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1 year ago

HERMIT A DAY MAY - DAY 16

Welsknight x Knights of the Zodiac (Saint Seiya)

Minecraft youtuber Welsknight in the style of Knights of the Zodiac. He is dressed in super shiny chromatic armor and has large fluffy hair. He also has a sword, which technically he is not supposed to have as a Saint, but I had to give Wels a sword. He's a proper knight!

For Wels I chose the original Saint Seiya anime, also known as Knights of the Zodiac!

I watched this show when I was pretty young, so I actually didn't remember much about the plot of this show when I started this piece. What I did remember is that I really enjoyed it. It felt like both a shonen and a magical girl anime (best of both worlds) and everyone had really, really shiny armor. And I mean, obviously I couldn't pass up the opportunity to reimagine Wels as a late 80s space knight in head-to-toe chrome!

To learn more about Knights of the Zodiac, please journey below the cut. (Gamers Outreach fundraiser - keep it going!)

Saint Seiya, or Knights of the Zodiac as I knew it growing up, is an anime from the late 1980s based off a manga series of the same name.

The story follows a young man named Seiya, who is part of a group of mystical warriors that wear magical armor (called Cloths) which pull power from (and are themed after) the constellations. The warriors fight for the goddess Athena to defend earth from evil.

One unique thing about the show is the characters don't usually have weapons - they are supposed to fight with only their Cloths and the power of the cosmos (it's a whole thing in the premise). However, Wels felt incomplete without the sword, so he gets to be an exception. :)

The anime is bright, campy, and action-packed but takes itself fairly seriously - basically exactly what you would expect from a classic shonen. The plot is divided into arcs but isn't too complex, so while it is best to start from the beginning of the show you can pick it up pretty quickly from anywhere if you're familiar with the genre.

Style references:

Five men with long hair in colorful armor posing dramatically in outer space. They look like a hair metal band in a space opera about the power rangers.

The designs for the knights - long fluffy hair is a requirement

An image of one of the knights, Cygnus, cropped close to his face. He has fluffy blonde hair and blue eyes. His armor headpiece is stylized as a swan. His entire outfit is very very shiny and he is smiling at someone out of frame.

The dramatic shine on all the armor is both iconic and very fun to draw once you get the hand of it

The Knights of the Zodiac ONA title. It says Knights of the Zodiac in a shiny, gold serif font. Beneath it is says Saint Seiya with a round sigil in the center, both in the same gold font. The entire text is written in a perspective where it looks like the text is leaning away from the viewer.

Knights of the Zodiac/Saint Seiya title logo. This is actually the logo from the ONA, not the original anime, but I think this font is way more fun so this is the one I used

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Athena lets Wels have a sword because he is a knight themed Saint and a special guy either that or he beat her in a rap battle once I was dreading shading the armor on this but I ended up having a blast welskight hermitaday hermitcraft
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