Orc Raider - Dungeons and Dragons

I am still under the weather and not up to much more then getting a blog post up.

Today I bring you what could quite possibly be my most maligned work to date. The Orc Raider from the Dungeons of Dread Dungeons and Dragons Miniature expansion was racked over the coals by pretty much everybody. This also was the point at which I stopped going to forums where products I worked on were discussed. Now granted, all of the criticism I read and heard was based on the final miniature but I still can't help but feel responsible for my part. I will let you decide for yourself if this is the worst work I have ever done or if the internet is showing me a skewed interpretation of reality.

The different stages of the Orc Raider's front view as I tweaked and edited it. I had to get in the mind set of the D&D Orc. Figure out what makes him tick.

© 2006 Wizards of the Coast LLC

With the front finally approved I set about with the rest of the turnaround.

© 2006 Wizards of the Coast LLC

You can see how the Orc Raider turned out in it's final production miniature form, HERE. That's all for this week. Hopefully I will be back on my feet next week. Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com

Warforged Armor Designs #3

I am under the weather today but I have managed to crawl myself to the computer for today's post... albeit very late.

Today brings the third installment of Warforged Armor designed for the Dungeons and Dragons Character Visualizer. For the Warforged armor sets I was asked to do two versions of both the plate and scale armors. One would need to be designed for a level 11 Paragon Tier look and feel while the second would be designed for level 21 Epic Tier. Since the plate sets lent themselves to it I designed new hands and feet that messed with the rest of the armor.

© 2008 Wizards of the Coast LLC

© 2008 Wizards of the Coast LLC

Of all the Warforged armor I think I like the plates sets the best. I was really happy with the shapes and forms I was able to come up with, especially on the Epic Tier set.

As a side note, I discovered yesterday that the good folks over at Monster Brains featured some of my work on their blog. Many thanks to them for that! If you have a moment, be sure to head over and have a look around their blog, loads of neat stuff.

I think that is all I have in me today. Back to bed for me. I hopefully will be back up and running on Friday for another post. Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com

Pathfinder Chronicles: Classic Horrors Revisited

Today, I bring you my first work produced for Paizo and their Pathfinder products. These are from the Pathfinder Chronicles: Classic Horrors Revisited book and are for a section on, you guessed it, WEREWOLVES! Without further interruption, werewolves...

Werewolf Transformation
© 2010 Paizo Publishing

Female Werewolf
© 2010 Paizo Publishing

Wolfbane and Silver Arrow
© 2010 Paizo Publishing

These were super fun pieces to work on. I had not worked on any werewolves in some time so I was pleased to have the opportunity here. I look forward to sharing with you more of the work I have been doing for the good folks at Paizo!

See up back here on Wednesday with some new armor! Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com

Stephanie Little

I just wanted to thank everyone that helped out and supported the efforts of the Spread the Love charity benefiting Stephanie Little. All of your support, comments, retweets, bids, and donations are all deeply appreciated by all the Stephanie's friends and family.

Stephanie passed away yesterday morning. Again, thanks to all who helped out.

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com

Dragon Rage Barbarian - Revisited

A few weeks ago the good folks at Ninja Mountain were kind enough to use one of my pieces on their critique podcast. I took their advice as well as some other feedback I had received on this piece and went back and gave it some more attention. I really liked this piece and I felt I could really take it to the next level with some more love. A little thought and elbow grease later and I present to you my updated Dragon Rage Barbarian...

Dragon Rage Barbarian
© 2009 Wizards of the Coast LLC

You can review my original version of this piece HERE. Now all I have to do it make sure I can so this on the first pass before I turn it into the client and not three months after the art is used. This yet again shows the invaluable help of having others look at your work and trusting their advice and experience.

Next week I have have some new work to share with you. I think the product is actually out now, at least that is the impression I am getting from the interwebs. Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com

Warforged Armor Designs #2

For your viewing pleasure I present the second installment of Warforged armor that I designed for the Dungeons and Dragons Character Visualizer. As previously mentioned these suits of armor would be attached to the surface of a Warforged's body rather then worn. Today's selection include the hide and leather armor sets. For several of the armor set, especially the heavy armor, I was asked to design custom hands and feet that matched the armor and would be included as part of the set. You can see some of these custom hands in the leather set.

© 2008 Wizards of the Coast LLC

© 2008 Wizards of the Coast LLC

I think that is all for today. I try to come up with some relevant or profound to say about my work and sometimes can't come up with anything more then, "I liked how these turned out, they were fun to work on". Oh well. See you back here on Friday when I will have something a bit more bright and shiny. Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com

Charity weekend wrap up - THANKS EVERYBODY!

A super big thanks to everyone out there that helped out with and contributed to the various Spread the Love events this past weekend. Many more thanks to everyone who called in or stopped by in person to bid in the silent auction on Saturday. Saturday was amazingly awesome and from what I hear, very successful. The art auction alone raised over $1400!

More thanks goes out to all that bid on my ebay auction that concluded yesterday. My Dreamblade drawings are going to a very good home. I hope he won't mind me mentioning it, by our very own custom miniature guru David Thies was the winning bidder! You might recall my posts about David's excellent work, if not, you can check it out HERE, HERE, and HERE. Many thanks David!

Somehow with all these events going on I still was able to finish a drawing that I have been working on for myself. Hopefully this little guy will be back soon in a more colorful state. For now, here he is in all his black and white glory...

It has tentacles, so you know it is going be good!
© 2010 Christopher Burdett

I will have some new stuff for you on Wednesday and Friday if all goes well, until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com