Alas, I'm not quite so ambitious as to have a queue. So only one free character portrait for the moment, first person that posts with an idea. Then we'll see how long I drag my feet on that.
So... who has a character they want illustrated?
Human Thief wearing leather. I always imagined him wearing the Gnomish workman's leather armor from the old 2E arms and equipment guide... human sized of course. Carries many knives/daggers... many.
Preferably a paladin or dark knight.
He wears a long, grey-blue cape that reaches his ankles, with no hood; a hard leather breastplate and greaves; a soft leather cap; knee-high boots; his arms are bare; his pants are light grey. At his belt are a short sword and dagger. Slung over his back is his bow, created from a rare and strong wood.
He is an old RoleMaster PC of mine...
A pig knight.
Preferably a paladin or dark knight.
Damn, I'm fresh out. All I have are lady pig barbarians and warlocks.
Female kobold dragonrider. Wears a flightsuit (fairly tight fitting to avoid getting pummeled by flapping leather) made from the skin of a giant chameleon. Weapons are shortspear and 2 daggers. When working magic she holds a crystal shard (a milky red color) the length of her forearm in her left hand.
The dragon is also female (smaller, more rounded scales - finer bone structure - built more for speed than bulk [think falcon instead of eagle]). Primarily crimson, shading to indigo on the belly. Four horns on her crest. When she has her scales painted (a common passtime for good dragons), she prefers landscapes of mountain scenes, although she's willing to accept other work if the artist is particularly skilled. She'll allow a light saddle for the comfort of her rider, but prefers to fly without one.
Maybe something unusual will get your creative juices flowing.
Female kobold dragonrider. Wears a flightsuit (fairly tight fitting to avoid getting pummeled by flapping leather) made from the skin of a giant chameleon. Weapons are shortspear and 2 daggers. When working magic she holds a crystal shard (a milky red color) the length of her forearm in her left hand.
The dragon is also female (smaller, more rounded scales - finer bone structure - built more for speed than bulk [think falcon instead of eagle]). Primarily crimson, shading to indigo on the belly. Four horns on her crest. When she has her scales painted (a common passtime for good dragons), she prefers landscapes of mountain scenes, although she's willing to accept other work if the artist is particularly skilled. She'll allow a light saddle for the comfort of her rider, but prefers to fly without one.
wow
We've still got a couple details to work out (like names....I'm really bad at names), but they'll be getting played very shortly.
Can I get a sketch of the character "π"?
Besides, you never know what ideas might stick with you and give you inspiration for a character of your own sometime down the road.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I knew before I posted that it was a very long shot in the dark that you (or some other person with any artistic tallent who might read this thread) might decide a kobold dragonrider would be fun.
I believe Freud might like to have a word or two with you. No doubt he'll blame it on your mother. That was pretty much his answer for everything.
Hey, its not my fault your characters make me think of lesbian-interspecies-reptilian-S&M. Okay mabey it is.
Maybe not...
And I'd like to point out that if I wanted to draw one of my own characters I wouldn't be asking for ideas.
I didn't mean to draw one of your own characters.
Picture it:
It's a dark and stormy night. Your character lies bloody and mangled deep in the darkest pit you'd ever seen. Unrecoverable and unresurectable, here is the final resting place. You have no choice. You must create a new one, but every idea is fatally flawed in some way. Dozens of ideas come to you, and all are rejected. In desperation, your mind casts about for inspiration. There, in a dark corner of your mind, you come accross this thread amidst a pile of other trivial things that have been tossed asside, but not forgotten entirely. It hits you like a thunderbolt! Your next character will be...an elven darkknight dragonrider who wears blue and grey gnomish leather armor and has a flying pig pet.
Unlikely? Sure. But that's what I meant by "inspiration for a character of your own". I could happen. It could. Really.
To H_S:
Is this the armor you were referring to?
And I'd like to point out that if I wanted to draw one of my own characters I wouldn't be asking for ideas.
I didn't mean to draw one of your own characters.
Picture it:
It's a dark and stormy night. Your character lies bloody and mangled deep in the darkest pit you'd ever seen. Unrecoverable and unresurectable, here is the final resting place. You have no choice. You must create a new one, but every idea is fatally flawed in some way. Dozens of ideas come to you, and all are rejected. In desperation, your mind casts about for inspiration. There, in a dark corner of your mind, you come accross this thread amidst a pile of other trivial things that have been tossed asside, but not forgotten entirely. It hits you like a thunderbolt! Your next character will be...an elven darkknight dragonrider who wears blue and grey gnomish leather armor and has a flying pig pet.
Unlikely? Sure. But that's what I meant by "inspiration for a character of your own". I could happen. It could. Really.
To H_S:
Is this the armor you were referring to?
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I think I have the eyes placed a little high, and I've never been good at drawing hairlines.
And that armor... yeah... sorry, but I don't do detail-wank. Especially when it's overkill like that...
As for WIP... very cool. I like the buckles. I have a thing for pockets and buckles.
If there's anything I learned about armor and buckles in my few months of going out and beating up my friends with padded sticks while wearing funny suits (also known as "SCA fighter practice") it's that all those pieces of armor have way too many buckles and that's why you put on your gloves last. Because if you don't then someone helping you with your armor goes from "nice" to "necessary".
Also learned that the New Mexico chapter of the SCA decided that stiff leather wasn't enough to protect the neck, and so every SCA-legal gorget in New Mexico is either entirely made of metal or has a metal plate. That's what that plate on the neck is supposed to be.
Re: Buckles
If there's anything I learned about armor and buckles in my few months of going out and beating up my friends with padded sticks while wearing funny suits (also known as "SCA fighter practice") it's that all those pieces of armor have way too many buckles and that's why you put on your gloves last. Because if you don't then someone helping you with your armor goes from "nice" to "necessary".
Also learned that the New Mexico chapter of the SCA decided that stiff leather wasn't enough to protect the neck, and so every SCA-legal gorget in New Mexico is either entirely made of metal or has a metal plate. That's what that plate on the neck is supposed to be.
If there's anything I learned about D&D is that it has sod all to do with reality. ;)
Nice work BTW.
If there's anything I learned about D&D is that it has sod all to do with reality. ;)
Nice work BTW.
+1
This is esp true when they draw females of any class, but esp fighters, who wear skimpy bikini armor that exposes their bellies. As sexy as that is, it just screams, "Please eviscerate me!"
Not here! This isn't Astrid's! 
In all seriousness, the 'magic did it' explanation works fine for me where skimpy armor is concerned. That belly gap? That's your +2 right there. Meh, it comes down to the rule of cool. If ya like it, it works. And if ya don't, someone else probably does so it still works.
