Figured I'd begin posting a few blogs on the design of the various realms and armies of the Wolf Lands as featured in The Shadow of the Dog Lord Roleplaying Adventure Game.

I intend on releasing a book called "The Crafting of the Shadow of the Dog Lord", which will be a collection of drawings that cumulate into the final result you'll see in print.

But until then, this will do just fine. Here we go:



A black and white study of a soldier from Tar-Koldor. These lads are heavily inspired by the look of Spanish conquistadors and other Mediterranean cultures circa 15th-16th century due to their seafaring conquest.



And a colour version.



A couple of weapons. Archers will have crossbows which can be reloaded quite rapidly and drawn back by hand (they may not shoot as quickly, but they're more accurate, which is what really counts) and rapiers for the officers.



Pencil sketch of an officer's uniform. Note that the dark bits on his feet are not "emo leg warmers" as Dinadan thinks but an anthro version of leather boots.



And a colour version of that same uniform.

Enjoy, and more will come as I draw them

Looks great Is the pencil-drawn officer holding a hunting knife 'a la Aragorn'?

Just a dagger actually

Thos are so cool.
Just a question, what kind of markers do you use?

i love how the everyone of them has thire head to the side so you don't have to draw the other side of there face

I use Copic Sketch Markers and Prismacolor markers.

at jaws: yeah, it's a cheat to make sure I don't have to symetirically draw their head...plus they look more like wolves when you see all their snout

jaws900 wrote:

i love how the everyone of them has thire head to the side so you don't have to draw the other side of there face

Do you have any idea how hard it is to draw them snout on?

Leona Preston can obviously do it (Fenrirs Avatar)

Great work Fenrir, love the pictures. + rep