Midget on a Horse - the epic saga

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

I said I would finish Pepin's adventures during the interim, and I have. Here's three Pieces for today (there are five in total).

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

The conclusion of Pepin's adventures:


The Second Saga starts Wednesday.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

THE SECOND SAGA BEGINS


Well well, welcome to the Second Saga! I guess this answers your question -skimmer- :P.

But wait! It is time for our first competition! And guess what? It's the:

CHARACTER CONTEST!

That's right, I'm giving you all the chance to make your own character (including image, but you don't have to worry about tapestrying it, I'll do that), the winner of which will star in a Midget on a Horse Extra, or possibly in the main narrative itself!

You all have two weeks to take part!

My recommendations: Thin lines make for easier tapestrying. If it looks medieval or fantasy based it will seem a more natural character for Midget on a Horse, but don't let that bind you - an extremely odd character would make for a nice contrast :D. You should know by now what works for this and what doesn't :P.

[-skimmer-]

Well thought contest, really. This certainly could bring here more readers.
But maybe it would be better idea to wait at least 3 weeks and draw attention by puting it in the title. As you may noticed, not so much people watch this thread regurarly....yet.

[Szilard]

Characters?
So image and a short description?
I'll get to it!

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 2, and we meet some of Midget on a Horse's court!


How do you change the topic title?

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 3 ahoy!


I also made a new banner:

[-skimmer-]

How do you change the topic title?

Dunno, I actually never started any thread so I can't even try to figure it out
But it is possible, there are artists who change title of their comic with each update...

By the way, the courtier on a pole was already one of my favourite characters, and now I know how he is called! Yay

[Szilard]

How do you change the topic title?

You edit the first post, but you can no longer change the title after 30 days without the help of a mod.

Also, a character for the contest, none other than Henry Clay!

He must have lived forever, because he was a part of every major event for the first century or so of the United States of America. He is a master diplomat, and is also known for starting a war or two.

Here's the current picture, but I'll make a better one later.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 4!

So, our first contender!

Edit: By the way, I made a new thread for this in the main Arts and Crafts forum: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5957166 so Szilard, you might want to post yours in there :D

[Fri]

Just want to say that this is an epic saga worthy of any tapestry. It need more reply, so here I am.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Why thank you :D. I know what you mean though, considering GitP's traffic I get surprisingly little correspondence, so it's always appreciated.

Piece 5!


Get your entries in for the contest guys! If you didn't see it, there's a thread for it here: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5957166 so post them in there! Szilard, you may want to repost yours :P. The new deadline is April 15th by the way.

[Erloas]

Why thank you :D. I know what you mean though, considering GitP's traffic I get surprisingly little correspondence, so it's always appreciated.

Well I think some of that is because it doesn't seem like I want to post about trivial stuff in the thread because it seems kind of like it sort of derails the comic. Also, while epic, the story is a bit silly and it doesn't seem like it warrants long discussions and picking it apart. I'm sure other people feel the same way.
You get some comic threads where there is 15 posts for each comic that is posted and there is no way to know when its just some idle chatter or a new comic. Those comics also seem to be the ones where they get 8 comics in and then never get updated again.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 6!

Luckily derailing it isn't really an issue since I'm updating it every day.

I know it's a bit silly, it's an intentionally quirky take on this sort of thing, but I have tried to sow as many little seeds of character motivations and stuff as possible (for example: Gerd was a far better planner and tactitian than he seemed at first, but only in long-term plans; he couldn't think well on his feet at all. I showed this in his battles, particularly in the ones against The Dread Donkey of Grywrdnedythfdhv and the final one) to make it more interesting to read.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 7!

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 8 has arrived:

Get entering the contest! You only have a week left!

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 9!

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

So, Piece 10 arrives at our shores!

So far there are 2 entriexs for the character creation contest, so if you submit one now you've got a damn good chance of winning!

[GrlumpTheElder]

Is the Witch Gerd's Sister? Maybe she's also allergic to Peanut butter.
Personally though, I don't see why anybody would want to avenge Gerd's death. He is teh noobiest!!!

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 11:

You were very close Grlump; you just missed the cigar :P. And even trigger-happy wizards can have loved ones...

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 12, 'tis here!

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 13 is here!

Guys, if you are thinking about entering the contest, do it NOW as you only have two more days.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 14!

[GrlumpTheElder]

Maybe Gerd's wife has cloned herself or something. Then she'd be powerful enough to control the orks.

[-skimmer-]

Nope, if gerds wife and that shadow is really one person, then she must be an orc!

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 15:

The winner of the Character Creation Contest has been decided!

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 16 piece 16 do you have a piece 16

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 17:

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 18, and the epic battle begins!

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Piece 19 well ah cannae believe et

The epic battle is over :P.