Hey guys, Great to be here entering a new comp; Its certainly been a while so lets see what i can get up to!
For this i have chosen a South African Myth: TOKOLOSHE (toh-koh-loh-shee) - a malevolent, imp-like spirit from Zulu or Xhosa culture. According to belief, Tokoloshes are summoned by people wishing to do harm to others. The Tokoloshe is capable of causing illness and death to the victim and can shapeshift
According to popular legend, people raise their beds on bricks to avoid falling prey to the diminutive tokoloshe but this is not confirmed
There are many types of tokoloshe, but they are all small, hairy, long-eared goblin-imp-like creatures that feed off the energy of negative actions. They are also always connected to a witch who uses them to carry out nefarious deeds. According to legend, the final act of animating a tokoloshe is to drive a nail through its forehead.
The two on the right are a controlled mech and mech version but that might be too off topic from what a tokoloshe is so im leaning to the two on the left…
Hey Zima! Thank you. Yeah i was going to try Indian myths first but i figured id try something even less known so i have more freedom to create something from scratch almost…
Thanks Emilie! Tokoloshes are supposedly blind and controlled by witches so i figured, just chop the top half including the brain, to show how they’ve had quite a bit of themselves removed to become more monstrous/ menacing…
Bit more cleanup to do/ things to simplify but this is pretty much it. Starting on the retopo next! The back metal plates are a surprise so stay tuned for the next few posts!
