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Published: 2017-11-15 18:51:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 436; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 2
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It was a cold and dark winter's night, the sort of night where most ponies preferred to sit around the fire and drink hot cider... but Nimble Spirit was never one to turn down an opportunity to hunt. She knew that on a night like this, none but the biggest and toughest monsters would venture outdoors, which were really the only monsters worth hunting. After strapping on her equipment and gathering her weapons, Nimble took to the skies in search of a chimera or Ursa Minor to fight. Sadly, an hour of searching yielded few results, and Nimble was about to return home empty hoofed, when she noticed a pair of brown blurs weaving through the trees below. Upon closer inspection, she saw that the blurs were actually a deer being chased by a timber wolf (a strange abomination of oaken branches fused together by dark energy into the shape of a wolf).Timber wolves were quite common in the Everfree Forest, and Nimble Spirit had no interest in such small game, but at the same time she couldn't turn down an opportunity to rescue a fellow ungulate. It would also be the perfect opportunity to test out the newest tool in her arsenal, a special net that she had purchased from a merchant in Cloudsdale several days ago. As the timber wolf passed under her, Nimble Spirit pulled a heavy metal net from her pack, which was weighted down on each end with small blue spheres. Nimble pressed her hoof to the sphere in the center of the net and threw it with all her might at the timber wolf, who yelped in pain as the now-electrified net landed perfectly on his back. The wolf collapsed in a heap and clawed weakly at the net for a few moments before passing out in the snow.
Nimble Spirit landed gracefully next to the beast, pressed the center sphere and stuffed the now-dormant net back into her pack without a word. The net had lived up to the merchant's promise: 'subdue and capture monsters in one go, without worrying about them fighting back'. There was no point in killing the wolf, though: the deer had escaped, and Nimble had enough trophies in her cabin. The only thing left to do now would be to return home, sit by the fire and decide if she wanted to try 'catch and release' monster hunting more often.
This artwork is my personal entry in the 11th Art Contest held by the-knightsofharmony.deviantar…
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Comments: 11
GeneralDurandal [2017-11-15 23:20:29 +0000 UTC]
Very cool
Character detail snag: Her hair is blue, but you colored her bangs brown.
(The ref is in water paint, so the colors are kinda mixed, so it's an easy mistake)
Story snag: Ursa are bears, and they hibernate in the winter.
NS being a seasoned hunter would know this.
Tools snag: Timber-wolves are made of wood, and resistant to electricity,
so an electric net isn't the best choice from the tools at her disposal.
Contest snag: The focus of the contest is to design a new weapon for her to use.
The electric net is acceptable, but counts more as a tool then a weapon.
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SmilesPerHour In reply to GeneralDurandal [2017-11-16 05:44:12 +0000 UTC]
... I see. Thank you for letting me know. I'll just redesign and redraw everything again.
I'm sorry, I'm just a little disappointed that my art isn't up to scratch. I worked really hard to make this, and I don't know how to make it right. Based on her preferred weapons, I had no idea what sort of items she'd use or what could be used against the supernatural creatures of Equestria. The net was a shot in the dark, I tried my best to make it work and it fell short. I'm just disappointed in myself for not coming up with something better.
But again, it's my problem, not yours. I'll make something better.
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GeneralDurandal In reply to SmilesPerHour [2017-11-18 22:33:34 +0000 UTC]
If you want to I won't stop you,
but what you did was good and acceptable.
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Kna In reply to SmilesPerHour [2017-11-18 01:57:30 +0000 UTC]
Aw! please do not worry! i enjoyed the story a lot! until the second reading did not notice that timber wolves were impervious to electricity (always though their core was of meat,but now i remember the episode they are just sticks!)
i can see how much you worked on this,thank you very much!
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SmilesPerHour In reply to Kna [2017-11-20 16:27:07 +0000 UTC]
sorry about the colors, I thought her bangs were actually part of the helmet. I can redraw it if you like.
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Kna In reply to SmilesPerHour [2017-11-20 17:15:59 +0000 UTC]
hehe no prob. i used to do traditional art (color pencils and crayons) back then ,and i believeyou have lots of patience, i never have done somethign as complex as your story with colore dpencils
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SmilesPerHour In reply to Kna [2017-11-18 16:29:56 +0000 UTC]
you like it? really?
... thank you. that means a great deal to me
But I did have another idea for a weapon: a set of bladed gauntlets, in case Nimble can't get her wings in for a killing blow. I'll draw it out and see what everyone thinks.
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Kna In reply to SmilesPerHour [2017-11-20 17:14:43 +0000 UTC]
sounds much more interesting than the neet, lets wait to find out good luck!
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