Well, I'm sorry for the delay in posting here, but I'm trying to focus in the character... I'm not used to do my own designs, but I'm getting really excited with this one
Troub'Ador
Troub'Ador is the main and only official fanfare member. The reason he plays alone is obvious: he's a gigantic ent like creature, enchanted (or cursed) by the earth gems and flora. His right side is much more affected than his left side.
His right arm is a set of roots, which he uses his drumsticks, while his left arm still has a hand, occupied with some noisy trinket
With some research I've seen that jade have some musical properties, that's why I've chosen it as the gem in his body:
"Jade’s toughness and musical properties have even made it into an old gemological saying. If you take a hammer and hit a diamond, the diamond will shatter into a dozen pieces. Hit a piece of quartz and it’ll split in two. However, if you hit a piece of jade, it’ll ring like a bell!"
font: https://www.gemsociety.org/article/history-legend-jade-gems-yore/
I'll post what I thought for his main design and explain a little about my decisions:
This was the final model of the blocking stage. The image explains what I thought for the body and the roots.
In his body, the TRUNKS parts should be squared and fixed parts, with no 'fingers' or extensions. Close to the ROOTS, it may look cracked and/or damaged. The roots looking was described in the image.
Now,
here's how our huge bard is looking:
He's looking a little darker than I wanted, but I like the direction it's going.
Sure it's missing the banner in his back, with the tree coming out of the grass, but I'm not sure about its looks yet. Seriously thinking in make a gong or something like that.
Sorry for the long post,
PLEASE comment what you think of it, even if you don't like it