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Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Rampant LIon 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. Got a chance to play Prime Time Adventures last night. Here are some quickie sketches while at the table. The genre/setting is a post apocalyptic world where the characters are trying to revive civilization... starting with the reclamation of Manhattan and most specifically the New York Public Library. Mutants and overgrown, unknown jungles are outside of the 14 mile rock known as Manhattan. The show is named "Lions at the Gate", in reference to Patience and Fortitude, the two marble lions that bracket the magnificient steps of the library. All of our characters have greek naming conventions, which sorta evolved, but is kinda cool to me. First up is Prometheus and Medea. JF's Prometheus is the tinkerer engineer who is more loyal to his brother who stole the secret of gunpowder from our Tribe and is distributing it to cannibals, mutants and despots outside of Tribe territory. Jd's Medea was brought up as a cannibal, but learned to read...and that saved her life when she was captured by The Tribe. She is now the teacher to The Tribe's children and the most avid researcher at the Library. Then there is B's Rion Greenwhich, a 'slinger, as in gunslinger, the rangers of The Tribe and caretakers of the secret of Black Powder. Rion is dubious about the Library's uses (the drain of The Tribe's food, manpower and resources is high). But is tied to my character as my father was his partner...and upon my pop's death, oaths to protect me were made. Not to mention, he just got roped into being the Council of Elders voice at the Library project. Then there is Ulysses Station, my character. He might be a descendent of "The Founder", a woman with piercing green eyes and who managed to keep the spark of learning alive, while protecting or even creating The Tribe back in the black days of yore. Ulysses has evolving psychic abilities, further connecting him to The Founder's legacy... but a legacy he is unsure that he wants to step into. Can he make a life of his own choosing?

Re: A movie I recommend.. Musa rocks. Those korean armor, helmets and weaponry look straight out of fantasy comic books more than oriental history... although I do believe they are fairly accurate. But good story, great characters. Almost as good as Hero albeit very different in tone.. Hero gets the nod for tighter story, better visuals and insanely amazing wire fu. "The Warrior" is very different than Musa or Hero. It strikes me as closest as a little, quiet, B(+) movie called "Westlander". Another warrior on an odyssey of discovery. I highly recommend Westlander also, very quiet, very much character driven, despite its fantasy world shown... in bits and pieces.

"The Warrior". A Hindu-Indian film. Don't expect tons of fight scenes... it is a surreal story of seeking purpose. And it is simple. But it is beautiful to watch. Great scenery. Very minimalist acting... but extraordinary. I really liked it. Great fodder for gamers and slight twists on fantasy tropes. Elegant stuff. I netflixed it.

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Re: Fantasy color webcomic A new Catspaw page went up today! We are up to Page 6 in Chapter 2. Things are about to get really tense as the chase for the assassin is leading to some unknown destination. http://www.swordandsorcery.org/

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. A new Catspaw page went up today! We are up to Page 6 in Chapter 2. Things are about to get really tense as the chase for the assassin is leading to some unknown destination. http://www.swordandsorcery.org/

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Worse, "Fux".

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. yes I do. And obviously, you do not. It is not how you think. You only think you do. Why do you think Johnny is so tough. With a name like that... you better be able to make your way in the world. Btw, it is my mother's maiden name.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Oops. Guess I should have described "Cold City". The way it was described to me was "Berlin Airlift, Cold War meets Hellboy". The PCs are a multinational team sent to deal with after the war Nazi experiments, maybe mystical, maybe strange unexplained tech. Yet we all have our own agendas. Johnny Fuchs Wolfgang (named after actual family members of mine) is a german-american who speaks german fluently. He fought as a airborne trooper in the US army, 101st. Right after the war, he fell in love with young Katerina in Berlin. He deserted to be able to stay with her. The army didn't seem to mind. Or simply lost track of Johnny. Johnny became involved in the black market in order to procure US army supplies for Katerina's "kids"... orphans she seemed to pick up like stray cats. Life was hard, but good. Then something outta the shadows came and before Johnny's eyes, eviscirated her. Something not human. Something not right. Now, someone, someTHING is going to pay! The official blurb is here, have to scroll down a bit: http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/products.php?publisherLink=contestedGround&PHPSESSID=4993279eb938797fca1e2e8a05ce3fd1

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Since we are about to embark on a Cold City game, I sketched my character while having a beer in a bar. Then I inked it, cause I wanted that Noir vibe. Here is Johnny Wolfgang, US army deserter and black marketeer. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/

Re: Daily Art Findings Due to a long distance move, and all kinds of upheaval in my life, I haven't been keeping up with updates on Catspaw. However, I HAVE been PRODUCING Catspaw pages and they've been quietly going up. We are up to Page 5 of Chapter 2. So. If you haven't stopped by Catspaw in awhile, c'mon by. http://www.swordandsorcery.org/

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Due to a long distance move, and all kinds of upheaval in my life, I haven't been keeping up with updates on Catspaw. However, I HAVE been PRODUCING Catspaw pages and they've been quietly going up. We are up to Page 5 of Chapter 2. So. If you haven't stopped by Catspaw in awhile, c'mon by. http://www.swordandsorcery.org/

Re: Daily Art Findings Only if you can survive the twin sword style of the dreaded Mirumoto school, as weilded by Mirumoto Tsuntake.... ...and if phones existed in Rokugan. sure. In other words, it ain't happenin'!!!!!

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Re: Daily Art Findings This was drawn at the table during the last Legend of 5 Rings game I was in. It meets infrequently, as its players are scattered across the east coast and Michigan. But it is one of my favorite games to play in. This is Kitsune Aki of the Fox clan. Who is my character's betrothed. Which is a complicated mess, because my character, Tsuntake, is moving out of the Dragon clan and almost at the point of being adopted into the Unicorn clan. Tsun's mom was Unicorn, who died saving my father. I was rasied to take her place. But it means getting both my father and my "clan father" to sign off on the marriage. War has brought the necessity for the Unicorn to call upon the Fox, especially their shugenjas. So, my clan father is not to opposed to having a marriage between me and the Fox... and my school is trained in guarding shugenjas... which I've done for the Unicorn on numerous occasions. anyway...blah, blah, blah...wanna hear about my character? Without further b.s., here is Aki. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. This was drawn at the table during the last Legend of 5 Rings game I was in. It meets infrequently, as its players are scattered across the east coast and Michigan. But it is one of my favorite games to play in. This is Kitsune Aki of the Fox clan. Who is my character's betrothed. Which is a complicated mess, because my character, Tsuntake, is moving out of the Dragon clan and almost at the point of being adopted into the Unicorn clan. Tsun's mom was Unicorn, who died saving my father. I was rasied to take her place. But it means getting both my father and my "clan father" to sign off on the marriage. War has brought the necessity for the Unicorn to call upon the Fox, especially their shugenjas. So, my clan father is not to opposed to having a marriage between me and the Fox... and my school is trained in guarding shugenjas... which I've done for the Unicorn on numerous occasions. anyway...blah, blah, blah...wanna hear about my character? Without further b.s., here is Aki. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

Re: Daily Art Findings I got a chance to play Burning Wheel for the first time last night. A one shot that rocked. As usually happens, I need to put down visuals for my character and often the ones around me...and I snuck these doodles in while the spotlight wasn't on my character. Beliefs, Instincts and Traits really make up for juicy roleplaying opportunities... hopefully, J. and Paka will share theirs for their characters... but here is my PC's, Orwen's: Beliefs I am known to be a Hero and Leader of Men, but the truth is I am a coward. I fear exposure of my cowardice almost as much as pain or death. The Mercenaries are my family. Their survival is paramount, overriding contract or honor. I want us out of the siege! Princess Loristina is the only person who has seen some worth in me. I'm besotted. And determined to see her survive the upcoming ordeal. Instincts: Always know where the exits are When challenged, act arrogant, try to bluster through Never see his own worth Traits Arrogant Respectful of higher rank Gifted Coward And here is the pic for Orwen: Here is Paka's Bastard Prince Lore And J.'s "Shield of the King", Brant 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 got a chance to play Burning Wheel for the first time last night. A one shot that rocked. As usually happens, I need to put down visuals for my character and often the ones around me...and I snuck these doodles in while the spotlight wasn't on my character. Beliefs, Instincts and Traits really make up for juicy roleplaying opportunities... hopefully, J. and Paka will share theirs for their characters... but here is my PC's, Orwen's: Beliefs I am known to be a Hero and Leader of Men, but the truth is I am a coward. I fear exposure of my cowardice almost as much as pain or death. The Mercenaries are my family. Their survival is paramount, overriding contract or honor. I want us out of the siege! Princess Loristina is the only person who has seen some worth in me. I'm besotted. And determined to see her survive the upcoming ordeal. Instincts: Always know where the exits are When challenged, act arrogant, try to bluster through Never see his own worth Traits Arrogant Respectful of higher rank Gifted Coward And here is the pic for Orwen: Here is Paka's Bastard Prince Lore And J.'s "Shield of the King", Brant 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. Thank you for your kind words. The Fantasy Hero cover did not sell. But I did sell a couple of other originals. Gencon was very good to me this year. Here is Lethe's gadgeteer with very clever origins... perhaps he will share: These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/

Re: Daily Art Findings Hey Hero faithful, thought I would drop on y'all some of the originals I will have for sale at Gencon. The Fantasy Hero cover in its full 30" wide glory. The inked cover for Demon. And a bunch of Champions interiors. Plus oodles of cheap original interiors for all kinds of genres, private commissions and odds and ends. C'mon by at booth #4. Storn

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Hey Hero faithful, thought I would drop on y'all some of the originals I will have for sale at Gencon. The Fantasy Hero cover in its full 30" wide glory. The inked cover for Demon. And a bunch of Champions interiors. Plus oodles of cheap original interiors for all kinds of genres, private commissions and odds and ends. C'mon by at booth #4.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. If you can make me money, dude... I am so there for you to get a cut! I would seriously love to have an agent... but the RPG biz is such small potatoes... it makes no sense.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. I'm thrilled that it is appreciated. Catspaw is still on the side of almost incredible, wuxia like demonstration and proportions. Not Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Hero scale... but definitely along the lines of scale as Ong Bok or Fist of Legend... fantastic and amazing... but not superheroic. Wait til you see her backflip in her tiny bedroom. I realize that, gritty it aint...heroic fantastic it is.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Sure! As for the 10%... I dont charge for autographs... so you'll get 10% of nuthin.... sorry m'man. onto some art... Here is LC's Philly Flier loving super...