A Decisive Defeat

This is just an artblog where I post my art, slowly improve, and draw for others. If you want me to draw you something, I'll probably accept your request and get to it.

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Happy Birthday

To me.

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A friend asked me if I could paint a Great Mahiki black, to see what it would look like. I like how this came out. Used clear floor polish after the black coats to make it unlikely to scratch by accident before putting doing some dry brushing and a wash. Looks nice. If you have any mask suggestions s you'd like me to try and make real, just send me an ask or message. I'll see what I can do.

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Took Lewa Nuva's Miru Nuva and made it a more magenta color instead of the green. Overall, these new brushes seem to be working well. It looks alright.

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New brushes came in. Hopefully now I can get the job done without having to put too many layers of paint on now.

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Was looking at old race cars from the 1920s. This was the only mask I had that kinda fit the sorta aesthetic I had in mind. I've also found I need to work on not caking on too much paint layers. It's okay though.

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Being a history buff, I was pondering on what sort of mask to design, before glancing towards my Vietnam War jacket hanging from the chair. Then I thought, ‘why not make a mask based on the helmet covers of the Vietnam War?’ And so I did. Used a Stars Tahu Hau as a base and started painting some camouflage. After five or six hours, here it is. I even wrote some graffiti on the mask. There was some Matoran Writing on the lower left part of the mask, but after applying the wash, it kind of got faded away. It would have said “Hau Mk. 1”, but that’s gone now. Oh well.

Makuta don’t surf. https://youtu.be/bossv8SKXv4

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I never really liked the orange color of Pohatu and Photok in 2008. I would have understood it if it was more the orange brown that matoran Huki had for his Kakama and feet, but alas, Lego went with a tacky bright orange. So I decided that I would paint it a color that's a bit closer to Pohatu's original mask colors. In addition to this, I delved into a bit of dry brushing. The color is way better than that gauche orange. The fourth picture is the first piece I painted before trying masks, just to see how it would go. Don't remember the set or the character, just that he's from the third wave of Knights Kingdom. Finally, a picture of the two masks and helmet I've painted. Overall, I'm enjoying this immensely.

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How do you go about coming up with designs for your masks?

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In all seriousness though, most my mask designs stem from just trying to figure out how to put a little emphasis on the different shapes of the mask by adding a bit of color variety or patterns, most of the masks are already really well designed and only need a paint job for the sake of a little color variety.

Some of the masks I paint are obviously just me taking real life mask designs and slapping them onto kanohi.

Some of them are taking the aesthetic from something cool that I saw, whether it’s from a game, a movie, a piece of art, or just a general aesthetic that isn’t associated with something specific.

For the tribal masks I try to tie in an elemental motif to the patterns and fit in abstract shapes wherever there’s blank space. Not necessarily the element, of the toa that wears the mask, because let’s face it, some of the elements are either with the wrong toa, or just too similar (looking at you, stone and earth). When I’m doing a set of six I follow the scheme of: hau/fire, kaukau/water, miru/plants, pakari/earth, akaku/ice, kakama/wind. This makes it a lot easier for me to come up with the main elements on those masks, because otherwise I’d just be throwing random shapes onto them and seeing what sticks.

Some masks are just adding wear and tear to a normal mask, those ones are pretty easy to design a paintjob for (though design may be a strong word for what amounts to the artistic equivalent or taking the mask outside and rubbing it in the dirt for a while).

Some days I just say to myself “Hey, I like (color), I’m going to paint mask using only shades of that color. This mostly happens with nuva masks, because although they’re great for adding highlights to, they are still the garbage tier of masks that are basically impossible to do anything with.

And the last place I get my designs is from you guys. There’s a good portion of my work that I do on commission, and I get a ton of e-mails describing fantastic designs that I only wish I could have thought of. So you guys keep sending me good ideas, and I’ll keep on trying to do them justice!

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Thanks for the follow up information. The video was funny and I got a little chuckle from it ^^; I suppose it is true that artists often draw from what they see in real life! Either way, thanks for responding. 

(I also find it funny you painted a great Komau white and rusted it up. I did the same for my first mask, but with a Great Huna) 

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So I forgot to apply the wash. A friend reminded me about that, and it really helps make the mask look older and generally more like something that's been left out in the weather for a while. It also helps bring out some of the lines that were harder to see with just plain white, so that's nice too. Overall, for the first mask repaint, I like how this one has come out.

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Decided I would take up painting bionicle masks since I got myself into a nostalgic fervor for the old toy line. Here is a Great White Huna painted in white with a touch of rust here and there. I also learned Toa Nuva cannister tops make good mask display holders.

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When you’re playing Widowmaker and you miss.

Original quote from Game Grumps, inspired by this comic by @iamevee and the mccree version by @senilesnake

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I love this meme

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This highly scientific two-step word search predicts what you’re getting for Christmas with astounding accuracy.

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“real communism”

finally!!! i’m so tired of all the knock off communism i’ve received in the past

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Preowned apricot.. Yum

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Chanting board…. Nice

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Heavy sweater… hurray

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Vulgar Communism…..

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Crash board. Am I in the 90s?

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Serious Question?

How long would it take for there to be drama if my character paintie was dressed in the Swiss Uniform of 1940s.

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So I saw this villager had been abandoned, and I believe it was probably on accident. If you’re the owner or know who the owner is, could you tell me their name/ID so that I can contact them and return their villager? They’re probably beating their head against the desk if it was an accident

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Official Painties Base Folder

On twitter, the devs have put up a link to a googledrive folder filled with every base, including costume bases. Just putting it out there for those who want an easy quick link to all the current bases in the game. Any new ones will no doubt be added to this page. 

Bases.furvilla.com

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Painties are also in beta!

OK, here’s the thing.

I understand being frustrated with inconsistencies, and how disapointing it is to have something you worked hard on rejected. But Furvilla is in beta (closed beta, even), and the paintie mods has been around for only about 2 weeks.

This is pretty much the definition of beta! Things change. And things especially change if it turns out the current approach isn’t working, or if the developers were unprepared for what that feature really meant. And that clearly is the case with Furvilla painties. When a new problem (like for instance nazi uniforms) arises, staff will have to discuss it, meaning it might take a few days for them to figure it out the exact new rules. Especially since important changes probably has to pass by and be approved by more than just the paintie staff.

My guess is we’ll see at least one more big overhaul of the paintie rules within the next month. Don’t be shocked if this happens.

The people submitting painties for the first two months of beta are trail-blazers. They’re the ones that are going to teach Furvilla what the paintie rules should be - especially for borderline cases - so it’s going to be a rough ride! They’ll also be the ones teaching all the brand new paintie mods how to be consistent. Which a new team won’t be from day one. 

And yes, it is problematic that staff is unprepared for a paid feature, but that’s how things are right now. 

If you don’t want to be part of the rough ride when it comes to paintes, I strongly advise you to wait until it all has been sorted out. Don’t make painties now. Wait two months (or until open beta), so the worst bumbs has been sorted out.

Similarly, if you easily get upset when your art isn’t instantly approved, wait with painties until open beta. Come that time, rules should be much more streamlined, and mods will have several months experience with what they do.

If you do want to make painties now, you’re signing up for the bumpy ride. On the plus side you’ll help clear the road for users to come. because, you know, you’re a beta tester. :)