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[Acadian]

Old news: For Rider (aka H-14). That naming convention is something we used long ago among Marine pilots. When someone had a long last name, they became known as the first letter of the name, then the number of remaining letters. We were lazy and averse to big words you see. The cutoff seemed to be around seven letters. We do a bit of the same thing here – you’ll notice once a member’s name goes over 7-8 letters, they get issued a nickname (DE, CT Liz, Rider/Haute, Kobby, etc). Ghastley’s one of the few who gets by with as many as eight letters but no nickname. King Coin (KC) at eight letters did not.

SubRosa – I love how Lucia and Sofie both turned out so differently from each other. It is clear that P-9 believed and likely encouraged them each to seek their own paths. Sad day at Chez Persephone as mom becomes an empty nester. Luvs mammoths (but you knew that already – ). As with all things SubRosa, Goliath is perfectly named and definitely not a Larry. The combo of you your last shot and your title for it is chillingly epic.

[Grits]

Oh my gosh, E-9 was Ereshkigal, right? How do I remember that and forget so many other things?! Chronicles of Steel looks excellent, thank you for the link.

Riften bound, I wonder how Lucia will react to meeting Brynjolf. She’s already done an honest day’s work with her research!

I love the picture of Lucia with the map. She looks like she has some attitude.

Party in the mist! I like that walk along the side of the volcanic area.

Lucia and Goliath look formidable. He suits her look very well!

Blade across the throat, yikes! It looks like Lucia has reached the Rift. What a great shot!

[SubRosa]

haute ecole rider: If only you could kill, or better yet, discredit Maven and see her imprisoned. My characters usually have to settle with killing all the guards in her house.


Acadian: Yep, poor Persephemom is left all alone now that the kids have grown up and gone their own ways. At least she still get visits. I guess now she will have to pass the time by going out and smiting evil once more!

Goliath is of course from Gargoyles. Since I am out of Newhart names, I had to go somewhere else...

King Coin actually has 9 characters in his name. Don't forget to count the space between words!

Grits: E-9 was Ereshkigal indeed, my Dunmer goddess of Death.

Chronicles of Steel adds a lot of neat, Viking/Germanic type weapons. The Berserker Sword for example, is actually an ancient Germanic weapon, developed around the time of Arminius. It was used in a sword and buckler style of fighting, that was incredibly brutal. What I did not like about it was the way it makes three different levels of quality for each weapon. I prefer to keep it simple. That is why I took the meshes and textures of the weapons I liked most, and made my own mod with them (and used the Norland Sword to replace the vanilla steel sword).

That book reading might be the only honest day's work Lucia ever does! I guess I will have to turn off my Thieves Guild quest disabler if Lucia ever wants to get propositioned by Brynjolf. That is quite a change. Especially since Persephone killed him when she visited Riften!


Since Lopov forced me, I rolled a new toon for New Vegas

Cyhiraeth had a long and ugly fight through Scorpion Gulch

Cyhiraeth gets her Irish up

Passing some time in Primm

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Sep 26 2014, 09:19 PM

[Acadian]

Nice to see shots of my desert, courtesy of E-8.

I happened to pass through Primm a couple weeks ago on my way back to Las Vegas from Barstow and it looks just about like it does in your game. I'm being too harsh of course but, honestly, I time my gas stops to not stop in Primm.

That is one big scorpion! The most common ones we have here are bark scorpions. They're only an inch or so long and pale yellow (hard to see); unhappily, they're about the most dangerous scorpions on the planet. Well, before all that nuclear mess created the FONV radscorpions I guess.

Oh, and nice shot of E-8 rockin' and rollin' with her rifle.

[SubRosa]

E-8? I think you got confused by Grits' mention of Ereshkigal. Cyhiraeth would be what... C9? Twice as explosive as C-4, with a little leftover.

Ouch, those poor people of Primm! That is how we Detroiters talk about Toledo.

FONV has mutant bark scorpions too. They are very common in some areas. They aren't the most dangerous ones in the game though. The giant regular versions are the King Stings.


A close-up of Cyhiraeth

Don't cross Cyhiraeth, or you'll end up here

Escorting a merchant caravan

On the lookout for the Legion

This Legionary brought a spear to a gun fight

Cyhiraeth is sporting some new headwear

[Grits]

Those are some big bugs! I like the look of C-9. She has very pretty coloring. Suits her name.

[Acadian]

What was I thinking? Too many letters and numbers apparently.

Okay, C-9 looks great up close. I do like her pith helmet. Looks like mercenary/escort work suits her. Holy Toledo, how’d the Imperial Legion get into FONV? The new headgear is certainly stylish, but the pith helmet looks a mite more practical.

[SubRosa]

Grits: Just be glad you don't see bugs like these in your garden! Radscorpions are an oldie, from the original Fallout 1 and 2. It wouldn't be a Fallout game without them.

When I was creating Cyhiraeth's looks, once I decided upon red hair the rest of it fell into place. She had to be Irish, so I set about making her look as Celtic as I could, and then picked a name to fit. I just wish I knew of a freckle mod for FONV...


Acadian: I guess after being kicked out of Skyrim, the Legion had to find someone else to oppress...

I never liked that trooper helmet Cy wears with any of my other characters. But it just seems to work with her. I guess from the idea of simply keeping the sun off her face and neck.


Spying out something weird

Cyhiraeth puts her riot shotgun to use

Eat buckshot alien scum!

I found this suit of armor on the Nexus, and now I think I am going to try to play a cyborg character

I decided against that. It was just too exotic looking. But I did also create Kalaratri, a machete-wielding tribal type

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Sep 29 2014, 03:17 AM

[Acadian]

Spying – what a beautiful shot! The hat, the gun, the pose, the grass. . . all of it! That shot sold me on her beret.

Sometimes it’s just hard to beat a shotgun.

Feeding the little alien buckshot?

I agree - the Seven of Nine Terminator 3 Cyborg armor is a bit too exotic. And surely there should be universally adopted sanctions against any modder who thinks that high heels go well with any type of adventure-wear. Or we could just create a list of armor mods we’ve rejected because of high heels – nah, the list would be too long. Grrr.

On the other hand, the outfit on Kalaratri looks great! Is that her motorcycle? *Closes eyes and hears Bon Jovi singing 'On a steel horse I ride. . . wanted, dead or alive. . . .'* Oh, and is K-9 gonna get a dog?

This post has been edited by Acadian: Sep 29 2014, 01:12 PM

[SubRosa]

Acadian: The beret does have it merits. I still do like the pith helmet too though.

Feeding it some big ole' 12 gauge, 4/0 magnum buckshot! Not just for breakfast anymore.

I was trying to ignore the stiletto heels on that armor. But even ignoring it, the rest of it was just too much. I am still holding out on playing some form of cyborg character in one of the Fallout game though. There are a few mods that add things like cybernetic arms and such that might work.

Now maybe I will have to look for a rideable motorcycle mod too! Unfortunately you cannot ride them in the vanilla game. But I think there is a mod out there...



As I mentioned in the Fallout Screenie topic, I used the name Kalaratri for my Dwarf in Dragon Age Origins, so I changed my FONV character's name from that to Bellona.


Flyinn', Radscorpion flyinnn' soooo high!

Bellona doesn't think a stimpack is going to help this one

Mighty big skeeters in these parts

Silly Power Ganger brought a gun to a spear fight

Bellona does what she does best

Bellona encounters one of FONVs submersible radscorpions, this one at periscope depth

A traitor's death

[Acadian]

In the stimpack shot, that is a very nice face study of Belle. She's quite attractive I think.

Neat duel between the gun and the spear!

Is that scorpion really supposed to be partly underground or is it a fun graphics anomaly trick like the Imperial Legion sometimes use in Oblivion to hide inside rocks and such?

[SubRosa]

Acadian: I reworked her from her original face, though she still has the same basic appearance. I guess I am just never satisfied.

Since Bellona is a melee weapons fighter, I have worked to avoid using any firearms with her. As it turns out, FONV does have throwing spears and throwing daggers, and they work off of your Melee Weapons skill. So they have been perfect for her.

Those submersible radscorpions are similar to the phasing Imperial Foresters. It is just a lot more prevalent in FONV with certain critters like the scorpions. The funny thing is, I have never seen it happen with radscorpions in Fallout 3, which FONV is ported from.


Up close

Meet Mr. Throwing Dagger

Bellona's flawlessness is unlabored

They love to watch her strut


I also took a little break from the Mojave, to revist an old friend in Cyrodiil.

Astarte does battle with the Daedra

This just looks rude

A light in the darkness

Astarte still has time for waterfalls

Showing the pinkskins how its done

[Grits]

Wow, Belladonna is very pretty. And those meat people look horrifying!

Astarte looks every inch the warrior queen. It’s great to see her again!

I love the way her armor looks in the Dagon shrine light. Very neat.

Astarte’s look contrasted with the waterfall and rustic bridge makes me think how natural she would look surrounded by fountains of white Ayleid stone with glowy crystals all over it. You did a great job with her.

She looks quite composed contemplating the sigil stone while the pinkskins mill around in the background. She kept them all alive! Nice work.

[Acadian]

Okay, thanks. I figured the scorpion half underground was a graphics glitch spell like the Legion uses.

I can sure see why they love to watch Belle strut! She looks great. That's good news that you can apply her melee skill toward her throwing skills - sort of like how the BG Kensai can quite effectively use throwing knives/axes even though restricted from other ranged weapons.

Yay, good to see Cyrodiil and Queen Astarte again. Helping out with the Main Quest, I see. Light in the darkness is a very neat shot. Grits is so right that you’ve done such a great job with Astarte. She does indeed look fabulous sans helm in front of the waterfalls.

Pinkskinned yellowshirts from Bruma! Looks like Astarte is contemplating the possibility of repowering an Ayleid city with that buzzing stone.

[SubRosa]

Grits: Those meat people are Feral Ghouls. I think they are the creepiest critters in Bethesda's stable. Not just from their looks, but the sounds they make in the dark.

Astarte is like Persephone. I just can't quit her. I can't wait to get her to Mankar Camoran's Paradise, so I can see how she looks in an undecayed Ayleid site.

I found the way to keep NPCs alive in Oblivion is with a spell to heal others. After every fight you have to heal up every single NPC. Only then go off to the next fight. Persephone revisited Kvatch recently, and found not only all the Kvatch guard were still alive, but even those 3 Imperial Legionaries who turn up halfway through the fight were still there.


Acadian: I really liked the Kensai class in BG. When I do BG2 I might import my Kensai character Scathach for it.

It has been nice to spend some time in Cyrodiil again. By the Divines, I love the color. Everything looks more alive.


I spent some time in Cyrodiil playing Herja, a new Nord warrior.
Herja wants out!

Herja's gone Sideways


I also got back to Skyrim to visit with Persephone
A big ass sword...

...kills bugs dead

Hanging around

This is destined to be a desktop

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Oct 12 2014, 04:40 AM

[Acadian]

It never occurred to me to pop the camera outside that opening cell in OB to look around. Neat to see, given that my last opportunity was several years ago when we started Buffy’s current OB playthrough. Herja looks great! Love her hair, and I’ve always liked good old iron armor.

Whoa! That shot of P-10 with her big sword raised is pretty much Buffy’s worst nightmare!

As soon as I saw the title ‘kills bugs dead’ I knew it had to be a chaurus that would be stuck on P-10’s blade.

Hanging around. Oh my. I must confess the first thought that came to mind was perhaps she was using that dwemer chest as . . . a chamber pot. Then I remembered that P-10 has probably moved beyond such mundane things. So ignore my potty humor.

Desktop indeed! Another shot that has epic written all over it!

[SubRosa]

Acadian: I took a look around at the start of that game, and went all the way up the stairs to find the Emperor and his Blades, and follow them down the steps. That was pretty neat.

I think it is safe to say that Persephone with that big sword is many people's worst nightmare! She definitely has the big iron on her hip...

No chamber pots for Persephone! She has not eaten in four thousand years...



Sofie Persephonesdottir and the two Larrys

A short vid of Persephone the Dragonslayer

It appears Persephone is not quite alone in Labyrinthian

Big or small, Persephone will chop them all

There is no stopping this dead girl

What do we have here?

Facing the monster

Persephone knows what to do with the Thalmor

Mages duel

[Acadian]

Sofie and her pair of blue-eyed pals look great – and ready for business.

Thanks for the vid! What a showcase for your work with voicesets. Viconia sounds so perfect for P-10. That bony dragon never had a chance!

A collection of ghosts!

P-10 with her giant weapon vs druglord with a giant weapon – bet I know who won that one.

Neat lighting effect on Antler-head.

Woot! Looks like a new sword – and a two hander at that!

Facing down a dragon priest at close range! That’s a scary thought!

I must admit that killing Thalmer is great fun.

In the Mage Duel, I see the giant chaurus egg from Sarthaal in the background, so I know who’s at the business end of P-10’s spell.

[Grits]

Herja looks great. Sideways! There are so many awesome locations in Cyrodiil/Oblivion.

I love Perseph’s big ass bugsquisher. Steel with frost, Nord approved!

Neat to see that projected map in Hanging Around.

Gosh, the desktop one is gorgeous!

I see that Sofie is not letting you forget her while you spend time with her mom! Your idea to play the kids has given me so much enjoyment in my games and in following yours. (I realized that the Bulsakh and his lovely Sylgja also adopted a Sofie. If that Sofie ever gets a game her first act will be to change her name!!)

Oh, I love Persephone’s voice! What a great addition for her. Silly dragon, using frost. It was fun to see her in action.

The picture with all of the Labyrinthian shades is my favorite. That’s just beautiful.

Persephone got to chop all kinds of undead in this adventure! What a neat pose with her blocking.

It looks like Persephone found a truly useful helm for a dead girl, but sadly it would mess up her hair.

Ooo, great shot with the dragon priest. That staff is gorgeous but I could never figure out if it actually works later in combat.

Slaying Thalmor x 2, nice!! I love the Estormo skewer. The brief interaction with him is one of my favorite moments in that questline.

I love how the big glowy orb looks in the background with Persephone’s Ward on the right in the last shot. Really neat!

[SubRosa]

Acadian: The bony dragon went down so quick that I did not even realize it was dead! Persephone was still hitting it even when it was falling down!

I had forgotten about those translucent blue ghost draugr. The only place in the game you can find them is in Labrynthian, and of course you have to take the College of Winterhold questline to its conclusion to get into there.

She didn't pick up that helmet or sword. They just looked good like that.


Grits: Sideways Cave is an example of what I love about the ES games: the wonderful worlds that Bethesda creates, filled with twists and surprises.

Thanks to that rename mod you linked to, Persephone's sword is named The Chill Of The Grave.

Maybe instead of changing Sofie Sylgasdottir's name, spell it differently, like Sophie, or Sophia, or Sophitia (she was always one of my favorites from Soul Caliber).

The Staff of Magnus is broken in the vanilla game. But I have a mod that fixes it. Not that I have ever had a character who used it beyond that big battle at the end of the questline. Persephone (like Aela), left it in the Arch Mage's quarters afterward. In both their games that was Tolfdir. They figured he ought to have it.

Estormo went down quicker than the Titanic! Two hits and he was dead. The fight was literally over before I realized it had started.


Persephone lets her hair down

Persephone tries to remember what it was like to possess the love of the Divines

Sitting on top of the world

The world at her feet

Cats of Skyrim

One of Persephone's adventures on the Sword Coast

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Nov 1 2014, 02:49 AM