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Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, facing Liv Tyler as Arwen from the Lord of the Rings films, her hand caressing his cheek
3D render of a demon character from a video game called The Killing Stone: a three -horse-headed humanoid literally knitting her grudges into cloth.
A black sticker with bold orange text: “BALTIMORE DOESN’T LIKE YOU EITHER.”
A still from “Homeward Bound” showing the Himalayan cat, Sassy, Golden Retriever named Shadow, and American Bulldog named Chance, standing along a rocky outcropping.
The first hit on 'More Like This' Steam store carousal for Truck-kun is 'Sonic Adventure 2'
A still image of Weregild's 3D render on a black background, his golden faceless head of tally sticks turned towards the viewer, one mechanical golden clawed hand stretched forward and grasping up in a dominating pose.
Nith's "turns" or Nith drawn in very flat perspective from the front, the side, and the back, for a 3D modeler to be able to build her. There are various notes written all over for him to use, and there's an interjected angle of one of the horse heads with its mouth open, for reference. Unlike the previous concepts, this is for clarity and to answer any questions the modeler might have about how she is built. Her arms are out at the sides in an unnatural pose, and in the side view her arm is simply removed and replaced with an armhole, so the modeler can see her garment unobstructed.
Another concept approach for Nith, roughly digitally painted. A humanoid figure stands in front of the viewer and is visible from the chest up. She is knitting a red scarf in front of her, dressed in a greyish-white robe, with maroon hands. Where her chest should be is a void, and 3 horse heads are held up with several red arms that don't appear to connect to a body, but originate from the void. The three horse heads are bright red like exposed muscle, teeth visible and lips pulled back, and each head is otherwise covered in a white pelt with empty eyeholes.
5 rough digital sketches that served as concept art for developing this new character. Various approaches to demons embodying the nithing pole: generally, a human torso wearing some kind of medieval frock or robe, and the head replaced with a horse skull and a few attempts at medieval headpiece. Some of the figures are holding props like a bowl and scythe, and one is knitting. There are a few references images from Google Images next to each concept that informed it. The last concept has some notes sketched in where we were going to try multiple horse heads instead of just one.
An inkwash style illustration of a nithing pole (from Google Images). A man in medieval garb holds a pole in front of him about twice his own height, with one end planted on the ground and the other straight up, like a flagpole. On top of the pole is mounted a dead horse's head, facing the same direction as the man.
A short clip of the first introduction to Weregild (or VVeregild), a large strange demonic creature with a cowl made of coins and a head made of medieval tally sticks.
A screenshot from the game "The Killing Stone," inside the main location, a medieval manor, with a few characters looking to the viewer, to show the hard work of the 3D art team at Question Games.
3D render of a 3-headed horse demon named "Nith" from videogame "The Killing Stone."