Halkegenia Online Thread 7: "Arrun Noir"



When in doubt, go to sleep. And here's a souvenir before I decide to do that.

The main body was darkened, though on SB that seems odd enough lightened out instead. Light sheen was added to the armor. Enso's design exemplifies its meaning, simple, elegant, and straight out you-really-do-not-want-to-be-on-the-receiving-end-sharp. Black and gold was used because they help to emphasize both elegance and a very 'direct' feel as compared to the initial green with gold, but then it didn't work out so I switched it out. TH's statement on Kofu is she has no scars, so the most I can do was to work on her lean instead. Anyways, bed. I've done enough to deserve that.

Additional souvenir tomorrow.
 
dan-heron said:
wouldn't a departure from cliche be good?
Actually TH already preempted us on this subject.
Weighing in on this more out of finding it fun than any serious argument.

I think that both Kirito and Asuna would be generally pretty protective of Yui, with Asuna being more codalling but willing to let Yui experience the emotional knocks of childhood, while Kirito is more willing to let Yui explore and take her physical knocks (the little ones that are part of growing up, you bet your ass Kirito and Asuna be their with swords in hand if Yui was ever in real trouble).

My reasoning for Asuna being the more easy going parent only extends to very specific things. Yui being friends with a boy, one who is mannerly and respectful, probably wouldn't bother Asuna too much, and she'd probably encourage any sort of healthy friendship between Yui and other children who will be her peers as she grows up.

And if Yui starts to gradually grow fond of one of these boys, who is still mannerly and respectful, and growing into a young man, I don't think Asuna would intervene so long as channels were kept open and Yui remained honest with her.

I view this as a consequence of Asuna not wanting to have the sort of distant relationship with Yui that she seemed to have with her own mother. Instead, the two are closer and confide more in one another as a matter of course.

Kirito on the other hand, while usually very laid back and reasonable, seems to have a Berserk button when it comes to Asuna, Suguha, and presumably Yui. It's not that he doesn't like Bardiche, it's that Yui is his little girl and therefore Bardiche must die (Or accept a punch to the crotch, take your pick :p) .
Also Kirito's 'impulses' are going to be kept under control by the more level headed Asuna.
 
Sinclair said:
So what's her artefact? And who's the lucky guy?
'Lucky guy?' You do realize this is Kofu right? From what little wee have seen of her, she does not get along well with others. Insufferable Genius is a good way to describe her.
 
jwolfe said:
Also Kirito's 'impulses' are going to be kept under control by the more level headed Asuna.
It's previously been commented on that he only goes berserk really in canon when people are in real danger, something that Yui with a boyfriend wouldn't be. Though I believe that was already brought up the time where that text was quoted from.
LGear said:
It dawned to me how large Asuna's Maeve wings are from her reference images, so I tried to make this the same size.
Nice quick editing work, guess the only other thing you could wonder about is the bust size or something at this point. Kind of depends who you think Yui might take after. (Assuming she takes after any of her parents)
 
femanon said:
yes, I know that, he's the as of yet not even defined as a person card board love interest for Yui as well. My question was why people are so taken with him, not who he is.
Ah, my mistake.

I think it's more that Yui's so popular and we want to see how her mind approaches romance rather than liking Bardiche. And since Yui (seemingly) didn't inherit her father's harem gene, we just go with the confirmed LI.

Or am I missing your point again?
 
At the moment he kinda is a stand in for all the little omake skits. Which is forgivable, since they're omake, less so for later on.
 
Meh Mordechai beats everyone :D. Not even in any bigger snip, but still kick asses.
Thats Morgiana's Boy
Triggerhappy said:
Nah, it'll obviously be the other way around, causing Kirito to have a heart attack as a scruffy Spriggan comes after one of his little girls. :D

Kirito: Okay Mordechai, you can date Sachi when you manage to beat me. Without your dad's sword.
Mashadarof402 said:
And to everyone's surprise, Mordechai agrees... but not without first spiking Kirito's pre-battle sandwich with industrial grade laxatives.

While Mortimer smiles benignly from the audience stands.
LGear said:
"You told me to beat you without a sword. You never mentioned anything else."
Nervaqus987 said:
Kirito: "You dare tamper with the sandwich?!"
Mashadarof402 said:
*shouting from outside the toilet*
Barricade said:
"Tampered with? And make lady Asuna furious with me? Of course not. I had her help from the start."
Mashadarof402 said:
Mordechai: That's not the only thing tampered with!
Eugene: *sotto voice* You've taught him well brother.


Barricade said:
Thus showing that Mortimer had indeed, taught his nephew well.


Someone needed to collect this story :)
 
Exsequens said:
Hmm... I can draw four-swords, and you guys can start praying to an Elder God (Try Azathoth, that might work.) that I'm done within this month, or I can do Kofu's canon weapon, a single high-spec katana, and we might be done by tomorrow and I can go insane on the details since it's just one and not four weapons. I think I will take the second option, the 4 swords can get a separate page and I can work on Marina faster.


Hmm...

I call dibs on the name! And it will be called «Enso», a simple name, meaning 'circle', that which symbolizes strength, elegance, and an expression of the moment when the body and spirit is free to create. And by create I mean Kofu's idea of a perfect katana, and as smiths will say, that which you create will be perfect for but a moment, because one day something will be created which overshadows that which you have created. At least that's my idea of a fitting name.
I'm just got the image of Kofu using a a sword similiar to Cloud's from Advent Children in my head. Multiple swords that can used separately, each with their own specialty or together as one sword.
 
Exsequens said:
*snip mastersmithswordswoman*

When in doubt, go to sleep. And here's a souvenir before I decide to do that.

The main body was darkened, though on SB that seems odd enough lightened out instead. Light sheen was added to the armor. Enso's design exemplifies its meaning, simple, elegant, and straight out you-really-do-not-want-to-be-on-the-receiving-end-sharp. Black and gold was used because they help to emphasize both elegance and a very 'direct' feel as compared to the initial green with gold, but then it didn't work out so I switched it out. TH's statement on Kofu is she has no scars, so the most I can do was to work on her lean instead. Anyways, bed. I've done enough to deserve that.

Additional souvenir tomorrow.
Oooh, that does look nice. On SB at least, the hair seems to really have the "true" gold sheen. With the previous pics, I thought the "brass/bronze" coloring for the armor looke better, but this version with silver ended up looking great too. Nice contrast. Her sword does look almost like a big staff though, until one looks at the finer details.
 


For those of you who survived the 7 hour loading screen (Aka sleep.), here's your extra souvenir, since I figured it'd be a waste to discard the bronze-that-isn't-bronze sheens. One of these gold hairs is not exactly gold. (There were 5, I picked out the 3 that stood out the most. Soft gold, brilliant gold, and clay gold.)

Oh, and one more thing to Jwolfe because I vouch a 50/50 chance he'll pass by this one. the '2' of the Kofu series on your index is not mine, I suggest you move it elsewhere.
 
dan-heron said:
wouldn't a departure from cliche be good?
I was agreeing with you. A departure from the overprotected family cliche would be a good thing. I'd rather a family that is supportive and doesn't try to turn their daughter's relationship to crap by putting undue stress and/or trying to intimidate on a suitor for no reason.
 
@dan-heron & Inverness - I don't think that Yui's extended "family" is going to intentionally be trying to traumatize her boyfriend(s). I think it will be incidental considering the strong and slightly silly and /or insane personalities involved. If she was worried, for example, Argo would "run a detailed background check" on Bardiche.

.. and at that point hijinks ensue while Asuna & Yui try to put their feet down about the silly shenanigans. Kirito running around behind the scenes trying to put out fires so he doesn't lose his [<Beloved Daughter]> faction, and yet he always gets caught at the worst possible times by Asuna ..

Bear in mind I don't find these sorts of things tiring and I'm pretty sure based on TH's posts that the author is not going to be writing the story to include these sorts of things.
 
Exsequens said:
For those of you who survived the 7 hour loading screen (Aka sleep.), here's your extra souvenir, since I figured it'd be a waste to discard the bronze-that-isn't-bronze sheens. One of these gold hairs is not exactly gold. (There were 5, I picked out the 3 that stood out the most. Soft gold, brilliant gold, and clay gold.)

Oh, and one more thing to Jwolfe because I vouch a 50/50 chance he'll pass by this one. the '2' of the Kofu series on your index is not mine, I suggest you move it elsewhere.
Looks pretty good, but the eyes look a bit funny for some reason. :confused:
 
Vaermina said:
Looks pretty good, but the eyes look a bit funny for some reason. :confused:
At this range, the eyes look unfocused, zoom a bit closer then it looks about right (Check the one a page back, the eyes have more feel there.).

By the way, do you know any good ways of stress relief from 'about to go berserk and on really really thin and about to split tension wire' enraged moods? I've tried music, killing NPCs (Not that one.), exercise, and drawing stuff but I seem to keep falling back to a very contained really pissed off state.
 
Exsequens said:
At this range, the eyes look unfocused, zoom a bit closer then it looks about right (Check the one a page back, the eyes have more feel there.).

By the way, do you know any good ways of stress relief from 'about to go berserk and on really really thin and about to split tension wire' enraged moods? I've tried music, killing NPCs (Not that one.), exercise, and drawing stuff but I seem to keep falling back to a very contained really pissed off state.
Martial Arts (swordsmanship personally) tends to help a lot. What I do is grab an old training sword (a bat or some other club will also do), find a bush or two in the yard that need pruning, and go to town.

Maybe paintball if there's a field nearby and you have the funds.
 
Exsequens said:
At this range, the eyes look unfocused, zoom a bit closer then it looks about right (Check the one a page back, the eyes have more feel there.).
No I mean the perspective looks a bit off, I see that you were trying to portray a head tilt but it kind of looks like you cut part of the left eye off.
By the way, do you know any good ways of stress relief from 'about to go berserk and on really really thin and about to split tension wire' enraged moods? I've tried music, killing NPCs (Not that one.), exercise, and drawing stuff but I seem to keep falling back to a very contained really pissed off state.
Try watching some humorous tv/anime till you forget about what you were mad about, or have a glass of wine/alcohol.
 
Exsequens said:
At this range, the eyes look unfocused, zoom a bit closer then it looks about right (Check the one a page back, the eyes have more feel there.).

By the way, do you know any good ways of stress relief from 'about to go berserk and on really really thin and about to split tension wire' enraged moods? I've tried music, killing NPCs (Not that one.), exercise, and drawing stuff but I seem to keep falling back to a very contained really pissed off state.
So, our emotionally dead inside artist need some stress relief?

I wouldn't recommend videogames or violence based activities, they only make things worse. (according to the internet)

Apparently holding it in works better in the long run. (also according to the internet)
 
Exsequens said:
By the way, do you know any good ways of stress relief from 'about to go berserk and on really really thin and about to split tension wire' enraged moods? I've tried music, killing NPCs (Not that one.), exercise, and drawing stuff but I seem to keep falling back to a very contained really pissed off state.
Cycling up and down the block. Light sports. Interacting with pets. Interacting with the significant other. Mindless home/work administration. Mindless cat videos on the Youtubes. Making fun of local 'news agencies'. Making fun of foreign 'news agencies'. Teasing siblings and cousins both in person and over the phone/internet. Go to the cinema. Chew assorted dried meat products, preferably jerky/biltong. Sit down on the porch and enjoy a nice serving of your preferred alcoholic beverage this fine summer's day with a friend.

Honestly, killing my digital brethren can be both guilt free and incredibly satisfying. Don't feel bad; most of us respawn, and it's not like we have f-feelings for a-a-anyone in particular anyway!

Final resort: Go to your room, close your door, lie down in bed/sit in a comfy chair and just let your mind wander through the infinite expanses of your imagination, ride the train of thought and the line of logic. You don't need drugs or alcohol if you've got a vivid imagination and a free mind. Best ideas I've ever had were made by taking five minutes to go crazy in my head. Alcohol is not required, but may produce excellent results in moderation.
 
Never mind, I lapsed off my rage back to my usual (At least more usual state than rage.) depression.

By the way, holing up all your emotions generates stress, stress becomes depression, which soon leads to numbness of feeling, then apathy. I should know, I've had 10 years of experience.

Also I have zero-alcohol tolerance, so I can't take alcohol without severe repercussions the following 10 seconds after.
Vaermina said:
Try a nice cup of calming tea then.
Been there done that.
 
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