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“Suddenly the castle was ringing with shouts as men chanted, ‘Arutha! Arutha!’To Gardan Arutha said, ‘Why?’
With a satisfied look the sergeant replied, ‘They saw you personally take the fight to the Tsurani, Highness, or heard from others. They are soldiers and expect certain things from a commander. They are now truly your men, Highness.’ ”
– Magician, Raymond E. Feist, Page 370.
This is one of my final pieces for my art folio this year. I can't be bothered scaning and peiceing together the halves of all of them so this will probably be the only one up here. It's probably my favourite one and the one I had in mind to do from the get go. Not sure if I should put it up here before it's handed up but hey, I've shown it to most of the people who wanted to see it anyway, so what the hell?
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Are you sure it was the Shinzawai and the Anasti who were at the battle of crydee? I must admit it has been several years since I've read Magician, but it was one of my favorites. If I am remembering correctly, it was the Shinzawai that were there (the ones in the blue armor) along with the Acoma (who would be in green.) The Minwanabi (not pictured) orchestrated this attack with the Shinzawai and Acoma facing Crydee, knowing full and well from gathered intelligence that Arutha would eventually route them, leaving the Acoma, an incredibly powerful house, in the hands of an untried ruling lady yanked out of lashima's temple in the middle of taking her vows- a "sure win" on the Minwanabi's part.
Aside from that minor detail, the piece is superb and, as it was stated by another, it's wonderful to see art for Feist's work.
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Hmm not too sure about that. That seems like story that was revealed in the Daughter of the Empire trilogy or other later books, I've only read the Riftwar trilogy and Prince of the Blood. But I do remember the Shinzawai clan being at the battle and I'm pretty sure the Tsurani present were described as some being in blue and some in red. And a lot of art based off books takes creative license though
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Dude this is amazing
But dont u think there should also be the CHoja!!
BUT AMAZING JOB
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Thanks!
Lol maybe, but I don't recall the Cho'ja being at the battle of Crydee though!
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If Im not mistaken... Choja are those dogs or wolves or something similar type intelligent monsters.
I Think they were the ones who dug from underground to breach the castle from down.
Were caroline and other damsels were hiding a hole appeared in their place... remember i think it was at the end of the Magician Apprentice
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Thought the Cho-ja were the bug dudes.
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Yes! Finally some decent illustrations for such a fine work of fiction. 
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Thanks! Magician is an awesome story I just had to draw stuff from it. Thanks for the faves!
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I can only assume the guys in the grey armor are the good guys?
Looks very cool, very confusing, but very cool, too.
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Never assume. But yes you are correct
Thanks.
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"Never assume." I've heard those words before. 
Ye be welcome.
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Yeah, that one is Awesome!
You sure did take a long time to do all that!
Every detail on the rocks, armors and movement effect got astonishing!
Great Job!
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Yeah it took ages, and it always pays off when detail like that is noticed, thanks!
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nice! you must have put a lot of effort into this one
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Thanks, yes heaps of effort!
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no problem! and good on you!
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Wow!
That is a complicated picture...I have limited patience to be able to draw that many people at one time. It would take me a week, cause I wouldn't be able to do it in a day.
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Thanks!
Yeah my patience was really running low by the end of this. Well this one took me about three weeks to do!
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Your welcome!
Well if it took you 3 weeks it would definitely take me longer then a week. XD
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whoa, that's epic. excellent work, that's all I can say!
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what the hell indeed...
this is awesome. theres so much effort. i almost didn't see the dude fighting with his fists. btw, is Aruth the one kicking ass in the bottom left corner? he looks the most kingly, i just wanted 2 b sure. don't worry about putting it up here b4 u hand it up. i'm sure the examiner's don't have deviantart, and Mr McD is too worrried about identity theft 2 go on the internet.
Born of black wind fire and steel
Born of black wind fire and steel
Born to teach them all to heel
Born of black wind fire and steel
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Holy shit is dat sum Manowar lyrics? woooo
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Thanks. Yeah too much effort actually, remember in year 9 when EVERYFKNBODY was telling me I wouldn't be able to finish the sonic painting and despite severe self esteem issues I still managed to finish it and ace it? Yeah I don't think I'll be able to pull that off this time.
Yep Prince Arutha is the one in the cloak with the rapier.
The title is actually a line from "King".
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i reckon u'll b able 2 pull it off again. u always manage to. btw, u shoulkd upload that sonic painting if u can find a scanner big enough, or u could just take a picture of it or something.
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No I won't, full stop, end of story, I pity you, you lose... or do I lose? 
Yes I'll just go grab my A-10 scanner shall I? Actually I think it's only just over A2 size, still, too hard to scan. But yeah I might take a pic of it. It doesn't seem that great anymore though.
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I DIDNT TELL YOU YOU WOULDNT FINISH IT. hah.
Oh as i must derail this comment as well, im never gunna get my systems work done....
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Well yes I guess that is true, not that we actually knew each other in yr 9 I don't think
HAH! lol systems
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i THINK we did, because i was friends with Michael since like year 8, so im sure we were acquainted, just didnt know how epic our powers are whence combined
lol systems indeed, why'd you quit? we all miss you. You have about a week or so to complete a model if you wanna pick it up again, im sure you can pull that off, you are Mr. T after all
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Heh yeah probably. Now the full extent of our epic, lazy, random, unrefined antics can be unleashed.
Ah now don't start that again!! Well now there are even things Mr.T can't do. But I should go up to moc the day of the trial exam and tell him I want to switch back into systems!
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Hooraaaaay,
Mr. T could pity the fool (moc) to the point that he passes you for handing in nothing.... And YES that is such a fantastic idea that to not do it would be criminal
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wow, that's fantastic!
the detail in all of the faces is amazing, and even the way you've captured the motion in the whole piece rather than just sections. i love the arm hair on the huge guy
seriously though, this is amazing. congratulations! and good luck with handing it in!!!
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This is probably the busiest drawing I've ever done, without getting mentaly destroyed half way through and screwing it up! Heh yeah I figured I'd go for realistic detail there.
Thanks!
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Oh. My. Gosh. The detail in this is incredible!!!!!!!!! That's awesome, if a little morbid 
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Thanks! Yeah well I figured if it had no blood in it it would look fake and sactimonious, although with the blood it might look like I'm trying to act cooler than I am 
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No that's cool, I'm not going to faint over it or anything 
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Well that's good then. Yeah it was, quite a while ago, took me about three weeks to draw this kriffing thing. Ah so by buff you mean... nevermind
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Is this the one that you were working on when we were watching Dr Horrible? If so then wow it looks so much more awesome in colour and complete. Again, you would get an A if i was your teacher, but we established me being a teacher would so not be a good idea.....
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Yes tis the very same. I spose it does, thanks! Ah yes, first you would tell unsuspecting yr 11's to draw stick figure fairies then when they get it wrong they'd need to convince you otherwise
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Yes, and their convincing would need to be done in very......specific ways, private tuition, if you will. Im sure they'll come around to my method of teaching though, by force should need be... Oh and its not necessarily restricted to Yr 11's, pretty much anyone as long as they adhere to the strict physical attributes the class requires.
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Yes I understands perfectly. What a screwed up exam system we'd have if they did though! Yes I agree, I was just citing one specific example
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I would actually look forward to exams if that were the case. And that is most definitely a valid example. Who the fuck draws stick figure fairies, they deserve to be taught a damn lesson
(Jesus i have a really good ability to de-rail comments sections into entirely unrelated and very wrong boundaries pushing the limits of not only human ethics but of the law itself)
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Yes they would be very look forward to-able in that case. Hey you're the one who suggested they draw stick figure fairies!
Yes I have noticed that
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Maybe i suggested it because i wish to teach a lesson... hehe devious thinking there, i have a plan, just haven't filled in all the pieces
THIS! IS! DE-RAILMENT!!!!
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