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Published: 2014-10-10 10:13:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 1808; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 4
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Description Finally finished my Halloween pic for this year!

I freaking love Halloween or Samhain. 

This is my OC Llyr ap Balor, riding his fae steed Ghost carrying the Cauldron of Fear, a war artefact in posession of House Balor. The thick smoke it produces endlessly covers the battlefield in fog and invokes primal fear in those who are fighting against the House.

He's a Changeling: The Dreaming character of mine and my latest addiction. He is half fae (Sidhe) and half Fomorian. A descendant from Balor of the Evil Eye, the fomorian king. 

He's a diplomat and ambassador of his house which is well known for waging war on their opponents and being fierce warriors alltogether. While Llyr is not a warrior in the original sense, or in a stereotypical way, every noble house needs people with other skills. Carrying the Cauldron is, well, also a way of 'making contact' with new 'opponents'.

Ghost's design was driving me crazy...my fiancé came up with the idea of a black horse, that, under the right light and circumstances, appears to be a ghostly figure, his bones shining through his body. Hard to nail with traditional media, especially and this was my first try... watch out for the next. It gave me cramps but was good fun, tho!

I will offer one Halloween Commission in this style, soon, so keep an eye out for the advertisement and rules.

Mixed media on smooth hot-pressed watercolour paper. Ballpointpen + Ink Wash & some watercolour. If you like it, leave a comment and as I said...watch out for the upcoming commission offer.
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Comments: 13

Tenyairin [2014-10-28 22:17:35 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous!!

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balorkin In reply to Tenyairin [2014-10-31 13:22:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Coming from a Scathach, that's not taken lightly. ^^

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Tenyairin In reply to balorkin [2014-11-03 03:39:07 +0000 UTC]

We can admire beauty in battle... even if we figure we'll have to fight it to the death.

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balorkin In reply to Tenyairin [2014-11-12 20:08:35 +0000 UTC]

That's why I love Scathach so much. ^^ You're the only ones to see...and respect. 

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Dulliros [2014-10-12 10:54:54 +0000 UTC]

Mir gefällt die Idee mit dem "Cauldron of Fear".
Vielleicht würde das Pferd noch "geisterhafter" aussehen, wenn es ein wenig magerer und skelettartiger wäre (Klischee halt )

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balorkin In reply to Dulliros [2014-10-13 17:44:31 +0000 UTC]

haha danke. ^^ Die Idee des eigentlichen Artefaktes ist nicht von mir sondern aus dem entsprechenden Rollenspielsystem. Und das PFerd sollte halt ein normal bemuskeltes Pferd sein, welches aber durch die durchscheinenden Knochen diesen Geisterhaften Look erhält. Aber deine Idee ist nachvollziehbar und wäre sicher auch nicht schlecht.

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glasslinger [2014-10-10 20:16:56 +0000 UTC]

Very nice..

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balorkin In reply to glasslinger [2014-10-13 17:44:41 +0000 UTC]

Cheers, mate!

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Toradh [2014-10-10 19:36:27 +0000 UTC]

Die Farben sind großartig! Auch die Dynamik in dem Bild gefällt mir sehr, und das Design von dem halloweenigen Pferd… Sehr gute Arbeit!

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balorkin In reply to Toradh [2014-10-13 17:45:03 +0000 UTC]

Vielen Dank. Ich bin auch aunsahmsweise mal richtig zufrieden mit dem Bild!

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Toradh In reply to balorkin [2014-10-13 19:15:28 +0000 UTC]

Zu Recht!

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vulpescorax [2014-10-10 10:30:53 +0000 UTC]

This is great! I can nearly hear the hooves stomping on the ground. Excellent!

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balorkin In reply to vulpescorax [2014-10-13 17:45:27 +0000 UTC]

You're making me blush, my friend! Thanks a lot for the praise and glad you like it.

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