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[Sean Mirrsen]

I found everyone but Pinkie. She's a goshdarn ninja! Can't see 'er anywhere.

[Knirisk]

I found everyone but Pinkie. She's a goshdarn ninja! Can't see 'er anywhere.

Same here. Normally, you'd think she'd be one of the easiest, considering she's PINK.

[MC Dirty]

Personally, I find the notion of pegasi (that's one of the proper plurals) running while flying quite outlandish. I mean, they're flying for godsakes. It's especially jarring with the pegasi-carriage shown in the series pilot (carrying Twilight to Ponyville). Not only are the two pegasi guards running (at a gallop, no less), but the carriage's wheels are spinning. In the air. Seriously, what the?

Magic. *snort* *snort*

Fixed that for ya.

Leave it to me to internet-memefy your day. I am, after all, the Minister of Overused Memes.

[alexwazer]

I could not find Pinkie either. So I cheated and asked google.

Even when you know where to find her, she's still hard to see. And she isn't pink here

Spoiler: If you want to know where she is... (click to show/hide)

On the blackboard

[MC Dirty]

Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle are super easy to find, the rest of 'em... not so much.
Edit: Oh hey, found Rarity. Still don't see Pinkie or Fluttershy, though.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Well, considering how they hid AJ... I wouldn't be surprised if they hid her somewhere in the ceiling tiles. But I looked everywhere, there included. No dice.

ninja edit: yeah, I suspected as much. It's actually too small, even at this resolution. You'll never guess it's her even if you stare straight at her.

In the meantime, leaving the Urist-Dash scene as a sketch. Now experimenting with expressions, with Starkey and Applejack:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[Urist Imiknorris]

I found everyone but Fluttershy.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I noticed Blackboard-Pinkie.

Now why am I doing this and not something productive?

[Necro910]

I found everyone but Fluttershy.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I noticed Blackboard-Pinkie.

Now why am I doing this and not something productive?

This is Bay12.

We murder dwarves, watch ponies, and flay elves.

[Impending Doom]

Well, considering how they hid AJ... I wouldn't be surprised if they hid her somewhere in the ceiling tiles. But I looked everywhere, there included. No dice.

ninja edit: yeah, I suspected as much. It's actually too small, even at this resolution. You'll never guess it's her even if you stare straight at her.

In the meantime, leaving the Urist-Dash scene as a sketch. Now experimenting with expressions, with Starkey and Applejack:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"What? It's just only a deadly weapon."

This story has gotten me thinking way too much about how pony weapons work.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Starkey's crossbow is larger and a little bulkier. It sits lower on the leg, analogous to your forearm. Normally it would extend past the hoof, so when not in use it pivots out of the way, facing backward along the leg. In operation, the markspony swings the crossbow out, which draws the bow and drops a new bolt into place (it's a repeater with a top magazine like that Manchurian thing). A large trigger drops down from the underside, which must be actuated by the other leg. Pegasi can use their wings to balance bipedally, unicorns can of course use magic, and earth ponies have to brace the weapon against a wall or tower shield.

[Necro910]

Well, considering how they hid AJ... I wouldn't be surprised if they hid her somewhere in the ceiling tiles. But I looked everywhere, there included. No dice.

ninja edit: yeah, I suspected as much. It's actually too small, even at this resolution. You'll never guess it's her even if you stare straight at her.

In the meantime, leaving the Urist-Dash scene as a sketch. Now experimenting with expressions, with Starkey and Applejack:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"What? It's just only a deadly weapon."

This story has gotten me thinking way too much about how pony weapons work.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Starkey's crossbow is larger and a little bulkier. It sits lower on the leg, analogous to your forearm. Normally it would extend past the hoof, so when not in use it pivots out of the way, facing backward along the leg. In operation, the markspony swings the crossbow out, which draws the bow and drops a new bolt into place (it's a repeater with a top magazine like that Manchurian thing). A large trigger drops down from the underside, which must be actuated by the other leg. Pegasi can use their wings to balance bipedally, unicorns can of course use magic, and earth ponies have to brace the weapon against a wall or tower shield.

As do I.

The crossbow probably is not like humanoid ones. It is most likely similar to a reign, with the trigger inside the ponies mouth. The mechanisms would be on the sides, along with the string. The string would wrap around the front corners, and the bolt could be either loaded into some kind of chamber in the front, or the crossbow could hold 2 bolts at once, and have one on each side.

Yes, I just applied logic to a pony fired crossbow.

[TheBronzePickle]

Alternately, the body of the crossbow is strapped to the foreleg. The bow is set by pulling the cocking mechanism back using a rope that is gripped by the teeth. The weapon is triggered by a different rope designed to be placed around the hoof, which curls in to pull the rope.

If I weren't in school, I'd probably draw a diagram.

[Sean Mirrsen]

If we went by logic, the ponies would never have a crossbow. They'd use slings.

But since we already have one, I think the crossbow would be quite like the human ones (if only because there's only so far you can deviate before it stops being a "crossbow"). It'd have a loading lever extending out front, so that the string can be drawn by just stomping the hoof down. The bolts would either be held in simple magazines, each next bolt fed into the slot by the same action that draws the string, or inserted by magic or mouth (since pony forelegs appear quite flexible) from a quiver on the opposing foreleg. The trigger can be a long rod, slightly sideways from the crossbow body, so as to be pushable by either the opposing foreleg or, in more precise aiming mode, the nose.

Yeah, I'll redraw it, a bit later. Right now I'm more interested in whether or not I managed to communicate the expressions right. I was considering a slightly different angle for AJ, but what I got is as good as I could make.

[Flying Dice]

I went with two different designs for mine: pegasi models, which are basically horsebows (light crossbows, analogous to smoothbore pistols) with a repeating mechanism operated by mouth crank, which draws the string, cycles the magazine, and fires the bolt, draws the string, etc. These are mounted on the lower section of the foreleg.

Earth pony models are heavier, and held and fired with a half-moon shaped handle in the mouth, which has a pressure-trigger similar to the levers used in human crossbows. These can use either a similar crank, or an inline pulling handle to draw the string.

Unicorns don't need bows. See: the latest chapter of my fic. Not the best, particularly in terms of the second half, but you see why they don't. Incidentally, unicorns don't need a grip on their blades, so I design them as blades with a 4-directional guard and a large metal spike beneath that that acts as a counterweight to maintain proper balance. Also, a sack full of razor blades with a unicorn is like an automatic shotgun loaded with flechette rounds.

[Dsarker]

I can see Pinkie and TS now.

Damn, it is easier when you compare it to the original.

[TheBronzePickle]

I had to stare at Pinkie for half a minute before I could even start to make her out. I knew it was her, but she's about as clear as stirred-up mud.