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@anyone remotely good at shading
I can’t shade for two scales. Anyone wanna help me figure out where to shade this redraw of Sniper and Medic?
For context, they will be standing on top of a train in the mountains, and there is no definitive light source to be seen (the sun is covered over by clouds and there aren’t many lights on this section of the track), so how would I go about that?
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
Hm… You can go this route. I put a skylight on the train car as a light source. It’s exaggerated so you get the idea.
Otherwise, if you don’t want another light source, I’d say just shade as if the sun is above. A glow still falls on us during a cloudy day, even if it doesn’t lead to sharp shadows.
The exhaustion is strong with this one
@whalekeeper oooh I like the skylight idea! I might use that, thanks!
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
@whalekeeper it’s actually looking really good so far! I have Sniper’s shading done and will start work on Medic soon.
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
so yeah, thank you again!!
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
@whalekeeper I definitely will!!
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
@whalekeeper @anyone else who wants to take a look
here’s the finished artwork! what do y’all think?
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
I also have a short fic for this drawing; it’s not canon to the first work I wrote for them but is really more of an AU. I kinda want to write more of it—why is it so urgent that the whole team has to be together? How exactly are they gonna do what they’re supposed to be doing?
My claws clicked on the metal floor as I raced down the mostly empty train cars, pursuing my former teammate.
“Wait!” I called after him. He showed no signs of stopping, until he ran into a full boxcar.
No way through…
Except over.
He gripped the ladder on the side and started to climb.
I reached it and stopped short. That ladder led to the top of the cars…where I would be exposed to the sub-zero temperatures and the rushing wind. An Argonite like me would freeze to death quickly in those conditions. Not to mention that anything that might hit me while this train was moving would likely reduce me to a bloody streak of scales marring the top of the cars.
But if Medic didn’t rejoin us, all would be lost, and our team would all be dead by the end of the week.
Including Huntress.
I’d never forgive myself if I wasted my chance to save her.
I gripped the ladder and started to climb. The biting cold seeped through my clothes as I reached the top; I should’ve brought my cold-weather assault gear with me, but how was I to know that this train would travel through the Bayerische mountains, famed as dangerous to all but the Arcturans and Drachenheul?
The whirling wind greeted me when I reached the top. Luckily I’d left my hat down in the train, or it would be long gone by now.
Medic had stopped running and stood facing me, gloved arms crossed. His folded wings fluttered in the gale, and the fur on his tail and paws was raised to fight the cold. He had no problem in this weather.
“Doc, listen! There’s a reason I’ve been chasin’ ya down!” I fought to keep my balance, my claws desperately trying to grip the icy metal below them. I finally managed to get into some kinda fighting pose, just in case, although my body temperature was already starting to drop and I knew fighting him wouldn’t be a workable option. “I know we’re not on good terms right now, but my team’s in danger, and yer the only one I could turn to.”
He stood still, his cloak blowing around his legs and the stray lock of hair on his forehead ruffling, and said nothing.
“Don’t ya care for us anymore? ” I pleaded. “Heavy? Engineer? Remember yer old mates?”
I had to work faster. My claws were already going numb, and I’d started shivering. I needed to get back into the warmth of a train car soon.
“If nothin’ else…..d-d-do it for Huntress and Scout. Th-they have th-their whole lives ahead of ‘em, and if sh–if she died I’d never…..I’d never……” I staggered as the cold finally overtook me, and fell to my hands and knees inches from Medic’s paws, my vision blurring and my mind fogging. I found I couldn’t remember why I was here, or where here was, or who was standing in front of me.
Minutes later, or maybe hours, the smudged form of the Drachenheul (or at least, I thought it was a Drachenheul) in front of me suddenly yelled something I didn’t understand and pulled me backward. My right arm slammed hard against stone once or twice, but I barely registered the pain, nor the sudden change in the lighting.
I hit the hard ground and finally let myself slip into the blackness.
My memories were hazy.
There was no snow on Australis….
So why was I thinking about it?
A light stung the edge of my vision. My claws twitched as I realized I was lying on something warm, something that felt like Heavy’s pelt but lacked his movement and heartbeat.
I opened my eyes and sat up to meet Medic’s ice blue gaze.
Oh, no.
He’d let me pass out on top of the train, hadn’t he? And then used it as an excuse to run experiments on me while I was out. After all, he’d done much of the same thing before, to me and the rest of the team.
“All right, what’d ya do to me this time?” I snarled, rising from the bear pelts he must’ve laid me on and taking a few steps toward him. “Rip me open and turn me into some kinda sick time bomb?”
Medic chuckled nervously. “Not this time, Herr Mundy.” he said, using my real name rather than my class title. “No, I have simply saved you from hypothermia and from losing your head to the entrance of a tunnel, although I was extremely tempted to see how the cold affected your internal structures. The only change to your body that I am responsible for was on that strange scaly marking of yours, and that was an accident.”
I looked down at my right arm and the defining armband of scales that wound around it. A long gash, twisting along underneath, evidently sewn back together by his expert claws.
A reminder of this misadventure, although I’m sure I wouldn’t need one.
I shook my head and growled. “You’d better be glad ya didn’t do any more–” A flash of blue in the corner of the room caught my eye, and I stopped snarling at him to look at it. There was a jacket and thick pants, evidently designed for an Argonite, laid out on the pelts close to where he’d woken up. “What’s this about?”
“Well, you came all this way to Drachenwelt and nearly froze asking me for help. My interest is piqued.” Medic explained. “Of course, we’d just have a repeat of this incident if I let you walk out of this train like this when we reach our destination.” He gestured to my ordinary clothes. “I have saved your life several times and do not wish to do so again on this journey.”
“I thought that’s what medics are supposed to do,” I muttered under my breath as I donned the cold-weather clothing, slipping the jacket on last in place of my vest. (The new scar on my scale marking protested this.) But I wasn’t gonna argue with my former teammate right now, not when I seemed to have convinced him that his old team was worth saving.
Only time would tell if I could trust him like I had before.
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
also here’s the song that inspired the train setting:
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
WOW!!!! I LOVE IT!
What program did you use?!?!?!No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.
Ha, your drawing illustrated the confrontation quite well. :] I like the subtle coloring for Sniper’s tail and legs.
The exhaustion is strong with this one
@theducktator @hybridlore @the_lost-journal @raxforge
did any of you get the tag I posted on my character drawing forum?
I think it may have gone bad because I’m not getting notifs from y’all when you tag me, and none of y’all are answering questions……
I may have to make another.
No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.
Are y’all subscribed to the topic? I think it can glitch sometimes and remove your subscription.
The exhaustion is strong with this one
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