He’s not mentioned in any folktale or legend, unlike Vanth, but recent reports tell of a new, menacing figure…

He’s not mentioned in any folktale or legend, unlike Vanth, but recent reports tell of a new, menacing figure accompanying the apparent return of the witch. General Charun commands an army of monsters without a single word. What will you do if you are unlucky enough to meet him?

Here’s a special edition NPC reveal! Turns out this guy is the most complicated NPC I’ve drawn (go figure, since he’s also four times as large as the rest).

My initial mental image didn’t work out in the slightest (as you’ll see below in the process gif, lol). I was thinking something like General Onox from Oracle of Seasons to parallel Vanth being loosely based off Veran from Oracle of Ages. I flailed around quite a bit with the design, attempting quite a few helmet styles, and took some stabs at a body design at the same size as Vanth, before throwing him at my little brother and begging for help.

My brother was a big help on this one. He had some great suggestions–change the color, make him bigger, don’t make him look like a power ranger or  an 80′s cartoon character with the spikes on his shoulders.

I lucked out quite a bit on the arms (arms are hard), and since I was having immense trouble with the legs (which you’ll also see in the process gif), I went back to a bit of the General Onox design and did the leg/trenchcoat/armor/thingies. It seems to have worked out. :)

The promised process gif! Sorry about the lopsidedness at the beginning:

Oh, and a bonus from our critique session: