Visual Design Project 1 - Character Design

Visual Design

Project 1 - Character Design

Viduus (Widower)

For the first project I chose to personify A wasp and a Spider. For the wasp I wanted to make a series of possible warriors. I wanted to portray the wasps as huge, mighty warriors with incredible agility. To personify the I have them a human head. I made several prototypes in the creation process. It came down to 2 of my favorite out of the sketches. I called it "Widower" or in the wasps language "Viduus". Viduus is a infamous warrior of the battle field. Enemies of Viduus call it the "Sarcophagus of Souls". Viduus attained this title by how it kills its enemies. Viduus has two large arms with blades on the end. Viduus strikes down its enemies and siphons its soul. It proceeds to transfer the soul in to a chamber where they are stored until it absorbs them to restore life force. Viduus needs to constantly be absorbing souls or it runs out of life force. Viduus is cladded in crude iron to protect him from ground attacks. Viduus hovers above the battle field until it spots a vulnerable target. Viduus then swoops down from the sky, stabs them with the blades on his arms and then siphons the soul through his arms. Viduus is a bio-engineered weapon. The engineers who put Viduus together spliced the human head with the wasp body. The human head gives the wasps body incredible intelligence. Viduus is the prime weapon for Exercitus Vesparum (Wasp Army). 

Morbus

My second concept character is Morbus. Morbus is a plague spreading unit that flies above the battle field. Morbus has 2 cylinders that contain poison attached to its back. The cylinders have a tube running off each that act as an exhaust for the fumes. The gas contains poisons that affect anything that isn't wasp kind. The gas travels through the air. Enemies breathe in the air, the gas in air forces the throat of the victim to close. The enemies suffocate from the gas. The gas also kills all the life below. Morbus is used as a last resort weapon because of its immense destruction. Morbus also has the head of a human. Morbus is a well kept secret of the Exercitus Vesparum. Only called upon when the population is in grave danger.

Militem Basim (Foot Soldiers)

The Militem Basim is comprised of many different soldiers. The most common foot soldier is Bellator(Warrior). Bellator are the main infantry of the Exercitus Vesparum. The Bellatores travel in large numbers (usually around 5000-7000). They carry spears and shields and are cladded in thin iron. They wear a full face helmet made of iron.They fly well above the battle field and then rush down in formation. Flying in rows of 20, swooping the enemies with the spears aiming forwards. After the attack, they fly back up to the skies and back into formation. The other units include Musicians(Musicus), Standard Bearers (Vexillium Lator) and Torch Carriers (Ignis Lacum Vesparum).

Reference

I used this as a reference to create the general body type for the wasps.

I used this picture to shape the abdomen of my wasps. I used the way the Abdomen looks like layers of amour. 

The wasp in this picture looks like it is wearing a helmet. Also used the shape of this wasp to shape the final drawing of Viduus. 

The picture of two wasps fighting in the air. I wanted to capture the agility of the wasps fighting in the air.  

 I chose this picture for obvious reasons.  This picture is a good way to shape the amour around the wasps anatomy