OMG your epic costume (cosplay?) lets you blend in perfectly with your pieces!

Haha, thanks a lot! Funnily enough, that's the outfit I got married in :V

nice. and you are just as pretty as your art

Aww, thanks!

So, swordpoint wedding?

lol!

Absolutely the best version of this meme I've seen yet! Echoing Defiance, your pic fits right in with your art. Well done!

Haha, thanks! I'm glad you think so <3

I believe the meme calls for the artist to put a picture of themselves in one of the tiles. I don't see it anywhere, only gorgeous arts. ;)

You got me, I'm a figment of my own imagination :O



Thanks :) <3

Artception! ;)

All we need now is me to be a figment of my own imagination inside a simulated reality :b

Brain = blown... :p

"All we need now is me to be a figment of my own imagination inside a simulated reality"

The following is a message passed along from "DEEP THOUGHT'', the supercomputer currently running the simulation...

"My apologies subject # 3,458,635,943 however you were programed specifically not to have that experience. That particular sub-program is currently running under subject # 7,865,943,042. Archival experiential data will be available for download after the full simulation has been completed in approximately another 4 and-a-half million years. You will be free to request a download and experience that simulation at that time.

Message ends..."

I'm totally hearing that in my head as those extra-pleasant simulated voices you sometimes hear on customer help lines or public transit o_O

Gah! Look at the pretty one in the middle! Soo lifelike, and great pose too. Tho I wish I could see more details on the sword......

<3

Also, http://orig11.deviantart.net/02f4/f.....by_jocarra.jpg - unfortunately doesn't show the folded steel details very well, though.

Okay I'm jealous! I don't have anything that nice in my collection. Not that I'm physically in good enough shape to wield a sword anymore.

Pffbt, that's what our imagination is for!

Yeah, I used to do ren fair and SCA. Work schedule prevents me from fighting for the last decade, I miss it. Don't fit in my armor anymore to even do the fair. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19639989/ so it's relegated to hanging on a beat up mannequin in the living room.

Of course I built that harness for 26yo 175lb me, not 39yo 187lb me....

Need to upload pics of my one custom sword, thought I had but don't see em. Might have been lost in server hack.

Oh, that's awesome! Some friends of ours were really big into the SCA, were in the middle of making their own leather plate armour so they could take part in the battles - that's some nice chainmail, did you make it yourself? I think my friend had started some chainmail but it was taking so long she just ended up using it as accents I think.

Indeed!

I made almost the entire rig, from taking my own measurements and sketching patterns to make the panels of the padded gambeson, which is duck canvas shell, moving blanket core, and satin lining so it can be worn against bare skin.

Weaving the chain hauberk, all 250,000 rings. AFTER bending them from galvanized fence wire, IIRC a bit over quarter mile of wire.

The black/green leather vest is lined with steel plates that overlap, each is secured to the shell with 3 rivets, I never counted them, just enough for reinforcements across the kidneys and floating ribs.... Guessing 200-250 plates. All cut from pallet banding, super tough tempered high carbon steel. The time it took to drill holes in that stuff, and the number of bits I was killing stopped me from doing more!


And tooling all the leather, I must have wasted 1000 labor hours on that, I tracked just the embossing on ONE of the thigh pieces at a bit over 40 hours. Plus the articulated parts at about 8 hours per side. Not to mention the hand pencil sketching of the patern before carving and then embossing..... Elbows and forearms are equally involved.

After the leather was tooled, I shaped it to the right shape, and hardened it with paraffin wax. It's super rigid in cool to comfortable temps, but gets pliable in warmer weather.


I caught a LOT of flack for actually fighting in the piece of artwork I had made, but at the end of the day I got just as much compliments for its authenticity and my own agility while wearing it! Whole getup once the sweat barrier had built up was about 55-60 lbs. However it's so comfortable that I have actually slept in it!!!!










Ahhhh,... Now I miss being young again.

I will try to remember to upload detail pics sometime.

I DO have details on arm and legs! Not all of em, but here ya go.

Arms, http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19640363/

Thigh, http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19640055/

Wow, so a real labor of love :) It really shows, really well done! And I know what you mean, it's sort of a shame to "ruin" it by actually, y'know, using it for its intended purpose, but I feel like in the end it just gives it all the more character and authenticity.

Yeah, I originally made a concept sketch of this in 99, but didn't have it to where it is untill 2003-2004. There most certainly was a bit of evolution to get it there!!!

This is pretty close to the sketch. I no longer have the original concept sketch, but don't need it now!

Geeze, where did you get that?

Uh, at a sword store? Husband has always sorta liked collecting weapons, although if he can, he'll shell out extra for non-display, authentic ones as opposed to $50 tacky fantasy models. I think it was from a place called Warriors and Wonders, although I'm not sure if they've undergone a change in management or anything like that over the years: http://www.warriorsandwonders.com/

I've swung around a battle-ready claymore. Quite a workout. You can tell the difference between a show sword and a usable one right away. Especially by handling it.
The one in that photo looked pretty solid. Love that folded steel.

Phew, yes, I'll bet o_O I'm not even certain I could really hold a claymore if I had to :b

Yeah, folded steel is pretty >_>

It's really not terribly heavy until you start putting some wind on it. A good swing makes a beautiful whistle. I suppose in combat it's mostly in the wrists, but it's fun to give it a little extra.

Haha, of course!

Triple threat. Beauty, talent and fun.

Hehe, thanks a lot!

Instant fave!!

Cheers <3

You're welcome. *hug*

^^; <3

Damn. Where's you find the picture of that hot babe in the middle?

Some tall perverted guy with an Asian fetish had a folder full of pics of her, you'd have to ask him :V

Guys these days! At least he takes a decent photograph

Yeah, he's actually not bad! Then again, he's taken well over 10 000 photos of the same subject, so it's not like he hasn't gotten a chance to practice :V

He seems pretty preoccupied with this subject!

Yeah, what a weirdo :V I mean, if he likes her so much, why doesn't he marry her :V

Holy wow, Jocarra. You're gorgeous and your wedding dress is just stunning!! :O

>_> Thank you very much! ^^; <3

I feel awkward to favorite this (I dunno, something about faving photos of real people? Makes me feel weird D: ) butbutbut--

--this is rad and I am so happy seeing a few up there that are human/oid lol and it is really neat seeing a picture of you! Sometimes, seeing what someone else looks like online is really neat. Like, another connection is made. Thanks for sharing!

Haha, nahh, I know what you mean. "OMG does this make me a creep >_>" I don't think it does :b although to be fair, I've favourited a ton of artistic nude pics on deviantArt or really nice portrait works, so even though I get it, it obviously doesn't actually affect me :b Just tell yourself you're favouriting it for the art? lol

Thank you very much! Yeah, I could have tried harder to pick pieces that were closer to me personally, but I tried to have a good spread of images (although I stuck more or less to semi-realistic characters, didn't use my map illustrations or logo work or anything, haha). So, did I look anything like you might have imagined? Usually artists are a bit of a blank slate for me in my head so it's never particularly jarring to see their real life photos, but sometimes I find their real life appearance actually totally fits with their art!

I have to agree with the very first comment... With that pose and costume, that image fits in so well with the rest. In fact, I could see her taking on any number of those beasts she's surrounded by, and maybe not even coming out too much on the unfortunate end!

And the canid on the upper right (I assume wolf)... Damn, I'd have thought that was a photo! Impressive.

Hehe, thank you very much! Ooh, I dunno about that, I have a funny feeling that snarly-looking demon-guy might put up quite the fight ;)

Wow you really picked 8 wonderful pieces of art for this. When I first looked at it I thought this was 9 pieces done by you. I hope it doesn't sound creepy or like a lost echo in the sea of comments above, but you are quite especially in your wedding dress.

*chuckles* No, thank you kindly, I really do appreciate it :)