#future combat

[threeravenspublishing]

What comes to mind when you think of Spring?

What comes to mind when you think of Spring?

My mind almost always goes to spring cleaning, time to plant and prep the garden, and the rebirth of the world for another season. And that’s exactly what’s going on around Raven Central. We’ve been opening the windows, sweeping out the old, and prepping the land for another year of planting and growth. Going along with that is a little bit of cleanup on the site. So if you happen to see a…

[sweatersexual]

Is anyone else thinking about how one of the only things we learn about Listener culture in twok is that they do not disturb each other's bodies in any way after they've died to the point where they don't have any burial practices of any kind

And later we find out they broke off from the other Singers thousands of years ago so their gods wouldn't kill them and take over their bodies

when Kaladin apologized to Rlain for desecrating Listener bodies, do you think he felt the weight of that? That bridge four wore their bodies in a horrible echo of the way the Fused would have? That it was probably the single worst way anyone could possibly think of to desecrate a Listener's body?

I think Rlain will carry that pain for the rest of his life even if he has forgiven Kaladin and understands it was a horrible last resort

[eyes-of-nine]

tfw when minibosses take you an average of like 8 attempts minimum but then you somehow manage to defeat your fav boss in the entire game on your first try :v

[keirientez]

Pokemon trainer AU, Reborn is the champion meanwhile Tsuna is his apprentice. Tsuna’s design belongs to my friend @Cloud_Knee (Twt or X)

[cryptiidclown]

deimos rick and morty bong.

[serpentface]

Retconned Wardi firearms- a basic handgun, a highly decorative ceremonial handgun (belonging to Faiza), and a lance-gun.

Gun tech has officially been nerfed down to hand cannons (press F) (this has been a long time coming but I'd been fallacy of sunk costs-ing myself out of retconning).

Handguns are held similarly to a shotgun, with the butt pressed into the user's shoulder, one hand gripping under the barrel, and the other free to ignite the gunpowder. These represent the most advanced firearms in contemporary usage, both in make and in their use of uniform iron projectiles built to match the gun's bore for greater range and efficiency. Lance-guns are the more basal form, usually larger and mounted with the pole held over the shoulder, and are most effectively used by two people (one to hold and aim, one to light the gunpowder).

The spread of firearms is currently mostly limited to the Eastern Inner Seaway peoples (with some additional distribution via overland trade), and actual manufacture of hand cannons and gunpowder at Significant scale is limited to the region's core powers.

The reason for this limited spread is partially due to specific elements of the technology's history. Gunpowder was first synthesized by Burri alchemists and considered to be the discovery of the legendary divine weapon + solar fire of the deity Inanariya, and its formula (along with techniques for ideally refining its components) remained a closely guarded state secret. It was used predominantly in priestly contexts to generate flame and explosive sounds (in conjunction with earlier practices of generating multicolored flames with use of other chemicals), then integrated into combustible weaponry in the forms of fire lances, which would eventually develop into early handcannons.

The treatment of gunpowder as a guarded sacred or semi-sacred substance continued with Wardi adoption, where knowledge of its making is considered a closed rite. It's name (inya tsatsul or just tsatsul, a derived adoption of the Burri iñazatsūya) still reflects a divine solar association (the Burri word means 'sun's thunder', the Wardi 'inya' invokes the sun, 'tsatsul' is an adapted loanword and has no meaning independent of the substance itself), though its priestly use is now predominantly associated with the firearm'ed Odonii (rather than priests of the solar Face Inyamache). The composition of gunpowder can no longer be regarded as a Secret by any means, though efforts to obscure the methods of its creation are still moderately successful and has kept knowledge of gunpowder manufacture more limited than the total sphere of firearm usage itself.

The actual strongest limiting factor of firearm usage is the rarity of natural saltpeter deposits necessary for making gunpowder. The practice of actively producing saltpeter via nitraries has not been developed anywhere in the setting, and all is instead obtained via natural sources. These sources are rare and limited within the current spread of firearm technology, and result in gunpowder being a limited and expensive substance to produce. The weapons themselves are also very expensive to manufacture (a good quality steel SWORD is far too material-cost prohibitive for most people to own), particularly high quality firearms designed for use with standardized ammunition.

These guns are also very basal, and logistical difficulties in their use (weight, very slow loading and firing speed, high visibility, Relatively low reach and accuracy) along with the restrictive cost of production has kept firearms far from rendering conventional weaponry, armor, and projectiles obsolete (even within the societies that have access to them). They are still, however, very devastating in use within their contemporary context, particularly in that high quality guns have a longer range than the best arrow-based projectiles, and utterly negate most contemporary forms of armor at close range.

[keywhole]

so hows everyone feeling about love winning in nevada

[in-asterism]

"strongest sky"

[starry-bi-sky]

Clone^2 question! How's clone Dami and Tim here? I mean Tim's terrified of getting re-stabbed, but this Damian is infinitely chiller, and skateboards like him! Maybe there's a chance!

For sure! I like to imagine that baby dames after chilling out with Danny would be so bratty towards the Waynes if they found out about him while he was still little - but the chance of him stabbing Tim would be so much less. He'd be like, regular little sibling bratty. Not "i'm going to stab you at any moment" bratty.

(If you've seen the solo clone damian post, tim shows up with batman at the end and Damian's a little shit to him - but that's only because he's asking a lot of questions towards Danny, and Damian has been perfectly content with his awesome older brother, and doesn't like that father and co have now found out about him. His entire internal monologue is essentially "what are YOU doing here?!? >:(( Go Away!!!")

But as teen? There's for sure a chance for them to get along. I think he'd remain a little shit to them to an extent, just because I think it's funny. I have this image superimposed in my brain of teen Damian - wearing ripped jeans, a band tee, and a flannel, his hair slightly shaggy but still maintained - leaning against a piece of furniture lazily and saying to DW; "You need to get that stick out of your ass, dude."

Like, Clone Damian as a teenager is so funny to me to think about because he's so... American teenager to me. It's a testament to how different his upbringing was since he moved in with Dany (and Danny and his friends' influence on him). He uses slang, he speaks casually, he wears grunge. He skateboards and spray paints, he volunteers at an animal shelter and uses specialized ghostified spray cans to spray glitter and paint in the eyes of the ghosts he fights. He still uses his swords, that's not something he'll ever give up, but like, he has all of these other things too.

[marimeeko]

One fear: the BkDk hospital scene is all we get for postwar bkdk content(where it's focused on them)

[saturn-angelic-miracle]

STARTING AN INTEREST CHECK FOR JEB CHARMS !!!

this started off as a personal project but i sort of want to see if anybody else is interested / if i should try and open pre-orders for charms!!

i have to wait for a sample from manufacturing for now so this is only an interest check!! would love to hear any thoughts anybody has / if there is any interest on these for anytime in the future. will update when i have my first charm >:3

[sheyshen]

Took a break on the combat sketches due to irl things going on but back with some emmanellain and sicard >:3

bonus individual sketches:

[amegeddon]

The Pikmin vs my art block battle continues! I wanted to mess around with the airbrush and just do a thing with that so white pikmin make yet another appearance... I love those little freaks they're so shaped :)

Was originally just gonna be the one pikmin in the centre there and then I decided to add more. And then the bulborb. And then the text. Probably could be better but eh I'm lazy tonight, this is the best I'll do.

Also might post a version without the shadow layers later, just to show the difference those things make in this. It's genuinely wild how much just rabidly airbrushing black over an image can do lol

[they-hermes]

the protectobot relationship chart…

please ask me about my protectobots hcs

gonna put the ones i didnt draw on the chart under the cut

Hot Spot -> Blades: Fun kid! got lots of energy

Blades -> Hot Spot: Ur soo much better than my last commander

Streetwise -> Groove: Chill to hang out with :)

Groove -> Streetwise: likes driving around town with

Streetwise -> First Aid: the one coworker i can count on

First Aid -> Streetwise: the one coworker i can count on x2

Hot Spot -> Rook: impressionable youngin i must set an example for

Rook -> Hot Spot: massive crush

Rook -> Blades: Stop teasing me!!

Blades -> Rook: nerd thats fun to mess with

[kingsmoot]

well when i'm king of the seven kingdoms i'm gonna have us start writing the laws down

[grayrazor]

Blocky and brutalist may perennially be the prevailing fashion, but I personally prefer starships with curves.