Paladin Concept Sketch WIP (Risk of Rain 2 Art Contest Entry) (Patreon)

Hey guys! So here's something definitely new from me!

I've never really done mecha before and I think I'm nailing it so far. It's taking a bit to finish just this sketch because this subject is new to me so it's presented itself with some challenges.

The reason that I'm sketching this medieval themed sci-fi robot is because there's an art contest currently going on for a game that both my husband and I enjoy called Risk of Rain. They're holding a poll for what character to add to the game next and decided to hold a contest for people to draw/create art of the survivor that they want in the game. You can choose a survivor from the provided list from the polls or create your own. They also have some ideas that the have proposed and I chose to use their idea of the "Paladin."

"Paladin - a warrior creature from the planet who worships the Survivor from RoR1. Has armor built from pieces of the Contact Light."

I actually wasn't planning on participating, but my husband and I just started getting REALLY inspired by our concept. I'll explain more once I finish the full sketch along with his weapons (a halberd and a shield) so you guys have images to the ideas/concepts.  I wanted to show you how it's looking so far because I'm proud of my progress. <3

This is just a concept sketch so I can really flesh out the design before I jump into a more dynamic composition.

I've done some fan art for this game before, but I've never designed my own survivor/character so this is REALLY fun and definitely challenging!

Thank you all for your support! ^^