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looks like something out of 'Labyrinth', I like it
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 14:34 |
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# ? Feb 14, 2016 10:00 |
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The Lawful-Chaotic axis is backwards and it's driving me crazy.
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# ? Feb 14, 2016 16:36 |
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paradoxGentleman posted:On the one hand, basing a monstrous races on another people is a lovely thing to do. That's not exactly a new thing. Tolkien modelled orcs after the Huns
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# ? Feb 14, 2016 17:05 |
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Tolkien borrowed some traits from a culture (the Huns) and filled in the rest with his own ~original content do not steal~. While you can draw parallels between Tolkien orcs and the Huns, they are not 1-for-1 copies of the Huns with a new coat of paint. Tolkien did not take every single stereotype he could find of a culture (like, say, Rastafarians) and then transplant them into literal, inhuman monsters (Warcraft Trolls) with little or no further creative development.
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# ? Feb 14, 2016 19:21 |
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Dick Burglar posted:Tolkien borrowed some traits from a culture (the Huns) and filled in the rest with his own ~original content do not steal~. While you can draw parallels between Tolkien orcs and the Huns, they are not 1-for-1 copies of the Huns with a new coat of paint. Tolkien did not take every single stereotype he could find of a culture (like, say, Rastafarians) and then transplant them into literal, inhuman monsters (Warcraft Trolls) with little or no further creative development. Problem is, they really aren't Huns with a new coat of paint. From Wikipedia quote:Tolkien describes Orcs explicitly in one of his Letters:
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# ? Feb 14, 2016 21:44 |
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welp
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# ? Feb 14, 2016 21:46 |
fool_of_sound posted:The Lawful-Chaotic axis is backwards and it's driving me crazy. Happy?
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# ? Feb 15, 2016 07:22 |
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Slashrat posted:Happy? Thank you.
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# ? Feb 15, 2016 16:31 |
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My group is gearing up to play Hell's Vengeance (Paizo's "evil" adventure path), and so far we've got three PCs, all lawful evil human women: 1) A monk, specifically Sister of the Golden Erinyes, born to nobility but sent to the cloister when her family was outmaneuvered by another, now looking to go Count of Monte Cristo on them. In her early 20s, rather grim and stoic, ethnically Chelish. 2) A Tome Eater Occultist (she gets magical mojo from devouring books) employed as a state censor, who has also devoured and lost some secrets from her past. Also (probably) Chelish and on the less friendly side of things. 3) A warpriest of the god of commerce, leading a local cult in a one-horse town (she'd much rather be treating at court.) Ethnically Taldan. Some of these admittedly aren't nailed down too firmly yet, but the right picture as always might change that.
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# ? Feb 20, 2016 19:48 |
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no idea if any of these fit the brief, but it's a few lawful evilly types starkebn fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Feb 20, 2016 |
# ? Feb 20, 2016 23:26 |
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Genius: the Transgression is a fan made WoD game that I am not sure how well it actually plays, but it's interesting to mine for ideas. There are a bunch of different "styles" of mad science; some I'm having trouble imagining, some I'd simply like to see more of. Would anyone happen to have something that could fit into one of these categories? quote:Black Plastic: paradoxGentleman fucked around with this message at 12:34 on Feb 26, 2016 |
# ? Feb 24, 2016 15:10 |
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Brutalist is probably the easiest to see. It's a style that looks like it's from '70s dystopian science fiction like Logan's Run, THX-1138, or A Clockwork Orange, largely because those movies actually used Brutalist backdrops for their setpieces. A lot of Brutalism is about simple forms but complex textures, so stuff looks like it also comes out of a video game in places. "Black Plastic" is pretty much the inverse of Apple white, where it's all slick and smooth and glossy, with high specularity allowing you to see the contours of the device or object and rounded corners so it's easy on the touch.
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# ? Feb 26, 2016 06:19 |
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Careful with those pics, you're going to trigger some architects in here. The one on the bottom is an example of how even Brutalism can produce attractive architecture, but then on the OTHER hand, you have architectural atrocities like Boston City Hall. The worst part is that Faneuil Hall is literally DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET from this atrocity. They stamped Scollay Square flat for THAT. If you want to make your future dystopian, build it out of Boston City Hall. No light, no warmth, no considerations for weather or aesthetics.
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# ? Feb 26, 2016 06:41 |
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Young Freud posted:"Black Plastic" is pretty much the inverse of Apple white, where it's all slick and smooth and glossy, with high specularity allowing you to see the contours of the device or object and rounded corners so it's easy on the touch. The description sounded more like it was aiming for Giger-esque but didn't want to name check him for whatever reason.
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# ? Feb 26, 2016 06:49 |
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Comrade Gorbash posted:The description sounded more like it was aiming for Giger-esque but didn't want to name check him for whatever reason. Yeah, I kind went with what I did because it sounds a lot like glossy black plastic and obsidian glass you'd find in '80s design groups, along with the cyberpunk Digital Chrome. I really didn't pick up on the Giger aspect, despite them going on about the insectoid influences in some versions of it and the organic look of things. You're probably right, it sounds a bit more Giger-esque biomechanical re-reading through that description. "Crawling Rusty Meat" sounds like something from Tetsuo The Iron Man films, where flexible pipes, wiring, foil, and metal pieces mix inelegantly with human flesh.
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# ? Feb 26, 2016 07:12 |
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I can't believe I didn't immediately think of Giger when I read Black Plastic. It's the one thing he is most famous for.Young Freud posted:Brutalist is probably the easiest to see. It's a style that looks like it's from '70s dystopian science fiction like Logan's Run, THX-1138, or A Clockwork Orange, largely because those movies actually used Brutalist backdrops for their setpieces. A lot of Brutalism is about simple forms but complex textures, so stuff looks like it also comes out of a video game in places. Thank you for this, I think I got how that stuff is supposed to look like. Young Freud posted:"Crawling Rusty Meat" sounds like something from Tetsuo The Iron Man films, where flexible pipes, wiring, foil, and metal pieces mix inelegantly with human flesh. A quick Google search makes me agree with you. Jeez, how did that poor actor even move with all that crap glue all over him. I found some Clockwork stuff on my own so I figured I'd share it. This gives me the impression that Clockwork is either a very flexible aestetic or not an aestetic at all, given how different all of these are. paradoxGentleman fucked around with this message at 12:57 on Feb 26, 2016 |
# ? Feb 26, 2016 12:50 |
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Top, yes. Second, could do with everything outside the wing cases removing. Third and forth, both look more steampunk than clockwork. Engine driven rather than spring.
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# ? Feb 26, 2016 14:10 |
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I didn't notice any engines; although I suppose they could be somewhere in the dinosaur that are not immediately noticeable.
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# ? Feb 26, 2016 14:34 |
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The bottom dinosaur thing is one of the Clockwork Beast arts from Magic, but I'd imagine that yellow glowing thing in the chest (and echoed in the eyes) counts as an engine.
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# ? Feb 26, 2016 21:36 |
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Look for pictures of the device from Del Toro's Chronos.
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# ? Feb 26, 2016 23:21 |
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Looking for Triad Gangsters. Preferably ones who could be boss or lieutenant pogs (so face visible!)
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# ? Mar 3, 2016 18:10 |
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Does anyone have pictures of Halfling rangers? Preferably riding dogs, goats or other tiny mounts.
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# ? Mar 6, 2016 02:47 |
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I'm not specifically looking for halflings but holy poo poo a halfling on a goat would own. What I am really looking for for a buddy's campaign is fantasy characters with an East-India Company or Indiana Jones-type aesthetic. Dragonborn would be absolutely best.
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# ? Mar 6, 2016 03:31 |
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The Crotch posted:I'm not specifically looking for halflings but holy poo poo a halfling on a goat would own.
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# ? Mar 6, 2016 05:39 |
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I can only hope to ever be halfway as enthused about anything as this halfling.
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# ? Mar 6, 2016 05:41 |
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I always liked the sketches of that second one, knight of meadowgrain.
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# ? Mar 6, 2016 14:47 |
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Post some cool 4e style warlords, TIA!
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# ? Mar 8, 2016 05:23 |
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Network42 posted:Post some cool 4e style warlords, TIA!
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# ? Mar 8, 2016 06:13 |
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Literally anyone, just a leader/inspiring/tactician type fighty person.
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# ? Mar 8, 2016 15:23 |
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Well...
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# ? Mar 9, 2016 00:52 |
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(I hope this doesn't count as leeching, and I like it when people ask for my artwork)
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# ? Mar 9, 2016 18:14 |
thespaceinvader posted:(I hope this doesn't count as leeching, and I like it when people ask for my artwork) Because your work is bloody fantastic.
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# ? Mar 9, 2016 18:39 |
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Drone posted:Because your work is bloody fantastic. Agree. Do you happen to have it stashed somewhere on the Internet? A blog, a gallery, something like this?
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# ? Mar 9, 2016 20:19 |
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# ? Mar 18, 2016 02:02 |
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# ? Mar 19, 2016 07:14 |
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Hey, I'm looking for cocky bastards of either gender.
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# ? Mar 22, 2016 13:54 |
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These are not goats. What the heck are they supposed to be.
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# ? Mar 22, 2016 15:19 |
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GenericOverusedName posted:These are not goats. What the heck are they supposed to be. Goat/Chocobo hybrids.
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# ? Mar 22, 2016 15:41 |
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Choats, if you will.
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# ? Mar 22, 2016 18:13 |