[Workshop] Guild Wars Halloween

@Tzu: hey there, could you change my overall plan to "stylized realism with a mix of Baroque Gothic"? I've finalized the idea and felt that the latter two styles would be more appropriate for this contest than ukiyo-e. I'd like to show my current progress, but the drawing is too big for my scanner. Also, I lost my camera cord when I moved recently. I'll try to get another this Monday so I can upload my progress.

And those arm guards look really cool. What kind of paint are you using on them?

Thank you for introducing me to the wonders of Craft Foam! Looks like Amazing stuff, and I bet my sister will like it for her own projects.

The costumes this year are shaping up to look really, really good.

Very nice of you Tzu!

And great layout aswell on the post!


Good luck to the contestants!

@ Zodiac Meteor: O.o'' ... so, should I put you up as [costume](idea: anton) then, or [sculpting](idea: anton)? :3 Anton would be awesome to see.

@ YSJ: yeah, I'll be wearing the costume myself. The only option for model I have would be my little yellow budgie, but I'm not sure how keen he is on the leather parts in particular. He also complains that the loincloth and pants would make him look fat. It's difficult to convince him otherwise.

@ Charlie: Will do! Is it possible to scan the artwork in pieces and put it together in an image-editing program, or is that out of the question? For the armour I use a mixture of different paints, I needed 7 different shades of brown to get the colour and effect I wanted, and I'm motsly using stuff I've got left over from previous projects, so my one req for them is just that they stick to plastic. After I've painted the pieces I apply a layer of laquer (not done yet in the pictures) which smooths the surface texture and makes any difference in paint types less obvious. I use wet ink for weathering and embossing, usually black or brown.

@ Op.14: yep, craft foam is a saviour in many ways. Although I sometimes see cardboard armour pieces look just as good. I think the outcome of your armour depends heavily on the paint-job, and an eye for texture and geometry.

@ Massiva: Thanks! ^.^ I think this halloween contest will be epic!


EDIT: added some .gifs to first post, for fun. Yeah, they're mostly penguins, but people dress up as penguins for halloween too! X3

Thnx for the tutorials Tzu Now I need to fix me some tablet, hope someone can lent me one, and get to use that, and then get started I'll definatly put my best leg forward.

Really keen on seeïng charlies stuff, looks promising
And can't wait to see the super entries of Blue and Blaz!

@ Crucist: no prob, but the best thing you can do is to go to either www.deviantart.com or just google, and search for "[what you need] tutorial". I just put up some random stuff which is popular on dA at the moment.


The arm guards are done, moving onto the shins, upper arms, neck or the hip, I haven't decided yet.



it's considerably darker IRL and not so orange.

I'm going for a mix of the in-game armour and the CG render. It will probably look more like the in-game one in the end though. Here's my two refs for the arm guards; I took Jora for a walk in the shiverpeaks and noted the pattern of her greaves, but I didn't care too much for the colours, so I took some inspiration from the CG render.

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