Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Ax Battler [2013 Unpublished WIP]

Golden Axe is one of my old favorites from my childhood.  Ax Battler is a studly barbarian on a quest to destroy the evil Death Adder and prevent him from conquering the world with the power of the Golden Axe.

It was only a matter of time before I tried my hand at a model of Ax, but I just didn't think what I made was good enough to attempt anything with, so I kept him in one of my many art folders for later on.  This was early in 2013.  A while later, after I had learned some new techniques in lighting, I went back and refreshed his model a little and version 2 is what he looked like after.


I'm still not very happy with it.  I made the belt from scratch and the necklace and diamond spikes on his boots are mine, also.  I had planned on making Death Adder's helmet, but my skills aren't quite at that point yet so he remains uncreated for now.

I'll almost assuredly return to the raven-haired stud at some point in the future, but for now, I just wanted to share him with you guys.

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  1. Oh my god: Golden Axe! Haha I remember staring at the hunky swordsman as I played this game on my Sega Genesis! :-D quite a great classic alongside Bare Knuckle! (Remember the boss of the Beach Stage? ;-)

    The body for model 1 is more sexily ripped. Skin tone also much hotter. But the costume for model 2 is better-made ;-)

    You're a great artist man! :-D more power to you!

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    1. Aww yeah. :D Abadede was a very hot boss and one I'd love to tackle someday. Get him with Max for some well-deserved revenge against the hero!

      Thank ya! Glad you liked it!

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    2. Hahaha! :-D he told me he's gonna make you lick his pits clean once he's through with Max! ;-)

      My name's Raiah. Been a fan for almost 2 years now. Your art is amazing: visually and literarilly speaking.

      I'm looking forward to getting a copy of Hercules vs Sergios once I start my driving lessons ;-)

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    3. Thanks so much, Raiah. :) I always greatly appreciate the support!

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  2. So battler, it has been a while, haha. I remember pining over him from the group stories, beaten and held by death adder as his personal slave. Fantastic work!
    I cannot wait to see him in action

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    1. Thank ya, man! His model isn't anywhere quite done yet, but I thought I'd go ahead and share him anyhow. Definitely wanna use him in a story at some point. :D

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  3. I remember Ax Battler. Growing up he was one of my favorite video game characters. That whole game was packed with manly men. I loved it!

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    1. Yeah! :D I really wish they'd revive it with an emphasis on Ax again, this time, and with all of the loincloth-wearing musclebound men from before.

      You know, there was apparently an effort (by an Aussie dev) to revive Golden Axe and they came up with this concept gameplay. But Sega shot the idea down and doesn't seem interested in the franchise anymore after the last game (featuring only Tyris Flare.)

      I'd probably be better off making my own knockoff of the series one day. :l I'd be an old stallion by the time they got around to doing it.

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    2. I've been looking at some indie games they've made; some of them are pretty good. I'll just bet that you'll do something just as good, if not better.

      And I'm especially looking forward to the artwork you'll be making :)

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    3. Aw, thank ya, man. It's just me mumbling and grumbling about things that probably won't happen. *grin* Would be pretty cool, though.

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  4. I was quite disappointed with the new version with graphics CG Golden Axe simply because they are gone with the Barbarian Ax Battler and the Dwarf Gilius Thunderhead and put the Amazon Tyris Flare as the main character. Already missed ugly this choice of cool of Golden Axe was that each player had a favorite character that could beat the game. They put Tyris Flare as the only playable character and the "game heroine" for nerds who do not eat anyone become drooling for her ass was stupid and destroyed this version of Golden Axe for me. So I am glad that you make a very impressive and very muscular version of Barbarian Ax Battler. I loved he and is to be congratulated for me ^^

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    1. Thank you very much. :) There's always hope they'll revive the series one day (with barbarian and dwarf back as playable characters), but just in case it doesn't happen, there's always fan art, thankfully.

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