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A long and exhaustive exploration of a presumably abandoned military facility within the Shadow Shard, our dragon, accompanied by a convoy of his most trusted allies revealed that there were many loose ends regarding Nictus investigation. During their stay, The Council encountered our heroes and clashed in a battle that lasted but minutes.After the fight and putting most of the Council out of combat, Allastor approached a still counscious member of Vortex Outer Band, a subgroup of the faction. As the soldier was attempting at reincorporating himself and get a hold of his assault rifle, the dragon whipped his tail at the weapon, putting it out of reach, and with a fliud movement, the Vortex Elite Marksman was grappled between the coils of Allastor's tail.
"Very well, my estimated soldier..." Allastor spoke in a rather authoritarian, yet polite as usual tone of voice. "We would very much appreciate some answers regarding your own operations in the Shards..."
The Vortex looked at him under his mask, and the dragon already knew it was a glare of refusal. Allastor frowned his brows and the scales on the crest of his head bristled and his tail lifted him to be roughly at eye-level and squeezed the soldier just enough to make him squeal.
"I would advice you to not test my patience as it is, Council! I doub you wish to learn first hand what the meaning of constriction is...!" Allastor growled.
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The Council is one of the main factions in the City of Heroes universe. A paramilitary force with a vast web of resources, an army of superhuman soldiers, legions of killer automatons and an extraterrestrial alliance.
More info: [link]
I finally squeezed some time to colour one of my personal pics thats has remained in the B&W/WiP folder for a while. Here we have Allastor showing off how versatile his long tail can be under certain situations.
Hope you like it!
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Allastor Darkflame Β© me
The Council, City of Heroes/Villains and content Β© NCSoft
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Comments: 101
aliancedragoncomandr In reply to ??? [2011-02-07 11:38:34 +0000 UTC]
Think of the possibilities ;D like giving Allastor full battlegear but yeah it's completely up to you what ideas you wanna throw in and all.
I'll try to do my best on the pic.
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EdDarkflame In reply to aliancedragoncomandr [2011-02-07 16:12:21 +0000 UTC]
That's more or less what I was thinking I may give it a try, even though Allastor is not very fond of technology, and his level of pride sort of keeps him from using them. After all, he's got an armour of his own: his scales
I can experiment though
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aliancedragoncomandr In reply to EdDarkflame [2011-02-08 00:29:05 +0000 UTC]
Ah I see, yeah you can use some simple barbarian-like armor, not the high tech ones
Give the armor some special 'markings' for his pride...... kinda like a rank or how many enemies killed etc.
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EdDarkflame In reply to aliancedragoncomandr [2011-02-08 00:36:37 +0000 UTC]
Maybe, but Allastor doesn't really takes pride in killing. Much less having a count of how many he has killed He is prefers to preserve life as much as he can.
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ZealotCrusader In reply to ??? [2011-02-05 07:55:45 +0000 UTC]
First off, your renditions of Dragons are so awesome that if I still had a band, I would pay you to make a mascot for it (like "Eddie" of Iron Maiden, but a dragon instead of a zombie), but since I'm not musically active, and not wealthy regardless, it wouldn't happen.
Second, This picture is quite possibly the best yet, and it's accompanying story interesting enough that I didn't even see the City of Heroes reference until I reached the bottom.
Finally, here is the customary metal video, because I'm just that "br00tal" and "kvlt", whatever that means... lol
[link]
(It's a little-known band from Brazil called "Overdose" that made epic power/speed metal briefly before shifting to something more like then label-mates Sepultura, whom are also from Brazil)
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EdDarkflame In reply to ZealotCrusader [2011-02-05 20:28:38 +0000 UTC]
Wow, it would be awesome if someone hired me for making a mascot character for their band, especially if it's a dragon!
Thanks! Yes, I agree. I think this one picture is my favorite so far.
The band you sent me is pretty badass. There was a time when I used to listen to Sepultura actually, but I think I burned that age by now. I'm into Epic Metal mustly, but I welcomed Metal in general.
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ZealotCrusader In reply to EdDarkflame [2011-02-06 06:02:33 +0000 UTC]
No problem dude. I like your style of Dragons, as I mentioned before. I only regret that I didn't meet you back when I was playing Dungeons & Dragons full time, because we could have come up with some awesome stuff, I'm sure.
As for the music, I have a rip of album it came from that I can share but it's only 128kbps mp3, and not something better like 192 or even 320. It doesn't sound bad in 128, because it wasn't recorded with a big budget anyway.
I pulled it off the internet from a blog instead of buying the CD (which is expensive outside of Brazil, so I'm sure it's still out there if you want to download it and aren't comfortable with trusting me like that just yet.
In any case, stay heavy, and stay awesome.
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Groudan383 In reply to ??? [2011-02-05 05:24:51 +0000 UTC]
Thats our pal Allastor for you. his tail is so long and powerful that he can constrict you like a giant snake lol. really awesome job. the colors came out amazing and so did Allastor as always. awesome job
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EdDarkflame In reply to Groudan383 [2011-02-05 20:31:50 +0000 UTC]
Yup, his tail is pretty powerful. I posted earlier what's the range of its capabilities. Even though it can be a really powerful weapon, Allastor takes special care of his tail. To him, and his race in general, a tail like his is a motive of pride.
Thank you!
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Groudan383 In reply to EdDarkflame [2011-02-06 05:53:41 +0000 UTC]
Yeah i can definitely tell its powerful. its also very large too. you can see why he take pride in it
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EdDarkflame In reply to Groudan383 [2011-02-07 02:07:29 +0000 UTC]
Its as large as he is tall, perhaps a little more.
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Groudan383 In reply to EdDarkflame [2011-02-07 04:02:48 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, i mean that thing is huge
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EdDarkflame In reply to Groudan383 [2011-02-07 16:10:48 +0000 UTC]
I know. I don't want him to be like Marsupilami [link]
Al's tail is not thin either, it's pretty muscular to be able to constrict and such. I try to keep it proportionate to his body, prolonging it to the level of a reptile, sorta. Some lizards and such tails are about 1.5 (or more) times as long as their bodies. I wouldn't want his tail to be so long that it would be a drawback and an obstacle. Getting his tail caught by a closing blast door or grabbed by one of those many giant robots or monsters that roam around would not be too fun, and Allastor is already risking his tail to those perils. Even class 5+ strength superhumans could be a threat.
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Groudan383 In reply to EdDarkflame [2011-02-08 03:41:38 +0000 UTC]
Yeah i can tell that his tail is extremely muscular. its just so long and big. it fits Allastor's overall extremely muscular stature. i can see why hes so conscientious about it lol
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Groudan383 In reply to EdDarkflame [2011-02-08 16:19:41 +0000 UTC]
Allastor is just awesome
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SymbolHero In reply to ??? [2011-02-05 05:08:10 +0000 UTC]
Wow, que interesante historia la que tienes, realmente hiciste un buen trabajo con eso, al igual que tu dibujo, muy buenos detalles y sombreada y brillo, le da dinamismo a todo y vida a tu historia. Sigue asi con el buen trabajo ^ ^
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Dragonstar1715 In reply to ??? [2011-02-05 04:54:26 +0000 UTC]
I have personally played this City of Heroes game since I have not the laptop or PC to play it stable. I'm sure its good but unless I end up getting a new PC sometime in future...it ain't happening.
But onto the art and I can say I like this a lot and very different seeing as its not set in the same world as the Enter the Mythril story.
Kinda makes me wish I did have the game so we could play -_-, I would need to probably pay someone to make a custom hero for me though
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EdDarkflame In reply to Dragonstar1715 [2011-02-05 05:14:59 +0000 UTC]
CoH has actually a fee you can pay in several plans they offer, but you can have a taste of it for 14 days in a trail account, which you could later on upgrade into a full account and then get the expansion (Going Rogue) in order to enjoy what they have released so far. I wouldn't suggest playing in a laptop though. I had that experience and it's really bad that you can get disconnected thanks to the amount of graphics it must load at once, especially if you are on a team or doing a raid. The very act of standing in a crowd of people playing can slow your game play down to a PowerPoint slideshow... It's horrible unless you have a good laptop, and avoid wireless connections or you are on to get booted from the game often
About the pic, this would happen way into the future, but it's the same world. At that point, Allastor would be about six centuries and a half of age and would have gone through all the hell that was the Massacre, the misery their clan went through and finally rising in a modern world to try and fit in their society, performing as a local hero. "Enter the Mythril" takes place (or rather, begins) in the Early Middle Ages, when Allastor is still a hatchling. Thank you anyway!
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VuDu-DawL In reply to ??? [2011-02-05 04:20:42 +0000 UTC]
Very nicely done. You did a great job with the colors. But you know if you squeeze out his air, he won't be able to talk.
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EdDarkflame In reply to VuDu-DawL [2011-02-05 04:47:38 +0000 UTC]
Heheh figured as much. Hence why he 'gently' squeezed him
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omegaman255 In reply to EdDarkflame [2011-03-22 21:57:42 +0000 UTC]
thats "gently"? I don't even want to know what will happen if he's decides to ruff.
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EdDarkflame In reply to omegaman255 [2011-03-27 16:19:47 +0000 UTC]
It would be a little too gory
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omegaman255 In reply to EdDarkflame [2011-03-27 16:48:53 +0000 UTC]
ugh, thanks for that image.
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VenomEXsoldier In reply to ??? [2011-02-05 03:42:37 +0000 UTC]
Hey nice work love the coloring
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Willgon [2011-02-05 03:20:50 +0000 UTC]
asombroso! me encanta tu dragΓ³n, en cada dibujo le haces en una pose mas genial x3
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EdDarkflame In reply to Willgon [2011-02-05 04:40:44 +0000 UTC]
Jeje, simpre trato de aΓ±adir algo mas a mis dibujos Gracias!!
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Ninjawolf9 In reply to ??? [2011-02-05 03:13:29 +0000 UTC]
I have City of heroes on my laptop from christmas, Ed! It kicks ass ^^ also the pic kicks ass too
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EdDarkflame In reply to Ninjawolf9 [2011-02-05 03:15:01 +0000 UTC]
Hehe, cool, and thanks.
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BardTherony In reply to ??? [2011-02-05 03:04:46 +0000 UTC]
Squeezed some time? I see what you did there. lol.
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EdDarkflame In reply to BardTherony [2011-02-05 03:11:52 +0000 UTC]
lol well, I squeezed... *counts* ... 6 hours to colour this
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BardTherony In reply to EdDarkflame [2011-02-05 03:18:52 +0000 UTC]
that a lot of squeezing man. He didn't deserve it. I think.
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BardTherony In reply to EdDarkflame [2011-02-05 04:59:00 +0000 UTC]
That's what they all say...
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Drake09 In reply to ??? [2011-02-05 02:59:32 +0000 UTC]
AMAZING!
I love the detail here! This is really good!
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