Az005

Please, please, please, please pretty please, with some sugar and cream and pancakes and stuff work on some new staff models.

I suspect it's been around 5 years since I came to these forums, and probably even longer since I had anything worthwhile to say (note: This does not break that trend and remains... un-worthwhile). I'll be damn if it hasn't brought a smile to my face see so many names I still recognise take the proverbial... something something out of each other even after all this time.

I also feel that Gecko is perfectly *just* in his claim.

You know it's really heartbreaking and insensitive to keep supplying new things, we can barely keep track of the current things. Your not thinking of long time absent players who just kept the subscription active out of nostalgia and can now barely figure out what the hoo haa is going on.

I am just saying...

And in saying that, also MOAR!

Still no Talsorian Bow?

"By save you mean, after I kill them I have to bury them right?...RIGHT?"

I am both very grateful and humbled by the generosity of time and skill shown here. I certainly didn’t come here expecting such a reaction from the community. After spending some time browsing through TA’s list of commissionable artists and Juggerthas suggestions for making a request I was simply a bit overwhelmed in particular regarding point 7 in Juggertha’s list

“7-Note that every artist is different: Each one will draw/paint in their own way. Look at previous works to get a feel for the artist that is right for you.”

As mentioned gratitude is not my strong suit, so from the proverbial mouth of babes (Well the little bro is 14 but you know how siblings are, he always seems like a baby to me ) I offer the conversations we had on Sunday regarding this thread and yes, despite him being 14 I still refer to him as pumpkin…

Me: I posted a thread, on Friday over on the Art boards at COX pumpkin, I was going to get you a commission to replace the one that never come from Supanova, some of the people there already jumped in and drew Eidolon for you.

<Show him pictures>

Bro: Oh cool, can I post on their Deviant art’s?

Me: Sure buddy, what do you think though?

Bro: *non-chalantly*Oh they’re pretty awesome <cue little bro doing some sort of crazy deviant art organizing thing that I didn’t understand>

Me: It was very nice of them though, be sure to thank them.

Bro:*still very non-chalantly* Sure will.

Ahh my typical little aspergers brother… wrapped up in his own thing I could barely get a peep out of him … later however.

Bro: I was looking at all those pictures, there so cool sometimes he looks really evil, though.

Me: Well he does look evil pumpkin; he is ghostly and has a giant sword arm and a glowing red eye.

Bro: He’s not though.

Me: That’s ok, but he is always going to look evil he’s scary looking mate.

Bro: I guess.

<bro toddles off and comes back like an hour later striking up a conversation like there had been no gap>

Bro: These poses are so awesome.

Me: Sorry pumpkin?

Bro: The pictures from the COX people, they have some great poses, I was showing them to one of my friends and they reckon they are sh*t hot too.

Me: Haha, I am glad you like them it was very nice of those guys to help you out, you be sure to thank them ok?

Bro: Oh I will

Anyway he was most impressed and continued throughout the day to interrupt me, with new commentary on how impressed he was with all off your work.

So, I sincerely thank you all it made his day.

*flabbergasted*

Dude, you.. didn't have to do that...

That's...a...quick...sketch? That's fantastic, a tremondous sense of style. Man does he look very ethereal and evil.

I'm sorry I am worse with gratitude then I am with asking for help, both way out side my circle of behaviour.

I know it wouldn't be exactly what the little brother is looking for, he'd want a full body picture. That doesn't diminish my gratitude. If there is anyway for me to compensate you for you time and skills please contact me.

(Pm through here is fine)

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Umm okay, first things first, no can quote prices here, that cause the Ban Stick...

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Of course, thats completely understandable. I'll contact an artist directly and get prices and payment optiosn sorted through, I just needed help from people with a better eye for design then myself to locate an appropriate artist.

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1) What is going on with the feet, is the character part gorilla?

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They're metallic claws. Just the design he went for.

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2) Are the grey parts metal? Or just costume color?

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Metal

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3) Are the ribs showing through the skin or on top of the torso?

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Not hundred percent certain, my initial impressions upon seeing his sketch at Supanova was that the ribs were metallic and sitting on the torso. These deviant art pictures seem to suggest that they are skin. I'll try and pump the little go for more info on that subtely.

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4) Is the mouthless part a mask?
5) Is the black eye part a mask or color?

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He is basically a ghostly manifestation, he doesn't have any other facial features manifested.

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6) Are the spines on the back of the arm like spikes?

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Just metallic spikes I think for the sake if aesthetics.

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7) Is the sword arm a morphed hand?

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He can warp the ahnd into all kinds of shapes and weapons, normally its just a metallic hand, but I know he gave the artist a pic of it morphed into a sword.

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8) Is the other arm, hand just all white?

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I think its all white, sort of like a ghostly featureless limb.

It probably wont be the normal type of request here I’d imagine, in short I am not asking for anything for free: p. Anyhoo, a story if I may…

Hello there,

I do have something of a request, my younger brother the little trooper had recently dragged me kicking and screaming to an Australian comic book/anime convention, which really should be something I’d normally love to do but those things scare me.

In any event, I took the little tyke to “Supanova” and he had a blast. And an artist there that was set up doing commissions caught his eye, by then we were running short of time and he didn’t have an image of the character he wanted drawn. After telling him “absolutely not” and watching him fight back tears (it’s my own fault I have always taught him to be passionate about the things he loves, now perhaps he is a little TOO passionate) I told him fine but how was he going to get a picture for the guy to base it on? (Figure I had him here) Oh how wrong I was, the little guy in all off 10 minutes ripped up a cool looking sketch and thus I yielded and we went and waited our turn.

As it turns out however the artist was swamped, and was graciously willing to do the picture if we could leave it with him and he’d post it out. Suppressing the raging alarm bells in my head, particular when he had no business card to give me with his contact details, I nevertheless decided to give it to the guy on faith, hell it had been a long day for me and I’d just been wandering around looking at cool stuff, he was probably just tiring…

Which may have been the case, as such though, he hasn’t made good and attempts to contact him have pretty much seem him denying that he’d agreed to do anything.

While it wasn’t that it cost a lot of money, it WAS a lot of money to a 14 year old. So I have decided to take it upon myself do get him a commission …

2 problems however, I have the artistic skill and eye for design of bag of sand and I’d like to surprise him with it, and hence not ask him. So after perusing TAs thread and realizing that I have no skill on such matters I figured I’d offer this up to … people with artistic skill for suggestions.

Deviant art he has done on the character here…

http://shadowkirby.deviantart.com/ar...-quot-74853228

and also here…

http://shadowkirby.deviantart.com/ar...Chibi-75201001

(His insane sense of humor is my fault to)


Price is not zero object, but not a major consideration here. I’d just like to get him something that really suits the character.

Any suggestions are appreciated, I know rather a bit about the character, so I would be able to help the artist in clarifying things in the images… but that’s about all I can do, well that and pay.

Regards

Az005

One of my favorite things is giving credit where it's due. While I think my three annual subscriptions says enough about my adoration for the game and hence the work these people do, when the chance comes about I can't help but say,

Thanks guy, for all the hard work and heart you put into CoX. It's so good I can barely be bothered to play anything else. I love and amazed at the quality of the additions you all have managed to get to us.

Also you can never leave now, the manacles are in the mail please chain yourselves to the desk.

Love
Az

OH Great mad Scientific Genius sir, since you were so kind as to illuminate some of your great revelations, I implore you to reveal the Stalkers Electric Melee/ set so I can worship you massive intellect!

KTHXBYE!

Thanks BaB, this is the sort of thing many of us complain about. We know your busy, we logically know that sometimes we exspect more than is humanly or even Meta-Humanly possible, but it's super neat not to be kept in the dark, a pleasant post like this just saying "Guys, we are knuckling the hell down, so we are just gonna seem a bit absent" helps to alleviate that feeling that everything you do is so cryptic.

Huge kudos, for keeping us in the loop and I look forward to more news and the invetiable awesome playing to come.

Regards

Az005

Your desire to to prevent farming and /or maintain TF/SFs as purely group expierences are noted.

Of course I shall never get to see the content anymore, I live in Australia and my playing times don't concur with the majority of subscribers and have demands upon even that time which means the duration, organization and inconvenience to other players forbids me from taking on such things.

Thanks for taking TFs/SFs away from people. Thats the only thanks you will get from me.

I am not going to run off threaten to remove my account or carry on like an enraged fool, I just would like to stress that this change is actually rather cruel and hurts the casual player most. Your intention to hurt the farmer or whomever the change was targetted has exploded and hurt many many others.

That is totally funkalicous!

I don't think you went overboard on the background at all. It is subtle enough yet still gives the picture tonnes of energy.

That piece is a blast.

*suitably impressed*

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While an interesting article, these Wings have been finished since Issue Eight went live, with the exception of the Tech Wings I believe. Did it really take Jay the entirety of the months since then to make a few pairs of boots and one set of wings? Furthermore, the drop rate for these new Wings is so poor that Jay may as well not have wasted his time creating them, as a teeny, tiny, minority of players will benefit from his work if the situation is not improved.


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*Can't say it better and will reserve any bitterness on the issue*

Nah, not my thing.

That is so disugtingly awesome...

Amazing style and presentation.

I couldn't be more jealous right now.

*checks it as per command, is suitable impressed*

In with that last line... let the explosion of conjecture and heresy commence...

So what *are* they planning for our beloved level 50 top dogs for Issue 10?

Curse you Recluse! You deserve your evil game handle... throwing something like that to the masses.

When I go home I will post some piccies of it on a Brute.

I think it looks wicked cool... but I don't have Invincibility yet...

Damn it not a US citizen. Oh well.

So I love the websites www.herocorps.com and www.creyindustries.com. It gives me no end of fun playing around over there.

One thing I always wanted to do is kind of get a standard "profile" type of image for all my heroes and villians. Being utterly inept artistically meant that has taken a while.

However, I have come up with a style I am mostly happy with. I still don't think it "fits" per se, but hey limited skill and all that we run with what we can.

In the interest of a "LOOK AT MEEEE!" type post, I figured I would show the style off here...

Az

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