While this is far from my first drawing since I decided this is what I want my career to look like, this is my first ever Star Wars inspired drawing. So needless to say I’m excited to show you all and hear what you think about it. Full disclosure; I’m far from an expert at this still so please don’t expect perfection, I still have a long way to go. Having said that, I would appreciate any or critiques on this if you have any.
Detail
Coloring
Lore
Shortly after the original EG-5 Jedi Hunter Droid was destroyed by Anakin Skywalker, Count Dooku realized he was correct in his skepticism in a droid being unable to defeat a Jedi, so he thought it best for the project to be disbanded. General Grievous on the other hand thought the project would be worth pursuing with a few modifications. He ordered Holowan Mechanicals, the same manufacturers responsible for the Magna Guard droids, to create a new model based on the EG-5, an example being the Lightsabers needing replacement as it would be far cheaper by comparison to create a new Electro weapon from the ground up. By 19 BBY, this new droid would’ve been deployed by the hundreds if it wasn’t for Greivous’ defeat by Obi-Wan Kenobi during the end of the Clone Wars. But it’s a safe bet to assume even during the Galactic Civil War, there may be several dozen of them active in the galaxy somewhere . . .
Weapons
Electro-Skewer: This is a new Electro based melee weapon in the same family as the Electro-Staff, Baton, Hammer, and Whip. It’s more or less an amalgamation of a club and rapier, where the EG-0X would attempt to first swat the Jedi opponent’s Lightsaber out of their hands then proceed to stab the defenseless adversary with the sharp protrusion at the end of the Skewer, hence the name. It does primarily function as a thrusting blade, though. Y’know, like fencing.
Humbler Stun Palms: However, in the event the EG-0X would somehow be disarmed it would have a last resort defensive option, with similar Electro weapons on the palms of both hands. While they don’t have enough power to be considered lethal, they emit a close range electronic shockwave that’s meant to stun or surprise their contestant. Just think the karate technique “Iron Palms” mixed with tasers, and you might get the idea.
Fun Facts
The EG-0X itself is more or less an amalgamation of various Separatist droids. The legs are based off the Commandos, the pelvis and abdomen are based off the Magna Guards, and the chest is based off of Grievous himself with the sensors being colored green as some sort of an homage to him of sorts. I tried to make the arms based off the Magna Guards as well but couldn’t get them to look right so I gave up on that and went with something easier to draw but infinitely less interesting.
The mark on its forehead you see I think was a part of some old Grievous concept art, but wasn’t sure. As far as I know this mark isn’t used anywhere in SW lore so I figured why not incorporate it for iration purposes.
Its headpiece is based off of one of the Sniper Helmets from Space Marine II.
And that’s that. I guess I should shamelessly plug in a link to my DeviantArt page in case any of you are curious to see what I’ve got:
https://aminoapps.vertvonline.info/crimsonpariah
I do have two or three more SW related drawings planned for the future (I have a list lol) but they won’t be made anytime soon. Beyond that, I don’t know how active I’m gonna be on here anymore but I’m still gonna “be around”, I guess. Be seein’ ya.
Comments (1)
Didn’t really mean for him to come out crooked like that.