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Post by Achilles on Jan 2, 2017 3:52:01 GMT
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Post by margaret on Jan 2, 2017 4:27:28 GMT
Your modifications look plenty good to me. You wouldn't want to distract from the effect of those tentacles you added. You might want to use a wash to bring out the detail on those tentacles.
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Post by Brickerbrack on Jan 2, 2017 4:34:18 GMT
Totally agree with Margaret; that looks fantastic, and it's easy to go that little bit further and make it too busy. This dude looks plenty scary as is.
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Post by onethatwas on Jan 2, 2017 5:39:08 GMT
Really good alterations.
I would perhaps suggest some alterations lower down, either along his (its?) Waist area (entrails or tentacles spilling from the belly?) Or legs (more tentacle- goodness).
The reason is to A) give a threat to the PC'S that is a bit closer to their range (the tentacles maw is awesome, sure, but unless he stoops low the PC'S have to worry more about being stepped on) and B) give it some weight lower on it's body to make sure it doesn't end up being top heavy, given its size.
If you aren't concerned with either, no worries, it is great without the changes. Can't wait to see it painted!
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Post by bluecloud2k2 on Jan 2, 2017 15:06:13 GMT
I would add a fringe along the spine to replace the back spines. Something like this: Maybe some wings...
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Post by Achilles on Jan 2, 2017 15:26:01 GMT
I'm definitely not opposed to more tentacles. I'm definitely inspired by the mythos in my games. Not too sure about the spines as it makes me think more reptilian than demon, however I have toyed with the wing idea. My only concern is the time it will take to create the wings, but I was originally inspired by this image. So if I did wings, I'd want to aim towards this. a141.idata.over-blog.com/0/40/77/08/cthulhu/DSCF0802.jpg
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Post by onethatwas on Jan 2, 2017 20:40:55 GMT
Why not back tentacles instead of a spine?
I mean, overloading a model with too much of one thing can be a bad thing, but if your goal is to have a unique Cthulhu like demon, try to stay away from just recreating Cthulhu (as in you image) and find ways to truly make it unique.
Why would it need wings? Does it need to fly? Can't it just have extendable tentacles to whip towards flying foes to bring it down? Spiney clusters it can shoot at foes? Acid expelling orifaces?
None of the above? Really, your call. As I said it looks great without additions.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Jan 3, 2017 3:02:05 GMT
is that one of the Spawn figure ? that figure reminds me of one of them.
in any cases i like the way this going. i dont agreew ith more tentacles though. and i agree that wings are just better. because in most RPGs flying is much much more powerfull.so it really depends on what you want your monsters to do.
i also agree with the frills or the tentacles, or literally a mix of both. i'd probably go for a mix of both frills and tentacles on the back.
up to this point i really like what you did and can't wait for the next pictures.
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Post by margaret on Jan 3, 2017 4:07:36 GMT
I would recommend against back tentacles. That would be a strange place to find that kind of structure biologically speaking, since tentacles are grabbers and we don't usually grab with back protrusions. So I am afraid you would spend a lot of time putting them on and then not liking the effect once they were attached.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Jan 4, 2017 0:57:42 GMT
Margaret, tentacles aren'T all for grabbing. some of them are more like stuff dangling there. not everything has a reason to be. like the flesh thing that form on certain human skin. they serve no purpose. when i said frills and tentacles... i meant very small tentacles. as in things that comes out serve no purpose except make the monster look more monstrous.
not everything has to make sense if the goal is just to make it look cool. at least thats my way of seeing it.
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Post by onethatwas on Jan 4, 2017 3:21:53 GMT
...when you are talking a Cthulhu-esque horror from the Netherlands Realms of far beyond beyond, things that make sense do not make sense.
Why tentacles on the back? Perhaps in the 473rd level of the abyss, they are parasitic demon-forms that latch onto any tainted, terrible fleshy creature that crawls up from the pits, and they are then subsumed by greater demon lords, forcing them into subservient symbiosis to lash out against any competing Lords who would dare strike from the back.
Or perhaps they channel the far plane energies to create a strange arcane construct, a writhing mass writing out geometries of madness in the air to grant flight capable structures formed of pure terror and entropy, which mortal minds could not harness, but the tentacled spine of this other-worldly fiend trace this arcane geometry naturally, as if the creature is attuned to the far plane entropies...made up of it in part...
Who knows why? Come up with a reason. Or don't demons and far plane monstrosities make little sense...
For instance...how does a beholder eat?
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Post by margaret on Jan 4, 2017 6:11:13 GMT
Still think it would look more peculiar than scary, which would detract from the scary aspects, but try whatever you like.
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Post by Sam on Jan 4, 2017 12:27:39 GMT
That's a big sucker. I would leave it like it is. Maybe texture the added putty around the joints to match. I like the back spikes as they are and don't think wings are neccessary. Godzilla did not have to fly. It just destroyed! Have you worked up stats?
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Post by onethatwas on Jan 4, 2017 17:12:20 GMT
That's a big sucker. I would leave it like it is. Maybe texture the added putty around the joints to match. I like the back spikes as they are and don't think wings are neccessary. Godzilla did not have to fly. It just destroyed! Have you worked up stats? Gasp! Clearly you have not seen Godzilla's radio-active fire breath propelled flight before... It is a thing of beauty to behold.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Jan 4, 2017 21:41:02 GMT
or perhaps he just didn't realise godzilla was big enough to just hit anything flying above himself.
Margaret... aside from those mushroom wierdness a certain guy did here on this forum... nothing looks terrifying to me, so i dont get your point ? basically what im saying is that what is terryfing to you is perhaps not to another one. and whats not terrifying for you may just be for another person.
to me if you want to be terrified then do an invisible thing that use sounds and emotions to strike fear. because the imagination is far more terrifying then any monsters you can come across.
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Post by Achilles on Jan 17, 2017 3:58:08 GMT
So I finally have a chance to work on this guy again. He's based now, but I'm struggling to decide on a color scheme for him. Any suggestions to give me ideas?
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Post by jennifer on Jan 17, 2017 7:11:25 GMT
Wow, that looks AMAZING!
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Post by bluecloud2k2 on Jan 18, 2017 13:07:38 GMT
So I finally have a chance to work on this guy again. He's based now, but I'm struggling to decide on a color scheme for him. Any suggestions to give me ideas? I'm thinking Orange and flesh tone for the skin, and a dark blue for the teeth and spines... maybe do the eyes up in a bright green. I'm wondering how a purple wash would look over the orange and fleshtone...
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Post by Achilles on Apr 7, 2018 23:17:05 GMT
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