August 22, 2009

Warhammer comic page 10

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Filed under: Miniatures,Pencil — Tags: — Illinia @ 10:03 am

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Warhammer comic page 10

drawn July 5/7, 2006

posted Aug 22, 2009

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linkprofileicon So. Um. Elfin is cute! Though his horse is a little small.

Flairé: You lost the battle, didn’t you.

Yeah, I think so. But I managed to twist it into a moral victory. Or something. I have the idea I was going to continue it, but I didn’t get around to it. And so I don’t remember what happened after that last frame, if anything.

Last night was some pretty good movie watching. The best of the Star Wars movies, for sure. Except it didn’t have much in the way of X-wings. (see last post for facepalm-worthy X-wing humour) That’s why the first and third are its equal. Although Luke is whiny in the first one, and the last one has Ewoks. Why couldn’t they have a movie with lots of X-wings, no Ewoks, and a mature Jedi Knight? That would be the most awesome Star Wars movie ever. Hmm….. I don’t think it exists. It would probably have the screenplay written by Michael Stackpole. : P

Did I mention we have new speakers for the TV? They sound excellent. And smooth. And kinda woofy, actually

Still plugging away at Chapter 7 of The Tactician and the Jewel. The opening is starting to take shape. Not sure how to get into the action yet, though I have some good ideas for the action itself.

Oh, and I was thinking. About spam. It’s actually pretty funny. I’m not going to let it through, but I’m tempted just by the stupidity and randomness of it. I mean, I wasn’t even talking about waffles, let alone waffle slogans! And I’ve forgotten all I ever knew of set theory, so I’m definitely not writing a book on it. Man, those crack me up. Was I talking about set theory? Was I? Was I?

August 21, 2009

Warhammer comic page 9

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Filed under: Miniatures,Pencil — Tags: — Illinia @ 10:06 am

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Warhammer comic page 9

drawn July 5, 2006

posted Aug 21, 2009

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flairekickiconWell, here’s the second last page of the comic, and what a depressing page it is. Oh well.

Check back tomorrow to see the vaguely exciting conclusion to the battle!

Ia heass nuuuurrrrngessss saun lyrhya, because I couldn’t get to sleep last night because of blamey Lord Pent. He’s one of the most attractive guys in Fire Emblem in all ways (looks, personality, and awesomeness) and everytime I read Bouquet (a lovely Pent/Louise fanfic) I can’t go to sleep until late-

Oh. Our brand-new speakers are waking up the neighbourhood now. Ow my backside. It’s rumbling.

If you like Pent/Louise fanfics, I have to also recommend this one: A Thousand Miles. The author calls it “sugary, tooth-rotting stuff”, and it is, but I like it anyway because of that and because it fills me with glee. It’s perfect. Of course, Bouquet is so well written it’s almost (almost, but not quite) canon to me…

Anahoo, they’re the best married couple in videogame history, and that’s the end of that. Except I’m not grateful for the insomnia. Pickles. : P I traced their official art yesterday, and Pent is my desktop now, though I wish there was an actual desktop for him because that would be wonderful. I guess I’ll just have to get Photoshop and make my own to be happy with it.

I went to a dance thing yesterday, and y’know, there were only three or four people I knew there, and two of them were girls, so at first I just sat and watched the band for the first song-and-a-half. Then I remembered I was going to use Flairé as a role-model – he gave me the courage to penetrate the crowd of strangers, apparently just sitting around and eating, the second time I walked up to them, and to find Jon, first off. Flairé’s cool, calm, and collected, and would have just strolled on in there and found the people he was looking for just like that. And when the music started, he would have been the first one up, partner or no partner. And then he told me he was in the band (I could see he wasn’t, but I could imagine him performing if I didn’t look at them) so, what choice did I have but to get up and dance, even by myself? And now I have something like five mini-blisters from wearing dress sandals and it was worth it. (though I may change my mind once I go to work…) “Just never keep your feet still,” he said to me. I can do that. The crowd of strangers eventually formed a mambo line, but I was having fun doing what I was doing so I didn’t join them. Afterwards, one of the band said ‘nice dancing’ so I guess I was graceful, whatever else I was. It’s all thanks to the swishy-skirt!

I completely rewrote the first half of Chapter 6 of The Tactician and the Jewel, cutting out about five pages of stuff, so I think it works better now. Mr. Crazy is just as crazy as he ought to be while still being recognizable. Phew. Started the first paragraph of Chapter 7. This is one of those chapters that it’s harder to start than to continue, I think, so I just have to keep working at it until something appears on the screen. If you’re desperate to change the plot of the chapter from “valiant rescue” to “epic defence”, go vote! –>

I have Sinfonias 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 memorized. I’ll have to listen to my Brendel recording of 5 a ton because it is a pain to understand.

Movie tonight with folks, and less than a week to Othello! Huzzah!

August 20, 2009

Warhammer comic page 8

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Filed under: Miniatures,Pencil — Tags: — Illinia @ 10:28 am

 

Warhammer comic page 8

drawn July 5, 2006

posted Aug 20, 2009

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firetempleavatar The ‘two-page spread’? The Bret general charges my general, drawn on two separate sheets of paper and clumsily joined in Paint because I have no Photoshop. Oh well. You can tell what’s going on, can’t you? There’s not much else behind the Bret lord. Just his horse’s tail. So you’re not missing anything. If you really think you are, save the picture and have another look. …unless you have larger screen resolution than I do (1280×800) and then it doesn’t matter. I think there was supposed to be dialogue, too, but I have no idea what it was. Looks like blue-eyes got his helmet knocked off pretty quickly, though. I guess that means he’ll fit ‘Penlod’ in my spearmen a bit better.

Check back tomorrow to see what that last scout from the page before last is doing! :P

I went to salsa last night! It was still a pretty small circle, but there were more experienced people there than usual, including a guy named Sam, who’s been in China for a while or camping in the interior. He’s really really good, like awesome good, and can lead a girl like anything. Afterwards when there was some ‘free dancing’ he danced some regular salsa with me (as opposed to Rueda salsa, which is what the salsa club at UVic is all about) and it was… pretty darn fun. Though I got dizzy with all the spinning. And he says he’s only been dancing for two years! But he goes to more than one salsa club so he gets lots of practice. Everyone was urging me to go to another salsa thing tonight, so I guess I should try and get to that.

If I’m not too tired. I was hideously tired this morning for some reason… But I dreamed Kryten was wearing a dress. …which doesn’t really make up for anything! I think I saw Flairé before that, though, so that’s good. It’s a good thing it’s my day off running, because I ache all over. And it’s already hot out.

Finished the flipping Chapter 6 of The Tactician and the Jewel… Rhost was extremely annoying. He wouldn’t go crazy in character, or else he’d go crazy in character and fail to be forceful enough to cause tragedy which was supposed to be the point. I think I’m being too nice with him. But he’s a nice guy! Or at least, he was. I’m not very good at writing corruption, after all.

Chapter 7: the one everyone’s voting on in the poll over there! –>

I may just skip this chapter for a few more days and give people a chance to get their last minute panicked votes in, but seeing the level of traffic around here… actually, I can’t see it, but I haven’t gotten any votes in a few weeks, and option 2 is way ahead of all the others, so I will just go with that, then! Thanks for participating! (actually, most of the votes come from me individually and personally polling people and then adding their votes myself… so no, I did not skew the poll!)

August 19, 2009

Warhammer comic page 7

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Filed under: Miniatures,Pencil,Running — Tags: , — Illinia @ 9:47 am

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Warhammer comic page 7

drawn July 5, 2006

posted Aug 19, 2009

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linksadicon So. Yeah. The Silver Helms charge and the men-at-arms run away. Surprising, that. There are five of them, I just didn’t draw two because they wouldn’t fit on my silly road. That isn’t runes on Elfin’s sword, either – it’s blood. I wonder if I actually killed some guys or if they just ran away. I wouldn’t be surprised. : P

And yeah, mages are magey… not much to say there. Damsel’s head is squished. Not a very interesting page. Sorry. Next page is even less interesting!

Check back tomorrow to see what the blue-eyed commander has been up to! : P

I keep playing games against my brother and losing. It’s a little annoying, except when the battles are short. Also I draw faces all the same, which is even more annoying because it seems to take a lot of effort just to get them looking good and all the same. It must be even harder to get them looking right and all different! Whoa… mind-bender. But I drew a lot of faces yesterday, and I’m happy with most of them aside from the ‘all looking the same’ thing.

I’m still addicted to writing my story TTatJ, although it has hit sort of a brick wall in terms of imagination… I keep hammering at the last scenes in Chapter 5 but they all sound stupid. OH WELL CHAPTER 6 HERE I COME. Let’s see if anyone gets killed yet! …Btw, anybody want to volunteer as proofreaders? To give me comments and critique and suggestions on how to make it less stupid? Hey, it has an original plot and 80% original characters!

I’m going to go practice SSBM after I get cleaned up from my run. We’re missing a Kirby Smash trophy! How did that happen!?!? Or piano. Or I’ll try drawing Link again and add a few kalmaei for kicks. I really need a new sketchbook. I have about six pages left! All of a sudden! O_O7

Okay, I got the Kirby Smash trophy, got a few more Marth trophies, finished Chapter 5, and was left to my own devices for a couple hours, so I’m feeling chipper again. Huzzah! I lost the Warhammer battle today, as well, but I found a 20-use free GIF animator and I made a short (1M) animation of one of my friends smiling creepily because he does that. <_<   >_>

I keep editing this post. My bad.

August 18, 2009

Warhammer comic page 6

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Filed under: Miniatures,Pencil,Running — Tags: , — Illinia @ 10:43 am

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Warhammer comic page 6

drawn July 5, 2006

posted Aug 18, 2009

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aiwelossnowicon Yeah. One survivor. One scout made it through the Bretonnian phase. Fabulous. Not much you can do with one scout, even with their Ballistic Skill of 4. And yeah, I am terrible at drawing cornfields. Not sure why the crow died in panel one as well as its victim. The building-y thing is that blue-roofed barn that pops up in a lot of Warhammer things, though I think I fancied it up for purposes of this picture. Let’s see if I can find it.

Here it is.

Check back tomorrow to find out… what happens in the next turn. Exciting, I know. But it has a picture of the mage!

I am so addicted to writing The Tactician and the Jewel. I stare at it for five minutes and then I write a paragraph and then I read it through again and add another paragraph. It’s hard getting everyone to do stuff and be interesting and be in character! I did jump ahead and add a climactic scene in Chapter 6 because it was hanging over me and I thought I should get it down before I forgot it. I should put the one in Chapter 7 sometime before I change it beyond all recognition. Well, I think I’m about halfway through Chapter 5. They’ve taken shelter from the snowstorm. Now the hero is going to slip and hit his head. Because he’s just that unlucky. I mean, everyone else gets hurt, why should he escape? And how the heck is the boss going to show up? I have no idea whatsoever how this chapter is going to end. Exciting!

I WENT FOR A RUN THIS MORNING!! I’m pretty proud of myself, since I haven’t gone in, what, a month? I went at about 9:00, which was rather late… if I had gone at 7:00 like I planned it would have been much cooler. But I stayed up until 11:00 last night writing TTatJ, so I slept instead. Oh well. Better luck tomorrow, since I don’t work today! I do, however, need to play a tiny Warhammer battle with my brother. Pickles. Go go Celebtholi!

I lost miserably.

He’s also asked me about playing A Lord of Bretonnia, but for some reason that really doesn’t appeal to me. It looks interesting… and then you get the Lord’s Tax, season after season, phrased either all the same or all the differently same, whichever sort of scribe you are. It got really boring for me the last time we played. Fortunately, he seems to have begun playing it solo – without me, that is. Which makes me happy.

I drew another picture of Ceniro which came out as good as my expectations yesterday. I drew a certain other character entirely from memory, and he came out pretty well! Though he looks more girly than usual. And there’s a background! …I want Photoshop 5.

I learned how to play Planxty George Brabazon (The Chieftains, from their CD ‘Water in the Well’) yesterday at work using the power of my mind. Well, no, but it played in my head over and over and I could hum it, so when I got home I got out my violin and I played it. Not perfectly, but I played all the right notes without too many mistakes.

By the way, the latest page of No Need for Bushido is sugary sweet and makes me squeal happily. Oh, Cho. Shame on you. :)

Lots of bread and cinnamon buns in the house! Glee. Also my favourite CDs on my iPod on random. More glee!

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