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  • Jen
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    • Nov 2013
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    SamuraiMujuru: Lunar New Year is coming, so I drawn a Rooster ! Too bad it's not on fire though.....

    I want to add a bunch of hoa mai and bats holding tassel patterns for good luck, but the picture is already cramped enough as it is :'(



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    • Sundance
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      • Apr 2016
      • 43

      I've got a character I'd ask to be drawn up, if it wouldn't be took much trouble.

      He's Peacebringer Ov, a Resistance Supernal Dawn Caste from Chaya. He's got standard Chayan coloring, like the white-blonde hair and purple eyes, though he's a little short for a Chayan, something like 5'9". He's young, around 17, and physically not all that imposing, though he does carry around a green jade Reaper Daiklaive (Tranquility Ascending) on his hip. I don't see him looking especially muscular or athletic, though he might be all muscle under his robes. He's reasonably attractive, in a fresh-faced way (Appearance 3), and tends to wear the clothing typical of Chayans, with tidy, simple yellow and white robes. He wears his waist-length hair pulled back into a ponytail high on the back of his head.

      Personality-wise, he's generally very gentle, optimistic, and polite. He comes off as very innocent and wide-eyed most of the time, smiling and simple and ignorant about the world; he sees his purpose as bringing peace to the good people of Creation and death to evil ones. He's almost entirely fearless, because he subconsciously believes himself to be all but indestructible, due to his heap of Resistance charms. However, when he decides that something needs to be destroyed, he draws on his memories of Chayan berserk rage to make himself an inchoate murder engine (Bloodthirsty Sword-Dancer Spirit), slicing down everything in his path. I don't know how it would be possible to represent those two sides of him in picture form, but maybe you have some ideas.

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      • SamuraiMujuru
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        • Nov 2013
        • 1128

        Originally posted by Jen View Post
        SamuraiMujuru: Lunar New Year is coming, so I drawn a Rooster ! Too bad it's not on fire though.....

        I want to add a bunch of hoa mai and bats holding tassel patterns for good luck, but the picture is already cramped enough as it is :'(

        Holy crap, that's amazing! Thank you so much!


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        • Siegemonkeys
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          • Jun 2016
          • 26

          Oh wow, I've completely skipped past this thread a few times thinking it was something about experimenting with mechanics. Now I pop in and see it was something completely different, think I might go ahead and throw my hat into the mix as well.

          Right now my favorite character I'm playing is an Eclipse caste named Cynis Agiras. He's a well-educated person, knows sorcery and practices medicine (sometimes putting the two together), and has a silver tongue (comes with being a Presence supernal). He's a nice guy for the most part, the type of person others are quick to trust, and really enjoys helping people whenever he can. My group was actually surprised when I told them Agiras is only 24, because by that point he was kind of like a mentor figure for some members of the circle, somebody you could rely on and go to for advice.

          He also happens to use Righteous Devil Style, which leads to a sort of duality between his personality most of the time and his personality once weapons are drawn. He used to be a strict pacifist before his exaltation, during which he ended up coming to the conclusion that sometimes the best thing to do is to just take down bad people before they can hurt innocents, rather than trying to sway them. He's still a nice guy for the most part, but ever since then he hasn't been afraid to fight when he deems it appropriate. When he gets into a fight, it's like facing a completely different person. His smile disappears, replaced with a cold gaze and an almost sad frown. There's no hesitation when he draws his flame piece, but anyone who's seen him outside of situations like this would know that he doesn't enjoy fighting at all; It's an unfortunate necessity and if the opposition won't back down then he'll do what he must.

          But that's just personality, I figured I'd include that in case it'd help. As for a physical description, Agiras is from the Realm and stands a little bit shorter than average. He's definitely not a particularly strong person, he's very much a thinker more than a brute. He's thin, but not scrawny, essentially he's just average in build. He has short, straight brown hair with bangs that he keeps parted at the center. He has green eyes, and wears round-lens glasses with a thin brown rim. Expression depends on whether you want to draw nice Agiras or fight-y Agiras, outside of a fight Agiras normally has a warm smile on his face. Concerning clothes, he likes to wear fancy clothes (Having trouble thinking of a better description than "fancy looking". Something that wouldn't look out of place at a high-class formal event) that come with a sort of cape, or else he'll wear loose-fitting travel clothes with a matching cloak. The reason for the cape/cloak is that he has a holster he keeps concealed on his back, so the cape helps hide it. He tends to wear some kind of gloves too, simply because it's good to have gloves around when you're a doctor. Whatever he's wearing though, it's always modest. He might be a Cynis, but he's not that kind of Cynis. I ended up coining a term for whenever someone in the group makes a joke about him being a Cynis and the implications that comes with; Dynastism. At this point I probably should file a complaint with the celestial bureaucracy's HR department.

          Also, I don't know if you plan to include his weapon (it's in a back holster so you can easily draw him without it in sight), but if you want to include it then his weapon of choice is a red jade plasma tongue repeater (basically a revolver) with gold orichalcum engravings running along the barrel. The barrel is a little square, but other than that you could just use any old revolver as a reference.

          Hope that was descriptive enough! I have a reference pic if you want one, and if you need more details on what he looks like just let me know.
          Last edited by Siegemonkeys; 01-27-2017, 06:08 AM.

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          • Volivat
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            • Dec 2014
            • 201

            Was hoping to be lucky enough to have you draw my character

            He is from Randan (West characteristics, black hair, golden/bronze tan around 1.9M tall).

            As he is from Randan he is big on red and gold colors.


            In terms of personality & history:

            He was born into the blacksmith lodge in Randan (well built) and was a rising star in the political elite as he managed both warfare and crafting. Ufortunately he was forced to leave Randan due to a wyld hunt. After this his personality changed.

            He is now a hard man believing fully in the maxim “the end justifies the means” and dead set on gaining his seat among the powerful again. This also includes setting things straight in creation, as he is a sworn enemy of the realm due to their wyld hunt. Being a sorcerer, he is using demons for what they are worth and is surrounded at all times by several dozen demons (materialized or dematerialized)


            I would love if you utilized the reference picture below (in terms of look and clad for war) and combined it with his theme of being very close to evil while still being net positive for creation and the demonic presences near him. (If you do something with this ill be pretty stoked regardless of the direction you go with it

            The tropes I have based him off are: (If you need some more insight into him or inspiration)

            Not all fictional heroes are the sort of person you might expect to be a hero of a story. The idea that there is an "Ideal Hero" and there are "Anti-Heroes" who deviate from the ideal has been around since classical antiquity if not earlier.

            They fight for the good guys. They might even believe in the cause (to a point). But they are a hero only in name. They are Anti-Heroes who have a fundamental Lack of Empathy, a sociopathic disregard for their enemies' lives, and possibly a lack …

            '90s Anti-Heroes are the polar opposites of your typical Silver Age superheroes. Not only are they flawed, they may lack any heroic attributes, apart from the fact that they never lose. They appeal to the audience strictly due to being totally …



            I have attached links to two pictures below for reference of his look when dressed for war (The difference is: he wears articulated plate, uses shield and a daiklaive. But maintains a quite Spartan look).



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            • Sundance
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              • Apr 2016
              • 43

              I don't know how it didn't occur to me to mention it before, but my aforementioned character, Peacebringer Ov also has a big green dire wolf named Growler for a familiar. I'm not sure how else I'd describe him, beyond big and green and, I suppose, dire. Pretty scruffy and wild-looking, I guess, and generally menacing, though Ov is of course very comfortable around him. It'd be nice if Growler could be included, but if it's not possible, it's no great loss. Thanks again.

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              • Jen
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                • Nov 2013
                • 3481



                Originally posted by Siegemonkeys View Post
                Hope that was descriptive enough! I have a reference pic if you want one, and if you need more details on what he looks like just let me know.
                Ref pic is always welcomed by me ~

                Originally posted by Volivat View Post
                I have attached links to two pictures below for reference of his look when dressed for war (The difference is: he wears articulated plate, uses shield and a daiklaive. But maintains a quite Spartan look).

                http://dstolpmann.deviantart.com/art...cept-263161516
                http://tamplierpainter.deviantart.co...lite-210290223
                Ah ah, but I can't see their faces or hair due to the helmet............

                Plus the thread is more about me inventing cloth for your character, but if you do have a reference to a specific type of look then I'll see what I can do.

                Originally posted by Sundance View Post
                I don't know how it didn't occur to me to mention it before, but my aforementioned character, Peacebringer Ov also has a big green dire wolf named Growler for a familiar. I'm not sure how else I'd describe him, beyond big and green and, I suppose, dire. Pretty scruffy and wild-looking, I guess, and generally menacing, though Ov is of course very comfortable around him. It'd be nice if Growler could be included, but if it's not possible, it's no great loss. Thanks again.
                I'm not really good at drawing canines and felines, I hope it won't turn out too bad.
                Last edited by Jen; 01-29-2017, 10:56 AM.


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                • Saur Ops Specialist
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                  • Nov 2013
                  • 8645

                  Originally posted by Sundance View Post
                  I don't know how it didn't occur to me to mention it before, but my aforementioned character, Peacebringer Ov also has a big green dire wolf named Growler for a familiar. I'm not sure how else I'd describe him, beyond big and green and, I suppose, dire.
                  He should have learned to play the guitar! He should have learned to play them drums!

                  (From a perspective of what dire wolves look like in the first place for visual references, it's really, really wide wolves that are typically shorter than gray/timber wolves in spite of being about 70% more massive, kind of like the neanderthal of wolves, except that it didn't leave any descendants behind.in modern wolves and was technically a sister species of coyote...).

                  (Though, of course, the beast in question seems like you're suggesting more horse-sized.)

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                  • Sundance
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                    • Apr 2016
                    • 43

                    Jen, If it's too much trouble to include the wolf, he's not essential; feel free to leave him out.

                    Saur, I'm surprised they were so short. I didn't really look into them so much, since it's not like the world of Exalted needs to necessarily relate directly to Earth. I don't know if Growler's quite horse-sized, but perhaps a pony. Maybe I can bulk him up with Life of the Aurochs down the line.

                    Also, Ov does have Performance as a favored skill. Perhaps I shall have to look into a guitar and them drums...

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                    • Siegemonkeys
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                      • Jun 2016
                      • 26

                      Originally posted by Jen
                      Ref pic is always welcomed by me ~
                      Alrighty then, here's two of the images I've been using for my character thus far. Second one might look a little villanous though, since apparently the art comes from a JRPG villain (I didn't even know when I first picked them as references, lol). The hair and the glasses are exactly right for what I imagine him looking like though. You mentioned the thread was mostly for you to kinda experiment with clothes though, so feel free to draw him wearing whatever you want. The cape/cloak thing I mentioned before isn't essential, but it would be a nice touch.

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                      • Saur Ops Specialist
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                        • Nov 2013
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                        Originally posted by Sundance View Post
                        Saur, I'm surprised they were so short. I didn't really look into them so much, since it's not like the world of Exalted needs to necessarily relate directly to Earth. I don't know if Growler's quite horse-sized, but perhaps a pony. Maybe I can bulk him up with Life of the Aurochs down the line.
                        I just like to emphasize that dire wolves were real animals that existed outside of D&D. Also, that before 3E, D&D didn't attach "dire" to everything, but rather called them animals, giant. I have a kind of grudge that's only gotten worse with KotE (Tou Mu in KotE is lifted pretty directly from D&D, and this seems very incongruous to me, perhaps even comical to the point where I expect that summoning her requires a funnel cake).

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                        • Jen
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                          • Nov 2013
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                          Originally posted by Siegemonkeys View Post

                          Alrighty then, here's two of the images I've been using for my character thus far. Second one might look a little villanous though, since apparently the art comes from a JRPG villain (I didn't even know when I first picked them as references, lol). The hair and the glasses are exactly right for what I imagine him looking like though. You mentioned the thread was mostly for you to kinda experiment with clothes though, so feel free to draw him wearing whatever you want. The cape/cloak thing I mentioned before isn't essential, but it would be a nice touch.

                          Is the first picture supposed to be so small ? :'o


                          The no.1 fan of Demetheus. I also draw Exalted things and is looking for commission works ~

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                          • Siegemonkeys
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                            • Jun 2016
                            • 26

                            Originally posted by Jen
                            Is the first picture supposed to be so small ? :'o
                            Hm? The first picture is 770x900 when I click it, unless you meant the second one. That one is kinda small, yeah, but sadly the biggest version I could find with google was 300x400. Mostly I just linked that one too because it had a view of his glasses and hair from the front. Sorry about that.

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                            • BjornTheFellhanded
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                              • Dec 2016
                              • 327

                              Are you sure you linked it right, Siegemonkeys? When I click on the first link, I get 200*234 only.


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                              • Jen
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                                • Nov 2013
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                                I think the problem is with the link itself, since googling the character name (lezard valeth) show me the picture, but when I click on View image I get that small picture when it suppose to be 770x900.

                                Now that I have his name, finding reference pictures won't be so hard.







                                Though I would like to ask whether your character has any iconography associated with him i.e specific type of flower, animal, object,...etc


                                The no.1 fan of Demetheus. I also draw Exalted things and is looking for commission works ~

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