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Roman warshipby *RadoJavor

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Concept art painting for the game Total War:Rome II. The ship is a roman commanding ship from the late period, joining the battle of Actium.

The design is based on various historical books, reliefs and a bit of my imagination, because we really don't know how the roman ships looked exactly. There aren't many visualizations or paintings of this big ships, which were about 60 meters long with a crew of 600 men. I was really glad to paint such rare thing.


all done in photoshop with wacom intuos. About 2 weeks of work.


P.S:this version is slightly tweaked from the one used on game articles, only recently I got some time to play with the finishing touches and it looks better I think.



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Category: Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Landscapes & Scenery

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Critique by ~Gobba42 Jul 8, 2012, 9:46:17 AM
"RAMMING SPEED!" I think this is a great addition to your work. I like the contrast between the blue sky, glaring sun, and dark clouds of smoke (nice job with the literal "fog of war"). Combine that with the burning ships, jutting wreckage in the foreground, and slightly tipped angle of perspective, and it wonderfully captures the confusion of naval battle, especially the brother-against-brother battle of civil war. Perhaps the waves and flames could be a little more realistic, but they still look great. Also, I'm not sure ramming vessels would keep thier sails up during combat, but I could be wrong. Very nicely done, Ben Hur would be proud.
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Critique by ~Gaijinaho Jul 5, 2012, 7:27:49 AM
Excellently done. Ballistae were indeed shipped on these vessels, along with (dependent upon the time) a device called a "corvus" (crow) which was a large gangway with a spike on its end, used to attach the enemy vessel to yours for boarding. I see nothing amiss in the details. While during a battle sails were (AFAIK) lowered and the ship moved via oars, there is no reason this couldn't be an exception, immediately after a battle or as it is ending. As to the small amount of foam at the bow, you only get a significant amount when you have built up enough speed.
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~jazmine--s22 2 days ago  Hobbyist General Artist
could you pleaaaseee make a tutorial ???
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~SuperMetroid2 May 26, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
Amazing Work really a cool work
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Mood: Joy ~ironsides11 Apr 23, 2013
Amazing work :D
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~Lothrian Mar 31, 2013
Wonderful piece of work :)
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=Zak05 Jan 30, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Fantastic job!!:jawdrop:
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*ClymberPaddler Dec 31, 2012
History teaches us about ourselves. But, we have to take the time to read history. You have read your history. Then with your interpretation, your portrayal - you bring it alive. Thank you. The immense detail along with the colors, let us imagine that we are there. So now, we can understand our history.
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*profutur1971 Dec 11, 2012  Professional General Artist
Beautiful image! Good job ![link]
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~Daniel-Storm Nov 19, 2012
Wow! Beautiful piece of work!
I think you did a great job of bringing this rare ship back to life! :clap:
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~reversingtime Nov 17, 2012
dude yr good at this
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~ecoban07 Nov 2, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
That 's very very cool, amazing work :)
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