Predator: Shogun

This is a kiriban for . He was one of the people who captured the 95,000th pageview a while back.

Negoxe357 asked for a "shogun Predator," which I took to mean something like the killers from AvP Three World War. However, there're also *actual* shoguns to consider, which meant that I needed to do a bit of research. This fellow, then, is the result of a merry mush of inspiration from The Last Samurai, historical shogun-type armor, and my Samurai Spawn action figures.

Yes, this was an absolute bear to color. I was crazy to use this much detail. But you know I'm probably going to do it again and again and again... Because I *love* the end result.

Ink, watercolor, Prismacolor pencils.

Colordy version of:




Cleaned-up lineart for colorists: