The Party Sketch

[Legendary Sidekick]

I drew 4 avatars during Sabina's 45 minute class, went home to scan, and colored 4 or 5 avatars during Amelia's 45 minute session. I colored the others while at the barber shop. I guess it took ~3 hours to draw and color all 8.

Posting soon... just looking up the names of the three new guys. Ignore the line art above. It's all new art.

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

Baldhart with dilated pupils, Rydh in prayer, Ankari rolling eyes at religious allies, and Cadell still bitter toward his queen.

 

[Ireth]

These are great! I love Cadell's grumpy face. XDD

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

Matthew looking knightly in his flowing cape (take my word for it; it's flowing off-camera),
Garthyr sneering because he's in the dark and wearing a cloak so he doesn't think you can see him sneering,
Aliron who's bummed because his glittering moon pendant gave away his hiding place,
and presenting Nodrick the emo halfling bard!

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

These are great! I love Cadell's grumpy face. XDD

Yeah, Cadell's is the only one that I drew in the same pose as the original. The face works now that I know his queen forced him on a long distance relationship.

The background color is symbolic for him. Forest green behind him, ocean blue ahead of him.

 

[Sparkie]

Rydh looks spectacular. Thank you. They all look good, but I'm partial to Rydh. You understand.

An emo halfling, eh? Can't wait to see what Phil has in store for us...

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

Yeah, this is the first Rydh that I was actually happy with. Your avatar helped me with that armor design, but the style change—me actually drawing whites of eyes—made it easier to capture that prayerful look.

The emo avatar is based on several details that Phil PM'd me, which I hopefully followed accurately as I was miles away from my computer when drawing Nod. I assume that halflings are like humans but tiny. So, 2'6" to 3' weighing twenty-something pounds? (1/8 of the weight of a human twice his height because he has human proportions?)

 

[Philip Overby]

Looks awesome Sidekick! Nod looks sufficiently emo. He should be quite the fun character to play. Despite all his rage he is still just a rat in a cage.

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

He does. Even when next to two guys in black.

 

[Philip Overby]

You may need to make something called "The Many Faces of Nod." This is definitely a character that can't be pegged down to one look. You'll all see soon enough...

 

[Ireth]

You may need to make something called "The Many Faces of Nod." This is definitely a character that can't be pegged down to one look. You'll all see soon enough...

Color me intrigued. ^_^

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

Wallpaper—with or without names! Click to embiggen.

 

[Sparkie]

"That's the way we all became

The Brady Bunch!

The Brady Bunch..."

 

[Philip Overby]

This is awesome. I kind of wish I knew which player matches with which character. Anyone want to help me out? That way I don't have to scroll through tons of names to find who is who. I like to match a player with a character, is all.

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

Baldhart (token female) = me

Rydh (praying half-elf) = Sparkie

Ankari (eye-rolling smart-ass elf) = Ankari

Cadell (grumpy, long-haired, pale-faced elf) = Ireth

Matthew (knight in shining chainmail hoodie) = Phietadex

Aliron (hoodie w/ moon pendant) = Severin R.

Garthyr (hoodie w/ sneer because he's hiding in the dark and doesn't think you can see him sneering) = Myrddin 173

Nodrick (halfling with punchable face that only a 6'9" barbarian woman could consider cute) = you

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

She doesn't get an avatar, but here's a drawing of Nissa* I made today using a drawing tablet. I'm probably better off using pen, scanning, and just using the drawing tablet to color, but I think she came out okay.

*Nissa the Valkyrie : Baldhart :: Michael the Archangel : Joan of Arc

 

[Ireth]

That's adorable, LS! ^^

 

[Sparkie]

That's adorable, LS! ^^

I second that. Just from this illustration I can tell that she's small, tough, cute, and eager.

I'm jealous. I wish I could do that.

By the way, the new avatars look great on the new map! Thanks LS! Thanks Steerpike!

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

I have back stories for her in my head.

Of course, I'm playing her part in an open-to-interpretation sort of way. Is Baldhart a barbarian Joan of Arc who answers to a heavenly being, or is Nissa a figment of Baldy's imagination that guides her like that little "angel conscience?"

But the back story in my head that won't be written in the official game is that Nissa is a unique racial mix nicknamed "quarterling"--the product of the union of a halfling and a (petite) human. As a result, she's small like a halfling, but more slender for her height like a human. If I gave her stats, you'd see high charasma (cute), but weak physical stats. Her life was cut short when her peaceful halfling village became a casualty of war, but her bravery against the large creatures (orcs?) was recognized by Brunhilde herself. So yes, she's tough, though not physically.

In short, she died young, and gets to keep her youthful mortal form when she appears as a valkyrie. Or at least that's the story floating in my head, which may or may not be told. In that illustration, she's (eagerly) accepting an assignment from Brunhild: to guide Baldhart.


PS- I wrote that bit then looked at your description: small, tough, cute and eager - you nailed it. (I added the parts in italics for emphasis on your accuracy.)

 

[SeverinR]

Great job on Aliron.