ライデン Lord Raiden: Big Trouble...
 whiz  2011/2/18 1:08
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~In Western pop culture, Raijin is usually known as Raiden (rai (雷, thunder) + den (電, lightning)), and depicted as a tall monk wearing a large straw hat (these hats are used widely throughout Asia to keep off rain), with the power to create storms, thunder, and lightning. The first use of this archetype was an appearance with other Eastern elemental gods in the film Big Trouble in Little China, released in 1986. It entered mainstream pop culture via the 1992 fighting game Mortal Kombat, which contained a character called Raiden somewhat similar to the version in Big Trouble In Little China, and repeated depictions of the character in multiple games in the same series have by now made him widely recognizable in the United States. There is a character in Hideo Kojima's epic video game Metal Gear Solid 2, who also appears later in Metal Gear Solid 4, called Raiden. He does not wear a hat, but does have long white or yellow hair and extraordinary physical abilities, also he has the use lightning to some extent. He is also in the popular American video game Warcraft 3 mod Defense Of The Ancients, which is popular worldwide, as a thunder-based hero. In the popular video game franchise, Pok?mon, the Pok?mon Voltolos is based on Raijin and/or Lei Gong, a similar Chinese thunder god. Voltolos is an Electric/Flying type, reflecting Raijin's abilities.~(excerpt from wikipedia)
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| whiz |
Posted: 2011/2/22 7:00 Updated: 2011/2/22 7:00 |
superhero   Joined: 2010/7/19 From: Posts: 437 |
 Re: ライデン Lord Raiden: Big Tro... big thanks :D glad you enjoyed it.
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| Machobubba |
Posted: 2011/2/18 20:09 Updated: 2011/2/18 20:09 |
Herald   Joined: 2009/10/8 From: Residing Philadelpihia, From New Jersey Posts: 1761 |
Re: ライデン Lord Raiden: Big Tro... This is one hulked out Raiden great work... I like the blond hair, it gives him youth....
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| whiz |
Posted: 2011/2/18 17:48 Updated: 2011/2/18 17:48 |
superhero Joined: 2010/7/19 From: Posts: 437 |
Re: ライデン Lord Raiden: Big Tro... thanks bunches.yeah i did some touch up on the hair,not much though to get closer to how his asian depictions might have been.there are similarities there to a certian hammer wielding hero. i did do quite a bit of pw but it was a for the most part a render
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| pijon |
Posted: 2011/2/18 13:45 Updated: 2011/2/18 13:45 |
Moderator   Joined: 2006/7/18 From: United States Posts: 6363 |
Re: ライデン Lord Raiden: Big Tro... Great job! One of your best yet, IMO. Although the hair seems a bit more blond than white (perhaps a sight nod to that Nordic thunder god?) , it looks terrific! Did you postwork it with some PS brushes? It looks much better than the 3D hair I'd seen. Anyway, a powerful image... awesome work!
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