RPG Superstar Monster Drawings!

[Callous Jack]

Hey all, I've been sketching some of the monsters (still a few to scan) and decided to share them. I painted one of them and may do a few more if I have the time.

Chaitrakhan.

ChaitrakhanII.

Churjiir.

Astromal.

[Chris Mortika]

Dude! Those are so cool!

[Andrew Black]

Very Nice...will you be doing all the monsters?

[Jason Nelson]

Neat! Nice job.

[Callous Jack]

Thanks guys! Any feedback, especially from the writer, is welcome of course. I know I probably did not get right everything they saw in their own mind.

Andrew Black wrote:

Very Nice...will you be doing all the monsters?

I don't know, I was just doodling some of the ones that inspired me. It's fun to do so I will do as many as time permits.

[N'wah]

Delicious, CJ! I'm loving what you've done with the astrumal and churjiir, personally.

The ones I've done so far are:

Chymick
Churjiir

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[Mike Welham]

Cool stuff, CJ!

This is the first time I saw your chymick, N'wah. It looks sweet.

[Hugo Solis]

Awesome monsters!

[Hugo Solis]

Callous Jack wrote:

Hey all, I've been sketching some of the monsters (still a few to scan) and decided to share them. I painted one of them and may do a few more if I have the time.

Chaitrakhan.

ChaitrakhanII.

Churjiir.

Astromal.

You should be posting monsters in the other monster thread! :P

[deinol]

N'wah wrote:

Chymick
Churjiir

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so does this mean we may see a superstar paper minis set?

[N'wah]

deinol wrote:

N'wah wrote:

Chymick
Churjiir

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so does this mean we may see a superstar paper minis set?

If Paizo gives the o-tay and people really want 'em, I suppose it might be doable. Maybe a team effort on this one- get a few folks together to do a few each, and release it as a promo thing? Hmm...

[Set]

N'wah wrote:

Chymick

Your Chymick is really good!

Seeing a depiction of the Astrumal only reinforced by inability to handle an asymmetrical creature. Ick. The wrongness!

I pictured the Chaitrikhan slimmer, perhaps, more like a cheetah in build, only artificially bulked up by the icy carapace... Still, that well-fed looking dude is cool, especially the fluffed out second version.

[Montalve]

awesome work both of you guys :D

[hogarth]

N'wah wrote:

The ones I've done so far are:

Chymick
Churjiir

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Is it just me, or does that Churjiir picture look like two normal rats that are really, really good friends? :-)

[Andrew Black]

N'wah wrote:

Delicious, CJ! I'm loving what you've done with the astrumal and churjiir, personally.

The ones I've done so far are:

Chymick
Churjiir

End shameless plug. :P

These are also very good. I hope you do more of the top monsters.

[Callous Jack]

Hugo Solis wrote:

Callous Jack wrote:

Hey all, I've been sketching some of the monsters (still a few to scan) and decided to share them. I painted one of them and may do a few more if I have the time.

Chaitrakhan.

ChaitrakhanII.

Churjiir.

Astromal.

You should be posting monsters in the other monster thread! :P

I forgot about that thread...

=P

[Matthew Morris]

No lahamu love?

[Callous Jack]

Matthew Morris wrote:

No lahamu love?

I have a rough thumbnail but that's about it for now.

[Callous Jack]

Update:
Ardorwesp.

[Joshua Kitchens]

Callous Jack wrote:

Astromal.

That is pretty close to how I envisioned the Astrumal, so you get a thumbs up from me. You got some awesome skill there, Jack.

[Jim Groves]

Callous Jack wrote:

Update:

Ardorwesp.

Pure awesome!

[Jesse Benner]

Jack,
I LOVE what you did with the Chaitrakhan. I really love the color choices, and I think the bulkier body works with it VERY well.
I really love the Ardorwesp. You captured what an organic-like construct might truly look like.
It reminds me of the paradoxical theme in the Matrix movies of all of the Machine's creations looking organic (the squids, the bug thing in Neo's stomach, etc) while the Human ships and those walking battle suits all looked like machines.
But I digress.
SO COOL MAN! Thanks for doing these.
Keep it up. I am greedy for more.
-QGJ

[Marcus Ewert]

N'wah and Callous Jack-

wonderful work you guys!
Reminds me why I like RPGs...

Honestly- half the time I buy the books and suchlike just for the awesome art...

M

[Montalve]

Callous Jack wrote:

Update:

Ardorwesp.

cool man, this creatures feast is only gettin better and better :D

[Matthew Morris]

Finally got to look at these.

Thanks they're proving... Useful.

Wonder if someone could make a 16 page Bestiary style PDF with the stats for the monsters and sketches (17 if you use my lahamu stats)

[Richard A. Hunt]

What? No Splorudra? ;)

[Ziv Wities]

Callous Jack wrote:

Hey all, I've been sketching some of the monsters (still a few to scan) and decided to share them. I painted one of them and may do a few more if I have the time.

Jack, these are gorgeous. The painted Chaitrakhan in particular is stunning. Thanks for sharing with us...

[Callous Jack]

Joshua Kitchens wrote:

That is pretty close to how I envisioned the Astrumal, so you get a thumbs up from me. You got some awesome skill there, Jack.

Jesse Benner wrote:

Jack,

I LOVE what you did with the Chaitrakhan. I really love the color choices, and I think the bulkier body works with it VERY well.

Wow, thanks to everyone for their comments, I appreciate them very much. :-) I'm also happy to see that I got at least two monsters drawn right according to their creators even if I did put the Astrumal's appendages on the wrong side.

:-\

Richard A. Hunt wrote:

What? No Splorudra? ;)

Just for that I'm doing it last.

;-)

Matthew Morris wrote:

Wonder if someone could make a 16 page Bestiary style PDF with the stats for the monsters and sketches (17 if you use my lahamu stats)

I've always wondered what Paizo's plans are [if any] for the Superstar monsters? Would they ever put contestants into a future Bestiary?

Here's another sketch:
Wyrmhir.

[David Fryer]

Nice!

[Mairkurion {tm}]

Fun thread! Thanks, Jack and N'wah, for sharing.

[brock]

Matthew Morris wrote:

Wonder if someone could make a 16 page Bestiary style PDF with the stats for the monsters and sketches (17 if you use my lahamu stats)

My understanding of the rules is that this would require specific permission, as all your entries are belong to Paizo, but I'd love to see this done.

[James Martin]

Callous Jack wrote:

Here's another sketch:
Wyrmhir.

Righteous! The little bugger looks just like I imagined him!

[Matthew Morris]

brock wrote:

Matthew Morris wrote:

Wonder if someone could make a 16 page Bestiary style PDF with the stats for the monsters and sketches (17 if you use my lahamu stats)

My understanding of the rules is that this would require specific permission, as all your entries are belong to Paizo, but I'd love to see this done.

So would I, thus tossing it out there ;-)

Same thing for the magic items from the past few years.

[Dragonborn3]

James Martin wrote:

Callous Jack wrote:

Here's another sketch:
Wyrmhir.

Righteous! The little bugger looks just like I imagined him!

I always though he was a bit more.. deformed than that. He looks like a snake with an iguana's head and fleshless bat-wings glued to it... And it's still cool!

I need the stats.. anyone stat the little freak up yet?

[Joshua Kitchens]

Callous Jack wrote:

Wow, thanks to everyone for their comments, I appreciate them very much. :-) I'm also happy to see that I got at least two monsters drawn right according to their creators even if I did put the Astrumal's appendages on the wrong side.
:-\

Yeah, that was a minor detail I was gonna mention at first but decided it still works out well enough. Maybe this astrumal is just drunk on some quicksilver and got itself flipped all around and upside down.

[Callous Jack]

Joshua Kitchens wrote:

Yeah, that was a minor detail I was gonna mention at first but decided it still works out well enough. Maybe this astrumal is just drunk on some quicksilver and got itself flipped all around and upside down.

I was watching the Olympics while I drew it and I must have gotten distracted because only towards the end did I realize what I had done wrong but by then it was too late.

[Richard A. Hunt]

Callous Jack wrote:

Richard A. Hunt wrote:

What? No Splorudra? ;)

Just for that I'm doing it last.

;-)

LOL! Fabulous! :)

[Neil Spicer]

Richard A. Hunt wrote:

Callous Jack wrote:

Richard A. Hunt wrote:

What? No Splorudra? ;)

Just for that I'm doing it last.

;-)

LOL! Fabulous! :)

Personally, I think you win. After all, he's now committed to doing an illustration for you. ;-)

[Callous Jack]

Neil Spicer wrote:

Personally, I think you win. After all, he's now committed to doing an illustration for you. ;-)

*takes out Nixonian blacklist and scrawls Neil's name at the top*

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So I did a really rough sketch of the Ossuary Golem that I cleaned up in Photoshop. Matthew McGee left the description fairly vague so I got a little creative, perhaps too creative. I'm not sure if this design is potentially cool or just really stupid (I'm flip-flopping). I wanted to integrate more architectural pieces like columns, stairs, tombstones, maybe gargoyles, etc. and plus having large chunks of ionic pillars to bash people with seemed interesting.
What do you think?

Ossuary Golem?

[Joshua Kitchens]

I admit it, I laughed. Alot. Reminds me of Rumble, the little minion of Soundwave from Transformers.

[Callous Jack]

Joshua Kitchens wrote:

I admit it, I laughed. Alot. Reminds me of Rumble, the little minion of Soundwave from Transformers.

Hehe... he does look like Rumble!

[Joshua Kitchens]

Callous Jack wrote:

Joshua Kitchens wrote:

I admit it, I laughed. Alot. Reminds me of Rumble, the little minion of Soundwave from Transformers.

Hehe... he does look like Rumble!

Awesome job regardless though, Jack. :)

[Fake Healer]

He sure does look like Rumble! Too cool!

[Callous Jack]

Fake Healer wrote:

He sure does look like Rumble! Too cool!

Okay, I think I'm going to trash that route for drawing the golem. I find myself chuckling now too as I look at the Transformers pic. I'm pretty sure laughter is not the reaction you want from a party of adventurers!

I'll figure something else out. :-)

[Fake Healer]

Aww, man! What if we gave him an ability like the Boots of Stomping? You know, like a cone of earthquake, save or knocked prone? Come on, this is cool, especially if you make your Eidolon look like one and use sonic spells.....

[Callous Jack]

Fake Healer wrote:

Aww, man! What if we gave him an ability like the Boots of Stomping? You know, like a cone of earthquake, save or knocked prone? Come on, this is cool, especially if you make your Eidolon look like one and use sonic spells.....

*Scrawls in Fake Healer's name above Neil on the Nixonian blacklist*

[Chris Mortika]

When I first pictured an Ossuary Golem, I saw a gaunt version of a stone golem, smooth as marble with brass trimmings, with deep-set eyes and a hideous grin etched into its features.

But now I have "undead mecha" trapped in my forebrain.

[caith]

Nicely done, can't wait to see more!

[Jason Nelson]

Joshua Kitchens wrote:

I admit it, I laughed. Alot. Reminds me of Rumble, the little minion of Soundwave from Transformers.

Same thing I thought of.

[Curaigh]

Chris Mortika wrote:

When I first pictured an Ossuary Golem, I saw a gaunt version of a stone golem, smooth as marble with brass trimmings, with deep-set eyes and a hideous grin etched into its features.

But now I have "undead mecha" trapped in my forebrain.

Funny I had thought of harryhuesen's skeletons initially, followed by the his colossus. After going back to read the description it was only the skull that stuck correctly. I should have remembered the glowing eyes.

These are cool, and I would like to see more.