Well, I was thinking more of a promotional poster sort of shot, like what you see on movie covers where the characters are all in the same picture regardless of whether such a scene actually occurs or not. That said, setting up an actual scene isn't a bad idea, either.
BTW, the ipod Mail client is flagging your messages as spam. Don't know if there's anything you can do to help on your end. -LurkingWolf On Sep 4, 2014, at 16:28, Ryx <[email protected]> wrote: > That would be 'Cry Havoc' wherein Misha goes one on one against the Lutin > commander of Stepping Rock bastion. > > And as well: Murikeer versus Thorne from the Winter Assault. > > If you wish to go with the nobility and major character scene it would > probably be best to frame it around a table - A council session, since most > if not all of the named characters are members of the council of advisers. > Brian Avery would likely be there as well. Point of view opposite Thomas; > viewing a horse-shoe shaped great table around which the counselors sit or > stand depending on the mood of their character (and the topic of discussion). > Perhaps the view would be the back of whomever addresses the council - Brian > Avery as mentioned, perhaps, making some petition. Or even Charles Matthias > doing the same (after all, I don't think anyone has seen the rat's back > before.) > > This would require a rather large canvas or even triptych to bring the scene > together without casting all but the central duo or quartet out of primary > focus. (Thomas with Misha to his right, Alberta to his left, with Malger to > her left as a diplomat). Avery and Matthias would be to the Duke's right as > direct liege men and landed nobles. I am not sure who would be to the > Duchess' left beyond Malger. As this would be a council session and not the > seating used during a court dinner rank may play less a roll than geographic > proximity (people whose land is near to one another would sit near one > another), leaving Malger's position solely diplomatic as he holds no land in > Metamor and speaks purely in the role of diplomat. Murikeer's land is a > pittance but he is the Duke's chief adviser concerning Magic within the land > - eschewing any guilds (all speak through Murikeer as he is guildless and > objective). Sir George could possibly supplant Misha's position or sit > rather close as commander of the Duke's armies (The Long Scouts fall under > the overarching military chain of command in time of conflict). > Position in proximity to the ruler or highest ranking noble/royal was of > extreme importance in medieval court - public or private - thus some > consideration would have to be made about each character's rank, and role > within the Duchy, unless we wish to just cast that out for a 'shove the > biggest players on canvas' approach. > Heh... and if you wanted Drift/Carcarak in there *HE* would be the one > supplicating himself in the center of the council's regard... > > > On Thursday, September 4, 2014 1:40 PM, Nathan Pfaunmiller > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > While I think it's a cool idea to do family pictures of the Sutt household, > the Hassan household, or the Matthias household, part of my aim here was to > have characters drawn together who might not otherwise have an opportunity to > do so, as well as to illustrate the characters who have made great impact on > the universe, or are currently active. > > My ideas would be more along the lines of: > > Key (current) characters: Thomas in the center, flanked by Charles, a little > stone visible on his form, Misha, possibly with Madog, Drift (perhaps with > Carcarack hidden in shadow between a couple of characters), Malger, and > probably Dupre, due to his upcoming relevance. > > Couples: Thomas and Alberta in the center, with him holding her close and > smiling tenderly, then flanked to either side of them have Misha with > Caroline and Charles with Kimberly and company. From there we could also add > Malger with Misanthe, Rickkter with Kayla, Jessica with Weyden, or Murikeer > and Kozaithy. Since several of these couples come from common creators, we > might be forced to play favorites. > > Key NPCs: (A bit complicated since, by definition, no one owns them). Thomas, > Copernicus, Coe, George, Andwyn, Donnie... > > Warriors: Misha, Charles, Rickkter, Wolfram, George, Lois... > > Mages: Jessica, Nestorius, Xavier, Rickkter, Murikeer... > > Villains: Loriod, Nasoj (possibly fulfilling the "evil overlooker" trope by > being just a tight-focussed pair of eyes in the background), the Marquis, a > Lutin shaman, a Druzhina... > > Duel pics: Provided authors were all right with potential minor spoilers, > have an individual character paired in a battle situation with their nemesis. > Again complicated by both characters being owned by the same person, but we > could get some things like: James vs Zagrosek (LTOY), Carcarack vs Revonos > (FWtBT), Misha vs the keep commander (forget the story), etc. > > One last thing I've batted around doing for my own characters is "ghost of > the past" pics. With the focus on a single Cursed character, have their > Pre-Curse form, looking somewhat illusionary, standing to the side, either > watching them or mimicking the pose of their post-Curse form. > > Finally, no, it isn't likely we'll be able to do any large number of these > quickly, so we would have to choose our priorities. Still, doing a variety > of them gives us an opportunity to give the universe some added cohesion. > > -LurkingWolf > > On Sep 4, 2014, at 12:50, Ryx <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Too many - the scene would get massively overcrowded rather quickly. >> >> Better: Thomas, Artela, & their children (perhaps). Any others involved >> with such scene should be courtiers or direct ducal counselors (Thalberg, >> Maria, ect) or the work should be more a portrait of the ducal line. >> >> Personally more than six to eight would get unweildy in the relatively >> limited canvas size we'll be requesting. >> >> As for myself as I scrape together the funds and line up an artist: >> Muri, Kozaithy, Rickkter, Kayla, & Jessica (Mage coterie) >> Malger, Misanthe, and their children (Sutt family portrait in classical >> noble style). >> >> >> On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 1:10 PM, Nathan Pfaunmiller >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> By the way, if anyone wants a good single character commission, >> SabretoothedErmine is open until tomorrow. Doesn't look like she has group >> rates, but her single character stuff is great. >> >> -LurkingWolf >> >> On Sep 2, 2014, at 13:20, christian okane <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> We need to know what the character looks like. >> >> Chris >> The Lurking Fox >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of M vd Mosselaar Leo >> M Panther >> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 5:03 PM >> To: Metamor Keep >> Subject: Re: [Mkguild] Group picture >> >> That’s not quite what I meant with reference. >> I meant more like those character reference sheets that are sometimes posted >> on FA. >> Where a character’s build is layed out. Height, width, depth. Colourization, >> fur/scale pattern, tail stance. Maybe some typical facial expressions and a >> common set of clothes (where applicable). >> I’ve never petitioned an artist to do a picture before so I don’t know how >> much detail they need for a project such as this. >> >> >> From: Andrew Vineyard >> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 9:34 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Mkguild] Group picture >> >> There are some pictures of various characters on the archive. One of the >> recent ones is a cartoony like picture of Matthias getting pushed over a >> wall while wearing knight armor. Suppose to reference an old child's movie >> or something. >> On 9/1/2014 2:05 PM, M vd Mosselaar Leo M Panther wrote: >> Sounds like a good line up to start the series. >> Do we have a good descriptive references for all those characters? >> If not, what does an artist need to know to get these characters right? >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MKGuild mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MKGuild mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild > > > _______________________________________________ > MKGuild mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild
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