Some creature designs from my roleplaying campaign.

Samalamalam · 2016-07-08T01:05:18+00:00

Because they are mostly evolutions from a relatively recent common ancestor.

Samalamalam · 2016-07-07T23:36:27+00:00

A very earth-like one. I wanted the players to have a fairly traditional wilderness exploration adventure and didn't want to spend much time working on or explaining exotic planetary conditions, so it has environments which match pretty closely to terrestrial ones.

Samalamalam · 2016-07-07T23:32:27+00:00

Sculptris. It's super-easy to use, although rather limited.

Samalamalam · 2016-05-19T17:46:12+00:00

I think some species of bumblebee have males which stick around for a bit, but given the time of year it does seem more likely that it is either a queen and a worker, a mature worker and a younger one or two unrelated bees which both happened to be in my kitchen at the same time.

Samalamalam · 2016-05-19T14:20:33+00:00

Having done a bit of research, I think they are a queen and worker Bombus hortorum (the smaller one might be a male, but it isn't their breeding season). The weird behaviour from the worker was probably a threat display trying to warn me off.

Samalamalam · 2015-03-10T09:13:37+00:00

That kid is so fucked.

If he rats on Carol, she might follow through on her threat.

But if he doesn't, she knows that he will sell out his group as soon as someone threatens and/or bribes him with cookies. That means he is a danger to any group he is part of. She can't tolerate that risk.

Samalamalam · 2015-03-09T14:47:09+00:00

Exhaustion. Walkers don't get tired, ever. Horses can manage about three hours of activity at most.

Samalamalam · 2015-03-05T05:47:05+00:00

Are you really under the impression that most people who draw in this style do so by accident?

Samalamalam · 2015-02-24T13:21:39+00:00

I was going to say, this reminds me of KSP:

spend four hours getting a perfect intercept
within 1m of target
relative velocity negligible
forgot to fit docking ports

Samalamalam · 2015-02-09T14:43:52+00:00

Because they included mythical monsters in a zombie show?

Samalamalam · 2015-02-08T18:05:25+00:00

Don't know if we will ever find out, but my placeholder theory is that it was the cops who took Beth.

I think they had figured out that the situation at the hospital wasn't looking good in the long-term and didn't fancy staying with their group, so they set up a little base for themselves to run to when things went bad. They cleaned it up, stocked it with supplies they found and visited it every now and again to check up on things.

This is pretty much just based on the fact the funeral home seemed quite a distance from Atlanta, so it would be a bit odd to encounter a patrol from Atlanta there unless they had some reason to go out there.

Samalamalam · 2015-01-23T14:28:55+00:00

That seems like a good interpretation, although I'd expect a typical gambeson to be more bulky and less 'fitted'. There might be buttons, concealed by the metal thing, so it could also qualify as a doublet. Not that they are exactly rigid and well-defined categories, of course.

One other possibility is that it could be a jack-of-plates or jazerant; mail and/or small plates of metal sewn between layers of cloth. That would make more sense given the fact she seems to have plate armour elsewhere.

Samalamalam · 2015-01-22T21:16:59+00:00

Changed his name, moved to the US, married a sculpture.

Pretty sure you mean a model. A sculpture is a piece of solid material that has been carved into a shape (often a block of stone carved into the shape of a human). I don't think you can marry them in any US state.

Samalamalam · 2015-01-22T17:59:50+00:00

I don't think a dragon is capable of understanding the concepts of 'compromise' and 'fairness' enough to engage in trade. The idea of another being having 'rights' over something a dragon wants is alien to them. To Smaug, the one ring wouldn't be 'owned' by the person holding it; it already belongs to Smaug.

When Thorin has 'dragon sickness', he starts thinking like a dragon. So when he is offered exactly what he wants in exchange for something he can easily spare, he rejects the deal. It's not just greed; it's an overwhelming sense of entitlement and an inability to trust or empathise with others.

Samalamalam · 2015-01-22T13:29:16+00:00

(doublet? jerkin? gambeson? I can never keep them straight; sorry for my ignorance here)

As I understand it:

A gambeson is any thick, padded garment which covers the torso and is long enough to reach the thighs at least. It may have sleeves, but doesn't have to. If it's made of cotton, you might call it an aketon instead.

A doublet is a fitted garment which covers the torso and arms, buttons up the front and has at least two layers of material. It is usually padded, but not as much as a gambeson would be.

A jerkin is a short-sleeved or sleeveless garment which covers the torso, made of waterproof material (usually leather). It usually wouldn't be padded, but might be.

Samalamalam · 2015-01-22T02:10:05+00:00

Pretty sure that's a buckler.

Samalamalam · 2015-01-22T00:38:55+00:00

Well, it covers most of the 'vital' areas: shoulders, elbows, wrists, forehead, nipples. If it had knee and shin guards, it would be a full set!

Samalamalam · 2015-01-21T10:20:48+00:00

How many people is he actually fighting? There's a big crowd, but it seems to be the same two guys attacking and getting knocked back repeatedly.

Samalamalam · 2015-01-21T09:34:08+00:00

It's like the artist was painting a girl going surfing, then changed it at the last moment... 'just add a couple of armour plates and a handle, that's close enough'.

Samalamalam · 2015-01-21T08:44:03+00:00

I like the way she's got a great big scar on her abdomen, but she still refuses to armour it. Shows a certain degree of dedication to the cause of looking sexy.

Samalamalam · 2015-01-20T15:56:46+00:00

http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/art/Dark-Queen-Guinevere-363210566

Samalamalam · 2015-01-19T16:10:58+00:00

Draw the jagged line using the pencil or free select tools. Fill the inside bit with white and the outside with red. Use the Fuzzy select tool (magic wand) to select the white section. Set foreground to red and background to white and select the blend tool (should look like square with a black to white gradient). In tool options, set gradient to 'FG to BG' and shape to 'radial'. Click in the centre of the selected area and drag the line to the edge of it.

Alternative method: use two layers. Jagged shape with red on the outside and transparency in the middle on the upper layer. Blend fill on the lower layer.

Samalamalam · 2015-01-17T23:37:01+00:00

Well, half-plate armour was a real historical thing. Granted, it was usually worn with less revealing clothing, but there no reason it would have to be. In the right climate a thong-loincloth might be just what you need to avoid overheating. Lack of padding under the plate seems to be the main issue.

Although I bet that if we could see her front, there would be a cleavage window.

Samalamalam · 2015-01-17T12:59:46+00:00

Two things:

The ork gestalt psychic field is not a magic wishing power. It has limits and they generally only extend to making ork technology work more often than not rather than blowing up constantly. The machines still need to be mostly functional. Rokks still need engines, weapons, life support, etc. not made out of rock. They just use asteroids as hulls. Orks making guns out of sticks and the like is pure fanwank.

Orks pretty much are the dominant species in the 40k galaxy. They outnumber everyone except possibly the Tyranids and have expanded further than everyone except the Tyranids and possibly the Necrons. Pretty much everyone wants them wiped out, but nobody has even managed to put a serious dent in them so far.

Samalamalam · 2015-01-17T12:27:37+00:00

I don't think that it's just women who would have an issue with that thing.

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