Blade and Shadow by lwperkins
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Description
(More imaginary comic)
Every comic needs villains, so here are the MacKay brothers, Blade (on the left, fresh out of the Wellington County Jail) and Shadow, coming up Tim Lindholm's barn ladder (Tim hasn't missed it yet). Blade and Shadow's names would be more awesome if you didn't know that their full versions are "Blades of Grass" and "Shadow of Trees". The third brother, Dragonfly Hovers, is about 35 feet below them in a dinghy on some pretty nasty water. You'll see him in the next picture. The MacKays, after a few years of scavenging metal off the outside of the base, are now going *inside* the base. They had an easier entrance they were using on the south side, but it got a little..creepy, so they are following the advice of a previous scavenger that Blade had shared a holding cell with in Wellington, and climbed up onto the wreck of the "factory" above the factory pool. And just as promised, there was a door, wide open. The cell guy had a couple of other pieces of what Blade considered human chickensh*t advice--"go when it's cold, go after dark..and wear a hat". He also said he stopped going inside the base despite the fact there was good metal in there, because it was too nerve-wracking, and after he had a bulb blow in his torch he decided he'd never go back. But the MacKays have found something so fabulous that they are willing to deal with... most.. of what is in there to get it..but they also need to figure out *how* to get it out. It won't fit out the door up here.
Shadow doesn't like this entrance because he doesn't like heights, doesn't like all the loose metal, and doesn't like the fact that it is only 15 minutes brisk walk to the Newton Watch Station, where Dawn and Frank are arguing about ordering new radios. Dawn wants the waterproof ones, Frank says they are too expensive.
Blade is old M2 with Anton Kiesel's default tex, and Shadow is wearing the hilarious Ildiko Dancer hair (it has a long braid in the back, and is "readable" at a distance, which will be handy later;) Blade is also ponytailed (these guys would look like ZZtop if they grew facial hair). THe background is a scan of a piece of marble and a boatload of photoshop, and if you look close you can see a (big) bug laying eggs on the ridge.
Comments (40)
wliebtposer
awesome work,well done
dorkati
Amazing work! Love background and shirt :)
Vanadis11
Hey! Very cool guys! :) And a wonderful scene. Love it!
Faemike55
In other words, this would be excellent for the annual Halloween contest - Dont' go in there!!! They will no doubt find out why the cellmate quit going there.... (insert evil, manical laugh)
fabiana
this is wonderfull... love you doing this... GREAT!
JSGraphics
Outstanding and wonderful work! Love how much detail there is.. defiantly looks like you got the hang of Poser. Very Well Done!
zil2008
NIce work.
artistheat
Excellent Image and Lighting,Fantastic Work
Alz2008
Wonderful render, excellent well done...
anitalee
Great work
shadownet
Awesome work!
Shari123
Obviously it's warm weather, daytime and I see no appearance of a hat. Now whatever in the world could happen to two chaps that won't listen to advice? Oh well, the villains never live long anyway! Fantastic work on the cliffside in the background!
gypsyangel
Well, they don't LOOK like bad boys...maybe they're just misunderstood!! :D
mapps
awesome :-) hugs
Raddar
Great characters. Loving the story, and that background is gorgeous.
schonee
Wonderful work and story!!!!!
DangerousThing
Wonderful scene. And I love how you made the background!
gillbrooks
This is fab!! The characters are great but what I love most is your creativeness on the background :)
eekdog Online Now!
been really enjoying your latest images alot lynn, seems like your style has changed a bit hon. your also a super story teller my friend. lol steve
scifibabe
OK, you tease, I zoomed on this to see that bug, the one laying eggs on the ridge. I looked and looked. I think that bug flew away! :) Anyway, love your story telling here. And you get browny points for their names. Love 'em, especially Blades of Grass. You made me chuckle there. Great 'villians' but they are such cute ones. And Blade is M2. Wow, retro Mike. Great background and wonderful postwork.
drifterlee
Cool scene and story!
magnus073
Well Lynn I think they are two of the coolest villians I've ever seen and you did a great job on this pic and in giving us their history.
Seaview123
Your characters look great, and this is an excellent picture. Very very nice job putting this together, and your story is well done, too.
B_PEACOCK
Fantastic Lynn all around
kobaltkween
this is my favorite in the series so far. it's the most integrated and complete, to my eyes, and i like how you show them in action. their faces and expressions make them seem very benign at this point. i really like how you painted the clothing, and your technique with the background. i think their skin is a little pink/purple for their environment (i'd expect more yellows and greens), and their hair seems awfully neat (Blade's especially looks very GQ). maybe if you painted more structure in the hair (hanks, strands, or what have you)? i don't know, because i've never been very good at messy hair myself ;D. overall, i love all the detail (especially the bug), and i'm really intrigued by the story.
louly
You know I love it when you mix your painting with your renders, it adds so much to a rendered image. Looks wonderful and they look wonderful :)
delbeke
Wonderfully written and the illustration is fabulous! Wonderfully done Lynn!
HADCANCER
Really good
pspworkshop
Wowwwwww great scene!
Richardphotos
not only is your art first class, your imagination is awesome