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Here is a drawing of a machinegun using mercenary soldier. I'll come up with an elaborate background later. Feel free to comment and make suggestions!

The uniform is excellent.

The machinegun certainly appears to have a prominent shoulder-thing-that-goes-up

adam_grif wrote:The machinegun certainly appears to have a prominent shoulder-thing-that-goes-up

Yeah, I was going for a reinforced armored pad for the left arm as I suppose it would more exposed. If that is too weak a reason, I just think it looks cool!

Ryan Thunder wrote:The uniform is excellent.

Thanks, I had a lot of inspiration from my time in the AOR and from pics online. Molle FTW!

He looks like he is playing an electric guitar. GUITAR MACHINE GUN!

TheMuffinKing wrote:
Yeah, I was going for a reinforced armored pad for the left arm as I suppose it would more exposed. If that is too weak a reason, I just think it looks cool!

I was making an obtuse reference to the barrel shroud on the MG, but ok.

JointStrikeFighter wrote:He looks like he is playing an electric guitar. GUITAR MACHINE GUN!

This was originally intended but I redrew the thumb, I felt it looked weird. I must practice drawing thumbs.

adam_grif wrote:

TheMuffinKing wrote:
Yeah, I was going for a reinforced armored pad for the left arm as I suppose it would more exposed. If that is too weak a reason, I just think it looks cool!

I was making an obtuse reference to the barrel shroud on the MG, but ok.

I fail at reading comprehension. I apologize, as for the barrel, I like the look of aircraft machineguns and the story of a WW2 Marine who salvaged some aircraft fighter guns inspired me to draw a weapon such as this. I know it's really impractical but the rule of cool won that battle.

I think he could use some more pouches, man.

Phantasee wrote:I think he could use some more pouches, man.

Should I go the Leifeld look? I started throwing ink down, so it might be a problem, although I might be able to do something in PS...

If you're inking, then leave it as is. Or if you can do a different version with little effort in PS, go for that instead.

This one is as excellent as it is. If you want a Liefeld, then draw an ugly drawing with no feet and misshapen proportions, and then add the pouches.

Yeah, you'd have to crop the feet off for the whole look.

And draw the gun like a bent dick.

You should colour him digitally or something, give him a digital desert camouflage and colourful insignia and badges.

Big Orange wrote:You should colour him digitally or something, give him a digital desert camouflage and colourful insignia and badges.

I plan to and I expect it to be quite the exercise as I haven't touched photoshop in ages.

Dude is not nearly muscled enough to resemble a Liefeld.

Good drawing. I wish I could do people.

Is it just me or does he have an unusually long torso?

phred wrote:Good drawing. I wish I could do people.

Is it just me or does he have an unusually long torso?

No, I noticed it too. Chalk it up to my inexperience in anatomical drawing as I was primarily a mech artist in the not so distant past. So, yeah I'll inevitably have some wonky proportions for a while as I get more experience. Thanks though, pointing it out gives me something to practice and improve upon.

I threw some ink on this in preparation for coloring in photoshop. I work the Leefield angle soon enough, don't worry, your penis guns will not be denied.

Why the cod piece?

Cool, I guess. The way he holds the weapon, let alone the odd way the arms are posed so he can grip it that way, are like a sliver in my mind though. The way he is holding it, all the weight of the weapon is on his trigger finger, and he has a backwards grip on the handle thingie up top (or is it an extension of the scope?) It just looks so cumbersome and odd it is distracting.

The rest of it looks neat, though a bit blocky in the gear.

Beowulf wrote:Why the cod piece?

It's just your standard groin protector, now a common sight in the imagery I used for inspiration.

Knife wrote:Cool, I guess. The way he holds the weapon, let alone the odd way the arms are posed so he can grip it that way, are like a sliver in my mind though. The way he is holding it, all the weight of the weapon is on his trigger finger, and he has a backwards grip on the handle thingie up top (or is it an extension of the scope?) It just looks so cumbersome and odd it is distracting.

The rest of it looks neat, though a bit blocky in the gear.

Thanks, I'm still working on drawing people and I began without a clear premise for my design. The guy got drawn in sections had zero forethought into positioning for weapons, poses, or gear. As for being cumbersome, yeah it is, I thought a guitar pose would be neat.

Here is the color scheme I'm toying with, not that I'm not married to the colors and was wondering if I should color it plainly or if I should reach for the brass ring of camouflage:

Depends, what kind of role did you imagine? Future Army warrior? Space Marine?

Desert cammo or at least coloring would be neat on him. Kaki and shades of brown would pull it off nicely, but so would a black/grey combo for security or perhaps elite type uniforms, perhaps a spacey feel.

Hmm. My biggest recommendation is to put down a horizon line before drawing; establish an "eyeline" to give a sense of perspective to the drawing. The feet of the soldier should not be flat against the ground unless your eyeline is an inch from the floor, for example.

Here is some more coloring, honestly I'm not happy with it and intend to go in a different direction but I do feel it was a good experience in getting a cartoon look.