Well I figured I would knock up a thread, as you do, for some piccies of our version of Cyrodiil and also because any gratuitous opp. to post up a shot of Niamh cannot be let go...
So here we are:
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Roses
Ayleid Ruins
Niamh the Archer
View Out
The Look
Bruma Cathedral
Bruma and The Imperial City
In the Flowers
Cave Door
More Ruins
Fort Linchal
Glance
Valley View Camp
The Lake
Approaching the Gate - she never went in, it's not her problem...
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Finally here, a couple from Niamh as she was in Skyrim - (VERY early shots, you can tell because she's still got something on - (seriously), and IRL, your humble narrator had not figured out the graphics settings yet), just for reference...
Profile
Leave Me Alone
Azura - the first time
Shadows - Manipulated

Skyrim-wise there are also these two:
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And this one, which is almost as close as I can get without getting banned. Skyrim Niamh was not big on clothing, you see...
Shock and Awe

A lot of the images from Skyrim, certainly the latter ones, had from necessity to combine elements of light and shade and camera angles, at least for forum posts; personally I think the result was rather good, in many cases...

You use a lot of effects for your Oblivion game. That isn't any post processing (photoshop) is it?

I think if that was my game, the dark borders around the screen would bug me.

None of the Oblivion shots are post-processed, that's exactly as in game. Part of my "vision" as it were is of looking through a portal into Cyrodiil. The vignette allows for that visualisation.
I used a lot of filmstrip in the Skyrim effects along with grain. Only a couple of the Skyrim ones are enhanced, I have never really found it necessary to enhance my Oblivion shots after the event, as what's available ingame is more than good enough.

But yes there are many many graphical bits and pieces going on in it!

I've only enhanced a few of my shots and that was just when they were too dark to see easily.

I like taking 'creative' screen shots with lighting and angles too.

Niamh is REALLY not a fan of clothing, is she? XD

They certainly don't feature as one of the higher priorities in her life, no!

These are some great shots of Niamh! Love her outfit!

In the firelight

Pretty!!!

Oh, I love camping inside a cleared out cave with a cozy fire when the weather outdoors is ugly.

Looks like she's taken over a cave.

Absolutely.


She had.

Here's one of Niamh and Cutter, because who doesn't like Cutter?

This one's nice, is there something going on between them?

I like her Skyrim's shots as well, especially the one at the counter where she's wearing a hood - makes her look secretive and dangerous. And Shock and Awe is great as well.

Keep 'em coming!

BTW, is Niamh in Morrowind too?

Thank you Lopov.
There might well be yes at least as far as I can tell, although given the propensity that both of them have for violence I would imagine they take things fairly gently...!

Yes shock and awe is a favourite of mine as well.

She has been in Morrowind but sadly there are no existing shots of her from there...

I like how that one with Cutter is framed. Are you using the Epic Elves mod?

Thank you.
No I'm not actually, in fact I've not heard of that...

Cutter! Yaaay!

Edit: Crap, I realise I've only been lurking on this thread. So, er, I liked the other screenshots too. Good show.

And here we are in Skyrim, it's a long story, and it's as confusing for Niamh trust me on that. You can read all about it in the stories, but as a teaser...

Pix:
Not again...
The Icerunner
Darker Close Up

Niamh in Skyrim looks more terryfing, she looks more mature, at least in my opinion. Great shots, especially the first one, I really like her 'blind' eye and a war-paint! I imagined waking up in the middle of a night and that face staring at me...
BTW does she wear clothes when entering cities?

Heh, yeah I get what you mean completely. She's kind of Mr Hyde to Oblivion Niamh's Dr Jekyll, if that makes sense, although the distinction is perhaps more blurred in some ways.
She is certainly a much more random and unpredictable proposition, and her looks betray that for sure. You would definitely want to handle with extreme caution, if at all.
She is fundamentally the same age but her life and lifestyle are far more harsh and additionally the body she is in is an outward sign of her much more fey inner nature, this I think makes her look more worn and beaten about.
That and the fact she's got even less interest in personal hygiene than her Oblivion incarnation.
Though they are the same person, they represent different aspects, this Niamh is basically all the really nasty bits, but in Cyrodiil those are balanced by a more reasonable, if troubled and rather depressive, outlook. There is a kind of feedback loop between the two aspects however which means that some of one incarnation leaks into the other, tempering it to a greater or lesser degree; sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse... It's more marked with each visit, though not necessarily in a positive sense.

She actually doesn't go into settlements that much and tends to slip into them at night, and leave in the early morning. The shots of her in solitude were rare ones. This time round she is even more feral than before and it's more than likely that the Solitude trip was her last into a large settlement pretty much ever.
She does not wear clothes. Ever.
And she doesn't care either. Comments and abuse are, or were, certainly in abundance but for some reason she pretty much gets left alone, even by the guards, who are by and large just glad to see the back of her - (and indeed the front, although not one of them would ever say that to her face, lol).
She tends to get served because either the shopkeeper is to taken aback to react, or is to busy ogling to be bothered.
Not that that will be an issue any more...

That was good read, thanks for some explanations.

Pretty. Mind if I ask what ENB you use? What kind of performance do you get with it?

Thank you,
It's actually one of Stakkado's cinematic ones using a fairly lightweight implementation. Performance isn't too bad - but I wouldn't want to push it, if you get my drift!!

Sneaking about
Discoveries
Dead Draugr

She looks almost like a native American indian in this one.

Interesting, do you know that had not occurred to me...

Exploring alternate pathways...
...here she is again, but different still.

Out of the wilds
There goes the neighbourhood
Surveying the countryside
Blood
Giants
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Still fundamentally Niamh, though
1
2
3
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This explores a different path that she might take, as a different aspect of her finds herself in Skyrim.
Another branch of the tree, as it were...

Tooled Up
Gotcha
Not Messing About

She's rather more "direct" than subtle, in this version...

I like those shoulder pauldron-things. It's a little easier to share screens when she isn't totally naked right?

Heh, it is indeed.
But actually "that" Niamh is still there, "this" Niamh is slightly different. Now I know how that sounds but all of them actually form part of a coherent and internally consistent narrative arc another piece of which - (concerning this Niamh) - I wrote today at work lol, and will soon appear in Niamh's fanfic thread...

But yes, expect this Niamh's screenies to be rather more open!

Nice shots! And "more revealing" Niamh wears a circlet while "less revealing" Niamh doesn't wear one, right?

Chuckle
Well that's certainly one way of telling them apart!

Gratuitous Pose in Bleak falls
Another angle in the Barrow
About to enter the depths...

Frying Tonight - somehwere in amongst all this is a Draugr...
It Burns!
It Burns!!
It Burns!!!
It Burns!!!!
It Burns!!!!!

Looking out over Whiterun
That had to hurt
Fort
Arty Fire Shot 1
Arty Fire Shot 2

Enjoy.

In Elvenwood
Getting ready to rumble
Come and get it

Went for a totally different look and feel.
And you know what? Totally worth it!

In Rorikstead
Loitering with intent
Bothering the innkeeper...
A little light butchery
Come and have some
This is Niamh's Skyrim.
A closeup
Some light acrobatics...
In 1
In 2
In 3
In 4
In 5
In 6
Amongst the natives, atmospheric internal shots...!
In Here
In Here
In Here
In Here
In Here
In Here
In Here

This I think is how I always imagined Niamh's Skyrim to look, and finally I think I've nailed it...

Enjoy.

Heh, does a circlet count as clothes? Nice shots, especially this one:

Post-processed version of this particular one...

You're Next
Sneaking Up
Agg!
Gak...!
Urk.
What is this even for?
Warning Shot
Burn
Roast
Fry
On the rocks...
Checking out the scenery
Crouch
Hiding from fire...(somewhere).

Icy Wastes
Front Shot
A Little to the Side
Profile
Klepr
In the Inn
Still Inn
Up Close

Back in Cyrodiil.
Expect...

...loads of screenies.

Guess who has a voice...
"
Let
Me
Tell
You
What
I think of you...
"
Spider Deadra - (LOL)
Sneaking
At the lecturn
Pose
Sideways
At the table, in the dark
Flame

Just as an aside, here is a shot of mobile tablet Niamh in another world...
Aralon's western kingdom

Bravil through the arch at Bawn
What's up there?
Architecture...?!

Right pay attention because there is a lot to get through...
First up, a Dead Pirate
Overhead shot of fort across from the IC
Some assorted views of the Imperial City and it's environs, here, here, here, here, and here
Wake up S'krivva, I'm in a Bit of A Fix...
 
The conversation - (of which you have only been told a little) - bit Luciana and herself left Niamh in a reflective mood. So it was she made the decision to finally re-enter Red Rose Manor, somewhere she had not been for a very long time, not since before Vilja's untimely demise.
It looked much the same, although dustier and somehow quiet and a little sad, there was a weight of memory upon that pressed down upon her.
She spent some time, rummaging through the drawers and cupboards, sleeping in the beds, just wandering from room to room.
 
Eventually she found in drawer, the outfit that Vilja had bought her long ago it seemed, she herself had never really worn it at the time, so Vilja had, every now and then.
On a whim, she put it on, and made a decision.
It was on to the Imperial City, up to the gate, past the statues, and on through the streets, she had some business that needed attending to, was long overdue in fact, but still, she needed a little time to think on it a bit.
(Doesn't mean a girl can't enjoy the scenery a little though). :wink:

Nearly Home
Looking into the sunrise, just outside Bravil.
A foggy morning down south
Say what...?
Chest - (no not hers!)

The short version...!
Getting some dutch courage in Bravil
I'm not talking to you
We need to talk, this is hard for me...
Many things were said
I wish I could stay angry with you
Apology accepted...

Those are some amazing effects you use.

Thank you KC
It's all part of my visualisation, also, my PC is Evil and Must Be Punished...!

Some more:
Across the lake
In the shop
Preparing for Fort Irony
Damaged Luck...
A similar shot
And one more!

Enjoy.

That's a neat flower Niamh has on her quiver!

They all have such a dream-like quality to them. I personally couldn't play like that, but they make for some neat screens.