Kianga Snowstorm

Charr warrior, legionnaire of Snow Warband
Running

“We are Blood Legion. We don’t run from danger.” However, when you’re in the shower and realize you forgot the cake in the oven…

3D Art — November 12, 2018

Kianga Snowstorm Bust

This was an unexpected but awesome raffle prize I won from CHARR_STARZ. I love the golden light in this piece!

By CHARR_STARZ — November 11, 2018

Ticklish?

“So you think I’m ticklish?” For my friend Loki. Trying to impress a Blood Legion warrior with tickles? Good luck with that.

3D Art — November 11, 2018

Santa Claws

“Have you been cleaning your rifles properly?” Santa Claws, terror of the cubs at the Citadel’s Wintersday festivities.

3D Art — November 10, 2018

Charrtober XXXI: IMPERATOR
3D render of a male charr in somewhat simplistic looking Blood Legion armor, kneeling in front of the three charr legion banners: Ash, Blood, and Iron.

“We don’t fight for some guy sitting in a chair. We fight for the Legions - for our ‘bandmates, our friends and loved ones. We fight so they have a world that’s worth living in.” Last piece for Charrtober and a salute to all of you, no matter which legion you fight for. Thank you for your support, for all your likes and replies and reblogs and follows this month! I hope you’ve enjoyed my 3D scenes as much as I’ve enjoyed making them.

3D Art — October 31, 2018

Charrtober XXX: CUDDLES
3D render of two charr sharing an intimate embrace, against a golden-orange background.

“A friend you can trust is more precious than any gold in the world.”

3D Art — October 30, 2018

Charrtober XXIX: OLMAKHAN
3D close-up render of a male charr with brown fur and a red eye patch, smiling at the viewer and flexing his biceps.

“Did you hear what he said about my eyes?” Flattery will get you everywhere with charr.

3D Art — October 29, 2018

Charrtober XXVII: SEARING
3D render of a charr saluting and looking emotionless, with a burning funeral pyre slightly out of focus in the background.

“We honored Fyre as we would have honored any soldier of the Legions. There is no sense in holding grudges - we move on, and we keep fighting.”

3D Art, Writing — October 27, 2018

Charrtober XXVI: ARENA
3D render of a male charr half-lying on the ground in an arena, covering his left eye with a paw and looking dazed. Another charr lies next to him, dead.

“We didn’t speak another word, yet we both knew that only one would leave the arena that night. Somehow the crowd felt it too - the Bane was eerily silent. When he attacked, it was with a speed I had never seen of him. His claws slashed across my chest, and when I swung to the side to evade him, I left my head unprotected.”

3D Art, Writing — October 26, 2018

Charrtober XXV: REBELLION
3D render of two male charr facing off, staring at each other angrily. The one on the left has his fists raised, while the one on the right is pointing at the other with his right paw while making the throat-cut gesture with his left.

“With two of my soldiers in the infirmary after what Fyre called a ‘mortar exercise’, I confronted him. I wasn’t subtle. He hit me. Another charr would have kicked his ass right there, and maybe that’s what he was hoping for, so he could send me to jail again. I stayed calm and did what I should have done long ago: In front of his officers, I challenged him to a fight in the Bane.”

3D Art, Writing — October 25, 2018

Charrtober XXIV: CHAIN
3D render of a male charr with brown fur, black shorts, and a red tank top, sitting in a prison cell. His left wrist is shackled to a chain on the wall, and he's looking very bored about the whole situation.

“The legionnaire alone bears responsibility for the actions of his warband. No matter how much he hated them, Fyre could not touch my soldiers - and I reminded him at every opportunity. This meant I spent some nights in the stockade for things I didn’t even do - that none of us had done, in fact. It didn’t matter to him, and it didn’t matter to me. We just played this game for a while.

3D Art, Writing — October 24, 2018

Charrtober XXIII: GLADIUM
3D render of a male charr with brown fur and torn gray clothes, sitting miserable and alone next to a burning barrel.

“Strangely enough, Fyre never threatened to throw us out of Blood Legion. Maybe he saw it as a waste of resources. Maybe he wanted to keep tormenting us. Or maybe he knew it was the one thing we feared, and thought he could use that fear to keep us under control. He was also wrong.”

3D Art, Writing — October 23, 2018

Charrtober XXII: FLAME
3D render of a male charr with brown fur, black shorts, and a red tank top and eye patch. He’s standing near a barbecue and is looking very shocked because the tip of his tail is on fire.

“I’m glad there are no pictures of that BBQ incident…”

3D Art — October 22, 2018

Sweater Meme

“Wait–what do you mean, and nothing else?” Kianga has regrets. Original tweet: https://twitter.com/Syasht/status/1052058744018874368

3D Art — October 22, 2018

Charrtober XXI: HORNS
3D render of two charr head-to-head, clashing horns and snarling at each other against a red background. The one on the left has dark brown fur, blood-red eyes, and dark-grey steel-capped horns. The one on the right had light brown fur, yellow eyes, and ivory-colored horns.

“Fyre and I clashed horns plenty of times: he called us a pitiful excuse for a warband, I called him a disgrace to the Legions. I thought it was just the usual Blood Legion tone, and that it would get better with time. I was wrong.”

3D Art, Writing — October 21, 2018

Charrtober XX: ROAR
3D render of a male charr with brown fur, standing in an arena with his fist raised in a victory pose. Another charr in the background is kneeling and looking away from the viewer in defeat.

“During our first months as a warband I spent many nights in the Bane. It’s a simpler world: No politics, no scheming - just your opponent and your claws and the roar of the crowd after a good fight.”

3D Art, Writing — October 20, 2018

Charrtober XVII: INDUSTRY
3D render of a male charr with brown fur and a red eye patch standing in a smithy. He's shirtless, holding a still glowing hot sword on an anvil with his left hand, and a hammer in his right hand, raised up and about to strike.

“Some charr build tanks in their free time. Others blow up stuff. I forge weapons. You should try it too, it’s relaxing!”

3D Art — October 17, 2018

Charrtober XVI: GEAR
3D render of a male charr with black pants and a red tank top in a bizarre nightmare environment: He's standing on a giant gear that floats above deadly looking green mist, with more gears, half-broken stairs, and other debris floating around him - a recreation of the Mad King's Clock Tower from Guild Wars 2. He's screaming and looks panicked, holding his left horn with one hand, and covering his face with the other.

“Every year around this time, I get the strangest nightmares about trying to escape from a shattered tower made of clocks and gears, over and over again… Weird, huh?”

3D Art — October 16, 2018

Charrtober XII: BLOODTHIRST
3D render of a male charr who looks like he's about to maul the viewer. Mouth wide open, showing sharp fangs, right paw swiping close to the viewer with a motion blur effect.

Charr can be both gentle and murderous, and sometimes the two are only seconds apart.

3D Art — October 12, 2018

Hurt

My first day in the Maguuma Jungle: “Seriously, burn those pocket raptors.” Try wearing armor next time! This was slightly outside the comfort zone, but fun. Also fun fact: Kianga’s texture is currently mirrored - everything I draw on the right also appears on the left, so I had to be a little clever about the placement of those scars.

3D Art — October 12, 2018

Charrtober X: FEARLESSNESS
3D render of a male charr, shirtless with black pants, standing on the edge of an abyss. He looks completely calm, with his head turned up, eyes closed, and arms spread.

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” (A quote by a human called Mark Twain. Must have been a warrior.)

3D Art — October 10, 2018

Charrtober IX: BATTLEFIELD
3D render of a male charr with brown fur and a red eye patch in a desert environment. He's only wearing a red loincloth and holding a spear as if to attack someone just to the right of the viewer. H

Here’s a better look at Kianga’s gunspear, Reavor. I originally wanted to have him in full armor here, but couldn’t finish it in time. So he’ll be a badass a while longer and fight his enemies in nothing but a loincloth. No problem!

3D Art — October 9, 2018

Charrtober VIII: BLOOD
Close-up 3D render of a male charr with brown fur and a red eye patch, proudly showing off a steel medal. The text on the medal reads "Snow Warband XVI" and "Blood Legion".

A proud legionnaire showing off a medal for the warband’s actions during the Maguuma campaign. I designed this as a coin (like the Ash Legion coin from day 1), but I guess calling it a medal makes more sense. I also designed a back side but couldn’t figure out a good way to show it here, so I’ll do that in a later scene.

3D Art — October 8, 2018

Charrtober VII: EAR
3D render of a male charr in black shorts and a red tank top, listening intently at a half-closed door. Warm light is coming out of he door, illuminating him, while the rest of the scene is relatively dark.

“Eavesdropping? It’s called gathering intelligence.” Crucial intelligence, such as which Wintersday present the warband is getting for him this year.

3D Art — October 7, 2018

Candy Sticker

A cute sticker of my charr warrior enjoying some candy, drawn by Fenrir Reki!

By Fenrir Reki — October 6, 2018

Charrtober VI: SNEAK
3D render of a charr in a dense forest, almost hidden between the foliage. He's holding a spear and looks like he's stalking something - or someone.

Kicking in the front door may be the most fun, but it’s not always the wisest plan of attack. Featuring Kianga’s new weapon, Reavor: A gunspear (yes, you read that right) designed by fellow 3D artist Haruka Emberfall. This was a total surprise to me - thank you, Haru! Don’t worry, you’ll get to see the weapon in more detail in upcoming scenes.

3D Art — October 6, 2018

Charrtober V: RUTHLESSNESS
3D render of a male charr, shirtless, with his back turned to the viewer. He's only a dark silhouette against a deep red background, but his pose looks angry.

Even a charr can show compassion, but never mistake it for weakness or you’ll get to see my other side. I struggled a bit with finding a suitable scene that wouldn’t require a second character, which I don’t have yet. But I never did a back view with Kianga before, so here we go.

3D Art — October 5, 2018

Mrow?

Kianga STOP this is not how a warrior– no, we are NOT going to play with a ball of yarn.

3D Art — October 5, 2018

Charrtober IV: APPLES
3D render of a male charr holding a red apple in his right hand, carved with an image of Tybalt Leftpaw and two hearts. The background is an abstract green.

Never forget. Kianga may be great at carving up monsters, but carving apples… not so much.

3D Art — October 4, 2018

Charrtober III: DISCIPLINE
3D render of a male charr with brown fur sitting at a table late at night. He's writing a handwritten report on a piece of parchment, pencil in one hand, the other hand on his forehead in frustration, a steel mug next to him. His expression says he'd rather be fighting a dragon right now. The text on the parchment is intentionally hard to read, but it says: "Mission Report. To: Tarra Shieldcrush, Centurion. From: Kianga Snowstorm, Legionnaire, Snow Warband XVI. We killed some bad guys. I hope they were bad, anyway. Please send more cake. If you can read this, you are awesome."

A legionnaire’s duties do not end when the day’s fighting is over. When the warband’s asleep, he goes to fight his next battle: paperwork. Very happy with the mood in this one. Yes, that’s my own handwriting. It’s not significantly better than a charr’s.

3D Art — October 3, 2018

Kianga Portrait

Portrait commission featuring my charr warrior, painted by Bao!

By Bao — October 3, 2018

Charrtober II: BOOK
3D render of a male charr with brown fur in a red tank top and black pants. He's holding a large book titled "The Art of War" with both of his hands and looks like he's about to smack someone with it. The background is a simple dark grey floor and a yellow wall.

“What did that human say, the book is mightier than the sword? Or was it the pen? Oh, whatever.” Kianga is not entirely convinced, but he’s willing to try.

3D Art — October 2, 2018

You're Late

“You’re late.” (A Blood Legion soldier is never late. He arrives precisely when he’s meant to.)

3D Art — October 2, 2018

WTF?!

Ordered cake. Didn’t realize it was an Asuran bakery. I went with a simpler background this time, hope you like it anyway! The cake was delicious, by the way, just not very… filling.

3D Art — October 1, 2018

Drunk

“Kianga, didn’t your primus ever tell you not to stand on chairs?” “W-why would he do that… (hic)” It takes a lot to get Kianga drunk, but it’s usually great entertainment for his warband.

3D Art — September 30, 2018

Fall of Ascalon

I wanted to create a peaceful scene for a change, and what’s better than Ascalon with its beautiful fall colors? Had to cut some corners with textures so this wouldn’t take me another week, but I’m happy with the result. Hope you’re enjoying the season as much as Kianga here!

3D Art — September 29, 2018

Chocolate Cake Challenge

For our warband’s sixth anniversary they surprised me with not one but six chocolate cakes. On the condition that I could hold them all. For one minute. Hah, the things I do for chocolate cake! Next year I could get into trouble though… Actually it’s not his birthday, but the anniversary of Snow Warband’s reassignment to their current centurion, after the… incident with the previous one.

3D Art — September 12, 2018

Birthday Cake for Haru

Centurion, please have one of my giant chocolate cakes - and my best wishes! I’d eat that cake quickly. The way he stares at it, it might not survive for long. I also made him a casual/training outfit, can’t congratulate a centurion while wearing nothing but a loincloth…

3D Art — September 11, 2018

Combat Pose

“Come on, let’s have a little fight!” Just a quick practice with a combat pose and three-point lighting. I’ve been working on the rig for my model, making it easier to control the eyes and paws.

3D Art — September 8, 2018

Champion of the Bane

Every charr’s got their own way of blowing off steam after a long week: Shooting things, building war machines, or, you know… wrestling giant devourers in the Bane. I felt like creating an environment for a change, after working on that charr model for months. Needless to say, this ended up being a little more work than I had planned.

3D Art — August 31, 2018

KIÄNGÄ

An IKEA-style instruction sheet for my charr warrior, drawn by Moon!

By Moon — August 29, 2018

You Got a Problem?

Ever wondered what Blood Legion wears under that heavy armor? Now you know. This is a first 3D render of my fully textured charr model - including a custom eye patch and a Blood Legion issue loincloth. (I know, very subtle.)

3D Art — August 18, 2018

Fun at the Beach

My warrior clearly having fun at the beach, drawn by Szallejh!

By Szallejh — August 4, 2018

Mesmer Trickery
Digital art with my armored charr warrior (Kianga Snowstorm) in the foreground, arms raised in a shrug, looking up at a charr mesmer (Keeya Snowtail) standing on top of a hill with jagged stone cliffs and no obvious way to get up there.

During our adventures in Guild Wars 2, my partner Keeya would often use those mesmer teleport skills (cheats!) to get to places where this grumpy warrior couldn’t, who would then have to beg for a portal… Beautiful art by Azazaelle!

By Azazaelle — December 17, 2016

Working Out
Digital drawing of a shirtless male charr with blue eyes and brown fur in a sitting pose, lifting a dumbbell in his right paw, looking determined slightly past the viewer.

This was one of the first pieces of art of my charr warrior Kianga Snowstorm, drawn by Danero. My charr still had a slightly different design and eye colors back then, but already liked to stay in shape!

By Danero — September 6, 2016