Combat Scars
- SavaTheAggie
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Combat Scars
I have just uploaded the next installment of my illustrated online tale Ikros:Chaos Skies.
Along with photoedited rain, you?ll also notice a large quantity of Little Armory weapons in the pictures. Many thanks go to Jeff Byrd for creating such wonderful customs! I must say they?re really fun to work with.
So without further ado, I am proud to present:
Ikros: Chaos Skies
Chapter 7 - Combat Scars
PLMKWYT!
Ikros: Chaos Skies Website
--Anthony
Along with photoedited rain, you?ll also notice a large quantity of Little Armory weapons in the pictures. Many thanks go to Jeff Byrd for creating such wonderful customs! I must say they?re really fun to work with.
So without further ado, I am proud to present:
Ikros: Chaos Skies
Chapter 7 - Combat Scars
PLMKWYT!
Ikros: Chaos Skies Website
--Anthony
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Top shelf work, yet again! Love it sava! It just doesn't get better than Ikros!
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Excellent, as always! Don't let reader decline get you down, even if it is in your head! The best artists produce for themselves, and their audience is just an added bonus. Make what YOU want to see, not what other people want.
I think you'll find you produce better art that way.
Just my two cents!
-Jason
I think you'll find you produce better art that way.
Just my two cents!
-Jason
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Read all of both, love it. Read the new chapter, love it. I was impressed, more strongly than before, with the orcs. They looked quite impressive. I have a question relating to them though. Did you name them orcs in the context of Tolkien's goblins (which claims to have elven antecedents), or is it taken direct from the Anglo-Saxon term for demons, which Tolkien was originally inspired by?
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Thanks! Glad you liked it, and my Orcs. What specifically(if anything) made you become more impressed with my versions after reading the chapter?Formendacil wrote:Read all of both, love it. Read the new chapter, love it. I was impressed, more strongly than before, with the orcs. They looked quite impressive. I have a question relating to them though. Did you name them orcs in the context of Tolkien's goblins (which claims to have elven antecedents), or is it taken direct from the Anglo-Saxon term for demons, which Tolkien was originally inspired by?
To answer your question...
My vision of Orcs are, in part, a rough translation of Tolkien, though I came up with my idea of Orcs long before I actually read or even knew much about Tolkien's works. It would seem a lot of my views on fantasy comes from Tolkien, despite my not actually reading or knowing much about the Lord of the Rings until the movie came out, embarressed as I am to say.
Other parts of them are heavily borrowed from the Dungeons and Dragons' version of Orcs (also inspired by Tolkien) and from Star Trek's Klingon race. I've always loved the idea of a warrior race governed by personal honor, cause evil or not, they obey the(their) rules because they want to, not because they have to.
Thank you (and everyone) for the feedback.
--Anthony
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I guess it was just seeing a greater number and a larger variety of the Orcs all at once. Its been some time since I read the other chapters, and the only pictures of the Orcs that I really remember are the ones in the characters section.
I assume that you are referring the Klingons here, as Tolkien's Orks have no honour. I can't speak for the D&D ones.Other parts of them are heavily borrowed from the Dungeons and Dragons' version of Orcs (also inspired by Tolkien) and from Star Trek's Klingon race. I've always loved the idea of a warrior race governed by personal honor, cause evil or not, they obey the(their) rules because they want to, not because they have to.(emphasis mine)
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Yeah, it's kinda hard to call them a 'horde' when there's only a picture or two of them online. Just wait till one of the final chapters comes out, THEN you'll see a lot of baddiesFormendacil wrote:I guess it was just seeing a greater number and a larger variety of the Orcs all at once. Its been some time since I read the other chapters, and the only pictures of the Orcs that I really remember are the ones in the characters section.
Here's an old pic for a teaser, I've since replaced all the yellow hands and have added more Orcs and Goblins
Yes, sorry, I should have seperated the Klingon name from the sentance with D&D. I was talking about the Klingons when I was talking about honor.Formendacil wrote:I assume that you are referring the Klingons here, as Tolkien's Orks have no honour. I can't speak for the D&D ones.Other parts of them are heavily borrowed from the Dungeons and Dragons' version of Orcs (also inspired by Tolkien) and from Star Trek's Klingon race. I've always loved the idea of a warrior race governed by personal honor, cause evil or not, they obey the(their) rules because they want to, not because they have to.(emphasis mine)
--Anthony
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SaveTheAggie wrote
The teaser looks quite interesting, and I look forward to seeing the chapter it advertises (and all that may come before or after). I'm especially curious to see how large a role their reptilian steeds play. But I won't ask. I wouldn't want to distract from the creation of new chapters.
No problem, I was hardly worried about the reputation of Orcs, even if they were Tolkien's.Yes, sorry, I should have seperated the Klingon name from the sentance with D&D. I was talking about the Klingons when I was talking about honor.
The teaser looks quite interesting, and I look forward to seeing the chapter it advertises (and all that may come before or after). I'm especially curious to see how large a role their reptilian steeds play. But I won't ask. I wouldn't want to distract from the creation of new chapters.
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Hmph!Redaxe wrote:You need another choice:
"I love the creations and pictures, but I don't really read the story".
Well, I guess that's better than nothing.
--Anthony
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Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.