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Re: Siege of Valkayria
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Tue, 26 Sep 2000 22:57:03 GMT
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In lugnet.castle.org.cw, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> > Hello all, I have for you a new story. It's only slightly delayed from it's
> > planned mid-July release date, but I think it turned out really well. So • here
> > it is, Siege of Valkayria:
> >
> > http://www.sofast.net/~raska/siegestory.html
> >
> > Wilson
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> Awesome story! I love how you work in the photography along with the
> buildings and the computer editing!
>
> So ... here are some individual things that struck me:
>
> 1st shot - very effective and sets the mood well. I like the cloud effect
> and the bird's-eye-view.
> 2nd shot - flying airship - very cool ... what did you use to edit the
grahpics?
Hmmm, let's see. I use Photoshop and put the ship on the clouds and then I
airbrushed some other clouds in front of it.
> Last shot on page 1 - very good use of focus/unfocus. I'm assuming you are
> using a digi-cam here, right ... ?
Right. A Sony Digital Mavica FD88.
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> The Battle:
>
> Gore - I'm a big fan of it and you bring it ;)
Yeah, I could see that in some of you're stories :)
When I had the castle displayed at our state fair, there were a few comments
from passerbys about the amount of gore in it.
> Magic - Simply awesome!
> The shot of the guy stabbing the forestman is very effective, and I like how
> you just have plenty of pictures and not too much text. Hey - it's a
> battle, and with so many things happening, who needs color commentary? ;) I
> also like how you flash back with Locke at the very end. When Locke
> falls, the use of focus and unfocused surroundings really adds to the height
> look of it. I'm starting to really get a feel for Vincent here, and Locke
> reminds me of Verneer in some ways :) ... is that a compliment or an insult
> here? Twins separated at birth? <grin>
Possibly. . .they do look very familiar. I don't really know if that's a
compliment or an insult. As I'm shaping Locke, I might be subconsiously
telling myself to make him like Verneer, ya never know :)
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> First two shots on the next page with Locke hanging over the edge are very,
> very well done. Great mood, great photography.
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> http://www.sofast.net/~raska/siege%20of%20valkayria/airshipandvalkjpg.jpg -
> what a shot! Such a triumphant enterance!
I really liked this one also. I put some extra time and effort into it to
make it look believeable, and I think it came out really well.
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> The final shot is also amazing! Very appropriate! I spent a while just
> getting some more info on your characters and structures. So what's next on
> your agenda if I may ask?
Well, I have to write the Epilogue for this story (which shouldn't be too
long) and then I can continue on with my other "chapters" following Quest for
the Crystals. I've got a lot planned for my castle stories, I should probably
start writing some of it down.
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> To sum it up - you get my vote for CWSOTW :)
Thanks Pawel!
Wilson
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