The Rusted Repository (compiled personal designs and discussion)

[Rusted Blade]

Wow, i love all of these creations man . there's so much variety! also, i hope you been well :)

Hey Glitch--great to see you! Thank you very much--I do tend to bounce around the place stylistically! I've been well, just crazy busy, though I have found a bit of time for the little stuff (obviously). Although, with as many designs as I've been sitting on the last 6 months or so, I was only really able to find time to upload one or two images each of the major versions, for now (and even then, still have a couple dozen to go...). Maybe I'll make a more extended gallery later...but then again, maybe not. :D

How have you been--keeping well, I hope?

Since you're here right now, here's a couple of Kiliks that I just made last night. They are both in a rough draft state, but I like the vibe of each. The first one actually feels like it takes a page from your style book, actually--a three-color palette, plus some gold ExEq adornments and sticker work to get some extra mileage out of the attire. :)

Kilik: The Green Sage

Kilik: Into the West

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[Rusted Blade]

And just threw together this vaguely classic Prince of Persia-esque Hwang. I'll probably make some more involved variations, but I think this first one already shines quite a bit, despite the fact that it's a half hour quick-spit.

Hwang: In the Service of the Sultan

 

[Rusted Blade]

I think the name says it all.

Tortoise Lad

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[Rusted Blade]

Cassandra: Bird of Paradise

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[Rusted Blade]

Expressly conceived as counter-point to @Gaahl's Dragon Knight Hilde, which remains my favorite of his designs, and one of my favorite all-time CaS works.

Hilde: Gryphon Knight

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[Gaahl]

Expressly conceived as counter-point to @Gaahl's Dragon Knight Hilde, which remains my favorite of his designs, and one of my favorite all-time CaS works.

Hilde: Gryphon Knight

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Holy shit that's very cool. It really is the inverse of my design, great idea and really creative! I'm honoured to get such praise from you!

 

[Rusted Blade]

Holy shit that's very cool. It really is the inverse of my design, great idea and really creative! I'm honoured to get such praise from you!

I'm very glad you approve, Gaahl! The idea came to me while looking back through your thread the other day, and I'm really happy with how it came together. It's nice to still be able feel a burst of inspiration for a design here, so I'm grateful you decided to share your recent stuff. :)

 

[Rusted Blade]

Just some randos that I'm going to throw up sloppily, lest I never get around to it.

A simple creation rocking something between a classical super hero and a classical anime look. Neither of which is normally my jam for creations, especially, with a few exceptions here and there, and yet I kind of like this one. I tried to spruce it up with different colors and texture variations, most making her look more Magical Girl, but I always came back to this very basic version as the best. Something about her reminds me of Citizen Starlight.

Also did a large number of color variations for this south asian-inspired design, but just throwing these two up for now.

I don't know, your guess is as good as mine...an honourable oni?

A straight forward skin for playing the Thief class in SCIII, she really fits like a glove on this mostly forgotten but super quirky style from the Console Edition. Wish it had gotten the AE full characterization/moveset treatment.

She's honestly quite worried for you.

SCIII and SCV variations of 'Aria'.

I just call her 'The Red Witch'.

The Gladius and Shield is another one of the SCIII:CE psuedo-styles that pulled almost as much weight as a full moveset. I think we'll call this design 'Thea'.

Same character, different weapon and look.

Some kind of high priestess warrior? The SCIII "Scythe"/Aurelia style looks good on her, but the photos always come out muddled. Think I'll call her "The Ascendant". Sufficiently grandiose in a pulp fantasy religion sort of way.

Close-up of "Ankou", presented already in an earlier post.​

 

[Rusted Blade]

I started ten separate Nightmare designs tonight, all of which show some promise, but this one came together surprisingly quickly, so I figured I might as well share it. Two color variations, though I think I need to correct the blues in the second one to be more consistent across the design. Regardless, pretty pleased with this one.

Nightmare: Fell Tangument

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Edit: Refined faces, colors, and surface work a little:

 

[Rusted Blade]

Past time my collection had a mascot, right?

Nightmare: The Rusty Champion

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[Gaahl]

I started ten separate Nightmare designs tonight, all of which show some promise, but this one came together surprisingly quickly, so I figured I might as well share it. Two color variations, though I think I need to correct the blues in the second one to be more consistent across the design. Regardless, pretty pleased with this one.

I really love this Nightmare, especially the first colorway. It's still easily recognizable as Nightmare while looking unique at the same time, it's almost giving Abyss vibes too which is cool. The texture work here feels really natural and well balanced.

 

[Rusted Blade]

I really love this Nightmare, especially the first colorway. It's still easily recognizable as Nightmare while looking unique at the same time, it's almost giving Abyss vibes too which is cool. The texture work here feels really natural and well balanced.

Thanks Gaahl, I appreciate all of that! :) And I know what you mean about the Abyss similarity: I was giving myself the same vibe as I finished up the head/face. It's something about the relatively narrower, skeletal-like jaw and teeth underneath the slightly more demonic upper head, right? That and the eyes, I think.

In fact, it so much reminded me of Abyss that I actually tried to start an Abyss CaS the next night, but my game froze in creation mode and I lost it: thank goodness that has rarely happened with me with this game, on console or PC, because in this case I found myself 40 or 50 minutes in without a save, and lost it all. So I'll have to restart from scratch when I can find the time!

 

[Rusted Blade]

Meh, this Inferno/Abyss hybrid design would work so much better if only I could give him Zasa's style/the Irkalla scythe...but it's something.

Inferno: Infernal Abyss

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[Rusted Blade]

Sophitia: Corinthian

 

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Variations on a theme or some sort of werecat?

Talim: Scratchy​

 

[GlitchMode-22]

That Nightmare is sick! I really love how you did the face.
All of your SC3 designs are top notch! the color palettes on all of them are really well done :) you've been busy

 

[Rusted Blade]

That Nightmare is sick! I really love how you did the face.

Thank you muchly, Glitch! It's good to see you back, incidentally. :) Yeah, that Nightmare really came together pretty well, considering it was just a kind of free-form experiment that I put together as I went (as opposed to something I started out with a plan for). I actually started like 12 Nightmares all at once that day, expecting to bounce between them, but then this one ran away with me. Hopefully I find time to go back and finish the others some day.

All of your SC3 designs are top notch! the color palettes on all of them are really well done :)

Thanks again. :) The low resolution means the SCIII characters don't upscale in images presenting them as well as creations from the later games, but they do have a certain aesthetic appeal, I feel--and sometimes the simpler designs mean the colors really pop.

you've been busy

Well, most of the SCVI designs are from more recent weeks, but the SCIII, SCIV, and SCV creations were all created earlier this year when I was experimenting with using the older editors again. I just never got around to uploading them.

 

[Rusted Blade]

It seems as if every CaSer does a warrior nun, given enough time...

Sestuka: Sister Slash

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[Rusted Blade]

A rough draft concept, mostly the result of modelling the head first and then trying to create a body to match. Another metal automaton/golem type think I guess? Kind of a lankier counterpart to Brasswork? Meh, I'll admit, it's pretty basic aside from the head, but just barely unique enough to share.

Coppertop

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[Rusted Blade]

Geralt: The White Wyvern​