Hello, this is my first post here and Iam very happy to become member of the community of artist that use zbrush for illustration. Im 2d artist but I find using zbrush for illustration and concept art very good way to work and this is my first model that I finish. I use only zbrush and photoshop for the final composition. Creating an alien character, but based on roman history was my old idea. I love history, particularly the roman period. When designing the setting, I don't want just to create a generic fantasy world, but more realistic and scientific setting without the common magic. The character is from an alien species living on another planet. His culture is similar to the human race, before the technology was invented, in a time period close to medieval and bronze age. Like in the star trek Universe, there are alien races who did not invented yet technology and are in different stage of development and have different form of society similar to our own, like empires confederations and kingdoms. The culture which the character is similar is the Romulans from star trek, they represent the Roman Empire. His species are warriors who have kept their horns, evidence for the origin from a beast. Bullgarium race design is based on Roman and Greek culture, particularly Roman. Creating the look and the features of the race I want a mix of elf minotaur and human. Designing the armor was very interesting process. The heavy roman pretorian armor "segmentata lorica" was the main source for the design. I want to be much bulkier and with multiple layers. Under it, the character wear chainmail so he is much more like medieval knight but with roman design. He also carry fur similar to the wolfskin, suggests that the scene is located north during winter. The helmet is based on roman legionary design from first and second century AD and spartan corinthian helmet fifth BC. Movies like Gladiator give me the idea for the atmosphere. I design the ornaments to give the character more intimidating look and enforce feel of power. Iam looking forward to finish my next projects and share with you guys, until then I wish you all a great inspiration and happy sculpting 
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