Saturday 12 October 2013

Character Development Mood Board

My Character is a US county jail inmate who was executed in the 1950s by Electric Chair. he would regularly insert blades, scalpels into his wrists and hands and attack other inmates in brutal and often deadly attacks. He wrote down various incantations to summon demons in his own blood, which was then stowed away in his cell, behind a vent.
In 2015, a documentary was to be recorded by a group of students researching the American Judicial system and capital punishment. The prison is long out of official use, and now is used as a tourist location. The students discover the book and read the incantations aloud. The lights begin to flicker and screaming is heard from the execution chamber. They go to investigate the sounds. A spectral image of a man strapped into a floating electric chair, then the lights explode and the screaming stops. The room is scorched and the man is nowhere to be seen.
The inspiration of the floating chair, Ghostbusters 2 - Scoleri Brothers

The group then encounter the man from the chamber. Blades burst from his forearm in a mimic of how he would attack inmates in his lifetime. Electric surges around his blades, taking in electricity from the surrounding area. What ensues is a night of pure terror with the demon picking off the group one-by-one. 

In demon form, with blades extended, I want the character to resemble a sort of Mantis (as depicted on the character's tattoo on his arm). The ends of the arms are how I want the blades to appear, bursting from the forearm.
(Thankfully, this is a painted model, but my god, this is amazing!)

Scyther, from Pokémon


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