Twisted Two-Face Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I LOVE Poseidon and Demeter!! They look so great!! It helps that they are two of my favorite Gods, but either way... Also, i pictures Hades more...i dunno, death-ish?? I like the way you portrayed him, but he looks more like a plausible Ares to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthRaider Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Wow Chaz, your Greek pantheon is so pretty-looking that it almost depresses me we may never get these officially I'd love to see how you'd do the rest of the pantheon (Artemis, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite...) though TTF, when I think of Hades today I now think his previous depictions as some sort of malevolent death-god were actually kind of a side-effect of the pantheon mythos possibly being "mistranslated" in a modern context. Apparently in Greek mythology Hades was in fact more of a "lawful neutral" god, with the most "devious" thing he ever did being that time he abducted Demeter's daughter and made her his bride... darned Internet distracting my mind again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Two-Face Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Wow Chaz, your Greek pantheon is so pretty-looking that it almost depresses me we may never get these officially I'd love to see how you'd do the rest of the pantheon (Artemis, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite...) though TTF, when I think of Hades today I now think his previous depictions as some sort of malevolent death-god were actually kind of a side-effect of the pantheon mythos possibly being "mistranslated" in a modern context. Apparently in Greek mythology Hades was in fact more of a "lawful neutral" god, with the most "devious" thing he ever did being that time he abducted Demeter's daughter and made her his bride... darned Internet distracting my mind again Really?? Damn, i really need to get a new Mythology book...Either that or stop watching Disney's Hercules!! And don't we have Apollo and Athena minimates?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthRaider Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Oh, that's right... We need a Hermes Minimate too! No, not that Hermes! Well, the winged feet are there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazwinski Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 I am working on the next six, right now. I can think of a whole bunch that I want to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazwinski Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 (edited) OK, Here are the next six Greek Gods: Ares Athena Apollo Hermes Artemis Aphrodite Edited June 21, 2009 by Chazwinski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Harris Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Very cool designs, Chaz. I especially like your Athena and Artemis! And looking at your customs reminds me that I read a few days ago a remake of "Clash Of the Titans" - with those amazing creatures by Harryhausen - is in production! Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthRaider Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Yup, excellent work Chaz! I especially like all the attention to detail like Aphrodite's golden apple, Athena's owl and shield (with Medusa's head on it), Apollo's lyre and Hermes's caduceus And incidentally, I was a fan of the original Clash of the Titans growing up... and can't help but be mildly worried they might ham it up in the remake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Harris Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 And incidentally, I was a fan of the original Clash of the Titans growing up... and can't help but be mildly worried they might ham it up in the remake Me, too!* They might, of course. Too many CGI effects instead of Harryhausen's stop-motion beasts and it might suck like hell. But regarding that single pic here, I'm rather confident: I saw it on imdb's front page a few days ago without knowing to which movie it was related to, but I immediately thought of Clash of the Titans' Perseus in search for Medusa in her catacombs with all those warriors turned into stone. And than I realized that it actually might be that very scene! _____ * This is strange. On the one hand I love those little facts that although we did grow up not only in different cultures, but on different continents, we do know the same stuff from our "childhood". On the other hand it's a little scary that everything seems to be equably and unvaried and little individual... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINI_MYTE Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Nice Greek Gods Chaz. Anymore on the horizon? Perhaps greek heroes such as Hercules, Perseus or Theseus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Great work on the Greek gods Chaz! My favorites are Zeus, Apollo, and Artemis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Man, Hades, Apollo and Poseidon are full of WIN! Any chance we'll be seeing your badass interperatation of the Norse gods anytime soon? (Norse gods would kick the Greek gods' collective butts up and down the street ANY DAY!) My only complaint: Aphrodite looks too sinister for me to think her hot. And I am supposed to think she is hot. She needs some pretty eyes and a seductive smile. So is Hephestus next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Here's Domino: I'll take 5! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazwinski Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Man, Hades, Apollo and Poseidon are full of WIN! Any chance we'll be seeing your badass interperatation of the Norse gods anytime soon? (Norse gods would kick the Greek gods' collective butts up and down the street ANY DAY!) My only complaint: Aphrodite looks too sinister for me to think her hot. And I am supposed to think she is hot. She needs some pretty eyes and a seductive smile. So is Hephestus next? Thanks! Trekker, I've always thought of Aphrodite as one of the more sinister goddesses. The ancient Greeks didn't think highly of her either. She was slutty and manipulative. Think about it...people kill themselves over love, they kill each other over love, they start wars over love, etc. I added that smirk to show that she is devious. The Norse gods sound like fun, but I still have a few more Greek ones to do. I've been doing Dionysus, Persephone, & Hephaestus, like you said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Man, Hades, Apollo and Poseidon are full of WIN! Any chance we'll be seeing your badass interperatation of the Norse gods anytime soon? (Norse gods would kick the Greek gods' collective butts up and down the street ANY DAY!) My only complaint: Aphrodite looks too sinister for me to think her hot. And I am supposed to think she is hot. She needs some pretty eyes and a seductive smile. So is Hephestus next? Thanks! Trekker, I've always thought of Aphrodite as one of the more sinister goddesses. The ancient Greeks didn't think highly of her either. She was slutty and manipulative. Think about it...people kill themselves over love, they kill each other over love, they start wars over love, etc. I added that smirk to show that she is devious. The Norse gods sound like fun, but I still have a few more Greek ones to do. I've been doing Dionysus, Persephone, & Hephaestus, like you said. True, but sinister though she may be, she does need ot be obviolusly beautiful. I don't know, maybe it's the eyes. I think they are what put me off... Still awesome though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazwinski Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Dionysus, Persephone( that is a death mask & those are leaves, not cat ears LOL), Hephaestus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Two-Face Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Dionysus, Persephone( that is a death mask & those are leaves, not cat ears LOL), Hephaestus Don't worry; it doesn't look like a pair of cat ears at all. In fact, she just fell in the fifth spot of my Top 5 of your Greek Gods designs. Seriosuly, you totally have a knack for this!! Your talent is shining so much here, i wouldn't be surprised if DST sends you a request to borrow them for a Gods license. They're that good. Speaking of which, where is our Greek Gods license?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Dionysus, Persephone( that is a death mask & those are leaves, not cat ears LOL), Hephaestus Don't worry; it doesn't look like a pair of cat ears at all. In fact, she just fell in the fifth spot of my Top 5 of your Greek Gods designs. Seriosuly, you totally have a knack for this!! Your talent is shining so much here, i wouldn't be surprised if DST sends you a request to borrow them for a Gods license. They're that good. Speaking of which, where is our Greek Gods license?!?! Greek Gods are in the Public Domain. They don't even need a license. DST can just make them randomly if they wanted to. And Persephone is one BAMF. Almost as BA as her husband. And Dionysus is perfect, he looks kinda like a homo who will kick your ass in 2 seconds. Exactly what I would have him look like. Hell, no wonder he has to get people drunk to get any. He picked a good thing to be patron of. Hephaestus... Badass. That's all that can be said. Man, these are absolutely my favorite designs of yours ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthRaider Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Dionysus looks spot-on, and I've always kind of liked Persephone Aside from Trekker's Norse Gods suggestion, I'd love to see some characters from Egyptian myth as well. I mean, you've got pharaohs, priests, warriors, Isis, Osiris, Anubis, mummies (), not to mention all that gold and those fancy ankhs... what more could you ask for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamsm8 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Killer designs! I love Greek mythology, and if I had the resources to do so, I'd make all of these a realization! Sweet! Major props! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazwinski Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Hecate (goddess of witchcraft): I think I'll move on to something else for a while, now. There really aren't a lot of things to distinguish one Greek hero from another...I mean Jason had the golden fleece, Belleraphon rode Pegasus but bleh....maybe I'll come back to this and do lesser gods like Morpheus, Eris, Pan, but I think I'd rather tackle a different pantheon. Norse myths are cool, but I've already done some Marvel versions of those characters and Marvel certainly has influenced the way that I think the Norse gods are supposed to look. I'm torn between Egyptian, Aztec, & Indian.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 My vote would easily go to Egyptian. Aztec second, Indian third. But above all, I still say that some really badass Norse gods deserve the treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazwinski Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 I learned something today. I learned that the Indian (Hindu) pantheon is so complicated that they weren't even fun to read about after a while. They are mostly lots of incarnations of the same few deities in different avatars...so you would never see them side by side in a huge battle. I got a headache and that was before I started to design some. They have so many arms, heads, and such that they would be impossible to make and totally defeat the purpose of what I love about minimates...their simplicity! I had to cut, paste, rotate, over & over....it sucked! LOL. Enjoy these two...I'm not designing anymore Hindu gods!!! Agni, god of fire Narasimha, the fourth incarnation of Vishnu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Two-Face Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 For the ones you did do, color me impressed. Excellent job, and i can see why you're calling the Hindus quits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazwinski Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Here are the first six Egyptian gods: Horus - Son of Osiris, the "Avenger" Sekhmet - Goddess of War Anubis - Guardian of the Dead Set - God of Evil and the Night Osiris - God of Nature and the Dead Isis - Goddess of Magic and Fertility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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