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Hey everyone! What’s better than a badass take on some ferocious demons? Two badasses. Today Arlen and Renna have teamed up to take names, kick ass, and maybe even save the world.
Our first team-up entry was sent in by Mitchell Norton:
I hope you enjoy my version of Arlen and Renna battling a mind demon in the forest with a woodie looking on from the end of the Desert Spear. I love this scene as Arlen takes on his first mind demon and starts using misting against the demons!
I loved this scene and I love this entry! The wards on Arlen’s body must have taken real effort to do and I’m digging the use of the background foliage. I’m also amused by the size difference between Arlen and Renna here. Though she may be but little, she is fierce!
Our next one was sent in by Carol Hinds! Same scene, same characters, hugely different interpretation:
I decided to try and make the scene at the end of The Desert Spear when Arlen and Renna are hunting wood demons. The Coreling Prince attacks using a mimic demon to copy Renna. This was a great dilemma for Arlen not being able to save her and I loved the ending of this book. Sadly my kids think they’re too old for action figures and toys so I had to make a demon from bits and pieces and buy a couple of cheap dolls to play Renna. I warded my Riddick figure to play the part of Arlen.
This is so cool Carol! I can immediately tell what scene it is. Plus The Renna/Mimic interaction is especially unsettling (in the best possible way). Awesome job!
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Posted on August 2, 2017 at 7:20 pm by Hannah
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Posted by Karen
Hey everyone! We’re still going over entries to the Core ARC Contest. In the meantime, we’ve put nearly all of them up on our new Facebook album. To see what other people have done (or see your own), head on over and check it out!
This one was sent in by John Stewart:
Hope you like my entry for the diorama. Sculpted from clay and paper mache. Can’t wait to read The Core!
I cannot express how amazing this entry is. Creating all those Minds must have taken ages and they look great! This is a fantastic entry for one of the most memorable scenes in The Demon Cycle.
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Posted on August 2, 2017 at 2:00 pm by Hannah
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Hey everyone! Jumping off from yesterday’s blog post, this one also features Arlen getting into a bunch of trouble with corelings. Check it out!
Istvan Tomoskozi created this scene with some truly terrifying demons:
I’m sending you my papercraft diorama for this awesome contest. I made paper Arlen fighting with 2 demons. If you checking the last 3 pictures, you can see the true fire demon with real flames not just paper 🙂 My plan worked to make true fire demon as Arlen’s opponent. I hope you will enjoy it.
We also got this one where Istvan added a fancy-shmancy filter:
To me, it looks like an interpretation of what the world might look like with wardsight.
Eric Schöneberger put his own spin on the contest by creating cutouts of Arlen and One arm:
I love how stylized Eric’s art is. Very, very, cool!
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Posted on August 2, 2017 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Posted by Karen
Hey everyone! Thanks so much to everyone who entered the Core ARC Contest. The deadline for entering has passed, but there are still a bunch of submissions to show off. We’ll be posting them over the next while while Peat make the hard decides about the winners.
These shots were sent in by Scott Reid:
This is my attempt to recreate my favourite scene from The Painted Man. Only A Chin, I love this chapter! Arlen (spider-man) facing down a sand demon (lion toy, don’t have anything even remotely appropriate) with only an unwarded spear and his wits. Ignore the bar code from the sand paper 🙂
Awesome job, Scott!
Next up is Dwayne who created the Battle of One Arm, which turned out to be a popular scene choice for this contest:
It’s been a while. I’ve been running around trying to draw/mount all these images, the UKs diorama game is rather weak. I’d hope my entry needed no introduction, but it’s Arlen completing the ward circle and One Arm gets his name. I hope you enjoy.
I love the progression and how these pictures seem to tell a story.
You can pre-order The Core here!
Posted on August 1, 2017 at 4:00 pm by Hannah
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Hey everyone! Sometimes I see a contest entry that literally takes my breath away. This was one of them.
The creation of this maze was a team entry from Natasha, Marsha & Lisa. It obviously took a lot of time and boy does the effort shine through:
Jardir & Arlen fighting in the maze at Krasia!
For the love of the Creator, please click on these so you can see them bigger. The small versions do NOT do this work justice.
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Posted on August 1, 2017 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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