The CHALLENGE chugs on!

[LeSwordfish]

A small force of scouts: https://www.dropbox.com/sc/jga4mli7a...ZZFG6TG8nJkEFa

[Glass Mouse]

Status for the week September 7 - 13!


Glass Mouse passes with a Genre Unsavvy strip, and 1755 words of witch story.

Lycunadari passes with six pretty nature photos.

Allan Dotson passes with a Critters page, a gnoll pup, an ettin, four paper dollhouses, one Iceman, a Lego dragon, a Hulk, and an orc.

Cuthalion passes with drawings of animals, a bunch of chair studies, one penciled car, a teapot, a railroad, and a field.

Artman77 passes with four overgrown puppies, one Friday the 13th Jason, a 13-year old, and the 13th Warrior.

LeSwordfish passes with a bunch of scouts and their slick ride.

TheWombatOfDoom passes with Majora’s Mask Point Race episode 13.

jseah passes with 2421 words of Hero’s War.

celtois passes with an elven barmaid, a novelist squid, an elf wizard, an archer, a paladin, a botanist, and a bard.


Thus, no one FAILS this round!

Glass Mouse, Lycunadari, Allan Dotson, Cuthalion, Artman77, LeSwordfish, TheWombatOfDoom, jseah, and celtois PASS this round!


Current standing:

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Glass Mouse
Current run: 255 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

Lycunadari
Current run: 140 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

Allan Dotson
Current run: 54 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

Cuthalion
Current run: 1 week
Longest run: 21 weeks
Themes: -

Artman77
Current run: 8 weeks
Longest run: 13 weeks
Themes: 8 weeks

LeSwordfish
Current run: 11 weeks
Longest run: 5 weeks
Themes: -

TheWombatOfDoom
Current run: 12 weeks
Longest run: 71 weeks
Themes: 1 week

jseah
Current run: 12 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

celtois
Current run: 1 week
Longest run: -
Themes: -

This week's theme (September 14 - 20) has not been chosen yet, so it is up for grabs.

Next week's theme is chosen by celtois - let me know in PM or this thread, and I'll include it in the next status.






Thank you, everyone, for the input regarding tardiness. I really did not expect everyone to have such a strong response to something I thought was a throw-away heads-up, but I’m glad we were able to find something that works. And for me, it’s been great to hear what the Challenge means for you guys individually.
I’ll update the FAQ accordingly and hope we won’t have reason to bring this up again anytime soon.

Let's see if I can jump on this moving wagon.

Welcome to the Challenge! I'm so impressed by the amount of artists we have right now

Hmm, yep, I've decided not to do anything this week. (Though this week is basically a single day at this point.) I'll be officially joining for next week's Sunday, not the one that's coming up in 5 minutes. xD

Noted! I'll put you on the list whenever you pass your first week.

[Artman77]

Theme: treasure

[jseah]

Ah, I completely forgot about the theme. I had one thought up too but I forgot it. (reading three SF novels in two days does bad things to your memory. And sleep schedule. And motivation to do anything other than read, hence why my chapter still isn't up)

[Lycunadari]

Did we have any rule on how to count translating? I spent yesterday evening this morning translating (German to English) nearly 4000 words of one of my older stories and it'd be great if that would somehow count for the challenge.

[jseah]

Final count is 2950 words.

[celtois]

Next week's theme is chosen by celtois - let me know in PM or this thread, and I'll include it in the next status.

Welcome to the Challenge! I'm so impressed by the amount of artists we have right now

Thanks Glass Mouse! Hmm theme: Things Lost and Found

[UXLZ]

Goody, I was waiting for the theme before I got started. I'm assuming I go with the one that was suggested first? (Treasure.)

[Glass Mouse]

Did we have any rule on how to count translating? I spent yesterday evening this morning translating (German to English) nearly 4000 words of one of my older stories and it'd be great if that would somehow count for the challenge.

Double up on word count? 500 translated words = 1 piece?

Goody, I was waiting for the theme before I got started. I'm assuming I go with the one that was suggested first? (Treasure.)

Yup! "This week" (or whatever Artman77 sneaks in to declare) is always the relevant part We just declare "Next week's theme" in advance to prevent several theme-free days once the week starts.

[Lycunadari]

Double up on word count? 500 translated words = 1 piece?

Sounds good to me.

[LeSwordfish]

I'm travelling on saturday, and can't be sure to have wi-fi before monday, so once again i'm going to upload my first four days - some painting - now, and do the others ASAP, which might be monday. Is that okay?

[Glass Mouse]

I'm travelling on saturday, and can't be sure to have wi-fi before monday, so once again i'm going to upload my first four days - some painting - now, and do the others ASAP, which might be monday. Is that okay?

Upload issues + advance notice = no problem at all.

ETA: Oh yeah, and have a nice trip

[LeSwordfish]

Thanks - to clarify, i'm moving back to university, and the university network and my computer never got along very well, so it might be a few days before it's set up.

[Cuthalion]

I will be gone from Sunday until the next Saturday evening at an art! class in Yosemite. I should meet the challenge next week, but will most likely not be able to scan six pieces before I leave. We'll see.

[UXLZ]

Ended up being super busy most of this week due to end-of-term stuff for school. I'm gonna need to work overtime tomorrow. xD

Still, I got something done, and these don't take too long if I can focus. I am so rusty though, so these probably won't get good for a while. If I was a car, I'd be a Lancia Beta...

Spoiler: Piece 1

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[jseah]

Jseah rolls Writing Skill against Writing Difficulty!
- Starting late Penalty
+ Unexpected public holiday Bonus
+ Easy(-ier) content Bonus

Jseah succeeds at Task: Writing Chapter 40!

Success produces 4388 words!

[LeSwordfish]

My other two days are:

• This update to my map - the X's are links to images.
• And a cool 1942 words of reviews and judging on our contest maps, which I have PM'ed to you since they're confidential until monday.

[UXLZ]

Update with the final five pieces, just in the nick of time~
As well as a link to what will be my ongoing Challenge Gallery

Spoiler: 2-6

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I'm gonna need to look into learning new skills so everything doesn't end up super samey. >_>
Quality's actually pretty low here... Hmm, might be because I did them in quick succession.

[celtois]

This week I have 3 blog entries. Total: 1245 words. (https://plicity.wordpress.com) I also designed the website logo this week.

As well as several sketches

Spoiler: Sketches

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Treasure Chest
Treant
Face1
Face2
Robots
Faces
Alien

[Glass Mouse]

Status for the week September 14 - 20!


Glass Mouse passes with a Genre Unsavvy strip, and 640 words of witch story.

Lycunadari passes with 3888 words of elf novel translation.

Allan Dotson passes with a Critters page, a dragon baby, a cyborg, a goblin, a goat crab, a whale bee, and a barbarian.

Cuthalion will be back on the 26th with two week’s worth of pieces.

Artman77 didn’t upload/send me anything.

LeSwordfish passes with three bitchin’ bikes and a spaceship, a map update, plus 1942 words of critiques.

TheWombatOfDoom passes with Majora’s Mask Point Race episode 14.

jseah passes with 4388 words of Hero’s War.

celtois passes with 1245 words of blog entries, a website logo, a treasure chest, a treant, five face portraits, an alien and a robot.

UXLZ passes with six graphic effects banners.


Thus, Artman77 FAILS this round!

Glass Mouse, Lycunadari, Allan Dotson, LeSwordfish, TheWombatOfDoom, jseah, celtois, and UXLZ PASS this round!


Current standing:

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Glass Mouse
Current run: 256 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

Lycunadari
Current run: 141 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

Allan Dotson
Current run: 55 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

Cuthalion
Current run: 1 week (pending: 1)
Longest run: 21 weeks
Themes: -

Artman77
Current run: -
Longest run: 13 weeks
Themes: -

LeSwordfish
Current run: 12 weeks
Longest run: 5 weeks
Themes: -

TheWombatOfDoom
Current run: 12 weeks
Longest run: 71 weeks
Themes: 1 week

jseah
Current run: 13 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

celtois
Current run: 2 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: 1 week

UXLZ
Current run: 1 week
Longest run: -
Themes: -

This week's theme (September 21 - 27), chosen by celtois, is Lost and found.

Next week's theme is chosen by UXLZ - let me know in PM or this thread, and I'll include it in the next status.

[UXLZ]

@Glass Mouse:

Here's the link to what will be my ongoing Challenge gallery. Just in case you missed it. http://postimg.org/gallery/vmetvuvo/

As for theme... Have you guys already done "Silence"?

[Glass Mouse]

@Glass Mouse:

Here's the link to what will be my ongoing Challenge gallery. Just in case you missed it. http://postimg.org/gallery/vmetvuvo/

As for theme... Have you guys already done "Silence"?

Thanks, I'll add it!

And I don't remember. Which means it's far enough back that it doesn't matter

[celtois]

Ran out of time to meet my own theme. (Shame on me)
I'm leaving town tomorrow and wanted to get all of my stuff down before I leave. So a very early post this week from me.

Spoiler: Arts

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http://dizzyartist.deviantart.com/art/GuySit-562273576
http://dizzyartist.deviantart.com/art/GuyLay-562273550
http://dizzyartist.deviantart.com/art/Girl2-562273539
http://dizzyartist.deviantart.com/art/Mindy-561785543
http://dizzyartist.deviantart.com/art/Girl1-561785089
http://dizzyartist.deviantart.com/art/House-561785106

[jseah]

3640 words. Chapter 41!

[LeSwordfish]

I'm going to have to disappoint people again, I'm afraid. My hard drive is dying, and my computer is in for repair, so the only creative works I have access to is that I already had externally hosted when it all went tits-up:

Some visual changes to one of my maps (far more complex than they look: took me most of the week!)
And five pages of script, locked on a dying hard drive at the bottom of a filing cabinet in a disused lavatory in my university's technical support department with a sign on the door saying "beware of the leopard".

Can I make use of a delayed week from my allotment?

[UXLZ]

A disappointing performance for me. I enter, and then immediately forget about the Challenge during my second week. >_> (Admittedly, there were circumstances, but I remembered other stuff. Just wish I remembered this.)

[TheWombatOfDoom]

As a heads up for everyone, I'll be going away for my year anniversary with my wife starting Friday the 2nd of October until the 19th of October. So that'll be 3 weeks I'll have to make up when I get back.

We're going to Florida, and more importantly, we're going to HARRY POTTER WORLD. I'm going to be working on things while I'm gone, and ultimately, hopefully painting in my free time.

[Glass Mouse]

Status for the week September 21 - 27!


Glass Mouse passes with a Genre Unsavvy strip, and 537 words of witch story.

Lycunadari passes with six nature photos and KITTY.

Allan Dotson passes with a Critters page, a poké-Cthulhu, a cyber siren, a minotaur paladin, a water angel, a cyberpunk elf, four pokémons, a Tardis transformer, and a supergirl.

Cuthalion passes the past two weeks with two sheets of people, three landscapes, three trees, one leaf sheet, two sheets of tents, and one of benches.

Artman77 didn’t upload/send me anything.

LeSwordfish will be back with two week’s worth of pieces on October 4.

TheWombatOfDoom passes with Majora’s Mask Point Race episode 15.

jseah passes with 3640 words of Hero’s War.

celtois passes with two posing dudes, an elven ranger, two women’s faces, and a weird house.

UXLZ didn’t upload/send me anything.


Thus, Artman77 and UXLZ FAIL this round!

Glass Mouse, Lycunadari, Allan Dotson, LeSwordfish, TheWombatOfDoom, jseah, and celtois PASS this round!


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Glass Mouse
Current run: 257 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

Lycunadari
Current run: 142 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

Allan Dotson
Current run: 56 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

Cuthalion
Current run: 3 weeks
Longest run: 21 weeks
Themes: -

Artman77
Current run: -
Longest run: 13 weeks
Themes: -

LeSwordfish
Current run: 12 weeks (pending: 1)
Longest run: 5 weeks
Themes: -

TheWombatOfDoom
Current run: 13 weeks
Longest run: 71 weeks
Themes: -

jseah
Current run: 14 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

celtois
Current run: 3 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -

UXLZ
Current run: -
Longest run: 1 week
Themes: -

This week's theme (September 28 - October 4), chosen by UXLZ, is Silence.

Next week's theme is chosen by me.

I'm going to have to disappoint people again, I'm afraid. My hard drive is dying, and my computer is in for repair, so the only creative works I have access to is that I already had externally hosted when it all went tits-up:

Yeesh. Hope the hard drive can be salvaged, Swordfish! That situation always thoroughly sucks.

I've jotted you down for a late week.

A disappointing performance for me. I enter, and then immediately forget about the Challenge during my second week. >_> (Admittedly, there were circumstances, but I remembered other stuff. Just wish I remembered this.)

Boo. Good thing the horse is still there to get back on this week!

As a heads up for everyone, I'll be going away for my year anniversary with my wife starting Friday the 2nd of October until the 19th of October. So that'll be 3 weeks I'll have to make up when I get back.

We're going to Florida, and more importantly, we're going to HARRY POTTER WORLD. I'm going to be working on things while I'm gone, and ultimately, hopefully painting in my free time.

Awww, nerdlings in love

Seriously, have a great trip. See you on the other side!

[Glass Mouse]

I am actually here. Like, really this time, to do the challenge and not vanish off into the aether after having said I would like the previous two times. Can you add my name to the list?

Excellent. Welcome proper, then I'll add your name to the list as soon as you pass your first week. Them's the breaks.

[celtois]

This week I have 5 sketches
and a 640 word write up of my dungeon world session.

Spoiler: Sketches

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http://dizzyartist.deviantart.com/ar...ream-563911096 (For the theme of silence)
http://dizzyartist.deviantart.com/art/Guy4-563806635
http://dizzyartist.deviantart.com/art/Suitguy-563806894
http://dizzyartist.deviantart.com/art/Guy3-563806623
http://dizzyartist.deviantart.com/art/Girl3-563806612

Spoiler: Write Up

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Session 2:

The party rested in Lord Eagle’s chamber before proceeding. After they were rested Lord Eagle sent them on their way. The party debated whether it was better to convince the rebel camp they were allies, attack, or simply sneak past the camp when they rebels put down to sleep when they heard the sounds of battle from down the East passage. Hawk and Magpie darted ahead to investigate where they saw three rebels under attack by a group of skeletons. One was already wounded on the ground, another was battling two skeletons desperately. The final rebel had tripped and was about to be sliced in twain by a skeleton when Sir Augustine destroyed it. The party was able to best the skeletons easily, and June introduced the party again as allies of the rebels, led by the Dark Lord Augustine. As the Rebel Lieutenant was tending the wounded rebel and offering the party supplies the remainder of the rebels came bolting down the passage. Drawn by the sound of fighting. The rebels were told to sheathe their blades by their commander, and the party collected three vials of healing potions a vial of antitoxin and a climbing kit from the rebels before heading deeper into the cave


There were two passages deeper and the party took the one the rebels had just come down, reasoning, since the rebels had, had no trouble with skeletons before that their mining activity down that passage had drawn the attention of the skeletons.


The party slowly made their way down the passage until they discovered a hole bashed through the side of the wall, which looked very recent. A strange green glow emanated from that passage.
Lilli attempted to detect the magical source of the green glow, and discovered it was emanating from an stitched together undead monstrosity, which had three heads, which bore a striking resemblance to Lord Eagle… the remains of his two sons and his wife, knit together into an undead abomination. The abomination, disturbed by the magical detection spell barrelled down on Lilli, but Sir Augustine was able to fend it off. The party struck at the abomination tearing sickeningly wet flesh off in quivering chunks and destroying an arm. But it was not enough and the abomination grabbed Lilli and began to tear the eleven mage in two, but was stopped when Magpie slid her dagger into the base of its neck and rode it all the way down, bisecting the creature into two immobile masses which fell to the ground with a sickening sound.


Having ended the abomination the party stopped to heal, and Magpie found, and promptly lit a chest on fire. While the documents, and potions that had once been in that chest burned, they found a collection of 150 year old coins, with a denomination value of 100 gold, (worth more to a collector) and several pieces of jewelry set with fire opals, worth 200 gold (I think, anyone have a record of this?).


Having healed up the party continued down the passage where they saw a stately young man who resembled lord eagle, flanked by two skeletons in a simply but elegantly furnished chamber. Although many of the fine hangings and furniture was neglected. Remembering Lord Eagles advice Magpie Rushed in to grab the staff before Vental could retrieve it, while Augustine and Lilli attempted to draw the skeletons attention. Magpie was able to grab the staff, though she was wounded in the process. And the party began a battle for their lives with the fearsome necromancer and his minions.


Mental was standing in a magic circle which appeared to protect him against Mindy’s arrows, the barrier was disrupted by Lilli throwing some of the magic stones retrieved before at Vental.


And we left the party fighting for their lives against Vental