Storn

Re: Has anybody played "Spirit of the Century" I quite like it. I think I like Savage Worlds better... and I would like SAvage Worlds EVEN BETTER if I ported SotC's Aspects to SW. But I quite like it. Definitely my #2 or #3 game. I just ran it... here is an AP: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=391802

Re: Fantasy Art Thread I am in the process of working on interiors for John Wick's (7th Sea, Legend of the 5 Rings game designer) House of the Blooded. Which I also had the opportunity to be part of the playtest of the rules and setting. It is a great game. Playing a game you are to illustrate, makes it a ton of fun. Working with someone like John, is even more fun on top of it. I'm to do 13 illustrations for each of the 13 chapters. Because we did NOT want to show DIRECTLY what the ven look like (the culture that HotB is about), we are doing it as a series of archaeologist sketches and notes. Show indirectly through a cameo and a wall painting, what the ven are... and hopefully, leaving a lot to the imagination of each table that plays the game. Coming up with the notes is a hoot. Because we can be so academic... and because we are purposively jumping to wrong conclusions.. which you can discover when you play the game. John has given me permission to post some of my art as I go along on this assignment. So I'm sharing a bit of current passion. I hope it intrigues... and oh yeah, one more note... the runes are an alphabet I made up. The key will be in the book. Here is John's blog on his game, check it out, its fun and informative: http://wickedthought.livejournal.com/tag/houses+of+the+blooded The Character Section: The Player Section:

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. I am in the process of working on interiors for John Wick's (7th Sea, Legend of the 5 Rings game designer) House of the Blooded. Which I also had the opportunity to be part of the playtest of the rules and setting. It is a great game. Playing a game you are to illustrate, makes it a ton of fun. Working with someone like John, is even more fun on top of it. I'm to do 13 illustrations for each of the 13 chapters. Because we did NOT want to show DIRECTLY what the ven look like (the culture that HotB is about), we are doing it as a series of archaeologist sketches and notes. Show indirectly through a cameo and a wall painting, what the ven are... and hopefully, leaving a lot to the imagination of each table that plays the game. Coming up with the notes is a hoot. Because we can be so academic... and because we are purposively jumping to wrong conclusions.. which you can discover when you play the game. John has given me permission to post some of my art as I go along on this assignment. So I'm sharing a bit of current passion. I hope it intrigues... and oh yeah, one more note... the runes are an alphabet I made up. The key will be in the book. Here is John's blog on his game, check it out, its fun and informative: http://wickedthought.livejournal.com/tag/houses+of+the+blooded The Character Section: The Player Section:

Re: Fantasy Art Thread I think this is an un-typical fantasy duo. The patron had really neat visual ideas, even down to the poses. It is the first time she has commissioned anything from me... but I was impressed by these two's descriptions. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. I think this is an un-typical fantasy duo. The patron had really neat visual ideas, even down to the poses. It is the first time she has commissioned anything from me... but I was impressed by these two's descriptions. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

Re: Pulpy Art Oh, I wanted to start a pulp art thread, like there is one on RPGnet. So if other folks have pulpy art, please go ahead and post it here!

A bit of a change of pace from the usual elves, wizards and superheroes... This is Dorothy (from Oz), but the client requested that she was older and that she have silver boots from the books...not ruby from the movies. I had fun with this one. While it is Dorothy, I think it could work for various Pulp heroines. The outfit is from the client and it said circa 1917. Just so ya know... These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. A bit of a change of pace from the usual elves, wizards and superheroes... This is Dorothy (from Oz), but the client requested that she was older and that she have silver boots from the books...not ruby from the movies. I had fun with this one. Hope y'all like: These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Here is a pretty stripped down martial artist type for Death Tribble. Nothing really fancy on this one. But sometimes, that's okay. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. I've been busy putting together 3 Warlord cards for their anniversary set. Doing oil paints is very time consuming. But they are done and I can get back to the large pile of commissions waiting for me. Here is the first. A playing card themed superhero (or villain, not sure): These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Okay, first up, a private commission for a Forgotten Realms character. Next, it is Ten Ton Studio Contest Time. I did win last week, so I decided to nominate this week's challenge as one of my personal fav artists: Mark Schultz and his Cadillac and Dinosaurs for the subject matter. Here is the link to thread to check out the other artist's versions... http://www.tentonstudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=5452.0

Re: Fantasy Art Thread Okay, first up, a private commission for a Forgotten Realms character. Next, it is Ten Ton Studio Contest Time. I did win last week, so I decided to nominate this week's challenge as one of my personal fav artists: Mark Schultz and his Cadillac and Dinosaurs for the subject matter. Here is the link to thread to check out the other artist's versions... http://www.tentonstudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=5452.0

Re: Fantasy Art Thread And here is the prelim relationship map with a couple of more NPCs on it. And a very quick sketch of Meza, once an NPC wife of Sagay, but now the Player of Sagay's PC after Sagay's operatic death. Meza, here, was leading forces against the evil Count Szaz's Ork allies on behalf of the young Count, Kollis.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. And here is the prelim relationship map with a couple of more NPCs on it. And a very quick sketch of Meza, once an NPC wife of Sagay, but now the Player of Sagay's PC after Sagay's operatic death. Meza, here, was leading forces against the evil Count Szaz's Ork allies on behalf of the young Count, Kollis.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Tavish was originally Jorha's spymaster. But the player retired Jorha and picked up Tavish. Tavish is betrothed to Meza. My beloved Tyrian, now deceased. The Twins, Lonor and Sagay, also dead. The PC Sarac, who was a bad fit, evil, manipulative to the bone. He was killed by Bayool, his own son, who is now the player's PC.

Re: Fantasy Art Thread Tavish was originally Jorha's spymaster. But the player retired Jorha and picked up Tavish. Tavish is betrothed to Meza. My beloved Tyrian, now deceased. The Twins, Lonor and Sagay, also dead. The PC Sarac, who was a bad fit, evil, manipulative to the bone. He was killed by Bayool, his own son, who is now the player's PC.

Re: Fantasy Art Thread I got permission to post these sketches, as they were part of the Houses of the Blooded playtest. The new game from designer John Wick (L5R, 7th Sea among others). Even though we've been playing for a good 4 or 5 months, I didn't feel free to post artwork of an upcoming game, even though this is not pro- work, this is just scribbles at the table. If you are interested in checking out HotB, there is a free preview PDF here: http://housesoftheblooded.com/ My assumptions: The Ven live in a fairly warm climate. Clothes are a bit skimpier than renaissance europe...but I keep slipping into a 3 musketeer mode. Remember: this type of outfits are a bit out of my acumen...I would need reference to pull what I have off in my head... and I'm at the gaming table. No time to look up reference. Architecture in my mind is like the fantastical arabic musings of Hal Foster. Lots of butresses, scale is big. Clothing, I go to India crossed with byzantine. Faces: I range from oriental, to russian to indian again. And my typical white guy face does sneak in there. This is where color can really make a difference. Trying to show my own PC, Kolis, as being swarthy, yet elegant of feature, in JUST pencil, well, its a pain in the ass... Swords: Elegant, slightly curved, good for the stab or the slash... I did many of them with no hilt. Because they are that DAMN good swordsfolk. Hilt is seen as a crutch, and a true artist with a sword doesn't need one. First up, our quickie map of Shanri (and yes, I mispelled the damn thing on the map itself). Next, was the cover if I was to do it. This pose proved to be very difficult and I would need a model to ge ge the weight of the figure and the odd angle to the hand brushing the hair back. But there is stuff in this that I really, really like. The height of the buildings for one. Jorha here had the aspect: "Perfect Ass" right on his character sheet. And the player MEANT the phsyical attribute, not 'tude. I HAD to draw that!!! This is my newest PC, Kolis, son of Tyrian. Tyrian died vs. Ork, fighting to save his betrothed. Kolis was well positioned as the young guy, to take over the Count-ship from the evil Count Szas, with backing from all the other barons.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. I got permission to post these sketches, as they were part of the Houses of the Blooded playtest. The new game from designer John Wick (L5R, 7th Sea among others). Even though we've been playing for a good 4 or 5 months, I didn't feel free to post artwork of an upcoming game, even though this is not pro- work, this is just scribbles at the table. If you are interested in checking out HotB, there is a free preview PDF here: http://housesoftheblooded.com/ My assumptions: The Ven live in a fairly warm climate. Clothes are a bit skimpier than renaissance europe...but I keep slipping into a 3 musketeer mode. Remember: this type of outfits are a bit out of my acumen...I would need reference to pull what I have off in my head... and I'm at the gaming table. No time to look up reference. Architecture in my mind is like the fantastical arabic musings of Hal Foster. Lots of butresses, scale is big. Clothing, I go to India crossed with byzantine. Faces: I range from oriental, to russian to indian again. And my typical white guy face does sneak in there. This is where color can really make a difference. Trying to show my own PC, Kolis, as being swarthy, yet elegant of feature, in JUST pencil, well, its a pain in the ass... Swords: Elegant, slightly curved, good for the stab or the slash... I did many of them with no hilt. Because they are that DAMN good swordsfolk. Hilt is seen as a crutch, and a true artist with a sword doesn't need one. First up, our quickie map of Shanri (and yes, I mispelled the damn thing on the map itself). Next, was the cover if I was to do it. This pose proved to be very difficult and I would need a model to ge ge the weight of the figure and the odd angle to the hand brushing the hair back. But there is stuff in this that I really, really like. The height of the buildings for one. Jorha here had the aspect: "Perfect Ass" right on his character sheet. And the player MEANT the phsyical attribute, not 'tude. I HAD to draw that!!! This is my newest PC, Kolis, son of Tyrian. Tyrian died vs. Ork, fighting to save his betrothed. Kolis was well positioned as the young guy, to take over the Count-ship from the evil Count Szas, with backing from all the other barons.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. A trio of supers. I think this one might be an anti-hero, not a villain.. The science hero... The cosmic hero... These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Ah... it's that time again. Yup, time for the Ten Ton Studios weekly challenge. This time? I think is time to blow this thing, get everybody the stuff together. Okay 3, 2, 1 Let's Jam! Cowboy Bebop! So. If ya wanna gander at plethora of pics about the coolest interstellar bounty hunters... head over to: http://www.tentonstudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=5429.0 If you like mine (or others), join the forum and vote on yer fav! Here is my entry. I went with Spike Spiegal. watercolor on illustration board.

Re: Fantasy Art Thread Some Giant love. This is for my fellow podcaster, Jeff, and his RPG called Giants. A little giant height hierarchy. The storm giant, the robot, the giant wolf and hill giant are all PCs from various playtests. If you want to know more about Jeff's upcoming game. Check out his design blog on the subject at: http://giantsrpg.livejournal.com/

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Neat write up DT. Some Giant love. This is for my fellow podcaster, Jeff, and his RPG called Giants. A little giant height hierarchy. The storm giant, the robot, the giant wolf and hill giant are all PCs from various playtests. If you want to know more about Jeff's upcoming game. Check out his design blog on the subject at: http://giantsrpg.livejournal.com/

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Time for some more Death Tribble commissions. First up, Aquatic Evil. Guppy gone bad. Bad Guppy, bad! Then, in DT's game, Doc Destroyer has a scientist sidekick, who is asian. He said (I'm paraphrasing); "Let's do an asian with no dragons, no martial artsy-ness, none of the usual trappings." Lastly, the gist was "give me Phantom Lady, but dark costume". I assumed from the Codename, I could work in some energy, light power sorta sfx. enjoy... These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Time for more artwork!!! First up, a buffy-esque type character. Then a more superhero/villain brick who don't know his own strength. And a enigmatic wind/ice/cyrokinetic ... and lastly, a bowl with a mango. Just because I felt like showing it. This was an impromptu birthday present for a friend. I had bought the mango just to eat, but once I put in my bowl, I loved the colors. It is hour and 1/2 oil painting, very sketchy. The blue behind the bowl was my wadded up fleece sweatshirt on my drafting table. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. I was spanked. Came in like, 4th.