#zolf smith
Previews of my zine piece for @rqgzine , featuring Cel’s apothecary!! Do check out the zine when it’s released (soon!!) - and all profits go towards The Yemen Foundation!
[ID: The first image is a small preview of a drawing for the Rusty Quill Gaming zine. It depicts the top right segment of a large golden yellow ring made of metal. It has multiple bolts and nails on the outer surface. On the top right, a circular joint connects two metal bars, also golden yellow. Within the ring, the top half of Cel from RQG can be seen. They are a white half-elf with a shock of white hair, and steampunk goggles. Above their head is half of Hamid’s face, an Egyptian halfing with golden brown skin and black hair. The background is green and yellow, with striped textures.
The second image depicts the lower left segment of a golden yellow ring with bolts on the inner surface. Inside the ring, the torso of Zolf Smith, a light-skinned, light-haired dwarf from RQG can be seen, cropped from the beard down. He is resting his arm on a Japanese style chair. In the background, a part of a bookshelf can be seen, storing potion bottles, books and a telescope. End ID.]
You heard that right: sales for the Rusty Quill Gaming Charity Fanzine will OFFICIALLY be starting on Saturday, 13 February. Quick reminder: the zine is completely digital, and we will not have physical copies of the PDF for purchase.
Over the next few days, we’ll be sharing information about what to expect with sales (including, but not limited to, how much the zine is going to cost, where you can purchase it, and some special bonus goodies that we’re including with the zine!) and getting everything in final order before sales go live on 13 February.
The zine is looking absolutely incredible, and we CANNOT wait for you all to see how well its come together and how skilled all of our contributors are! As always, if you have any questions, shoot us a message and we’ll get back to you ASAP.
Here’s another fic preview: this one comes from the early UK arc, written by one of our contributors: @roisu10! You can also find her on AO3.
You can get the full fic (and other wonderful pieces of writing, art, and misc. creations) if you purchase the zine, coming soon!
Tentative Beginnings
It was one of the first things Sasha had noticed about him. Smiles were as much a part of Hamid as eel delicacies were to Other London. Nervous smiles. Excited smiles. Cocky ones that followed him casting that cleaning-up spell on himself.
She wasn’t quite used to it yet. With Zolf, it was easier. In the few hours she’d known him, he’d maybe smiled once or twice, and seemingly more out of satisfaction than anything else. That, she could relate to.
As if privy to her thoughts, Zolf emerged from the short hallway leading the bathroom, beads of water still dropping from his hair and beard onto the polished wood.
Rubbing at a spot below his nape, he threw a glance towards the window seat. “Bertie, you wanted to go next?”
At once, Bertie, who had spent the last half hour observing passersby below and making the occasional snide comment, slapped his hands loudly on his legs and shot up from his pillow seat. “Ah, thank you, Mr Smith, much appreciated.” As he strode past Zolf, he leaned down towards him and added with his booming voice, “hope you didn’t hog all the hot water to yourself, being a priest of Poseidon and all that,” before disappearing down the corridor.
“Cleric,” Zolf muttered to himself. He turned to Hamid, who sat watching him, hands clasped together and a sheepish look on his face. “Should I be concerned that your friend thinks Poseidon is the god of hot water?”
Sasha watched with some amusement as Hamid offered his best pained and polite smile to Zolf.
“I’m sorry, please don’t mind Bertie. He can be a bit of…”
“An ass?” Zolf and Sasha kindly supplied.
Hamid shook his head gently. “More like an acquired taste,” he corrected.
Want to win a copy of the full RQG Fanzine, including ALL of the digital merch? Thanks to a generous contributor, @ladyjudica,TWO lucky winners will be selected to receive the digital PDF of the zine + digital merch package!
The giveaway will run for ONE WEEK: 1 March to 8 March.
RULES:
- Youmust provide us with a way to contact you on the form (an email or social media account work!)
- Winners will be contacted on 9 March.You will have two days from when we contact you to respond; otherwise, we will select another winner.
BONUS:
Want a better chance to win? All entrants who reblog this post will have their name entered twice! Note: you have to fill out the form to enter. Sharing the post does not count as your entry.
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In the meantime… sales for the RQG Zine will be open until NEXT FRIDAY, 12 MARCH!Buy your copy today.
Early reviews are in from some of the family members of our contributors: all rate the RQG Fanzine super highly and definitely think that you should buy your own copy!
On a more serious note: the RQG Zine has only been on sale for a little over a week, and we’ve already raised over $3,000 dollars for The Yemen Foundation! Thank you all again, so much, for your generous contributions; we hope that the zine has lived up to your expectations!
Zine sales will continue until Friday, 12 March! Make sure to purchase your copy today so that you can enjoy it for yourself.
[ID: a graphic listing different reviews of the RQG Zine. The top reads “the reviews are in!”. the bottom reads “The RQG Zine is a smash hit you cannot miss!” with five gold stars below it.
The reviews, from top to bottom, read: “Oh did you finish your recipe book?” - Hila’s mum, 5 stars; “the illustrations are pretty cool” - Jenn’s brother, 5 stars; “what in fresh hell is a twink Bertie” - everyone, 1 star; “Also im in it! I’m not - I’m not in it.” - Ben Meredith; “good, as you should have, and will get even more” - Varya’s grandmother, about breaking 1000$, 5 stars; “Is that your show about the swordfighting?” - Charlie’s mum, five stars.
The center of the page has a smaller version of the cover page styled to look like an old book cover. It has a deep purple background, and reads “We’re Still Working on the Name” in the center of the page. The text is a stylised, golden font surrounded by gears, spirals, and fancy lines. Underneath is a golden falcon, with its wings spread, sitting directly above the text “A Rusty Quill Gaming Fanzine”. At the two bottom corners of this inner section are two stylised hearts. This section is shaped like an arched window, bordered with double golden lines. The area outside of this section is filled with different party motifs, also done in gold. There are arrows on the top left of the page, pointing toward the top corner, and flames on the top right, doing the same. The two sides are mostly symmetrical, containing daggers, wrenches, and gears. The bottom of the page has stylised waves. The outermost part of the border is a series of spirals.]
Zine sales will be opening TOMORROW, Saturday, 13 February!!
We’re so, SO excited to show everyone the final zine and let you all see just how incredible our contributors are.
[ID: A graphic announcing “One day to go". The text is a stylised, golden font surrounded by gears and fancy lines. It has a deep purple background, and along the bottom reads “We’re Still Working on the Name Fanzine”. There is a golden border along the inner section; at the top right and bottom left corners of the inner section are two stylised hearts. The area outside of this section is filled with different party motifs, also done in gold. There are arrows on the top right of the page, pointing toward the top corner, and flames on the bottom right, doing the same. The top and bottom are mostly symmetrical, containing daggers, wrenches, gears, and other stylised objects. The left side of the page has stylised waves.]
There’s only TWO MORE DAYS until zine sales start - which means it’s finally time for us to announce that we’ll be providing digital merch as one of the zine bundles! Our contributors really went above and beyond with providing creative ideas for the merch that we just know everyone is going to love.
The digital merch will include, but isn’t limited to:
- Full-size and full-resolution zine pieces
- A poster of the RQG Zine cover
- Digital colouring pages (of both zine pieces and non-zine pieces!)
- Phone/tablet and desktop wallpaper from the zine pieces
- Stickers
You’ll be able to purchase the zine + the merch as a bundle, or just purchase the merch on its own. When sales go live, we’ll be sharing all of the information about the different bundles that are available for purchase!
As always, if you have any questions, let us know, and we’ll get back to you ASAP. And, again, sales go live 13 February!
Three more days until sales open for the RQG Fanzine!
[ID: A graphic announcing “3 Days To Sales”. The text is a stylised, golden font surrounded by gears and fancy lines. It has a deep purple background, and along the bottom reads “We’re Still Working on the Name Fanzine”. There is a golden border along the inner section; at the top right and bottom left corners of the inner section are two stylised hearts. The area outside of this section is filled with different party motifs, also done in gold. There are arrows on the top right of the page, pointing toward the top corner, and flames on the bottom right, doing the same. The top and bottom are mostly symmetrical, containing daggers, wrenches, gears, and other stylised objects. The left side of the page has stylised waves.]
We’re putting the final touches together before sales start this Saturday! We’ll soon have information about the different bundles you can purchase, zine price, and more, but for now, we’re excited to share that the zine will be around 200 pages (!!) and will feature 43 artists, 16 authors, and 11 miscellaneous contributors (including 3 recipes, multiple cross stitch/crochet projects, a musical arrangement, and more!).
We’re super excited for everyone to see the finished zine!
[ID: All PCs from RQG (Azu, Bertie, Sasha, Cel, Zolf, Hamid, and Grizzop) along with Skraak and Wilde posing in one big group. Everyone has a smile on their face except Bertie, who is looking to the side distractedly. Azu, Wilde, and Bertie are in the back row. Azu and Bertie are holding a big sign strung between them that says “Thank you RQG”. Next to the sign on opposite sides are Sasha and Cel. On the bottom row is Zolf, Hamid, Grizzop, and Skraak. End ID.]
Please click on the image I promise its not that blurry!
I don’t even know where to begin with this. RQG ended about a week ago and I’m still thinking about the Finale. I only started listening in May but this podcast brought me so much comfort and joy throughout the summer and into my first year at university. I genuinely cried when it ended and I’m gonna miss it so much! I’m so glad I got a chance to listen while it aired and to meet so many fun characters on the way c:
[ID: a tiny drawing of Zolf Smith from RQG, a white dwarf man wearing a grey cloak over a blue sweater, dark pants, and golden winged boots. He’s holding the straps of the brain backpack as he looks forwards, white stars scattered behind him. End ID.]
Have a tiny little Zolf since the image of him turning around with the brain backpack from RQG 211 lives in my head rent free
Garden of Yerlik unlocked shrimp emotions in me
[I JUST REALIZED I FORGOT SKRAAK IM SO SORRY SKRAAK]
Take two: whatever happens tomorrow, I still ship them.
You know what? I’ve decided that the three week break before we get back to the main storyline in RQG is a good thing. Gives me plenty of time to make bloody fan art. And maybe… write fluffy, romantic fan fiction of Zolf and Wilde finally confessing mutual feelings for each other after Wilde is brought back. After all, you can’t tell me that it’s not canon until after the episode airs!
The 18 month time gap
Here’s something from an incredibly intricate au where Hamid Wears Jeans
They’re in love, your honor.
Pose via @snuffysbox
Wow! I love Zolf