Kiriban 20K - Kain Again by 3D-Fantasy-Art on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

'Here, on this scene of ultimate corruption, at the very crux of my madness, I would plant the seeds of my empire.'

-Deedee's Dodgy LOK fanfic, 2004

~mjrahabim got the closest to the 20K pageview, and asked for a 3D Kain pic - preferably something at the Pillars. I didn't need asking twice!

I'd been watching the intro to Blood Omen 2 again recently, and there's a quick shot of Kain sitting in the gloom on a chair with the Reaver in his hand, plotting. I wanted to recreate that image, but with the seat at the base of the pillars, corrupted and fallen. I had great fun knocking all the pillars over on my 3d model, and finding nice corroded textures for the metal bits

I thought about making his throne from the intro of Soul Reaver, then chickened out again. I settled for modelling his shoulder armour and the throne from the BO2 intro instead.

Thanks for picking this topic, ~mjrahabim!

Full size version available on Download.
Credits
Kaeel armour/tex/props by Malefic; Luciferino; lluque [link]
Hair by Mylochka www.renderosity.com
All other props / set pieces by me (except the Soul Reaver - can't find the readme file)

Tools
Poser 7 for the posing / Carrara 5 for the modelling / Vue 6 Esprit for the rendering / Photoshop CS for the postwork.

Kain / Legacy of Kain (c) Eidos / Silicon Knights / Crystal Dynamics