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Starlight Bluffs
Welcome to the frontier town of Starlight Bluffs. It’s pretty quiet around here, mostly, though we get a few problems with bandits and outlaws from time to time. Nearest railroad is a good half a day’s ride by wagon, but we do all right by ourselves. We have two saloons, a comfort inn, and the church is band new. Pony express and coach come on the regular. It’s a place where a person can make something of themselves if they work hard enough, and we hope you enjoy your stay, or you can talk to the town mayor, Gaia, and see if you have a skill the town could use on a more permanent basis:

We have been having a problem lately though, a rich developer and gold magnate, goes by the name of Cepheus, wants our land. Says he’s willing to pay everyone off to move away so the town can be torn down. Well, we aren’t interesting in selling to some rich city-slicker, this is our home. He didn’t like no for an answer, so he’s been sending his hired goons after us, making life harder. Everyone’s pulling together to show we don’t intimidate easily, and we aren’t giving up.

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Outlaw Posse 2:

Cordelia "the Scorpion" Girtab. Cordelia and her elder brother, Lesath, were sent to boarding/finishing schools from a young age as their wealthy British parents traveled for business. It was at finishing school that Cordelia acquired her skill for picking locks using anything from hair pins to earrings in order to escape her room, pick the food cupboards, and retrieve personal items the head mistress had taken. After her parents untimely death and her brother's unpredictable behavior, the finishing school unorthodoxly took it upon themselves to arrange an unwanted marriage before the Girtab reputation no longer yielded them the ability to benefit from doing so. Cordelia put her skills to quick use and made a mad dash to Wild West of America. She made a passable living through gambling, realizing she had an uncanny ability to recall which cards had already been played. She gained the nickname the Scorpion for her 'stinging' retorts when dealing with unwanted advances or crude comments at the card table. Embarrassed and enraged by his prospective bride's refusal and disappearance, Lord Burney made it a personal mission to find her. On night he found her, Cordelia killed him when she realized that Burney would rather see her dead than be denied again. Initially, she was willing to stand before the Judge and plead self-defense until she realized the Judge had been paid off by the Burney family claiming she had stolen the family heirloom engagement ring and Lord Burney was only there to retrieve it. Breaking out of jail sealed her fate as an outlaw, wanted for murder, theft, and jail break.

Her running lead her towards Starlight Bluffs. Her finishing arts were applied to survival. Drawing came in handy for forgery. Etiquette came in handy for slight of hand. Fashion knowledge became the most useful as it allowed her to pick the pockets and target those with higher end gifts and understanding how they clipped or could be resold. She quickly earned her wanted posters.

(Need to figure out how she connects to others in the city and need to finish Les' profile, picture, and history as Starlight Bluffs' banker. )

She ran into Catori the Kid (and crew poss.) when she was picking the safe of a local corrupt politician, her favor targets for high end theft. In the midst of picking, Catori quietly appeared out of nowhere and started the British accented thief with subtle, "Howdy". Cordelia became the posse's "locksmith" and Catori showed her to properly use a pistol. Cordelia adores her wild west sisterhood and is in this outlaw for life.

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Catori the Kid Belongs to Unisamas

Notes:
I'm embarrassed to say that my lack of art devotion kicked my ass. As a result of not having drawn often enough, my feel my personal anatomy skills have degraded greatly. While I often use stock to inspire or use to structure anatomy, I realized that needed to go back to basics. I went through a million poses for this girl. Resources extend to 's Sailor Gun series, Legend of OZ Wicked West Art Book, Quick and The Dead (film) and Firefly (mostly Zoey). I ended up using this pose bit.ly/28Ukvtm , Fong Ling from ResEvil: Dead Evil. I did use a grid/anatomy grid technique to help me with proportions, but I did NOT trace or base it. Even gridding and using my Christopher Hart books (a book gifted to me when I struggled with anatomy in my 20's), I still feel I screwed up the foreshorting of the arm and gun. *face palm* Again, I'm not proud of myself, so I will be working on another piece for my Wild West Cordy that I can be proud of.

The background picture is a heavy filtered picture I took when I visited Arizona.

On the coloring side, I am actually proud to say, I am happy with the results. Again, it’s a mix of Copic Markers, Prisma Markers, and Prismacolor pencils. I used Micron inks and Pentel White Gel pen.

Description

Group:

Starlight Bluffs
Welcome to the frontier town of Starlight Bluffs. It’s pretty quiet around here, mostly, though we get a few problems with bandits and outlaws from time to time. Nearest railroad is a good half a day’s ride by wagon, but we do all right by ourselves. We have two saloons, a comfort inn, and the church is band new. Pony express and coach come on the regular. It’s a place where a person can make something of themselves if they work hard enough, and we hope you enjoy your stay, or you can talk to the town mayor, Gaia, and see if you have a skill the town could use on a more permanent basis:

We have been having a problem lately though, a rich developer and gold magnate, goes by the name of Cepheus, wants our land. Says he’s willing to pay everyone off to move away so the town can be torn down. Well, we aren’t interesting in selling to some rich city-slicker, this is our home. He didn’t like no for an answer, so he’s been sending his hired goons after us, making life harder. Everyone’s pulling together to show we don’t intimidate easily, and we aren’t giving up.

***
Outlaw Posse 2:

Cordelia "the Scorpion" Girtab. Cordelia and her elder brother, Lesath, were sent to boarding/finishing schools from a young age as their wealthy British parents traveled for business. It was at finishing school that Cordelia acquired her skill for picking locks using anything from hair pins to earrings in order to escape her room, pick the food cupboards, and retrieve personal items the head mistress had taken. After her parents untimely death and her brother's unpredictable behavior, the finishing school unorthodoxly took it upon themselves to arrange an unwanted marriage before the Girtab reputation no longer yielded them the ability to benefit from doing so. Cordelia put her skills to quick use and made a mad dash to Wild West of America. She made a passable living through gambling, realizing she had an uncanny ability to recall which cards had already been played. She gained the nickname the Scorpion for her 'stinging' retorts when dealing with unwanted advances or crude comments at the card table. Embarrassed and enraged by his prospective bride's refusal and disappearance, Lord Burney made it a personal mission to find her. On night he found her, Cordelia killed him when she realized that Burney would rather see her dead than be denied again. Initially, she was willing to stand before the Judge and plead self-defense until she realized the Judge had been paid off by the Burney family claiming she had stolen the family heirloom engagement ring and Lord Burney was only there to retrieve it. Breaking out of jail sealed her fate as an outlaw, wanted for murder, theft, and jail break.

Her running lead her towards Starlight Bluffs. Her finishing arts were applied to survival. Drawing came in handy for forgery. Etiquette came in handy for slight of hand. Fashion knowledge became the most useful as it allowed her to pick the pockets and target those with higher end gifts and understanding how they clipped or could be resold. She quickly earned her wanted posters.

(Need to figure out how she connects to others in the city and need to finish Les' profile, picture, and history as Starlight Bluffs' banker. )

She ran into Catori the Kid (and crew poss.) when she was picking the safe of a local corrupt politician, her favor targets for high end theft. In the midst of picking, Catori quietly appeared out of nowhere and started the British accented thief with subtle, "Howdy". Cordelia became the posse's "locksmith" and Catori showed her to properly use a pistol. Cordelia adores her wild west sisterhood and is in this outlaw for life.

***
Catori the Kid Belongs to Unisamas

Notes:
I'm embarrassed to say that my lack of art devotion kicked my ass. As a result of not having drawn often enough, my feel my personal anatomy skills have degraded greatly. While I often use stock to inspire or use to structure anatomy, I realized that needed to go back to basics. I went through a million poses for this girl. Resources extend to 's Sailor Gun series, Legend of OZ Wicked West Art Book, Quick and The Dead (film) and Firefly (mostly Zoey). I ended up using this pose bit.ly/28Ukvtm , Fong Ling from ResEvil: Dead Evil. I did use a grid/anatomy grid technique to help me with proportions, but I did NOT trace or base it. Even gridding and using my Christopher Hart books (a book gifted to me when I struggled with anatomy in my 20's), I still feel I screwed up the foreshorting of the arm and gun. *face palm* Again, I'm not proud of myself, so I will be working on another piece for my Wild West Cordy that I can be proud of.

The background picture is a heavy filtered picture I took when I visited Arizona.

On the coloring side, I am actually proud to say, I am happy with the results. Again, it’s a mix of Copic Markers, Prisma Markers, and Prismacolor pencils. I used Micron inks and Pentel White Gel pen.