Thoughts On Goria #1: Fighting Techniques, Models, and Shorts

I've been developing this comic for nine years, and I'm now getting to the point that I am starting to seriously work on Goria. This weekend, I'm working with two models that are posing as Sodom and Gommorah, and planning on short stories, and I'm planning "animations" of character's fighting techniques. I'm going to start with the fighting techniques of certain characters.

The first one is, of course, Goria. Goria uses an unusual technique for fighting, as it really doesn't fit any classification. Instead of relying on combinations of punches and kicks, Goria relies on defending himself at the same time he's fighting. He sets his tendrils out to block incoming attacks, grapple, and counter attack, while swinging and kicking. While this could keep his enemies on their toes, it keeps him balanced, and grounded to reality, as he's trying to avoid getting hit. On top of this, most of his movements are quick ground or arial launch moves that take advantage of his gymnastic abilities, such as using his tentacles as a makeshift pummelhorse, and swinging from flagpoles and ledges. Due to the constant changing of style that he uses, I can only describe this as "organic."

As a contrast, I was thinking of Azrael's fighting style. Azrael, for those new to this, is the "ultimate infected," a woman who was infected with such a high amount of Necrocyte, that her body mutated into an monstrosity, bones piercing her skin, skin worn to expose dried, over developed muscle, and odd protrusions that she uses as make shift weapons. When she fights, she tends to go for more severe blows, the heavier the better. She doesn't waste time trying to tire her opponent out, she hits hard, to fit her savage nature. She is the perfect contrast to Goria's technique, which also means that her technique is his weakness, as he may not be able to block every hit without getting hurt more and more.

I'm currently working on writing Goria shorts, that will show a little bit of the background of the characters. This presents an bizarre challenge with Sodom and Gomorrah. Gomorrah truely loves Sodom, and that's easy to portray. But, at the same time, I have to portray Sodom as someone who sees their relationship as a purely parasitic relationship. Sodom is only in the relationship for her benefit, but she hides this from Gomorrah, using her ability to make Gomorrah think that Sodom's emotions are genuine.

Now, to finish, I'm working on promo posters and covers. I'm finding that there are a lot of models that fit my needs right now. Playboy models Jessica Boston looks nearly identical to Elaine Carver, my lawyer is the inspiration for Mina Ross, and Playboy model Tiffany Schlumbrecht looks exactly like Sodom. But the most unusual find came from my friend, Jenna, and that would be the reference model for Gomorrah. Jenna's friend, Regan, bears not only a striking resemblance to Gomorrah facially and build-wise, but even has the tattoos. I've hit a run of finding people that look extremely close to my characters, and I think that's a good thing, because it means that I'm making characters as realistic as possible. W00.