marry me!?

You know, I can't help but put up the silly emoticons, I'm sure they look exactly like my face did the moment I saw this.

And I thought I spent a lot of time staring at the ahkkelbo!!

They look so, so, so, so good, and dare I say...sexy as hell!! You managed to make your dinosaurish kaleesh design for M'dourrok look handsome. Very much so. You got his rings in there, and he's even got a 'manly' cleft in his chin!! And the orange eyes...muhhh..(sorry, fan-girl overload going on at the moment.) How did you come up with the clothes design? They are beautiful and very creative. Especially around Oduch's breastplate, shin guards and mask, and M'dourrok's armor plated breeches. And is that Shaala I see?

Their pose is wonderful, I love that the captain is standing on a huk!! (with PROPER kaleesh feet!!!) That's your beetle style huk huh? Sweet.

HEY GEORGE LUCAS, WANNA SEE SOME COOL ART COMING OUT OF YOUR FANS???

I think he would be proud.

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"Three days out... no place I'd rather be, than in my joourna, drinking duango milk- curd tea."

Smileys forgiven!

Thank you kindly. I think they turned out really well myself. I had to warp my kaleesh design a little bit to make it work for M'dourrok (manlier neck, moved the facial talons back a bit so you could see his smile, made him all over less gangly and ugly) but I figure Nychoda is hardly a type specimen for the kaleesh. Nychoda can simply be the most exaggerated and bestial kaleesh alive, and all other kaleesh are prettier and more expressive than he. I'm especially proud of M'dourrok's chin, not only the silly cleft in it but the way it's kindof cocked to the side in a smug grin.

For the clothes, I wanted both of their clothes to reflect Grievous' eventual cyborg armor. Figured Oduch could use something of a reinforced collar to help keep his mask in place, and that Oduch wouldn't have a problem wearing armor from offworld, so I made his breastplate rather industrial for a kaleesh. I figured Oduch, being wealthy and fastidious about his appearance but still attempting not to stand out as a gaudy royal, would gravitate towards silver instead of gold. Originally I was going to make him rather greener, and I thought the opalescent color of his shoulderpads would go well with it, but he eventually lost the green but kept the opal. The sign on Oduch's chest, sleeves, and mask is some sort of familial sign for him which intends to portray a pair of eyes (figured eyes worked for a family of book owls). (I know it doesn't look like eyes, but that's because you can't see the whole sign clearly anywhere.)

M'dourrok I wanted to give a more traditional and comfortable wardrobe, representing his greater reverence for the traditions of Kalee (and also giving me a chance to draw plenty of exposed skin). Gave him armor made of coppery colored metal (again attempting to make it look made on Kalee). His breastplate is based off of a real Spanish one I found online, with some kaleeshy touches. Took the armor on his abs from one of your drawings which I interpreted as slabs of wood sewn together in a sort of vest. Armored pants came from imitating the shoulder pad in your funeral drawing, and they just ended up looking Grievousy, which I liked. Shaala was also inspired by the shape of the shoulderpad (as were the throwing knives I began drawing, but ultimately scrapped).

That huk is approximately 40% of my beetle style huk. I tried to combine the yamrii design with my design, and I didn't feel like drawing an abdomen and the perspective issues it would cause, so I ripped him roughly in half. I rather like how the blood turned out. Blue and white and black and all. (Also, do recognize that Oduch's feet are four-toed, too, the fourth toe is just hidden on both feet)

Anyway, thanks for the kind words.

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"We do not ask you to understand... We only ask you to succumb."

Oh , I should clarify.. I know Oduch's fourth toes are hidden. I often draw my kaleesh feet at kind of a side angle, so it looks like only two or three toes are showing. By 'proper feet', I was talking about/burning the five toed human- like foot on the new kaleesh illustration.(I really like the illustration otherwise) I don't know why the premise of humanesque kaleesh burn me up so much, but it does.

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"Three days out... no place I'd rather be, than in my joourna, drinking duango milk- curd tea."

wow, *gapes*
The ammount of effort you must have put into this really shows and paid off.
I love how you have shaded the armour and fabrics, ( I have a thing about fabric lol.)
The pose of each of these characters is superb, with added squished Huk for that deadly effect.

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Behold! Nom Anor in all his glory! [link]

"...but not you Jaina Solo. Not you!"

"If in doubt, eat the evidence"

Thats so awesome! I love the coloring!

...these sure are a dramatic turn from whatever I've been able to turn out. Even if I have second thoughts about manly dinosaurs .___.;;;;;
....are any of them married?

Oduch could be in a political band.

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"Yes Sheela!"

Neither of the characters are married. Oduch is something of a political force, though he is rarely successful so its debatable how influential he actually is.

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"We do not ask you to understand... We only ask you to succumb."

Whoops. Meant to put the below comment here.

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"We do not ask you to understand... We only ask you to succumb."

Awesome, all the details!!!