Sickbrush "Fantastic Daggers" class

[dracken]

Well I'm still really early in the work here, but I figured I should write out my thought process, maybe it will make things easier for me later on or it will be helpful to someone else.

I decided to do Saavi the Knife weilder.

Step 1: Try to identify the key components of the character
Tribal, probably a noble savage
Knives, knives and more knives, also packs light so probably a nomad
Slim, agile, well built.

Step 2: Try to find cultures that match these traits
In my mind the ritual scars bring to mind Indonesia or Southern African tribes, but the use of steel Knives and the nomadic lifestyle would match Northern Africa or maybe the Middle East more.

Either way he would wear few clothes, no heavy armor, capes, layers of cloth which he can take off if it gets too hot, maybe a turban or a jaunty fez :)

This would match his knife throwing skills since he doesn't need armor to engage in battle, he can kill you from miles away.

Step 3:
Based on research conducted in step 2 I build a base anatomical model, trying to keep him noble looking and with long limbs (I think I made him to muscular right now, because I was using a statue of David as basic reference)

I jot down a few different potential faces/ outfits. (I tried a few more, but these three looked the most reasonable).



I believe these three were supposed to be Algerian/ Turkish, Zulu and loose cloth with zebra print for that high end fashion statement.

Step 4:

Starting to rough out a few more polished outfits, figuring out what works and what doesn't. I still have a few more of these to go, but I think I am more or less decided on his face and his boots/ slippers. He will probably have a turban and a cape, not sure how much jewelry he'll have, probably depends on how much time I end up having.

At this point I'm also trying to figure out what would work composition wise. In the first image the cape position is rather stupid and the pants look ridiculous, so I tweak it a bit for the second image.

I still have a ton of work to do and once I decide on the final com/ outfit I'll study materials and whatnot, but this is it so far.







Step 5: Profit?