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Magical and unusual RPG weapon art |
A few days ago on reddit shrcat asked; |
I’m looking to do some practice/honing of my illustration skill — I was hoping to get a couple interesting ideas out there that someone would enjoy seeing my interpretation of – particularly items like weapons or magical items, etc. Anyone interested? And as a (former) pen & paper/miniature gamer myself, I’m interested... |
As you can imagine plenty of gamers, including myself, leapt forward with suggestions. Less than a day later, shrcat had whisked up an impressive number of illustrations. |
Whirlwind War Spear |
From my poor description; |
I’ve a DnD4 Dragonborn character very much inspired by Predator. He wields a “war spear” that I suppose might could as a halberd but I picture it as a two handed spear, with a wicked curved blade, and decorated with dangling threads of leather. He spins it around above his head, creating a whirlwind effect (visually, n... |
The Raven’s Wing |
How did the gamer, cpt_bluebear, describe this weapon; |
I play a Paladin called Ullysses, The Raven Knight. He is an archer paladin who wields a bow that resembles a raven, the outstretched wings making the bow. I refer to it as the Ravens Wing. It is an undead bane bow and even though I have come across better bows through-out the campaign I always fight with this one. I j... |
Silvered Fiery Runehammer of Gnomish Blasting |
The story behind this mighty hammer? |
A knight in one of my games was one of the only optimized characters in the group – he ended up having to be the tank, the striker, and half the time the rogue (is it trapped? SMASH BOOM crap yes it was!). Because of this, he took whatever advantage he could get to help the party out, but his intelligence wasn’t all th... |
His hammer had a tough time dealing with troll-hide and its regeneration, so he had a sorcerer imbue it with properties of flame so he could leave lasting damage (also handy as a backup torch). |
It wasn’t punching through the armor of the mechanical golems, so a half-elf tinkerer let him stick explosive cartridges in the head and put a trigger on it, so once an encounter he could make it swing with a BOOM (also good as an impromptu lockpick). |
For a while, the party faced werewolves. Nobody had any silvered weapons, so he took some looted silverware, held it over the hammer’s head and turned on the flames until it melted over the front. Half the time the poorly attached metal would splinter off in enemies, causing lasting silver poisoning. It also served as ... |
So this weapon, that once was a regular, 25gp two-handed warhammer, now has a blasting plate in the back of the head with char marks from the explosive cartridges (and a small trigger near the handle), red glowing runes scribbled along the handle and poorly melted silver globbed over the front of the head. All of it ba... |
It’s not an elegant tool for a more sophisticated age – it’s a fool’s genius turned to weapon form, but damn was it effective! |
Weighted Bardiche |
The artist’s talent was being recognised by this point. Here’s this weapon’s description; |
A weighted bardiche. Basically it’s a bardiche but the butt is a ridged weight of considerable mass. |
Edit: Looking at your work already, you’re awesome. I’d be very much obliged if you could do this for me, since I’m sure it’d be fantastic. If you’re looking for more elegant stuff, there’s a sword in one campaign of mine that is crafted from essentially waves and waves of mithril subjected to absurd pressure. I imagin... |
Yog-Sothothian Dimension Rift-Cutter |
And this; |
My Call of Cthulhu party has a (presumably) ancient dagger with an engraved copper blade and an ornate silver, gold and yak-horn hilt. The blade is about 6″ long and slightly curved forward (opposite direction of the way a scimitar would be carved). |
The carvings and inlay on the hilt and blade would be Muvian and maybe Sanskrit appeals to Yog-Sothoth and His mastery over time and space. The dagger is enchanted to cut the barrier between worlds and summon a Dimensional Shambler when combined with the proper words and ritual, though the PC who knew the proper techni... |
Shaft of Healing Injection |
The story of his odd looking thing; |
My D&D (3rd) group has a magic tool for healing, since nobody enjoyed playing Clerics. |
This weapon was described as a large (2 handed) mace type object. At the head of mace were three large globes filled with a magic blue liquid (the healin’ juice). Above each globe was a large, curved needle. |
In order to heal another player, the healing player needed to swing the mace and stab the injured player. The mace would then inject some of the blue juices in the globe. |
This item was meant to have sexual innuendo, and be tongue-in-cheek. It was also meant to be a bit oxymoronic, causing a large wound (the stabbing) to heal the player (No worries this mace is magic and will heal both the wound it causes and any damage to armor [that it causes only]). |
Hecate’s Bite: Ring of the Ouroboros |
Deeper down the busy reddit thread we find; |
Hecate’s Bite: It’s a ring that is two snakes, a white and a black, intertwined. They meet at the middle and occasionally snap at one another, neither actually harming the other. They’re supposed to represent the Ouroboros. It’s an intelligent item, the White head is CG, and the Black is LE. |
The artist has an old gallery on deviant art and Shrinecat has uploaded some of these pictures to there. Well worth watching. |
Be a geek native. It's nice. |
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Ditching One Shot and shooting AI Servo fulltime |
« on: February 24, 2014, 06:43:55 PM » |
So I've never owned a camera I felt confident enough to trust in AI Servo until I started shooting with the 1Dx. Old habits die hard though, and I'd still been toggling between one shot and AI-Servo based on subject matter. I've always held this pre-conceived, personally unfounded notion that One Shot would be more ac... |
In the past month I've shot mostly portraits, some landscape, and quite a bit of macro. At the pixel level, I can't tell any difference in regards to focus accuracy between shots taken using One Shot vs. AI-Servo based on my real world use. Granted, I have my shutter release priority biased towards focus as opposed t... |
Can anyone think of any cons to using AI servo fulltime and ditching One Shot if I I'm able to achieve the same level of accuracy? (ok yes, as a concession I'm taxing the battery, but battery life has become a total non issue for me having moved to a 1D body) |
Thanks in advance! |
Lighting / Sync speeds beyond 1/500 sec (not leaf shutters) |
« on: January 22, 2014, 12:27:54 AM » |
So there are Canon compacts like the powershot G15 that allow for insanely fast sync speeds of 1/2000. Can someone please explain how that's possible? Does it have to do with the size of the sensor and/or shutter assembly? |
EOS-M / EOS M touch screen works great for off-camera speedlite adjustments |
« on: December 29, 2013, 09:26:19 PM » |
I recently upgraded my speedlites to Canon's new RT system, and I've got to say, the touchscreen on the M is just really nice for making off-camera speedlite adjustments. |
I was shooting a bunch of family portraits along with the ST-E3, and found the transmitter just painful to use when the camera is orientated vertically. The touch screen control of the M made it very easy to make adjustments, despite the rotation, and found it so much faster to navigate menus and make selections as op... |
The M platform is really a pleasure to use with the new RT flash system because of its in-camera speedlite control along with its touch screen functionality. |
EOS Bodies - For Stills / Canon 1DX paired with Ec-S focussing screen |
« on: December 17, 2013, 10:47:23 PM » |
For folks using the 1DX along with the "unsupported" Ec-S high precision focusing screen, what sort of exposure compensation are you having to manually apply, since it's not supported by firmware? |
Canon states the following: |
Previous Ec-S, Ec-N and Ec-R screens: These are previous generation screens that will fit into the EOS-1D X. They’re a bit brighter than standard screens, such as the Ec-C or Ec-D series, with no custom function to adjust metering to compensate for the added brightness (some degree of user-applied exposure compensation... |
I already use a high precision screen on my 5D for fast MF primes, and would very much prefer not to use AF points along with focus confirmation aids on the 1DX. |
Thanks in advance! |
EOS-M / Does IS on EF lenses even work when mounted on the M? |
« on: July 29, 2013, 08:58:39 PM » |
I've been using my M for a few weeks now and loving every minute of it! |
Just tried the 70-200 II for kicks and felt like the IS isn't working properly for non EF-M lenses sporting IS, based on all the jiggling I was experiencing on the LCD. |
When I checked the menu screen, IS was enabled. So I tried disabling IS with the hard switch on the lens istelf, and the screen looks just as unstable as before. |
Anyone else noticing this? IS works perfectly and just fine on FF btw... |
EOS-M / Options Menu for Auto ISO? |
« on: July 17, 2013, 03:26:06 PM » |
Hi all, |
Using auto ISO has been somewhat frustrating because it keeps locking my shutter speeds at 1/30, no matter what the lighting conditions are. I'm finding that I need to keep my shutter speeds up with the 22mm pancake since it's became all too apparent that I'm not as stable a platform as I am with my 5D. |
Is there an option to change min shutter speeds, or any other parameters? I looked in the manual and it didn't say much about the AUTO ISO feature. |
Thanks in advance! |
EOS-M / Arca Swiss plate for EOS M |
« on: July 08, 2013, 08:18:26 PM » |
Hi all, |
My EOS M will be arriving in a day or two, and I'd like to get it paired properly with a small, arca swiss compatible plate that doesn't extend way past the body (like a typical DSLR plate would on the M) |
Any one out there happy with the one they are using? I'd like to keep it semi permanently attached to the camera, so not blocking the battery door is a must. |
Software & Accessories / Low profile bag needed for 5D and 40mm pancake |
« on: January 04, 2013, 02:42:27 PM » |
Hi folks, |
I'm in need of a very small, low profile bag (satchel?) that will carry my 5D and 40mm pancake only |
The smallest bags i've come accross tend to be the "messenger" type, but even the smaller ones are too bulky since they are designed to carry a speedlight, and maybe 1 or 2 other lenses, which i have no interest in doing with this combo. I don't want to look like I'm carrying a DSLR either. |
Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!! |
EOS Bodies - For Stills / 85L II + 6D outer AF point performance? |
« on: December 23, 2012, 03:20:05 AM » |
Hi folks, |
Looking to see if users rocking the 6D and 85L II have any experience to share regarding performance/accuracy of AF on the outer points for this combo. |
My 85L II is the only lens in my kit that's epic fail when it comes to AF points aside from the center on my 5Dc, and is the primary factor in considering an upgrade. For all other glass 70-200II, 100L, etc., hit rate is generally "ok" for non moving subjects with outer AF, but wouldn't mind getting better consistency... |
I've been using the venerable 5Dc for 6 years now (landscape/portraits at low ISO w/tripod), and while there is nothing compelling me to upgrade, I find myself frustrated at times manually focusing at 1.2 (and occasionally at 2.8.) for off center subjects. I've been using Canon's high precision MF screen for several y... |
Your feedback is much appreciated. Thanks in advance! |
Canon General / Canon's Minimum Advertising Price to go into effect Nov 1 |
« on: October 31, 2012, 06:31:08 PM » |
"Canon to Begin Crackdown on Minimum Advertised Pricing Tomorrow, November 1 |
Canon will begin cracking down on minimum advertised pricing (MAP) starting tomorrow, Nov 1. The retail prices for several DSLR cameras as well as some lenses will be changing significantly. If you plan on buying a DSLR camera in the near future, I suggest buying it now." |
I must be missing something here or perhaps I don't understand the idea behind MAP. |
What on earth would incent a retailer to carry Canon gear if they have no control over the pricing of their inventory? |
EOS Bodies / 5D III focus accuracy with fast primes wide open |
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