I started this project with a couple of goals in mind. One was to improve my drawing skills. I think that is happening. The second is just to engage in and complete a project related to gaming. So far for this project I've created a VB5 program to randomly generate the Hordlings, and wrote a program to randomly generate cool names for each Hordling and now I'm drawing each one according to each description generated. I don't always follow every bit of the description, and sometimes I change the details to suit what I feel like doing with the picture, but so far the project is ticking along nicely and at Hordling# 38 I am a little more than 1/3rd of the way through. It takes me about 15 - 20 minutes for each pencil sketch, and then, depending on how much detail I want to add, another 15 - 40 minutes to ink each one. I usually do about 4 at a time and take 2 - 3 hours to get them done. I find the time for each one gets faster on the pencils side, and faster for the inking of the less-detailed drawings, but I am increasingly tempted to add more detail as I go along. When I am finished the 100 drawings I am going to put them together in a book, probably writing them up with OSRIC rules and/or one of the OD&D clone rules. I'm thinking of publishing it through DTRPG or Lulu but we'll see. In the meantime here's numbers 35 - 38.

 

 I decided to color this guy because with all the black lines in the scales of the head, the hair of the mane, and the feathers, the head was getting kind of lost. 54 years old and I still can't keep my colours between the lines.

Really pleased with Ranorak. For one thing I finally looked up what insect wings really look like rather than relying on my hazy old memories. My attempts to draw them from my head has produced some pretty bizare results on previous hordlings ( not that that's a bad thing, hordlings are supposed to look bizarre, I think.)

BTW two great reference books I'm using are:

Tananuz

 

Lamataz

Karogun

Gogizod

Watazor

 

Vorakon

 

 

 

Names for the Hordlings
So I cobbled together a name generator in VB5 for the Hordlings. As each Hordling is unique, the names are proper names for each individual, rather than a "type"name. Rather than go back and edit each post I'm just going to list them all (up to the current number) here. from now on each Hordling will have its name posted with it.

1. Murilok
2. Yuguzag
3. Vozakin
4. Maxataz
5. Yanoxel
6. Quaroxil
7. Gagozul
8. Sodamuh
9. Zalurux
10. Samagom
11. Kadalak
12. Mazokax
13. Gunizor
14. Borizux
15. Flugelmare
16. Mantiscorpio
17. Vadanol
18. Quagakin
19. Vorulud
20. Soxokar
21. Kaduzad
22. Kurakil
23. Vodimar
24. Hudorez
25. Quatilok
26. Madezam

And here is number 27 -

 Kalodas

 

and number 28 - 

Yalamak

 

Up til Yalamak, I've been drawing each hordling on the same page as its write-up. From now on I'm going to be drawing each one on a separate page, just to have more room, and posting the write-up and drawing beside each other.

Four more beauties.

 

15 and 16
I think I might write a random hordling name generator for these things soon.

 

Flugelmare?

Mantiscorpio?

 

Hordlings number 13 and 14

Wow it's been so long since I posted that I have to relearn how to use everything.
Here are some charcters I am currently playing in google hangout games;

First on +Gus L 's HMS Apollyon it's Gill, now third level!

 

Next is Percy from +Bryan Mullins 's Blackmash game

 

Percy's character sheet after a couple of game sessions. I really must break myself of the habit of doodling on character sheets. 

 

The Nethers Brothers.  Percy's cojoined twin henchman/hirelings. Remarkably effective given their condition.

And finally, my new character, Shimrod the Magic User, also for +Bryan Mullins 's Blackmash game. I will be playing him for the fist time tonight.