Trying to figure out how to draw armour. These are some of my notes I uploaded on patreon. A lot more to come since I really want to figure this one out.
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Trying to figure out how to draw armour. These are some of my notes I uploaded on patreon. A lot more to come since I really want to figure this one out.
This is really cool!
they should kiss
A lot of Will
I first wanted to make a design for him that I could replicate a lot and I think that worked out great
Lonely ranger this, orphan ranger that. What about rangers with kids? Give me a ranger dad™ showing up at the gathering with two little kids and "sorry, guys, my wife really needs a break" and everyone is so delighted because "look at those cuties, you need to bring them next year". What about two best friends assigned to neighbouring fiefs? Really, they work more in tandem than alone - "You want to talk to the ranger of this fief? Sorry sir, which one do you mean, the short one or the shorter one?" Give me the biggest extrovert who hates being alone in his cabin, so he does all of his paperwork alongside scribes at the castle, and thanks to that, is literally the only one who is up-to-date with his paperwork - "What's your secret with the paperwork?" "You need to find someone to suffer with you." Give me a ranger with a partner and kids and apprentice, and a cabin by the woods that is never empty.
"Halt and Will" this, "Will and Horace" that, I'm a little insane recently so can we please. please can we talk about Gilan and Will because I'm being driven up the WALLS about them
Gilan first meets Will at the Gathering and he's like, "oh, this dude is tiny. but he's polite and Halt trusts him, so I do, too." and then they find out the Kalkara have been released and that Halt wants him- which is cool, whatever- and Will to go and help him track it. And he's completely fine to put his own life at risk, because he knows Halt and the kingdom and himself, but the moment it processes that Will is going to be walking into danger, he completely stops. I mean sure, he comes around to the plan, but one of the first things he says is, "But he's only a boy!" He barely knows this kid and wants him far away from any kind of danger. And when he listens to Halt, when he sees that Will is fully capable of taking care of himself, he even places trust in him, allowing him to ride Blaze to Redmont and beyond.
And then he takes him on a mission in the Burning Bridge. Can we just. Really process that. Like we all talk about Halt grieving Will after watching him be shipped away, but think about Gilan, who had left Will in charge and the next time he hears about him, he's probably not alive. The guilt would tear him apart. That was his brother, that was the boy he joked with and gave advice to and watched grow, and he left him for only a few days and suddenly he was gone. Not only did he have to grieve, he had to grieve on his own- Halt was spiraling, Crowley was trying to keep Halt in control, and the Rangers still had work to do. He couldn't react like Halt because someone still needed to help search for the convicts. He could only stand by, knowing it was his fault, blaming himself for leaving, unsure if his brother was alive or dead, watching his father become closed-off and wreckless.
When the time comes, he can't even search for Will. Halt goes, losing his title- the way he had even met Gilan, his shared aspect with the man, the part that had initially made him family- to find his brother without him. Gilan has to wait for a year, now without two family members rather than one, unsure if either of them were okay. He didn't even know if they would come home. And still, he has to blame himself, because if he had just taken Will with him back to the kingdom, if he had waited a little while longer, none of this would have happened.
And then Will comes back. The bright boy he had known so long ago is now even smaller than when Gilan had first met him. He has a hard time remembering things and gets cold too easily for a boy his age. His skin is pale and his eyes are tired, and deep down Gilan thinks that he did this. Will went through things no Ranger, especially no Ranger's apprentice, should go through, because of one careless mistake on Gilan. He doesn't know what even happened to him! All he knows is that Will and Halt have changed and Gilan hasn't. He tries to bond with him again, and everyone tells him not to blame himself, but holy shit it all went so wrong and Gilan barely had the chance to know.
And they end up okay, of course. Gilan works to give Will advice in his last year of training, as the mocking-older-brother he is, he makes fun of him when the younger apprentices model themselves after him. But I really think, deep down, Gilan still thinks about what could have happened if Halt hadn't been faster. He thinks about what might have happened if he had been smarter. Gilan wakes up in a cold sweat knowing that he ruined anything and was lucky for it all to be okay.
Anyway, I think we should have more bonding scenes for Gilan and Will and I want them back and I miss them and they mean so much to me and htey're brothers and and
Hanging out in the rain on top of a cabin <3
Progress shots below the cut.
WILL!!
...and Halt. Maybe you can find him?
Progress shots below the cut!
[ID: A digital drawing of Will, with a big smile, laying on the floor with a leashed dog on his chest. The dog is sticking his tongue out and his tail is wagging. The leash is being held by a farmer who is talking to Halt, whose back is facing the camera. /End ID]
The background is supposed to be the Araluen* market place or something but I am lazy.
(*I’ll have you know that autocorrect changed Araluen to alien).
Anyway og under the cut.
crowley: i'm fine, halt, it's just a scratch.
halt, dragging him with one arm over his shoulder: yeah? you've got a concussion and three broken ribs.
crowley: really? i don't seem to remember hitting my head.
halt: that would be the concussion.
Did I mention that I love Ferris
I'm back with more drawings!
Daydreaming is an important part of writing. Even without words pouring out onto paper, you're still the author of stories.
Horace: "You look like you just heard a bad joke." Halt: "No, I look like I’m wondering why I ever trusted you with a sword." Horace: "Well, I’m actually very trustworthy with a sword." Halt: "Then why is the one man you weren’t supposed to kill lying on the ground?" Horace: "Because he’s… tired?"
Been rereading The Kings of Clonmel lately and I'm pretty sure that's what sums up Halt and Ferris' relationship
HEY
For all you WONDERFUL FIC WRITERS who made the mistake of following me
LOOK AT THIS
I- I didn’t realize this but it’s so true
I’ve had these thoughts, too. Universe really said, “Hey! You need to see this” 😳
Another Month of Love fanart, but this time it's Will and Halt from Ranger's Apprentice being father and son! It's that one scene from Battle For Skandia. If you've read the book, you'll know what I'm talking about.
Reference.
Huge thanks to Richard of the Order of the Blade for throwing me around!
(If you’re in the UK, consider checking them out! The order are a combat school with a really fun and welcoming ethos)
And as always, more bows, swords, and nonesense on Patreon