The Soldier Concept

Character concept I have worked on for a while. My friend and I had an idea of a medieval soldier who in his travels had picked up various pieces of armour/gear to cobble together this suit that didn't match but served its purpose. Together we came up with all the decisions as to which of my designs to use for the finished product.

Final concept shot of the Soldier

Initial sketch to get across the general idea of the character

facial hair/hairstyle sketches to see what best fit the character

Body sketch to help determine the characters weight/build

Studies of certain actors with the decided hairstyle to decide who would fit the role of the character best, Kevin Costner study

Christopher Meloni Study

Hugo Weaving Study (The decided actor)

Few sketches to help decide on the pose to showcase initial armour designs

Armour paintings done to help decide which elements we wanted in the final design

Concept combining the pieces we thought worked best with one another from previous paintings. With this I could move forward on variations of each of the major armour pieces