After all of the discussion of using photographs and real life people as stand-ins for NES characters, this is great. Major respect Ahigin, I would very much like to be able to draw a Vinlandskridningpolis Officer with similar skill.I got a night to myself and decided to spend it drawing. Resulting sketch of a Turkish Border Guards officer follows:
Yüzbaşı (Captain) of the Border Guards, 5th Infantry Division (Beşinci Fırka), Antakya, Turkish-German border, 1933
(It turned out pretty sloppy, but I still like it. If I get some more free time, maybe I'll continue depicting uniforms and fighting vehicles of the Sultanate and other nations.)
Capto Iugulum: 1920 - 1939
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DuneBear
Warlord
That is pretty sick Ahigin. 
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
Looks digital, theDright. I'd bet my right hand it is. And one hell of a drawing. I'd kill to be able to draw one like that.
Thank you guys, I'm glad you like it.
I'm not a professional artist, though I do have one comic book on Amazon (I'm not sure the forum policies let me posting external links to commercial products, so PM me if you want a link out of curiosity). On this picture, I actually messed up with shadows, but that's fixable. And I have to blur the background a bit.
theDright, I drew this on a digital tablet, so JoanK is right. I prefer working with pencil, but coloring is just much less of a hassle on a tablet.
Lord_Iggy, posting a description of Vinlandskridningpolis uniform would help. Of course, I may draw without it, but then be prepared for it to be heavily Canada-influenced.
I don't guarantee that I'll have enough time to work on it, but I'll try. I'm dreaming of illustrating major CI wars Osprey Publishing style.
I'm not a professional artist, though I do have one comic book on Amazon (I'm not sure the forum policies let me posting external links to commercial products, so PM me if you want a link out of curiosity). On this picture, I actually messed up with shadows, but that's fixable. And I have to blur the background a bit.
theDright, I drew this on a digital tablet, so JoanK is right. I prefer working with pencil, but coloring is just much less of a hassle on a tablet.
Lord_Iggy, posting a description of Vinlandskridningpolis uniform would help. Of course, I may draw without it, but then be prepared for it to be heavily Canada-influenced.
I don't guarantee that I'll have enough time to work on it, but I'll try. I'm dreaming of illustrating major CI wars Osprey Publishing style.
Bair_the_Normal
転輪聖王
That would be incredibly awesome, even more so than your epic Turkish officer.
Must note that I'm kinda jealous and in awe at your drawing, considering that whenever I draw a person it turns out looking like a rubber dog chew toy.
EDIT: I left Tibet, but I wrote something up for it. Your art reminded me that I still need to finish it.
This awesome cultural work of art really set me going, so I finished up a movement.
So here's what I have so far of the Tibetan Suite.
https://soundcloud.com/bairsayshi/sets/nesing-compositions
Mvt. I Prelude Lhasa
I like this one the best of them all. It has plenty of Eastern and Western influences, including a cute little alberti bass that I thought would be a good idea. And right after that it gets rather baroque-ish, and immediately it turns modern-jazz-esque. Really mix of flavors and sounds, and that's why it's the prelude. I chose the name Lhasa because it's the capital of Tibet as well as its 'entryway'.
Mvt. II Toccata Qomolangma
This one has a repeating high E semi-quaver throughout the whole piece. I like to think that it adds some sort of backbone to the piece, but really, it was just an interesting idea that worked out. I got the idea from hearing one of Ravel's wonderful pieces. There's not really a cohesive melody here, but I like how it sounds regardless. There's a short stereotypically Asian motif somewhere near the end. I chose the name Qomolangma [Mt. Everest] because I chose to write it with a surreal feeling, compounded with the high E that sounded so light and airy. It's also sadly short.
Mvt. III Nocturne Shigatse
I must say, I'm not too happy with this one. I went for a Barber-esque modern feel with this, and I had the right hand play a repeating motif through the piece, and I think that sounds awesome, but the left hand is basically me playing eenmy-meeny-miny-moe with the keys and hoping it sounds interesting. I chose the name Shigatse because of the modernization efforts that I wished to take there, and the more mechanical, modern feel of the piece.
@Ahigan: I'm mucho impressed. That will be reflected in the update. I believe a description of the Vinlander mounties is somewhere in this thread, as I think Iggy did go into detail at some point. If it recall, I want to say they're like mounties with light blue uniforms. Illustrating major wars would be awesome. If you want a good starting point, may I suggest the lighting of the Dniester River during the Great War, when the Hungarians successfully held back the Russian attacks. Seems like it would make an epic picture. Overall though, if you do have time, would love to submit moderator requests for artwork to include in varying updates, probably not the upcoming one, but perhaps future ones. Always been my dream to have a person to do up some grand time-line relevant pictures. Hate repurposing OTL pictures of events for the NES.
For anyone else, there is still time to get new orders in, though once again, I am no longer accepting revisions.
For anyone else, there is still time to get new orders in, though once again, I am no longer accepting revisions.
Requested artwork sounds pretty interesting. I can't guarantee results every update, but still keep me posted. The best way to go with this would be to PM me two or three options on what to draw.
Crossing the Dniester River sounds epic. Maybe that's where I'll start.
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
That would be incredibly awesome, even more so than your epic Turkish officer.
Must note that I'm kinda jealous and in awe at your drawing, considering that whenever I draw a person it turns out looking like a rubber dog chew toy.
EDIT: I left Tibet, but I wrote something up for it. Your art reminded me that I still need to finish it.
This awesome cultural work of art really set me going, so I finished up a movement.
So here's what I have so far of the Tibetan Suite.
https://soundcloud.com/bairsayshi/sets/nesing-compositions
Mvt. I Prelude Lhasa
I like this one the best of them all. It has plenty of Eastern and Western influences, including a cute little alberti bass that I thought would be a good idea. And right after that it gets rather baroque-ish, and immediately it turns modern-jazz-esque. Really mix of flavors and sounds, and that's why it's the prelude. I chose the name Lhasa because it's the capital of Tibet as well as its 'entryway'.
Mvt. II Toccata Qomolangma
This one has a repeating high E semi-quaver throughout the whole piece. I like to think that it adds some sort of backbone to the piece, but really, it was just an interesting idea that worked out. I got the idea from hearing one of Ravel's wonderful pieces. There's not really a cohesive melody here, but I like how it sounds regardless. There's a short stereotypically Asian motif somewhere near the end. I chose the name Qomolangma [Mt. Everest] because I chose to write it with a surreal feeling, compounded with the high E that sounded so light and airy. It's also sadly short.
Mvt. III Nocturne Shigatse
I must say, I'm not too happy with this one. I went for a Barber-esque modern feel with this, and I had the right hand play a repeating motif through the piece, and I think that sounds awesome, but the left hand is basically me playing eenmy-meeny-miny-moe with the keys and hoping it sounds interesting. I chose the name Shigatse because of the modernization efforts that I wished to take there, and the more mechanical, modern feel of the piece.
I'm curious. The Toccata plays first, then the Nocturne and finally the Prelude when you follow the link. So, why the order here is different?
Bair_the_Normal
転輪聖王
Eh. I don't even know how to work SoundCloud. My intention was Prelude first (obviously), then Toccata, then Nocturne.
EDIT: Nevermind. Fixed
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
That makes sense. It should have been obvious.
Grandkhan
Telvanni Master Wizard
We need a Capto inspired artwork thread.
I made some meme type things to troll people with, but they're not really art and I'll wait till its relevant to post.
I made some meme type things to troll people with, but they're not really art and I'll wait till its relevant to post.
An Overview of the VinlandskridningpolisLord_Iggy, posting a description of Vinlandskridningpolis uniform would help. Of course, I may draw without it, but then be prepared for it to be heavily Canada-influenced.
The Vinlandskridningpolis (Vinlandic Riding Police) was established by order of the King and Riksdag in response to the American Refugee Crisis of 1914, which saw hundreds of thousands of Americans fleeing the collapsing Scottist government and settling new towns in the Västermark (an area encompassing much of OTL Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba). The VRP was founded as a semi-military organization, and was deployed to the prairies in order to keep the peace, provide governance, and enforce Vinlandic law. In particularly remote areas, VRP Officers served as police, judges, and jailors all at once.
While the increasing development of the Vinlandic frontier, the VRP has devolved several of its powers to civilian governments and courts. However, it is by no means reduced to a mere national police force. One branch of the VRP is Vinland's de facto national intelligence service, and a significant fraction of Vinland's military forces are operated under the aegis of the VRP. On the remotest frontiers of Vinland, however, the VRP holds a role much like it did at its inception, serving as the on-site representatives of the King and Riksdag, upholding the word of the law and the will of the government, from Östlandstigning to Musslasundet.
Officers of the Vinlandskridningpolis are held to very high standards of honour and conduct. As they bear the insignia of the Crown and Riksdag (The Golden Sword and the Triple Crown, respectively), they directly represent the nation of Vinland, and as such any poor conduct on their part would reflect poorly on the country which they serve. Popular Vinlandic belief holds that a Vinlandskridningpolis officer ought to be a paragon of duty, justice, law, loyalty and honour, playing strictly by the rules in order to do their jobs. While in reality, not all officers meet these stringent criteria, the common conception still serves as an ideal which is aspired towards.
The Uniform of a Vinlandskridningpolis Officer contains black boots, black pants with a blue stripe on the outseams of the legs, with gold trim, a blue jacket with black stripes and Vinlandic insignia on the outseams of the arms, also with gold trim, a black belt, white gloves, and a pickelhuva. This is the dress uniform, although officers will dress differently as the conditions require- a common variation, for cold weather, adds black snow pants, replaces the dress coat with a similarly-coloured parka, and swaps out the impractical pickelhuva with a warmer and less clumsy eared fur hat.
The outfit shares the colour scheme of the Vinlandic flag.
Lord of Elves
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We need a Capto inspired artwork thread.
I made some meme type things to troll people with, but they're not really art and I'll wait till its relevant to post.
That you have prepared such items in advance of the requisite events disturbs me greatly for many various reasons.
Yeah, that's ideal.
Grandkhan
Telvanni Master Wizard
Not like that. Its more like, every time Lucky starts being smug, i'd post it.
Terrance888
Discord Reigns
You would need hundreds then, at the very minimum!
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