The Sur-Jheherrin sketch.

Post by **Kevin164** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:33 am

I hate myself because I keep singing "Hidy Ho everyone." Damn you SouthPark!!!

Post by **dlbpharmd** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:15 am

Excellent, that's just the way they're pictured in my mind.

Post by **Kevin164** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:22 am

Now I have to try a stab at those nasty green guys they fight.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:54 am

dlbpharmd wrote:Excellent, that's just the way they're pictured in my mind.

Ditto.

Well done, Kevin.
I almost fear seeing the skest...
My one and only bad trip was filled with lurid green monsters. Just a hint of the color in anything triggers a really bad reaction in me.
But, I still look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Post by **AjK** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:29 am

Kevin164 wrote:Now I have to try a stab at those nasty green guys they fight.

Great job, Kevin! You may want to consider a drawing of one of the Jheherrin hugging/absorbing one of the Skest (from TWL).

Post by **Cameraman Jenn** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:54 am

good stuff.

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:10 pm

Kewl!! I just read that a couple nights ago. Spot on!!

Post by **wayfriend** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:31 pm

Very nice, Kev. What you did is really good, but you left out a few things.

In [u]The Power That Preserves[/u] was wrote:Reddish pockets of mud in its brown form shone dully, giving off a scanty illumination. ... several of the clay forms lit themselves as they moved, so that the tunnel was filled with light.

In [u]The Power That Preserves[/u] was wrote:... they came in several different types. In addition to the short erect forms he had first seen, there were two or three distinct beast-shapes, which looked like miserably failed attempts to mold horses, wolves, Cavewights in mud, and one oddly serpentine group of belly crawlers.

Post by **Kevin164** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:17 pm

Is that the description from Power Preserves, sounds like it? I only now have a copy of the Wounded Land.

Post by **wayfriend** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:22 pm

Kevin164 wrote:Is that the description from Power Preserves, sounds like it? I only now have a copy of the Wounded Land.

Yes. Usually I include the book in my quotations. The one time I don't ...

Post by **Kevin164** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:28 pm

Thanks I can use those to make some changes to the sketch, at least in some effects for the coloring. When I get to the Skest battle. I'll incorporate the animals and Cavewight forms.

Post by **wayfriend** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:57 pm

BTW, I always pictured skest as looking like Casper the Friendly Ghost, except colored like a green glowstick.

Post by **wayfriend** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:30 pm

Yes, I checked, and the descriptions I mentioned carry forward 3500 years.

In [u]The Wounded Land[/u] was wrote:... leaving a dull brown creature like a sculpture poorly wrought in clay. Reddish pockets embedded in its form glowed dully.

Paralyzed by recognition, Covenant watched as a second clay form emerged like a damp sponge from the mud. It looked like a crocodile fashioned by a blind man.

Post by **Caesar** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:49 am

I love the image of the Casper-skest!

wayfriend wrote:BTW, I always pictured skest as looking like Casper the Friendly Ghost, except colored like a green glowstick.

Post by **Kevin164** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:49 am

The ducks are the Lurker

Post by **matrixman** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:23 am

I always had suspicions about Casper...

Post by **Rocksister** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:50 pm

Wow, that's pretty close to my thoughts, too. I did have a hard time while reading that passage picturing the ones that had vague animal shapes though. There was one that was snakelike, and that one seemed like it would look extra creepy. But the melting feature is spot on, I say. Jolly good job!!!

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The Sur-Jheherrin sketch.

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