Refining a concept

I chose to work on one of my own concepts, and develop the character in order to create a diorama to place the model into. The concept i chose to develop was Ax man, in my mind a super hero with an enormous build.

The notes i made were;

• „CHARACTER CONCEPT BASED ON MULTI PLAYER/ SUPER HERO GAMES
• „SIMILAR GAMES- CITY OF HEROES, ANARCHY REIGNS, GOTHAM CITY IMPOSTERS,  TEAM FORTRESS
• „STYLISED DESIGN –TOON/COMIC BOOK STYLE
• „EXAGERATED FEATURES  

After the initial concept i created a mood board, looking at related concepts of characters for inspiration of the colour pallet for the Ax man character.

 

I looked at characters such as Marvel's Juggernaut and DC's Bane primarily for inspiration of the colours and visual effect of the model. 

image references;

http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_%28Batman:_Arkham_Asylum%29

http://blacksadd.deviantart.com/art/Bane-327377994

http://www.comicvine.com/forums/battles-7/storm-vs-bane-h2h-645829/
http://raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/imagePage?iid=6620
http://www.fightersgeneration.com/nx5/char/juggernaut-sm-render.png
http://www.actionfigurepics.com/2010/06/marvel-select-juggernaut-production-pics
http://sankart.deviantart.com/art/Venom-Turnaround-347362096
http://cghub.com/images/view/169159/
http://www.maroonersrock.com/2011/02/anarchy-reigns-character-bio-jack/
http://www.maroonersrock.com/2011/02/anarchy-reigns-character-bio-big-bull/
http://charactermodel.tumblr.com/page/377