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Henry of Rattay

I know this sallet type would've landed twenty years later from KCD timeline but it's my favourite design. The historical accuracy of the rest of the gear is also almost certainly off.

"The swords of sorrow won't let me rest, Hal, and dreams beyond Rattay torment me."

WIP the restless Lady of Rattay praying someone takes her away

Commission for @caponschampion ! Thank you so much for commissioning me, loved drawing this sweet setting. Unfortunately had to censor for tumblr.

Ok this might be a bit underwhelming but I use Paint Tool Sai 1.0 and I mostly use close to default brushes x-D But you're getting a very detailed account of the process

My go-to brush is the Airbrush tool with the shape set to Fine_Flat. The advanced settings are default. I use it like I'd use a colored pencil if they were pigmented enough to be opaque. I adjust the density as needed.

Next I lay down large color areas and shadows with the default Marker brush

A withered floure needeth naught

I think alot about how throughout his arc Henry both gains and loses agency in becoming a soldier. And how he as a person gets lost to many characters as a tool, and to himself as a vessel of revenge.

I also like to think that the events of kcd1 and kcd2 take wayyyy longer than they canonically do. So I wanted my kcd1 Henry to look younger </3