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[Elisabeth Hollow]

Whoa! That helmet is cool!

[Grits]

What a lovely night in Dawnstar! Is Euryale planning to build in the Pale?

Were those Vigilants hostile? Allek and Marcurio made a point to take out any that they met, but that was because they were always loaded down with Daedric artifacts. Sadly the Vigilants always failed to notice, but they killed them just in case.

Cute picture of Lucia and her new mommy.

Love the one with Isran. He’s bold to try a staring contest with a mask and six snakes.

[SubRosa]

Acadian: I walked up onto that scene at Dawnstar, and just had to take a picture. That is one of the things I just love about Oblivion and Skyrim. Just walking around and looking at the game world can be as rewarding as the gameplay itself.

I love that staring contest pic too. That is why I had to take it while that scene played out.


King Coin: The golden color makes the Medusa Armor work well for an Altmer I think. Not to mention the Altmer height makes the whole thing so much more intimidating.

If Lucia wasn't a homeless beggar she might run! But the snake-lady is the only game in town...

You had me rolling with that link of Morgan Freeman!


Elisabeth Hollow: I saw that helmet on the Nexus and just knew I had to base a character around it. It is one of the most amazing mods I have ever seen.


Grits: Euryale wound up building in Morthal Hold (whatever the name of the place is Hjjalmarch?) Mainly because it is the only location I have had not had a character build a house at before. Ever since I got Hearthfire, not one of my characters has bought one of the vanilla houses, or used any of the homes I have modded in the past. So far they all build a HF house.

Those Vigilants were hostile. They attacked Euryale on sight. I think she somehow picked up a bounty. Thomas Kaira's lock-bashing mod sometimes causes weird glitches, where it thinks you bashed open a lock in public, even though you were nowhere near a lock. Then it gives you a little bounty for it because there are people around. I think Euryale had Dawnbreaker by then, so they should have attacked her for that. At least if Bethesda had actually made them the deadra hunters they are supposed to be. I actually did mod Revansch's game to make them all hostile on sight, given her being undead and all.

Whiterun Sunset

Lending a hand to a Spriggan

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters."

Into the unknown

[Grits]

That is a beautiful sky over Whiterun.

ROFL Dexion reading Pride and Prejudice!

I love that picture with the spriggan. She and Euryale are posed perfectly.

Serana looks like she’s about to give Euryale a shove into the Soul Cairn. Serana’s mom had some nice things in her study. It would be a lovely spot to relax, apart from the portal in the middle.

[King Coin]

Very pretty sunrise. Do you use any graphics mods? With those two 670's I bet you could do a lot.

Pride an Prejudice is it? I was imagining a Sweetroll recipe!

I've seen Sprigs vs hargravens before. Unlike your characters, Aravi ends up shooting both of them.

The snakes on the armor look kind of eager to go in the portal.

[Acadian]

Sunset is a fantastic shot of a golden patch of Skyrim!

The Skysprigs certainly look less sultry than their OB counterparts; That sprig looks bedecked in Oblivion glass armor.

Love the scroll-reading shot and the characters in it.

Into the unknown – I hope Euryale comes back with her snakes intact!

[SubRosa]

Grits: I just could not resist the P&P reference when looking at that picture of Dexion with the scroll (am I the only one who thinks Dexy's Midnight Runners when seeing his name btw?)

That study is an alchemist's delight! It is like Nightcaller Temple in Dawnstar, a treasure trove of goodies!


King Coin: I do not use any lighting mods, if that is what you mean. Except for one that removes the desaturation effect from the game, so you can see colors normally. I do use a whole slew of HD texture mods for everything from items to faces to the world map, as well as distant detail mods.

I see those sprig vs hag battles a lot, but my characters usually never have to fight the spigs afterward. Not with my Animal Friend mod, or my Shout to Spell mod that makes Kyne's Peace a Novice illusion spell.


Acadian: I loved that sunset, so I could not resist stopping to take a picture.

Euryale did come back with all of her snakes still attached. Not to mention her soul too! I wrapped things up with her after leaving the Soul Cairn and coming back to Tamriel.


Writing the current chapter of the TF has inspired me to recreate Aela in Skyrim

The real breakthrough with playing her was creating a mod that would let her summon Aedric spirits, such as this Flaming Familiar

Relaxing by the fire

Aela is glad that animals like Witches

This is where the Bandit said: "You're a fool to fight me!"

Going for a walk with the town skank

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Mar 30 2013, 01:58 AM

[Acadian]

Yay, Aela! She did travel well. Congrats on your mod to make Aedric summonings. Aela looks like she is part of the Clan of the Cave Bear!

[Grits]

It’s great to see Aela in Skyrim. You did such a great job with her features!

With Aela’s animal allies and Aedric summonings she must be tremendous fun to play. That picture where she’s petting the bear is my favorite.

[King Coin]

Aela is a Breton right? She looks like one. Pretty. All the human woman I make scare mALX.

I loved the Flaming Familiar, I just wish that it got stronger when you leveled. It’s pretty useless at 30+ level.

Her fire is really close to Aravi’s house! She should just walk a little farther down the road and pop in for a warm meal and bed.

I really like that pictures with the bear!

[SubRosa]

Acadian: Aela has been a lot of fun to play. The Cave Bear was a welcome find in that dungeon, as she ran into way too many bandits for her to handle shortly afterward. Thankfully she had her furred friend to run back to.


Grits: Aela is my first character in a long time that I have used my Animal Friend mod with. Most of my characters use the Kyne's Peace spell I modded into the game to keep from killing every animal in sight. Though the warrior types who are always looking for a fight like Helregin do kill every animal in sight. Well, the ones worth a warrior's effort. There is hardly an honor in killing rabbits after all.

The Salamander and Frost Wyrm take some getting used to as summonings. They move so fast and have that fx glowing all over them, that it can be hard to see exactly where they are. Or anything else for that matter. Sometimes the screen just fills up with flames, and I cannot tell what is going on. Rather impressive though.


King Coin: Aela is a Breton alright. I modded out the wrinkly foreheads a long time ago. I modded her Flaming Familiar so it does not explode, and gave it the similar stats to a wolf. It makes for a good entry level summon, but get weak later. on.

Aela is thinking buying land in Falkreath Hold, so she and Aravi might end up being neighbors!


A draugr seen though Aela's Ward

Summoned Salamander

"You sleazy little man!"

Magic duel

Wonder who this poor lost soul was?

I tried out the UNP Body for the improved hands

However, I found that with UNP, the weight slider only effects breast size and to a smaller extent hip size. The rest of the body never changes. It turns into a boob slider instead. Clearly it is a mod for guys who like skinny women with big fake breasts. So I got rid of the body meshes, but kept the hand and foot meshes, and the body texture. It looks pretty good, and I can still make big or small girls.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Mar 31 2013, 07:21 PM

[King Coin]

Trying out wards eh? They become more useful when you get perks and wear equipment that reduces magic cost or restoration spells. Also, the lesser ward dual cast is pretty good.

Love the Salamander! Are you going to release this mod eventually? Olivia uses conjuration.

Magic dual looks cool.

My favorite pic you have ever taken. Lost Soul is AMAZING in every way!

I use UNP but I keep the weight settings low and use the slim version. Has a well proportioned body for that. However if the weight slider only affects the breasts and rear, that is certainly not good for characters with a larger build. I use a mod that lets you define unique meshes and textures for the PC so I don't get any of that BS with the NPCs. The hands and feet look good with the default body meshes.

[Grits]

The salamander looks amazing!

I love Lost Soul. That is just a perfect picture. (And from that jaw I'd guess he was a Nord!)

[Acadian]

Beautiful colors and detail in those screens. I think the ward effects look really neat. Oh, I love Aela’s robes – simple but just perfect, with fantastic detail. She looks great in her skivvies; hard to imagine that she started out as a fella!

[SubRosa]

King Coin: I have had other characters use wards. Amaterasu used them a lot. They are perfect for Aela, with her being a Restoration mage. I noticed something about them tonight. They completely stop poison spit attacks!

I don't think I will ever release the aedra summonings mod. It has some issues, not the least of which being that none of the creatures are original! I am having a problem with the Frost Wyrm leaving a frozen goo pile whenever it is killed or dispelled. I cannot figure out why. And I still have not figured what to name the flaming wolf either.

I probably would have kept the UNP Skinny body if not for the way you cannot make bigger characters. It would have been fine for Aela, who is slight of frame, but many of my other characters are meant to be muscular and big framed. Which is just impossible with UNP.


Grits: I had to tweak the salamander's visuals some. I got rid of the flames all over it, as I was having trouble seeing where it was!

I think Lost Soul was an Imperial. Look at those teeth! That guy was a milk-drinker for sure!


Acadian: Aela has been wearing the vanilla enchanted mages robes. They change colors with the higher level versions. She went to a blue one, and is now on a brown one. I have always loved how they look. Much better than those green bags we were stuck with in Oblivion!


Aela is off to get some schoolin'

That dual-casted ward KC had mentioned

A side view

Aela has some new bling

Aela and her Cyclone go toe to toe with a Draugr Wight

The Draugr's POV

[Acadian]

Yay, Aela’s a college girl now; and her robes are indeed much nicer than the old university green bags.

I still quite like the ward effect. Both the concept and the visuals.

Finally got that girl a circlet for some bling!

I wouldn’t want to be that Draugr Wight!

[SubRosa]

Acadian: Aela's a college girl now. Time for wild parties, seeing green, people being turned into horses. And that is just from one of the other students!

I was actually looking for a circlet for her for some time, but nothing looked right. Finally that one was dumped in her lap by the Arch-mage. It would have been rude not to wear it.

I like the wards too. I decided to incorporate them into the TF. We will be seeing Aela using one in a few episodes.

Those ancient Dwemer made the screwiest things

Aela at the controls

This does not look good...

Nor does this!

Slugging it out with DracoBones

You Shall Not Pass!

Two mages and a Dragon Priest

Do people actually wear these Dragon Priest masks? It is going to the bottom of Aela's closet.

Waterwalking boots make it a lot easier to get around Morthal

War is declared, and battle come down.

I think Aela broke it!

[Grits]

That’s the mask that doubles magicka regen rate, right? My Altmer Hale wore it. He also wore fur armor and wielded an ancient Nord battle axe, so I’d say he made some questionable style choices.

I love the bone dragon pictures! So neat to see him from different views.

[King Coin]

Ok another busy week on my end so I will try to catch up tomorrow with your story.

Schoolin’: That face! Aela looks pretty, I think the woman in front of her is jeeeaalous!

Wards are pretty.

Bling has a fantastic backdrop for Aela. The lighting works well for the screen too.

Where is the absorb effect coming from in the Draugr pic? I’ve never seen that from one of them before.

At the controls: Captain Aela!

I never really figured out what was special about that sphere…

Holy crap it has been a long time since I fought the bone dragon. That was COOL!

Those masks won’t fit on Aravi. They look ugly anyways.

Nice boots!

[Acadian]

I think the Dwemer are a fun way to create odd and otherwise anachronistic contraptions. I know I like their complicated wizfangled stable heaters.

Aela, as a pure mage looks like great fun to play – I’m sure her hair color helps her have more fun. Yikes, a Skelliedragonbagobonez! More of that *cue broken record* very cool ward effect. Aela has a nice staff – no no, not that kind, she lost that years ago; I mean her magical one. What kind of magic does it produce? Cool waterwalking boots; do they come from Cyrodiil? I really like ‘War is declared’ – Aela looks so well put together and the dude behind her looks like he is away with the fairies, dancing with himself.

Oh, and she's right; that helmet is fuggggly!