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upn-the-sky · 5 months

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Give me God of War!! (Ares OOAK, Part 2)

Just a reminder that there was Part 1 of this madness.

OKAY

I wanted to wait until I finish sword and spider legs before making a post, but there are three days after finishing the whole armor and I can't wait, I am screaming about Ares's supremacy.

Now I can say, it was hard. And the most hard thing was finding a balance. There are differences between Ares's 3D models from the different years, even in color palette. And I wanted to be as much close to the first game design as it possible. Some features were fully recreated from GOW1, some others I found more good at latest model from GOW3 and reworked them according to it. So at the end we have a good symbiosis I think.

Now let's a take a bow and look a bit closer at the mess under the cut.

Preparatory process

Until eyes are frightened, you can't do anything. To be honest I had no idea from where to start, the plan sounded like a "How to draw an owl" tutorial. Complexity of his armor scared me as hell, and after spending some time with drawings, where I tried to figure out a hook and loop system, which should attach parts to each other, I gave up and started to make his scaly iron belt, it felt more easier. YEAH.

Iron belt

You can see it at the screenshot. Well, one of the versions. Seems, it has no purpose beside decorative, I mean, maybe it can protect the groin, but eh, not really, honestly. At GOW3 model of dead Ares it became more detailed with round flower-like pendants and a little green jewel drops, but also it became golden as all metallic elements. I decided to make everything silver, but anyway, belt is very beautiful and I headcanon it is the same belt, which Ares gifted to his daughter Hippolyte in the past.

I weaponised myself with the smallest crochet hook and red thread and started to knit. WHY KNIT YOU ASK?? I don't know, it is easier for me than sewing all these scales %) Maybe they represents some fishy motives? (His connection with Aphrodite). Or serpent? (One of Ares's children, who was killed by Kadmus). Maybe green jewels is a hint to his mother Hera, because she loves emeralds. Who knows.

Scales, flowers, suns, glass drops.. If I were Ares, I'd present it to my beloved warrior daughter too.

Pteruges

As an example of the true manliness, Ares wears a skirt of course. He is not a barbarian, who hides his beautiful freckled thighs in the pants! How dare we to judge..

The easy part was to make a leather stripes and pierce them with the rivets (little nails, which I cut after this to left a head only). The hard part (which I had a chance to feel over and over again) was to figure out how to attach it to the body and hide all of the fasteners, and how to let stripes flow on his thighs and how the hell it should cover his.. godlike butt, I can't believe I wrote this.. %)

ANYWAY, A MONTH LATER I decided to make it a single piece with the iron belt, by creating a two-part wide leather base, attach knitted waistband to it, then join the each stripe to the separate piece of cloth to make them movable, then attach this cloth to the leather and sew some hooks. Aaaand the final result!

Cuirasse

I just say I literally hanged up myself with it. Here will be ranting...

Let's just think that it is not enough just to recreate appearence. In making 3D you can ignore some aspects like hidden straps and strings, which keeps armor conjoint on the human body. But how to make it wearable to the doll body, which is not soft and has a stable reliefs? How to make armor firm and shaped, but not completely firm, so it can be taken off from the body? Yes, my wish from the beginning was to make whole armor with a possibility to take it off and send nudes dress Ares in different outfit, which i will also make someday. How to make it light, so the doll can stand by itself? How to make it textured, to make it looks rough, to imitate metal or at least used condition? How to make metal parts without using a metal?

OKAY, WE NEED TO BE CANON - I thought and it was a day I decided to not invent armor, but use an experience of the hellenic people, who was smarter than me, I guesse. Because long time ago these people invented Linothorax - composite armor made of laminated linen fabric. ____

First of all, I splited Ares's cuirass to the segments: chest+collar segment, belly segment, spine segment, which emphasizes Ares's love to hunching over a little, and a waist-and-lower segment. Plus cuirasse has chained shoulder straps and side straps.

Well, when you have all elements, it is easier to imagine a complete piece. After that you just buy fabric, glue, chains, 27 hours for your day, new eyes, paint and other stuff. You wrap the body with the film and tape to protect it and start to glue. And here it is time for me to shut up, I know, you are here to watch a process, not to read an essay. I started from the front pieces of course. You imagine a pattern, you cut it, you glue it to hold the natural body forms as close as possible. Collar was formed right here. Gladly we can remove Ares's head when we want to do it...

Waist piece (eheh, spider butt (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ) and first attempt to assemble the cuirasse. Here I literally lost my last brain cells and bravery, stopped the process and didn't make straps until the last week.

Anyway A MONTH LATER!!11 after the first assemble I started to sculp a relief of the reinforced chest and the metallic collar. Also we can check how's our decapitated dogs doing. Here you can see a belly piece of the cuirasse, which needed it's own dog decor. I was that meme boy with a knife, yeah..

Seemed they doing great! I felt that and decided to finish arm armor. Shoulder pads and bracers Thankfully making them requires the same process: cut a pattern, glue it, repeat for each arm. Here is close ups of the leather "feathers" pierced by rievets, chained bracers (I am very proud that I recreated it fully like at the Ares model. Bracers has no other strings and stays at arm only because of the chains) and shoulder pads as a base and as a complete, fully Cerbered piece. Actually this part wasn't really difficult, I've just delayed the inevitable.

Boots The first GOW novel says he weared sandals!!! Bloodstained SANDALS! But this novel was written much later, so we are making rocker boots. ᕕ(シ)ᕗ HEY!, we are laughing here, but Ares is smart, Ares don't want to break his toes by kicking someone's helmet! Maybe after having some experience %)))

Well, as I said in my previous posts, his boots was the most agressive part his armor. Heel and shoes toes should be firm, but sole should stay soft. Also the whole construction of the boots should looks monolite with the greavers which cover up the layers of the material above the ankles. Don't forget about the chains and double emotional damage, because there is two legs!

A little more damage as a person you receive, when you understand that you need to process each edge of each piece, because all armor pieces has visible layers. And only after that you can paint everything, draw Ares's assymetrical ornaments and dress him up.

That's how we reach the end. Here he is. O defence of Olympus, father of warlike Victory, ally of Themis, stern governor of the rebellious, leader of righteous men. Kratos's yes-homo partner and his personal most vieceful enemy.

Ares! God of war!

Thank you everyone for your patience while reading this duvet cover. See ya in Part 3, Skeletor will return soon with a sword, spider legs and normal photos. And stay tuned, I will post some portraits next time!

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thewickedmerman · 2 years

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Winx Club Headmasters

I finally got around to doing some of the teachers from the three magic schools.

Faragonda

Lets address the elephant in the room here. YES, I racebent Faragonda. Why? Mostly because of how my fan-cast to voice Faragonda in an ultimate dub of the series is Toks Olagundoye, who you will recognize as the voice of Mrs. Beakley from the 2017 reboot of Ducktales and the voice of Mel Medarda from Arcane. I basically just took the rich old lady from The Aristocats, Madame Adelaide and racebent her. Plus, nothing wrong with a black fairy-godmother figure, as Whitney Houston has proven in Cinderella lol. I REALLY love how she turned out. Her hair was a MAJOR pain to do but I love it. I especially love her fairy form. In my version, once a fairy gets to a certain age, they leave behind their Enchantix and get a form called Ethearix. Besides, we ALL want some older fairies. I did take inspiration from Morgana's fairy form (Since Morgana and all the characters introduced in season 4 onward don't exist in my version). What's Faragonda the fairy of? Quintessence! She basically has power over life-force, lightning, and being able to give life to inanimate objects. Pretty much what it is in W.I.T.C.H. I actually got the idea of her being the fairy of quintessence from my pal @tiredcloudd (Whose stuff you should check out because it's amazing and they are really talented) when we were discussing our own Winx canon on the private Union of War Discord server. So I have them to thank for this. Also, her and Griffin are a couple in my version.

Griffin

I had A LOT of fun with editing for Griffin because I feel like darker characters a lot more fun design-wise. YES, I did use Maleficent for her face but I also gave her the eyes of The Evil Queen from Snow White. I made her the witch of oracle magic. She doesn't really see the figure but can summon vectors of magic and do some powerful magic. I thought of that because of The Owl House and how Griffin was able to play mind games with the Winx Club back in season 1. I took inspiration for her witch form from @taiyoooh.

Griselda

Out of all three of the professors I've redesigned so far, Griselda was definitely the biggest pain in the ass to design, at least for her fairy form. I mean, Griselda seems like someone who wouldn't actually be a fairy. She seems more like she'd be a witch or a sorceress. I made her a mind fairy, because that's one of the few interesting things that Fate: The Winx Saga did. However, she can do offensive attacks as well. I also love the idea of that being her way of knowing whenever someone is up to something. She's the queen of detention for a reason. For her fairy form, I got rid of her glasses and replaces them with glowing eyes. Her hair is full of barrette thingies that look like brains because she is a mind fairy. For her outfit, I took inspiration from Nebula from season 4 but made it more conservative looking. I had to make sure the colors were more subdued compared to other fairy forms because it's Griselda and that also meant NO SPARKLES. Hell, the only makeup I gave her was purple lipstick because she's not the type to wear makeup at all. I love the way she turned out. Also, pants suit her better than a dress. Her fairy form was an absolute NIGHTMARE to work on. You have absolutely NO IDEA! Also, just imagine the voice of Mindy Sterling (Who played Ms. Briggs from iCarly and was the voice of Lin Beifong from The Legend of Korra) coming out of this character. PERFECTION!

Saladin

Well, I finally got around to posting my redesign of the last head of the three major magic school, Headmaster Saladin. He is also the grandfather of Helia (Even though the original show NEVER actually does anything with that) and in my version, I would actually do something with that. Considering in my version of season 2, part of Helia's story arc was gaining his Believix by learning to stop holding back his true potential anymore. Helia was sent to Red Fountain instead of a fairy school like Alfea so that his grandfather could help him. This also means that Saladin is also East Asian, which I wanted to show with his attire, which includes his Sorcerer form. While his regular form is in more Earth-tone colors, his sorcerer outfit does have more color too it with the white, gold, and purple.

Credit for the character base for Griffin goes to SelenaEde of DeviantArt

Credit for the character base for Griselda goes to Lady-Angelia-13 of DeviantArt

Credit for the wings goes to Feeleam and WinxClubRus both from DeviantArt

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summercatastrophe · 2 years

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So hear me out. What if... Just a what if that my dumb brain made. What if Eda turns out to be a Demi-Titan? She got blessed by the Titan AFTER the unsuccessful Day of Unity. As I've said, this is just a thing that my over thinking brain did.

The Owl House gang stopped it of course. BUT, greater things has to be sacrificed for greater good. The portal was closing, and Belos is controlling the whole Isles while still forcing his plans for the day of unity to happen.

To cut it short, Eda was the one who sacrificed. She pushed Luz back to the human realm just in time before the portal closes and the one who sacrificed her life to stop Belos.

She died. Yes, I'm cruel. But then, instead of crossing the afterlife, the Titan gave her a chance to live again. Only to know the consequences of accepting its deal when she's back again on the world she once left.

As much as I like to fill in more details, my brain got drained and became lazy like me.

So I made something... Angsty (?) Fluff (?) I don't know, something like that?

Something about a special someone bidding goodbye to a certain witch blessed by eternal youth.

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(Oh, a little word before reading this. This takes place 22 years later after she got resurrected.)

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The hand she is holding onto is cold, like it has been soaked in cold water for hours. She can barely feel the warmth it has if she won't squeeze it a little tight. But despite that, she knew that the little warmth she's feeling is a sign that they are still hanging unto the life they had.

Yet... Why does it hurts her so much. She's supposed to be rejoicing, that her partner, the love of her life, is staying with her a little more by her side. But then she knew, the more they stayed, the more they are hurting.

"Eda?" A slurred, shaky voice snapped her out of the thoughts she doesn't even want to over think. She raised her gaze from the old, wrinkled hand she'll never get tired of holding unto and was met by a pair of dark green orbs.

"Wakey, wakey, Rainestorm." She greeted softly with a smile, hiding the gloomy emotion she has lately. "How's your sleep? Sorry if I wasn't here when you rested. Luz needs words of encouragement for their later date with Boots." She informed them as she gently made soothing circles on their hand that made them smile.

"It's alright, Luz needed to be calmed down anyway." They let out a chuckle. "She's been frantic and getting stressed out the whole week. She said she wants her and Amity's date to be perfect."

"But it doesn't really needed to be." Both of them muttered the same time, sharing soft laughter after.

They looked at her like she was the scorching sun, the bright color that shines even and beyond their darkest nights. They looked at her like she was the scorching sun, the bright color that shines even and beyond their darkest nights. They looked at her like she was the wave weaving the sounds of the sea, calming and wild, beautiful as she should be. "Good morning, my Calamity."

It made her smile brighter, and Raine could only do is to stare at her in awe. "Good morning to you too, sleepyhead. Now come on, time for breakfast." She cheered as she stood up from her seat and helped them get up.

The way Raine groaned and shut their eyes tightly like they were in pain made something in her heart clench. She carefully put a hand on their back as they are now completely sitting on the now-pillowed-stuffed nest. She quickly reached for their glasses that is neatly folded above the safest zone beside her nest, the side table.

"Are you okay? Does it hurt? Wait, I'm gonna get you your meds--oh, farts, you have to eat first." Eda doesn't know if she'll move from her position or not. Sitting beside the love of her life makes her want to just stay here forever, which she can do... But they... can't.

She felt them intertwined their hands that made her look at them. They let out a smile, which Eda obviously know that they are just wearing to keep her from worrying too much. "I'm okay, Eda. It's just the usual, nothing serious. Look! I can even do.. this!" To Eda's surprise, they made silly faces using their hand. She doesn't know what is the connection between their body pains in the morning to what they are doing right now, but she has to admit, what they are doing made her laugh a little.

They still has to practice harder the forte of making hilarious things.

"You're such a dork." She said, rolling her eyes on the process. Raine stopped making silly faces before facing her with a smirk etched in their wrinkled face.

"Your dork." They replied. She smirked before cupping their face with both of her hands, colliding their temples carefully. "Dang right you are." With that, she closed the distance between the two of them.

They have shared plenty of touches, kisses, and even more than that. Though, she--the both of them still feels like this was their first time doing it. It's always like a new world to explore and a new feeling to feel. It's odd, and yet it's new.

After a moment of eating each others faces, Raine was the one who decided to part due to lack of breath. They were both panting heavily like they also sucked each others breath, partly.

Eda's eyes were closed when she felt them wiping something in her cheeks. When a sob escaped from her lips, that's when she noticed that there were tears falling from her eye.

"Shh... It's okay." Raine's soothing voice just made her cry more. She didn't dare to open her eyes as she knew that she'll just cry buckets when she see how... the sparkling source of her happiness... is slowly drifting away like an ending melody.

Raine doesn't know why their beloved is crying. But they already have a hunch why. She's thinking about it again. About what the future holds for her as the day she fears approaches closer. They are sure for one thing though, they are one with whom who'll... not be there to watch the closing future with her.

"You won't leave me, right? You won't leave me early just like Mom and Lily, right? Please... Please, stay a little longer... Be with me a little more." Her voice was in pain and desperate, it seems like she's holding unto something that isn't meant to last. It's making them feel bad and hurt...

"I love you..." Was all that they could say. Promises won't seal that feeling in her that she's doing her best to not feel while they are here, and they knew that very much.

Her heart clenched painfully. Even they knew that they are running out of time. She knew Raine as someone who doesn't talk about something without assurance, and it pained her that they can't even say the words she badly wanted to hear.

Though, they could only assure her one thing. "My love for you won't end even until my very last breath, Eda. I love you." They said softly at her, wiping the tears on her cheek and leaning down a little to kiss the top of her nose.

"Can you open your eyes for me, Calamity? I want to see that sunshine in your eyes." With a little effort of calming herself, she did what they told. That dark green orbs would never fail to look at her with all the love they have for her... unbreakable, unending love.

"Your eyes symbolizes new beginnings. You are the sun that starts my day with warmth, and the sun that ends my toughest times." They lifted her hand and kissed her palm without breaking their eye contact. "You are my new beginning, the person I'll only love every end of the day."

She wiped the tear that rolled down her cheek, only this time she shed tears because of the way they bring joy and warmth inside her effortlessly by the way how they craft their words and express their never ending affection towards her.

"I love you." She replied, a warm, soft smile etched in her face. That made them smile.

"I want you to know... To never let the hardest times loose the way you shine during the daylight and darkest. I love you, my toughest,"

"Badass..." She interjected, chuckling as she bump her head softly with them.

"badass, and beautiful Calamity. Wait for me, okay?"

She swallowed that hollow feeling in her throat. She closed her eyes and planted a soft, slow kiss on their lips. The coldness of that part in them just made her feel like she's being ripped apart.

She made a move to nod their head. She opened her eyes, and the dark green orbs that always greet her in every moment looked at her the way the sun rise and set over the horizon. "Of course. Greet my family once you get to that place, okay? Hug them tightly for me."

The scenery suddenly changed.

The purple grass and snapdragons around them swayed gently as the breeze passed it. Her bright orange hair tied in a ponytail followed the wind's length. She brushed the grey that blocked their sight, smiling painfully as she did. The way they placed their head on her shoulder as she hugged them from behind makes her want to freeze the time.

It's not yet enough... She's still not yet ready.

She'll never get to be. But this is it, the time has come. She has to face the inevitable.

She have to say goodbye.

"I'll be okay. I mean, I'll miss you for a while... and I'll not be able to function properly." She chuckled without humor. "But I'll be alright. I'll get moving still... I'll try to be okay."

She's someone who can lie like it is her second skin. But Raine is the one who can read and see her behind those facades. "Will you promise me one thing?"

She didn't bother to hide the tears that stream down her cheeks when they said the thing she has to promise. "Don't cry."

She remove one hand that is wrapped in front of them and used it to wipe her tears. "Well, that's hard for a start."

"I don't want you to cry when you'll think of me. I won't be there to wipe your tears. I won't be there to comfort you anymore." They said. Just like her, the words are also hard to say. Especially when there are still many words to let go, but not enough time to use.

"I want you to smile when you think of me. Live and cherish those memories we shared together happily." She hugged them tight and cried silently at the crook of their neck.

"You are being unfair." She cried. "I can't promise you that. I am not that heartless..."

"Will you promise then, eventually?"

"Will that make you happy?"

They nodded their head without hesitation, looking over their shoulder softly. Eda tried to calm herself. "I promise." She sobbed.

Seeing her like this... it's making it hard for them to go. But they have to, they are already tired. "Are you tired?"

They didn't closed their eyes as they watched the setting sun over the horizon. It's bright. Brighter than it used to be.

"Can I rest now?"

She rested her chin on the top of their head, sobbing as she did. "You stayed awake for me for a long time. I'm sorry for tiring you, my love. I'm sorry for being selfish." She whispered, hugging them... for the last.

She felt them unclasp her hold around them and instead clasped their hands together. She's crying endlessly now, like a faucet that can't turn off. "I love you." They heard her muttered. It was soft, it was promising... She doesn't need a recorder to keep their words with her. Her ears, heart, mind, and all of her will keep everything about them close to her until the next time they see each other again.

Until the next time she'll hold them like this again.

"You can rest now, Raine. Have a safe journey out there. I love you."

The setting sun over the horizon gave it's final hues before disappearing from the vast sky. They gave her one final whisper of love and goodbye, giving them one final comfort before closing their eyes.

The setting sun marked the end of the day, as they left one last smile before drifting away... completely now.

Everyone says that the sunset always signals a new start, a better beginning. A new day, a new life.

But she has her own point of view...

Sunset reminds her of days gone by, when promises were made followed by saying goodbye.

"Until the next sunrise with you, Eda."

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Sorry for my grammar, not my main language. Also, I'm not that good in writing. I just wanted to share what's on my mind like facebook always asks me to. Thanks for reading!

#the owl house #eda the owl lady #Raine Whispers #Edalyn Clawthorne #raeda #hiatus is driving me nuts #Raine x Eda #Eda x Raine

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