005, 07:09 AM

Thanks to axeman61 for the topic! I think it's a great one!!! And please be careful to stay away from character entries...

**shadoman** · October 27th, 2005, 07:41 AM

This is gonna ROCK!!!

**Saise** · October 27th, 2005, 09:53 AM

Wow, grat topic - it will be my first COW Entry i think

**brokk** · October 27th, 2005, 11:43 AM

Finally got a tablet and been messing around with it a little, wip for now
- (image 1 used to be here ) -

EDIT: Thanks red.

Just a small update, I decided to change the composition.
- (image 2 used to be here, yadda yadda ; P )

EDIT2: Ack, I changed it again. Its still a wip and needs plenty refinement, but this is more or less what I'm sticking with.

- (and yet another image removed ) +

EDIT3: Ok, its about as finished as its going to get. Maybe some more twitching around, but this is basically it. *Sigh*.

The Reaper's Familiar
While Death is busy with his daily routine of crossing souls over into the afterlife, there are those who are not yet ready to be taken. The Reaper has a pet, a ghastly creature who acts as his Messenger. This Messenger meets those who for a moment face mortal peril but do not know it. He informs them that they are near of dying, but that it is not their turn yet to be taken, and so they must wait. He acomplishes this with his grotesque appearence, which usually is enough to frighten away from the dangerous situation the soul in question has wandered into. Though he looks menacing, he is harmless.

**redehlert** · October 27th, 2005, 11:56 AM

Nice updated entry Broken!
[edit] now even moreso on acid, but no longer a chia pet.

I dig it. Keep playing! Check out Scumgrinder's tut in his SB for building up tone - skull sampler....really helpful. I was discussin' things back and forth with him for a while to get his technique details...perhaps you'll like it too.

Cheers!
D

**Fozzybar** · October 27th, 2005, 03:38 PM

uuuuhhh....a cold breeze shivers me everytime i enter this rounds thread...

**redehlert** · October 27th, 2005, 04:01 PM

is your fly unzipped?
hahahahahahaa.....

**redehlert** · October 27th, 2005, 04:08 PM

I couldn't resist putting this in here -

Lorraine: Yes?
at door: Mrs. Jarlsburg? (mumbled)
Lorraine: Who?
at door: Mrs. Boroughyu? (mumbled)
Lorraine: Who is it?
at door: Flowers.
Lorraine: Flowers for whom?
at door: Plumber, maam.
Lorraine: I don't need a plumber.
You're that clever shark, aren't you?
at door: Candygram.
Lorraine: Candygram my foot.
You get out of here before I call the police.
You're the shark and you know it.
at door: Uh, uh, I'm only a dolphin, maam.
Lorraine: A dolphin, Well, ok.
--Lorraine opens the door and is eaten by the Landshark

**asoir** · October 27th, 2005, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by redehlert

Nice entry Broken, even as a wip....
Like a tripped out chia pet on acid, but I dig it.
Cheers!
D

cha-cha-cha-chia!

For a sec I seriously thought you said "But i'd hit it"

On a less disturbing note, I think i'm gonna try for this one...

**redehlert** · October 27th, 2005, 04:28 PM

lol! at least i didn't say 'i'd tap that'....haahaha
dude...that's gotta be one of the most insane avatars i've seen on ca.org. what the hell are you sayin'?

**Carnifex** · October 27th, 2005, 05:10 PM

"boom baise"?
that's what i hear in my mind all the time now,thanx.
gahhh that's annoying.

oh man,i'm sooo close to reposting the siren in this one.

**Moquan** · October 27th, 2005, 08:14 PM

"Boom! Headshot!"

This sounds like a fun topic. I'd like to try and participate.

-Moquan

**scumgrinder** · October 27th, 2005, 08:22 PM

"move in-side!"?

**sour** · October 27th, 2005, 08:35 PM

boom something for sure, check out the awesome air gun pose.

**goran** · October 27th, 2005, 10:24 PM

OK Guys here is revision.Cheers
After a complete endoplazmatic breakdown of the parasite retrieved the opinion of This direktorate that the parasite is not of terrestrial origin. The cellular properties are found only in the blood of extensive Martian beer drinkers.

**sour** · October 27th, 2005, 10:34 PM

that's some pure wtf right there.

**bumskee** · October 27th, 2005, 10:46 PM

Goran that's awsome, shame it's human like...

**Azrael** · October 27th, 2005, 11:51 PM

hahahharhar. good one goran.

**possessed** · October 28th, 2005, 03:28 AM

Goran, it looks good but... it's
A human (or was once hehe)
B Character

**Fozzybar** · October 28th, 2005, 06:19 AM

goran as some of the regulars already mentioned...not accepted because of too much human like appearance and also being more a character...

**goran** · October 28th, 2005, 07:23 AM

do I got kill fee ?Sorry guys,Was fun.Cheers

**Fozzybar** · October 28th, 2005, 07:54 AM

6 days to go....you have PLENTY of time to do another entry...do you see how i am using my admin-powers to enrich your portfolio, haha!

**redehlert** · October 28th, 2005, 11:40 AM

Ah....sweet. It's all so clear now! Boom. Headshot....to damn cool.
I want to get an avatar of me saying - Beast Master!
ahahahahahaa....
Cheers!
D

**Fozzybar** · October 28th, 2005, 12:42 PM

/me sends a messenger of death to Seattle...

**redehlert** · October 28th, 2005, 12:58 PM

{me} embraces messenger of death like a long, lost friend. Start carolling the theme song to Beast Master....{/me}

**scumgrinder** · October 29th, 2005, 04:46 AM

october 17, 2018
Sender:
Warden Moses Goldman <[email protected]>
Recipient:
All [send/-->all{get.address.spider}]

Shalom!
If everything goes as planned, we will unleash Kochot tomorrow.
During the tests we noticed the mutation of fauna caused by Kochot's toxic cloud:
one, the Basser flies, which are generated by kochot's dermis' mitochondria and the sail moths which mutated into filter feeders to catch the large numbers of Basser flies. They grow as big as a horse and since they fly outside of Kochot's toxic cloud, they can be seen minutes before Kochot reaches the area.
These messengers of death won't behave aggressively.
Let them be your warning to ready your gas masks and your suits.

Yasher koach
great work, all.

END OF MESSAGE

**JeffZNY** · October 29th, 2005, 12:40 PM

great concept and rendering as usual

**johnny78** · October 29th, 2005, 02:10 PM

scumgrinder: Just one word: .....b e a u t i f u l

**Mike Corriero** · October 29th, 2005, 05:10 PM

Messenger of Death
The messenger of death is an enormous creature that appears from the clouds once every few hundred years. No one knows where they live or where they come from but when they arrive, they bring with them the death of thousands. The messenger of death releases thousands of hatchlings to feed upon the souls of the living. These hatchlings enter the body and begin to feed until thier translucent skin becomes a hard carapace, then they retreat back to the sky from which they came.

just for kicks, here is an animated gif tutorial. I had made it for a few people who asked in the finally finished section where I have posted this image and tutorial along with the 3 previous cows I had done.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...672#post636672