#solarmod

[allhorsenoplinko]

Howdy,

If anyone who remembers me as Detective Solarflare or any of my previous incarnations runs across my Tumblr, I’d like to talk. It’s been a long time and I’ve both figuratively and literally grown up. I’d like to apologize for a lot of the stuff I’ve done, and get that closure I’ve been desiring for ~5 years now? There’s been a lot that’s happened, and I’d love to catch up.

[ask-iamnotanalicorn]

@solarmod @ask-golden-dragon-ranger-pony @khunisjirallgeniepony @discordasksyou Anonymous

Thanks for the Asks!

A/N: First off, apologies to the four whose questions got used in Pitch Perfect’s ‘throwaway’ pile if it upset any of you. ^^; I tried to use a few that I didn’t think I’d ever get to or didn’t have an idea how to answer atm, so at least I could acknowledge the askees. So I had good intentions! Also Per is 10, cut her some slack. XD 

Yes, Castle and Code are fraternal twins. Unlike the Cake twins, they actually were born to a unicorn/pegasus family, and in the town where the Pitch family lives, unicorn and pegasus siblings are reasonably common. If you don’t have siblings, I assure you that this kind of dumb bickering is perfectly normal. 

Yes, there are two more nerd references in here. It’s easier to steal them from the real world than make up whole new lore for fake ones. XD; And I couldn’t think of a clever ponified name for Star Wars, so we’re just gonna do a direct hack here.

Thanks for reading!

~River Babble

[asktoolaandstarsong]

Sorry, I’m having a hard time remembering...

[sertine]

Dog catch

Birthday art for @solarmod

[the-demon-rabbit]

Who wants to do some Hoofholding

“Is that all you want to do?” Viral asked with a grin.

“That’s kinda cute.” Sotta giggled. “Sure.”

[askbelgianwaffle]

Some bust sketches I did in a stream and forgot to post. OC’s belong to @solarmod, @askzappoint, and @airrazer (nsfw),

[zenaquaria]

Completed Commission: North Hug YCH - Batch #1

A batch upload of the customized YCH slots with Tenyao (on Discord)’s pega North Star. In order: HyperUmbreon on Discord | Fireheart76 on Discord | Solarmod on Discord | @bright-keys | @shaleclaw | @silent-kosmos-mod (last four) Thanks for commissioning! c:

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Becq Candela: The Courier

If you needed something to be shipped across the galaxy quickly and efficiently, you call on Kesselton Delivery.  Sure, Hyperion has their moonshot canons for mass delivery loads, but Kesselton specializes in your typical package deliveries.

Among Kesselton’s Express Delivery department, Becq was one of the top rated delivery personal with a gleaming record.  So when an order was put through that had an expensive express delivery add-on, Becq was entrusted by management to deliver the package to a backwater planet named Pandora.

After arriving on planet, Becq decided to travel by train to the final destination...only to make the mistake of boarding a Vault Hunter train.  It was only once the train started to get attacked by Hyperion bots and engineers did Becq realize that he had fucked up.

Along with the other actual Vault Hunters, the Kesselton delivery man found himself rescued by Claptrap.  However, unlike the other Vault Hunters who were trained killers, Becq had no experience...or training...or weapons.  His only hope was whatever he was delivering.  Opening the package, he found odd barrel extensions for firearms inside, but was stunned to realize that said gizmos were capable of changing the properties of Pandora’s firearms in different an unique ways.

Using these tools to get to Sanctuary, while the rest of the Vault Hunters took off to go rescue Roland, Becq insisted on getting help to contact Kesselton to arrange a pickup from Pandora, claiming that the package he was supposed to deliver was destroyed in the train explosion.  However, suspicion started to raise with Becq when the Kesselton representative claimed they couldn’t extract him until Jack and Hyperion ceased their firing upon the planet as it would be too risky for them to approach.  As consolation, they tried to suggest that Becq start a Pandora branch of Kesselton on the planet to pass the time...but it was clear Becq wasn’t keen on hanging around Sanctuary or Pandora.

Almost as soon as Roland came back with the other Vault Hunters, a pissed off Becq came storming in to demand a better gun.  If Kesselton wasn’t going to rescue him asap, he was going to have to hurry this war along...

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Becq’s class ability is ‘Solarmods’; attachments he puts on the end of his guns to temporarily give them unique abilities. 

Pistols will ignore shields (an enemy with shields, but no health will die)

SMGs temporarily gain infinite ammo (though will need to be reloaded)

Assault Rifles no longer fire bullets, but rather fire a beam of energy (eliminating bullet travel time)

Sniper Rifles bullets will pierce through enemies (allowing for him to kill multiple targets in one shot)

Wherever a Rocket Launcher round hits will be the target of a massive beam coming down from the sky.

For his Skill Trees, there are three areas to focus on: his mobility, SolarMod capabilities, and pistol usage

Speedy Delivery: Focusing on ways to boost Becq’s movement speed and inventory space, skills include

Faster sprint speed during daylight hours

Increased movement when carrying a quest item

More inventory space

Extending vehicle boost time & decreasing cooldown

After running a certain distance, Becq’s next shot will deal increased damage

Running to decrease shield recharge delay

Corona: Focusing on his SolarMods, Becq tinkers with them to make them even more powerful

Increasing active duration and reducing cooldown time

Chance to apply a ‘Blindness’ debuff onto enemies that can cause them to commit friendly fire

Add burning damage into the mix

Adding secondary benefits to certain weapon types (SMGs not needing to be reloaded and pistols damaging both shields and health at the same time for example)

Chance for grenades to apply blindness debuffs

Double-Action: While not the best shot, Becq favors pistols since their easy to carry.  This tree focuses on improvements to reload speed, critical damage, and firing from the hip.

Reducing the kickback of pistols

Improving the accuracy of pistol shots while not aiming down the sights

Critical hits building up stacks of Adrenaline which boost the damage of his firearm

[listingcharacters]

Since Borderlands has been getting back into the swing of things with Borderlands 3, Fight for Sanctuary DLC, and the Handsome Jack bundle being on sale, I was able to revive an old idea for a Borderlands OC and bring them to life while experimenting with a more Borderlands-Style 

Becq Candela as ‘The Courier’

Becq was one of the top express delivery men for Kesselton Delivery so when a person paid for an expensive rapid delivery to Pandora.  To get there as fast as possible, he wound up taking the Vault Hunter train and got caught up in Handsome Jack's attack. 

 At first, he didn't want to fight in the war; afterall, he was there to make a deliver, but the package got lost in the train crash, so he wants off the planet.  Problem is, Kesselton refuses to send a rescue crew due to Jack's war, meaning he's stuck there until it's all over.  Infuriated, he takes up arms with the Vault Hunters to see if he can't hurry this war along.

Becq’s class ability is ‘Solarmods’; attachments he puts on the end of his guns to temporarily give them unique abilities.  Pistols will ignore shields, SMGs have infinite ammo, Assault Rifles will just put out a beam of energy, and Sniper Rifles will pierce through enemies.

For his Skill Trees, there are three areas to focus on: his mobility with ‘Light Footed’ that boosts his movement speed during the day with his Scouting skill tree, unlocking the ability to put a ‘blindness’ debuff on enemies with his Corona skill tree, or pack heat with pistol skills in his Double-Action skill tree.

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Reference for @solarmod

[allhorsenoplinko]

Current Plans: (WARNING TEXT)

Hey all 8 of you who may or may not be seeing this, I’m gonna be working on booting up an actual art blog that (will probably be painfully hard to look at initially), so you’ll probably see me reblogging posts there soon. It’s heavily story-driven, and a bit grimdark, so you’ll probably want to steer clear if you don’t want heavy doses of recent history. (Here’s a spoiler for my plans, it’s set around a bomber crew during the pony equivalent of ww2.)  Anyways, this blog will be mostly for reblogs and such, as well as occasional story building for Solarmod. I may do illustrations once I’m comfy, but right now I’m open for Lego Pony commissions on https://twitter.com/over4000, anyways, other plans are for everything to get rolling mid March, though that may be delayed due to me moving 3 hours north, so we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

Thanks for reading and see you soon o7

[ask-iamnotanalicorn]

Kudos to Solarmod for guessing the nature of Cam’s poison joke transformation. XD; I had far too much fun designing the poor boy’s new look. Evil giggling may have been involved. 

Hmm... what DID Sales trip on, I wonder?

So looks like I’m not gonna be able to keep up weekly updates like I hoped; it’s too stressful for me with other things going on. The updates should be a bit longer, though! Still not happy with the last two panels here, but they WERE kinda cobbled together from the concept drawings I did of Cam and Chewie. We’ll say Chewie was startled into backing off of the concrete, I guess??? BACKGROUNDS ARE HARD 

K, enough of my whining. ALSO: The Fanwork Contest is officially closed! I will let you know the winners once our illustrious judges have made their final selections!

~River

[asktoolaandstarsong]

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[the-demon-rabbit]

*floofs*

“SO FLUFFY!”

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Commission for Solarmod -Discord

Blushy ponys

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