Secret Lairs: Hero Prop Thumbnails

In my feedback I was advised to rescale the machine in order to find the right proportion between the feathers and the mechanism. In response to that I decided to work more on the feathers.
After looking at different kinds of fan I decided to add more feathers to the upper part to make it look bigger without rescaling the mechanism.

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Subsequently I realized the first version of the hero prop looked quite boring and bald just as though the feathers had been taken from a very old and sad peacock.

Here is the result of my further development of the fan:

 

I am not quite sure which one I prefer. Any feedback would be appreciated :)

Secret Lairs: Hero Prop Progression

When I started working on the design of the hero prop I wasn't really thinking about its funcionality but I knew this stage was awaiting me in the closest future. 

Here are the steps of the work on the Venusian Queen's fan:

I tried to understand the mechanisms of such bizzare device. At first seemed to work just fine. I decided to go more into silver and gray colours but...

...it turned out to look more like a machine from movie like "Alien" or some kind of futuristic and science-fiction modern production. 

Stages of work on the final concept.

Final Concept Art for the Venusian Queen's Hero Prop.

Secret Lairs: Hero Prop Thumbnails

A very quick ideas and silhouettes development for my hero prop. I chose two silhouettes which seemed to be the most interesting and practical.
Personally, I would go for 1.0. from sheet 1:

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I can sense Maya waiting for me to start modelling the hero prop.
This is something new!