Castle Paradox

[LeRoy_Leo]

Shirikin Berzerker. And boy, can these zealous, Human hating reptilian bastards go berserk! He is holding his axe against his face at an angle, resulting in the odd reflection of the half of his face showing. He is also wielding a chain weapon with a candle fixed on one end, which works as an ignition force if he decides to toast his target. The chain is whirling around him, going behind his back and over his head. One wrong move and he could kill himself. Not that he cares about pain, though. To proove it, he has stuck six hot, iron needles (roughly 2 centemeters thick and 10 inches long) through his hands and arms. Yes they are going into his muscle and bone.



This is no one in particular. Just a random character design, is all. He has a staff with a "Jacob's ladder" at the top. I surmised that he is an undead who used the energy to power himself and shock enemies. Some Undead have an excess amount of energy and are able to produce it in their own bodies, because well, they're dead so it's not like it would kill them. Thus, I theorize that Undead are like machines. Walking, souless bodies only built with temporary organic parts instead of metal ones. Our undead friend has some metalic parts as well, which help him to conduct the electricity he produces.



This is another Shirikin. I added more scaley texture to his flesh and some color. As you can see, I chose not to complete his form. I consider this a sketch after all that texture work. The weapon isn't detailed at all, otherwise it would have been a lot better.
Also, I don't know why Photobucket made this so damn small...



Amok is the gaint robot, a city, and a fortress of the master Lorduke. Lorduke is the mob boss/ entrepreneur in my old imaginary TV series I called "Danger man". Amok, the "city of crime", moves from location to location at his master's will helping him steal rare technology. His ultimate plan is obscure, but I think it has something to do with bringing treasure from the past to the present (which is in the future) and cashing in on the loot. The story was pretty unstable until recently. I melded a few other short concepts into it, they fit, and Danger man may make a come back after almost 10 years of dormancy.
This one was done in ink first then penciled.

So I dropped another bomb. Drop me a line, if you want.
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[Gizmog1]

You realize there was a TV show in the 60's called Danger Man, don't you? I kind of like these designs, and I'll be interested to see how it develops.

[LeRoy_Leo]

Omg. There was? :o
Maybe that's where I got the name... Danger man.. Was that some sort of Dare devil guy who did stunts and faught bad guys? Like an Evil Kineval (sp) mixed with Bat man? I faintly remember something like this.

Maybe this could be the sci fi/fantasy remake of that? I mean, it's technically called Danger Man X. The show also has a lot of Mad Max elements in it, now that I think of it. And thanks for your enlightening commentary, Giz. Funny story, one of the villains in my original idea for Danger man was named Skeletor.
Changed it once I realized that was from Heman. Of course, that's not all, but I've said enough.

Will post more soon! Beware!
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[Gizmog1]

I don't really know what the show about, just that it was released in England as Danger Man, and in America as Secret Agent Man. Or probably vice versa. But the theme song went like this:

THERE'S A MAN WHO LEADS A LIFE OF DANGER
TO EVERYONE HE MEETS HE STAYS A STRANGER
AND EVERY MOVE HE MAKES
ANOTHER CHANCE HE TAKES
ODDS ARE HE WON'T LIVE TO SEE TOMMOROW

SECRET
AGENT MAN!

SECRET
AGENT MAN!

THEY'VE GIVEN YOU A NUMBER
AND TAKEN AWAY YOUR NAME!

Sorry for being so generic with my commentary before, but I've had a minute to think and reflect, and I think I can be a bit more useful.

The chain in the first one is INSANELY detailed. And that's the good way, not the bad way. I'm not sure I undestand why part of the axe or meat cleaver is see through, but I sort of like it anyway. The pose is kind of weird, but the character's kind of weird, so it sort of fits.

Second one's pretty good, but it's a little small. I presume he's making soem kind of an attack, and it looks pretty spiffy.

Third one's REALLY small, and just kind of weird.

The giant with the city on his back is a pretty neat idea, and you executed it really well, I think. Something about the purple ink really strikes me as good too.

Hopefully that's a bit more useful. I was kinda starting off just hoping to get you some more comments, as it seemed like the thread had just laid there awhile.

[LeRoy_Leo]

[Gizmog1]

Haha, I don't know man. It's been 30 or 40 years, I doubt anyone'd care if you went ahead and kept it Dangerman. Hell, you could probably get away with calling it "Casablanca" if you really wanted.

[LeRoy_Leo]

BRILLIANT! ... On second thought... Naw. CasaBlanca is a classic and has absorbed into American culture too much. I get your point, though.

Also, *points up* I've been editting that post like a mother...
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[Gizmog1]

Hahah, a really clumsy daredevil? That's a brilliant idea! And Danger Man sounds appropriate, as he's as likely to plow into you as he is to succesfully pursue the villain. Have you considered making him voluntarily blinding himself (With a blindfold or somesuch) before he sets off to do something, just to show how good he is. (Which of course he won't)

[LeRoy_Leo]

Gizmog, you're a genious! Incidentally, all sorts of those kind of ideas came to me when I was redesigning the characters for Dangerman.
Yeah, D man does plow into his enemies recklessly with whatever he may be riding or carrying at tht point of time, and not always on purpose. His curse, I think (and I am going to be completley serious), is he wakes up on the wrong side of the bed EVERY morning... Or rather, afternoon, because he's the kind of guy who likes to sleep in... And yesterday, I figured he's GOT to have an Irish Lilt. NOT ENOUGH good characters have that. Irish Lilts are AWESOME.

I like your ideas, man.
Some concepts I thought of were: when he picks glasses up, they may unexpectedly break. Or when he slides his shades (He loves his shades) up onto his nose, they crack. He drives this flying car that he thinks is some sort of animal, like a mount. He is a terrible driver, of course. I think this show will go places some day. Blind folding himself reminds me of the movie Dodge ball, among other things, but I like it. It fits his character, I think.

I read a lot about character design just to make sure I don't screw anything up, and here is the break down:

D man (Dangerman: last name?) -
Bad traits are - Reckless, aloof, forgetful, lost, clumsy, gullable, awkward.
Good traits - Strong willed, kind, and brave.
In the future, he wears leather, shades, combat boots and a bastard sword with a gun holster on it, which he doesn't like using as much as the blade.

I gotta draw D man right now. I'll bbl.
Thanks, again.
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[Ssalamanderr]

I like that first sketch quite a bit. Definetely gives the idea of a deranged berserker. The only problems I have are the reflection and the axe. They both look a bit odd. It's not really clear how the handle attatches to the axe... it looks like there's about a centimetre where they touch, and the axe blade looks heavy enough that it would just snap off the handle. I'm not sure what bugs me about the reflection... just I didn't know what it was until you described it. I thought this was some sort of wierd abstract piece. Also... is the chain going through his arm? or is it just attatched in some way?

I quite like the chain, and the shading is pretty good. The hands look good too (Hands have always been a problem of mine). Overall this looks great.

Second one... I like the idea behind this, but it looks really wierd. At first glance I thought he was sitting on top of a big cylinder. I can't really tell how he's holding onto the staff, which looks a little bent. I think the upper body and arm looks good, but the rest of the pose just looks kind of strange (of course, he is undead...).

3rd one is a little small. I like the texturing, but I can't tell you more than that.

I love the last one. It's just so over the top that I have to like it. A tie on this guy would rock. I like his gloves! The Amuk logo looks pretty cool as well. What exactly are those things on his shoulders? It could use a bit more shading on the city, but I think this is pretty much perfect.

...man, I need to start sketching again. You have inspired me sir!
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[LeRoy_Leo]

Thank you, Ssalamander. You bring up some interesting points. I'll need to look at them.

Quickly, to clarify, the berzerker's chain goes under his arm, behind his back, and over his head. The chain is connected to a handle in his right hand. The reflection of his head looks almost like it's part of his face because he is holding the reflective surface against the face; right up to the flesh; so it reflects from the surface and out... Which is a very awkward reflection to draw, and it took me hours. I need to look into making it look more like a reflection and less like the second half of his face with a little blur action, or something. It could definitly use some improvement. Thank you.

Glad you saw the point of the third pic. The details were what I wanted to show, but Photobucket made the image very small for some reason.

Glad I could inspire someone. Best of luck with your work, and hopefully I can return a favor for you.

Also:


Dangerman's latest design. He's got those "Linkishly" long side burns (at least, I think they are side burns) that come down past his shoulders, and a mullet.
His sword has two pistols taped to it. No, they don't usually go off while he's fighting with them... usually. He just thinks they give the sword strength and won't listen to reason. They do make good counter weights, but so do other, more practical things. Like I said, he's oblivious to reason.

Saddly, he's the only hero of this show that I have a legit design for. The other super cops are still in production. I was thinking they could all come from different time periods like D man, who came from the dark age. Some could come from Industrial America, Ancient Rome, Feudal Japan, anyone? I sort of want D man to be the oldest, though, so maybe not as far as Rome... I should show you some of the other villains. Amok is just a very large, yet small tip of the iceberg.
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