7Guys Weekly Theme - Undead Sword Saint

Revived weekly theme at the 7guys blog: Undead Sword Saint

Basic ideas of this challenge:
Undead

1. The use of flesh from other bodies/ infected (somehow) for some use.
2. Rotten flesh, maggots, parasites, blood, bones, reveal of internal organs, skeletons, torn clothing/ armor, protruding ribs.

I had the idea of adding a parasite the feeds on blood/ flesh on the character... maybe I will implement it later :)

Sword Saint

1. Obsession with swords/ skilled sword user

 My characters are drawn 'blind-folded' by headgear or cloth to suggest that they fight with other senses, looking for a challenge. They also collect swords and keep them in their flesh.

Silhouettes exploration

Line Art

Painting WIP

Painting WIP2

Version 2 (13th Silhouette), drawn on bus w/ lame render:

Comments appreciated.

Target PC Build

Long time since I built my own PC, been with my iMac for quite some time... I am currently targeting the following specs (if I could sell my iMac):

• ASUS P8Z68-V PRO + i7 2600k
• OS HDD - WD Raptor 150G
  
• Storage HDD - 2TB WD Black/ Green
• Cache SSD - OCZ Vertex 3 60GB (SRT)
• Casing - CM 912 HAF Advance
• PSU - FSP 650W MODULAR 80+
• RAM - Ripjaws 8GB 1600MHz CL9
• VGA - Leadtek GTX 580
• Monitor - Dell U2410

Main purpose of PC is for Photoshop + games, as well as a bit of future-proofing..
This will surely burn a hole no matter what.. IT people pls giv comments, I have not been involved with the current hardware stuff