Notes:
- First of all, wow it's been a while since I've posted any Hero Forge models but I definitely have a few older ones that I need to post :)
- I'm pretty happy with how this turned out, thank goodness that the cold shoulder top exists on Hero Forge cause that's the only good sleeveless option that I could find
- I have 4 decal layers just for the shadow under the face lol
- I wishhh I could've added more bows, but sadly that's not a side gear option (there is one on his back though)
- Fuzzy fey ears as head wingies ftw
Oh and also kitbashing is finally out!! I don't have Hero Forge Pro, so sadly I can't use it, but I'm excited for all of the folk over on r/heroforgeminis who can! :D
DDVAU by @kitsuneisi and @xmaruu11 ofc :)
Pose is from part 1 of the comic series, and I colour picked from part 3
Linkety link (view in 3D!): https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D49137933/
I was tagged by @hedwigoprah and with their mini of my beloved Veryl Ingellvar 💚
Also check out @mythals-whore's mini of Cyri, who started this trend and @seaglassmelody's mini of Sabi! @city-of-heavenly-heartbreaks provided the resource, this is so cool, thank you all!! As an avid DnD player this healed something in me. Look at my little ranger/rogue multiclass. Fear them! AHAHAHA
Here's the link to HeroForge to make a mini of your OC.
My baby! Look how they shine! Cocky little asshole XD
To celebrate, I recreated the three biotypes shown off fully in Bogleech's recent introduction to the world of Mortasheen post, in HeroForge!
Zombie Mini - Orlok mini - Shade mini
Hope y'all like these crude imitations, and good luck to Jonathan with the first publication of the book!!! Mortasheen (specifically a link to Twileye from the Undertale wiki's article on Glyde) was my first real exposure to his work, and without it I don't think I would be who I am today. In a good way!
Hana Song—better known by her screen name “D.Va”–is the best of the best. A former professional gamer, D.Va now puts her skills to use as a mech pilot in defense of South Korea. She and the other pilots, known as the MEKA Squad, stand between their country and the invading Gwishin: a mechanical threat from deep beneath the sea.
Location: Busan
View all Overwatch characters on the Bugpy's Forge website.
Been reading @the-mountain-flower's fic The Exiled and the Outcast (which y'all should totally go read btw) and the obsession followed me to Hero Forge. (Don't ask how long Dainix's cloak took to get right.)
Whitemare prepares to throw another stick of material toward whatever it is she feels needs a more destructive force this time, as though tossing a firework or a percussive flare.
Whitemare is a ghostly figure haunting the Hinterlands who often appears as a phantom horse, dressed in all-white rags, and is commonly associated with acts of mischief, destruction, and ecoterrorism against unethical oil wells, anti-ecological development projects, and more.
A being of indeterminate gender, they often appear in the Cattlemancer's stories throughout his legacy, as well as a few tales of their own as the history progresses. For instance, here they are, preparing to toss some anti-construction material at an environmentally-unfriendly construction project.
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This is the first post featuring a non-CM character where the non-CM character is actually from within the Cattlemancer's own lore this time. The others have been crossed over with other corners of the Inglenook universe.
This was one of the earlier characters I associated with the Cattlemancer's recurring cast, and I didn't really intend for him to be such a Ghost Rider/Moon Knight total buffazoid, but I don't exactly mind it either.
Up next, the only model I have of one of my rare fandom OCs. I typically only make one per fandom, so this is mdzs!
This is Crow, a nameless and amnesiac raven. The animal reincarnation of an ancient demonic cultivator puppeting the skeleton of their previous life. Wwx named them upon meeting them when he mistook their species in the dark, and then found it funny enough he kept the name.
It's vanishingly rare these guys get lore, but this one does!
I typically keep to book or anime continuity, and crow is my nod to cql/the untamed. In this, crow is the only known member of a rare and unorthodox species - a yin skeleton.
To 'become' a yin skeleton, a few criteria must be met: a creature of sufficient power and resentment must die an unsettled death and yet refuse to become a resentful spirit. Their corpse must then be left, undisturbed and unburied in whatever state it was left in, in a location of immense resentful energy with full exposure to (the purifying yin of) the moon. After many years, once the flesh has rotted off the bones, the skeleton left will rise once more and mindlessly seek out its soul. Should it encounter the soul in their new body, and the soul accept the undead shell rather than fleeing or destroying it, the bond between mind and body will be forged anew, and the skeleton becomes a second body of the soul, allowing it to cultivate immense amounts of yin energy without damage to the current vessel.
Having no organs, it of course cannot talk or feel pain, though resentment puppets its limbs and allows it to see and hear just as well as any reanimated skeleton - better, even. Though it can carry out orders and operate from a significant distance, a yin skeleton will always be drawn back to its soul, seeking out what it can never again have.
Crow is the reincarnation of whoever created the burial mounds, the losing side. It's been so long since they first reincarnated, gained their yin skeleton, and cultivated to sapience that they no longer recall anything about their human life, including their old gender. Wwx theorises that they could be Xue Chonghai himself, or one of his disciples, but any clues are long since lost to time and they're not really interested in finding out. Nonetheless, they have 'lived' in the burial mounds undisturbed and undiscovered for centuries, learning and experimenting with yin energy with their decreasingly limited intelligence and total lack of resources or modern knowledge.
Wwx encounters them for the first time utilising corpses for a dance ritual to expose the sky above the thick smog. Think a rain dance, but in reverse. Though they're not a fighter (nothing to fight in the burial mounds if you're part of it) or good at using their words (nothing to talk to in the burial mounds period), they nonetheless possess a deep understanding of yin energy/resentment and its interactions with its cultivators that wwx reverse engineers and uses to reach even greater heights. Vaguely endeared and deeply interested in the most unusual thing to happen in the mounds in literal centuries, their raven body often leaves the mounds to scavenge for berries and the like for wwx to eat, because lord knows what he was eating in canon.
When wwx breaks out of the burial mounds, they intermittently visit him, acquiring a veiled hat and covering robes to avoid getting hunted down, pretending mutism and the bird being a talking service animal trained for translation. They could not look any more like a demonic cultivator if they tried, though, so results are mixed. They are often one crow among the many that follow wwx around being ominous and creepy, so it's no surprise he thought they were one too at first!
With a reason and desire to explore and socialise (with like, one person lol), Crow slowly grows to genuinely like wwx and shows initiative by spying for information. This works worryingly well, being just a bird and a super powered undead. When wwx brings the wens to the burial mounds, Crow is introduced to them all and in turn shows them the way to the old sect ruins, where they settle. They bond with wn, unsurprisingly, and are extremely fond of him and the small human who is soon unafraid to approach them. During the first siege of the burial mounds, wwx orders them to hide and guard a-yuan, and they do so, though they struggle to care for him as his fever climbs. When lwj comes and rescues a-yuan, they follow him in secret, often checking in on the pair in between general spying and stalking and trying to clean up the mounds.
When wwx is forcibly brought back to life in a new body, his own skeleton wakes up and tries to find him. Crow takes care of it like an exasperated child minder, keeping it from running out in public or off cliffs in search of him, until they encounter him halfway up dafan mountain. A dark human shape looming in the shadows of the trees just off the path looking straight at him, following the narrative it'd be the first time the audience meets them lol. The very image of Bad News.
Crow leads wwx to a clearing, where there is the outline of a tall, broad figure standing just inside the shade cast by the trees. Red eyes, tumbling and tattered hair, flowing robes. It steps out into the moonlight, and wwx's skeleton is skinless and bare but for the cloak Crow has forced it into. Wwx reaches for the grasping bony hands with zero hesitation, and thus wwx gets his own yin skeleton - the first ever human to do so.
As a demonic hippie, essentially, Crow isn't really a fighter - preferring to cultivate through dance where wwx chooses music - though they aren't afraid to dish the pain. Like any other undead, the skeleton does all the work, fighting unarmed with immense brute strength, speed and endurance. Like wn, basically. When not covered from head to toe to participate in society they typically wear very loose, gaping clothing to allow Crow to climb around on the bones. They typically rest in the exposed ribcage like a birdcage, but when making a point they often climb into the skull to peer from an eye socket (which is why the design has a single red eye. All very goth. I was going to use a normal eye but it looks absolutely HORRIFYING on a skeleton XD).
Crow, being a bird in charge of a skeleton in a pit of death, cares very little for appearances, and their yin skeleton is clothed in repaired and stolen rags from the corpses. The only thing remaining of their past life is a weirdly indestructible cloak/outer robe embroidered with falling red leaves. Shoes are very hard to wear when you don't have any skin or muscles, and it's not like it can get scratches or sore feet anyway, so it's barefoot, only using wraps to give the illusion of shoes. The whole chest was supposed to be exposed so you could see the ribs! But there weren't any chest pieces like that so I had to settle. It does look SUPER cool though. The feathers on their chest are from the bird! It's hard to tell given the dark colours and the blood, but they're the same blue as the wings! The arm guards and wraps are basically just falconry gloves so Crow can land safely and not fall off the bones lol. The moon/yin bleaching has left the bones really white, unlike natural skeletons which are yellow. The bleaching white is for hygiene and aesthetic I think.
Due to the bird cultivating resentment, Crow successfully reached immortality in their flesh and blood body. Perhaps they could have been human by now had they stayed in the reincarnation cycle and led good lives, but they prefer the life they have. If they could speak eloquently enough they could revolutionise the study of yin, but wwx is the only one who really listened. Eventually, perhaps, if they form the undead trio with wn and sl (and a-qing, technically) and one of the two teaches them the modern writing system. Due to all the spying and exploring (breaking and entering) they do, they often struggle to have patience with surprise or denial. Crow may have bitten someone in frustration. Or five.
Luckily, lsh and jl regard them as the creepy but helpful uncle, and enjoy petting the raven as much as it enjoys being pet. The adults who know of them are mostly warily resigned to ominous eyeless staring and a bird randomly sharing personal details of their enemies. It's how they show their love.
Man but I'm SO happy with the design, it came out SO WELL!!
If you've read this far, yay! Tell me what you think ^u^
