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soilborn · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 1:04 pm

damn, it'll be even cooler to hae the headless guy's body somewhere in the image. maybe overhanging the cliff, maybe. good job cos.

Shadowman · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 2:56 pm

Great Conan Cos!

Anatomy looks great.

Sometimes when I post this type of stuff people critisize me for being 80's or some thing.

Rhomb · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 3:20 pm

You know your warriors alright. Gotta like this one. Very powerful. Anatomy looks good, not too pumped up but strong. I think it would look even better(more balanced) if you cropped it a bit more from the bottom and added a hint of green down there too.

Ville

Flexible Elf · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 4:35 pm

hey Cos.. kick ass painting!

my only crits are that it looks as if he's a bit overbalanced to his left (sword) hand. I know the sword's heavier than a human head but it almost makes you wanna crane your neck a little looking at it hurting the composition a bit.

-Flexible Elf

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[ November 24, 2001: Message edited by: Flexible Elf ]

a3t · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 5:22 pm

Hmm... I was expecting Conan O'Brien.

I'm very happy with it. I agree that making the warrior stand out a bit more would help.

Perhaps fill out the mountain a bit more, as well.

Highfive · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 7:33 pm

Looks great, Cos. Good to know that Conan hasn't dropped completely from people's minds. I'd buy all the old conan comics I could if they weren't selling for a king's ransom on E-bay.

Conan's all in proportions and your painting style works efficiently on painting his muslces. The colours are appropriate for the subject as well.
I think the body of the severed head should be visible somewhere, along with maybe a dozen others. This could look like a great end-of-battle scene.

Damn nice!

Morbid Guy · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 11:35 pm

Excellent Cos!! Great to see somone trying to inject some realism into the way the character is depicted for a change

great anatomy and mood.

Cos · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2001 12:17 am

Think I'll give the warrior theme a break for abit, wanted to have a shot at doing a conan. c & c welcome.

DiXter · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2001 12:58 am

I like it Cos!

Maybe some more highlight on Conan would make him stand out a bit more.

Just a thought..

Ripelly · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2001 1:09 am

I think his wrist watch in his right and that two-by-four in his left hand is too much.

Just kidding! This is great!! The athmosphere rocks, very conanish feel in it. However, you could try to add a slight green tint to the ground underfeet. The sword could be better, it seems to be a katana but the blade looks blunt. You might want to use a regular claymore or a sturdy long sword.

Cos · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2001 7:54 am

Dixter - Thanks Dix, I did want to keep the contrast down for this image for a bit of a different look, instead of the usual tinting everything..

Soilburn - Thanks, Yeah did plan to add more, just got bored with it and stopped short.

Shadowman - thanks shadowman

Rhomb - Thanks Rhomb, ur probably right, coulda used more green down there. Don't really want to crop it, but I see what you mean, he is kinda small to the canvas.

Flexible Elf - Thankya Elfy, see what you are saying but it kinda doesn't bother me. Didn't want it too symetrical really, easy to look like that with this type of pose.

a3t - haha, thanks man, glad you liked it =)

Highfive - Thanks man, really didn't plan to continue this but damn, like that idea.. Woulda been much more epic, maybe, need to work on some other stuff for now But I might try it.

Morbid guy - Thanks Kyri, was going for something with abit more realism with this, stead o' the over inflated super conan look.

Ripelly - haha my cousin said the exact same shit to me about the watch and 2 by 4, u 2 is some funny guys, *makes note, must kill rippely*.. heh, yeah sword does look alittle blunt, I'll fix that up, thanks man. The tip is meant to be broken btw, probably coulda made the sword shorter.

vegeta�ONAC · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 2:21 am

ok lemme be the bad guy here >.< the cliff should have been paid a lil more attention to. gets lost in the background. make it have more crisper edges so it matches conans features...but overall its phatty yo yo

Lukiaz · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 2:00 pm

Conan the 'Muss' Barbarian!!

What a mean ass rendition of my favorite kick ass *I've killed a thousand men* hero.
(Did I mention I have about 50 of the old school Conan Saga's/Barbarian's/Buccaneer etc?..the b/w ones.....my fav)

No crits, just fan praise.

(you certainly like that palette don't ya....which is most sweet might I add)

FFNeX · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 7:58 pm

I was expecting to see a redhead guy wearing a suit and interviewing Bob Costas but Hey! That's awesome anyway

immi · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 9:28 pm

Awesome pic Cos, one of my favourites by you. Keep at it, man.

Cos · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2001 11:15 am

vege - Cheers, yeah it is kinda sketchy, honestly I was alot happier with this a few days ago. It could of done with more work tho.

Lukiaz - Cheers bro, ya yellow, red and green over kill, it's true.. fuck it, I'll change it up next time.

ffnex - I did that red haired suited guy thing already! u wasn't paying attention

Thanks

Immi - cheers man, glad u liked it.