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Neoskel

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Re: Dark Fortress Wallpaper
« Reply #15 on: November 27, 2008, 11:53:32 pm »

I understand that, but the problem is these are goblins, just because they're ruled by a demon dosn't mean their forts look like somewhat uninhabitle mountain structures, yours looks more like some sort of bizaro dwarfs fort, or that place in lord of the rings, I forget what it's called, but it's the place where someguy, and his orcs live, except jutted into the air.

Um, Sauron and Mordor?
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Re: Dark Fortress Wallpaper
« Reply #16 on: November 27, 2008, 11:57:57 pm »

I seem to remember that someone asked Toady what a beakdog was and he said he pictured them as velociraptor like creatures.  I might have that wrong, or the source was.

I wouldn't be surprised if Toady was shaking his head at this wallpaper then. Haha.

Edit: Awwww

I suppose they shouldn't be called hands, but beakdogs walk on 2 legs.  Vaguely t-rexy hunched over with vultureish heads.
« Last Edit: November 28, 2008, 12:02:11 am by Davion »
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« Reply #17 on: November 28, 2008, 12:30:28 am »

Very nice! I like the cooling, but still burning effect on the tower, and the glows from the doors/windows. The craggy, blasted landscape is perfect, too. The beak dog looks really sinister, and the lack of expression in its face is perfect for the image.

Observations; s'more like a Dark Tower than a Dark Fortress, but that's not a problem at all. The pyramid-ish rising effect is right on how I imagine them, though, so that's pretty awesome. Oh, and maybe the beakdog looks kinda hard for a goblin to ride, but I imagine they have saddles to offset that.

The mask-helmet on the beakdog is awesome, by the way. The stitched together nature of it adds a tangible level of sinister. Great work!
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« Reply #18 on: November 28, 2008, 02:36:57 pm »

Also I imagine beak dogs as having longer necks, and more teeth

i may not be the sharpest axe in the stockpile, but i dont imagine things with beaks having teeth at all.
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Re: Dark Fortress Wallpaper
« Reply #19 on: November 28, 2008, 02:41:07 pm »

Also I imagine beak dogs as having longer necks, and more teeth

i may not be the sharpest axe in the stockpile, but i dont imagine things with beaks having teeth at all.

They have [BONECARN] so it's tough not to imagine them without teeth at all.
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« Reply #20 on: November 28, 2008, 04:21:33 pm »

dont know why.  owls, for example, eat bones and then hork them back up.

but i kind of imagined beak dogs with the beak of a seed-eating bird, rather than that of a raptor.  raptor beaks are designed to rip meat.  seed-eaters (forgot the name) have beaks designed to snap hard shells, and they would be well suited to snapping bones.
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« Reply #21 on: November 28, 2008, 06:40:23 pm »



A bonus haha.
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« Reply #22 on: November 29, 2008, 03:14:05 pm »

Wow that's avatar material... I hope you don't mind if I use it?
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« Reply #23 on: November 29, 2008, 03:19:55 pm »

It's cool, go ahead.
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« Reply #24 on: November 30, 2008, 02:26:41 am »

I updated the picture a bit, if you hate it the old version is in the spoiler.
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Re: Dark Fortress Wallpaper
« Reply #25 on: November 30, 2008, 02:29:49 am »


 I could live without the cracks, but the addition of that sun is grand. Like the sky is so filled with smoke, death and miasma that even the sun is as dull as the moon.

 And I find the idea of a goblin tower 'still cooling' awesome.
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Re: Dark Fortress Wallpaper
« Reply #26 on: November 30, 2008, 02:35:01 am »

Yeah, I needed something to fill that void and dead trees weren't really cutting it. :P
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