Hey there.
Free time came up and I decided to do a texture.
Metaru Senshi means Metal Warrior, basically what this'll be.
Its design is inspired by Japanese warriors, Ninja, Ronin and Samurai.

Here's WiP one, I only did the mask so far.
Not sure if I want to call the mask done, I might change some things later on.

Flat:


Spheres:


Here's WiP two, I did an additional piece.
As said before, I will probably change the design on the mask.
Detailing will come later, base styling is more important now.

Flat:


Spheres:


I'll update this thread as I finish more pieces.

The pen tooling on the mask design seems a bit sloppy or rushed to me. I think the design is pretty neat overall though. There are a couple things I would change but it it's probably more personal preference. Shading is great as always.

The mask looks more like a shin protector, if it is for samurai you could add some detailed ends around the mask, gold colour paintings.
For more ninja you could make a hood around the mask ( no face for the ninja)
Ronin ( rogue samurai or simple clanless warrior) seems more suited for this kind of mask, but as ronnin had no clan I supposed their masks were rusty and battle-scared.
So in my opinion shading is good until it must be altered from the rest of the head.
9/10 for only this part.

@Waf:
Now that you say it, I agree. It's not up to my normal standard, probably because it was half two in the morning when I did it. It's been a while since I continued into the night, haha! Very glad that you mentioned it, I'll be sure to make a pretty damn awesome design the next time you'll see a WiP from me.

@Possesed:
The metal over the mask will be shaped like a hood, at least that's the idea I had with it. The lighter grey and white areas are to give a slight idea of how the hood will form. Also, you probably don't know this but I add rust and scars and other asymmetrical at the end of my designs. You can expect chips of metal missing, scratches, blood amongst others. Probably not rust as this is going to be a clean design.

Thanks for taking the time to comment!

I think the head is doing very well for now... but it feels kinda empty.
Try to put the mask a little more down and add some new things. But i think its looking good for now.

I would be honored to do a little battle vs my old student!
He's improved a lot!

But for now, I'll focus on this head.
I know me, it's been such a long time since I actually finished a head texture..
Always something coming up. Thank glob the weather here's going to be shitty from now on! (obvious joke is obvious, snif..)

I'll try to do another part of the head today, stay posted!
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It's updated!

The upper part of the thing connected to the mask seems a bit off to me. Will the black part be replaced with parts of the hood? Also some gold looking part would be cool to be added, like finishes on the silver parts/lines.

The black part above the mask will be filled with some sort of eyes.
The dark grey "swerve" will be filled with detailing later on. I was thinking a similar flowing design like the mask but that's subject to change. That'll all come at the end as a finishing touch.

Oh, well the cut of the mask bellow the eyes is too common, I had imagined that the mask would be full faced, and then hollow point would be added for eyes like

And mask would have some splatted blood, blood dripping from the forehead, faded painting from the use, and scars as if someone tried to hack it open.

Alright so I saw the most beautiful sunset and wanted to photograph it so I took my BMX and rushed over to the highest point where I live. One small thing though, it rained and it was slippery. You can imagine what happened. I kissed the asphalt by being to careless.

Anyway, long story short:
I can't draw for a small while because my hands, arms, leg, mouth and chin are hurt.
Sorry for the wait!