Monday, December 17, 2012

The (New) Last Battle

I'm preparing to create a vastly-updated refresh of my second series, The Last Battle, for sale on Amazon -- and possibly on two other online stores, as well.  To start with, I've been updating the characters' models.  I wanted to show you guys what I've got so far.


The biggest improvement I've made to these characters is probably for King Ranzen.  I removed his cape and gave him a full head of long, flowing hair.  He also now has a new metal crown, a silver necklace, and arm bands.  All of my human men now wear loincloths of varying kinds -- something I was unfortunately unable to do the first time around.  And they all now wear sandals to cover their feet.  The orcs do refer to the humans as "softskins" for a reason!

The Farmer and The Farmer's Son (which were their official names) have been renamed to Bryant and Joshua, respectively.  I gave the dad a bit of an older face this time, yet still kept some youthful features on him to help keep him and his son looking related.  Both men are a little softer in muscle tone compared to the other heroes, but are much beefier than their original selves.


As for the orcs, they've mostly remained unchanged.  I've adjusted their bodies to make them more muscular, and gave them a little bit of a shine to make their muscles stand out better than they used to.  They, like the humans, now also wear loincloths, though theirs are noticeably less fancier -- orcs are definitely not fancy creatures.  Unlike the humans, however, the orcs don't wear shoes.  Their feet are incredibly tough and the skin on their soles are even able to withstand walking on broken glass!

Overlord Krag now has arm bands to match Ranzen's, and I thought about giving him some kind of crown, but it didn't look quite right.  Maybe if I can get it how I like it he'll get one sometime later.

Rogg is probably the most changed of the four here.  He now has a silver bull-like nose ring along with silver nipple rings.

I'll likely make many more changes to these guys -- and I still have to create new versions of Yord, the warning soldier, Kal, and the orc slavers and human slaves.  So much work yet to do before I even begin and the other projects I still have to do, argh!

9 comments:

  1. They all look fantastic , especially Lortho. I do like the heros(jobbers )barefoot in the tradition of Kevin Von Erich, but anything you do is always great THANKS, Buster

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  2. I will buy the crap out of this!

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    1. *laughs* Thanks. I know that big muscle is a bit of a niche, but I'm hopeful it'll do alright.

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    2. big muscles are the best thing in the world haha OF COURSE it will do alright. Anyone whose anyone will want them! :)

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    3. Well, thank you for that. It's always nice to hear reassurance!

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  3. Lol is it me or is my Gorg's hips a little on the tiny side? :P

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    1. It's just you. *grin* Gorg and Krag have a very similar body structure, and it's his loincloth that's causing the illusion.

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  4. Huge orcs? Yes please!

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