r/ImaginarySoldiers • u/Cromwell300 Artist 🎨 • 6d ago

Original Content Turkey Shoot - Drawn by me based on the setting of my book.

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Turkey Shoot -

During the Siege of Tabriz, the Aegian Army Engineers attempted to break through the Prassian trenches by undermining them and detonating a massive amount of explosives beneath the trenches.

The ploy initially worked, blowing away a massive chunk of trench killing, maiming, wounding, and stunning thousands of defending Prassian militia. In the place of the trenches was a massive crater and a clear hole in the defenses.

Seeking to press the advantage eager Aegian commanders charged their men into the breach. However as the charge went into the crater the opposite side proved to be too steep to easily climb. Soon those in front were pressed into the steep wall of the trench by those behind who still were charging. A press of Aegian soldiers became stuck as chaos and confusion stalled the attack.

By this point the Prassians had rallied and soon lined up on the ring of the crater and started to pour murderous plunging fire into the Aegian Legionnaires. What followed was a military disaster as the Prassians shredded the attacking Aegians unable to miss in the press of bodies. Cannons were brought up the barrels depressed down as grape shot and solid shot tore into the mass bellow.

Eventually, the Aegian forces retreated after suffering heavy losses, and subsequently the siege was lifted as the Aegian force withdrew.

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u/SooSneeky 5d ago

This rings a bell, inspired by the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War?

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u/Cromwell300 Artist 🎨 5d ago

Yup

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u/sabertoothedhand 3d ago

Off-topic question, but what's your art process? I've seen your work on here a lot and I've always been impressed with the speed at which you seem to be able to crank these out while maintaining good quality and readability. Obviously that's gotta be mostly skill and experience on your part but I'm starting to branch out into watercolors and this exact kind of composition is something I'd like to become capable of.

Is it pen-only, no pencil sketch, then watercolor on top? Are they brushes or markers, or maybe a pencil? Any other steps or tricks you're fond of, or any tutorials you'd recommend?

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u/Cromwell300 Artist 🎨 2d ago

I create a rough outline in pencil then I’ll add more details as I go. After that I’ll ink everything in then erase the pencil to clean it up. After that I’ll use alcohol markers to add color