Acadian: Buffy is lucky. Many of my characters are the in your face with a sword type - like Hervor and Persephone - so they inevitably get between the bad guys and Serana's ice cannon. A rather, uncomfortable place to be!

The DC pic was my favorite of that last bunch. It gives a good look at the modern DC ruins, especially the Mall, which is not a World War I-esque trench affair.


mALX: That is Dr Leskos' lab coat that Hecate is wearing. All of my characters hondle with him so he adds it to the reward for dealing with the Ant Queen's Guardians. It gives a +10 to Science, which is really handy in the early game.

Hecate is posed with the clipboard with that poses mod, that gives you the names of all the vanilla idle poses. That one is called Loose ScientistInspectTerminalA

Those are the same face textures as a the mod I sent you a while back. Her hair is from Hair Pack

The Behemoth took a couple of nukes to put down. I think three in all. I got that double explosion when a car exploded at the same time as the last nuke. I love how that turned out!

There is a barrier there so you cannot get up on the ledge in the Washington Monument pic. I had to use TCL to get there, pose her, go out of TFC to move her, then use TFC again to take the picture. That was not an easy one to take!


Hecate wonders where all the water went?

Hecate gets a list of all the DC Vaults from the Vault-Tec mainframe

Hecate knows her father is down there somewhere

Climbing into the simulator

Tranquility Lane is quite... tranquil

Hecate is not quite feeling like herself

Taking a moment to herself

Hacking the simulation's computer to activate the failsafe...

...which is a communist invasion!

Daddy James freed from the simulation

Hecate and Daddy James in action

Heading to Rivet City

Taking on a Player Character and Liam Neeson, what was this Raider thinking?

Sunset

Hecate and James arrive at Rivet City

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jul 27 2015, 02:14 AM

Aww, a nice boat and no place to float it.

There’s Hecate in her wonderful lab geek outfit again. Hmm, the rifle makes an. . . interesting accessory.

Wow, so that simulator thing takes you a virtual pre-holocaust virtual reality? How cool it must be in that environment to retreat to a touch of Leave it Beaver or Father Knows best. And a chance to see ‘Little Hecate’.

Uh oh, darn commies, always spoiling things.

Hecate sure doesn’t let any radioactive dust grow under her boots (or high heels).

Acadian: Those little speedboats are my favorite boats in the game. I wish you could actually drive one around the Potomac.

I think that is Hecate's Lab Greek outfit.

Tranquility Lane is one of the neater places in the game. Like you said, a little slice of Idealized America. It is a nice little preview of what we will see in the beginning of Fallout 4, which starts at the very beginning of the Great War.

Dad recruits Dr. Li and the Rivet City science team to get Project Purity up and running once more

Hecate resets the fuses

Then gets the mainframe up

Oh no, Purity is under attack!

It's The Enclave *boo* *hiss*

Hecate reaches the control room too late, Dad is sealed in with the Enclave commander, Colonel Autumn

The Colonel shows his colors

Dad floods the room with lethal radiation

Götterdämmerung

There is nothing Hecate can do

Her father is dead

But those who survived must be rescued from the Enclave's clutches

Hecate must fight to lead them out

Neither man nor monster can stand before her

Finally, a safe haven with the Brotherhood of Steel

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jul 28 2015, 12:37 AM

Two things really stand out here:

In the first picture, Hecate is visibly pissed and I can see why - Hecate invents the lab geek white coat & heels look and now every woman and her sister seems to be wearing it!

The other thing that really stands out here is how her dad died - so very reminiscent of Mr Spock. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."

The vet in me spotted the black-and-white canine in the background of the last pic right away. I want to see more of it! Husky? Alaskan Malamute? A re-skinned Skinned Hound?

Acadian: One reason Hecate decided to keep her recon armor on was that everyone else was wearing lab coats! At least this way she is unique...

Daddy James does go out the hero's death, preventing the purifier from falling into the Enclave's clutches. Or at least preventing them from being able to use it, which is just as good.


haute ecole rider: That dog is Dogmeat. He is the only animal companion you can gain in the game. My characters usually leave him at home in Megaton. But there is a bug in quest Hecate was doing that tends to automatically summon followers to your side.


Returning home to Vault 101 in response to a call for help

Hecate brought peace to the Vault using nothing but persuasion, and her reward was exile

Hecate is walking tall

A new enemy now stalks the Wasteland

Who let the cat Deathclaw out of the bag?

The ants of Shalebridge have a new ally

The entrance of Vault 87 does not look promising

Hecate will have to take the back way, through Lamplight Caverns

Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes

Paradise Lost

A .308 Winchester eulogy for Eulogy Jones

Rescuing the Lamplighters from Paradise Falls has secured Hecate's entry into Little Lamplight

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jul 30 2015, 11:24 PM

That dark armor really does look good on Hecate, with her gun, glasses and hair.

The deathclaw coming out of that box must have been an unwelcome wet-yer-pantz moment!

The picture with the ants reminded me of The Ant Agonizer.

The skeleton Hecate swims over tells a whole story!

Paradise lost is a beautiful shot of Hecate in action.

Oh, thank you for the hair mod info!



Ooh, Hecate is at Hamilton's Hideaway! Nice spot (and shot)!


Oh, she is going to Tanquility Lane !!! WOOOOOOOT !!!!


Oh, your lighting in Tranquility Lane is so much better than in my game! Where is Betty? BWAAHAA!!!


Hecate's legs must be hurting in this shot!



I like the one where she is sitting inside the house, that is a great introspective shot!



That was nice of Hecate to arm and armor up Daddy James despite he left her to her own protections, lol.


Oh, I love the shot of them fighting side by side! What Glasses is Hecate wearing?



I loved this run to Rivet City with Daddy James!


Oh, great fight scene with the Raider! Hey, I wonder if you made Daddy James an impenetrable armor if he would survive the meeting with Autumn?


Man, they ran all night? Holy Cow!


Daddy James came out of that trip looking rough! Good thing Hecate takes after her Mother!









Hecate's pose here is priceless! (and apropos!)


OMG, how did you get a shot from that angle looking out from the sealed control room at yourself! Awesome shot!


I love that pose, like she is pounding on the glass, this is tremendous!


Oh, this is amazing! Are these poses? I am stunned by these, it is so much better than seeing yourself just standing there staring - these shots are amazing !!!


I hated being responsible for the lives of all those people in that tunnel!


Oh, a pretty husky dog? WHEW! They made it safe!


Your poses made these screens more spectacular than the game itself, these are AWESOME !!!!






This post has been edited by mALX: Jul 30 2015, 07:27 AM

Urk, the 101 quest. That quest always leaves a bad taste in my mouth.


OMG, how did you get such a closeup shot of the Enclave and deathclaw?


Cement boots! I've never seen that! And how is she wearing the Boomers water breathing device in FO3?


Oh oh, Bye Bye Eulogy Jones! Don't get the suit bloody!


Oh, that Lamplight place was kind of fun to hang out in, lol.


I love these quests, really thinking about pulling out FO3 and finishing my game or starting a new one, lol.


Thank you for sharing these, I'm really so sorry it took me a while this week to catch up

Acadian: Hecate is all about the black. She is the exact opposite of Persephone in that regard!

It is never a good thing when a Deathclaw pops out of the birthday cake!

I did even notice the two cinderblocks weighing down the skeleton's feet at first. It was only afterward when I was looking at the pic that I realized someone gave that poor fellow a long walk off a short pier.


mALX: I think I answered everything in the Fallout Pics topic. I really enjoyed the trip with Dad from Vault 112 to Rivet City. He is not easy to keep up with though! Thankfully I had already cleared out most of the way in Hecate's previous journeys. There was a big fight with Raiders in that lair they have on the highway near the Flooded Metro.


Hecate has penetrated the dark heart of Vault 87

Where mutants are born

She met a guy named Fawkes who wasn't a homicidal maniac

Teaming up with Guy Fawkes

Oh Noes! Captured by the Enclave!

But Hecate did not stay captured for long

She has an Enclave Scientist in her sights

Brain-drain

What is the Enclave doing to all these creatures?

Shootout

Hecate meets President Eden

Hecate bets this fellow will have a few choice words for the Enclave

Looking for trouble

Vengeance

Guy Fawkes returns!

Looks like this time he succeeded in blowing up Parliment

Raven Rock has fallen

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jul 31 2015, 09:43 PM

Yes, on that lair on the highway - if Daddy James wasn't essential I'd have lost him a few times at that overpass between the missile launcher/sheer number of raiders/and the Mark IV turret, lol. I actually love that stop, but it is a lot easier to sneak up on them than to come trotting through the middle of them like Daddy James does, lol.



This is one of my absolute favorite dungeon crawls in the game from beginning at Little Lamplight all the way to the implosion at the end outside Raven Rock!

How did you get Falkes to meet you at the gate? That is such a better solution than having him beard you while the place is exploding and making you miss it all!


I was going to joke with you about Hecate bringing Eden flowers, lol.


Love the Deathclaw touch, but can't help wishing they had him in the earlier places before the Secruitrons are helping you, lol. Let him rampage through the science labs, lol.


You got some great shots of the implosion, these are Awesome !!!

‘Where mutants are born’ = [Arnold voice] You are one ugly motha...[/Arnold voice]

‘Teaming up with Guy’ = Beauty and the Beast.

Woot! Hecate’s got a deathclaw on her side!

Wow, your Raven Rock looks very different from the one I know in Solstheim.

mALX: That is exactly what Dad did with that Raider Lair. He walked right down the middle of it! I was just facepalming the entire time.

Fawkes was just standing there at the gate outside Raven Rock. I ran forward, and the next thing I knew he was forcing me into conversation. I got out of it quick enough to get some pictures though.

I was thinking that same thing about the Deathclaw in Raven Rock. It would have been a lot of fun to turn him loose in the labs, with all those Enclave scientists and soldiers in there.


Acadian: That is one of the few places in the game where you can loose a Deathclaw without having it attack you. Or at least it has never done that in any of my playthroughs. So I just love setting it off on a rampage. They are one of the coolest critters I have ever seen in a game.

I think the Solstheim version is the post-explosion Raven Rock from FO3...


Hecate sits with her trophies (Fisto, The Xuanlong Rifle, The Victory Rifle (on the bed), Eyebot Helmet, Tesla Armor, Ranger Armor, and a few other things

A gathering of Paladins

Optimus Prime

Assault upon the Enclave

"Communist detected on American soil. Lethal force engaged."

"Democracy is non-negotiable."

"Tactical assessment: Red Chinese victory—impossible."

"Democracy will never be defeated."

"Obstruction detected. Composition: titanium alloy supplemented by photonic resonance barrier."

"Probability of mission hindrance: zero percent."

"Embrace democracy or you will be eradicated."

"Communism is the very definition of failure."

"Communism is a temporary setback on the road to freedom."

Hecate meets Colonel Autumn for the final time

Winter for Colonel Autumn

Hecate enters the irradiated control room, and passes into history (or does she?)

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Aug 1 2015, 08:59 PM

Nice trophy room!

Paladins? Telvanni Wizards? Jedi Knights?

Woot! Optimus Steam Centurian!

Tiltrotors in the attack!

I’ve seen and heard bits of Optimus Prime in (probably your) vids before – he seems way cool.

So. . . does that wrap things up for the Girl in Black?

Not to mention the hat from Stinky's 18th birthday party, and a bedload of teddy bears!


D'aaaawwwww! It's Liberty Prime!


Ooh, great shot of the Assault on the Enclave!


IMHO, following Liberty Prime across that bridge was the greatest moment in any video game EVAH (!); followed closely by the implosion of Raven Rock! And you've got some of his dialogue too!!!!

I can't wait to see how much you were able to capture of it on film !!!!!!


OMG, look how tiny the BOS guy looks compared to Liberty Prime !!!!



Oh man, I know it is impossible to catch the full effect - car pieces flying through the air, Helicopters crashing around you, the explosions shaking the ground beneath you - that scene is spectacular !!!!! But you came as close as possible here, this is the closest I've seen any snapshot come to the excitement of that moment !!!


Helicopter blades burning on the ground in the backdrop here, and over by the bridge a live helicopter hovering - run back and shoot it down!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT !!!!!!


Oh, I've never been close enough to see him take down the barrier! This is awesome!


OMG, he throws a nuke? I didn't know that !!!


He's going to blow up the helicopter !!!! WOO HOO !!!!


YES !!!


Autumn's raincoat and special pistol, ftw!


Seeing that statue as I died the first time I played (before Broken Steel came out and brings you back to life) - that scene was overwhelming to watch as you slid down and saw that statue fading away, then realized you had died - HUGE scene !!!! So glad you captured that scene! It was an emotional moment, at least for me it was.


Awesome, AWESOME update !!!!!

Acadian: In the Broken Steel expansion, the members of the Brotherhood start referring to you as Sir Knight. Paladin, Knight, etc... are their actual ranks.

I don't think it would be too unusual to see Liberty Prime in a Dwemer ruin! As long as it was a big one at least! Liberty Prime is the coolest thing in the game, and one of the all time great robots in gaming, fiction, film, you name it.


mALX: You recognized the birthday hat! I just had to keep that. And of course the teddy bears are a given.

I love following Liberty Prime in that big end battle. His lines are so awesome! And I did turn back to shoot down that Vertibird at the end! I am surprised you remembered that. I had forgotten all about it until I saw it go flying past Liberty Prime.

The ending is an emotional scene for me as well, when they go through your achievements, and the people whose lives you have touched. What really strikes me is how your literally follow in your father's footsteps, and die in the very same spot that he did.


Two weeks after the Battle of the Purifier, Hecate is back on her feet and listening to Galaxy News Radio

Scribe Rothchild brings her up to speed on the situation. Hecate is to proceed to the Rockland Tunnel to take on an enclave of the Enclave

On the way, she takes the time to watch over a caravan of water from the Purifier

She also plumbed the depths of the Dunwich Horror Building

Then she was back in action with Liberty Prime!

Side by side with the big guy

Stomping on the Enclave

Nothing can stand before American Steel

Liberty detects a structural weakness

He exploits it

A Liberty Sandwich

The way is clear into the inside of the Enclave base

Oh no, orbital strike detected!

Here it comes!

The sky rains fire...

...Right on Liberty Prime

Ground zero

Ragnarok

Broken Steel

But there is no time to mourn lost friends, Hecate leads the way inside

Hecate's vengeance has just begun

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Aug 4 2015, 01:00 AM

What a neat story you show and tell here of Hecate and Liberty Prime on the march. Uh-oh. . . hell hath no fury like a girl who just lost her giant robot pal.

I didn't remember it, I saw it in this picture - in the background you can see the blades of a chopper rising off the ground and hovering at the end of the road where it meets the bridge:

http://i.imgur.com/bL9H5CY.jpg

This was such a great shot, because while you are seeing the victory of the burning helicopter on the ground; you are also seeing the danger lurking in the background! This screenshot just exemplifies the excitement of that battle to the Jefferson Memorial because of those two chopper blades in it! Excellent job for capturing the moment here!!!


The two shots that stand out the most to me the most in this set were Hecate running side by side with Liberty Prime and that spectacular Ground Zero shot! You nailed it entirely with this one shot, what a moment that was! - THIS is how crossing that bridge behind Liberty Prime looked to me the first time I played it; with the massive explosions from the helicopters and cars all around and parts flying everywhere (of course on a smaller scale because it wasn't enough to kill Liberty Prime in that battle).

That shot with Hecate and Liberty Prime - she somehow looks the same size as him in that screen, but it has to be a trick of the distance from the camera causing that because a few shots later you see the troops looking like ants around Liberty Prime's feet.

The epic battles in Fallout 3 were what set it apart from any other game I've ever played in my life; and you really captured the essence of that in this one screen so well!!!

All these shots are great, but that shot goes down as one of my all time favorites.

One thing I missed seeing ... is Hecate not going to climb over the hill behind Liberty Prime's severed head and find that unique gun off the map?

Now THAT I remember! I must have missed my footing a thousand times to get that gun and had to save and reload the whole way up to keep progressing, lol.



** EDIT - I missed a couple things = Hecate looks so sad when Liberty Prime is killed; and I felt that way when it happened too, so ... very apropos screen, I loved that!

The other was the Dunwich building shot - Urk! That place gives me the creeps! You gave a good impression of it in that shot, it is horrible!






This post has been edited by mALX: Aug 4 2015, 07:18 PM

Acadian: I felt the loss of Liberty Prime more keenly than Daddy James! Hecate has been going out of her way since to locate Enclave outposts and kill them all.


mALX: I didn't know there was a cheat to get that Liberty Prime gun until you just said it! I had no idea it even existed.

I love all the parts with Liberty Prime. He is one of the coolest robots ever.


Hecate is plumbing the depths of Old Olney

She found the Tesla Coil she was looking for

Watching the live action superhero movie at Canterbury Commons

In the lair of the AntAgonizer!

Hecate talked Tanya out of her evil ways, now she walks the wastes as... The Iron Maiden!

Hecates faces off with a less amenable Ant Queen

Hecate enjoys some music

If there is a unique gun in the game, I've gotten it even if it killed me trying - but I haven't played Broken Steel yet on the PC, that was just on the 360. I imagine on the PC you just have to toggle clipping to reach it - so much easier!

If I remember right, it is some kind of Tesla cannon that fires off regular missiles instead of the unique ammo for the Tesla cannon - but I'd have to check that out to be sure.

It is on top of the hill behind the head, a ways back off the map and laying on a table.


On the Old Olney shot - if you climb up to the top ledge of broken floors and work your way around you will find an easter egg with the teddy bear and gnome! I think it is in the SW corner as you enter the building, but ... not sure which direction the building is facing, so could be wrong.

The Tesla coil! The first time I saw it I was scared of getting eviscerated by it, lol.

Wait, is she drinking a beer or is that opera glasses?


Did you give Tanya that armor? How do you do that? She is so pretty, I'd love to be able to tap/nab that face in the char gen!


GAAAH, isn't this ant queen in New Vegas Boomer maintenance room? Where is this?


Agatha !!! I love the pose with the bottle!

Can I ask you - on that mod, do you write down the codes for the poses you like best and keep the list nearby so you can use them in game? I have downloaded the mod with the playbook, but couldn't find any instructions on how to use the poses other than using console commands.


Great update, I had forgotten a lot about Broken Steel till seeing your screens! I need to go ahead and finish a game again, have not finished one out since I've been on the PC game; keep restarting new games.