I decided to paint more studies after the masters. This is a 4+ hours study of "Portrait of Innocent X" by Diego Velazquez. There was a lot to learn here.
Meet refugee Veluthu, the "Slippery Salmon". It was hard to choose an alien race but I decided he should look like a "generic good guy" and also somewhat cocky.
After his home planet was destroyed, he was detained at the prison facility on Smawa Theta 11. Prison rulings allows bionic parts as long as they are non-offensive and for prostetic purposes. The cuffs are "ancient technology", but still contain a tracker and have a remote-controlled blow-up feature.
Here's some more concepts for the boardgame project, the chieftain, the generic warrior and the "brute". My take on the brute was basically the no brain, lots of muscle stereotype. Story-wise it's a cross-species hybrid between the native savages and the dreaded Sefaros (huge firebreathing bears). It's not like they're unpopular with the ladies, but just like the lonely sheep herder on the mountains does it, these are the urges of the primitive man haha.