Step-by-step No. 3

Decided I wanted to do something with feathers, and a dramatic sky of some sort. Feathers are a real pain in the tucas, so I don't know why I keep returning to them. Maybe I'm a masochist :P Below you'll find my progress so far. It's not much.

General pose and colour-scheme. Palettes nabbed form
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Some more work. Blocking in colours and such.

Changed my mind.

Changed it back again and tweaked some anatomical issues
 after feedback from a friend.

What I have so far.

Background! Needs more EXPLOSIONS!! And maybe some
skulls and other bodyparts.