First Claw Concept Sketches
Oh, look. Some concept sketches.
Mercutian. He will most definitely fuck you up with all that Dakka.
Variel, the new guy. The doctor will see you now.
Uzas. When life gives you lemons, BLOOD FOR THE MOTHERFUCKING BLOOD GOD.
Cyrion. "So. How are you?"
Aaron Dembski-Bowden 
These are beast. Especially Variel.
He’s a terrible doctor.
You have some reading to do next week, dearest. About, y’know, the other 5-man squad. The ones in grey, who are a bit knighty.
Awesomesauce. I’m excite. 😀
Oh, also, I love that sketch of Cyrion, so very much.
Uzas strikes me as the kind of guy who likes lemons, though.
Uzas. My new favorite character. Don’t ask how it happened, I’m not quite sure myself.
You know, Variel has a very similar caption to Dr Kyle Pondsworth.
Coincidence? I think not…
These are wicked. Cyrion’s pose is class, and I love Uzas. Always have. In that manly way. Not THAT manly way.
I’ll shut up now.
Bit of a Bromance there Tim? 😉
If anyone on the Covenant is wearing the “Free Hugs” sign, it’s Cyrion.
These are Shane’s too?He is a master of pencil fu,gives me something to shoot for.
Just read Savage Weapons,hell yea I love how
Little Boy Blue might just have shades of grey in him after all.
Awesome. But is Talos really the only one with an imperial eagle on his armour?
btw. “When life gibes you lemons” ?
Is this just coincidence or did someone play Portal 2? 🙂
Very nice art, congrats – his works go well with your prose. Too bad there isn’t a sketch of Talos too.
I agree, Uzas is pretty cool, but then I always liked the damned.
Blood for the Blood God! Lemons or not.
I love these sketches! I want a t-shirt with them on it!
saw these on B&C and i’m loving them!
you definitely need the artist to draw or paint a Malcharion!
kudos on Blood Reaver, i thought it couldn’t get any better after Soul Hunter, but boy was i mistaken.
and Uzas is fastly becoming my new favourite of first claw.
Cyrion needs a spin-off sitcom after this series finishes.
Cyrion slides in through door.
*Canned laughter*
Cyrion: “So. How are you?”
*Canned laughter*
Phoebe: “Oh Cyrion!”
*Canned laughter*
Seriously, it’ll be brilliant.
Then proceed to kill each and everyone in the room.
I love First Claw. What a crew of bad-asses!
I’ve been trying to figure out who I imagine playing or voicing them in a film, and I think I’ve got a few of ’em figured out:
Talos: Doug Bradley (of Hellraiser fame).
Cyrion: Christopher Lee.
Uzas: Jason Statham.
Mercutian: Sean Pertwee.
The Exalted: Alan Rickman.
See, I think I’m in the minority with this, but despite Soul Hunter actually stating that Cyrion has a deep voice, my head keeps translating his lines in a lighter-toned, almost mockingly playful voice, even after listening to Throne of Lies. Xarl, yeah, ultra-bass voice; Cyrion, my head doesn’t buy it. Maybe my treble dial is broken on Channel Cyrion.
I think Cyrion has a light tone, too–which is why Christopher Lee is perfect for the voicing: Lee can sound both apocalyptic and humorous at the same time. Ian McKellen does a great job of that, too! I might swap Lee for McKellen and save Lee for voicing Variel or The Exalted.
Once your Grey Knight novel comes out, tell this guy to look into making these psychic superhumans come to life on the paper.
Fantastic books, any more in the pipline for Talos?
Wow, that makes my artistic talent look sad. anywho, amazing pictures all in all (not to mention hilarious captions). Ave Dominus Nox
Conversion oppertunity!! woo!
i love these characters!! Uzas i have sympathy for.
These look awesome. I always imagined Variel with more flayed skin on him – I don’t know if it was the description or just my way of picturing him. But I am pretty sure Cyrion is missing the lightning bolts on his helmet and armor.