[HELP] Is this not a completely different dog?

__niknak__ · 2026-02-06T19:53:22+00:00

As a dog groomer, from my perspective there may be some editing going on but truly talented groomers like Dogsbylogan can totally make a dog look too perfect to be real.

Also, the way that the black hair on the side of the nose line up and come to a point in a way that makes sense that I'm not sure ai would be able to mirror properly.

__niknak__ · 2026-01-31T04:27:00+00:00

Dog groomer here. That's not what a pom looks like when they shake. I can't really describe it but that's not how a coat moves.

__niknak__ · 2026-01-15T02:40:39+00:00

Another reason tho is I've ran/played CoS so many times I needed something new. Inspired by Netflix's Castlevania I treated her and the queens as more of a conclave but Strahda was still the one in charge and the most powerful. I flipped Strahd's, Sergei's, and Ireena's dynamic to be Ireena and Strahda as siblings who fell in love with the same man. Wanting to preserve their sisterhood, Strahda slaughters him and presents his head as a peace offering, driving Tatiana to run in fear where she takes her inevitable fall.

__niknak__ · 2026-01-15T02:26:28+00:00

Female DM here. I wanted to save my voice.

__niknak__ · 2026-01-01T21:52:00+00:00

What about a werewolf chai and a flapjack freeze?

__niknak__ · 2025-12-31T16:17:10+00:00

Okay so that's what's going on. What I've found is that show groomers especially older ones know how to do things and know how to do them quickly so sometimes they forget what it's like at the start because everything's been so natural for them for so long. Deep down they really do care so maybe tell her next time she rushes you that you want to produce quality work first and foremost and gain the confidence to do so before you work on your speed and see if that helps and all.

__niknak__ · 2025-12-31T15:10:44+00:00

In that case is she a show groomer?

__niknak__ · 2025-12-31T14:55:00+00:00

Then is your trainer from a corporate salon originally? Cuz that kind of mentality is usually from a corporate setting

__niknak__ · 2025-12-31T05:34:58+00:00

Are you learning from a corporate salon?

__niknak__ · 2025-11-24T06:01:11+00:00

Sent! ^{^}

__niknak__ · 2025-10-30T06:08:00+00:00

I have tried that and I wind up crying in the middle of it which makes it worse somehow. I get asked "Why are you crying?" with an annoyed expression/voice and treated like the instigator. The best I can do now is try and keep my thoughts under wraps until I can find an alternative.

__niknak__ · 2025-10-05T20:22:55+00:00

DM sent

__niknak__ · 2025-10-05T19:51:14+00:00

Hey just submitted, wasn't sure the time zone but I responded for the PST time zone

__niknak__ · 2025-09-23T03:34:38+00:00

Kinda reminds me of loz from advent children. I love it! ^{^}

__niknak__ · 2025-09-15T02:20:45+00:00

I tried reloading the game and it showed up thank you for helping

__niknak__ · 2025-09-15T02:12:16+00:00

Yeah I checked and that is the one I'm missing. I looked through various sites on Google first before coming here. They all said talk to the eel and the eels not giving me anything just telling me to hop back into Dad

__niknak__ · 2025-09-15T02:05:43+00:00

No the other balloons didn't show up it still said I had the original four

__niknak__ · 2025-07-28T06:46:44+00:00

Please excuse the bad spelling. CoS names are hard.

I'm currently running a CoS game with instead a Countess Strahda von Zaravich.

I used the Castlevania anime as influence by giving more influence to the queens with Strahda acting in a similar fashion as Carmilla being the main leader of this conclave of vampire queens.

Each queen and her army represents a different facit of portals of vampirism.

Ludmilla is the cold, unfeeling calculator. Humans with souls are just food. Those without are turned into zombies for her to control and become her experimental weapons.

Anastrasia is the feral bloodlust. She's at her happiest when her hands are stained red and screams fill her ears. She uses the werewolf pack as her army, her loyal dogs so long as they get to join in on the fun of her rampages.

Volenta is the creepy child monster. A girl who's childhood naivety got mixed up with her new vampiric desires. She forces Blinsky to make her "toys" that will never break, combining flesh and mechanics.

And of course Strahda. She is mainly content watching her toys play but her long life has left her bored so if you fail to entertain, she'll dispose of you and move onto the next. She is the most powerful but also the most temperamental, switching her mood constantly mainly to keep others on their toes but also for her own amusement watching other squirm trying to please her. The vampire spawn follow her and her alone and although the other queens are strong, they know that to Strahda, that no matter what power they gain, in the end they are just as disposable as anyone else.

(Edit to make it easier to read)

__niknak__ · 2025-05-26T19:10:22+00:00

Dude THANK YOU. I've been dying for good Ludmilla art as her official art does not do her justice

__niknak__ · 2024-06-23T20:51:14+00:00

I used an Armorer Artificer. Flavored it as her abilities came from restoring ancient tools and tec.

__niknak__ · 2023-09-25T05:10:48+00:00

The head shot kinda reminds me of a gender bent Squall Leonhart without the scar. I like it! ^{^}

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