Captain Baraxis Korius

Hello dear watchers and watcherettes! 

I hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was spent working as usual and catching up with the long pile of embarrasingly long overdue commissions I have to deliver to my patient clients. This is one such image.

It's been long since I've posted anything from the Dark Millenium, though that doesn't mean I don't have a lot of requests to fulfill with that subject. So, I thought I'd break the spell and post here an original character I was aked to draw.
I've always loved DIY Chapters. They breal from the usual norms and make me try things I wouldn't otherwise. Different patterns, palettes, ornaments, etc. In this particular case, this Captain was supposed to be very imposing, which I think I managed to get accross. He also has a very special sword, with an interesting blade. Another thing I tried which is new to me was working on a more painterly style for the background bust of Korius as opposed to the lines that always contain my work. I loved the result as it is both soft but very well defined at the same time. It keeps the strength of my style while clearly separating it from my usual rendering techniques. I think I may have to keep testing this

I hope you enjoy it and let me know what you think, as usual!

Have a great week and see you soon.

Nic.-

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