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[TNovak]

Originally Posted by Quarantine Studio

This is an older Conan and muscle structure change as we all get older.

QS

This is true, my muscle structure has fared even worse than Conan's I'm afraid

Originally Posted by William Paquet

Very true. It's why our Conan the Brutal does not look like a steroid user. He's broad and thick overall but not V shaped, more blocky. He's barrel-chested but the chest is not puffy, his shoulders wide but square. His traps are huge from carrying those heavy weapons.

All that said, I did add some scarring on the master prototype to his legs.

WP

Looking forward to the final piece. This one is great, as many Conan's as there are out or coming out there are actually very few that seem like a true Conan to me and this is definitely one.

[Vracula]

Originally Posted by TNovak

Looking forward to the final piece. This one is great, as many Conan's as there are out or coming out there are actually very few that seem like a true Conan to me and this is definitely one.

I agree, this is on par with Moore's masterpiece.

[nfactorial]

Originally Posted by William Paquet

Very true. It's why our Conan the Brutal does not look like a steroid user. He's broad and thick overall but not V shaped, more blocky. He's barrel-chested but the chest is not puffy, his shoulders wide but square. His traps are huge from carrying those heavy weapons.

All that said, I did add some scarring on the master prototype to his legs.

WP

Thanks for this insight into the thought process when you were designing and sculpting this. I like this realistic take on his physique and just figured it was not about his age so much as his occupation. He's not a bodybuilder concerned about the perfect lat spread, but a warrior concerned about bashing in skulls.

[toe]

Originally Posted by William Paquet

Very true. It's why our Conan the Brutal does not look like a steroid user. He's broad and thick overall but not V shaped, more blocky. He's barrel-chested but the chest is not puffy, his shoulders wide but square. His traps are huge from carrying those heavy weapons.

All that said, I did add some scarring on the master prototype to his legs.
WP

awesome.

[DeadGhostKnight]

Loving the comments in here Feeling the love!

I mentioned in another thread recently where a guy was saying "Conan needed to be bigger and roided up" and it's so wrong! Conan is a thief, he's quick and lithe, he's an athlete not a bodybuilder....i think a lot of people just think Schwarzenegger when they think Conan, so instantly think bodybuilder.

I still love the Arnie movie though as its own thing, it's just didn't get a lot of things right.

Would love to see an action pose for your next Conan project, maybe him taking on someone or something

[DynamicMenace]

last time i knew Conan was a barbarian not a thief. the whole thief thing. didn't that come from the AS film? and the way he was drawn in the comics he did have the physique of a body builder. has always been athletic. but always had that muscular build that is related to body builders.
i like this realistic take William P. has taken with this Conan. im glad i PO'ed it. my first Conan piece.

[Vracula]

Originally Posted by DeadGhostKnight

Loving the comments in here Feeling the love!

I mentioned in another thread recently where a guy was saying "Conan needed to be bigger and roided up" and it's so wrong! Conan is a thief, he's quick and lithe, he's an athlete not a bodybuilder....i think a lot of people just think Schwarzenegger when they think Conan, so instantly think bodybuilder.

I still love the Arnie movie though as its own thing, it's just didn't get a lot of things right.

Would love to see an action pose for your next Conan project, maybe him taking on someone or something

Every Conan doesn't have to look like Arnie, God I LOVE that movie but some movie fans are real idiots.

[TNovak]

Originally Posted by DynamicMenace

last time i knew Conan was a barbarian not a thief. the whole thief thing. didn't that come from the AS film? and the way he was drawn in the comics he did have the physique of a body builder. has always been athletic. but always had that muscular build that is related to body builders.
i like this realistic take William P. has taken with this Conan. im glad i PO'ed it. my first Conan piece.

Robert Howard wrote Conan stories out of order in his life when he first wrote them. Sometimes he was young, sometimes middle aged, etc but in those in which he was young he was a thief. In the stories as he grows older he is many things; sailor, pirate, mercenary, soldier, military commander, and eventually King. Which is why I hate the continuous fur speedos representation of him, but that's just me.

After Howard died Lin Carter and L Sprague De Camp completed some "fragments" or outlines of stories Conan had and also converted some other character stories into Conan stories (Black Vulmea, for example) but I don't know if any were the ones where he was a thief. I think those were Howard and published in Wierd Tales before his death.

[William Paquet]

Glad to see you fellas are receptive to our vision on this piece. A little more insight- when we at QS talked about how we see Brutal, that same aesthetic concept for his physique carried over to his costume and weapons. You see he has no necklace, well that's because he's going to war, not to attend the latest movie opening or on a date with Red Sonja.

The clothing and weapons are not fancy or pretty, the are big and heavy with a minimalist design. That axe many not look like a king's, but he's not on parade, he's about to chop some SOB in half. And again, everything big, the belt, the helmet horns, his leather gloves and skirt made of thick hide, and so on. He's built and armed like a WW2 Tiger tank, but he's agile like a Sherman. And he's too old and seasoned to give a sh!t if you are afraid of him or not; he doesn't care and is not out to impress.

Cheers,

WP

[Vracula]

Lol on another note what happened to that Death Dealer sneak? Will we ever see it??