Who's the oldest? I'd love to start at the beginning of history and work our way forward.

But...the gentleman with the book, the shotgun, and the freakish, freakish eyes...he seems intresting.

And I want to see how you're gonna use the Long Stairs. I do hope you're going to use the body of SJGames work - the Cabal and the Illuminati are always fun.

Dude with the bitchin hat. No question.

>>317400
I fear they were supposed to be spectacles, but it seems a line was lost or faded in the resizing and coloration.

As for the Long Stairs themselves, they are not the main focus of these stories, but their presence is notable, and at times exploited by various entities.

As for Steve Jackson Games, I hold a certain love for that company's products, I am at this time idly flipping through a Warehouse 23 paperback and will doubtless draw some inspirations.

The -Secure Redacted Files- themselves will be be somewhat like GURPS Stat sheets, with a few added, and sometimes, redacted pieces of information.

Secure Redacted Files on everyone? Unless the five would be hard to do... And my vote still goes with the freaky eyed man with the shotgun.

I'm gonna say the guy with the axe in the bottom left. Guy looks like he don't play games.

ALLOTER 2009/12/14(Mon)10:57 No. 7612 ID: e024d0
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-ZODIAC SECURE MAINFRAME-
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C:/ FILES: SEC LVL <ORANGE>
RETRIEVING DATA CONCERNING SUBJECT: ERIC WHITE
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C:/ FILES: SEC LVL <ORANGE>
C:/RETRIEVING DATA CONCERNING SUBJECT: BAD DOG
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PLEASE WAIT
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ALLOTER 2009/12/14(Mon)16:59 No. 7626 ID: e024d0
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...Holy fuck.

Ok, I'd want to keep Mad Dog for later...damn...damn...

Erm...how about the Redacted Files for the man with the Apple?

My god Dog is overpowered. I'd like to play him, but I'm a bit worried he's too powerful...

ALLOTER 2009/12/14(Mon)23:22 No. 7634 ID: e024d0
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Y/N
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>>317434
How about the one with the blue shirt?

>>317436

Yeah I wanna see the explorer looking guy.

I'm also tempted to choose Bad Dog.

ALLOTER 2009/12/15(Tue)10:38 No. 7655 ID: e024d0
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ALLOTER 2009/12/15(Tue)18:55 No. 7693 ID: e024d0
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-system intrusion detected-
tracing...
tracing...
<connection lost>

Well then gentlemen, you have been dealt what I believe to be a solid first hand. Whom would you first put in play?

It will take me a bit to put together some environments, but I do plan to see this hand played out before moving onward in a more 'regular' fashion with other (and maybe even some returning) characters.

I suppose if no one has any other suggestions I will go with crazy shotgun preacher. Let me just break out the Sepiatone filters, draw up a few environments and poses. First frame should be up by Friday.

I am quite torn between Eric White and Bad Dog...So I'mgonna put it to you - which one is easiest to run, will be fine.

Are you waiting for us to give input? I am unsure as to whether there is more text coming or not.

>>317640
Its okay, Let us just say that I am not a Reaver or Weaver style updater, maybe more along Gnoll's speed (okay, maybe somewhat faster than that, but you get the idea), with a more serious tone.

I have to scan this shit at work, so due to holidays, I may be going somewhat, erratically, but I have not forgotten you gentlemen.

I should also consider procuring a rather less interrupt-able form of scanning/tablet.

Hey, allow me mention a few things:

First, I like the unique style of your art. It's refreshing to see something different.

Second, I'm fond of the Western Frontier setting and the background of the protagonist of which we got some hints. Shotgun pastor? Sweet!

Third, I have to say, it's a bit hard for me to tell wether you wait for a suggestion or if the update is part of a "cutscene" of some sort. Just my oppinion, really.

Anyway, good luck!

>>317829
I don't generally do the cut-scene thing yet, something can be inspected or at least suggested at most any impasse. I will mark cutscenes as such.

The character may not take up that suggestion if they have a reason against it, but it helps me know what and where to draw next if there are at least comments.

Also, while shotgun preacher isn't really 'in tune' with the voices in his head, certain other characters will directly talk back and argue with you Muschio or Ridder style.

Especially if their sanity has degraded considerably. Bad Dog for example, you guys might have some fun talking to him.

Also, I think I am going to change Mr. Poor's first name to something more... sensible, I mean Tinnigal, what kind of parent names their son that? He's already bad enough off with his last name as is. Though, I could give him some ego problems fit better.

I got a tablet... hence... some noticeable artistic change to be expected as I adjust.

ALLOTTER 2010/01/14(Thu)11:06 No. 9079 ID: cf41a7
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erh... when I chose this name this wasn't quite what I had in mind.

>>318879
Otters from outer space!

Hm, to be honest, I always thought of a lottery when I read your name. Probably got something to do with the playing card metaphors.

ALLOTTER 2010/01/16(Sat)13:33 No. 9190 ID: cf41a7
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Some more character ideas...

Allotter 2010/02/15(Mon)21:04 No. 10688 ID: 817cd3
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He will show up.

From a recent post:
>Yellow: (wisper):"Erh... hello there 'voices' can... can you hear me? I'm a somewhat new at actually playing this game so... I was wondering how or really if you have any suggestions. I'm really just filling in for someone else. I mean I've seen you pull off some crazy stuff, but I didn't know you were actually watching, or listening... or whatever we are doing."

From the intro post:

>Black: "I went to some expense to allow you come here and play against me twice, I assure you that I plan to enjoy this game."

>Yellow: "You will lose, you always lost."

>Black:"But this time the stakes are higher, if you lose here, all your past gains were meaningless, at this table, I have the experience, I..."

I think we're seeing into Yellow's first game against Black now!

Allotter 2010/02/26(Fri)09:04 No. 11208 ID: 817cd3
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>>320594
Indeed this is a possible interpretation...

Anyhow... have a random gunbunny... perhaps a later character?

Allotter 2010/02/26(Fri)09:06 No. 11209 ID: 817cd3
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and a version without the hat... (because I put too much damn effort into that hair.) Also.. I probably should have added shadows... oh well.

>>321009
>>321031
I... I can't see a difference.

Allotter 2010/02/27(Sat)09:33 No. 11237 ID: 817cd3
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>>321031
the reference--->

my head...

care to elucidate this?
(also.. someone drew a reaction pic I for me for some reason... it seems to fit my reaction.)

>>321037
You are a bad person for not knowing Cave Story.

Allotter 2010/02/27(Sat)11:12 No. 11241 ID: 817cd3
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>>321039
Weird... okay... hmmm.... apparently that style of headset is already being used by significantly awesome characters... I need to stop making these kinds of accidental references. Hell, I never even played the game (add another thing to my list of things to do.)

I just added the headset/ear-protection for an oblique 'rabbit' reference (maybe it will make sense in the long run blah blah ect ect...)

anhow... erh.. have some complementary ruins n' shit.

Allotter 2010/03/02(Tue)08:57 No. 11815 ID: 817cd3
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Tried something more 'impressionistic' if I ever get past this stage of the quest I plan to do the whole "orb vision" thing with different characters literally seeing the world in different ways.

Allotter 2010/03/14(Sun)23:40 No. 12643 ID: 817cd3
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Okay... I know that CoC isn't a game that seems to get many players, but seriously where the fuck are the suggestions? My thread just sat on the first page for 12 hours without a damn post, as of now it's still postless...

If this shit keeps up I 'will' update using the most mediocre of possible decisions and almost everyone 'will' die in the most gruesome fashions I can find.

Is it my art? Is it the slow updates? is there no character connection? not enough fury? sex? violence? does my writing injure the eyes? does the character not troll or enrage the audience enough?

anyhow.. to make up for my late ranting.. have a mecha or something.

>>322443
It's neither interesting nor appealing. In short, you make grammar mistakes and don't do dialogue in a way that makes me give a damn, and the art is cruddy.

I don't like the theatrical production-script dialogue format that works as follows:
"Character #1: *is doing something* Words words words."
"Character #2: Blah blah blah."
I also really hate the asterisks enclosing phrases that tell what the character's doing.

The fairly frequent grammatical errors are also a turn-off for me. Call me nitpicky or whatever, but it gives me faith in the author when their writing is free of obvious stupid mistakes.

None of that stuff is helped by the art, which is drab and unappealing. Most of everything looks like it's tinted some shade of brown; or all the lines and color are blurred into each other; or all the lines look the same; so the characters look flat and don't stand out from their surroundings.

That's basically it for me.

Oh god why did I spend an hour on this

Allotter 2010/03/15(Mon)03:13 No. 12663 ID: 817cd3
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>>322447
I sense some valid complaints, however in my defense:

The Script Style: only used for the Colors who are so meta to the story I had to indicate that their little sections were fundamentally 'different' from all the other characters.

Grammar: Mmmkay, valid. However, I loath typing in these little -chan textboxes. The lack of a post preview or edit function is also a hindrance (if completely understandable in the case of the later.)

The Art: My primary reason for even running a quest is to improve my artistic skill from it's current level of "doodled some in school, then didn't draw shit for 3-4 years."

Also, Nevada is (in parts) not much to look at aside from shades of dusty brown and dull green. Most quests don't even attempt full color (although that may be for the best it seems.)

>>322463
You can always type out the posts in another text editor to find errors, and/or run them by people to check for same.

>>322468
(also what am I doing I promised to help you out with your thing and am totally fucking up my end of the bargain :|)

I have been reading your quest and participating, but I'd like to offer you advice as well because I want more people to suggest.

There are a couple of things that are going to limit your suggestions no matter what. These are problems that plague me as well, and I don't think there's anything you can do about them:

Nature
Your quest is serious and has a (relatively) complicated plot. The more people have to think about what the suggest, the less likely it is that they will. I would guess that more people read your quest than you think, but don't suggest because they either aren't sure as to what is going on, or don't want to make a bad decision. There is nothing you can do about this.

Text-Heaviness

Whenever the text in the dialogue box is so long that you have to click "reply" to view it, people are less likely to read. Although some text-heaviness is going to be required, you should try your hardest to keep the size inside the size of the box. Even then, the longer the text, the less likely people will be to read and respond.

Solvable Problems

Art
I don't think most people realized that you started off with significant animated frames. Although your art is now digital, the original scanned and colored images looked ugly. It wasn't because of the quality of the art, it was because it was scanned and then colored.

Use sharp, dark lines to help your art stand out. If people can't at least get a general idea of what is going on from the thumbnail, they are less likely to click and read. I don't know if it's a compression issue or what, but a lot of your images are blurry. You also have a lot of extremely dark frames where it is hard to tell what is happening at all. You can indicate that things are dark without making it hard on the reader to see.

Plot

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm much, much more interested in what the human character is doing that what is going on in the "game."

the first Yellow segment was fine because it put things in perspective and revealed significant metaplot, I think these segments should be as short and infrequent as possible. I want to know about the mystery and adventure that the character is experiencing because it is more exciting.

Caveat
I've talked about getting a preview button for the text. I think this would help a lot of us out.

Anonymous 2010/03/16(Tue)03:59 No. 12727 ID: d86d2c
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>>322463
>The Art: My primary reason for even running a quest is to improve my artistic skill from it's current level of "doodled some in school, then didn't draw shit for 3-4 years."
Bro, your art isn't going to improve much from doodling things in your imagination.

>Also, Nevada is (in parts) not much to look at aside from shades of dusty brown and dull green. Most quests don't even attempt full color (although that may be for the best it seems.)
Oh yeah the landscape is brown, woo hoo. Way to miss my point.

Even in monochromatic quests, you can usually tell what's going on because they focus the majority of detail; the boldest lines; the richness of color in the objects in the foreground.

See the attached image. The scene on the right is what your quest looks like to me from glancing over it.

>>322527
Almost the first half of my quest was scan and fill and even after I finally got a tablet it took me a good bit to realize what the hell layers were for (ie: cleaning up fill lines.)

>>322564
If you are still scanning and coloring, then this method should help:

Completely desaturate the image, and turn the contrast all the way dark on the initial image. This will make sure your lines are nice and black. You will probably have to delete some little spots and dotlets but whatever.

Make a separate layer and set it to "multiply"

Color on this layer. This will make sure you don't have any white spaces or crap like that around the edges.

Done.

You should color on a separate layer anyway. If you are drawing the picture from scratch, then you can just color under your lines instead of setting a multiply layer.

Hope this helps.

Allotter 2010/03/18(Thu)12:15 No. 12862 ID: 817cd3
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>>322593
Thanks, but I actually got myself a tablet a few months ago.

Still learning a new techniques every week or so it seems. Took me almost a month and a bit to find and use the ink tool in Gimp, was using the paintbrush for lines before that.

Anyhow... some experiments with smoke effects.

Allotter 2010/03/18(Thu)12:17 No. 12863 ID: 817cd3
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>>322662
and a second...

Probably not quest related... at least not until I get out of the Great Depression era (whenever that is.)

Allotter 2010/03/31(Wed)21:10 No. 13418 ID: 362f0c
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More experimenting with other styles and characters.

Allotter 2010/04/05(Mon)18:30 No. 13646 ID: 362f0c
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Too many influences here to name really.

Allotter 2010/04/10(Sat)18:57 No. 13832 ID: 362f0c
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This was the origional .gif actually...

Allotter 2010/04/11(Sun)15:28 No. 13860 ID: a56bd0
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Something planned for later... probably a lot later.

Allotter 2010/04/14(Wed)21:48 No. 14026 ID: 362f0c
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whole pic...

Allotter 2010/04/18(Sun)16:46 No. 14316 ID: a56bd0
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trying some model sketches...

Allotter 2010/05/12(Wed)23:55 No. 15559 ID: 19c7d6
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Needs more necromancy...

You can never have too much necromancy.

...Almost never, anyway.

>>324317
Haters gonna hate.

Allotter 2010/05/22(Sat)11:44 No. 16038 ID: 70b00c
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I dunno, maybe creepy weird half-goblins or something.

Dr. Eric White: Bio Allotter 2010/05/31(Mon)23:03 No. 16630 ID: 2a421d
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Dr. Eric White is recorded as arriving at the 'Saint Franscis Home for the Young' Westishrire, England in 1903 while still a toddler. No mention is made of his background aside from the speculation that his parent may have been working-class Irish.

Though noted as being a precociously curious child, he was often found lost in daydreaming (much to the chagrin of his caretakers and later his teachers.)

Indeed it was believed that his somewhat slow and antisocial nature would preclude him from higher education, until it was noted that his frequent doodles in the margins of his work were unusually sophisticated and showed a very strong grasp of higher mathematical principles.

Due to an interest in the further development of these talents he was sponsored for a mathematics and physics degree and was well on the way to changing the face of applied physics when his life was flung dramatically off course at the age of 22.

While investigating an artifact belonging to a reclusive, recently deceased professor of theology and metaphysics he was forced into a conflict for his very being as a dangerous sorcerer attempted to swap both mind and body for his. Using an a device of his own invention he managed to escape, but not unscathed. His body had already succumbed to the magics.

Now in danger of mistaken identity with an 'assumed dead' heretic he fled to make a new life in America under the provision of the Church (who were quite willing to both cover up their error, and keep him as far away from England in case of any 'lingering aftereffects'.)

He has lived now for a decade in a body not his own with no home for more than a few months. Slowly working his way across the United States. The current Great Depression as well as the unique stresses of his experience has given him more than a few gray hairs in the current year of 1932.

Allotter 2010/06/15(Tue)17:38 No. 17761 ID: 407b5b
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Just in case somebody noticed my blatant plagiarism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evil_Clergyman

Part of the reason Dr. White often has somewhat detached, introspective internal dialogue was I was riffing off the way Lovecraft writes all his characters. I interpreted it as him being just a bit insulated from his experiences and finds it hard to relate or retain proper interest in the world and people around him.

Note that this makes him forgetful and disorganized (he's already lost his toolbag, helmet and the Radiant Device) especially after he's been stressed, as well as limiting his perceptiveness. However, he is the most stable character psychologically.

Allotter 2010/06/16(Wed)22:32 No. 17813 ID: 2a421d
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I dunno plotten and stuff.

Allotter 2010/06/17(Thu)12:18 No. 17835 ID: 2a421d
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I may try out this style some time.

>>327635

Watercolor?

Allotter 2010/06/19(Sat)09:53 No. 18006 ID: 407b5b
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It looks a bit like watercolor doesn't it? I think I may use some variation of this style for the rat quest I've been thinking of running for some time. >>327613 >>323826

Nobles nobbing about, plotting, politicking, backstabbing, trolling the peasantry,and perhaps even romancing in a pseudo-Victorian atmosphere.


Or I may run something a little less thought out and closer to earth, arena fighters and getten tactical. Perhaps even running through character builds like M&Ms depending on how brutal things get.

Allotter 2010/07/08(Thu)13:24 No. 19435 ID: 407b5b
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Something random here... need some experience with non-humans, probably will do more.

Also, fantastic biology, no specimens were intentionally harmed for the making of these records, though some were drugged and most were probed.

>>329235
probed? 83c

Spoilertime Allotter 2010/07/09(Fri)15:54 No. 19516 ID: 6faf8a
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Some answers to puzzles we just passed.

Q: The Tower, was it avoidable?

A: The 'lighthouses' are akin to open plasma reactors made of pulp SCIENCE! and arcane wizardry. Throwing a stick of dynamite into the stream soon after if blew the floor out from under Fields would have caused a backlash to temporarily extinguish the Tower, the cables/chains would have held long enough for Clara and White to retreat over to their origional side.

However, they will pull, not going to kill anyone over not guessing how to disrupt a giant disinterested deathbeam.

Q: The Mummies and the Panels what's up with that?

A: The panels would have been able to open the door, turned on lights, a fountain ,activate holographic maps, and raise or drop the mummies all at the press of a few buttons. However, you also could have alerted security, flooded the room or any number of inconveniences.

The statue served as a 'manual override' for the doors, and the mummies would not have even been an inconvenience had Fields not opened and looted as many caskets as he could.

There was also some treasure and a trap hidden behind door 'b'.

Allotter 2010/07/24(Sat)13:12 No. 20721 ID: 407b5b
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I didn't really plan to be running First Hand this long, which is somewhat why I did the character switch this chapter. Trying out a different artstyle for a bit.

Allotter 2010/07/31(Sat)11:13 No. 21088 ID: 407b5b
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Stuff and things...

Allotter 2010/08/10(Tue)20:26 No. 21620 ID: 4ae7b5
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If anyone's wondering why I haven't been updating and hasn't seen my (missed that fucking jump AGAIN!) rage filled rants in the IRC, this could give you a clue...

I've never played Cave Story before, always heard I should, but hadn't.


P.S.
Seriously, fuck Misery...

Allotter 2010/09/03(Fri)13:40 No. 22567 ID: 86b8dc
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Probably will color this later.

Allotter 2010/09/28(Tue)19:54 No. 23764 ID: 94bae0
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The Feuerfeld linage traces its way back to a group of Swiss Pikesmen and Knights whose primary duty was the protection of a a certain castle in which a circle of sages sought to unlock and replicate what they claimed were the secrets of immortality.

However, a local witchhunt, combined with the aid of the Landsknecht and the growing irrelevance of training in the face ball and musket drove out the sages, alchemists occultists leaving their now jobless protectors to pick up the pieces. Fortunately they left behind some very interesting and profitable pieces.

Now with their own equipment and the Age of Exploration in full swing the Feuerfeld's dedicated themselves to the acts of acquiring even more power, of both the monetary and otherworldly kinds.

Elias Merchadel Feurfeld is the last of this line, his father having been a noteworthy archeologist and explorer, his mother of minor Austrian nobility. He tagged along on many of his fathers adventures until an unfortunate fall broke his leg and he was forced to stay at home for the next trip.

A trip his father never returned from. That was 3 years ago, and Elias, now 19 is desperately trying to hold together a nearly depleted relic trading empire as well as somehow justify or throw a heroic light on the manner of living he has inherited. It was both pursuits that brought him to one of the few remaining acquisitions of his family, the Seven Hills Silver Mine and the ruins underneath it.

Allotter 2010/10/07(Thu)19:10 No. 24553 ID: cbb20c
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Since apparently I am going to be drawing lots of Vehrimen (ie: 'not-burmicians') in my new quest I should probably practice some faces.

For 'furries' they are ridiculously hard to emote satisfactorily (although their hands and feet are so much easier.) I think it's the whole "can't see the mouths thing."

>>334353
Rock the fu manchu!

>>334353
You seriously underestimate the emotiveness of the eyes + ears combination, I think.

Admittedly you draw eyes much smaller than I do. But I think you can still pull it off.

Allotter 2010/10/15(Fri)17:13 No. 25076 ID: cbb20c
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I can't believe I screwed this pic up when I posted it in the quest. I forgot to erase the coloring from Lucidia's sleeve when I moved her left hand. This is the pic more as it should have been.

I thought I was past that kind of derp. Then again, drawing this frame was herp after derp as I initially drew out a much livelier looking scene on the white background, only to realize as I finished inking that I had no layer underneath to color and had to trace the whole damn thing over again.

In other news in my most recent posts I've finally taken to just typing my post out in Word before copy-pasting just to keep all my tags and syntax right

Allotter 2010/10/23(Sat)18:45 No. 25502 ID: 146c5a
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action shots and character ideas perhaps.

Allotter 2010/10/23(Sat)20:51 No. 25506 ID: 146c5a
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The Happenstance Repeater is an Air Compression Weapon firing roughly 8 rounded slugs in quick succession, one at a time, or all at once (using the forward trigger.) Reload is a bitch however, as the greased projectiles have a tendency to slide forward out of the barrels if the weapon is pointed downward too long.

Artandin Artisans and subsidiaries of the Artandan family manufacture and equip the AAA-Nueluck(R) as a 'Needle Hunting Instrument' and thus not banned under the 'Injunction Act against Subtle and Devious Manufacture". However, The Dragon Thanes have attempted several times to outlaw it's nearly silent revolver design citing the understandable popularity with assassins.

The Empyl Dress Lance, as well as the Silver Serpent Wheel-lock are only two of the myriad designs incorporating the use of handcrafted caseless rocket rounds, the favored weapon of Verhimen marksmen due to the widely customizable load of each shell. Of course the undeniable stylism and intimidation effect of a battlefield full of screaming, piping or sparking projectiles when making war on 'less industrious peoples' is perhaps another design choice.

The Behebaluth Fire-lance is a positively ancestral weapon to the Verhimen people, they possess no records of describing ranged warefare in which such a weapon was not known or used. Stick Grenades of various types, the most popular being Incendiary or merely Directionally Explosive, are mounted in the head of this weapon and triggered from the haft. Beyond this most basic similarity the design varies wildly, with some being more akin to long maces, and others resembling more halberds.

August 2010/10/28(Thu)17:49 No. 25835 ID: e7b76d
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I don't even know if this is or will be related to anything.

>>335635
It's awesome, that automatically makes it related to everything. Everything awesome atleast.

Allotter 2010/11/14(Sun)11:58 No. 26764 ID: 882063
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Feeling pseudo-medieval. However, most of the Verhimen city-states are a bit more Renaissance given that they regularly use rifles. The real thing holding them back from the industrial revolution proper is a severe lack of fossil fuels (aside from peat.)

They have electricity but most of that is water powered. Fortunately the climate is temperate rainforest or wetlands.

>>336564

How much sunlight do they get? Enough to make focusing arrays a reasonable method for capturing solar energy?

Cahmfor Tonnerrepied 2010/11/16(Tue)21:54 No. 26930 ID: c99f30
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>>336654
"Sokay I guess... heard some fellah's tryen set such stuff up, works some too, long as your a bit of a ways back innah highlands.

The cloud n fog's near constant innah lowlands bout 3 quarter's o the year. And when them clouds gotta go uphill, gotta lose the weight see? Pow, allem cliffstates getten soaked bout every week. Cept in summer, and end bits o winter I guess, like now herabouts really.

Guess that's good for my job security though, gotta watch fer Elves n sech though, or Yeeks, n' them Troll trappers, or Bold rebels. Yeah... gotta watch for them bold rebels... ahahhhhah oh I crack meself up"

Allotter 2010/11/17(Wed)19:31 No. 27009 ID: c99f30
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Just considering what other species inhabit this world. Got a lot of blank space to fill up, probably going to borrow few.

>>336809
is that a tie?

that is a tie.

YOU GAVE A SNAKE MAN A TIE.

YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY WON AT QUEST GAMES.

Allotter 2010/11/21(Sun)14:55 No. 27252 ID: 0a5a14
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-Kernal Packet 551 Biological Subjects-
Species: Tentatively Labeled "Hobgoblin."

Morphologically Humanoid w/ standard male female dimorphism (ie: height, muscle density, child-bearing hips, breasts, ect.) NOTABLE: Resemblance to well-documented phenotype "Goblin."

Xeno-Mammalian, Homeothermic, indicated standard room temp too cool? May consider topside transfer and holding.

Sapient, Civilized, Technological (see: Recovered Artifacts Log 650C) Artifacts indicate at least steel and machine processing,

Utilize Functional Hyper-Geometrical Technique (see below.)

Eyes: Reflective outer-layer lends a glossy 'blank" appearance. This, as well as notable brow, hairless skin, sebaceous glands, and other adaptations indicate a bright, and likely hot/dry, natural climate.

Male, young adult, trained warrior? Tech disorientation should keep containment easy for a few weeks.

Female, late adolescence, notable contrast to male in having a singular discolored eye, as well as lacking the large ears of the male. Scans show massively deformed skull and brain structure to allow for this eye and even cursory examination reveals crude scars where the ears would be (female circumcision? occult sign? criminal penalty?)

WARNING: Considerable hypergeometic training on top of natural talent, use genelocked dampeners and at least one hypertechician or sensitive on hand for all interactions.

>>337052
Doubt I will ever actually use Vidder in a quest, maybe a really random encounter or reference, but not as a whole species.

I would like to make a /quest/ bestiary sometime, could be a fun document to make, get a lot of anatomy practice in (I could defiantly use it.) Someone did draw all the various species of women in /quest/ naked and to scale at some point, but I was thinking something a bit more analytical with less gender restriction.

Allotter 2010/11/22(Mon)12:14 No. 27292 ID: c99f30
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An attempt at drawing something 'cute', as it's yet another a skill I lack.

Found some pic of a cat with a DS, thought it look adorable so decided to draw it.

Allotter 2010/11/22(Mon)15:27 No. 27321 ID: f7ea8c
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Yet more human practice, haven't been drawing many in a good bit. I love when /tg/ has IRL Player Character dumps.

>>337121
Whoa, your art improved significantly since you began questing. Congrats, man!

>>337157
Yeah, pretty seriously better. And you fixed the head problem. Excellent.

Allotter 2010/12/01(Wed)20:07 No. 27909 ID: c99f30
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Oh hai der~.

>>337709
All I can see is how it should have a southern gentleman moustache, with those weird mouth things pointing out to either side, along with a tophat and a monocle.

Trine!H508X.HbJ6 2010/12/01(Wed)20:28 No. 27912 ID: e43bfe
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>>337711
Triple Doubles demands I actually draw it.

Added badly drawn pipe just becuz

Allotter 2010/12/03(Fri)22:11 No. 27964 ID: 850d78
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I really don't know, suspect it was a combination of playing Arkham Asylum and wanting to draw a Lazurek.

Allotter 2010/12/04(Sat)22:09 No. 27973 ID: 531b22
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So, I will probably start a new chapter of Before the Storm pretty soon (but don't expect too many updates this week becasue I still have finals.)

However, I don't really want to just 'abandon' First Hand, as poorly drawn as most of the older art is. Still, I'm unsure of how I'm going to handle it, I really planned for all the characters in First Hand to be disposable on a whim, it was the place they were exploring that would become the setting for yet another quest.

Allotter 2010/12/17(Fri)17:34 No. 28496 ID: 0405f3
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>"This one's membralia are swollen and tugid, our sporulation nodes at their limit, join this one's rapturous release of the flesh.... erm we mean... hssssssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!"

>>337711
TRIPLE DOUBLES

Allotter 2011/02/17(Thu)21:01 No. 31344 ID: 68f11f
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Damn gimp's poor ass Macport. Froze TWICE on me today.

>>341144
You could try seashore. A simpler program biased on gimp but native. It works pretty well as long as you don't want varied line width(tablet support but no tool for line width, only opacity).

I used to use 0.1.9 a while back and it worked well. There's a new version out that might be better.

Allotter 2011/02/21(Mon)21:48 No. 31628 ID: 4d7f8c
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So,I usually update Before the Storm daily, however this week I have an exam every day so, my schedule is somewhat... off.

In some pitiable attempt at exchange for this laxity on my part, have a preview of a group picture portraying all of August's immediate family. Quite unfinished I fear...

AND WE SHALL NAME THEM. These four I dub: Mysterio The Cloak, Right-Side Girl, Captain Half-Ear the Cane Bandit, and Wrinkles Of The Floating Torso

>>341430
>Wrinkles Of The Floating Torso
Good god, I laugehd.

Allotter 2011/02/26(Sat)21:14 No. 32236 ID: 4d7f8c
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Still working on my concepts for Fae Military Arms, they have a severe problem with ferrous metals disrupting their magic.

However they often more make up for it, 'living magic' can have some interesting applications for those in the right frame of mind and the power to master it.

>>342036
Looks like we should generally avoid fighting them.

Allotter 2011/03/01(Tue)20:33 No. 32434 ID: 4d7f8c
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>>342051
To be fair that one is probably an elite bodyguard or shock trooper. Something like this is likely more typical.

Camouflaged, lightly armored hit-and-run w/ enchanted beast support. It was mentioned in chapter one that it's rare to meet a Farie who would call themselves a 'soldier' per-say though almost all of individuals have a few decades of militia training under their belt.

Allotter 2011/03/13(Sun)16:10 No. 33258 ID: 4d7f8c
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Because having to draw Jolienne so much makes me realize how poor I am at tits, so practice, and possible character ideas.

Animated Allotter 2011/05/12(Thu)23:55 No. 36577 ID: 544dd4
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Something I 'had' planned to use in First Hand.

Some things man was meant to see... This was not one of them.

>>346377
Three billion electron-volts!