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Two pics of my current bard character, Eryniel.

1. She doing what she loves most, this time in Dragonsreach just after coming back from slaying Mirmulnir:
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2. Speaking of Mirmulnir, here Eryniel is absorbing his soul:
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IMO the background lighting, courtesy of the mod I just installed to replace RLO, in both is quite beautiful. Especially Dragonsreach shrouded in soft blue night-lighting was pretty to look at.
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I haven't posted here in a bit. Have these handful of shots to share:
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Beautiful shots, Dohva! Especially the last one is great, rather like a painting. Is it a killcam shot? Oh, and what lighting mod do you use, so that the nights are that good looking?
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Ah, thanks! For lighting we use Project Reality and have the vanilla setting turned to low. But those pictures are color altered. I use pixlr for that. And the last one isn't a kill cam, I just took the shot at the right time. :)
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Two shots more:

Lydia's Hangover
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The reason for the pic's name is that I installed Bert's Breezehome Remodel plus its Lydia add-on which gives her her own daily schedule. So she wanders around Whiterun or hangs around the house, that kind of thing. One night she didn't come home until 5 am, slept two hours and then spent the whole morning sitting like in the pic in front of the fireplace. Well, Lydia, that's what you get for carousing so late in the Bannered Mare.


Krosis' Demise
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Mauin wrote: Narji the Blood-Bringer:
Riverwood
Wow, this character looks really good. The worn out Stormcloak uniform, war paint, and hair style make her look like a survivor of the wild. If you don't mind, I could use her as inspiration for a ranger build i'm considering.
"As you will it, so it shall be." Sort of.
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Black_Dog wrote:
Mauin wrote: Narji the Blood-Bringer:
Riverwood
Wow, this character looks really good. The worn out Stormcloak uniform, war paint, and hair style make her look like a survivor of the wild. If you don't mind, I could use her as inspiration for a ranger build i'm considering.
^
I agree. She really reminds me of someone. Can't really figure out who though =P.

Nord85 - Lydia one made me chuckle.


I can't think of a title

The Listener
The Listener 2

Pyromancer
Those bloody Pyromancers

Death Priest vs Dragon Priest

Skaal village

Redoran guards, onwaaaaard!

Blow some [&@%!] up

Miraak: "... well this is embarrassing."
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Well, hello Creeper! Its good to see you and your awesome pics back. They're all colorful and hilarious, can't say which one I like the most. :)

I have a handful of ones to share:
"Say it again. I am Mistress."
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A few Sylmirie ones:
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Just a couple of colorful ones:
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Zephyr, is that a tail I spy on the first picture? I had no idea you have an Argonian character! Nice!

Marilyn & Serana (mostly) on Solstheim:
Portrait of Serana
Mystic Mushrooms
Marilyn: "Do you think the local style of armour suits me?" - Serana: "Quite. I can't take my eyes off of you."
Dinner at Hrodulf's
Bujold's Rallying Speech
Thirsk Meadhall
Bujold's Test
Bujold the Intrepid
Dressed for the North

Magritte, Nord warrior:
Camping with Gorr
(Gender roles in Skyrim: Man cooks while woman rests from battle. Yay!)
Listening to Heimskr
Sparring in Jorrvaskr
Am I interrupting something?
Eine insel mit nur einem berg, doch der ist innen heiß
Und spuckt asche, pest und corprus, wo kein mensch 'ne kur für weiß -
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Jeder sollte einmal reisen in das schöne Vvardenfell!

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Finn: That's just the scabbard. I should've figured there was something weird with that angle. :)
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Black_Dog wrote: Wow, this character looks really good. The worn out Stormcloak uniform, war paint, and hair style make her look like a survivor of the wild. If you don't mind, I could use her as inspiration for a ranger build i'm considering.
She doesn't look like that anymore.
As long as you don't copy her, I don't really care if you use her as inspiration for a character of your own.




A few of the shots I've collected...

Narji Redone

Kas'Lei:
A New Blade
Fort Amol
The Shack
Bones
Mudcrab
Strike
The Aspect
Defeat
Merchant's Guise
The Legend
Sunset Over the Tundra
Sunrise at Markarth
Sun and Stones
Shipwreck
Mechadon
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Recently built my first gaming PC and by golly, looking good after all these years.
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Now you just need to mod the hell out of it.

Speaking of modding...
I just whipped up a new texture for the Aspect of Alduin (from Deadly Dragons). You can see the original in my last post (The Aspect and Defeat), but here are the new ones:

Storm Summoner
Air Attack
Fiery Frost
Charge
Fall of the Aspect
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Mauin wrote:Now you just need to mod the hell out of it.
I'm not too sure how to approach modding the game. Sure I'd like the game to look a bit better, see here, but I don't want to change the overall atmosphere of the game too much. I want it to retain that same style and 'feel,' as generic as a term that is. If you've got any recommendations I'm all ears.
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Faithful Unto Death or Talos Mourns His Children
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Thalmor handiwork at the Talos shrine near Riverwood.

What Have I Gotten Myself Into?
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The title is what I'd imagine my character thinking in this picture. "A few months ago I was just a travelling singer, and now I'm some sort of Nordic legend figure and sit wearing a magical crown here in this magical house with a vampire and a pet dragon. Did I accidentally take skooma or something?"
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Dohva. wrote:Well, hello Creeper! Its good to see you and your awesome pics back. They're all colorful and hilarious, can't say which one I like the most. :)
Thanks. Skyrim is such a funny game since I always come back to it after long pauses :mrgreen:


Also... got a new PC so off to the ENB land I go and take random pics. Now I can actually run one smoothly =).

Hunter orc
Miraak
Ass shot
Giant and his mammoth
Lydia: That hairstyle again? Oh come on...."

"Yo everyone, behold the great Listener himself."
"...shut up Cicero."


"So shiny..."
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Those indeed are some beautiful pictures, Creeper. The last one is my favourite. Great combat pic! Which ENB do you use?

Here are some screenshots from my present Dawnguard playthrough:

Auriel's Temple
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A Symphony In Grey
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This one is a little spoiled by Serana's head in the lower right corner, but cutting the picture would have made it even worse.

Say... Do They Bite?
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Eryniel seems to be a little unsure about what to think of the Ancestor Moths swarming around her.

Dragon's End
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^
Thank you.
The ENB used is Seasons of Skyrim:
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/23812/?

Quite nice though I think I'll try out some other options. I did't like how it appeared to... smooth out some of my characters' faces. I like the rugged look. Though maybe I can edit it to not to do that =P
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I'm just going to dump these here...

Kas'Lei:
The Elk and the Tower
The Tower
Cabbages 2k cabbages, too. No idea why.
Carriage
The Road
Battle-Born
Dragonsreach
Stormcloak
Battle on the Road
Traveling
"Leaders rise and fall. Business is business."
Stormy Sun
The Blood
Aspect Above

Vulom Staadnau:
Just testing a new weapon. I redesigned her blade (which was, until recently, just a black katana like the one Harkon has) and happened to stumble across this one. A few tweaks to the texture and it's the closest one out there to the new design. Her actual blade would have a more ornate cage around the hilt to protect her hand and a serrated tip.
The Blade
Vampire VS Vampire

Fears-The-Light:
Temporary character. I feel like I stole the name from somebody, though. Doesn't quite matter since I'm just using her to test something with Dawnguard... And a new Argonian horn/feather mod. Most of the new horn/feather styles look kinda ridiculous, but this one seems to work well. If I had a different name and a decent story, I would have made this one a new character. I like that design.
The Vampire
Legend
Slight Shock
Mist Below
Aspect on the Wing
The King Atop the Wall
In Daylight
Vampire VS Werewolf
Fire
One Sun, Two Sun
In the Rift
Dayspring
The Falls And big ugly icicles.
Fort Dawnguard
Aspect on the Wall
Fall
Burning Soul
Bright Sunrise
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Do you use any LOD view distance mods?
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That depends on what sort of mod you're talking about. I don't use anything that modifies the distance, but I do use something that modifies the texture. I just can't remember which one. Or... Ones. I have no idea what I'm even using anymore. The last time I installed something for the LOD was a few years ago.
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Mauin wrote:I do use something that modifies the texture
Yup, that's what I meant. I thought they looked different from vanilla.
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Masser Over the Valley
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Taken west of Riverwood.

Destiny Fulfilled
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Eryniel just after defeating Alduin, and already gazing towards new adventures.
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