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    CRITICAL HIT: Official Character Designs – Day Two: Enter Torq

    Stephen SchleicherBy Updated:39 Comments1 Min Read

    Today we continue our look at the official Critical Hit Characters Designs by our good friend Thomas Perkins.

    You may remember Thomas Perkins from his excellent work on Ben 10, Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Green Lantern, and of course, our Hero History of Kablamakus! Thomas approached us quite a while ago about providing art, and over the last couple of years, we’ve honed everything down to where we are happy to show off the first official character designs to you, our faithful Spoilerites and Critites.

    All this week, we introduce a character and design to you. The second character introduced in the Critical Hit Universe was the three-quarter Orc, Torq.

    Yup the comment section is now open…

    If you didn’t get to see Orem, check out that awesome image, here.

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    Stephen Schleicher began his career writing for the Digital Media Online community of sites, including Digital Producer and Creative Mac covering all aspects of the digital content creation industry. He then moved on to consumer technology, and began the Coolness Roundup podcast. A writing fool, Stephen has freelanced for Sci-Fi Channel's Technology Blog, and Gizmodo. Still longing for the good ol' days, Stephen launched Major Spoilers in July 2006, because he is a glutton for punishment. You can follow him on Twitter @MajorSpoilers and tell him your darkest secrets...

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    39 Comments

    2. J_Michael_T on

      Wow. Just wow. These are awesome.

      ~Mental note: add money for t-shirts to budget~

    7. Dan on

      Yet another awesome image. Your gonna need posters, lunch boxes with the thermos, flame throwers, beach towels….

    8. The Great NateO on

      Just Sensational – Is it me or have I seen Torq’s face on a bottle before?

    13. alvarlux on

      did you guys get Glagh and the other party members done too? or just the main 4?

      • StellarLeader on

        The main 4 being… Torq, Orem, Randus and… Smith? or Ket? I want to see them both. And Trelle as well of course!

        • TheGreatNateO on

          Well my guess is that she is so Awesome that Trelle will be getting a whole week of posts!!

    14. Verse on

      This looks so good. It just feels right. Knowing where the Armor came from…it just fits. Its screams High Tech Magic. Looks great.

    16. nordberg01 on

      When I heard “Thomas Perkins envisioning Critical Hit Characters” this is exactly what I thought Torq would look like. For some reason I expected more bells and whistles on the axe though. Beautiful work, Mr. Perkins. I can’t wait to see the rest of the gang.

    18. Oldcomicfan on

      Wait, wasn’t one of Torq’s horns broken part way off? Or am I remembering wrong?

    19. Galactoss on

      Oh, I like this! “My” Torq has shorter horns, but I’m not complaining. Something about the image reminds me indirectly of the Return Of Bruce Wayne. Maybe the Lovecraftian Thing From Beyond and the chunky Kirby-love in the art? Great stuff!

    22. Locknestra on

      LOVE!

      I’m so making it a requirement in any future adventuring group to have at least one astounding artist to conceptualize our chars. This is just wonderful, and a great idea, guys!

    23. Matthew T Bivens on

      Kind of ruins the theater of my mind because this is not what I see when it comes to Torq. This seems way to cartoon styled for me. When I think of Torq I see him as much more rugged, like you would find in one of the D&D books. Now this reminds me of the illustrations in the Players Strategy Guide and something you would find in the comic book shop. Now I have bought my D&D books from comic book shops, yet this just seems wrong because he looks like Colossus from X Men and not Torq in his reactive armor.

      I get that he is in the magic technology, but this seems like something more from a futuristic science fiction game. Don’t get me wrong, this is an illustration of high quality. It is not aesthetically pleasing to me in relation to the character that I know, love, and have illustrated in my mind saying, “Uh what?”