[choo]

Anatomicae #18 - Battle Charger
Deadline: October 14th, 2011 12:00am EST.

This challenge has some great potential for you to show us your unique ability to design a mount asset.

We are asking you to come up with a unique, stand-alone design for an armored horse. The only real limit is your imagination, as we're leaving the style and theme for you to decide, much like the Soul Reaper challenge.

Here are the parameters:

-Please take the time to base your horse template off reference material you can find in books or on the net. The horse can be of any breed or frame, but make sure that you have a good basis off which to design your armor.
-The armor must be functional (ie., the animal can walk and trot freely.)
-Any combination of materials is acceptable- if you like, think outside the box. The horse doesn't neccesarily need to be armored with metal, leather, or cloth.
-A side view or 3/4ths view is what we are looking for.

Here are some pictures to show you what we have in mind for base reference and some inspiration.






Every participant gets to take part in collaborating on this thread, and will receive an exit critique for their finished piece. The winner of this challenge will be featured on the Anatomicae board and win a super-shiny and awesome badge of win.

[Kismet_Knell]

This sounds fun, hopefully I'll be able to finish this challenge. As an excuse I'll work it into my portfolio class so it will have to get done!

[choo]

n_n)b well played, Kismet. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

[Vaejoun]

A while back I made a couple of horse studies. Maybe I should go take a look at them again. ^^

[Muun]

Interesting idea!
Especially the idea of non-metal/leather/whatever armor.

No idea what I will choose, but here's a first sketch of my horse.
Feel free to tell me my mistakes! (Thats why we are here, mh?)



And really great studies there.
Will be very useful. Thanks!

I am just thinking of an armor that DaVinci once designed.

[alola]

Here is the serious talking


i think iam going to boom for ideas

[Vaejoun]

@Muun: For the sake of the horse, please use a ref

I thought about some furture police horse, but I am not sure if thats a little too far of the road.
Better a real battle horse ?

Most of them feel rather classy, like 1 and 4. A little spikey though.

#2 Has an interesting helmet
#7 A little warlok like with the skulls on the rope.
#12 A paladin ?
#13 An african lion horse ^^

Same method as with the scythe, idea finding with shilouet studies. (I tried to give it a little more professional look than just a blank page. XD)

[choo]

Dear Muun- Interesting study! Keep in mind that you should feel free to use a more static pose, as such a dynamic action pose may make it harder to design the armor and how it fits together.

Vaejoun: Solid silhouette work so far. Feel entirety free to fit the horse concept into any genre/idea you wish- The idea we're focusing on is that the horse must be armored/protected because its travels/use puts it in the line of fire.

[Muun]

Thanks for the advice!

@Vaejoun

I really love number 9 and number 3.
Also there is number 13 which has a great exotic feeling (maybe a horse with the a lions costume-armor?)

[Andias]

interesting topic, i'll try to find time to participate

[washka]

Thanks for your studies Vaejoun, there're quite accurate, hope you don't mind if I learn a bit from those, furthermore it'll be a good inspiration for me?

Vaejoun about your sheet:
# 1-13-14 mix (those have same kind of dynamic)
# 7 this one is quite interesting too but the "skull" tail is too big.

Poney poney challenge, but where is pixel-chick?

[Edit]
Here's a paintover, just ideas so far, I joined photo ref (I painted over it).

[pixel-chick]

Hello Washka! Here I am, haha, lurking for now. I've been working on character forge 3d and creature planet 2d, I'll have to think of something for this forum, fun topics all around!

I like the armor you're working on for your horse, especially the horn that comes up from the skull to the saddle area, it looks like it would protect the rider's legs.

Vaejoun, those are beautiful studies, they remind me of this great book I have on animal anatomy by Gottfried Bammes. Have you heard of him? The book is in German, but the diagrams are so helpful. # 2 and #13 are my favorites.

Muun, that is a good start, he just looks very stiff. You will add realism and believability to your horse when you study where the boney landmarks are and how the horse moves, even a little will go a long way.

[pixel-chick]

This is what i've got so far. I'm thinking that this beastie was some war lord's prized horse. It has some mechanical components here and there to fix the wounds it received from past battles. I'm still working out the armor, especially on the tail-end, since I don't much like it yet.

[natzuurjk]

I've been uber busy, but now that I have a moment. I thought'd I'd show where I am at. I hope I can finish in time, hooves giving me all kinds of troubles. Included some wip's.

[alola]

Tooo Late i know but iam pretty busy

here is my piece & i know i couldn't make it


but i could finish it by tomorrow but i see the final thread goes so

i will try