This is a very Raw Pencil version of this character colored in Photoshop. It was done very quickly and I feel the new story will fit this raw style. However, I did decide to expand upon this character more. I wanted to define his baseball bat weapon a little better
I decided to zero in on this weapon and create a version where it looked like the axe pieces would come out of the sides of the bat from a glowing green center. The crystal piece would fit in the base of the grip area. In order for Jimmy to electrically power his bat and allow the axe blades to protrude, he would squeeze the grip and his tattoos would electrically charge the bat and transform it into a new axe weapon.
This version was meant to be a lot cleaner and emphasizing the character's electric tattoos in addition to his baseball bat morphing into an axe.
I took this concept a whole step further and created an elaborate animated gif illustrating how the axe would work. In the process, I learned that in order for the axe blades to come out of the green area of the bat, they would need to be a little smaller. So, in the end the axe blades are really not physical blades that need to fit inside the bat. I think of them more as a green electrically charged central crystal that forms the shape of the blades.
This will be another set of characters that can each be a self sufficient energy source in the Swashbuckling Steve Silverado Universe.
