Here is yet another piece I did for the Lost Tale several years ago. This design underwent some significant changes as I drew it before I finally settled on a Bulgarian revolutionary-inspired garb.
If I am not mistaken, this one was supposed to be the "voyvoda" - a leader of a group of revolutionaries or outlaws (technically the word used to just mean a military leader but has had its meaning, at least in popular imagination, somewhat skewed by the nationalist propaganda of the 19-20 centuries).
I really like the flower wreath-hat mix and I am probably going to reuse this design idea somewhere else.
The Bardiche is a polearm, and a development of the Dane axe. Its head features an extraordinarily large cutting surface for an axe, sometimes exceeding two feet in length. Conversely, its haft was relatively short for a polearm, under 5 feet. The blade had a crescent shape, often connecting to the haft at the bottom, and the top came to a point that could have been used for thrusting. The streltsy, 17th century Russian riflemen, used this weapon for another purpose too; while it was brutally effective in melee combat, they used the top of the weapon as a support for their rifles.
Commander Gavin Stowelle, the main character from my WIP novel and comics. He fights giant robots. The robot behind him is his transdimensional psionic drone named Aisy.
A continuation of my commission for @/BigFluffyMomCat on Twitter. A new plate harness for their charr, Tavia Deathcore, and VRChat avatar implementation. Discovered a lot of shading and modeling techniques while working on this one.
Watslawa surrounded webtoon panels 5-6 wip Panels 5-6 done. I'm using modern Russian and Russian Cyrillic as this man's native tongue. I'm not too familiar with the older versions or Old Church Slavonic, otherwise I would have used that instead. But the speech is written with DeepL assistance so I might ask my Russian friend to correct what he's saying if it's not correct. #digital #wip #digitalsketch #digitalart #clipstudiopaint #panel #webtoons #webcomic #lineart #inking #surrounded #landsknecht #sword #standing #streltsy #bardiche #arquebus #16thcenturyfashion #historicalfantasy #outdoors #plain #hill #monotone https://www.instagram.com/p/ChpRVfKLitq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=