This is another character/creature concept sketch for my novel. This monster looks menacing and for all intents and purposes it is, but one thing this picture is lacking is a scale reference. So I'm going to be clear about this now. The Onyx Ape is not very big. NOT BIG. In the pose seen below the top of the smoke stacks are no taller than five feet.
The idea behind this automaton is that they are similar in gesture to a chimpanzee or young gorilla. The arms are not very thick, but they are not meant to be overly powerful. They are, however, extremely fast and that's where the true danger lies.
Obsidia, the villain of the book, has an army of these machines. They are crafted using raw materials from her base underground so they lack the durability of steel and the stone sections of their bodies can be destroyed relatively easy.
That is not to say that they don't have metal in their bodies, because they do, but the metal is mostly used for the skeleton and certain areas that require reinforcement.
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| This is the first sketch of the Onyx Ape that I actually like. I will be designing exploration sketches with different "builds" I'm not sure what the final look of the monster will be. |
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