#drakerys

[mndine]

3eme portrait toujours sur du Gn: Solon Ombrielle

[asta-daily]

Drakerys III - The Valgar Isles

It's that time of the year. Time to travel to the faraway land of imagination, to the land of Drakerys. I will be interpreting Ol'Index the Librarian. an very old man, quite senile and anarchist at heart, that love books and knowledge beyond all rationality. To support his community that was devastated by a dragon attack and subsequent the sinking of their poisoned island Kaiku, he will try to build a new home on the Valgar Isles, currently at war with a lot of people. Life isn't easy for the natives of Kaiku, for they goal is a quite complicated one to achieve: They want to live in peace in their home, without having to swear allegiance to any other country, God or Dragon. tsk, tsk, tsk... That will be hard. Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook [ PSA : - Daily Updates on Pixiv, Facebook and PF will be on hold until my return next week. - Deviantart and Tumblr are scheduled as usual ^^] *** Voici venu le temps de voyager vers les contrées de l'imagination, voici venir la saison des GN !Je serais sur Drakerys Opus III en tant que Pépé Index, le vieil anarchiste des natifs de Kaiku amoureux des livres et féru de savoir qui viens néanmoins se rendre sur les Iles Valgar suite la la disparition de Kaiku pour cause de Dragon et de submersion.   La vie n'est pas facile pour les natifs, car ce qu'ils désirent avant tout est un rêve inaccessible : Une portion de terre à eux où vivre en paix loin de tout roi, empereur, Dragon, ou Dieu. tss, tss, tss... Ça va être coton, tiens. Criterium sur carnet A6

[Annonce :

- Les doodles quotidiens sont mis en pause sur Pixiv, Facebook et PF et seront rattrapés à mon retour la semaine prochaine.- Deviant Art et Tumblr seront mis à jour comme de coutume ^^]  

[luunacrazy]

Hey! A few months ago I took part in my first life size role playing games, Drakerys inter-Gn Irosia. It was a big challenge for the first time, but it’s awsome. On this occasion I was guided by a band of broken arms that I am proud to be alble tou count among my friends. And like all PG, it has reserved for us epic situations, cult replicas and monstrous laughter. It is with pleasure, and a lot of fun, that I share with you the adventures of my companions and myself ^^ My Ladies, My Sirs, I present you the Ombrielle family !

“philosophy is good, Praised knees are better !”

[meetmyminis]

2016 in numbers

2016 is now behind us, and it’s time for a recap of these past 12 months !

As a hobbyist it has been a GREAT year, with a steady painting/gaming rythm. Typically I played one evening per week, plus an extra afternoon here and there. I played and painted more this past year than any other year of my hobbyist life, and probably stacked more games than the past 5 years put together :)

I like to keep track of my “gaming numbers” : games played, minis painted, Wons/Losses, etc. So here is a breakdown of what I’ve painted and what I’ve played !

MINIS PAINTED : 163

97 WarmaHordes (213pts, MKII&III put together)

31 Age of Sigmar (1480pts, as per the matched point ruleset)

14 Warhammer 40K (405pts Wysiwyg)

12 Blood Bowl (skaven starting team)

7 Guild Ball (Fishermen team including goal post)

2 Drakerys (Elementals we gave to a LGS)

Plus a few sceneries and tokens/objectives, mainly for the Crossroads of Courage league, and a Realmgate for AoS. I didn’t achieve the WarmaHordes 1pt/day 2016 challenge, but it made me paint wayyyy more than I would have done otherwise ; I was so close to the 100 WarmaHordes models ! I’m happy with the amount of AoS minis I pulled even if I didn’t get to play (see below), but a bit disappointed to have dropped out of my online painting challenge Tales of Sigmar, which would have boosted these numbers and added Sylvaneth to my Order Alliance.

GAMES PLAYED : 78

59 WarmaHordes (51 Minions, 6 Mercenaries, 2 Trollbloods)

12 Guild Ball (Fishermen)

2 Age of Sigmar (I wish I had done more)

2 Blood Bowl (Squeeeek!)

1 Arena Rex (Only base colors on minis, shame on me)

1 Drakerys (Elves of Avaren)

1 Warhammer 40K (My first in ages, but a prelude to maaaany more)

This doesn’t include demos I gave or tried. WarmaHordes was obviously THE game of the year for me, with a ratio slightly above once game/week ! I missed the MKIII journeyman hype train to start my Trollbloods, so it was definitely a Minions year. I got late into the Guild Ball party but I’m glad I found the time, because it is definitely my main 2016 discovery. I’m disappointed of not playing enough AoS, I really like it and I wish I had gotten more games in... but with a lack of a strong community and OP, I didn’t put time/energy to find players and got involved into Warmachine/Hordes leagues and community instead. Speaking of leagues, I’d like to recap my OP participations !

ORGANIZED PLAY EVENTS : 10

2 WarmaHordes Tournaments (Giga-Con)

5 WarmaHordes Leagues (Journeyman, Iron Company, Crossroads of Courage Season 1 & 2, Battle for Athanc — Ongoing)

1 Guild Ball League (Figo League)

1 Arena Rex League (Slow-grow league)

1 Blood Bowl League (Winter Bowl League)

I also got into a few painting challenges (AoS, WMH, 40K). Most of the leagues spanned 3 weeks/1 month. Organized play is really what drives me to get my minis from my shelves to my painting station and the battlefield : if you want to get/keep me in a game, organize events ! I usually follow OPs as a guideline for my hobby projects. Participating into all this was great ; you get to meet different and awesome people, build up stories and silly memories throught the games... Good stuff ! My only disappointement is that I had a hard time finding players for the Arena Rex and Blood Bowl leagues, probably due to timing (in the middle of a major local convention for the former, just before December holidays for the latter) and the (few) people’s availabilties didn’t fit my schedule.

To conclude, as I said above, I had an AMAZING year. All those games were fully painted (except for Drakerys with its colored plastic) and I’m truly proud to have “achieved” such numbers. What to expect for 2017 then ? Let’s make a short list of my intents and whereabouts, from highest-priority to lowest :

Paint as many (or more) models, get as many (or more) games

Try a few more conventions/tournaments (without sacrificing family life)

Warhammer 40K : get into it ! The community looks great and fluff-driven. I’ve already signed up for two (!) simultaneous leagues starting in January, one with my Tyranids and the other with my Genestealer Cults. It looks like to be my main game at least for the start of the year, and a serious challenger to WarmaHordes.

WarmaHordes : keep rocking the Battle for Athanc campaign, be part of the Crossroads of Courage S3&4, finally start my Trolls and/or Mercs.

Guild Ball : paint/play the Hunter team whenever the next league shows up !

Age of Sigmar : if my LGS runs any kind of campaign, I'll be down for it. Depending on the type, I’ll keep building on my Stormcast or start a new faction, as I already have a few boxes...

Play the games still on my shelves, my main priority being Paolo Parente’s DUST 1947. Models and game look great, and I own several starters, so no excuses ! I have many other games but I won’t name them because the list is long :)

Try new games if I can ! This is a long shot because I already have a pretty full agenda, and you can only do so much if you want to spend time with your family or have other activities. But on the top of my head i’d really like to get demos of Bolt Action and SAGA (first), maybe Frostgrave and Warzone (second), and lastly Infinity, Dropzone/Dropfleet, Batman, Relic Knights, Malifaux... This is purely out of curiosity to discover other game systems, and the USA, with its hordes of versatile players, seems the right place to do it :)

That’s it for now, folks ! I wish you again a happy new year and the best for 2017, may your models get painted and your dice rolled ! Have fun and talk to you soon !

[mndine]

Clotho Ombrielle: Kyvernitis (gouverneur) du Triangle du Sud

[mndine]

Mon premier essais d'un portrait “réaliste”. Merci Jonathan de m'avoir preter ta tête. https://www.instagram.com/p/CIu8tflhq0xNuBLqZSuuFtqb2Xb-YIoccM3aB00/?igshid=1djhigkfku65y

[asta-daily]

Xronian Clockwork

As a gift to the library of Kaiku, the Xronians built a special Clock for Index. It has quite the number of hands, one of them turning in reverse. There's also a clepsydra dripping upward, many wonderfully engraved gears and a crystal pendulum. Index complains a bit about the eerie green light at night but he recognize this piece of art is a very useful tool of exquisite craftsmanship.   Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook Do you too want a doodle from me? Just tell me at ko-fi.com/Astanael *** En gage d'amitié, le peuple Xroniens a conçu pour la bibliothèque de Kaiku une bien étrange horloge. Elle a un nombre important d'aiguilles, dont certaines tournent dans l'autre sens. Une clepsydre s'écoulant vers le haut en orne le sommet. Les multiples jours laissent apercevoir des rouages finements gravés de runes tandis qu'un pendule de cristal bat la mesure. Pépé Index se plaint un peu que l'étrange lumière verte qui en émane l'empêche de dormir mais il reconnait volontiers que cette merveille d'horlogerie est bien utile et est le produit du summum d'un artisanat d'une exquise finesse.   Criterium sur carnet A6 Vous aussi vous voulez que je vous dessinne un doodle ? C'est par ici : ko-fi.com/Astanael

[asta-daily]

Drakerys ]|[ - Index Memory

After many attempts, Mirana finally managed to convince Ol'Index to let her cast the miracle of Jael upon him. With the powers of the Angel of Memory, they will learn the secret of the past of the old librarian, she said. Ol'Index was laughing in petto. He didn't think they will be able to learn anything useful. It's true that his memories before entering the Walker Church were blurry at most. Sure the libraries was filled with many weird treasures from all around the world. But what can they learn from an old librarian like him whose best skill are endless talks and infinite drinking? Surely no more than some embarrassing times in a Xao brothel or fishing along the Irosian coast... - Focus on the past, Focus on the time you want to recall. Jael! Angel of the Past, Angel of Memories! Open the Mind Gate for this man, let the memory flow into his mind! Ol'Index closed his eyes and muttered: "Before the church, What was I doing before the Church..." Stone. Cold. I'm lying down. Can't move. Vision's blurry. Focus... Now I can see. White walls. Dwarves. Xronian dwarves. Runes. Operation. They are operating... on me! Stress! Fear! but... no pain.  They've opened my stomach, now searching through my intestines. Blood everywhere. Gloves. Strange glasses. Strange tools. They are doing something to me. They are doing something of me. We're watched. There is something in the shadows. Something big. I see a clawed paw, massive, rhythmically clicking on the stone. A Sphinx, it's a Sphinx! I WAS MADE BY A SPHINX ! ... - "So! What did you saw! Tell us!" Dampening his lips, Index took a while to choose his words. He must have been a long moment in this state of trance, for there was a lot more people in the library, watching him intensely. As he told them the memory he had, he saw their expecting faces becoming more and more perplexed. When he reached the part about the Sphinx, they gasped. Wild and passionate discussions immediately fused from everywhere, each of them having a different theory. Ol'Index took the opportunity to sip a glass of liquor and think. How will he broke to them the most important piece of information from the dream? That the Xronians dwarves disappeared from the surface of Drakerys 6000 years ago, which means he must be over that much years old...   Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook Excrept from the LARP Drakerys ]|[ : The Valgar Isles *** Après moult insistance, Mirana parvint finalement à convaincre Pépé Index de la laisser lancer son Miracle de Jael sur lui. Par le pouvoir de l'Ange de la Mémoire, nul doute qu'ils pourraient enfin épier le passé mystérieux du vieux bibliothécaire. Pépé Index se marrait tout de même in petto. Il les voyait espérer obtenir les secrets de l'univers dans son passé, mais doutais fortement qu'ils trouvent autre chose que des passages embarrassants dans un bordel de Xao ou du cabotage en état d’ébriété sur les côtes irosiennes. Certes, c'est vrai que les babioles accumulés dans la bibliothèque proviennent des quatre coins du monde et que ses souvenirs d'avant son entrée dans l’Église du marcheur sont complètement disparus. Mais franchement, que pourrait savoir sur l'univers un vieux bibliothécaire dont les seuls compétences se limitent à causer à tord et à travers et à boire sans fin ? - "Focalise-toi sur le passé. Focalise-toi sur la période dont tu veux te souvenir. Jael ! Ange du passé, Ange de la Mémoire ! Ouvre pour cet homme ici présent les portes de l'esprit ! Laisse le flux du passé rejoindre celui du présent ! Pépé Index ferma ses yeux et murmura : "Avant l'église, que faisait-je avant l'église du marcheur..." Pierre. Froid. Je suis allongé. Impossible de bouger. Vision floue, je dois pouvoir... c'est mieux, je vois. Murs de marbre blanc. Runes. Des nains. Des nains xroniens. Une opération. Il opèrent... sur moi ! Stress ! Peur ! Mais... pas de douleur. Mon ventre est grand ouvert, ils fouillent parmi mes intestins. Du sang partout. Gants. Étranges lunettes. Étranges outils. Il me font quelque chose. Ils font quelque chose de moi. Autre chose. Dans l'ombre. Qui regarde, ordonne. Massif. Rythmiquement cliquetant les griffes de son énorme patte sur le marbre. Un Sphinx. C'est un Sphinx ! J'AI ÉTÉ CRÉE PAR UN SPHINX ! ... - "Alors !? Qu'est-ce que t'as vu pépé ?" Index s'humecta les lèvres et commença à raconter le souvenir de sa voix traînante. Il avait du rester en transe un bon moment car la bibliothèque était désormais remplie de monde, buvant ses paroles et le fixant intensément du regard. Au fur et à mesure qu'il avançait dans son récit, il vit la perplexité envahir leur faces. Quand il arriva au passage du Sphinx, ils se mirent tous à spéculer et théoriser. Chacun y allait de sa théorie, de son interprétation. Pépé Index profita de cette pause pour se rincer le gosier et réfléchir à comment leur annoncer ce qu'ils n'avaient pas encore saisi : le peuple des nains xroniens avait disparu de la surface de Drakerys il y a près de 6000 ans, et que par conséquent il était vieux d'autant... Criterium sur carnet A6 Extrait du GN Drakerys ]|[ : La conquete des Îles Valgar