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I got inspired and decided to give another of the NetHack quest artifacts a try. This time, I went for the Knight's quest artifact, the Magic Mirror of Merlin. Enhances your spells, and speaks wisdom to you if you activate it.

I kinda visualised it as a glass contained within something larger, to give it its properties. So I made the twisted frame from a few thousand faceted crystals with a liquid metal texture. The face in the mirror worked quite well - it's not actually part of the mirror, but is well above, and reflected directly in the mirror.

The mirror part itself could possibly be larger, but I like the frame the way it is, lying on the wet ground. Three down, ten to go.
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~lupie-stardust Dec 19, 2006
I think the ground beneath it needs more gloss to look more wet. I thought it was a COLLOSSAL MIRROR above some mountains in the fog!

Good work on the faceted crystals, though. They look fanTAStic.
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~calamarain Dec 19, 2006
Yeah. The puddles turned out quite well, and the mirror crystals themselves are good, but terrains are always tricky :) Ah well. I'm working on another at the moment, and there's a total of thirteen in the series. I might even finish it by the end of today, I'm quite inspired :)

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"What can she offer?" "More than snow in summertime."

~Apophysis
Webcomic - Tales From The Pit
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~lupie-stardust Dec 22, 2006
Woah! Fast worker!
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~calamarain Dec 22, 2006
Indeed. I'm stuck at home, and there's very little else to do. As I write this, I've actually done two more, though I'm not overloading everyone with them. I'll upload a set of three or four or something in the New Year :)

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"What can she offer?" "More than snow in summertime."

~Apophysis
Webcomic - Tales From The Pit
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~lupie-stardust Dec 22, 2006
Awesome!

(Also, the cheque arrived, and I paid it in. :D)
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~calamarain Dec 22, 2006
Huzzah, thank ye, moofles, feet and many owls to you.

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"What can she offer?" "More than snow in summertime."

~Apophysis
Webcomic - Tales From The Pit
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~lupie-stardust Dec 23, 2006
I like wols.
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~calamarain Dec 23, 2006
What about piglets?

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"What can she offer?" "More than snow in summertime."

~Apophysis
Webcomic - Tales From The Pit
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