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Almighty Salmon
02-18-2008, 03:37 AM
We update as soon as the comic is ready. Which can be one comic per day.

Latest comic: 45

Prologue:
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/9559/failingsavescomic1kl5.png

Comics:

Comic One (Remixed) (http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6783/remakepngcy9.png)

Comic Two (Remixed) (http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6485/remakepng2lh3.png)

Comic Three (Remixed) (http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/806/remakepng3ip4.png)

Comic Four (http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4641/failingsavesstrip4oz1.png)

Comic Five (http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/4937/failingsavesstrip5rj6.png)

Comic Six (http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5574/failingsavesstrip6lb3.png)

Comic Seven (http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7886/failingsavesstrip7jz3.png)

Comic Eight (http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1268/failingsavesstrip8nq3.png)

Comic Nine (http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5426/failingsavesstrip9ct2.png)

Comic Ten (http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/4120/failingsavesstrip10ug7.png)

Comic Eleven (http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6939/failingsavesstrip11wf3.png)

Comic Twelve (http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2866/failingsavesstrip12hj0.png)

Comic Thirteen (http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/2188/failingsavesstrip13sx5.png)

Comic Fourteen (http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7809/failingsavesstrip14nj2.png)

Comic Fifthteen (http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8333/failingsavesstrip15vz2.png)

Comic Sixteen (http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3189/failingsavesstrip16jp8.png)

Comic Seventeen (http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6094/failingsavesstrip17lu6.png)

Comic Eighteen (http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2803/failingsavesstrip18mj4.png)

Comic Nineteen (http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/1285/failingsavesstrip19ao1.png)

Comic Twenty (http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8868/failingsavesstrip20qg9.png)

Comic Twenty one (http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2584/failingsavesstrip21oa5.png)

Comic Twenty two (http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/6597/failingsavesstrip22pv0.png)

Comic Twenty three (http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2631/failingsavesstrip23ip4.png)

Comic Twenty four (http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/562/failingsavesstrip24ri6.png)

Comic Twenty five (http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9724/failingsavesstrip25gz9.png)

Comic Twenty six (http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2812/failingsavesstrip26jh5.png)

Comic Twenty seven (http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2623/failingsavesstrip27dg0.png)

Comic Twenty eight (http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7136/failingsavesstrip282dp4.png)

Comic Twenty nine (http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/1160/failingsavesstrip291zj8.png)

Comic Thirty (http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6871/failingsavesstrip30xz9.png)

Comic Thirty one (http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3357/failingsavesstrip31qx4.png)

Comic Thirty two (http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3699/failingsavesstrip32xm0.png)

Comic Thirty three (http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/211/failingsavesstrip33hu5.png)

Comic Thity four (http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6448/failingsavesstrip35iz4.png)

Comic Thirty five (http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/8503/failingsavesstrip35wq7.png)

Comic Thirty six (http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1307/failingsavesstrip36rk1.png)

Comic Thirty seven (http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1170/failingsavesstrip37fj7.png)

Comic Thirty eight (http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2833/failingsavesstrip38ip0.png)

Comic Thirty nine (http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/8854/failingsavesstripnr4.png)

Comic Forty (http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7926/failingsavesstrip40gy7.png)

Comic Forty one (http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3525/failingsavesstrip41ow8.png)

Comic Forty two (http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/453/failingsavesstrip42ds2.png)

Comic Forty three (http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1448/failingsavesstrip43ue3.png)

Comic Forty four (http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/3313/failingsavesstrip45ia5.png)

Comic Forty five (http://www.uploadgeek.com/uploads456/0/FailingSavesStrip45.bmp)

Guest Strip by Banjo1985 :smallbiggrin:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z175/banjo_the_clown/failingsaves.png

Fan Art:
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5495/wintergl1.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2128/shhhhhzp8.png
By MR.PIXIE

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q70/Yerileikre/FailingSavesBonus1.png
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q70/Yerileikre/FailingSavesBonus2.png
By Yeril

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h24/solarturtle/Gliph2.png
By Dr. Bath

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t197/Lunaya_photos/scan0002.jpg
By Lunaya

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x203/tomshaer/FalingSavesfanart.png
By Nameless

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Gilphvkobolds.png
By BloddyRedCommie

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/Li_Kenta/Kordul.jpg
By Vulion


Banners:

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8122/newbannerkf8.png (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72840)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/376/newbanner1kk1.png (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72840)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/579/newbanner2lt4.png (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72840)

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/4985/newbanner3jj1.png (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72840)


Smileys:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8831/gilphsmileyow8.png
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8831/gilphsmileyow8.png

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2765/korulsmileyny2.png
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2765/korulsmileyny2.png

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8158/delreksmileyvm4.png
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8158/delreksmileyvm4.png

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7561/gangornsmileyzt4.png
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7561/gangornsmileyzt4.png

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1994/loxsmileygr8.png
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1994/loxsmileygr8.png

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3426/kerdirsmileygr7.png
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3426/kerdirsmileygr7.png

You can buy Failing Saves merchandise here! (http://www.cafepress.com/FailingSaves)

Undertaker798
02-18-2008, 04:48 AM
Character Bios
Pictures in here, you have been warned!
*All races in the Failing Saves Universe age at the same rate.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8074/korularathordonewg8.gif
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3416/delrekarathordoneqi6.gif
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8068/gilphwhanskeldoneek5.gif
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2605/gangornhamardonetp1.gif
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4328/loxhammerstormdonecz7.gif
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/5460/kerdirarathordoneuk0.gif

Little Oaktown Museum
Maps
Oak County Map (http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1222/book1ge8.png )
Sweeping Brush Map (http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4139/sweepingbrushme9.png)

Antiques
Burdor's Necklace (http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/249/holyorderpendantxe9.png)
Aged Dwarven Artifacts (http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4429/dwarvenartifactspk9.gif) (New)

Natural History
Albert's Vine (http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9408/alsvineds9.gif) (New)


Contact us! (FailingSaves@hotmail.co.uk)

Announcements


50th Comic 10/02/2008

Anyway, for our 50th comic we're making a very special Fan Mail Comic! We need questions so please send yours into FailingSaves@hotmail.co.uk, we'll select a few questions from the ones we recieve. Also, please use an alias (like Dave from Washington etc.). Real name and location or fake, it doesn't matter.

Lunaya
02-18-2008, 06:25 AM
Oh, phew! I got a little nervous when I saw that thread number 1 was locked. :smalleek:

Lyinginbedmon
02-18-2008, 06:57 AM
Likewise, though for a second I had the crazy idea you might have gotten your own website...:smalltongue:

JasonDoomsblade
02-18-2008, 07:08 AM
The thread actually got 5 pages past the limit before the mods caught on apparently.

Almighty Salmon
02-18-2008, 07:11 AM
Wow, I didn't even make this thread. Thankyou mods! :smalltongue: :smallwink:

Dihan
02-18-2008, 07:39 AM
Thread 1 must have failed its save vs lock-age.

Tempest Fennac
02-18-2008, 07:46 AM
I've got a minor question: do Drow age at the same rate as humans in this comic? I'm assuming they do due to the character's ages, but I thought I'd check.

Bayar
02-18-2008, 07:53 AM
yes they do...wow...this is the X time someone asked the question...Undertaker, you could put that somewhere in the bio, like an *

Undertaker798
02-18-2008, 08:19 AM
Done!

[ Insert_required_amount_of_letters here ]

Bayar
02-18-2008, 08:24 AM
Better if it is in the top part, that way they are SURE to see it...

Tempest Fennac
02-18-2008, 08:40 AM
Sorry about that (I'd only been checking the other thrad fo updates, and I didn't have any reason to believe that Drows aged differently in this comic until now).

Lyinginbedmon
02-18-2008, 08:49 AM
I think the present wording will still cause confusion, since 55 human years is still a traditional childhood age for Drow. Perhaps something along the lines of "*In the setting of Failing Saves, Drow age at the same rate as humans"

chef781
02-18-2008, 09:48 AM
ok, good, i got worried when last thread locked

memnarch
02-18-2008, 09:51 AM
Yay, new thread!

The note at the top of the bios helps (didn't know that myself) and the way it's worded shouldn't cause any confusion.

Copacetic
02-18-2008, 10:12 AM
Wait, you people have T-shirts? Nice!

Oh Yeah, long time reader, first time poster(In This thread) Good comic, yadda yadda yadda.

Bayar
02-18-2008, 10:19 AM
I should start my own Webcomic advise website...offering advices for awesome...

Almighty Salmon
02-18-2008, 02:51 PM
Right, i've updated the banners so that they link to this thread. All you guys with banners will have to switch them :smallwink:

Hopefully i'll get the time to make another comic soon, i've been swamped with College interviews and exams recently. Sorry.

serpent615
02-18-2008, 03:07 PM
at first I thought you guys gave up the comic :smalleek:, but then I checked the last page and noticed how big the thread was...:smallbiggrin:

Ichneumon
02-18-2008, 03:12 PM
You know. I have no idea what to say. Gratz on having the first webcomic on these boards to reach a second thread.

Lunaya
02-18-2008, 03:34 PM
Gratz indeed. :smallsmile: Good luck with with your school stuff, Salmon. I know how nuts it can be. The rest of us will just have to endure the cliffhanger. :smallsigh: :smallwink:

BRC
02-18-2008, 04:04 PM
Congrats on having the first thread-breaker webcomic.
I have an urge to do a fan art/crossover featuring Gilph beating up the Kobold Mafia.

Nameless
02-18-2008, 06:56 PM
Awesome, first comic to get a second thread, I tip my hat to you two! :smallbiggrin:

serpent615
02-18-2008, 08:58 PM
Awesome, first comic to get a second thread, I tip my hat to you two! :smallbiggrin:

high five guys...death just tipped his hat to you:biggrin:

Nameless
02-18-2008, 09:06 PM
high five guys...death just tipped his hat to you:biggrin:

Technically it's a hood. :smallbiggrin:

Guess what, Death is in the guiness book of records for worlds worst speller :smallbiggrin:

Dallas-Dakota
02-19-2008, 12:17 AM
Wootage, grongratulations, I give you both a jar of cookies!

Undertaker798
02-20-2008, 04:27 AM
Howdy, I thought now would be a nice time to start dedicating things.

I'd like to dedicate the whole Failing Saves universe to my Dad, who sadly passed away 4 years ago today. It just so happens he gave me this (terrible) sense of humour and I think I wouldn't be making this comic if it wasn't for his influence.

So thanks for all your comments on the comic, and keep reading. :smallwink:

onasuma
02-20-2008, 05:10 AM
Sorry to hear it undertaker. I hope it wasnt painful or drawn out.

Lunaya
02-20-2008, 05:13 AM
Aww, I'm sorry to hear about your dad, Undertaker. :smallfrown: Big hugs!

Dihan
02-20-2008, 05:32 AM
*hugs the Undertaker*

Atleast he left something good on this mortal coil. :smallbiggrin:

Nameless
02-20-2008, 06:29 AM
Some fan art: I didn't know whether to PM it to one of you, or just stik it here

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x203/tomshaer/FalingSavesfanart.png

I decided to give Korul a glazed look in his eye's, but I kinda mucked up Lox :smalltongue:

Yeril
02-20-2008, 06:40 AM
Ah, when I first saw Gilph looking at Lox's butt, my first thought was "Whats there to look at? I mean shes wearing a huge set of armor, all he would be able to see was a big peice of metal- Oh yeah, right. Warforged." :smallredface:

Crimmy
02-20-2008, 08:24 AM
Korul is gonna get it hard from Gilph, I can tell you that.

And why exactly is Lox letting him do it??
I don't think she would just let some drow do that.

Nameless
02-20-2008, 08:38 AM
Korul is gonna get it hard from Gilph, I can tell you that.

And why exactly is Lox letting him do it??
I don't think she would just let some drow do that.

I don't think Gilph is gonna do anything.. I mean, look korul's gased look!

Almighty Salmon
02-20-2008, 09:43 AM
That's awesome Nameless :smallbiggrin: I've added it to the first post.

Nameless
02-20-2008, 09:46 AM
That's awesome Nameless :smallbiggrin: I've added it to the first post.

*glee*
*does happy dance to Still Alive*
Thanks ^^

Lunaya
02-22-2008, 02:47 AM
Ah geez, Nameless. XD It must be a guy thing. :smallamused:

Yeril
02-23-2008, 01:30 PM
Has FS gone on a haitus? Ive noticed it hasn't updated in a while but its been more than a while and I thought I'd best ask. :smalleek:

Lunaya
02-23-2008, 01:37 PM
Salmon said that he's been hung up with schoolwork and such. He's hoping to have time for a new comic soon.

Undertaker798
02-23-2008, 03:37 PM
Grah, sorry for the lack of updates. But we have a good reason that you'll like!

Aswell as the latest episode, we are re-releasing the first 3 comics. Don't worry, not in any new styles. We're just cleaning them up. Booting out my terrible grammar and such. We promise that this time around the episodes will be so much better, as for the first time Salmon and myself have really started a more open, co-operative approach. Rather than the "You art, me script. All happy. Ya?". For instance, Salmon has let me draw lots of backdrops, and I'm letting Salmon take the comedy bat to my scripts. I'd have to say this is the most fun I've had making the comic so far. :smallwink:

Shas aia Toriia
02-23-2008, 07:12 PM
That's good, hopefully now your already amazing comic will improve. :smallsmile:

*gives high five of awesome*

Lunaya
02-23-2008, 11:46 PM
Oh neat! You guys have improved so much already that I'm excited to see you just get better and better. I'm also glad to know that you're having as much fun as we are, because that's the most important thing. :smallwink:

BRC
02-24-2008, 01:17 AM
Fan art/Semicrossover
Gilph Versus the Kobold Mafia
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Gilphvkobolds.png

Sequinox
02-24-2008, 10:16 AM
we're back!

yay!

Szilard
02-24-2008, 11:12 AM
That reminds me of the Fat Kobold Mafia that I made up for a campaign.

_Puppetmaster_
02-24-2008, 03:52 PM
Fan art/Semicrossover
Gilph Versus the Kobold Mafia
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Gilphvkobolds.png

why is gilph green?

Shades of Gray
02-24-2008, 03:56 PM
why is gilph green?

He's always green.

boomwolf
02-24-2008, 04:02 PM
The real question in line is-where are the updates?

CommodoreFluffy
02-24-2008, 04:04 PM
FS is AWESOME!
The A salmon gets an A+(even though "A+"s don't exist) for his work. I love this comic! I believe that it must be the most successful forum webcomic. Good job (and to think that you were going to cancel out of "lack of attention". GEEZZ! You wacky brits!*)

*that was good natured humor, not an insult to british. In fact, I like British people more than I like Americans. Which I am shamed to announce, I am one.

kpenguin
02-24-2008, 04:06 PM
He's always green.

That's weird... he shows up as grey on my computer.

memnarch
02-24-2008, 04:19 PM
Maybe because part of him is green and he has grey parts (paint?) as well?

Admittedly, Bloddy's fan art is a little grey-green on my screen, but that could be because of the cave background.

_Puppetmaster_
02-24-2008, 04:32 PM
That's weird... he shows up as grey on my computer.

and he shows up as grey and blue on mine.:smallconfused:

sheepofoblivion
02-24-2008, 05:52 PM
maybe your screen is tilted down or something (if you're using a laptop) but mine is definately green, dark green, but definately not grey (... gray... hmm... I forgot how I spell gre/ay ... )

memnarch
02-24-2008, 06:12 PM
And if you are using a PC, the monitor's colors could be messed up.


@sheep. grey or gray, both work because it's a personal preference. (like color and colour)

Lyinginbedmon
02-24-2008, 06:15 PM
And if you are using a PC, the monitor's colors could be messed up.


@sheep. grey or gray, both work because it's a personal preference. (like color and colour)

Actually, "color" is the Americanised spelling. The actual spelling is "colour".

BRC
02-24-2008, 06:19 PM
Actually, "color" is the Americanised spelling. The actual spelling is "colour".
Yeah right, next you'll be trying to convince us that Donut should have a G in it and that Airplane should be pronounced with an "O"

kpenguin
02-24-2008, 06:32 PM
Actually, "color" is the Americanised spelling. The actual spelling is "colour".

Well, according to Wikipedia, the -or (and -ur) ending comes from Old French and was adapted to -our for English during the Norman Conquest.

Elrond
02-25-2008, 12:46 AM
AWESOME COMIC

lovin it

Undertaker798
02-25-2008, 04:42 AM
On my screen Gilph is a shade of Teal. :smallwink:

Lyinginbedmon
02-25-2008, 04:46 AM
It's turqoise with a very slight desaturation to me (So pretty much Teal)

Almighty Salmon
02-25-2008, 05:04 AM
Thanks BRC :smallbiggrin: Added that to the first post

Anyway, I bring (remixed) comics!

Comic 1:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6783/remakepngcy9.png

Comic 2:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6485/remakepng2lh3.png

Comic 3:
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/806/remakepng3ip4.png

The old first three comics were before I had drastically changed Korul's art, so I thought it would be wise to redo them. Plus we got to wipe out those pesky grammar faults. Hopefully i'll be able to make a brand new comic tonight.

Lyinginbedmon
02-25-2008, 05:09 AM
Hurrah! :biggrin:

banjo1985
02-25-2008, 05:22 AM
Yay finally an update! They do look much spiffier I must admit.

Lunaya
02-25-2008, 05:27 AM
Wow, they look great guys! :smallbiggrin: I lol'd...if that's even a word.

But aww, Korul and Delrek's mom died? Now I'm sad. :smallfrown: So if the boys were raised by their grandmother, does that mean they didn't live with Kerdir?

Fawkes
02-25-2008, 11:09 AM
Actually, "color" is the Americanised spelling. The actual spelling is "colour".

Lying, why do you hate America?

Lyinginbedmon
02-25-2008, 12:44 PM
Lying, why do you hate America?

I'm gonna walk away from that one...it's just too easy...

Fawkes
02-25-2008, 01:08 PM
Bandit Keith is displeased with you... In America!

Shas aia Toriia
02-25-2008, 06:40 PM
Just going to say, rerealeasing those three comics was like getting three all new ones!
Supa funny, and, dare I say it, funnier then your more recent ones. :smallbiggrin:

memnarch
02-25-2008, 06:53 PM
I like them. :smallcool:

Half-blood
02-25-2008, 11:37 PM
They are as A dusty old wooden statue, cleaned and recolored, with the wood...dammit. sorry, sketched into another "poem." Still though. Good comics.

Surfing HalfOrc
02-26-2008, 12:44 PM
Looks good, and looking forward to the new strips!

sheepofoblivion
02-26-2008, 08:06 PM
Just going to say, rerealeasing those three comics was like getting three all new ones!
Supa funny, and, dare I say it, funnier then your more recent ones. :smallbiggrin:

That would be saying that Salmon is funnier than Undertaker, due to the fact that they would be doing bits of the other's jobs now! Undertaker is going to hunt you down in kill you!!!!!!!!!!!!! If he wasn't busy making AWESOME comics....

great new comics, love them!:smallbiggrin:

kpenguin
02-26-2008, 10:37 PM
Well, Lying, as I pointed out, Wikipedia disagrees with you that the true spelling is "color" its "Americanized spelling" is "colour"

-our, -or

Most words ending in unstressed -our in the United Kingdom (e.g., colour, flavour, honour, armour) end in -or in the United States (i.e., color, flavor, honor, armor). Where the vowel is unreduced, this does not occur: contour, paramour, troubadour, are spelled thus everywhere. Most words of this category derive from Latin non-agent nouns having nominative -or; the first such borrowings into English were from early Old French and the ending was -or or -ur.[17] After the Norman Conquest, the termination became -our in Anglo-French in an attempt to represent the Old French pronunciation of words ending in -or.[18] The -our ending was not only retained in English borrowings from Anglo-French, but also applied to earlier French borrowings.[19] After the Renaissance, some such borrowings from Latin were taken up with their original -or termination; many words once ending in -our (for example, chancellour and governour) now end in -or everywhere. Many words of the -our/-or group do not have a Latin counterpart; for example, armo(u)r, behavio(u)r, harbo(u)r, neighbo(u)r; also arbo(u)r meaning "shelter", though senses "tree" and "tool" are always arbor, a false cognate of the other word. Some 16th and early 17th century British scholars indeed insisted that -or be used for words of Latin origin and -our for French loans; but in many cases the etymology was not completely clear, and therefore some scholars advocated -or only and others -our only.[20]

Webster's 1828 dictionary featured only -or and is generally given much of the credit for the adoption of this form in the US. By contrast, Dr Johnson's 1755 dictionary used the -our spelling for all words still so spelled in Britain, as well as for emperour, errour, governour, horrour, tenour, terrour, and tremour, where the u has since been dropped. Johnson, unlike Webster, was not an advocate of spelling reform and for the most part simply recorded what he found. For example, documents [2] from the Old Bailey, the foremost court in London, support the view of the OED that by the 17th century "colour" was the settled spelling. Those English speakers who began to move across the Atlantic would have taken these habits with them and H L Mencken makes the point that, "honor appears in the Declaration of Independence, but it seems to have got there rather by accident than by design. In Jefferson’s original draft it is spelled honour. " [3] Examples such as color, flavor, behavior, harbor, or neighbor scarcely appear in the Old Bailey's court records from the 17th and 18th century, whereas examples of their -our counterparts are generally numbered in hundreds. One notable exception is honor: honor and honour were equally frequent down to the 17th century,[21] Honor still is, in the UK, the normal spelling as a person's name.

Baras
02-28-2008, 09:39 AM
Well, Lying, as I pointed out, Wikipedia disagrees with you that the true spelling is "color" its "Americanized spelling" is "colour"

Umm... (not quoting the whole article) doesn't that article say exactly the opposite...

Tre of the Wood
02-28-2008, 04:17 PM
I love these new strips! Almost my favorites!

Yeril
02-28-2008, 05:35 PM
*prods salmon*

I know its been nearly 2 months, but what ever happened to the new year thing? :smallfrown:

Lunaya
02-28-2008, 06:03 PM
Shhh..don't distract him from making the next update. :smalltongue:

Take your time, Salmon. :smallwink:

CommodoreFluffy
02-28-2008, 10:32 PM
Yes take your time, because then it will spark better discussion, and bring more laughs from your loyal followers, I'm one of them, just so you know...You knew that right?

Almighty Salmon
02-29-2008, 01:39 PM
*prods salmon*

I know its been nearly 2 months, but what ever happened to the new year thing? :smallfrown:

Well, I had originally dropped that. But I may look back into it :smallwink:

Comic 43:
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1448/failingsavesstrip43ue3.png

Lunaya
02-29-2008, 02:02 PM
Yay, update! *happy dance* Oh good. Korul's okay, and we might get to find out what happened to his mother.

Thanks, Salmon! :smallbiggrin:

Ichneumon
02-29-2008, 02:21 PM
It is great, but would the gun crack the other way around, physically speaking?

Lyinginbedmon
02-29-2008, 02:43 PM
This promises to be a wonderful tale :smallsmile:

memnarch
02-29-2008, 05:06 PM
In a plot exposition or continuation of the story? :smallwink:

sheepofoblivion
02-29-2008, 06:30 PM
It is great, but would the gun crack the other way around, physically speaking?

Sorta... If a piece broke off near the tip, then it would fly away, so yes it would, but if it was a crack in the middle, perhaps it flexxed back then with the momentum, it would fold over at the point of impact, cracking the way it did... (I think...)

CommodoreFluffy
02-29-2008, 06:46 PM
I was about to say that that didn't make any sense, because they mention their mom in the first few ones, but then it hit me: you edited it BECAUSE you wanted a new plot twist in the story, so you DIDN'T contradict yourself.

Lyinginbedmon
02-29-2008, 06:59 PM
At some point, I might end up making fan art to the tune of Korul's Amazing Science lectures :smallbiggrin:

Szilard
02-29-2008, 07:18 PM
Shorter than usual, but still cool.

Lunaya
03-01-2008, 01:11 AM
I was about to say that that didn't make any sense, because they mention their mom in the first few ones, but then it hit me: you edited it BECAUSE you wanted a new plot twist in the story, so you DIDN'T contradict yourself.

Well, even if they hadn't edited the first few strips, it would still have made sense. Korul had merely pondered what their mother (and father) would have thought of their career choices. It didn't hint at her being alive.

Morty
03-01-2008, 06:05 AM
No offense, but that was so unsurprising it actually surprised me.

Lunaya
03-01-2008, 07:13 AM
At some point, I might end up making fan art to the tune of Korul's Amazing Science lectures :smallbiggrin:

Hehe, like he's trying to do an episode of "Mr. Wizard". I can see Korul's grandma sitting there with an approving smile on her face (even though she can't hear a word) and Delrek looking bored out of his mind. That'd be cute.

Bayar
03-01-2008, 07:43 AM
So that's where he got the scar !

Darkcomet
03-01-2008, 11:28 PM
Uh oh. Gangorn is going to be mad once he finds out.

Elrond
03-02-2008, 02:50 AM
Love ya work man

kpenguin
03-02-2008, 05:19 AM
Uh, are you guys moving Failing Saves here (http://almightysalmon.com)?

Lyinginbedmon
03-02-2008, 05:36 AM
It might be the same guy who did the Avenue Q parody, I recall it being revealed Salmon (The one we all know and love...in sushi) wasn't the one that did that too.

kpenguin
03-02-2008, 05:39 AM
The scary thing is the copyright on the bottom.

If someone really is stealing Salmon's name, they're putting a lot of effort into it.

Almighty Salmon
03-02-2008, 08:17 AM
Uh, are you guys moving Failing Saves here (http://almightysalmon.com)?

Actually, a friend bought me that domain for my birthday. But that isn't where we're moving Failing Saves, the actual site should be ready soon.

Nameless
03-02-2008, 08:20 AM
Everyone's getting there own site these day's :smalltongue:

Lyinginbedmon
03-02-2008, 10:11 AM
Which would make Failing Saves the first webcomic in the Boom and the second to get it's own dedicated site :smallcool:

Shas aia Toriia
03-02-2008, 10:33 AM
Yeah! Plot expostion!

Just felt like saying that that was a great comic.

Lunaya
03-03-2008, 05:03 AM
So at this point, Kerdir has lost his sword and Gangorn has lost his gun. This could be a problem for our heroes. :smalleek:

Fluff
03-05-2008, 03:01 AM
So wait... Why isn't the first post being updated with comics?

DracoDei
03-05-2008, 10:15 PM
Glad I gave this a second chance. An actual plot... nice. Building up a lot of questions about backstory... hope someone prepared enough castings of "Summon Plot Exposition".

Lunaya
03-05-2008, 10:35 PM
Well, Delrek's on his way back with Gilph. Maybe he can do a couple more "Summon Flashbacks". :smallwink:

Gez
03-06-2008, 05:25 AM
So wait... Why isn't the first post being updated with comics?

To punish the readers who don't follow the whole thread.

Almighty Salmon
03-06-2008, 06:00 AM
So wait... Why isn't the first post being updated with comics?

Ahem, that's fixed now.

On a different note, It's becoming increasingly hard for me to find the time to make a comic. I have an exam tomorrow and some throughout next week, but i'll still try my best to release one.

I'm not ending the comic or anything, just thought that you guys should know :smalltongue:

Bayar
03-06-2008, 06:34 AM
Reflex save against something... (1d20=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1517602/) Think that this should belong here...

Lunaya
03-06-2008, 08:20 AM
Ahem, that's fixed now.

On a different note, It's becoming increasingly hard for me to find the time to make a comic. I have an exam tomorrow and some throughout next week, but i'll still try my best to release one.

I'm not ending the comic or anything, just thought that you guys should know :smalltongue:
Oh believe me, I understand. >_< Good luck with your tests, Salmon! :smalltongue:

chef781
03-06-2008, 03:57 PM
now You Know.

sheepofoblivion
03-06-2008, 08:53 PM
Ah... I just had 2 major projects, starting a mock trail as prosecution attorney and have tons of homework... tons meaning a lot

Shas aia Toriia
03-07-2008, 04:14 PM
now You Know.

And knowing is half the battle!

sheepofoblivion
03-07-2008, 08:52 PM
Just out of curiosity, what is SSBB week?

Green-Shirt Q
03-07-2008, 08:55 PM
Just out of curiosity, what is SSBB week?

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Week!

In celebration of this great game, we're dressing up as character's from the game!

I'm not wearing my Wario costume right now, but I was.

Shas aia Toriia
03-07-2008, 09:28 PM
Just out of curiosity, what is SSBB week?

Super Smash Brothers Brawl week, a game coming out on Sunday in North America. Tonnes of hype, and I know that I sure have it preordered. Otherwise it would be impossible to get.

Anyways, like gender bender week and what not, just get an appropriate avvie and your set!

A lot of people (myself included) are getting Kirby avvies, since they're easy to make, and Shades of Gray can make them quickly and with quality.

sheepofoblivion
03-08-2008, 12:06 AM
my amateur attempt at a failing saves banner (yes, that is my horrible version of ztt'dri (or however you spell it) on the left (and tempest fennac at the right, sorry if its sorta hard to see, I was playing around with effects in the program I was using...)

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd117/sheepofoblivion/failingsavesbanner.png

Yeril
03-08-2008, 06:20 AM
And knowing is half the battle!

and the other half is violence! :smallfurious: :smallbiggrin:

Undertaker798
03-08-2008, 03:30 PM
and the other half is violence! :smallfurious: :smallbiggrin:

You forget the optional quarter of ridicule. :smallwink:

Hoplite
03-08-2008, 05:13 PM
I rather like this comic.

@Undertaker: Nice avatar.

Green-Shirt Q
03-08-2008, 05:48 PM
It's been a while since there was a new comic, hasn't it?

Just an observation.

Yeril
03-08-2008, 06:11 PM
Salmon is doing lotsa school work.

Filler Artist will work for one-off script :smallredface:

Undertaker798
03-09-2008, 06:19 AM
Again, sorry for the lack of comics recently. But Salmon has loads of school work. I don't think it's the best idea for me to make him rush his work just for comics. They will come when they will come. June 2010... :smalltongue:

Lyinginbedmon
03-09-2008, 06:21 AM
New comics in 2001? Yay! :smallbiggrin:

Nexus-R.C._Mina
03-09-2008, 09:07 AM
Again, sorry for the lack of comics recently. But Salmon has loads of school work. I don't think it's the best idea for me to make him rush his work just for comics. They will come when they will come. June 2010... :smalltongue:

Ooh, just around the time of the next Philippine presidential elections? NICE!

Jammeez
03-10-2008, 12:38 AM
This comic grew on me with every new strip. Good work, you two!

Undertaker798
03-10-2008, 05:09 PM
Good news nobody in particular! :smallwink: A comic will appear sometime soon! Much rejoicing!

Lunaya
03-10-2008, 05:10 PM
Yay! :smallbiggrin:

Surfing HalfOrc
03-10-2008, 06:00 PM
Are you saying "Failing Saves" fans are a bunch of nobodies? :smallmad:

I'm just kidding! Can't wait to see the new work!

:smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin:

Yeril
03-10-2008, 06:28 PM
Woot FS is back :smallbiggrin:

Almighty Salmon
03-10-2008, 06:29 PM
Woohoo! I've finally got a new comic ready!

Comic 44:
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/3313/failingsavesstrip45ia5.png

Shadowcaller
03-10-2008, 06:34 PM
An army strip...they are quite hard to make right? (or boring atleast)

A good comic as always Salmon.

(Yay my first comment to this comic)

memnarch
03-10-2008, 06:41 PM
Woohoo! New comic!


I like the lay out of this one. (Second comment!)

sheepofoblivion
03-10-2008, 06:53 PM
Gah! cliffhanger!!!! *the plot thickens... like pea soup* didn't anti heroes have that as one of the names of their comic? shut up

Jammeez
03-10-2008, 06:54 PM
(Third Fourth comment!)














...What? I'm supposed to say more? :smalltongue:

Zarah
03-10-2008, 07:18 PM
Gah! cliffhanger!!!! *the plot thickens... like pea soup* didn't anti heroes have that as one of the names of their comic? shut up

*Two big guys in suits drag off sheepofoblivion*

I was never here.

Lyinginbedmon
03-10-2008, 08:10 PM
Yeah, there are two ways to make army strips.

The first and most obvious is to simply repeat a single character design, this is the case with virtually all of the army strips I've done in Remember so far.
The second and most difficult to do is to make a number of different designs utilising the military units involved. This can then be used to produce an army of unique character designs (The most difficult possible) or repeated to give variation (A combination of method #1 and #2) in a large group.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Ultimately they're both very time consuming.

BRC
03-10-2008, 08:15 PM
Yeah, there are two ways to make army strips.

The first and most obvious is to simply repeat a single character design, this is the case with virtually all of the army strips I've done in Remember so far.
The second and most difficult to do is to make a number of different designs utilising the military units involved. This can then be used to produce an army of unique character designs (The most difficult possible) or repeated to give variation (A combination of method #1 and #2) in a large group.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Ultimately they're both very time consuming.


When Making the Shadesters for Rob and Jack I tried to make each one unique, but considering that preety much all I had to work with was beards and a little hair, htat was alot of trouble. I would say make your mooks faceless

Szilard
03-10-2008, 08:22 PM
The ogres looked cooler in color...

Lunaya
03-10-2008, 11:55 PM
Ooh, the suspense! Great comic, as usual. :smallwink:

Surfing HalfOrc
03-11-2008, 10:17 AM
Set up to the backstory! Looking good, let's see how it plays out!

Elfanatic
03-12-2008, 04:23 AM
Ooh, flashback-y comic!

Crimmy
03-13-2008, 08:43 PM
Almighty, you rock my socks, dude!!!!

sheepofoblivion
03-13-2008, 11:24 PM
SoO manages to struggle with the men in black souts accompanying Zarah "Just like Canada!!!!!" (don't ask...)

really nice *mist effect thing* in the comic

Lunaya
03-18-2008, 03:08 PM
I agree. This mist makes it look even cooler. I also like how the flashbacks are in a different color scheme. It's a nice touch. :smallcool:

Undertaker798
03-18-2008, 03:22 PM
Again, thanks for all the comments. Stops us from being claimed by the darkness that is the second page... Once again Salmon is being held back from making comics by this "Ed-yoo-kay-shun" he keeps talking about. I did never need no edookayshun an im doen alryt!!11one.

But seriously, the comics are slowly being produced. :smallwink:

Lunaya
03-18-2008, 05:14 PM
No worries. They're worth the wait. :smallwink:

chef781
03-20-2008, 08:31 AM
sigh yawn oh, i have the same problem I bee home learnd!! heh

Uncle Festy
03-21-2008, 05:22 PM
June 2010...

September 7th!
You saw nothing.
NINJA!

Hoplite
03-21-2008, 05:24 PM
Please do not take this as a bad comment, but I think the story would work better as a D&D campaign, instead of a comic. The comic is nice though.

onasuma
03-22-2008, 04:53 AM
But twere it in d&d there would be far to few jokes just simply skipped by players. This comic is fantasticly funny, D&D campaigns rarely are.

Ecalsneerg
03-22-2008, 07:32 AM
I'm deeply disappointed the flashbacks are in black and white, rather than Sepia-tone.

Lyinginbedmon
03-22-2008, 12:32 PM
Sepia is a bit tricky to do in InkScape though, first you need to make the comic and then import the exported file into another art program that does support sepia, and then you get blurring if you try to reimport it into another InkScape file.

Lunaya
03-24-2008, 02:14 AM
I personally prefer the black and white. Sepia's harder on the eyes. Besides, it's not like we can't tell that it's a flashback. :P

Rastaban
03-24-2008, 11:10 AM
And the ogres look almost classy in black and white :) good job!

Lyinginbedmon
03-24-2008, 11:52 AM
And the ogres look almost classy in black and white :) good job!

Ogres in Penguin suits...now that's a massacre!

Undertaker798
03-24-2008, 01:22 PM
Ogres in Penguin suits...now that's a massacre!

God darn it! I knew leaving my scripts at the bus stop was a bad idea! :smalleek:

sheepofoblivion
03-24-2008, 03:36 PM
I think that sepia fog wouldn't look as dramatic/cool as black and white fog...

*goes to northampton england, waits at a bus stop*

lothofkalroth
03-27-2008, 08:50 AM
i have a question...how can you use the art style, and base your comic in the DnD universe without getting the boot from this site, as well as a nasty lawsuit? Or is Rich Burlew cool with you doing a similar comic?

(I'm wondering cuz i was thinking of doing my own...)

:smallsmile:

Almighty Salmon
03-27-2008, 08:58 AM
Well, Rich Burlew doesn't actually have this style copyrighted. Considering he didn't actually invent stick figures, he can't copyright it. Anyway, I don't really see the problem with making a webcomic that is in ways similar to his own, aslong as we don't use any of his characters of locations.

banjo1985
03-27-2008, 08:58 AM
^ ninja'd by the artist man himself! :smallbiggrin:

There are over a dozen webcomics on this sight, most of them done in OotS style, and Rich is aware of them. As long as you don't use his characters the art style is free game really, so there's absolutely nothing to stop you making your own comic and posting it here, we have plenty already! :smallbiggrin:

Ecalsneerg
03-27-2008, 09:28 AM
I think he's secretly proud of all the quality work coming out of his forums :smallbiggrin:

lothofkalroth
03-27-2008, 09:46 AM
cool, thanx guys :smallsmile:

lothofkalroth
03-27-2008, 09:53 AM
and if i may pry...what program do you use to make failing saves?

BRC
03-27-2008, 09:55 AM
Most of that avatarists here use Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org) I know I do.

lothofkalroth
03-27-2008, 10:01 AM
thanks, never heard of it, but i'll check it out

Surfing HalfOrc
03-27-2008, 10:11 AM
There is a minor caveat on the use of Rich's characters... I believe you can have an OOTS character make a cameo appearance, but not have them as part of your main storyline.

Belkar appears in Failing Saves on a wanted poster, and Elan has a brief appearance in Whitefeather (I think).

Rich mentioned in another thread that he was going to post some sort of ruling on this type of artwork on this site, but as far as I understand he's not going to shut fancomics down.

BRC
03-27-2008, 10:13 AM
thanks, never heard of it, but i'll check it out
If you are going to, Read This (http://trazoi.net/tutorials/inkscape/oots/), It's a great guide.

lothofkalroth
03-27-2008, 10:17 AM
Most of that avatarists here use Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org) I know I do.

umm, do you know why it might be acting freaky with my mouse? cuz it is lol :smalleek:

BRC
03-27-2008, 10:20 AM
umm, do you know why it might be acting freaky with my mouse? cuz it is lol :smalleek:
Freaky? In what way? what is it doing that is Freaky?

lothofkalroth
03-27-2008, 10:27 AM
Freaky? In what way? what is it doing that is Freaky?

basically the actual point of contact on the screen isn't lining up with my mouse, and it's not even that it's the same distance off all the time, it shifts its position relative to where the actual mouse is whenever i move it

lothofkalroth
03-27-2008, 10:28 AM
i use a "bamboo fun" tablet/mouse combo, could that be the problem?

BRC
03-27-2008, 10:28 AM
basically the actual point of contact on the screen isn't lining up with my mouse, and it's not even that it's the same distance off all the time, it shifts its position relative to where the actual mouse is whenever i move it
Try rebooting your computer, then rebooting yourself.

lothofkalroth
03-27-2008, 10:43 AM
thnx, i'll try that :smalltongue:

sheepofoblivion
03-28-2008, 11:16 PM
I just read over the entire thing again, and I can't believe how funny it is!

Good work on all of the previous comics! And please continue to make them!

Jerukal
03-31-2008, 02:52 AM
funny comic! this is awesome!

Catharsis
03-31-2008, 04:14 AM
Something's wrong in the world when a great old comic like FS comes out less often than Natural One. :smallwink: Keep it up!

Bayar
03-31-2008, 05:59 AM
Just hope that there wont be another "Save Failing saves campaign". *shudders*

Lyinginbedmon
03-31-2008, 06:10 AM
I'm more in the way of hoping there won't need to be another "Save Failing Saves" campaign

Goblin Music
03-31-2008, 09:05 AM
Not goodness

Lunaya
03-31-2008, 01:13 PM
Salmon's been busy with school, but he and Undertaker have reassured us that they are still working on comics. We just have to be patient. :smallwink:

Dallas-Dakota
03-31-2008, 02:06 PM
I'm more in the way of hoping there won't need to be another "Save Failing Saves" campaign

seconded!:smallbiggrin:

sheepofoblivion
03-31-2008, 08:24 PM
I was thinking... about how to deal with this time crisis. The simple lack of time, and overload of homework has caused almost 90% of the playground (did you know that 83% of all statistics are made up?:smalltongue: ) has stopped posting at one point in their posting history due to lack of time.

For this reason, I propose... to create a time machine which would allow us to go in the future, steal all of the future comics, and then come back, freeze time, and read them. Have a sort of Failing Saves Art contest, where participants make fanart in the form of a short comic, and the winner gets... I'm not sure... something cool. The judges are Undertaker and Salmon.

I dunno... I was sorta rambling up there... but it would be a fun idea... (Although I sorta suck at making Failing Saves characters...) It would just be something in the Failing Saves universe. (That has to do with it... roughly)

Blah... stupid homework...

[/ramble]

@V: yeah, pretty much

Yeril
04-01-2008, 07:19 AM
@^ like guest comics or somthing?

JasonDoomsblade
04-01-2008, 09:41 AM
@^ Seems that way.

Almighty Salmon
04-01-2008, 07:11 PM
Relax children, I bring a comic.

Comic 45:
http://www.uploadgeek.com/uploads456/0/FailingSavesStrip45.bmp

And now I have an entire years worth of ICT coursework to complete within a week, yay!

Oh and sheepofoblivion, that sounds like a neat idea :smalltongue:

Dihan
04-01-2008, 07:14 PM
"My sword is in my liver :smalleek:"

Hehe... That made me chuckle.

memnarch
04-01-2008, 07:16 PM
I liked the last scene. :smallsmile:

Lyinginbedmon
04-01-2008, 07:18 PM
Definitely worth the wait just for that penultimate frame :smallbiggrin:

sheepofoblivion
04-01-2008, 07:23 PM
pew pew Gah!!!

Surfing HalfOrc
04-01-2008, 07:39 PM
Hurray! Failing Saves is back, and as funny as ever!

Goblin Music
04-01-2008, 11:04 PM
"It is still there" LOL

sheepofoblivion
04-01-2008, 11:58 PM
one question though... why do the kobolds talk funny?

Lunaya
04-02-2008, 01:15 AM
The pride of Ertemor: "My sword is in my liver." Brilliant! XD

onasuma
04-02-2008, 11:08 AM
Oh and sheepofoblivion, that sounds like a neat idea :smalltongue:

Does that mean its happening? Cause i want it to do it if it is.
Also, great comic. One of my favourites so far.

sheepofoblivion
04-02-2008, 04:39 PM
I don't think it's happening yet, I guess people who want to do it say that they do. Then guess when the work will be in by (so that people without much time don't feel pressured) and then just post it...

TheCountAlucard
04-02-2008, 04:43 PM
I'd like to make a fancomic, but I've got no scanner... I'll see if I can borrow someone else's scanner, but there's no guarantee...

Wreckingrocc
04-02-2008, 05:36 PM
Overall, for the new comic: one word.

Nice.

Lunaya
04-02-2008, 05:46 PM
I'd like to make a fancomic, but I've got no scanner... I'll see if I can borrow someone else's scanner, but there's no guarantee...
Lack of a scanner added to the fact that I only know how to draw with a pencil and paper are the only things keeping me from having a lot of fun with this. *headdesk*

Great idea, though!

Dihan
04-02-2008, 05:49 PM
I may come out of avatar hibernation to make a guest strip. However it all depends on when the competition is going to be held.

sheepofoblivion
04-02-2008, 05:53 PM
I guess that's Salmon and Undertakers choice...

However, for those of you who use a scanner...

http://trazoi.net/tutorials/inkscape/oots/index.html

Awesome awesome awesome! tutorial for inkscape

Inkscape is free, and all it takes is a little practice to get really goood

Lyinginbedmon
04-02-2008, 06:14 PM
Inkscape is free, and all it takes is a little practice to get really goood

Well, technically that's false, because "getting really good" would imply talent beyond the mean for the medium.

However, it only takes a little practice to become competent with InkScape, and a lot of practice to become great. Failing Saves, for example, would rank as great artwork, whilst the skills gained from Trazoi's marvellous guide are typically average grade (Because everyone learns from it these days, after all)

Dihan
04-02-2008, 06:23 PM
Back when I was a lad, we had to traverse the Inkscape blinded, up hill both ways! We had none of these new fandangled "too-tory-ulls" to fall back on.

*Shakes walking stick at everyone*

Now get off my lawn!

*Continues shaking stick*

sheepofoblivion
04-02-2008, 06:46 PM
Well, technically that's false, because "getting really good" would imply talent beyond the mean for the medium.

However, it only takes a little practice to become competent with InkScape, and a lot of practice to become great. Failing Saves, for example, would rank as great artwork, whilst the skills gained from Trazoi's marvellous guide are typically average grade (Because everyone learns from it these days, after all)

:smallsigh: / :smallannoyed: bbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh

Lyinginbedmon
04-02-2008, 07:05 PM
Back when I was a lad, we had to traverse the Inkscape blinded, up hill both ways! We had none of these new fandangled "too-tory-ulls" to fall back on.

*Shakes walking stick at everyone*

Now get off my lawn!

*Continues shaking stick*

And my art style evolved via practise, improvement, experimentation, and imitation. Heck, I'm on page 1 of Trazoi's guide thread making improvement suggestions :smallbiggrin:

Szilard
04-02-2008, 07:12 PM
I still can't see the comic.:smallfrown:

Forealms
04-02-2008, 07:18 PM
Loved that last scene in 45.

"It's still there." :smallbiggrin:

sheepofoblivion
04-02-2008, 07:23 PM
I actually only discovered this tutorial recently... all of my other works (not very much has been made on my own...)

Wreckingrocc
04-02-2008, 07:46 PM
Back when I was a lad, we had to traverse the Inkscape blinded, up hill both ways! We had none of these new fandangled "too-tory-ulls" to fall back on.

*Shakes walking stick at everyone*

Now get off my lawn!

*Continues shaking stick*

.... And you call that 'bad'? I lived in a cardboard box without a computer... All I had was mud. My boss made me pay him to work my 29 hour-a-day shift, and then would thrash me good-bye at the end of each shift.

Uncle Festy
04-02-2008, 09:09 PM
Wait... your little bit on the side? I have a feeling I'm missing something here.

Vampiric
04-02-2008, 09:51 PM
.... And you call that 'bad'? I lived in a cardboard box without a computer... All I had was mud. My boss made me pay him to work my 29 hour-a-day shift, and then would thrash me good-bye at the end of each shift.

Ah, but you didn't have to live underwater, go to work half an hour before you went to bed, work a 30-hour day, and be killed every evening when you got home :smallwink: :smalltongue:

But you try telling kids that these days, and they don't believe you!:smallamused:

Lunaya
04-02-2008, 10:59 PM
Wait... your little bit on the side? I have a feeling I'm missing something here.
Kerdir was talking/standing next to another female and for some reason, his wife assumed that he was cheating on her.

sheepofoblivion
04-03-2008, 12:12 AM
I think he means on the forum page... (sound familiar? just kidding though...)

Undertaker798
04-03-2008, 05:20 AM
If you'd like to make fancomics and fan art, don't hesitate to post them in the thread. Or if you would rather other people didn't see it you can send it directly to us here (Failingsaves@hotmail.co.uk)

banjo1985
04-03-2008, 05:36 AM
Hehe very funny, gald to see this back properly active again! :smallbiggrin:

draconicgodking
04-03-2008, 06:29 AM
fianaly an update.
also the human side of the war,
yeeeea they're totaly skrewed.

Uncle Festy
04-03-2008, 07:46 AM
Yeah, I got that...
But "a little bit on the side" sounds like it's a grammar error.

banjo1985
04-03-2008, 07:57 AM
YeaBut "a little bit on the side" sounds like it's a grammar error.


Nope, it's a fairly common phrase here in England :smallbiggrin:

Nexus-R.C._Mina
04-03-2008, 08:08 AM
Excuse me... but I tried to access the comic but all that came out was a little white box with a red X in it. Wharrap, yo?

Szilard
04-03-2008, 06:18 PM
:smallfrown: I still can't see it.

CommodoreFluffy
04-03-2008, 09:22 PM
I guess that's Salmon and Undertakers choice...

However, for those of you who use a scanner...

http://trazoi.net/tutorials/inkscape/oots/index.html

Awesome awesome awesome! tutorial for inkscape

Inkscape is free, and all it takes is a little practice to get really goood

Dude, you use flash, inkscape is so, impossibly immalleable. it's like trying to work with clay that hardens right when you let go of it.

Vulion
04-05-2008, 12:23 PM
I thought I'd do some fanart for this...so I did.:smallbiggrin:

Kordul, casting as spell from an ancient tome!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/Li_Kenta/Kordul.jpg

Lunaya
04-05-2008, 01:41 PM
Wow, Vulion! Korul looks beyond awesome. I'd love to see you do the other characters in that style (particularly Delrek. He's my fave. :smallredface: )

Almighty Salmon
04-05-2008, 01:51 PM
I thought I'd do some fanart for this...so I did.:smallbiggrin:

Kordul, casting as spell from an ancient tome!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/Li_Kenta/Kordul.jpg

Kordul? Kordul?!? Why I oughta! Meh, I'll be able to forgive you because of that awesome fan art. I'll add it to the first post :smalltongue:

Erm, about the people who can't view the comic. I'm not sure what the problem is, it shows up fine for me. I'll try uploading it again.

Undertaker798
04-05-2008, 01:54 PM
Awesome job, Vulion! I've been doing my own sketches of the Failing Saves characters. But I'm sadly lacking a scanner. Plus they suck.

Lunaya
04-05-2008, 02:46 PM
Aw, Undertaker if you draw half as well as you write, I'm sure they're great.

Vulion
04-05-2008, 03:02 PM
Kordul? Kordul?!? Why I oughta! Meh, I'll be able to forgive you because of that awesome fan art. I'll add it to the first post :smalltongue:

Erm, about the people who can't view the comic. I'm not sure what the problem is, it shows up fine for me. I'll try uploading it again.

Now don't I feel foolish.:smallredface:

sheepofoblivion
04-05-2008, 05:22 PM
I thought I'd do some fanart for this...so I did.:smallbiggrin:

Kordul, casting as spell from an ancient tome!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/Li_Kenta/Kordul.jpg

Dude, that's awesome... I guess people will just post fan art when they feel like it.

@commodore: Pretty much nobody else uses an animation program to make oots style art, the tutorial is there for people who want to take up inkscaping (a free program) and possibly even get a more "malleable" program...

BRC
04-05-2008, 05:25 PM
I thought I'd do some fanart for this...so I did.:smallbiggrin:

Kordul, casting as spell from an ancient tome!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/Li_Kenta/Kordul.jpg

I never get fanart :smallfrown:
So...I must STEAL IT, BWAHAHAHAHAH


just as soon as I make up some words to describe how awsome that drawing is...

Undertaker798
04-06-2008, 04:51 AM
So here's my attempt at proving just because I'm the script writer, doesn't mean I can't draw! :smallamused:

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9275/mygilph1sd5.gif

Sorry about the poor quality picture. I had to improvise my lack of a scanner. So I used a digital camera and cropped it on Irfanview. :smallbiggrin:

Lunaya
04-06-2008, 10:47 AM
Ooh, cool!

sheepofoblivion
04-06-2008, 11:42 AM
Niiicee... I would have launched myself into a long stream of critizing-ness but I just realized that I probably can't draw better than that:smalleek: :smalltongue:

Undertaker798
04-06-2008, 11:45 AM
I'll admit, he's a bit on the tubby side. And a bit distorted. Methinks tonight I'll draw Kerdir, but I'll be full of caffeine and I'll persuade my cat to not hit my hands while I'm drawing. :smallmad: (Hence the smudges from the eraser.) You can criticize if you wish, but not too harshly! :smallfrown:

Undertaker798
04-07-2008, 10:35 AM
Sorry for the double post. Just to say that I have removed the "Maps" section of the Announcements post and I have replaced it with "Little Oaktown Museum"!

This new section will have maps, trinkets, and lore from the Failing Saves world. Currently there are only 2 items in the museum as the Curator has misplaced his glasses and can't find anything in the Cupboard Of Antiques! But it will slowly fill as things come to surface. :smallwink:

sheepofoblivion
04-07-2008, 10:58 AM
Currently there are only 2 items in the museum as the Curator has misplaced his glasses and can't find anything in the Cupboard Of Antiques! But it will slowly fill as things come to surface. :smallwink:

Heh, love the fact that "the curator has misplaced his glasses" Nice maps!

Lyinginbedmon
04-07-2008, 11:13 AM
Liking the frames, you certainly went the whole hog with the Museum theme. :smallbiggrin:

Undertaker798
04-07-2008, 11:44 AM
Good news! while searching for his Pack Lunch the Curator found the extremely expensive Necklace belonging to Burdor. He was using it as a paperweight! It's been replaced on the wall for all to see.

Lunaya
04-07-2008, 02:27 PM
Wow, you guys are really making your world come alive. I love the museum idea! :smallbiggrin:

Undertaker798
04-08-2008, 09:01 AM
A few new additions to the museum! From now on I'll stop posting about them so I don't clutter up the thread. So from now on check regularly to see if there are any new additions. Adios!

Szilard
04-08-2008, 09:39 AM
Can we contribute things to the museum like random things that have been seen in the comic?

Crimmy
04-09-2008, 06:33 PM
Hmmm, this would explain that hair resemblance with Kerdir, and the fact that he's protecting Lox...

Anyway, great work, I was gonna do some fanart on Korul, but it seems, Vulion beat me to it...

Neat quality!!!!

Wreckingrocc
04-09-2008, 06:49 PM
Hmmm, this would explain that hair resemblance with Kerdir, and the fact that he's protecting Lox...

Anyway, great work, I was gonna do some fanart on Korul, but it seems, Vulion beat me to it...

Neat quality!!!!

Didn't you see what Vulion posted? It's not 'Korul', stupid, it's Kordul!

Lunaya
04-09-2008, 07:09 PM
Hmmm, this would explain that hair resemblance with Kerdir, and the fact that he's protecting Lox...

Who's hair resemblance? I'd imagine Kerdir protects Lox because he's been her teacher for eight years. That's plenty of time to form a bond, even if she isn't his child.

sheepofoblivion
04-10-2008, 03:13 PM
wait... what? Child? Now whats going on in the thread?!:smallconfused:

Vulion
04-10-2008, 03:24 PM
Didn't you see what Vulion posted? It's not 'Korul', stupid, it's Kordul!

Oi, I hate when I make a typo. Guess I should do Delrek. (God, I hope I spelled his name right.)

sheepofoblivion
04-10-2008, 03:34 PM
wait... Shouldn't it be "Captain Arathor?" Not "Captain Kerdir?" It's not Admiral Sheep after all, it's Admiral Oblivion

Lunaya
04-10-2008, 04:46 PM
Guess I should do Delrek. (God, I hope I spelled his name right.)
I will give you many hugs if you do. ^_^ And yes, you spelled the name right. :smallamused:

And to Sheep: I was referring to the statement I quoted from Thecrimsonmage. I think he was theorizing that Lox might actually be Kerdir's daughter.

Szilard
04-10-2008, 06:23 PM
But...Lox is human.
Oh and the latest comic still isn't showing up for me.

Crimmy
04-11-2008, 06:51 PM
I will give you many hugs if you do. ^_^ And yes, you spelled the name right. :smallamused:

And to Sheep: I was referring to the statement I quoted from Thecrimsonmage. I think he was theorizing that Lox might actually be Kerdir's daughter.

Will you then explain to me why is his wife mad at him?

Because, as far as I can see, Kerdir has the hair resemblance of the three guys.
Korul's ponytail, Delrek's hairdo, and Lox's ...
forehair?
(I don't know how do you call it, but let's say it's the three little hairs in the forehead).

And, as you can see, the girl he's with is also a human...

Anything else I don't know?

Lunaya
04-11-2008, 09:28 PM
I highly doubt that Kerdir would be cheating on his wife (the whole Lawful Good thing coupled with the fact that he's not a @$$hole). I think Amweth was just overreacting. Besides, the chick Kerdir was talking to was an elf. Lox is human.

The only one who really bares any resemblance to Kerdir is Delrek. Wavy hair is a genetic trait. Ponytails are simply a fashion choice. (Delrek looks like Kerdir. Korul acts like him.)

As for the bangs, I've noticed a lot of the characters have that. It's simply a piece of hair that, for whatever reason, strays from the rest.

Hee, I like debating this stuff.

sheepofoblivion
04-12-2008, 05:03 PM
wait... Shouldn't it be "Captain Arathor?" Not "Captain Kerdir?" It's not Admiral Sheep after all, it's Admiral Oblivion

*cough*

... also... It took ages for the dwarven artifacts to load... anyone else experience that other than szilard not being able to see it?

Crimmy
04-12-2008, 06:34 PM
I highly doubt that Kerdir would be cheating on his wife (the whole Lawful Good thing coupled with the fact that he's not a @$$hole). I think Amweth was just overreacting. Besides, the chick Kerdir was talking to was an elf. Lox is human.

The only one who really bares any resemblance to Kerdir is Delrek. Wavy hair is a genetic trait. Ponytails are simply a fashion choice. (Delrek looks like Kerdir. Korul acts like him.)

As for the bangs, I've noticed a lot of the characters have that. It's simply a piece of hair that, for whatever reason, strays from the rest.

Hee, I like debating this stuff.

Okay, you need to work on your spot checks...
It's OBVIOUS that Kerdir was talking to an Elf, and you can see the meaning of the phrase his wife uses.

But, I think that if you see and actually notice Kerdir's, Lox's, Delrek's, and Korul's hair, you'll see the hair resemblance I'm talking about.
Unite delrek's wavy hair, Korul's Ponytail, and yet, you won't get Kerdir completely, but if you add the two little hairs coming out of Lox's head, you'll have one Kerdir's head.

And I never denied that Lox is human.