06-14-2024, 12:03 AM
@Lillen Kind words! thank you! I plan to integrate the character in a scene or two so stay tuned ;)
@darktiste It is indeed a fun idea! I agree that the design is very close to a lone knight or a mercenary rather than a vampire hunter or even a monster hunter. That is totally deliberate I didn't want him to look very obviously like who he is, maybe that's a mistake but I wanted a very believable/practical and realistic look. I imagine vampires in this world to be monsters/animals rather than zombies or magical creatures. I wanted to hint that he may be a vampire hunter rather than showing it very obviously at first look.
To do so I chose to make him wear the transylvannia crest on his chest belt, all of his weaponry looks like silver-weapons. He's carrying a "miséricorde" dagger which is very similar in looks to a stake, often described as the only weapon able to kill a vampire. His sword scabbard has nail/claw marks, with one of them being a little bit on the upper side ; could be the thumb of an humanoid creature...
In other words I wanted to be subtle, but again, maybe I'm wrong with my approach
@JosephCow I really really like this idea! I might give it a shot when I decide to refine it. For the moment I'm focusing on studies and more relaxed work as I spent litteraly weeks working on this guy.
Thank you for the insightful feedbacks
@darktiste It is indeed a fun idea! I agree that the design is very close to a lone knight or a mercenary rather than a vampire hunter or even a monster hunter. That is totally deliberate I didn't want him to look very obviously like who he is, maybe that's a mistake but I wanted a very believable/practical and realistic look. I imagine vampires in this world to be monsters/animals rather than zombies or magical creatures. I wanted to hint that he may be a vampire hunter rather than showing it very obviously at first look.
To do so I chose to make him wear the transylvannia crest on his chest belt, all of his weaponry looks like silver-weapons. He's carrying a "miséricorde" dagger which is very similar in looks to a stake, often described as the only weapon able to kill a vampire. His sword scabbard has nail/claw marks, with one of them being a little bit on the upper side ; could be the thumb of an humanoid creature...
In other words I wanted to be subtle, but again, maybe I'm wrong with my approach
@JosephCow I really really like this idea! I might give it a shot when I decide to refine it. For the moment I'm focusing on studies and more relaxed work as I spent litteraly weeks working on this guy.
Thank you for the insightful feedbacks