Introduction

October 1st I do hate you so much.

Welcome to another of my Herald reports. Today, finally, we’re releasing the Custom weapons for Non-Force Users...well, sorta. Read on to find out more. ;)

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I'm on the front line, don't worry I'll be fine

Shout-outs

The Staff

One DC members does not the Staff make. This is very true across the board, but especially in the herald’s office. Graphics work is tedious and it takes a long, long, looooong time to get right. That said, having support often helps, and September was especially hard for me, having finals along with all my Herald work and gasp as social life.

So I wanna say thanks to my whole staff. Every one of them has stepped up in their own way to help me get to this point. They are my pillars and without them the Office wouldn’t be on track. So thank them for your new shinies. ;)

The story is just beginning

Non-Force User's Custom Items - Release!

Finally, it’s here. The Non-Force users that have recently been released are getting their Custom weapons. The weapons are divided into Ranged and Melee weapons.

How do they work?

It’s very simple. Lightsabers and Melee weapons will function in much the same vein. You will request whatever you want, depending on your rank, and it will be made from scratch for you. Truly Custom weapons. This has more to do with our workflow and techniques. Making swords/axes/hammers is very, very similar to sabers, depending on the amount of detail.

Ranged weapons, on the other hand, are nowhere near as simple. That’s why we’ve had to implement a template system. The ranged weapons listed below are ALL either Star Wars Canon or Star Wars inspired, to keep with the overall theme of the franchise and fandom. What this means is that you will be choosing whatever weapons you wish to display as custom on your dossier and we will be modifying them according to your wishes.

From material used (steel, chrome, blackened metal, bone, wood, ivory, etc, etc) to colors of specific components, to what type of grip you want on your precious baby. Basically all of these weapons are templates we can modify to fit your vision and the Request forms will reflect that.

Speaking of those, they haven’t been finalized yet, so expect them within a day or two. I’ll add a news post and then you can go crazy and request all the things! :D

Here’s the moment I have to apologize. I really, really wanted to release a lot more weapons today, however the growing list of projects from the DC (Fiction Society most notably) took up most of my time. So we’ll only be releasing part of the weapons we intended to. You can expect more weapons and mods in my next report in two weeks.

So without further ado, I present to you all the Custom Ranged weapons templates we’re releasing today.

Lightsaber requirements - Changed!

For a while now I’ve mulled over the idea of changing Lightasber (and now, Weapon) requirements. Many members have asked about this and, today, I have a solution.

Let me explain what i mean first. Latest canon has show that dual wielding lightsabers or even using staber staffs isn’t really restricted to higher echelons of Force Users. To accommodate this we have developed a new system of rankings for the Lightsabers and Weapons in general. Here’s the rundown:

• Armory weapons have been expanded to include dual weapons and double-bladed weapons. Right now Armory Single Sabers, Armory Vibroswords and Armory blasters are available to the Journeyman 1 ranks. Dual Sabers, Dual Vibroswords and Dual Pistols are available to Equite 1 ranks. Armory Saberstaffs and Armory Double-bladed Vibroswords are available to Equite 2 ranks.

• More options are given to Equite ranks regarding dual and double-bladed weapon variants. EQ2 gain five additional dual sabers to choose from, wehre as Eq3 get all of them and five additional Saberstaffs.

• Cutsom weapons are seeing changes as well, where Equite 4 ranks recieve Custom Saberstaffs as well as Custom dual sabers. Elder 1 ranks recieve Dual-phased lightsabers, while UV lightsabers remain restricted to Elder 2 and above.

• We’re introducing Custom Cortosis (saber resistant) Blades for Elder 1 and above, as well as Custom Sith Swords for Elders 2, and Custom Dual Sith Swords for Elder 3.

Much of this affects mostly lightsabers but it will also affect NFU weapons in the future as we release them.

All additional info is listed on on these wiki pages:

• Weapons
• Lightsabers

For now I can say that in addition to these changes, we have released a new set of Melee weapons called the Armory set. Expect more in the future, and enjoy.

Feature - Fiction society rewards

The Fiction Society has been released a few days ago. Many people have been asking how all the rewards look. Well, sans all the options and such, you can see the rewards down there.

I'll take this moment to mention my Staff again. they did a badass job here. Slagar managed to complete the stiletto, Sith Dagger and Comlink, while Esca did the Scanner. They really outdid themselves here. All in all there are 138 image included in the Fiction Society.

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I say goodbye to my weakness, so long to the regret

Warbanners, Sabers and Requests

Let’s start with:

Sabers

In the past two weeks none were completed. Due to the amount of work we’ve had to do, sabers were paused for a bit. Now, we’re back on track. Expect more next report.

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Warbanners

By Selika:

• Mav

• Teu Bukhari Sadow

• Celahir Erinos

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Graphics Requests

None. Same reason as above.

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Avatars

None. Same reason as above.

And now I see the world through diamond eyes

There’s a Form for that

• Warbanner Request

• Custom Saber Request

• Leadership Graphics Request

• Second Sons Artwork Volunteers:

• Complaints

• Herald FAQ

DB Art Community Telegram Group

If you’re interested in joining the TG group and sharing your art, be sure to click the image below:

Ask the Herald

Brae asks: #AsktheHerald What are three ways I can drive Atty/Arcia bat shit crazy in the weeks leading up to Halloween?

How should I know? XD

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Monty asks: #AsktheHerald: Hailing from a tree family do you have a visual depiction of your family tree?

I do not. My family tree goes back millennia and the knowledge of it has been lost to all but me.

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Donny asks: #Asktheherald - Considering the growing size and talent of your team. Will you eventually be intending to have a few members begin working on training/teaching competitions for the brotherhood at large to prepare members for GJW GFX competitions?

Maybe. It really depends on our time. our priorities are pretty fixed at the moment. However, the DB Art Club was created for just such a purpose. People are getting better and better just by communicating. I imagine we’ll get more GJW gfx entries this year than any before.

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Atty asks: #AskTheHerald what do you think of artwork depicting characters throughout their life/aging process? Can we see sapling Vyr?

I think that’s cool. Why not depict your character as a child. Hell I might just commission someone to depict Vorsa as a padawan.

Sapling Vorsa is...as sapling. Seen one, seen ‘em all :P

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A’lora asks: Can I have a Lightstaff?

You already have one :P

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Atty asks: #AskTheHerald ...Kara Thrace and Six/Caprica/the Tricia Helfer Cylon...which would you pick?

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Teikhos asks: #AsktheHerald Will the Loyalist/Mercenary robes and weapons make their way to the wiki like the Force-user robes have?

Probably not. There are far too many of them. Maybe as links, though.

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Kyle asks: #asktheherald if we ask the Herald staff for custom robes and they agree, is it ok?

No.

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Atty asks: #asktheherald if you had all your projects and pieces done tomorrow, what's the next piece of art you'd do for fun?

I’d probably sleep. I usually do art for fun only when I’m inspired to do so. But a week after? Maybe.

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A’lora asks: #asktheherald with the number of extreme changes about, will the restrictions regarding lightsabers be changed/considered in order to fit better with the canonical examples of less-powerful characters making use of dual or double-bladed lightsabers?

Already done, love.

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Turel asks: #AsktheHerald, who has the best custom saber in your opinion?

I do. Obviously.

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A’lora asks: #AsktheHerald, as your OTP, do I have parking reserved on your Star Destroyer?

You get a hangar.

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Turel asks: #asktheherald what are some examples of things that aren't allowed in saber/warbanner requests

Tough one. In warbanners we usually allow everything that looks like a logo, though we tend to deny if that logo is copyright of any RL company or such. What’s usually frowned upon are character images (be it yours or other people’s) and fully rendered illustrations as crests. keep the logos simple, black-and-white.

As far as lightsabers are concerned, it really depends. Basically anything that you can have is listed. If something comes up that’s out of the ordinary we do a case to case approval/denial. But I have no good examples of denials in that field. So far everyone’s been pretty straightforward about their sabers.

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Wally asks: #asktheherald if a neti falls over in the forest but no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Yes.

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Atty asks: #asktheherald any plans for expanding those coolio society tattoo options? I want to ink a fist onto somebody's forehead and call it ACC :P

No. Those tattoos are made in that way specifically for the Fiction Society. i doubt there will be any more.

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Zoso asks: #AskTheHerald You promised me customizable weapons. I have no weapons. Why do you lie to me? :(

Look up.

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Commission artists and Artist Feature

Every report I will present an artist from various sites on the internet that do commission work. You can directly contact them through their contacts on these pages:

It's Durandus again. This time showing of a commission he did of Jai'de Serpens.

Closing word

So September was long and hard (phrasing?) but we managed to do a lot of the work I marked down for completion. Next up? Herald Style Hanukkah and Possessions.

Hope you enjoy the news. As always...

See you Space Cowboys. ;)

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