I like the Bandit of the High Fell render very much, but I don't see the Blue Arrow Callings listed.
Guy (Hoyle)
John Hughes wrote:
> Questlines is currently maxed out, and awaiting transfer to a new
> domain, so
> I've uploaded two studies from my latest 3D graphics project direct to
> the
> files area of this group.
>
> http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/files/Art%20and%20Maps/
>
> Both are JPGs in 1600*1200 screensaver/wallpaper format, and depict a
> vingan
> warrior on the High Fells surrounding Whitewall sometime in Sea Season
> 1621,
> after the blue arrow callings.
>
> They were prepared for the Whitewall discussion group, but I hope they
> will
> also be of interest to the general HQ list.
>
> Verses are from the Kallyrkala.
>
> I've been working on this project for some time, but the form (and
> especially the facial expressions) of these particular studies were
> inspired
> by an ongoing conversation with Jane Williams and Jeff Richard concerning
> vingan warriors and the change forced upon them by protracted geurilla
> fighting and by the siege of Whitewall in particular. The warrior
> *might* be
> a young Natalina Vingasdotter.
>
> The speccy bits - a Victoria 3 figure rendered in Poser ProPak, with
> postwork in Photoshop. At last count there were nine figures, about
> the same
> number of prop objects, some twenty eight lights and about 60 texture
> maps,
> so my new pc is holding out okay. :) Most textures and several clothing
> items were composed from scratch. The shield design is of course by Simon
> Bray, and is used with permission.
>
> I go bed now...
>
> John
>
> banditoftheHighFell.jpg
>
> A Whitewall Vingan screensaver/desktop graphic rendered in Poser and
> Photoshop. A typical vingan 'bandit' of the High Fells surrounding the
> city,
> one of the many who run supplies and refugees and harass Lunar troops.
> The
> ceaseless toil of the campaign is beginning to take its toll. (304K,
> 1600*1200 JPG, wallpaper format).
>
> BlueArrowCallings.jpg
>
> Another, closeup, study of the 'bandit' Vingan (above) in
> screensaver/desktop graphic rendered in Poser and Photoshop. In early Sea
> Season of 1621, messengers bearing the blue arrow were sent forth from
> beleagured Whitewall, summoning heroes to the defence of their god. Those
> who answered the blue arrow calling are immortalised in the 'Kallyrkala'.
> (325K, 1600*1200 JPG, wallpaper format).
>
>
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