Art:Supernatural AU "The Arenas of Fire and Ash" PG
For spn_cinema. I chose Gladiator (2000) as my movie inspiration. Heavily inspired by the look of the movie, but also by Spartacus-Blood and Sand, and Rome. Many thanks to ileliberte for whipping the many anatomy issues into shape.
Cue haunting flute music... "When raiders murder his wife and burn his farm, Marcus Terentius Longus and his brother Varro are captured and sold as slaves to the lanista Sulphureus. Longus and Varro survive the Gladiator arena against all oponents, winning fame with each contest. Longus discovers that he is blessed by the Gods with strange powers, and both Sulphureus and the mysterious Rubidia of the Julii appear to want Longus to win the Saturnalia Games. But what is the price of victory?"
The Arena of Fire. Varro and Longus' first gladiatorial fight, with minimal castoff armour, in the provincial arena. AKA, most of the very shallow reasons why I chose this prompt. BTW, the nicknames Longus and Varro mean Tall and Bow-Legged respectively ;-)
The Arena of Ash. Longus confronts Sulphureus after his final victory. AKA, the other reason why I chose this prompt. I haven't painted Sam in ages, and this seemed like the perfect prompt for a Sam-centric Demon storyline.
Rubidia of the Julii. Ruby was originally going to be lurking behind her pillar, watching Sam. I changed the other painting too much, and I liked these colours too much to change her. Influenced equally by Lucilla of Gladiator and Lucretia of Spartacus (with just a smidge of Atia of the Julii from Rome)
Digital Painting. Corel Painter X. ETA: Forgot Dean's amulet! (now added in wooden form). Also fixed a few things.
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Cue haunting flute music... "When raiders murder his wife and burn his farm, Marcus Terentius Longus and his brother Varro are captured and sold as slaves to the lanista Sulphureus. Longus and Varro survive the Gladiator arena against all oponents, winning fame with each contest. Longus discovers that he is blessed by the Gods with strange powers, and both Sulphureus and the mysterious Rubidia of the Julii appear to want Longus to win the Saturnalia Games. But what is the price of victory?"
The Arena of Fire. Varro and Longus' first gladiatorial fight, with minimal castoff armour, in the provincial arena. AKA, most of the very shallow reasons why I chose this prompt. BTW, the nicknames Longus and Varro mean Tall and Bow-Legged respectively ;-)
The Arena of Ash. Longus confronts Sulphureus after his final victory. AKA, the other reason why I chose this prompt. I haven't painted Sam in ages, and this seemed like the perfect prompt for a Sam-centric Demon storyline.
Rubidia of the Julii. Ruby was originally going to be lurking behind her pillar, watching Sam. I changed the other painting too much, and I liked these colours too much to change her. Influenced equally by Lucilla of Gladiator and Lucretia of Spartacus (with just a smidge of Atia of the Julii from Rome)
Digital Painting. Corel Painter X. ETA: Forgot Dean's amulet! (now added in wooden form). Also fixed a few things.
Crossposted here (
comments).