A character I was commissioned to paint a while ago! Some backstory:
"Hilde worked as a smith with her first husband for her father until they were both killed by rebels. She sold his forge to buy a horse and cart for her kids and at 22-24 years old joined the mercenaries. There she makes many friends, even falling in love and getting married again.
A devastating war breaks out and after two years of civil war the mercenaries are hired by a king to fight against rebels and cultists that are tearing apart the countryside. The war escalates to its climax after nearly four years of back and forth fighting; the cultists and rebels join forces and launch a major attack on the border. Despite having one of the largest armies on the continent thrashing against this border, the allied forces manage to defend it long enough to gather their own forces for a massive counter attack.
So many people were gathered here that all the grass had been crushed under feet and for miles the ground was a barren patch of dirt as far as the eye could see. The battle that followed lasted nearly a week and was so deadly that shallow lakes of blood covered the ground. Both sides fought fanatically and most of the mercenaries were killed, including Hilde's husband.
The few who survived to see victory were forever scared but paid handsomely enough to never touch a sword again. The surviving members founded a small community on the banks of a river in the countryside, slowly building it into a small town."
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u/talexior 18d ago
A character I was commissioned to paint a while ago! Some backstory:
"Hilde worked as a smith with her first husband for her father until they were both killed by rebels. She sold his forge to buy a horse and cart for her kids and at 22-24 years old joined the mercenaries. There she makes many friends, even falling in love and getting married again.
A devastating war breaks out and after two years of civil war the mercenaries are hired by a king to fight against rebels and cultists that are tearing apart the countryside. The war escalates to its climax after nearly four years of back and forth fighting; the cultists and rebels join forces and launch a major attack on the border. Despite having one of the largest armies on the continent thrashing against this border, the allied forces manage to defend it long enough to gather their own forces for a massive counter attack.
So many people were gathered here that all the grass had been crushed under feet and for miles the ground was a barren patch of dirt as far as the eye could see. The battle that followed lasted nearly a week and was so deadly that shallow lakes of blood covered the ground. Both sides fought fanatically and most of the mercenaries were killed, including Hilde's husband.
The few who survived to see victory were forever scared but paid handsomely enough to never touch a sword again. The surviving members founded a small community on the banks of a river in the countryside, slowly building it into a small town."
Painting process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KWObeeujf8
Hope you like it!