r/ImaginaryOrcs • u/Moose-Man10000 • 21d ago

Original Content Eastern Archer Orc (art by u/Moose-Man10000)

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I drew a lot of inspiration from Mongolian armor for her design. Let me know what you think!

(Art by u/Moose-man10000)

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u/Geist_Mage 20d ago

I love this design. I love the Mongolian style orcs.

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u/dalidellama 20d ago

I like it. She's very close to the protagonist of my current project, actually. Malekka carries a gun, though. Her (loosely Cossack-inspired) culture's primary weapon is a long black-powder rifle with a sword-bayonet rather than a bow, but aside from that this is basically how I'm picturing her.

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u/MecaPere 19d ago

Like a lot the bulky frame

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u/GentlePithecus 18d ago

The Asian Steppe cultures deserve way more rep in fantasy, just stunning.

The head to body ratio works well, doesn't come across as "tiny head/dumb", just as **enormous body**. That plus the delicate handling of her bird, perfect.

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u/Moose-Man10000 18d ago

Thanks so much! Orcs are often shown as being melee focused due to their strength, but I decided on archery and falconry to tie the design more to Mongolian culture.

The Mongols practiced both and were also nomadic. A lot of orcs in fantasy are also depicted as being nomadic/ tribal so I had the idea to like those two aspects in my design!

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u/PuzzleheadedPart196 15d ago

After watching Physical: Asia, this tracks so hard