Last three prompts! Since they are about the player characters, I decided to make a tiny portrait for each of them and include their main ‘adversaries’ for each game. And a bunch of symbolism or whatever. First up is Silas Mahariel, my Grey Warden.
We didn’t have internet for two days so I had some fun drawing clothes. Then I kept drawing clothes for several days and then I coloured and then I got really tired of it. So.
Yes. Well. I decided to do a submission to this contest! (The link goes to my design - but please consider looking through the whole gallery. Lots of pretty things there which deserves ratings!)
Most of my characters tend to be polite but you can still think, right? It came to a bad start when King Cailan had his monologue and can’thavetoomanybelts Duncan moved to stand next to him like some dramatic movie-poster come to life. Please no.
Follow up to this, I suppose. If HoF came to teach the Inquisitor to fight the Breach. I just can’t move on from Cullen x mage Warden. I suspect the Warden would tease Cullen mercilessly, even if she’s already in a relationship. Oh well. (Also, I don’t know why I thought it was a good idea to draw Josephines necklace again??!)
I’ve been thinking a bit about this. Then I foundthis and understood I was not alone, just late. I also came across thisandthis (the last link I can’t open on Firefox so I hope it works) about the Warden and it just spun out of control and I needed it out of my system. Sadly I lost any and every catchline in the progress, sry about that. Cullen + mage Warden is still my strongest ship. :<
@p0isi0n-apple mini tutorial since you asked! >made an illustrator file of rows and rows of scales >cut them out of 2mm EVA foam (craft foam or fun foam at ur local craft store) using a laser cutter. You can do it by hand but I love myself and love having in tact wrist joints >just cut off however many scales wide I needed for each column and hot glued them into place on a piece of heavy fabric (in this case cotton duck). Repeat this step like 300 times >hit them REALLY QUICK with a heat gun after the whole thing was assembled, you can see the foam get a glossy texture for a second. This kinda helps make it less porous so you don’t have to seal it as much in the next step >sealed them by painting on mod podge. Used several coats, until they start to look glossy (using gloss rather than matte finish probably helps you be able to tell) >Then sprayed them with plasti-dip, let dry 30 min. Do a couple coats. Wait at least 4 hours once you finish >painted them with a metallic pewter paint, I can’t remember if I did more than one coat. >then dry brushed with a lighter silver metallic paint with a really stiff bristly brush to get that streaky metallic texture. Kinda fiddled with it to get it to look more 3D. I’m pretty sure I also dabbed on some black where they overlap to make a shadow effect >sealed that shit with some clear coat spray, we used liquitex satin finish >now we are the flashiest grey wardens B)
@illyanasmagiks heres the write up! here’s some process photos that hopefully help visualize what im talking about.
the scales in a chain before i cut them into smaller segments:
and the base fabric with the scales hot glued down onto it:
Then once you have it all painted you kinda sandwich this between the back blue fabric and the outer stripes, iirc we just glued the stripes down in place once they were sewn LOL
IT DONE. I probs went through a dozen or more paper patterns changing angles and curves by fractions of degrees to get the fit exactly how I wanted it because I’m a perfectionist ass hole but the payoff was pretty good. The patterning technique I used can be adjusted and scaled pretty easily, as shown in the pic with andreas Tol breastplate next to my Smol one.
@tartecosplay made our griffon emblems so we could be all matchy matchy. Also as you may have noticed the only place in my house with bright lighting is in my bathroom directly in front of the toilet, I’d say I’m sorry but I’m really not.
“Join us brothers and sisters, join us in the shadows where we stand vigilant. Join us as we carry the duty that cannot be forsworn and should you perish, know that your sacrifice will not be forgotten […]”
I adore the short interaction you can have in elven alienage!
Just the innocence of this place and the pure faces of excitement when you tell an elven story! (real or not) :‘DD just for me reallly memoriable moment!
and then coming back it just :’))) sad
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