www.wesnoth.org unresponsive

Unpleasant surprise, www.wesnoth.org isn’t responding …

I really hope they will be back soon

more detail here

Taniael and Delfador standing figure

I tried to get as close as possible with the Wesnoth original units - see [1][2]

Cliparts collection

Little update that has no direct link with the Wesnoth comics, i just implemented a “Google website” at this address : http://sites.google.com/site/peileppeproduction/

This is a like a repository of my openclipart (ocal) contribution - my hope is that it has a more comprehensive collection  (with preview) than the one that can be found on my openclipart page.

At the moment, it just contains 4 cliparts, but further importations will follow.

Improving “background design” scenery

From the page 1 rev. B posted las week, I promised myself to improve the background - and I was about to start from scratch trees, hills and so on … when I thought, I might as well find in the OCAL very suitable landscapes and so after 10 mn of browsing there — i found 2 qualified cliparts (credits to Carlitos and ibinbin - you guys rock !), that i mixed altogether - see the “How i did it” section of the post below

The result is posted here

And here’s a little preview

Wesnoth : Heir to the Throne (page 1) rev. B

So based on the draft page (see previous post) this time using only Inkscape i switched all characters (previously represented as unit) into better-looking (hopefully) portraits.
box 1 - Added the title clearly mentioning what this is all about - “Battle for Wesnoth, Heir to the Throne, The Elves besieged”
Made some improvement on Delfador’s portrait.
On box 4 - The idea was to start a flashback, so i added a blur effect on top of the characters, but maybe will change that in a later version
For Eldred i used as source the story image and forum’s post (eldred03.png) - but i re-create the whole portrait from scratch.
For King Garard i used the Grand Knight picture (after adding the left shoulder, a bit hastily … )
The background image with the trees, and mountain has been created from scratch as well
To give an idea the whole page’s production took about 2h30-3h00.

Wesnoth : Heir to the Throne (page 1) updated

This is a new approach, which mean a new beginning - hence the new page 1
I’ve made some changes :
- The page format is now standard A4 in 90 dpi (0)
which has 2 benefits the page size is under 1MB and the reader can print it straigth away
- I use font 12 for text
- Since many graphics resources have different style (1), I made an effort to normalize them (not in the current draft yet …) , using the “Jason Lutes” style if possible. Which means I have to redraw most of the portrait and characters, but since the goal of all this is to work with Inkscape, the only issue is time …
- I will add some other characters (Taniael) and add some additional plots
- I will not stick only to the game’s text for the story (2)
- Will also post the text in the blog, after the image file - like a script

So enough talk, here’s the page 1 draft layout - not using the new portraits yet, but the games units.

Konrad : But, why do we have to leave Aethenwood, so urgently ?

Delfador : Quite a long story, that started 17 years ago

comment :
In the 27th year of the reign of Garard II, king of Wesnoth
the kingdom was plunged into a bitter war with the peoples of the north.

King Garard II : The Northern have encamped at Galcadar, by the ford of Abez
we will split the army in two, i will led the first half with my Arch-mage Delfador and my “dear” son
the prince Eldred will led the other.

Eldred : But father, you told me earlier to protect the treasure

KG : Eldred, this is the perfect opportunity to prove your worth on the battlefield
and lead the soldiers, beside your brothers are here, and your uncle Prince Arand, it is
your chance to prove that you’re ready to be my successor,

E : “”I’ll prove that soon enough, old man, your time is already over”"

(0) a4 90dpi = Width: 744 pixels / Height: 1052 pixels

(1) which is perfectly fine in the game. But in the comic - the lack of consistency in style is a problem
the typical example of that is Delfador - who has a 3 different faces (from the portrait, the story and the unit).
(2) which requires more research on the Wesnoth official wiki, and that gives more strengths to the scenario

Taniael

Here’s a little preview of a new coming character, an elven shaman ; her name is Taniael

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Wesnoth : Heir to the Throne (cover)

Wesnoth : Heir to the Throne (page 9)