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The Dragon Hunter

Here's a series I just finished. Just thought I'd share.






The end.

[edit: was playing with my web page and moved my images. Fixed now.]
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Whoa, I am very, very impressed Rosh! That's so very awesome! I can draw stick figures. That's it. You rock, you do, you do!!

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those fuckin rock dude
hell of a good job
and i love fantasy

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amazing.

Post script:

how long did it take?

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Good, however since I'm a hardcore fantasy RPG kinda guy I must say that you DO NOT use a shield with an axe that big.

Plus in the first pic the knight looks a little uninspired. Can you do blur effects? If so putting a little motion blur into the pix would really bring them to life.

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Originally posted by SkapeGoat:
Good, however since I'm a hardcore fantasy RPG kinda guy I must say that you DO NOT use a shield with an axe that big.

Plus in the first pic the knight looks a little uninspired. Can you do blur effects? If so putting a little motion blur into the pix would really bring them to life.

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thats some damn fine magic to make an axe that big that light. he must have magic armor too, since its just sticking to his body without straps or ties. also i think its kind of mean to be picking on such a young dragon, its a tiny little thing.

oh, by the by, thats really fucking cool looking. how do you make stuff like that?

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Great, GREAT, GREAT STUFF!!!!

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give the man some points for this...
its cool as fuck

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Originally posted by aminal:
give the man some points for this...
its cool as fuck

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Anyone else besides me think that in the second pic the dragon has boobs?


This stuff is pretty cool. A young dragon or not it begs to mention the time honored saying, "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

Do you make other pics like these? If so, I'd like to see them. Your pretty damn good at what you do!

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Originally posted by Timeenoughforlove:
This stuff is pretty cool. A young dragon or not it begs to mention the time honored saying, "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

Do you make other pics like these? If so, I'd like to see them. Your pretty damn good at what you do!

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I like that quote. I think I've heard it, but it's been a while back. It's derived from the "Meddle not in the affairs of wizards for they are fickle and quick to anger" (or something like that) quote, right?

If you want more images, I've got tons in the gallery section of my web page (click the link in my sig). I have 2 others with dragons, and about 4 or so with knights/warrriors/wizards/etc. The rest aren't really fantasy-oriented, but I still like them.

Also check the Ramblings page (link under the flash section till I update) as I post links to new images there until I get around to updating the galleries.

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Its not a young dragon, its got wings and stands on its own.., only thing I don't like is where the fire is coming from his mouth, his toung is up so its coming off his tounge? oh well, this stuff is really amazing.

oh yeah, and I thought in the first one he was yelling at the dragon to the effect of you'll kill no more or something, I'd like to read a story with this.

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Comparing the size of the dragons body to the knight, they are about equal. Assuming that the neck is the same length as the body and the tail being twice as long, we have a total length of 24'. According to AD&D rules in the Montrous Compendium binder and the Monster Manual, that would put the dragons age at just about 26-50 years old. Though a Juvenile, he would be old enough to breath flame.

I tried to look at your page Roshigoth but I could get nothing to come up but the flash frame. It's probably my shitty ISP and bitchy shadowbox at fault.
As for the saying, I think it is based on the one about wizards. I guess a good rule can apply for more than one thing.

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Originally posted by Timeenoughforlove:
Comparing the size of the dragons body to the knight, they are about equal. Assuming that the neck is the same length as the body and the tail being twice as long, we have a total length of 24'. According to AD&D rules in the Montrous Compendium binder and the Monster Manual, that would put the dragons age at just about 26-50 years old. Though a Juvenile, he would be old enough to breath flame.

I tried to look at your page Roshigoth but I could get nothing to come up but the flash frame. It's probably my shitty ISP and bitchy shadowbox at fault.
As for the saying, I think it is based on the one about wizards. I guess a good rule can apply for more than one thing.

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Actually, though from my camera angles and such, you can't tell, but the dragon's body is ~ 1.5 times the knight's height... But that's pretty much irrelevant. I wasn't going strictly by D&D rules anyway.

If you can't get the flash page to load, there's always my non-flash page: http://gcheese.com/noflash.html
Hope that works.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Roshigoth:
[b] Actually, though from my camera angles and such, you can't tell, but the dragon's body is ~ 1.5 times the knight's height... But that's pretty much irrelevant. I wasn't going strictly by D&D rules anyway.

A bit of a mistake on my part with the first calculation. According to the books, it would be a hatchling under 5 years old and unable to breath fire. At 1.5 X the length of the knight it would make him 36 foot long and between 6-15 years old. Very Young according to the rules and still not old enough to breathe flame.
Of course you could always claim it to be a magically enlarged Dragonet, (they normally grow to only 4'.) Either that or a midget red dragon, (Perhaps that would explain why it looks so pissed off at the knight.)

You should always go by the D&D rules! To not do so is blasphemy unto the minions of rabid, dice-rolling fantasy freaks of this world. Repent or my troops shall lay siege to your castle and burn ye out! :P

Cool pics on your site. I wish I had the software you have so I could take a stab at it myself.
I've seen this one somewhere else though but for the life of me can't remember where.

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Originally posted by Timeenoughforlove:
A bit of a mistake on my part with the first calculation. According to the books, it would be a hatchling under 5 years old and unable to breath fire. At 1.5 X the length of the knight it would make him 36 foot long and between 6-15 years old. Very Young according to the rules and still not old enough to breathe flame.

You should always go by the D&D rules! To not do so is blasphemy unto the minions of rabid, dice-rolling fantasy freaks of this world. Repent or my troops shall lay siege to your castle and burn ye out! :P

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3rd Edition is the tool of the Devil!!

I've been playing 2nd Ed. for over a decade now and the idea of over $2,000 in books, miniatures, and game aids being now obselete makes me angry. I'll never play under 3rd. My dignity won't allow it. (Besides, change scares me.)

I used these charts to sum up the size and age of your dragon. The idea that at 36' a dragon could do 10-14d10 hp damage under the 3rd Ed just seems WAY off to me. To just be able to do 10d10 under 2nd Ed. the dragon would have to be twice the size of yours. (Thus another reason for me to stick with the tried and true version I play.) See for yourself:


Those programs are pretty pricey! I guess that I'll just have to send a letter to Santa on that one. I just asked my wallet if I could afford one of them and he is still laughing at me! Stupid wallet. Shut up and get back in my pocket!

I'm not sure exactly where I saw that pic before but I'm certain that I have seen it. I'm going to look on a couple of sites I know of where I think it is. If I find it I'll let you know.

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Those programs are pretty pricey! I guess that I'll just have to send a letter to Santa on that one. I just asked my wallet if I could afford one of them and he is still laughing at me! Stupid wallet. Shut up and get back in my pocket!

I'm not sure exactly where I saw that pic before but I'm certain that I have seen it. I'm going to look on a couple of sites I know of where I think it is. If I find it I'll let you know.
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Third edition is much, much nicer than 2nd. Many rules are cleared up and simplified, everything really makes much more sense, and it just looks to be more fun. But then, I'm not afraid of change, despite the tons of money I've sunk into the 2nd edition. On the bright side, they do include a conversion guide to convert much of that stuff over to 3rd edition

And the new monster manual doesn't give lengths in feet. It just gives the Category sizes, so perhaps I'm mistaken in including the tail in the size. Anyway, even on your table, the hatchlings have breath weapons.

But like I said, I wasn't going by D&D rules on this pic. But yeah, he is kinda small. He still towers over the knight, and that's what's important

Yeah, the programs are pricey. I'm still saving up for the new version of Rhino, and I'm also saving up for Flash 5 and Freehand 9 (bundled together for $150 educational version)
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stop talking about D&D1 we've spent too much time convincing them we aren't the dorks we are to have you two ruin it now.

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all of you are role playing nerds.

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Thank God! I love being a nerd. My biggest fear is that I might be mistaken for being cool.

I'll be damned, Dosh. Your right, they CAN breathe flame. (I think this just proves that I need to quite staying up so damn late all the time. How in the hell did I miss it?) As for the game being simplified, THAT's why I don't want 3rd. If I wanted simple I'd play my early 80's copy of the entry level basic set. In my campaign we use almost every far out system ever created, Planescape, Spelljammer, psionics, Player's Option. Its the challenge of using the complicated rules that are half the fun for us. Over simplification is one of the reasons I never took to playing Magic. It always seemed to me and my group as D&D for Dummies. Partially I think that the problem with the game becoming simplified is that Wizards of the Coast bought it a couple of years ago. (They make pokeman crap as well.) It's all about money. You'll make more cash if you water something down for the average joe to comprehend. D&D was never meant for the average joe. It's a Nerd game. Or WAS.

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Originally posted by Timeenoughforlove:
Thank God! I love being a nerd. My biggest fear is that I might be mistaken for being cool.

I'll be damned, Dosh. Your right, they CAN breathe flame. (I think this just proves that I need to quite staying up so damn late all the time. How in the hell did I miss it?) As for the game being simplified, THAT's why I don't want 3rd. If I wanted simple I'd play my early 80's copy of the entry level basic set. In my campaign we use almost every far out system ever created, Planescape, Spelljammer, psionics, Player's Option. Its the challenge of using the complicated rules that are half the fun for us. Over simplification is one of the reasons I never took to playing Magic. It always seemed to me and my group as D&D for Dummies. Partially I think that the problem with the game becoming simplified is that Wizards of the Coast bought it a couple of years ago. (They make pokeman crap as well.) It's all about money. You'll make more cash if you water something down for the average joe to comprehend. D&D was never meant for the average joe. It's a Nerd game. Or WAS.

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NERDS!!!!!
but i love you all anyway.

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