10-27-2012, 05:28 AM
@Thomasmahon: ya i know what you mean man, i thought of this also but i didnt think itd be relevant for the challenge but thinking again it totally makes sense lol im just dumb and took everything literally. and cool stuff all around man your design seems pretty solid and i like the before and after post lol theres hope for me!!
@Dan: i understand what you mean man, makes sense. wow way to call me out on not doing the even more research that i should have done with the stag horns lol. I didnt know that was actually a think in their mythology I just noticed the caribou is a pretty vital part of their culture and wanted to integrate it into the design :) but i looked it up after you mentioned it and its totally relevant
@Tadas: lots of good stuff to pull from (especially all the egyptian myths and dieties). looking forward to seeing the fleshed out comp
for the design im leaning more towoards my aurthur playing the sort of hunter leader role, again since theirs no formally appointed king-like structure i believe this is the right way to take it. I thought about a more shaminized aurthor as well, but i think for me itll work better-as the Merlin archetype (from what i understand) are more the magical, ritualistic dudes.
Anyways heres a couple excalibur concepts, i had this stupid idea that since narwhals also inhabit this culture i thought mabe the sword could've been formed by the unicorn staff on its head mabe getting stuck to the side of a glacier or iceberg and overtime the water from the ocean kind of formed sharp icicle stalagmites around it and mabe he could have found it this way while hunting for food in the ocean idk lol
@Dan: i understand what you mean man, makes sense. wow way to call me out on not doing the even more research that i should have done with the stag horns lol. I didnt know that was actually a think in their mythology I just noticed the caribou is a pretty vital part of their culture and wanted to integrate it into the design :) but i looked it up after you mentioned it and its totally relevant
@Tadas: lots of good stuff to pull from (especially all the egyptian myths and dieties). looking forward to seeing the fleshed out comp
for the design im leaning more towoards my aurthur playing the sort of hunter leader role, again since theirs no formally appointed king-like structure i believe this is the right way to take it. I thought about a more shaminized aurthor as well, but i think for me itll work better-as the Merlin archetype (from what i understand) are more the magical, ritualistic dudes.
Anyways heres a couple excalibur concepts, i had this stupid idea that since narwhals also inhabit this culture i thought mabe the sword could've been formed by the unicorn staff on its head mabe getting stuck to the side of a glacier or iceberg and overtime the water from the ocean kind of formed sharp icicle stalagmites around it and mabe he could have found it this way while hunting for food in the ocean idk lol