Lothran should open his own Museum of Oddities in Cyrodiil.

Nice to see Lothran's cozy fire ready for the winter. Good thing he's keeping track of that Amulet. Who knows what could happen if it fell out of his hands!

Not much of a shot, but adequate as a memento of the gang's just ending (as of 30 Nov 2015 earth date) stay in Leyawiin. Vil was in her element, talking almost non stop with the Inn's numerous customers. (More appeared after this images was captured.) We began to think she would never be ready to leave, but my avatar was at last allowed to escort her to her berth in the Mages Guild basement a bit after 2200.

Wonderful shot, Decrepit! Great to see your old avatar and Vilja in Vilja's element. Thanks for sharing.

That is one of the things I thought was best about Vilja - dialogue with NPC's. Great shot, I'm glad to see you playing and posting shots!

Nice shot, Decrepit. Quite festive

I really like the blue flask in the foreground but I don´t recall ever seeing one in-game myself.

Preparing the image seen in my preceding post put me in mind of another Inn capture, to my mind's eye amongst the best static visual documents from the play-through. It is mid Crisis. My avatar roams the land in the guise of Crusader, putting out fires large and small, closing any and all Gates he chances upon. As I remember it, he had closed two Gates in fairly rapid succession, and elected to pop into the Imperial Bridge Inn for a little R&R before tackling a third. There he was met by what must have been two squads of patrolling Legionnaires on break. Here we see him seated at the bar, surrounded by comrades, basking in the warm glow of camaraderie.


I believe the blue flask is from Better Potion Bottles Reduced, which I installed back in 2011. There are several Oblivion potion bottle replacement mods, some fancier. I chose this one because it's a simple texture / mesh replacer requiring no esp.

Good shots Decrepit, nice to see so many people together. My game would probably lag if my character were in such a company. The Khajiit in the first pic is drinking from a curiously colored bottle.

Wow, what a crowd they are in that little inn! Great shot!

I like the blurriness of that last picture. How did you get that?

May I assume you refer to the image of my avatar as Crusader seated at the bar in Imperial Bridge Inn?

I prepare most captured game images for posting with the freeware program Paint.net. It's a fairly basic program, but has most functions I need and is super easy to master. Almost all my posted images require cropping. The image in question needed only a bit of unnecessary ceiling shaved off the top. As to the 'blur', it was achieved via Paint.net's 'effects/photo/glow' filter. I didn't use its default settings but moved the three sliders until I got the look I wanted. I also monkeyed with the 'adjustments/levels' settings (NOT auto-level, which is worthless for game captures) for a bit of extra warmth. I'm not normally a big fan of soft-focus, so after adjusting color levels and applying glow I compensated somewhat with 'effects/photo/sharpen' at one of its mildest settings. (I did want 'some' soft-focus, the room being lit by soft candlelight.)

oh I see. Paint.net. Yes, I have this program too, as well as an old version of Photoshop. Pretty cool the way Adobe puts all its old programs up on its website for free. Well, thanks for explaining, yes I also crop almost all my pics, and resize the on-screen ones often too.

Kahreem, Lopov style*

Duuche Bayag (my first custom-made NPC)

Remember me?



* my Redguard looked away from the "camera" dangit. He's looking upward. Not a true Lopov pic then, but a cheap reproduction.

Kahreem's pupils look rather dilated. . . wonder what that means. . . .

The Duke of Bags looks sleepy!

Oooh, is that Ms Renegade herself? Edit: After looking at the posts below, I guess that is Ms Saga instead after all. Sorry, I get confused when my inclination of associating one player with one character begins to break down.

Oh, my... Imperial City looks quite different. I like it, but I still wouldn´t want it in my game..


Lady Saga, right?

I think this is the first time we see Mr Weet from so close and without any headgear. How about buying some copyrights for taking such screenshots?

I'm sure he lives up to his name.

It's Lady Gaga! I mean Saga! Nice outfit.

Your names kill me! I can't see how Mr. Bayag is custom when he is sleeping, lol.

SPEW!!! Was that a Lopov you were going for in that shot? Kahreem most def changed the moment entirely from Lopov's face on look when he rolled his eyes;

These are great shots! Your game must be a lot of fun with all these guys (and their names! ).

Lopov: You haven't patented your famous picUtre-taking style yet, so

Acadian: Yep, that's Saga. One of her last pics. I haven't gamed with Renegade in a while, but I will do so pretty soon. All of tmar's fancy-clothes pics keep tempting me to see what Goddess Store is all about.

mALX & mirocu: Thanks! Yes, Mr. Bayag is a simple NPC. He eats, he sleeps, he heads off to Three Sisters' Lodge sometimes. That's about it.

The Goddess store is fabulous for more. . . Nordically built women. For those (like Buffy) whose cup size is pretty early in the alphabet, shopping there is more of a challenge. That is, the double d in the name Goddess is rather appropriate.

Oh no [censored], there are different cup sizes? That's amazing. I mean, wow. I wonder what RG3's cup size is. I'm guessing a C. She's got Robert's in her game.

Ok, lets get busy
Snow angels require snow, you know
Snowflake proved its worth
Upon coming back from the hunt, Lothran summoned a shield in case he´d gotten a visitor
Wow, it´s pretty far down
Inside the tent
Other side
The custom spell to go with Snowflake


Special pic

Now this last one is funny. Before going to Pale Pass, Lothran did some winter cleaning in his collection and decided to throw away a copy of this weapon. Well, just before entering Pale Pass he found another one in a chest. If that´s not a sign that he should have one I don´t know what is

Great pics of Lothran the Nordic hunter on his annual Pale Pass trip. Snowflake boasts with a powerful enchantment. Thanks for making screenies of tent interiors, it looks warm and cozy.

A humble enchantment I´d say, but with some help it does the job nicely


If I may speak for Buffy, she´s not as proficient with Destruction as with other types of schools. She usually says she can at the most chill down a beer, and I think that reflects in Snowflake. A nice gift which Lothran holds very dear

Awesome pics! Lothran the Ogre slayer!

I forgot just just how high the mountains in Cyrodiil are. Scary stuff.

And do not knock the 'chill down a beer spell.' Tomorrow in Melbourne is 35 Celsius ( 95F) for Christmas. Send Buffy and her spell my way. I have never seen a white Christmas. Needless to say I will be playing FO4.

Hee, dear Lothie can speak for his pal Buffy any time! And you are quite right about her 'mostly for cooking' level of destruction skill. After all these years, Buffy and I are honored and humbled that her gift of Snowflake still finds a place in Lothran's arsenel.

The ogre getting snow angel tips from Lothran was brilliant!

Thanks, mr Wolf


I don´t wanna take liberties, but I remember Buffy talking about cooling a beer which was why I was daring enough to post that


Using that prep spell, Snowflake becomes quite dangerous. As the spell stuns the foe it´s very easy to get many hits on them before they get back up, and the weaknesses multiplies the dagger´s efficiency. Add to that its usefulness as a Frost collectible!

Hey I am loving some Lothie pics! Wow, he's got some great gear. I love that he still wears fur armor!

He has to, it´s cold!



And he sends his thanks

Colla Gius was a famous painter of the 3rd and 4th Era, most notably known by painting nobles of Cyrodiil at various points of their lives, but his most prominent works are still considered to be The Adventures of the Champion of Cyrodiil, informally called the Oberon's adventures. As Colla Gius often mentioned, portraying Oberon according to his tellings was not only extremely difficult because he had to picture events which he didn't witness personally, but because the Champion of Cyrodiil was a difficult man to cope with.

Not only were his tellings sometimes difficult to understand since it's widely known that Oberon was quite a drinker, but he was also dissatisfied with Gius' paintings and rudely chased him from his home more than once, when Gius showed him his works.

However, with time Oberon and Gius became friends and supposedly Gius made some unique paintings for the Champion, for which he never allowed to be publicly displayed. Nonetheless, we consider ourselves lucky to have a lot of paintings from The Adventures of the Champion of Cyrodiil to show you:

The Prisoner

The very first pic in the series features Oberon lying in his dank cell in the Imperial City prison.

A good find

A painting by many criticized to be too dark, it's supposedly one of Oberon's favorites, since it pictures him finding a bottle of ice-cold ale below the Imperial Prison. The ale didn't last long of course.

Death of the Emperor

One of the most famous works from the series it features not only the death of the Emperor but also the tense moment when Baurus trusted Oberon to carry the Amulet of Kings. Over the years, Men and Mer made up many quotes about what did they talk about but Oberon dismissed all such quotes as stupid, claiming that their conversation was very short and that all he said to Baurus was: "Yes, he trusted ME. Now stop staring at ME. And no, I'm not an assassin but an agent. It's a difference, you know?" As a result of this statement, the above painting is informally known as Yes, he trusted ME.

Nice pictures. The first one I almost thought was from in-game

Nice work, Lopov! Clever.

Yes, those are some beautiful paintings. How clever!


I don't see a waffle iron anywhere in the Emperor's death picture, so it looks like you and I are still playing the same game.

Very cool cell-shading to make the 'paintings'!

Thanks all!

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More Colla Gius' paintings from the 3rd Era:

In the Black Rook

Not all rumors are to be believed but apparently Oberon wasn't satisfied with how he looks like in this painting and demanded for Colla Gius to paint another one, this time in the company of a woman.

Rosana and Oberon

But when he saw this one, he forbade Colla Gius to paint another one of his face because he looked like an Ogre.

So to avoid further complications, Colla Gius painted Meeting in the garden from above...

...and At the Sea from a slightly larger distance.

I have to say, I don´t get it. Who is making these paintings (for real)?

I should try and acquire artwork reflecting my avatars various adventures. Only, I'm not sure I have access to . . . uuuummmmm . . . an artist of acceptable caliber.

As for what I do have, here we see my decrepit avatar and his ward supping at the Wawnet following their return from Cheydinhal. They are joined by a fellow Weyenite. The Inn's resident bard sits ignored in the background.

Lopov, what a fun treatment you're giving these pictures. As I've said, very creative!

Decrepit, always a quiet joy to see your Decrepit Champion enjoying a relaxing meal with Lady Vilja.

Neat to see more paintings of Obe!

And it is always cool to see the Decrepit avatar stepping out with Vilja!

Lopov, I love the paintings from The Adventures of the Champion of Cyrodiil! The Prisoner is my favorite. At The Sea is a close second. What a creative idea, beautifully done.

Decrepit, it’s always a pleasure to see your Decrepit avatar relaxing in the evening with Vilja.

Thanks all!

@mirocu - these are ordinary screenshots, altered to look like paintings.

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The following paintings present Oberon passing Fort Ash on way to the Weynon Priory and subsequent meeting with Grandmaster of the Blades who at first didn't pay any attention to Oberon, as presented in the second painting. By Oberon's wishes, latter paintings were dedicated to Brandy the horse, the first one showing them leaving the priory, the second one showing them passing through the Colovian Highlands and the last one showing them as they spot Kvatch for the first time. Those with keen eyes will also notice that in the first painting Oberon is still wearing common shoes but in other paintings he already wears leather boots, taken from Jauffre's supplies.

Fort Ash

Jauffre and the Prisoner

Oberon and Brandy

Horse and Rider

Kvatch in the fog

I think the pics have kind of a Walking Dead feel to them

More paintings! Fort Ash looks great. And the one with Jauffre looks like a real painting. So does horse and rider.

I bet Kvatch looks better in the fog than it will once Obe gets up close!

I like regular screenshots, but these make for a wonderful moody change. They fit Oberon's tale well, as he and Brandy make their way to Kvatch.

Thanks all! I think that screenshots altered to look like paintings fit better with Oberon's tale in the parallel thread. I might switch to normal screenies at some point but not yet, I like paintings more for now.

Waiting for some friends to arrive for the party to begin, I'm browsing through very first pages of this thread and came upon some really stunning pics like this one:

Easily one of my fav Buffy shots!

Moving on to Buffy's friend from Bruma...
BTW, mirocu, you often say that you're running out of pics for the Where am I thread? but I've seen at least dozen which I don't have a clue about where were they taken.

And now to my personal winner from the Hot/Not contest which Renee hosted at Beth a few years ago:
She still wins for me.

Poor Maxical got hit

These are just a few, there's a whole lot of other amazing pics in that thread, I only made it through the first few pages.

Well, I have in fact used that particular pic although it was a great while ago

I remember this one but there are a bunch of wilderness ones and I also recall one where he's in some shack with some woman and I have no clue where it is.

I can´t use the wilderness pics because even I don´t know where they are taken

That'd be great for another thread "Help me find out Where I am".

What a fun walk down memory lane featuring some fave characters!

Those is a nice segue down memory lane for sure! Look at Buffy way up high. Yikes.


This happens to be all the time with Saga and RG3; I've got lots of pics of them in wilderness but I haven't a clue where they are

The following paintings present Oberon joining the Kvatch guard, led by courageous Savlian Matius, in the battle outside of the ruined town, his subsequent venture to the portal of Oblivion and eventually closing the gate by removing the Sigil Stone, and a final battle for liberation of Kvatch. Last two paintings present Oberon meeting Martin for the first time. The second one was painted by Oberon's order and while Colla Gius titled it "Martin Septim", Oberon commonly referred to it as "The true Champion of Cyrodiil".

Oberon is at first wearing the same outfit as in previous series but later on he wears a full Kvatch cuirass with matching chainmail greaves and boots.

It is worth mentioning that as a reward for liberating Kvatch he got another cuirass from Savlian Matius, enchanted with fortifying wearer's endurance and strength. Since Oberon wears the cuirass before Kvatch was liberated, it is assumed that he acquired it from one of the fallen soldiers and was thus unenchanted. Whether he wears an enchanted or a regular one in the painting with Martin, is not known, since Oberon himself forgot about it, saying that "it doesn't matter in the end, since both of them look the same".

Blood and fire

Th gate to Oblivion

Death of the Daedroth

Closing the gate

Heroes of Kvatch

Oberon and brother Martin

Martin Septim