Character Design Contest 2012 - Voting closed!

[Carcharoth]

Hi all!

I am pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2012 character design contest. I've created a short summary for each, but you should go and read the original entries as well if you want to find out a bit more of the original ideas behind them, as well as some cool game ideas and short stories etc.

You have two votes and in a week's time the entry with the most votes will be the winner of the contest
 

[Geckilian]

Grats to everyone who got shortlisted!

[Lost Egg]

Congrats to everyone who made the list!

Great sketches once again Mike!

HN

[serin]

Nice shortlist - well done everyone!

Just wanted to clarify - are these purely for background, or are the winners likely to make it to sculpted figures one day? Some of them would make excellent sculpts!
 

[Carcharoth]

The contest is purely for fun (and the small prize), but as with the creature contest I would like to sculpt a couple at some point! If I do ever sculpt somebody's design then they can of course have a copy as a (very belated) bonus prize
All the short listed characters can now be considered as officially being part of the world.

[Megatron0]

Every character is fantastic! I can't decide who my second vote should be for!

[Lost Egg]

Me

[Megatron0]

I think its between the postie and the sports player

[serin]

You know the sports player makes sense 

[Carcharoth]

I finally voted.... Based mainly on the original entries themselves.
One thing I meant to say is that I would love feedback on my versions from the original entrants. Did I capture what you were going for or have I missed anything?

[Shadowolf]

Speaking for myself, I am very happy with the modifications you have made to my trader. You gave her a place in the world with her links to trading in the casani territories, something I was not confident about deciding upon. Doing that sort of thing gave it legitimacy, so thank you. Being considered an official part of the world is just icing on the cake

I would like to add that this whole process has provided some very enjoyable reading with all the entries. Just imagining how each would fit into a narrative scenario has stimulated the creative juices.

[Megatron0]

I'm Glad that the Enipel now has a name for their city!
which is fantastic!

[Carcharoth]

I was surprised it didn't have one already (which led to slight confusion on my part)!
Shadowolf, glad you like how she fits in. I felt bad doing rough sketches from your artwork, but wanted it all to fit together! If I sculpted her I might mess around with the mount (make it smaller than a Belan, but larger than a baruk), but she would certainly be accompanied by a few casani bodyguards.

[Jubal]

I feel Muilor is very much as I imagined him - and the sketch is wonderful (particularly to the eyes of one such as I, whose artistic ability can be most charitably described as nonexistent!). 

[Lost Egg]

Looks great to me Mike. Nice to see her in the flesh

I did notice she's not riding an Erelai though and they seem to have vanished from the Hasslefree store...have they become extinct?

HN