GC #13 [ToTW] ~ Vote!

[Maяcel]

In cooperation with the TotW, contestants were to make pictures based on this story by Theodotus I:

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HomeComing


Every time I had come home to my village it was different. I was different, my people were different. War leaves nothing unchanged.

But there was something about this time—different than all the rest. The hair prickled up on the back of my neck, warning of danger. What, I knew not.

I stopped my horse on the edge of town, looking carefully to the priming of my pistol. It and the rapier at my side I carried for protection against the countless vagabonds and highwaymen roaming England these days. Discharged soldiers or mercenaries like myself, unable to return to the plow after smelling the powder of battle. Danger lurked everywhere—but not here. Not my village. Surely not. . .

Nevertheless, the instincts that had carried me through countless battles against the Ironsides of Oliver Cromwell did not desert me now. I tethered my mount to a post there on the perimeter of the village, drawing my sword from its scabbard.
A blade in my right hand, a loaded wheellock in my left. I felt a strange sense of unease at striding into my home in this warlike fashion, but something was wrong. No traders bartered in the market. No children chased each other through the streets, laughing and shrieking at each other. This time was nothing like my last return home. What had happened?

I walked carefully up the hill toward the center of the village, limping a little at each step. A musketball had lodged in my hip at Edgehill, ending my role in the war for the space of about five months. Now I could predict the weather as readily as a seer, and it was equally accurate in predicting danger. It pained me now.

Nothing was moving, even the birds seemed to have stopped their singing. The only signs of life were the wisps of smoke drifting upward from the chimney of Godfrey the tanner.
I stopped by the wall, checking the priming of my pistol once again. Nerves. I thought I had conquered them long ago—but there was something uncanny about this. This was not the battlefield, this was my home. Yet Death hovered nearby, I could feel his presence. The Reaper.

I lurched toward the tanner's door, putting weight on my good leg, aware that my investigation must begin at his house.
Silence. No sound greeted my ears as I approached. His latch-string was out, and I pulled the hammer of the pistol back to full-cock, placing my sword-hand on the door.
I pulled it open quickly and stepped inside, stepping into the unknown. . .

The submissions,

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Giovi's

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y2day's

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Worm's

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Vlad IV Felix's

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[Baron Vlad Felix]

Worm's or Giovi hmmmmm...both imagine are nice....but my vote goes to Worm's.

[molls]

What do you guys think?

Is it hard to make up pictures out of stories?

[Worm]

I didn't think it was that hard, actually it was more easy then i thought.

But i dont know if my pic ended up good.

P.S Y2day gets my vote for being the most interesting(for me)

[Giovi]

hmm i don't vote for myself...
worm awsome pic but doesn't deal much with the story(pistol cromwel ,era ec..)
same for vlad and then i vote for Yday

[Giovi]

What do you guys think?

Is it hard to make up pictures out of stories?

Not so hard but it 's difficult to find the pics that deals with the story(worm and vald don't deal for me)

[Worm]

You are 100% percent correct there Giovi, compleatly missed those parts

Embarrassing.......

[Brusilov]

You are 100% percent correct there Giovi, compleatly missed those parts

Embarrassing.......

I thought your picture as excellent - I couldn't spot the pistol though. I am a but surprised that it was allowed to be voted on.

Unless the pistol was a reference to something else. I think it's a term used by shearers to say "I cut his pistol off" when referring to a ram that isn't really a ram anymore. Also the reference to "Two Gun McKorky(?)" in Unforgiven - he only every carried one gun.....

[sud commander]

voted for Giovi

[Guy]

This will be very interesting. I think all us staff are trying to take a step into the dark.

Just added a spoiler to the OP.

EDIT: It was very close, but I have voted.

[leif_erikson]

No offence for the rest of the participants but Worm's image is a masterpiece. Voted.

[AnthoniusII]

Desision was hard to be made...
Voted!

[Nakharar]

Worms image is very good but so is Giovis voted Giovi

[Desperado †]

Man, high standards in this one guy's! After quite a bit of thinking I went for Giovi's, though all were creative and expertly made.

[molls]

So the idea was to have some sort of 2-weeks competition cycle.
CG: 1 week submission + 1 Week Vote

then Totw gets the finished pic and writes a story about it.

TotW: 1 Week submission + 1 Week vote,

then CG gets the new story etc.

Important here is that the submission tend differ from each other, so that there will be a variaty of content for both stories and pictures.

Question is:
Do you guys want this 2 Week cycle?
Or should it just be at random times?

[Worm]

I really like the way that system looks, i think that would be the best way

[Giovi]

shouldn't be closed the poll

[y2day]

Marcel is absence for a few weeks and I can't see the results. I'm not sure if he set it to expire or not. Maybe Caradog or Guy can see it but I can't. I may ask an admin to help us out if one of us can't take care of it.

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[Maяcel]

worm won with 10 votes out of 24

[molls]

hah congrats to Wormies superb picture!

however:

for future contests, please pay attention to what the story tells
Romans and pistols don't mix too well...