Echoes Through Time - Pg 35 "Two halves"
cru on July 23, 2008
Here's the new old strip for Thursday. If you've seen it already see it again, but if you haven't be sure to see it because you have yet not, unless maybe you're reading this comment after reading the comic so I guess you've seen it already. Either way I'd like to say in advance “Good work, soldier”.
Feel free to show some comment love because I enjoy reading them.
Frostglare at 9:27AM, July 24, 2008
And... heh, that new incentive looks like a beer commercial sans the two-piece bikinis. Yay.
Frostglare at 9:26AM, July 24, 2008
I know this sounds repetitive, buuuuut... That HAS to be an Old God, due to the hints you've given me: A)older B)evil C)connected to Deathwing The OGs maddened Deathwing, which caused him to create the Demon Soul and go rogue. Their plan backfired when Deathwing disrupted the portal that would summon Sargeras (and at the same time the Old Gods) into the world. More likely than not, Deathwing no longer "listens" to the voices, and does everything solo, hence they are now 'separate'. It is possible, though, that the Old Gods are still trying to use him. Yep, that's the most logical conclusion. Either that or you've made a completely new villain.
cru at 7:53AM, July 24, 2008
lol the fanservice pic is just the old BJ one I had done with a Mt Dew bottle in place of the you-know-what. I was going to upload that to dA as a joke till the smeggers banned me. I've got an idea for a new voter incentive for next week the taurens will appreciate ;3 Also I give myself 5/5.
Az_the_Wox at 6:30AM, July 24, 2008
Hmm, this reminds me of a map on WC3, the hardest map (imho) in the human campaign, killing 100 infected people before the demon lord does. It was scary. :( EXCELLENT Fanservice. I heart your photoshop skillz!
cru at 4:22AM, July 24, 2008
Or would it be so predictable it would be unpredictable? Ohhhhhh.
Vindu at 4:18AM, July 24, 2008
awesome
Dred at 3:56AM, July 24, 2008
Hm, it might be an Old God...but that would be too predictable...or is it?
Mineral at 3:32AM, July 24, 2008
The new one is funny.
Hefaistus at 2:32AM, July 24, 2008
A seperate and older evil connected to Deathwing? 10 bucks says that is one of the old gods. Great page, btw =P
Zivoz The Dragon at 2:22AM, July 24, 2008
New avi? Nice. New but funny vote pic? Nicer. But the tentacle thing? Sweet. I love this comic :D
cru at 1:59AM, July 24, 2008
drunkduck.com/Cru_The_DwarF/gfx/Tentacle_Elf_TWCflat_SMALL.jpg The link for the replaced TWC voter incentive.
1337 lol at 1:56AM, July 24, 2008
also, rating
1337 lol at 1:56AM, July 24, 2008
so i was too late for the "other" fanart to see, any chance for peeps like me to see it? ;)
cru at 1:50AM, July 24, 2008
@crimsonshaid619 #1) You're getting very warm about the sage. #2) While scouting for physical locations to place Deserous' past flashback series I choose Stratholme because of it's scenery, which I quickly turned into part of the story's lore I did not originally create. It was just one of those random things that pop into my head while I'm creating that turns out to add more depth to the story. #3) The evil thing is connected to Deathwing but is a separate and older evil.
cru at 1:42AM, July 24, 2008
@popenfresh Thank you for your interest in Cru the Dwarf. I put a lot of work into making the comic look like more than just an assemblage of screencaps. Depending on the complexity of a page it's production can take from 4 to 10 hours. I took a break and spent a long time going over the warcraft lore and writing out a storyline between Episodes 2 and 3. I'm still adding onto and changing it as I go (hopefully for the better). I have no formal training when it comes to writing a compelling story but I've seen enough anime to bullshit my way through it pretty well.
crimsonshaid619 at 1:30AM, July 24, 2008
I just had an epiphone. The sage's crystal seems to function (at least in this instance) like the Caverns of Time. This leads me to believe that the sage is quite possibly of the bronze dragonflight. Of course, I'm most likely completely wrong. But this leads me to another question: Did you consciously decide to make an event which alludes to the yet unreleased "Culling of Stratholme" instance in CoT? Lastly, my money is on the bet that the big shadowy thing is either Deathwing or Sargeras.
cru at 1:25AM, July 24, 2008
Ok I changed the voter incentive to one you may have seen before (the notorious one that got me a 2 week suspension from deviantart) slightly edited so it's a little more X and not XXX. Do the Dew.
popenfresh at 1:21AM, July 24, 2008
Ya know Cru, I normally donââ¬â¢t like these kind of comics. You know the kind where they copy paste video artwork that isnââ¬â¢t their own making. There are, however, some exception, 8bit theatre and Cru the dwarf are amongst those. The humour parts are okay but what I really love are the characters and storyline. Somehow youââ¬â¢ve managed to slip your own ââ¬Åpervertedââ¬Â (if youââ¬â¢ll excuse me saying) cru world in the authentic warcraft storyline without making it cheesy. The way youââ¬â¢re editing the original mods is quite astounding too, I havenââ¬â¢t got the faintest idea how youââ¬â¢re weaving your own visual effects with those of Blizzard. Youââ¬â¢ve also show a lot of dedication to character development in a relative short amount of time and to be honest youââ¬â¢re doing a great job with it. P.S. yes I used to be a lore geek ^^
cru at 12:22AM, July 24, 2008
I think mostly it's about working with the pen tool in PS mixed with the paintbrush to give a sort of living realism to the tentacles, like they are their own entity. I was playing around with the effect because we'll see those freaky shadow powers of Deserous again before too long (but not terrorizing anime schoolgirls).
cru at 12:12AM, July 24, 2008
It's not for everyone but is the only unseen thing I've done. I was too busy working on page 36 to come up with something new for today.
Mineral at 10:27PM, July 23, 2008
I personally don't like this rape tentacel stuff.
cru at 10:12PM, July 23, 2008
Also since they fixed the image bug I finally got to change my avatar. I think it looks pretty freaking sexy. Spoiler: It's part of page 36 of the comic.