Another snow day, and this time I had more enjoyment during photo shoot. Woke up to find it had snowed while I was resting and reached around a foot deep, also the perfect texture for sculpting (that wet sort of snow that sticks to itself well).
I spent half my day outside and brought every icy figure I could think of with me. Frona and fancy Gelu were of course in the bunch, along with Natasha and original Gelu, a maskless Toa Metru of ice, Kopaka Mata and Nuva, a Borahk and Vahki, plus Hordika Nuju.
With all these figures in the bunch, I ended up with a batch of random photos that as a collection I've come to call, "Frosted Stories".
Snowy Stroll
Snowy stroll was an opening scene to the collection, of Gelu and Frona walking together with their arms wrapped around each others in an intimate sort of way. Just a nice little walk through the cold, a normal day for any ice type.
Sadly I did have my run ins of bad luck today for Photo shoot. "Snowy Stroll", "Off To See the Blizzard", "Brothers Duel", "Triumphant", and "Dancing" are all retakes of the original shots which I accidentally deleted, and yelled at myself internally as my heart thud in panic from my sudden loss. Couldn't get them back, but thankfully there was still enough time to get make up shots before it got dark. I even managed to get the extra splurge of the moment picture, "Worn Out".
Off To See the Blizzard
The two Gelu figures in my shots of the day are suppose to be twin brothers. I thought it would be fun to have them both walk with Frona arm in arm, like Dorothy and her friends in Wizard of OZ, hence the name "Off To See the Blizzard".
Brothers Duel
I have a feeling the original shot may have captured the scene better, but the second try is still fun. Siblings sometimes have their rivalries, but a duel between twin brothers can be like fighting your own reflection. I think I'll call the one to the left Chelu (for these pics).
Triumphant
Even though they were fighting each other, the brothers raise their hands in triumph at the end of the duel as though they hear a cheering audience.
Worn Out
Unfortunately Chelu gets tired after duels and flopped in the snow for a nap.
Winter Dancing
One of my favorite scenes, the capture of movement seeming so natural in this shot. Ice types dance too, this dance being a winter dance of spinning around in a medieval waltz sort of fashion. Chelu gets to dance with Natasha and Gelu with Frona.
These scenes were actually kind of hard to get because it started snowing soon after I got outside and it was hitting me in the face. I also couldn't actually get more complex shots in the snow because the cat pooped on my winter boots and my normal boots aren't waterproof.... -_- (couldn't actually step in the snow).
Winter Dancing Single
Seeing I lost the original close up shots of the dance, I cropped the one side of my full scene because I love the movement between characters so much.
Dancing
"Dancing" is a retake to make up for the "Winter Dancing" close up shot. It still captures an interesting amount of energy I guess.
Maskless
Maskless, a scene depicting a lone ice Toa who lost his mask, his energy so low that he collapsed to his knees too tired to continue, asking Mata Nui why his days have been so hard. You can see there are two angles I took, one more from the side, the other more towards his front.
Behind You
Why was the Toa so worn out, and how did he lose his mask? You might say the answer sometimes comes to you. A Vahki had followed him, and the Toa glances out the corner of his eye.
Again I took two angles of the scene, overhead shot gives more of the sense that the Toa is prepared. In the image below, the Vahki is actually running at him; guess he'll need to think fast.
Rushing (that name seems good enough).
At My Control
Two shots in different spots of a Kopaka Mata set with a krana on his face and a Bohrok in the background. The one above captured lighting better, sadly it also captures the fence.
This more flat land surrounded by nature location does bring a bit more of an island feel, not so industrial.
Halt
I'll admit I rarely ever take pictures of Kopaka Nuva standing in the snow, but today seemed like a good day to do it.
Loner
Cause we know that's Kopaka's style. I decided to emphasize that trait by getting a pic of him walking alone, first trying distant shot (right), then got a bit closer (left).
Tension
There are some set backs to walking alone in the white wilderness, you never know when a Bohrok will show up.
Again I took multiple angles and chose these two as my favorites.
Sad Sleep
Originally the title was just "Sadness", but "Sad Sleep seems to fit better. Here is Nuju Hordika resting under a tree.
"Sad Sleep" distance shot (left). "So Depressed" (right).
"So Depressed" really seems to capture how Nuju feels, especially as a Hordika sitting on a lone pipe in the cold.
Sicline's House
Seeing the snow was perfect for sculpting, I didn't pass up the chance to do at least one sculpture. This is Sicline's house, or at least as close as I can get to it when sculpting. Sicline's home in the MN-CN-I RP is a rather large place located in Ko Koro just outside the village. I've pictured the inside to be even grander than the size.
Piling the snow and carving out some steps, a door, and windows, then adding some twigs and snow clumps in the side yard to look like caked trees took me less than ten minutes. Granted if I had more time and my gloves were better I would have worked on it a bit more (but my gloves were drenched after a few minutes, and the sun was going down).
The normal version of the home in the evening light is nice, but I also wanted to depict what it's like at night, so of course I did photo editing to make the picture dark with glow spots.
Sicline's Doorway
Just a close up view of her home in both day and night setting.
