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she/her | German/RSA/English | 18+ y/o Hobby Artist RPGS, OCs, Palaeontology and 20 men who drive fast cars with many more who throw an egg around COMMS ARE OPEN

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!!Moin Moin!!

Welcome to my blog! You can call me Nyx!

I am a self-taught hobby artist and a multi-fandom mess. I mainly make art of my own OCs and characters I am particularly fond of.

I am based in the UK but am of German and South African origin!

I focus on particular fandoms and characters for long periods of times so if you follow me for one fandom and the next day I’m screaming about another, do not fret!!

I also run another blog (@deinonyx-paleo) for my own personal enjoyment. There I post some paleo art I have personally done along with reblogging other amazing paleo art I find! Go check it out if pre-history is your thing!

Fandoms I am In:

(in no particular order)

Fallout (Specifically Fallout 4)

Mass Effect

Baldur’s Gate 3

Dungeons and Dragons

Transformers

Red Dead Redemption (1 + 2)

Stardew Valley

Story of Seasons

Fields of Mistria

Formula One (Oscar Piastri 81)

Rugby (Springbok + Scotland Supporter)

COMMISSION INFO:

My commissions are currently: CLOSED

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I’ve always imagined my Shep being from a rundown and forgotten place of London and the thought of her having a somewhat strong cockney accent is just too funny to me 😭

Her spouting cockney rhyming slang to her squad mates who look at her bewildered. I mean, idk how well the translators they use so species can communicate with one another work when it comes to rhyming slang so Liara, Garrus, Wrex and Tali would be the most confused.

Both Joker and Ashley were born on colonies, Kaidan is Canadian (Canadian-Ukranian technically).

Anderson is also a Londoner but clearly has a more “posh accent” for lack of a better term. I think he would understand some of what Shep spouts but be more clueless on the more obscure aspects.

(Side note: I am not from London so if any of these notes are wrong please let me know!)

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I’ve only mentioned it briefly but my Shepard, Ursa, was technically conscripted into the Alliance military when she was around 17-19 years old.

I haven’t fully fleshed out exactly how it happens but I know it probably has something to do with getting her out of the 10th Street Reds as some form of witness protection almost?

Anyways, her time in crime made her a perfect vanguard in the Alliance as she was basically trained in CQC since she was extremely young.

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so I started playing Fields of Mistria and immediately fell for the two meanest bitches in town

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What is Ursa's favourite thing to do to unwind on a particularly bad or stressful day?

Thank you so much for the ask <3 I can always rely on you for PEAK mass effect content!! Ursa loves CQC and can often be found beating up a punching bag or just generally doing hardcore workouts when she is particularly frustrated/angry if the option is open to her.

When stressed she will often unwind with good 'oldie' music (British indie rock bands from our era/early 2000s), while continuing to build whatever latest ship model she is on (collecting the models in game is one of my favourite things lol)

These are more healthy options that she practices throughout the course of the trilogy but when Ursa was younger, her stress and anger came out more violently. Somewhat a good thing when growing up on the streets/in a gang, horrible when in the military.

And because I know you love shenko and it gives me an excuse to talk about Ursa/Kaidan >.>

Kaidan picked up on Ursa's stress/anger cues basically as soon as they first met (in all honesty, she never hides them well) and as their relationship progressed, Kaidan would often help ease her into the activities mentioned above if her head is too clouded.

in ME3, another way Ursa would destress would be calling Kaidan up to her cabin and just being in the same space together while they do their own things.

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I've have the Mass Effect itch again but Fields of Mistria has me in a chokehold...

If anyone wants to shoot some questions my way about my Shepard feel free!!

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YAY SHENKO

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Speaking of Kathrijn, I’m debating not making Shaun her son. As her character has the developed over the years (which is insane, i think she may be the oldest OC i have that I still use regularly) she became less and less “mother material” for lack of a better term.

Originally I had Shaun down as her son who was the result of a drunken hookup with her fellow solider Nate + they married because of societal pressures, but it feels so wrong to do that.

The other idea I have is that Shaun’s mother died in childbirth and Nate was still suffering from permanent physical and mental wounds from being deployed. Kathrijn stepped away from her active duty to help Nate heal and look after Shaun as her and Nate are good friends.

I also played around with Kathrijn having a younger sister who was actually Nate’s wife and Shaun’s mother.

I could add extra angst with this idea by saying that Shaun/Father doesn’t know that Kathrijn isn’t his biological mother? 👀

If anyone has any ideas and thoughts, again I am open to anything and everything! Send them my way!!

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I always draw Kat so happy and whimsical so she obviously needs a reality check.

I’ve had the idea of her stumbling upon old military documents of old patients/friends she worked on/with during her time in the military or her stumbling upon an old hospital she may have done her residency or even worked at for a brief moment and how she would react to it.

Kathrijn is a rather strong willed person, it helps a lot with the job she has. I wouldn’t say she bottles up her feelings exactly however, just holds them in long enough until the emergency is gone and she’s in a safe place to unpack everything.

Of course, some memories are too strong to hide away underneath her high charisma stat….

this also came from a Project Hail Mary animatic i saw on youtube yesterday of Rocky and Empty Chairs at Empty Tables from Les Mis. I think the song suits any soul survivor well, even if they don’t have a military background

Here is the video if you’re a PHM fan btw!! Its super well done and you should check it out!!

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I got back home a couple days ago and while I have no new art, I remembered I didn’t post these small sketches.

These two doodles were done after my discussion with @cassierain on one of my previous posts about Kathrijn and how she interacts with the Wasteland as a combat medic! Thank you so much again for the ideas you shared!

I’ve cropped out the notes as my handwriting is messy (these were done late at night) but I’ll rewrite everything here under the cut! (along with adding some extra things)

Kathrijn Hendrikze Wasteland Combat Gear Concept

- Jumpsuit is (finally) done up fully

- Decked out in modified Combat Armor (Most likely thanks to Danse + the BoS) I feel like this is the safest armor to use both due to defense ratings along with it allowing her to move comfortably

- Several small medic kit bags are strapped on a waistband that she wears to ensure she can easily get to what she needs (unsure on how this would affect her ability to holster/carry weapons however)

- She wears her pip-boy on her left arm like in game. She only really wears while out travelling through the wasteland.

- The second sketch shows a shoddily drawn tactical bag she probably scrounged up (or got from the BoS). This is used for longer trips out in the wasteland.

Misc. Notes

- Kathrijn is known to hoard whatever medical supplies she can get her hands on.

- While keeping things sterile in the Wasteland is near impossible, Kathrijn still likes to use and carry medical gloves on her to use. They are most likely obtained from Vault 88 as its the only place I can reasonably believe would keep proper, fresh, medical gloves.

- I think it would be jarring for people who know her slightly to recieve urgent care from Kathrijn as her personality almost completely shifts. She still does her best to keep things light and ease the tension in her patients.

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I know I havent been posting regularly again (idk who is surprised at this point 😭) but I am planning to fix this soon hopefully as I am getting back into Stardew Valley along with playing Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar!

I have done some doodles of Kathrijn in her ‘field gear’ that I want to clean up and post as well regarding my last post about her and the suggestions that have been made!

However! I am currently at a MAJOR family reunion in Germany so I will be EXTRA awol and wont be able to sit down and properly draw and post until i am back in the UK.

Thanks for being patient with me guys!

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I feel like I don’t make much art nor stories about Kathrijn actually being a qualified doctor and combat medic.

Its a major part of her and her story but I have no clue how to represent it 😭

If anyone has any suggestions (serious or funny) please let me know! I may doodle it sometime :3

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slow day

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Los Pumas rolling up to their game against England with kit that replicates an old Argentine football jersey is actually diabolical 😭😭

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The question is now…. would Danse have a tramp stamp that he got while black-out drunk? 👀👀

Did this really quick on my lunch break because it was such a fun idea lolol

Danse and Cutler were out looking for scrap when they came across an old box of Christmas decorations. The nukes were dropped right before Halloween, someone had to start stocking up for it lol

Danse unrolls a poster with all of Santa’s reindeer on it, Cutler comes up and points at Dancer, “Huh, looks just like you!” They laugh and move on, but Danse keeps the poster in his pocket, looking at it every so often and imagining what the holiday was like back then.

It’s a while before that fateful night, but when the two stumble past the glowing sign after a pretty good day, Danse pulls out the poster and heads into the shop, ready for his first tattoo. Cutler helps get him ready, the location was mainly because Danse was so drunk and laying down was the only option lolol

Thank you so much for the ask!!! This was really fun!!!

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Oh Kathrijn…..