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Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Oh.... Because it is oil (and all kinds of mix media) and not digital... something like that would run about $150.00 for a private commission. But you would get an oil painting original at the end of that, instead of a digital facsimile.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. It is time again for Top Ten Studios weekly challenge. Which is an excuse to work in some paint for me, as the art HAS to be done in some traditional format (ie, not digital!). This week, I got to choose as I won the Phantom contest last week. I chose Clea: Mistress of the Mystic Arts and invited everyone to re-imagine her outfit. The entries are a bit low on the numbers side, but the quality is really, really high this week. As I write this, I don't even have one vote yet. I got schooled. Josh really deserves this weeks win... he hit it out the park with his amazing angle on Clea. So. Come check out many awesome Cleas here: http://www.tentonstudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=5335.0 Vote for one if so inclined. Voting closes at midnight.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Not really Corsairs... I stole the gull wing look... but a corsair has a much longer fusilage... I shortened mine up considerably... because I wanted it to look a wee bit fantastical, like the ol' G-8 covers... But I do like the Corsair, and I did reference them when I was doing this.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. yeah, my mileage varies. What is all this goddess stuff? Is that new? I have the issues of Conan where she first appears (and I haven't been reading the new stuff at all...)... and she appears with a full chain shirt (no bikini) and a slender longsword. So what beginning appearances? I don't truck with World of Warcraft Anime bigfreakin'demi-god weaponry for MY Red Sonja.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. It is time for another Ten Ton Studios challenge. This week, it is the Phantom, that one-o-the first of masked men in striped underwear. Well. I'm a sucker for pulp imagery. And I strived to bring that pulp excitement and action to my contribution. Let me know if I succeeded or not. I also have not been painting traditionally in a long time. So, out came the acrylics on this one. Although I screwed up the sky royally, and after getting back from Philly, I quickly slapped down oil paint on the sky. It still ain't where I want it to be, but the stuff had to dry for it to be put down on the scanner in time for the contest. Come check out the other Phantom entries. Vote for your fav!!! Voting ends at midnight, Thurs (tonight) http://www.tentonstudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=5317.0

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Well, Sonja is not a barbarian. She duels Conan with speed and skill, not brawn. The chainmail bikini? Blame Frank Thorne for that. It has become her signature look.

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Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Its a freebie. I didn't have time to do any color on it. Because it would have to be traditional... acrylic, watercolor, pencil, oil, marker...something done by hand. I just didn't have time this week, I'm working on another M&M book (Villains) this week, next week. Some of the other artists did some nice spot coloring on her hair. I especially like Khoi's... in fact, I voted for his.

Re: Fantasy Art Thread Well, it is sketch contest time again over at TenTon Studios. And this week it is Red Sonja. How could I pass doing that? Anyway, here is my entry. If you want to see about 20 different Red Sonjas... come on by TenTon studios, link: http://www.tentonstudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=5288.0 If ya like, you can even throw a vote for one of them. Leave a comment!

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Don't know why this thread is doing this... the phantom page...but oh well... Well, it is sketch contest time again over at TenTon Studios. And this week it is Red Sonja. How could I pass doing that? Anyway, here is my entry. If you want to see about 20 different Red Sonjas... come on by TenTon studios, link: http://www.tentonstudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=5288.0 If ya like, you can even throw a vote for one of them. Leave a comment!

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. How about some art for page 193? Something a little different for me... I haven't done a pilot and craft shot in about 4 years... I think I did a cut-down millenium falcon awhile back. The patron supplied Macross reference and a bit of modern pilot shots... I combined the two modes of reference into this shot. Hope y'all like. I also played around with ink line, by inking the pilot, but leaving the ship a bit softer (color right onto the pencils themselves)... letting be a little softer and hopefully, push back into space a bit. As one of the things I liked from the Macross reference was pilot and plane were close in color... and to separate the two, I let the ink line diffrentiate the two similar color schemes. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

Re: Fantasy Art Thread This commission was really something of a fun challenge. Here is a Forgotten Realms character, a cleric of Olidammara. The god of rogues, scoundrels, the Laughing Rogue God etc. The trick here was to walk the line between some kind of clerical order, an affiliation. And to still make the young man kind of roguish. The chain, the magic rapier were asked for. But the patron also asked for napoleonic styled cartridge case for a sling... and that I think was the key. I sorta went 1/3 Napoleonic uniform, 1/3 3 musketeer uniform, and 1/3 typical rogue in shirt, bandana, goatee and pose-attitude. I think it works pretty well. 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 don't have time to take requests. Unless these are from my own games, which occasionally happens, as I often doodle while being a player (not as a GM, too much I have to handle then...), 99% of these are paid commissions. This commission was really something of a fun challenge. Here is a Forgotten Realms character, a cleric of Olidammara. The god of rogues, scoundrels, the Laughing Rogue God etc. The trick here was to walk the line between some kind of clerical order, an affiliation. And to still make the young man kind of roguish. The chain, the magic rapier were asked for. But the patron also asked for napoleonic styled cartridge case for a sling... and that I think was the key. I sorta went 1/3 Napoleonic uniform, 1/3 3 musketeer uniform, and 1/3 typical rogue in shirt, bandana, goatee and pose-attitude. I think it works pretty well. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

Re: Fantasy Art Thread Here are couple of more commissions. The first is based on someone real, Virginia Dare...although the campaign has supernatural powers and the like ala Solomon Kane... and speaking of which, not intentional, but the 2nd one reminds me a bit of Solomon Kane if the dude was 20s and well-adjusted.... which Howard's Kane is definitely not well-adjusted. Anyway, hope y'all get a kick. 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 are couple of more commissions. The first is based on someone real, Virginia Dare...although the campaign has supernatural powers and the like ala Solomon Kane... and speaking of which, not intentional, but the 2nd one reminds me a bit of Solomon Kane if the dude was 20s and well-adjusted.... which Howard's Kane is definitely not well-adjusted. Anyway, hope y'all get a kick. 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. It was a combo of me using multiplying browns on top of a bit of Filtering in Photoshop [Noise -> Plaster -> lower opacity of layer -> duplicated the layer just to punch it a bit more, lowered opacity] Or something like that... I was playing around. Not quite sure what I did. But glad you like the texture!

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. I've been very busy with my personal life (not even in my hometown at the mo') and sicker than a dog with the flu. But I have managed to get some artwork done in sporadic spurts. First up is a "were"-agent. For a friend of Death Tribble's. And then a couple of superheroes.... one sorta Sandman like, one sorta like Silver Surfer in the notes from the patron. If you have commissioned something from me, and haven't seen it yet. Please email me at Storn.Cook@gmail.com. I've had a computer problems, that have influenced my mail situation...requiring me to have tons and tons of emails to sift through. My schedule is clearing up in March, for those interested in commissions themselves. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

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Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Its been awhile. Still cranking on M&M Book of Magic artwork. But I slipped in this power armor commission. 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 another Xmas present. Done for two guys who play City of Heroes together and their characters in that game. 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. For those interested, this is Crusader a bit ways back. He has a little bit more xp now, during a run in an PBeM game... but that version is locked on a bad hard-drive. Crusader Value Characteristic Points 25/35 STR 15 23 DEX 39 23 CON 26 14 BODY 8 13 INT 3 12 EGO 4 18 PRE 8 12 COM 1 10 PD 3 10 ED 5 6 SPD 27 10 REC -4 50 END 2 44 STUN 0 Total 137 Points Powers END **INTERCEPT FLIGHT SUIT** 17 Armor: Intercept Armor (10 PD/10 ED); OIF: -½; Focus Expendability: Hard to Acquire, -¼ 6 +10 STR; Focus Expendability: Hard to Acquire, -¼; OIF: -½ 1 3 Elemental Control: Intercept Armor (5-pt reserve); OIF: -½; Focus Expendability: Hard to Acquire, -¼ a-10 Running: Intercept Armor (+9", 15", NC: 30"); Non-Combat Multiplier: ×2, +0; Has Turn Mode: No, +0; Reduced END: Half, ¼; OIF: -½; Focus Expendability: Hard to Acquire, -¼ 2 b-3 Superleap: Jump Jets (+10", 17", NC: 34"); Non-Combat Multiplier: ×2, +0; OIF: -½; Focus Expendability: Hard to Acquire, -¼ 2 c-3 10" Gliding (NC: 20"); Non-Combat Multiplier: ×2, +0; OIF: -½; Focus Expendability: Hard to Acquire, -¼ ---; OIF: -½; Focus Expendability: Hard to Acquire, -¼ 33 Helmet & Armor Systems; OIF: -½ (3) Power Defense (5 pts); OIF: -½ (3) Infrared Vision; OIF: -½ (3) Radio Listen and Transmit; OIF: -½ (7) High Range Radio Hearing; OIF: -½ (4) Telescopic Sense (Sight, +4 to PER); OIF: -½ (5) Eidetic Memory; Charges: 2, -½; Continuing Charges: 5 Minutes, -4 lev; OIF: -½ (2) Enhanced Perception (all) (+1 to PER); OIF: -½ (3) Ultraviolet Vision; OIF: -½ (3) Flash Defense (Sight, 5 pts); OIF: -½ --- 7 Multi: Shield (26-pt reserve); OAF: -1; Activation: 14-, -½; Ablative: -1 u-1 Missile Deflection (All Ranged Attacks, None, OCV 11); Deflect Attacks: Normal, +0; Deflection Bonus: 3, 6; OCV: 11; OAF: -1; Activation: 14-, -½; Ablative: -1 u-1 Armor (5 PD/5 ED); Hardened: ×1, ¼; OAF: -1; Activation: 14-, -½; Ablative: -1 --- 84 Total Powers Points Skills, Talents, Perks Roll 3 Acrobatics 14- 3 Breakfall 14- --- 15 +3 level w/Hand to Hand 4 Fast Strike (OCV +2, DCV 0, 11d6) 4 Martial Block (OCV +2, DCV +2) 4 Martial Dodge (OCV --, DCV +5) 4 Martial Escape (OCV 0, DCV 0, STR 60) 5 Passing Strike (OCV +1, DCV 0, 9d6+v/5) 3 Takedown (OCV +1, DCV +1, 9d6) 5 Takeaway (OCV 0, DCV 0, STR 55) 5 Sacrifice Strike (OCV +1, DCV -2, 13d6) 4 Weapon Familiarities (2) Common Melee Weapons (2) Small Arms 2 Martial Arts Weapons; Unarmed Combat: +0; Pole Arms: +1; Swords: +1 8 +2 DC for Martial Attacks **SKILLS** 1 Bureaucratics 8- 2 Knowledge Skill: Viper 11- 2 KS: NYC 11- 3 Lockpicking 14- 3 Paramedic 12- 7 Security Systems 14- 3 Systems Operation 12- 5 Shadowing 12- 7 Stealth 16- 3 Streetwise 13- 3 Tactics 12- **PERKS** 5 Luck (1d6) 3 Well-Connected 2 Maverick Member 1 Contact: Althea McAlister, Viper Weapon Procurment spc.; Usefulness: Normal, +0 11- 1 Contact; Usefulness: Normal, +0 11- 1 Contact; Usefulness: Normal, +0 11- 121 Total Skills, Talents, Perks 150+ Disadvantages 20 Berserk: Hallucingens, being drugged, will hurt himself (14-, 11-, Berserk); Circumstances: Uncommon, +5 5 Other: Blank slate: no driver's liscence, no SS #. etc 5 DNPC: Yuri Dregor: Ex-Russian, Ex-Viper aero scientist (Normal, 8-); Skills: Useful, -5 5 Distinctive Features: Handsome, but distant, very athletic, 6'4"; Concealability: Easily, 5; Reaction: Noticed and Recognizable, +0 10 Psych. Lim.: Seeks a sense of belonging to replace Viper brotherhood (Common, Moderate) 15 Psych. Lim.: Code vs. Killing (Common, Strong) 15 Psych. Lim.: Seeks Atonement for days as a Viper agent (Common, Strong) 10 Hunted: Siren (San Angelo): John sabotage Siren's sis plant (8-); Capabilities: As Powerful, 10; Non-combat Influence: None, +0; Geographical Area: Unlimited, -0; Actions: Hunting, ×1; Punishment: Harsh, 0 20 Hunted: Viper (8-); Capabilities: More Powerful, 15; Non-combat Influence: Extensive, +5; Geographical Area: Unlimited, -0; Actions: Hunting, ×1; Punishment: Harsh, 0 5 Reputation: I. Armor: barely disguised Viper armor experiment (8-) 5 Rivalry: Bloodsport (or other martial artist of GM's choosing); Situation: Professional, 5; Position: Equal, +0; Rival: NPC, +0 5 Other: Scans as Cybernetic implants 15 Secret Identity: John Spencer 5 Vulnerability: vs. poison, chemical, body affect drugs (1½× STUN); Attack: Uncommon, +5 5 Vulnerability: vs. chemcia, drug, body affecting (1½× Effect); Attack: Uncommon, +5 5 Watched: Authorities (8-); Capabilities: More Powerful, 15; Non-combat Influence: Extensive, +5; Geographical Area: Limited, -5; Actions: Only Watching, ×½; Punishment: Mild, -5 150 Total Disadvantages COSTS: Char. Powers Total Total Disadv. Base Exp. 137 + 205 = 342 342 = 150 + 150 + 42 OCV DCV ECV Mental Def. PD/rPD ED/rED Phases 8 8 4 0 25/15 25/15 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 Notes: John born in Vancouver, ran away from home to join a cult. Brainwashed into joining Viper, he eventually became a Viper Martial Art Assassin. He took to a sucessful Silverline treatment. Slowly, John started to shake the brainwashing. Met Yuri Dregor, Russian aero engineer. Yuri was being blackmailed by Viper thru holding of his family to develop a lightweight, concealable flight suit. Unfortunately, the project couldn't maintain the flight speed hoped for. Yuri's wife was killed before John and Yuri's eyes. That broke John free. Yuri and John planned an escape for months, located Yuri's daughter and made their move. Stealing the Intercept prototype, a large sum of cash and made it to SA. Height: 193cm (6'4"), Weight: 100kg (220 lbs), Sex: Male, Age: 27, Race: human Appearance: Power armor suit over large frame. Cape has wing struts and small jets, can fold under and into pack

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