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I worked on this one all weekend mostly because I found myself with a lot of time on my hands (which has been unusual these days). I was originally thinking of doing a wood elf but on a suggestion I made her a High Elf with the Cothique (a High Elven region in Game's Workshop's Warhammer games) color scheme which my High Elf army is painted. I tried to have the breasts hang more naturally but I think the folds of the clothing make them look too low. Oh well, you never catch this kind of stuff before the picture is done. Still, I like how the staff turned out as well as the hair.Related content
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Thanks. I suppose the fantasy art tradition of the high and tight d cup has warped my idea of how those suckers actually hang. Besides the way the fabric is gathered up below the breasts does not necessarily suggest they hang all the way down to the bottom of where the cloth is gathered.
I was trying for a graceful elemental feel to her pose and it does work fairly well for that.
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In the context of Warhammer what is involved in being a high elf?
I like the costume design and choice of colors. Isn't design fun? I have a huge thing on the way where I am designing a freaking load of costumes.
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The High Elves in Warhammer were the ones who stayed on the Elven home continent and maintained the culture they developed when the old ones still walked the earth and taught magic to the Elves. The Wood Elves moved on and became feral, worshiping nature spirits and the Dark Elves became evil, worshiping the gods of chaos. The High Elves retained pure and unbroken culture since before the age of men. They are the cultured aesthetic elves.
I'm finding costume design more enjoyable than I used to. Photoshop is wonderful since I can try myriads of different color combinations till I find the best ones, rather than pick a bad color and ruin the picture.
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Ah, so then they do borrow heavily from Tolkien. Seems that a lot of people do.
Yea dude it's so much fun. And to think, back in the day I used to do the old 70's Marvel style costumes. So bland to do it that way.
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Exactly. But until 4th ed D&D where they went back to the whole fey origin thing, the elves in every fantasy setting are Tolkien elves by the same name.
As were the 90's where everybody was wearing black with hundreds of ammo packs all around their bodies (even if they didn't use guns, thank you Rob Leifield).
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Tolkien was the man, it's too bad he didn't write more. Probably if he were alive today he would have written a lot like Brian Herbert or those "Left Behind" people (which suck anyways in my opinion). Well dark elves are usually different. In Tolkien the dark elves are "dark" because they are unenlightened, on other fantasy the dark elves are dark because they literally have dark skin.
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Well, at least he quit while he was ahead, unlike Charles Shultz.
I like the Warhammer Dark Elves where they aren't misunderstood subterranean elves which seem to be portrayed as "brotha" elves but dark because they worship the bloody-handed god, Kaela Mensha Khaine, as well as the god of desire, Slaanesh. Sometimes it's nice when evil is just that.
The Warhammer Dark Elves represent the consequences of a good Elven king who sacrificed himself to their protector god to save his people and became an avatar of that god but the power corrupted him and before he came to his senses and laid down his life a final time he found that he had made his fellow warriors into a mirror of the very forces of evil which he had sworn to defeat. In essence, they are a living reminder both that power corrupts and that you eventually become the very thing you hate.
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I have yet to see any elves portrayed with negroid features, and it would strike me as inappropriate to do so. I have seen drow elves portrayed with brown, grey, blue, and purple skin though. In terms of physiognomy they seem to invariably have caucasoid features except in cases where the artwork is so stylized that it is impossible to tell. But perhaps you have seen something that I have not?
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I've seen dark elves portrayed that way in WotC and other products but sharp features and unnatural beauty are common hallmarks of the fey. They are a caricature of European nobility with a strong mystical and or natural bent. The need to give every demi-human race a human racial analog is just silly, since demi-humans are themselves a separation of human diversity into limited stereotypes to begin with.
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What is WotC? That sounds really foolish. Well mythos about Elves and elf-like beings goes way back in Germanic and Celtic mythology. At least in terms of Celtic beliefs a lot of that stuff was inspired by pre-celtic ruins found in Ireland. Perhaps later they were intended to embody some of the characteristics (or perhaps idealized characteristics) of European aristocracy. At any rate they are a part of Western mythology, so it would be illogical and inappropriate to portray them as something else.
I know for a while Tolkien was planning on borrowing from some Irish mythology and incorporating the Tautha De Danaan. At any rate, I plan on depicting them as well pretty soon. Probably my next picture will involve them.
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WotC is Wizards of the Coast, they bought out D&D from TSR with cash from Magic the Gathering and when magic went south, Hasbro bought out WotC. The WotC writers try WAY too hard to be politically correct, they use "she" more often than "he" despite the fact that the majority of their players are male. I think this is mostly Hasbro's fault.
That would be cool to see. The only visual representation of the Tuatha De Danaan I had seen was in the Godstorm variant of Risk.
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That's retarded to the nth degree. Sounds like the equation for that was: liberals + ignorance x pot = WotC
It's first on the list of things to do after I get done with my Middle Earth anthology. Godstorm variant of Risk? That sounds almost like it would be too cool.
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=Hasbro.
It's risk where the gods fight and their battles effect the forces on the ground. Also, those who control the underworld get fresh troops back from the dead. They have several sets of deities including the Tuatha de Dannan, the Norse gods, the Egyptian gods, etc.
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I almost got it but then I found out what board games cost in the 21st century and balked.
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$40. Apparently, that is what modern board games cost, unless you get stuff published by Cheapass Games which are marketed to young people who are inevitably po.
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Hmm... I wonder how the sale price relates to the production cost.
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The companies which make new board games use high quality materials, printing, and artwork so they need higher margins or blockbuster sales to cover expenses.
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If you want high quality game pieces, professional art, and professional game design you've gotta pay for professional work (unless you find a game worked on as a labor of love, but those kinds of suckers who don't need to eat, sleep, or pay bills are rare).
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And I guess they have to make them so spiffy in order to compete with all the digital games that are out there.
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I don't think it's that. Classics like Monopoly can get away with a simple look but visual appeal is a big factor in selling board games which people have not heard of or played before. The box is the only advertising that a person will ever see for a board game and there are a lot of them vying for the limited market on board games.
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Very cool. I like the ornaments integrated with the roots on the staff.
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Thanks. The uncut gems with the gnarled staff worked out well. It was more fitting when I was going for wood elf rather than high elf but it's still a nice mix of the natural and decorative.
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Thanks. I liked it so much my entire Warhammer High Elf army was arrayed in those colors.
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I WANT THAT DRESS! And I would so wear it to class to. I like her, she is really pretty. I love the facial expression and the body language of fear and fighting.
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I had a friend who was a drama major and she would have also. She used to wear a black cloak around campus (for which her male friends had to rough up a few people for dissing).
Thanks. I tried to get a battle mage stance which was fitting for a high elven mage. I tried to get the feel of the slow and melancholy grace of the elder race.
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Yeah, people are jerks sometimes. My dream is to be able to wear a gown and cloak everyday. I want to be a writer or own a bookstore, so it might actually be doable.
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That would be cool to be able to wear eccentric things all the time. I'm a big fan of capes and funny hats myself. I also like to rock a kilt when the weather permits. It's hilarious when I do. I generally get one of two reactions. Most people like it. Guys either high five me or tell me they wish they had the nerve to wear one and girls go out of their way to talk to me. The only negative reaction I get is from guys who are jealous because they don't have the stones to do what I did.
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My homecoming king wore a kilt. They almost didn't let him in. And his older brother was a teacher and wore a kilt at all special occasions. Then again, my history teacher had two different outfits for Civil War Reenactment.
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A friend of mine went to his final homecoming in a suit and kilt.
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I'll agree with the folding at the bust line... However, at least they're proportional to her body.
I like the colors and her sleeves. 
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I never did understand the Elves with double d cups. They strike me more as a or maybe b cup body types. Dwarven women I can see with d's but they have short, square, and stocky frames and a much higher percentage of body fat.
The trailing half sleeves are fun. I've seen dresses where they trail on the ground too.
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It's very weird to see these tall women with these HUGE bust lines. One thing to be stocky or to have that build but the elves seem to a slender build and double d's don't seem to fit the sight well.
I've seen the sleeves on the ground too. But I like how it flows. Very pretty!
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If an elf woman were 5'11" with a 22" waist and a double d cup she'd have a center of gravity like a raised Ford Explorer with a camper on top and in heels she could be toppled by a slight breeze. A dwarf woman at 3'8" with a double d and an all around thick build is more like a miniature Samoan and just as likely to be able to throw you out a window with one hand.
Thanks. They are one of my favorite medieval costume elements.
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It'd be like having a barbie doll hanging around in medieval times. Yes, they liked to show lots and lots of boobs, but come on, they usually had corsets on and tight dresses to show it off... 5'11" with a 22" waist? gees, I'd envy that person, I'm 5'2" and not that skinny! Yah I agree with you on the body type...
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If you want those kinds of knockers in a fantasy setting you go with the heavy set barmaid. They at least make sense there.
Those are cool too.
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LOL heavy set barmaid... Yah if and only if you're a guy ... What is up with big boobs anyways? They get all weird when the woman is old. ew
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You don't have to be old for them to go south. As the song goes, "Do your boobs hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot Can you tie them in a bow? Can you throw them o'er your shoulder like a continental soldier? Do your boobs hang low?"
In your case I think a bit of padding wouldn't hurt you (considering how much you've talked about your precipitous weigh losses). From what you've told me you've weighed less than I did in 3rd grade not too long ago.
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I think that song was "do you ears hang low"... Okay now I've got some really GROSS images in my head, thanks a million there. *shudders*
No, I've GAINED extra weight.... Not a whole lot but enough to annoy me. I'm still "thin" but I'd like to have my flat stomach and washboard abs back, like in high school. Yah padding is good not only to fool someone into thinking that you're bigger up top, but in case you are cold...
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Mwa ha ha ha ha!
Just don't slip back into the danger zone on the other side.
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Thanks, you were always so great at bringing in disgusting mental images. *shudders*
Yah I've gained what I lost last year. Not that you can tell I put on any weight. My friend doesn't see it, but he's a guy, but my best friend told me that I looked alot more "curvey" than she did--and she has two children. So finally the jeans I couldn't wear because they were too big in the hips, I can now wear, I feel violated.
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It's a specialty of mine. Play a horror game with me as GM and you will probably throw up. I've made people with less visual minds look ill.
The most important thing is health, not dress size. It's better if you are in a healthy range and it looks better too. Holocaust survivor is not a look to aim for and I've seem people try it, ugh.
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I've decided NEVER to play a game with you... If you're this gross now, I'm not sure I'd survive...
True however, I was so used to be 100 lbs for most of my life that a little "fat" is kind of freakish. Though you can't tell, unless you haven't see me, but now I'm a "healthy" weight. Ha ha healthy my foot...
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I make worse serial killers than CSI and most of mine have supernatural powers to boot.
Could be worse.
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