i had an idea to draw all the armored, gun toting characters i've played on xbox into one pic.
this is marcus fenix from gears of war (i think he wears the same armor in both games). his armor's nicely designed, looks cool and adds a lot to the ambiance and flavor to the game. looks freaking bad-ass, definitely not someone you want to mess with. its was relatively easy to draw except that i noticed to late that i didn't exaggerate his physical proportions enough. i knew he was a big dude but in-game marcus is built like a brick shit house, with shoulders wide enough to land a plane on.
a problem i encountered frequently was that while armor look awesome, i couldn't wrap my head around how the hell they expected to move in it. case in point were the clunky boots. how can a real person bend their ankle wearing that contraption, let alone crouch down?
the over-sized armored boots didn't bug me too much since I've seen some really thick boots IRL. I think what's bugged me more about Marcus' outfit is that the ammo pouches on his waist couldn't fit any of the ammo clips used by cog guns.