Acadian: The last time I played Blood Raven in Skyrim I did not do the main quest, or meet Serana. This time out I will probably do both.


Lopov shot

Cold as Ice

Children of the Night

Under a Raging Moon

Under a not so Raging Moon

The Ravens come for thee!

There were giants in the earth in those days...

Great shots of Blood Raven. Skyrim has such pretty nights. Aww, giants. You'll be happy to know that Buffy routinely encounters both giants and their mammoths back in the Second Era. They can be cranky but Buffy goes out of her way to avoid hostilities with them.

The color of her eyes matches her cape.

Like it's not already cold enough in Skyrim.

Nice moon shots, but I wonder, in which location was the first one taken? That'd make a good shot for Where am I? thread.

Nice that you found a headtracking mod that works. I've had my share of problems with various HT mods in Skyrim. I can't remember which one I've been using at the end but I don't think it was entirely glitch-free.

I started using a HT mod last winter. The one I've got, we actually have to turn our toon's head manually with my right joystick (probably mouse for you mouse + keys folks). If there's a way for them to look around automatically, I wasn't able to figure that out.

But what I like about is I could also turn the headtracker on and off. With some characters (like Mycharonna) she's not going to care so much about making eye contact as she strolls by.

Renee: I like head tracking simply because it makes my character look more real, and less like a 'toon'.


Acadian: Skyrim does have awesome nights. Those auroras bring a lot to the table to bring some light and vibrant color to the table.


Lopov: That raging moon pic was taken from the roof of the new Raven Peak castle that I created for Blood Raven to live in. It is located on top of the mountain between Bleak Falls Barrow, Riverwood, and Whiterun.

The headtracking mod I use is called Player Headtracking. It was one of the first ones out for Skyrim I think. It has MCM integration, and I have never had any issues with it.


Lopov again

Hassan Chop!

Red Scare

Hand of Fire

Flame On!

Spicy breath

More great pix of Blood Raven. I love her red eyes and how you use that as the base for her 'accent' colors.

Buffy tried that giant ponytail when she was playing Skyrim but she just wasn't big enough for it. It felt like a giant ponytail with a tiny elf attached to the front of it. It looks good on Blood Raven though and she carries it well.

I love the first pic, especially the shadow from the helmet that falls over her face.

Chop suey! That one would make a difficult Where am I? pic.

Red scar, red hair, red glare, red spell, red eyes, ...

Some fire is more than welcome in that snow. I'm not used to white after seeing so much red.

The last pic would make a good advertisement for a toothpaste. IcyFresh!

Acadian: I am not really a big fan of that giant ponytail either. I use it because the other ponytail hairstyles clip through that winged helmet she is wearing. That is the one that does not. So when she takes the helmet off, I change to a different ponytail.


Lopov: Blood Raven is relatively easy to dress. I just have to add some red to whatever she is wearing. That is her fashion shtick.


Blood Raven leaps into action

You meet the most interesting people on the road at night

Red moons

Buffing up the razor

"Yes childe, I do seem alright...

Night eyes

Sneaking through Blackreach

Unlocking ancient knowledge

Snow Raven

Tall Cool One

Treasure!


Blood Raven's alternate universe self in Faerun is totally buffed up

Great action shot of Blood Raven leaping into action – she can fly!

The headless horseman!

Blood Red Raven Moons is great.

Night Eyes is beautiful – character, night sky, setting – all of it.

Acadian: I made that tree-bridge pic like that so that it would look like Blood Raven was flying. Since she does fly IRL. Well, in real fictional life that is...



January trods the fields of Skyrim once more

Loudmouth

Skyrim Stormcrow

Larry, Moe, and Curly

That wall certainly looks interesting

DragonCrowBorn

Welcome back to Skyland, Jan. Is that Darryl the Draugr she’s fighting? It’s SkyCrow! Even Kitsune is intently studying that wall all right.

Acadian: I hope that is not Darryl fighting Jan. I would think he had more class than to partake in such a villainous act. It might be his other brother Darryl. We don't talk about him...


The land of the ice and snow

Face Off

Definitely the Other Darryl

Lightning Strike

Jan is rich!

Jan has a new suit of winter armor

January up close

January can now summon a lightning wolf

This is not the way January saw her writing career going...

Walking across the Sea of Ghosts – Brrrr!

That is an impressive-looking angry dragon!

Nice to see Jan taking care of some of Darryl’s recalcitrant family.

Lightning strike is a beautiful shot.

Jan is rich reminds me of the hobbit pilfering the dragon’s lair in one of the hobbit movies.

Stahlrim armor I’m guessing?

A Stormwolf for the Stormcrow!

Clever caption for those mischievous pages.

Acadian: The walking parts are much better than swimming in the Sea of Ghosts. I really wish they could have put in boats like Assassin's Creed Odyssey had. There were little one-person skiffs all over the place that you could just hop on and go sailing anywhere not too far away.

Lightning Strike came out perfectly. I think that was actually a Dragon Priest shooting lightning at her!

A while back I created a Shadow Wolf summon for Blood Raven. It is just the basic wolf, but with the black light effect that the Death Hounds have. I experimented with the various elemental summonings I created years back, but none of them fit January. So I went back to that Shadow Wolf, and made a new version with the Lightning Cloak effect on it, and called it the Storm Wolf. It is perfect.


January is in the big chair

Top of the World Ma!

Buffed up

I also created Avery/Gadget

I gave him the Dwarven set as it looks the most like powered armor. The Dwarven Spider is his summoning.

The RL inspiration for Avery is Shameik Moore

I also created Ryo/Okami

The RL inspiration for him is Alex Mallari

"If I just ignore her, maybe she will go away and leave me alone."

Archered Up. Now I am thinking he might start using a magic or high tech bow in the Crowverse as well

Foxy

Big chair is no exaggeration. Looks very uncomfy too.

Buffed up with the elements – very January.

Gadget + dwemer constructs and trinkets is such a natural fit.

Nice job creating both Gadget and Okami. Okami rather looks a bit like Yoshimo.

And sure enough, Ryo is awkward around gurlz – and everyone else.

Ryo and Foxy have a beautiful night sky overhead.

Acadian: Ryo is enjoyable to play. I can get into his head pretty easily, thanks to how well I know him from the Stormcrow fic.



This does not look like the Go Kart track by January's house

Feeling out of place

"Over the shoulder a piano falls, crashing to the ground...

Rats, why is it always rats?

Sunset archer

Uh oh, Skyrim new game. Who's this now? January?

Edit: Oh, I see now - it's Ryo.

Acadian: It is a stretch for me to play a male character. But I know Ryo so well, playing him is almost second nature.




Speaking of which, Avery has entered the chat

Skyrim has a weird Uber

Larry, Darryl, and Darryl

Avery is geared up in the Gadget Armor

Avery looks good. SubRosa playing boyz? Heavens to Mergatroid!

Dwemer armor is the ONLY choice for Dragonborn Gadget - was there ever any doubt?

SubRosa! You've created a male protagonist?? What has the world come to, while I was gone? Joking, but I really needed to double-check if I read it right or if he's just a follower.

Ryo visited my favorite character in Skyrim - Angi. Great screenshot as she fires an arrow with the sun in the background.

Not sure what's a better alternative - an invisible Uber horse or a carriage, full of prisoners?

Acadian: Heavens to Megatron indeed! I know Avery and Ryo so well thanks to the Stormcrow fic, that they just feel normal. Plus they have been mainstay party members in the team-based games like Icewind Dale and Pillars of Eternity.

I tried the other armors to see how they would look on Avery. But Dwemer is the only one that looks even close to a suit of powered armor. Sadly the helmet hides his face, even with the Open Face Helmet mod I have. I tried another mod that adds an open face Dwemer Helm, but it just does not look right.


Lopov: I always liked Angi as well. Not in the least because you can get about a 10 point boost to your Marksman skill by taking her lessons. Ryo started using a bow, so it was a good place for him to visit. Angi's not the most gregarious, so that is perfect for him. Being autistic makes it difficult for him to be around people for long. He can't understand body language or subtle inflections of speech, so the longer he is around people, the more stressed he becomes.

The ghost horse is a mod I made to create a summonable horse, without having to do the Dawnguard questline to get Avrak. I took the ghostly horse that the Headless Horseman rides, and basically copied and pasted it into the spell to summon Avrak. It works good. It gives my characters a horse when they want one, and disappears when they don't.


Avery thinks this guy is full of fake news

No one escapes from Cidnha Mine, until now...

"Um.... hi Forsworn dudes. I'm not going to ask any questions about these dead bodies you are standing over."

The Stormcrow has returned to Skyland as well

Is this my ride-share?

January thinks this guy is full of fake news

January's new foster son brought home a... mudcrab?

M'aiq theenks that while riding an invisible horse, one shouldn't wear a skirt!

Avery is probably the hottest prisoner around!

Looks like that January will be a bit story but she arrived quite late, it's already February. Better late than never, though.

What would a TES game be without M’aiq the fake newster?

Those Forsworn are snappy dressers. ESO did a good job differentiating those of the Reach from regular Bretons – the former all speak with a Scottish brogue and it really ‘fits’.

Welcome back to January as well.

Saw a mudcrab the other day. Nasty creatures but brought it home anyway.

Lopov: Avery is indeed looking good, even in the prisoner rags. He upgraded his threads soon after however.

January is never late, nor early. She arrives precisely when she means to.


Acadian: That's interesting that the made the regular Bretons Scottish. Usually Bethesda goes with a mix of Gaelic and French names for the Bretons. Since Breton = Brittany IRL, and the people there now are the descendants of those who migrated from south-western England a long time back.

Both January and I were thinking the same thing. Okay kid, whatever you want.


Burning for you

Valhalla Awaits

Relating the Saga of King Olaf

Disco Inferno

Lopoved

A game at dinner

Old news: Sorry for any confusion - ESO used the Scottish brogue on the Reachmen and it suits them really well. Regular Bretons talk like. . . regular Bretons.


The combat shots are great, replete with Stormcrow being stormy.

I'll bet Laprima is relieved to know that Stormcrow took care of that naggingly dangerous bard questing and burning of King Olaf's effigy stuff for her.

Let's warm up those old bones.

He sat too long on that throne anyway.

Did January need to whisper words to Viarmo on occasion?

Lopoved with a beautiful hat.

Hopefully they brought cheese to the party.

Acadian: So the ESO Reachmen are Tolkien Dwarves then!

January has already recovered most of those flutes and drums the bards have misplaced as well. So Laprima is in the clear there as well.


Lopov: Viarmo had it down from start to finish. January did help embellish the story from behind the scenes though.



Where the girls are

Red Dead

Sneaking

Jan meets Andre the Giant

All praise the mighty Carbohydrate!

Dragon flight

The Dark Brotherhood has fallen

Love that group shot of all the womyn. Did they just arrange themselves there by themselves?

In Red Dead it looks like skellie's trying to stab itself! 🦴

Ha ha, he's praying. Got the bread, but forgot the wine.

The Dark Brotherhood has fallen and so has Bone Break-19 in your gameworld.

Lotsa ladies in one place!

Neat coloring in Red Dead.

Andre the Giant – isn’t that one of Darryl’s cousins?

Yes, those Skyrimers sure like their bread!

Dragon flight is a beautiful shot. Love Jan’s shield.

DB – Good Riddance!

Renee: All the wimmins is a from the inn at Dawnstar at the beginning of the Vaermina/Mara quest, where the priest of Mara is talking to everyone.

I think he is praying to your character who always carbs up on bread. Was that Sir Vayoor?


Acadian: I guess January is just a chick magnet! Not!

The Red Dead is January using a Detect Life spell that I made. Hostiles all glow red.

Andre is probably Darryl's great-great uncle.

I made January's shield using a raven banner clipart logo that I found online, and then put into a viking shield mod.

The Dark Brotherhood made the mistake of picking on Jan. She picked back harder.


Jan and the teacher on a school field trip

It's an anime villain and a banana-man!

Is this an Elf thing?

Hot helmet

Time for some double-fisted magic action!

Shocking

Rocking out with a fellow bard

Falling

Falling

Falling some more

Falling with water

Still falling

Have not stopped falling yet

Water Landing!

The Psijic Banana!

Shocking? Well that happens when you are called Stormcrow.

That’s a long fall indeed!

Acadian: Apparently the Psjic Order are big Bananarama fans...

Lightning is never too far away where Stormcrow is involved.


Old Blue Eyes is back

Mother and Daughter

What is it? Dragons!

The Lady and the Vamp

The Mothman Prophecies

Goldeneye

Dragon Battle

Showdown with Harkon

Hit me with your best shot

Disintegration

January met a guy named Darryl...

Yay, Darryl's back!

'What is it? Dragons!' is a fabulous shot of that dragon - and of Stormcrow with her signature shield.

I vaguely remember battling that pair of dragons out on the ice.

Acadian: I only vaguely remembered fighting those dragons on the ice lake too. I knew they were going to show up. But I was not sure when. I walked all around, and they still had not appeared. So I went underwater to look around, and sure enough, that is when they decide to appear. January had to race to find an opening in the ice to get back out to where she could fight them. But she did get the chance to use her Summon Odahving shout, so there were three dragons in the fight at the same time. That was neat!




Lousy cops put January in the clinker!

January is starting to feel like she might not measure up...

Painting with all the colors of the wind

Everybody's an art critic

January will always be a Great Lakes gal

Offline mob

Poor January - stuck in 'The Chosen One's' Oblivion prison cell.

Wow, even a Breton looks small compared to that Altmer.

Oh yes, the painted trolls quest. That was a clever quest.

Jan's armor & shield look good - very businesslike.

Great shot in the water how you can see all of her even through the water.

January is a Nord in this game. And she is still tiny compared to an Altmer!

I had forgotten all about the painted trolls quest. That was really creative.


Fraking archers!

Don't ghost me bro

Battling side by side with Bellac

What did Kaelin put in my drink?

Watch where you shoot that thing!

The Alliance

Standing on top

Hi Boromir

Low bridge

Long Live the Emperor!

I used to be an adventurer like you. Until I took an arrow in the back.

I laughed over the low bridge pic.

Acadian: I tried something different, and took the high road in the mountains from Chorrol to Bruma. I was not expecting the bridges to be too low to fit a mounted character! I had to use the moveto command with the console to get them past the bridge. Thankfully it worked for both horse and rider with one command.


Valhalla Awaits

Found it

Blades from a bygone age

The Countess and the Crow

To battle

The Black and Decker Kingdom Wrecker

Looks like the warranty was expired

Jan and Marty

Paradise Awaits

Dagon

Dragon

Jan looks good in Savlian's old surcoat.

And the Stormcrow helps MartinAkatoshDragonGodofTime squash Dagon and save Nirn! She'll doubtless be named the Crowmeister of Cyrodiil!

Acadian: It is just a regular Kvatch surcoat, that January enchanted with Sigil Stone to give her +50 magicka.

January will be the Crowpian of Cyrodiil.

Horizon Zero Dawn awaits

Aloy

Moonlight

Tallboy

Footprints

Your game looks beautiful. An archer with round ears. Who knew?

Where's Aloy?

Sacred Lotus

Into the machine world

The machines seem to be using a black hole for garbage disposal

A red sun rises, blood has been spilled this night

Twilight

Mountains

Snowing

Found her!

Absolutely gorgeous looking game!

I suppose the pile of dead robots in front of her is kind of a giveaway...



Waterfalls

Sliding

Mount Doom

Distant Mountains

Beautiful screenshots again!

Some Buffywaterfalls, sliding over the flaming Deadlands, Red Mountain, and northern Skyrim.

Your characters get very dirty in Baldur's Gate 3

There are some really visually breath-taking places

Nautiloid Crash

One of the reasons for the Nautiloid crashing

January is a Paladin

After the crash

She is more or less intact

More beautiful shots. Certainly a visual upgrade from BG II Resurrected. Jan looks fabulous as a blond blue-eyed elven paladin. There be dragons here!

The team takes in a concert

Rocking out

Withers, the guy who respecs your characters and provides your hirelings

January thinks he looks a little sketchy

Meet the team Tiefling Barbarian - Karlach

January speaks to the dead

Karlach is hot

January has a lightning bolt

Karlach has a knack for killing demons

My new and improved Astarion looks he stepped out of a historical K-Drama

Jan needs a bath

Auntie Ethel is a real sweetie

This is really a messy team

This book sure looks sus

Taking the elevator to the Underdark

January updated her threads

Animals don't always have a lot to say

Wow, the graphics have sure come a loooonnng way since BGII! Such beautiful characters and landscape.

Is it just combat that is turn based?