CHOW #71 - Guest Bumskee, Topic:fallen valkyrie

**Oblio** · May 7th, 2007, 06:57 PM

ROUND #71

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**bumskee** · May 8th, 2007, 07:13 PM

OH.. i thought this would have been up but I guess Oblio is busy, and he runs the thing so I wanted his approval I guess.. But seeing how the suspense is killing everyone.. here's what I passed onto Oblio!!

"fallen valkyrie" - a valkyrie that once served at Odin's side, she has been tainted by evil and banished to the underworld.

requirements

1. armour

It's pretty open.. she no longer serves Odin but is more part of the underworld now.. enjoy!

FOR REFERENCE ONLY!!! and inspiration..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brynhild
http://www.artpassions.net/galleries...ing/ring56.jpg
http://www.artpassions.net/galleries...ing/ring22.jpg

Thanks

cheers,

Min

**Tenno** · May 8th, 2007, 07:31 PM

Awesome! Must resist temptation to draw mecha valkyries.

Dammit, folded - sure I can work the concept in properly so here's a few quick thumbs.

Feeling good about this one...

added some detail and colour..

Final:

Great work all round everybody.

**noche** · May 8th, 2007, 07:35 PM

edit: can i post my picture here? or i need to go to the end of the thread...
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OMG! the last link links to a pig jumping into a lake!!
ROFL!!!!!!!1

**Penumbra** · May 8th, 2007, 08:00 PM

Ha! I 've been illustrating "Der Ring des Nibelungen" as part of a larger project thats coming out next October 2007( But its mainstream. I am excited to see you guys put a different spin on it).

**Penumbra** · May 8th, 2007, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by Graphuji

Awesome! Must resist temptation to draw mecha valkyries.

Why resist. Do it.

**Onir** · May 8th, 2007, 08:02 PM

ya know, been wanting to join back into these, so I'ma take a stab at this one. hopefully time will permit... will post my WIP when I have one.

edit: gah time has been hard to get the last few days, preparing to leave my dorm for the summer so haven't been able to work much on this... so I'm gonna withdraw from this one

everyone's work is looking great so far, so keep up the great work guys! definitely gonna try for the next one!

**Micaiah Nelson** · May 8th, 2007, 08:22 PM

I'm out

**fuuryoku** · May 8th, 2007, 08:30 PM

oooo, good topic.

I'll get creamed as usual, but I'm in.

-Fuu

**Simon Boxer** · May 8th, 2007, 08:38 PM

This reminds me of the Battle Angel CHOW, which probably got one of the best turnouts.

Wouldn't be surprised if this one hits 5 pages. Another great topic, Min.

**Clocks** · May 8th, 2007, 08:48 PM

I like it! I think I'll participate this time.

**bluki** · May 8th, 2007, 09:10 PM

woot, finally......... i'm in

**sho-nuff** · May 8th, 2007, 09:10 PM

Yeh the topic sounds dope and bumskee i promise ill finish it this time (still learning to paint in photoshop) Now all i gota do is workout what a valkyrie is - google here i come...again.

**wheezy** · May 8th, 2007, 10:37 PM

I am now painting this. I am enjoying all the entries. Very good work.

Had to do the Mother's day thing so I didn't get to finish the painting, but will for my own learning purposes.

**Eric Young** · May 8th, 2007, 11:04 PM

sounds awesome I'm down

**peter_john** · May 8th, 2007, 11:47 PM

Final update:

Great round folks!

Another edit: Fresh wip, still clinking away:

Edit: Here's the pencil sketch I'm going to work from:

I was most impressed by the relationship Valkyries used to have with wolves and ravens that got lost in the later romantic depictions of them. I thought of the fallen Valkyrie as being an agent that may work against the Valkyries still in good standing. Instead of delivering fallen warriors to Valhalla maybe she would feed them to Loki's demon army or something. I'm going to try to show some mind vs. body conflict in her too. Her noble soul is trapped and forced to witness the rudeness her body has set out to do. It will work or I'll fall on my hind

I'm hoping to have her wrapped up by tomorrow since the weekend is shot for me. We'll see.

I'm in too, w.i.p. pending. This is a good excuse to start reading the Volsung Saga too...

**emily g** · May 9th, 2007, 12:55 AM

Min, I edited your third link so it shows the correct pic. (I don't know why it wouldn't work before.)
And I also added a fourth link.

**JAG.** · May 9th, 2007, 01:16 AM

yeah im definitely in.. nothing makes me want to improve more than getting my ass handed to me every week

great topic Bumskee.. 'bout damn time too

- JAG

**Micaiah Nelson** · May 9th, 2007, 01:23 AM

Bumskee and lukavi you creative bastards thats just amazing, now I'm waiting to see Penumbra's hopfully my lack of Photoshop skillz will reach yualls levels I'll put in my wips later.

**theWEEPER** · May 9th, 2007, 01:31 AM

Wow, it sounds hard, I'll see what I can do. Hopefully mine will turn out more feminine this time

**bumskee** · May 9th, 2007, 01:45 AM

The ONLY REQUIREMENT IS ARMOUR!! so wrap her in some armour of some sort... otherwise valkyries are FEMALE only apparently...
but I think this is heaps more open than last round.. anything goes..

and the little sentence after the topic is just a background story on this fictional character. and it's upto you how you design this. and if you are not sure what valkyrie is check the link provided, 5 minute read will give you an idea that valkyrie is from norse mythology, female who served odin.

thanks emily!

here's me

painting steps here http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...postcount=1882

**PeanutButterWerewolf** · May 9th, 2007, 03:12 AM

Awsome topic!! I've been meaning to partipate in a Chow and this is an awsome topic to do. Hopefully I'll finish.

**Pluizje** · May 9th, 2007, 04:00 AM

lol, bumskee your reference/inspiraton picture links don't work for me, but the jumping pig i get to see instead did cheer me up.

**Tom Garden** · May 9th, 2007, 04:56 AM

oh GOD!!! this will be a good round!

**masque** · May 9th, 2007, 09:56 AM

just to make sure it's clear, the brief is for a "mythological" treatment of valkyrie, right? i can see an armoured female as part of a squad called the Valkyries, in the service of an organization called O.D.I.N., as a viable "futuristic" interpretation of the theme (with some interesting options for being "fallen to the underworld"), but not if it's only historical/mythological.

it's also kind of interesting how much of Norse mythology is pretty ambiguous about "good" and "evil," with some of the more infamous characters (like Loki) playing both sides, and some of the heroes engaging in some pretty sketchy behavior as well. it often seems that some of the conflicts among the Norse gods were more class warfare than a battle between good an evil.

**AntiMatty** · May 9th, 2007, 10:17 AM

its worth mentioning that "originaly" valkyries were female spirits that devoured warriors on the battlefield.

**joe12south** · May 9th, 2007, 10:18 AM

Me likes! Bonus points to all that can work a little jumping piggie into their pics. ;-)

**dragon4lunch** · May 9th, 2007, 10:44 AM

OH MAN, this is a great topic!!!!!!!! When is the deadline, because I can't start til Saturday!

**JoeSolo** · May 9th, 2007, 11:21 AM

I am very in on this one...if time permits. I shall just avoid sleep. I forsee the entires in this topic being many....

**Woodlandwalker** · May 9th, 2007, 01:35 PM

dont have a lot of time this week... out on business all next... so I thought I would at least take a stab at this... so to speak hehe... CC always welcome... nice to hear early on prior to getting bumped from a poll

The Valkyrie…deities who once sat beside Odin, to be sent out during battle and who’s purpose was to choose the most heroic of those who had died and to carry them off to Valhalla. Eventually they became indiscriminate in their killings… more than the rightful hero’s were taken.
Now finding themselves cast out by Odin for doing “too good” of a job. Any and all that enter the battlefield are now their prey.
Once beautiful…now crones, with flickering armor that can be seen flying about the battlefield, flashes of spear, splashes of blood… these would be the remnants of war now...Telltale signs of their further carnage. Leaving each man to wonder what his fate would be now in this early afterlife.