#vampirony

[ludevika]

Death refs for Artfight! Will this be the time where I actually start using Tumblr regularily? Who knows, who knows

[choppedmint]

Friend Made A Vampire Point-And-Click :DDD

Loooooooook, if you've been around me for any stretch of time, you've had me talk your ear off about my special interests. And the running one since late 2020 has been an unpublished mystery point-and-click game made by my friend, called Vampirony.

Well the first little installment released and I'm so hecking hyped. Bouncing off the walls hyped.

It's historical and has vampires. >:3 There's also a murder. It's humorous and generally I can and will keep talking about it. I've haunted the Art Forums with fan art of this little unpublished creature for years and fiiiinally I get to scream about a physical thing.

If you're interested: ludevika.itch.io/the-vampirony-blood-on-the-midnight-train

But also eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! //happy dancing// Look at the man! I'm obsessed with the man! (His name is Chrissi.)

[maryjeanstar]

[ludevika]

More artfight refs? More artfight refs.

A literal unicorn (badly masquerading as a street urchin), the unoffical official vampire queen and a actress lady specialized in breeches roles doing phantom thievery exploits at night.

... I like the aesthetics Vampirony is starting to develop.

[ludevika]

Talking animation practice with two Vampirony lads~

Death is as deadpan (ha) as ever, and Chrissi... his usual slightly smug self.

[ludevika]

Even more references for ArtFight! It's starting today, so excited~

Both of these guys are absolutely pathetic dishrags of men, but I love them dearly anyhow.

[ludevika]

The Cavalry is coming! ... Well, their horses are, at any rate. And Principessa, the grey one, is a force to be reckoned with on her own. Some horse concepts for Vampirony. Designing horses is definetly a favorite past time of mine - for my project, I want to make it a point of having the equines we see actually appear as individuals rather than generic bays or something.

Vampirony is mostly set in mid to late 19th Prussia, so the first step in creating the first pons was to find out what breed would've been most commonly used in the Prussian cavalry. It should come as no surprise that Prussia (being Prussia) had breeding programs for the expressed purpose of rearing horses for military and representation purposes starting in the late 1700s. The 'Gestüt Trakehnen' (situtated in the former provence of East Prussia, existant till 1944; the region is now part of modern Russia) was the most important amongst the stud farms, also becoming the namesake for a breed of horse still popular today - the Trakehner. So it stood to reason to model the cavalry horses after this breed. The most common coat color appeared to be bay, so I went with that. Honestly, for me as an artist it's a quite nice color to work with, simply due to the variety it offers. The exception here is the aforementioned Principessa, the Grey, who is the Rittmeisters/captain's stead - now his design is still in the works, as are his troops, but I hope to introduce you to the boys soon. For the time being, have their horses.

Sources: http://www.trakehnenverein.de/geschichte-Ostpr_Remonten.html (it's in German, sorry) https://www.kulturforum.info/de/kk-magazin/perspektiven/8682-des-koenigs-letzte-pferde-mythos-trakehner#:~:text=Die%20Trakehner%20waren%20urspr%C3%BCnglich%20ausschlie%C3%9Flich,das%20beste%20Kavalleriepferd%20der%20Welt. (and in German again) https://www.kunstkopie.de/kunst/carl_schulz/kavallerie-im-feldzug.jpg (an example for the kind of art I use for color inspiration for the animal designs)