This is such a classic comic book look - reminds me of the ones I read as a kid. I'm loving the line work or inking or whatever the real comic people call it!
Also: this dude looks like bad news for someone...
Yeah. Its actually pretty prevalent. If you look at the history of ancient Rome, you find emperors who actually came from Germanic tribes and a long history of hiring Germanic peoples from outside the empire. Julius Ceasar actually said that civilization makes men soft, and there was over time an admiration for barbarians and a belief that they made the best fighters. I wanted to reflect that kind of complex relationship between the invaders and the subjugated peoples because its never black and white in real life.
Also: this dude looks like bad news for someone...
(Ah, good fish eye perspective in the 1st panel)
No, not "looks like". That *is* Conan! O.O