Posters for Jarl

[Mylochka]

Working on it!

[JarlWolf]

Working on it!

 

[Mylochka]

Okay, the background on this one isn't as different from the first one as I'd like, but here it is...

[JarlWolf]

That is just.... 

Freedom is within your grasp.... thats impacting. Not only is this beautiful, I think I have an idea of what sort of character im going to cast you as now... I think you'll get a kick out of it...

I'm going to examine this a bit more... will edit this to put my full thoughts down...


Edit: Maybe a Red flag, war torn and battered in Vazheli's raised hand...

Either that, or shift his whole arm to make it so he's supporting himself on the rocks/rubble, have him leaning out more towards the slaves to give them better reach.

Might be better left alone, but it may be better to experiment with those options. We'll just have to see.

[Mylochka]

Yeah, as I looked at it, I started to think that raised fist looked strange.  Kinda like he was going to help that slave up then punch him....

Here's one with his arm down.  A good battle flag would work well.... I'll look for one tomorrow.  Going to bed now...

[JarlWolf]

This is really cooking... this is going to be a very fun next post, let me tell you 

[Mylochka]

here's a couple more...

[Mylochka]

Another abstract one...

[JarlWolf]

For the Rise up and Freedom is within your grasp poster, bend Vazheli's other arm that's pointing away from the slaves a little to loosen it up, and maybe loosen up his hand so it doesn't look so rigid. Other then that it's perfect.


No surrender... no retreat. As cool as that sounds, probably wouldn't use that one, because tactical withdrawals is something the CC does a lot. They prefer keeping their men alive to fight another day... Plus the abstract style for that one just doesn't look as good as the others im afraid. The no surrender part is accurate though: CC soldiers typically will try to escape if its going to awry, and if they can't, its not uncommon for them to pull the pin then become a captive. The Crimson Confederacy is almost infamous for martyr soldiers, borderline suicide bombers sometimes.

I like the one with the revolting slaves though, that one is cool. A few suggestions for that one is to make Vazheli hold the knife pointing downward, instead of up: Like have it where the hilt goes above his thumb, instead of below his fingers.

(Sort of like this.)


And rotate his wrist so the tip of the blade is facing towards the "viewer" of the poster, as he is probably aiming to do quick successions of slices or stabs.


And for his knife, maybe something a little more simple. He'd probably go with a somewhat longer blade, perhaps, but he'd like the grip is be rather simple. The guards would just be a bit cumbersome in combat, as he had to use his knife to maneuver quickly in close quarters, sometimes grabbing a person in a chokehold and then slitting their throat, etc. So he'd prefer simplicity and aerodynamics over a hand guard, guards like that are only useful if your opponents carry longer blades and such, otherwise it'd just be ignored.

And the only other suggestion for Vazheli is maybe give him that lazer pistol in his other hand, for a more militaristic close quarters combat stance sort of how Snake had it.


It may also be a good idea, just for variety, to give the female slave a futuristic rifle or something.


The Take a Stand against Tyranny is good, I like the monochromatic style to it, has a lot of contrast and is very eye catching.


I feel like I ask too much with this one, but would it be possible that there could be a poser thing down of a typical Crimson Confederacy soldier? Like just your average grunt/soldier wearing typical combat gear. If its too much to ask I can understand that, but if its possible then I will gladly share some details if you wish, I can tell you right now that they look something similar to what I have for them in their faction diplomacy screen.

[Geo]

here's a couple more...

Purchasing ones freedom? No, that won't do as a commie/socialist catch phrase. "grab" might be better.
Marvelous illustrations there, Mylochka! 

[Arbee]

Purchasing ones freedom? No, that won't do as a commie/socialist catch phrase. "grab" might be better.
Marvelous illustrations there, Mylochka! 

Nah, "grab your freedom" sounds too selfish for the communist ideal... if you were to change it (not saying you need to, Jarl's opinion is the one that matters here), I'd go with "claim your freedom" or something along those lines.

[JarlWolf]

Keep in mind who its being targeted too as well: It's purchase your freedom with THE BLOOD OF THE TYRANTS. It's a sort of mockery of Capitalism at same time, the only transaction that happens in the transition to Communism.

Of course, we can modify it, but lets see how things look after the edits and we'll think on it more.

[Geo]

Oops! Hit the wrong button...

What strikes me the most on this one is how the the sickle is curving up behind Vasheli.

@Jarl
Oh, a lethal pun.

[JarlWolf]

Hey Mylochka, how goes those edits/progress?

Once these edits are done, I think I can roll out with the next posts, and hammer several out.

[Buster's Uncle]

She's sick, and she's lately had to focus what little energy she has on helping one of her grads with his thesis.  I'm doing a proofreading run myself, right now.