Hey Steemers!

Hope you are all doing fantastic?! :)
I recently got the request from a small RPG DnD/Pathfinder community to create the character design that fits with their 'Imperial' class.
This would be a character to use in your campaign. (if you play such games!)

I'm not yet allowed to share all the details of the character as far as i know.. I will edit this post later on if i get a greenlight.
I will also put up a link to their DMSguild website where it is all described on who/what where this character comes from :D

For now I can just share the process on how I've drawn and painted it.

Here are the steps!

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As you know,, You start of with a quick sketch on how the character should look.. I first tried a different pose and design for the armor but it didn't swing well with the client, so we went with the other design.

The focus would be on the character, not so much the pose.. and especially the sword would have to be in full view so people could see the design and all the nuts and bolts of it. (some sort of steempunkish sword.)

Here are the next two steps:

I first blocked in all the base values and colors to get a sense of material..
I always try to work on the image as a whole, but with characters it is almost impossible.. You have to get a sense of how the light falls over him/her,, then you just go bit by bit and render it out. As you see i started on the right with the face and neckguard.

Here can see how i slowly make my way down the body rendering and detailing where I see fit. I boost the lights on the upper body and face to allow more room to wiggle with down below.. As I dont want the whole armor set to be over the top shiny as it will distract from the face.. Even when painting just a character, the composition of how you paint it can make quite a difference to if it is nice or not to look at. (hope im still making sense.. I don't really have a vocabulary for all my nonsense thoughts :D)

Here are the last 2 steps.. It is purely a matter of rendering and refining.. a tedious and annoying task.. But you know the person paying for the image will appreciate it :D
The right character is done.. Now it will be a matter of adding minor details and carvings in the armor to give it a little bit more 'umpf' .. whatever that is!

The final result... The Imperial !

I hope you like it! :)

Thank you for watching/reading!

If you have any questions, comments or requests,, please feel free to leave them below!

Upvote/Resteem is much appreciated!
And please do follow if you are into this kind of stuff :)))

Thank you!
Cheers!

Rogier/@beekart