The Blazing Champion - Flammagentius

With her Beloved, Queen Nike

I had so much fun working on this design back in June! Now that Altostratus is complete, here they are, the Blazing Champion!

Now the notes on this text under the read more:

Altostratus cover update!

To be unreachable...

Queen Nike's wings are a combination of linen cloth and ichor threading rooting from her ichor structure. Flammagentius' wings are all ichor, with the only non-ichor material supporting them being her bronze metal fingers.

Ichormancy is the practice of developing and improving a living object's ichor structure, increasing its strength, flexibility, durability, tension tolerance, and damage tolerance. Most objects hatched with the instinctual ability to do basic ichormancy (moving limbs and shifting them for better balance or tolerating pressure). This level of ichormancy demonstrated by Flammagentius takes years, along with refitting, to master. Don't want to drop straight out of the sky should it fail.

Flammagenitus Sketches!

Spent some time developing her over the past week for Altostratus' cover. I might need to rework some parts of her description in the story to match this design but yeah.

For more info about Flammagentius: see here!

So, I developed Flammagenitus' massive head from the Greek Corinthian helmet. I wanted something that showed Queen Nike's Antiquan influence on Flammagenitus's refitted design. Initially, I felt the design was a bit odd with the large jaw and jaw joint combined with the helmet, so I looked into Dunkleosteus, an extinct Late Devonian fish, for an example of a head shape that works with the helmet.

Absolutely terrifying fish!

So, this helped make a more memorable and iconic design for Flammagenitus's design. Not final, but it's what I'm looking for.

I am Fire

I am Death

Another Flammagenitus Flammin Sketch

Also, here's what Flammagenitus looked like as Flammin before she is later refitted into a war-torch monolith. There is also a sketch of her as a human, a dreamform Queen Nike helped create for her.

Flammin was an elderly living paintbrush. As shown here, the surface of her wooden core is rough from permanent wear and tear. Their bristles are short and straggly from past use. Flammin was a senior muralist back before their kingdom, Jazera, was destroyed by enemy relics. The holes in her ichor limbs and the permanent scar on her face were from her escape when her kingdom burned.

One day, she will return that hateful flame to those who wronged her.

Flammin as Flammagenitus

Altostratus cover update

Fixed Flammin's wing anatomy! Trying to do my best to show her rising from the clouds...I think I got it? Might change her crest to match the flow.

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