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DanoGambler β€” Inktober 2017 #8

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Published: 2017-10-08 20:11:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 459; Favourites: 13; Downloads: 4
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Description This is a part of worldbuilding that I like. My story, Droran, the Naronian soldiers fill in their "spare time" with scheduled exersise, studies and work. "Spare time" for a Naronian soldier is the time beqtween military drills, guard duty and actual combat. One of the many "free-time" chores is to man the forgeworks, where armor, tools and weapons are made. The different decuria take turns and change shifts to constantly hold the different stations working.
On this particular picture, Haze and Kane are making thread for the ring-maille workshop. It's hard work and takes a staedy hand, but they're enjoying every opportunity to hang out and talk and joke around. The workshops are among the few places where that kind of entertainment is encouraged. It strengthens the bond between the soldiers and halps them get through the shifts effectively.

Β I got this idea of soldier labor during my time in BΓ€ckedal, a craft-school dedicated to lod crafts. We got to learn how to make iron thread from a lump to a roll of thread. It was one of many awesome experiences in that school :3
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FoxOTCW [2019-01-30 00:57:45 +0000 UTC]

I love this piece. The design is terrific and the combination of the warmth of the characters and the detail of the machinery makes it particularly memorable.
Anthros doing skilled crafts is one of my favorite themes.

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DanoGambler In reply to FoxOTCW [2019-02-14 10:30:31 +0000 UTC]

As a craftsman, I really can't help myself but to put it in there x3

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TEK427 [2017-10-09 13:52:36 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Awesome job on the machine! I think it's so cool that you actually went to school for this! I wish my schools offered classes like this. XD

My characters do something similar in their Legions. They mainly do weaponsmithing and a bit of jewelry crafting, but hey, it keeps them sane. Β 

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DanoGambler In reply to TEK427 [2017-10-11 18:43:38 +0000 UTC]

Well, it's a school that you gotta apply for after your initial studies, so it's not like we have it in regular school. This school was crafting from morning to evening :3
Jewlery crafting? Why jewlery crafting?

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TEK427 In reply to DanoGambler [2017-10-11 20:32:25 +0000 UTC]

Phew! That sounds intense! XD

It's a personal hobby of one of my characters when she's not out killing people. She finds it relaxing and it makes her feel proud to wear something she made herself. She mostly makes earrings and bracelets from copper scrap and shiny stones they find. Sometimes she trades them for extra rations from villages they pass through. Β 

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DanoGambler In reply to TEK427 [2017-10-11 21:20:02 +0000 UTC]

That's cool! owo
This is a little bit more of a chore, but they find satisfaction in it as well uwu

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Fail-Seeker [2017-10-08 23:16:34 +0000 UTC]

Impressive...most impressive.

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DanoGambler In reply to Fail-Seeker [2017-10-11 18:43:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you uwu

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Fail-Seeker In reply to DanoGambler [2017-10-11 21:58:57 +0000 UTC]

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DanoGambler In reply to Fail-Seeker [2017-10-11 22:01:07 +0000 UTC]

Use what? The threadmaker?

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Fail-Seeker In reply to DanoGambler [2017-10-11 22:05:30 +0000 UTC]

I meant for someone...Β Β 

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DanoGambler In reply to Fail-Seeker [2017-10-11 22:06:35 +0000 UTC]

For them selves mostly ;3

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shiroishiroi [2017-10-08 21:05:42 +0000 UTC]

can I say that a school that teachesΒ that kind of stuff is cool.

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DanoGambler In reply to shiroishiroi [2017-10-11 18:44:15 +0000 UTC]

It is indeed. Planning on going back there next year ^^

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