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Author Topic: The Illustrated Dwarf  (Read 27268 times)

Knick

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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #105 on: February 22, 2016, 02:06:09 pm »
What could possibly go wrong?

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There is very little blood in this story, actually.  I did it with help from my kids, and did not want to traumatize them too much. 
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Quote from: evileeyore on May 18, 2011, 10:41:52 am
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Give a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a day.  Light a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life.
The great Dwarfen Philosopher Urist McConfused said it best:  "Light a kitten on fire and it will run screaming into the booze stockpile and catch the whole fort up.  I know, we tested it in twelve different forts and it always happened."

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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #106 on: February 22, 2016, 02:15:29 pm »
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We have a rich tradition of percussion instruments as well, all of which are based around a musician smacking variously sized hollow rocks.
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It was quite brutal actually. Who knew you could suffer major head trauma from undergarments?

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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #107 on: February 22, 2016, 07:10:10 pm »
Have your kids played Dwarf Fortress?
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It has been determined that Trump is an average unladen swallow travelling northbound at his maximum sustainable speed of -3 Obama-cubits per second in the middle of a class 3 hurricane.

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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #108 on: February 23, 2016, 09:05:06 am »
Quote from: TheBiggerFish on February 22, 2016, 07:10:10 pm
Have your kids played Dwarf Fortress?

Not really.  It is too detailed for them.  They kind of play with me a bit.  And they love the stories.
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Give a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a day.  Light a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life.
The great Dwarfen Philosopher Urist McConfused said it best:  "Light a kitten on fire and it will run screaming into the booze stockpile and catch the whole fort up.  I know, we tested it in twelve different forts and it always happened."

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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #109 on: February 23, 2016, 04:51:25 pm »
Oh, I see.
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It has been determined that Trump is an average unladen swallow travelling northbound at his maximum sustainable speed of -3 Obama-cubits per second in the middle of a class 3 hurricane.

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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #110 on: February 23, 2016, 05:18:05 pm »
I approve of this greatly, and will return to actually read it when I've got the time.
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Is there a word that combines comedy with tragedy and farce?
Heiterverzweiflung. Not a legit German word so much as something a friend and I made up in German class once. "Carefree despair". When life is so fucked that you can't stop laughing.
http://www.collinsdictionary.com

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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #111 on: February 24, 2016, 12:04:11 pm »
I guess your kids are pretty young? I can see why you don't let them play Dwarf Fortress - Kids with a lot of imagination and Dwarves, getting ripped apart by Forgotten Beasts doesn't mix well. Especially when they name a dwarf after themself and kinda roleplay.
You're definitely right though, the Stories are great. Always, DF is amazing at telling funny, heroic and awkward stories  :D

In any case, i really love your art, can't wait for the next one.
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Knick

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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #112 on: February 24, 2016, 03:03:28 pm »
Wile E. Coyote is not a good role model.

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Give a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a day.  Light a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life.
The great Dwarfen Philosopher Urist McConfused said it best:  "Light a kitten on fire and it will run screaming into the booze stockpile and catch the whole fort up.  I know, we tested it in twelve different forts and it always happened."

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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #113 on: February 24, 2016, 03:24:25 pm »
Having had a chance to read it, damn this is good. Please continue!
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Is there a word that combines comedy with tragedy and farce?
Heiterverzweiflung. Not a legit German word so much as something a friend and I made up in German class once. "Carefree despair". When life is so fucked that you can't stop laughing.
http://www.collinsdictionary.com

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« Reply #114 on: February 24, 2016, 05:17:32 pm »
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And they love the stories.
I only see my niece two or three times a year, but since i told her some stories of DF, she asks me for more every time I see her !
Gore + fun + absurd is always working very well with children.
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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #115 on: February 24, 2016, 05:27:09 pm »
Awesomeness.

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Quote from: Greiger on June 14, 2010, 09:16:28 am
That's what DF needs, The gutbuster brigade.  Screw that elf and his cat. Thibbledorf Pwent is the real hero.

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« Reply #116 on: February 26, 2016, 02:27:19 pm »
Dwarf Fortress stories are like old fairy tales that kids used to be told. Brave heroes, terrible monsters, treasure, hubris and everyone meets a horrible end.

Also PTW
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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #117 on: February 26, 2016, 06:15:05 pm »
This is totally what bronze looks like.

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Quote from: Erils on February 26, 2016, 02:27:19 pm
Dwarf Fortress stories are like old fairy tales that kids used to be told. Brave heroes, terrible monsters, treasure, hubris and everyone meets a horrible end.

Also PTW

I tend to think of Dwarf Fortress as a sort of Icelandic Saga.  Long involved stories of who did what to whom where.  And blood all over the place.
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Quote from: evileeyore on May 18, 2011, 10:41:52 am
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Give a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a day.  Light a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life.
The great Dwarfen Philosopher Urist McConfused said it best:  "Light a kitten on fire and it will run screaming into the booze stockpile and catch the whole fort up.  I know, we tested it in twelve different forts and it always happened."

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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #118 on: February 27, 2016, 01:31:22 pm »
Fluffy wambler in 3...2...1...
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It has been determined that Trump is an average unladen swallow travelling northbound at his maximum sustainable speed of -3 Obama-cubits per second in the middle of a class 3 hurricane.

Knick

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Re: The Illustrated Dwarf
« Reply #119 on: February 29, 2016, 09:49:12 am »
"Cause if he catch you in the cave, finding loot to hock
He's going to send you back to mother in a cardboard box
You'd better run. . . "

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Give a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a day.  Light a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life.
The great Dwarfen Philosopher Urist McConfused said it best:  "Light a kitten on fire and it will run screaming into the booze stockpile and catch the whole fort up.  I know, we tested it in twelve different forts and it always happened."
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