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Bkstory:  C0, K2

Bkgd: ….C4.5, K3

ITEM1, SNAKETAT: C4,K5

ITEM2, SAND: C4, K4

ITEM3, FIRE: C4, K4

BELLS: C4, K3

WHISTLES: C4, K2

Items-story: C3.5, K4

Emotional: C3, K2.5

Bonus: C0.5, K0

Total: C by 2

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Items: Musical chairs style was ambitious, and congratulations on doing so well with it. I almost wish I had a built-in bonus for that, but I doubt it will come up often. Fire as snake put in shadow was the right call, made it less awkward. I put it on par with the fire as a crown and two-toned ritual-affected fire. The sand as fire was more plasma wave with glowing embers, but fire, yes. And on par with the sand as not only sand but an interesting ensemble minus smoothness value. (Keric, if you had made that one ‘strip’ droop like cloth, you’d have fived that and gone up in Whistles. Now snake as sand on condensation residue, very believable, but that made the danger less real. Putting more sand above it would’ve also raised Emo val for you. Keric won that category with snake tat as a magical poison emanation AND the ritual cairn-altar-pieces. Double the misuses without a smoothness dock is pretty much an auto-five and a ‘sorry-I-can’t-give-more.’ It’s a ‘high-five.’ Heh, heh.

Bonus: CS–Aladdin and Jasmine were it. Two towers, one inside and one outside. Those items WERE obstacles for IJ:RotLA, but not so close to Indiana’s final gambit. Who’d’ve thought eyelids were so powerful?

Christie! Pick 3 and set a deadline!

Breakdown in next post.

BTW? Does anyone know why I can’t copy-paste pretyped text here? What’s so ‘dangerous’ about it? 403 danger . . . forbidden?

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Characterizing this week, I’d say K did some original thinking and CS did loads and loads of polish on a (an?) homage.

Keric ‘formalized the existence’ of his backstory with a presented title.  Good story there. Christie’s background had depth in spades (see what I did there?) Had the stars been more diverse, or the walls had battle damage or something it might’ve fived. Keric’s background was a little flat, but the content was great. Floating land masses will do that.

Homages are nice but seem to produce a muted emotional effect in me. Keric’s piece had some ambiguity, so the emotional and items’ story category came out as a tie.

Bells and whistles were where CS really shone. K’s placement of two-toned fire was good, just ritually symmetrical enough that being identical was a problem. Otherwise it would’ve taken the category  with that difficult posing. What really hurt him in Whistles was that second left hand. Snakelike would’ve meant it was part of her affliction. Translucent would’ve been a twitch effect. It looked like an error. CS’s lighting and depth took that.

I’m having trouble posting–continued in another post block.

 

 

 

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Eechh. I think my luggage got eaten by one of those once. Glad for your return.

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I wouldn’t have Pict her, but I Celt she’d do well in the contest . . . Good work.

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I began to put together data on a rlsh who works in a hospital. He wore a cape to get the kids in the pediatric ER to talk and relax. Unfortunately, when I met him and expressed interest, he stopped, acted more Batman than Superman.

Ah, well. It would’ve been a good article for this site . . . but I’m more sorry he stopped entertaining the kids.

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“Inukshuk Eavesdrops” Just a comics page.

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u438/jamais5/2017hm/HerrD-InukshukEavesdrops_zpsgb0mexyb.png

*ILJInukshuk

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“Dearest Randine,

I sold our wyrmhide to John Forgetaylor, best armorer in the land. I stood at the edge of his shoppe watching him work his hides with hammer, fang-awl, and tempered curve-needels. His smiths make the frames, of course, and his hot-sawyers remove the fangs and claws to save him time. I had only missed the careful butchery of a wain-sized mother and colt-sized hatchlings by a day, my luck. But with the ev’n came free heat for the township, as the smiths and hot-sawyers had broken open her heart the reste of the way, and the grinders had already begun the final shaping of the egg-shelle fragments. Forgive me, Randine, as I will no doubt be a full two days late returning. I will, however, return with the shaped plates for our engraver personally, and so we will save enough on the shipping that we can have our whole wedding party dine upon our new dish pattern.

All My Love,

Mychall”

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u438/jamais5/2017hm/HerrD-JohnForgetaylor_zpsh3tfe05c.png

*val

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Okay–no entries. New deadline: 2/21/17 3pm EST tbj in 5hr. Same items, but for that extra half-point, you have to name that hero and heroine and work a tower into the pic or use the ruined tower item somehow.

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Welcome back! Ugo’s gone away . . . please bring us your excellentness here!

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Suleman wrote:

Damn, that’s a fine sword. The rainbow effects must have taken some effort.

I second that. I’m wondering whether you can simultaneously cut and paint with that particular blade.

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I personally would only alter the skin color–somehow the sunburned color looks wrong? And go for less symmetry in the rocks. Cool though.

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Interesting bridge btw mud and ethereal, besides great work.

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Highlighting excellent as always. What kind of wind could do that do an angel, even a bionic one?

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Thanks!

. . . Randall, I would’ve taken that for a fresh wound right above the jawline by a shaped club like a robot hand, so I would’ve thought it wasn’t just blood or a tat. Good reason for clarification. The color was just right for that.

An extra half-point to whoever tells me which hero and heroine faced these ‘obstacles’ close to the climax of the hero’s final successful gambit.

Due 2/10/17 3pm, hopefully to be judged by 8pm. Here’s three:

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“With A Tap, Kvar Fails Stealth Training.”

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u438/jamais5/2017hm/HerrD-WithATapKvarFailsStealthTraining_zpsml51lnhv.png

*Wing doubled as headpiece, shoulder as trainer camo, other wing as tapper.

–Love your backstory, Randall.

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