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September 5, 2011
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page 0 (cover)

page 01 * page 02 * page 03 * page 04 * page 05 * page 06 * page 07 * page 08 * page 09 * page 10

page 11 * page 12 * page 13 * page 14 * page 15 * page 16 * page 17 * page 18 * page 19 * page 20

page 21 * page 22 * page 23 * page 24 * page 25 * page 26 * page 27 * page 28 * page 29 * page 30

page 31 * page 32 * page 33 * page 34 * page 35 * page 36 * page 37 * page 38 * page 39 * page 40

page 41 * page 42


See the "Gladiatrix Locusta" gallery.

See my other, finished story, "Ultimate Gladiatrix", in which four women must fight in the Deathpit until only one survives.

Thanks to Locusta Vampa [link] for allowing me to base the character on her.

"Gladiatrix Locusta" represents about a year and a half to two years worth of work, though spread out over that time, of course. Much of the time was consumed in building the models in 3D, using Google Sketchup to create the sets. It would have been impossible to achieve this level of detail working by hand, and creating the great arena in Sketchup pushed my computer hardware to the limit.

This story is part of my world-building project, and Amazon planet called "Hera". When starting this story, I thought it would be about 15 or 16 pages, and take a couple of months. Well, it grew and grew. Just to create the opening couple of pages required a LOT of additonal work; cities that are of the same size as ancient Rome require a lot of modeling and drawing. And as the pages were done, the story took on a life of its own. The final project was worth the effort though!

I love the idea of beautiful women fighting to the death with swords, along with themes of slavery, the arena, and an alien backdrop, so this is something that I've wanted to do for over 20 years. It's a typical male fantasy, but the challenge is to push it a bit further than most in terms of quality.
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~Darserico Sep 5, 2011
She's not the only one arching her back. Justice over there's doing a good job of that. I wonder if she does this with all her victims, or if Locusta's a special case.

In any case, doing great on these aftermath pages.
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Mood: Wow! *chaosfive55 Sep 5, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
I'm yearning to see Justice without the skull mask--perhaps in an independent pin-up, later on?;)
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*jetZig Sep 5, 2011  Professional Photographer
brilliant costume!
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*frazamm Sep 5, 2011
Enjoying your return and how you meshed your characters with CD background. I however think that as much effort in the aftermath of the gladiatorial combat you could at least have provided some more panels of the gladiators fighting. Just a thought.
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~julianapostata Sep 5, 2011
Yeah -- you may be right -- but as it progresses you'll see more...it's just not as linear as the previous work (and I wanted to get into the later pages!!)
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