[Various] Commissions from various artists

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:53 pm

A new sketch from Joe. This is Armato, which means Tank in Italian. He's part of an Italian super team from WW2. The suit is supposed to be based off early plans for what would become the armor worn by Hauptmann Zero. I wanted the suit to be kind of boxy like Italian tanks at the time were. Came out pretty much like I wanted it to:

MrJupiter · Post by **MrJupiter** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:30 am

Armato and Sunburn look great. I like the bulky feel of Armato's suit. It really gives him that appearance of tank-like bulk.

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:07 pm

Yeah, I like how Armato came out. Joe seems to have a good handle on doing different types of Powered armor, which some other artists seem to have problems with

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 3:53 pm

Got 2 new images from Richard this morning. Two public domain villains. He really knocked these 2 out of the park, imho

The first villain is Blackout, a * agent & Saboteur who strikes during blackouts. Highly skilled person who uses a gun, knife and has a gang of thugs to work for him. Also uses explosives when necessary.

The second is The Red Knight. He is descended from the original Red Knight, and ran afoul of the original Blue Beetle in the comics.

MrJupiter · Post by **MrJupiter** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:41 pm

I really like how Richard's renderings turned out for these two characters. They have a really nice sketch quality to them.

I admire the Red Knights daring in attempting to carry off his crimes with an authentically styled helmet despite the fact that it is nearly impossible to see out of! Still, it looks fantastic for the villain's costuming.

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:58 pm

MrJupiter wrote:I really like how Richard's renderings turned out for these two characters. They have a really nice sketch quality to them.

yeah, he did a great job capturing the look of each character, while revising them enough to make them look better than their original versions from the comics

MrJupiter wrote: I admire the Red Knights daring in attempting to carry off his crimes with an authentically styled helmet despite the fact that it is nearly impossible to see out of! Still, it looks fantastic for the villain's costuming.

The funny thing is, the villain didn't do much by prey on people while they were sleeping, or when the lights were out (thus giving him a decent advantage). He did get the upper hand on the Blue Beetle first time they fought, but the second time around Beetle got the better of him.

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:03 pm

note: new version of sunburn on page 11. Now she has a mask. I think it makes the character look more in line with Frostbite

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:26 am

colored version of Sunburn

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:00 am

Here's a WW2 piece from a new artist I am working with named David Bednarski. This is an old character given a revamp named Shocktrooper. Powers similar to Der Blitzkrieger, but I'm thinking he's more of a lich type with electrical powers....

Post by **BASHMAN** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:20 am

Wow, these are looking cool

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:44 am

thanks. I've been really pleased with the work my artists have done for me

MrJupiter · Post by **MrJupiter** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 12:12 am

Yes, these characters look great. Shocktrooper's glowing effect for the eyes and hands look cool.

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 1:15 am

MrJupiter wrote:Yes, these characters look great. Shocktrooper's glowing effect for the eyes and hands look cool.

Yeah, he did a great job there.

Here's the other one he did for me Ubermensch. The file size was really big, so when I tried to make a smaller sized one, I ended up making the image kind of small too. Still learning to use paintshop

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 5:27 pm

A few new sketches from Joe. First up are 2 pieces for Paladin Security, a Private Military Contractor, and subsidiary company of Palond Industries. First up is the rank and file troops:

This is the powered armor troops they can field in limited quantities:

Lastly, this is Deva. He's a high tech operative who once worked for a Middle Eastern nation, and now works freelance. His costume is inspired by a few pieces of concept art for the Falcon's outfit for Winter Soldier:

MrJupiter · Post by **MrJupiter** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 5:27 pm

Great art. Deva looks fantastic. I really like the Paladin logo design (which looks like it incorporates a knife blade into the back of the 'p').