Wildstar Characters and Housing - Part 2

Finian's Last Hope Heaven

Finian's new look - Really think it suits him (now if I could just wear the hat)

Finian is my main character I play in Wildstar and so it's no surprised that his house would be the most focused on. It's split into two area types; Social and Relaxing. Social plots are the Lopp Party and Festival Tier 6. There is also an Elite Thicket with 50/50 on which will also be classed as that when I have the placew set up. The Relaxing plots consist of Hoogle Henge, Cute Date Spot and Hot Springs (with lots of trees and plants). There are also a few extra things thrown in that show more of the characters personality (such as the bar above with the hat in his house).

So, finally got the 3 Platnum needed to upgrade my house. Unfortunatly, it also took out half of the Tree Guest House that I spent hours slowly building. Will probably have to spend some time over the next few weeks fixing that.

I've tried to place as many different plants around the Hot Springs to give a unique feel to the place. Being Aurin, having a nice variety of plant life would no doubt give a positive feel to the place....

....given what lies next to it. Finian's family was killed by the Dominion during their invasion of Arboria. Having seen many Human ways, Finian had gravestones crafted and set up so he could always have a place to remember that which he lost.

Not everything is so depressing. The Cute Date Spot is always considered a positive outlook for the future.

Plus, there's lots of room to party. Always room to expand the various party and social options.

So, what about the new house? What have I done with that? Well......

I took the space and expanded it, making the main room into a two floor structure. As you can see the Bar is finally set up, but as for the sofa and table, I plan to replace them both (the sofa will be replaced by the Draken version, which I feel suits the hunter aspect of my character).

It does seem that there is a lot of space about. Still deciding what to fill it with.

Not too much change to the bedroom. Some furniture (like the bed) will get replaced and this room will probably get a go over soon. And finally, what lies on the upper level I created?

As an explorer, adventurer and hunter, it's no surprise that Finian would have started a collection. Here is placed relics collected from adventuring, loot and trophies from hunting runs and other things that were obtained just through exploring. A mini museum in a sense.

Finian's place is still growing and will continue to do so while I continue to play (such as the Tree Guest House needing to be repaired). What else could be added? What more could be done? Well, that all depends what get's released in the future.

Art of HTTYD 2 Arrived

So yeah, The Art of How to train your Dragon 2 arrived today. So happy it arrived, now I have something to look at tonight.

iPod shot = Bad quality

Wildstar Characters and Housing - Part 1

So, thought I'd through this one up there in between my study. I have a few characters in Wildstar now, though most are still low level and their housing plots need some more work. That said, here is the character line up:

Finian - Aurin - Spellslinger - Explorer
A character with a tragic past, his family killed by the Dominion, his home burned and community gone. A lost soul, he has grown distant from his own kind and tends to spend his time hunting Dominion or working on his home.

Xzarvox - Chua - Medic - Scientist
A creature obsessed with science in all forms, he is well suited for the role of Mad Scientist. He spends much of the time on the battlefield, both so he can practice medicine on allies and experiment on enemies. Strongly dislikes the Mechari and loves to impersonate pompous Cassians.

Zargooran - Mordesh - Stalker - Scientist
Why is Zargooran here? Why is he using a Mordesh corpse for a puppet? Might have something to do with the experiments on his property.

Donarj - Cassian - Esper - Settler
Donarj (an alteration on my last name) is well represented of a self absorbed member of the Cassian Elite. More of a classic racial stereotypical french man, he loves to tell others just how important he is. To be fair, he isn't as lazy as some of his type, preferring to stick to the motto 'If you want something done right, then you have to do it yourself' (all the more reason to point out how important he is).

Housing

Finian's house is always changing, so for now I'll just throw in a shot or two to give some idea and will give a more in-depth view in part two.

Finain's Last Hope Heaven

View from entrance

 View from Tree Guest House

View from inside cramped house

Xzarvox's Mad Lab 3.0 (WiP)

 View from entrance

View from Xzarvox Bed

The Mad Labs 3.0 (previous ones were destroyed by unfortunate experiments) is a mixture of medicine, bio-engineering, technological science and much more. Unfortunately, due to constant and unfortunate experimental failures, replacement parts are still waiting to be delivered.

Zargooran's Blood Lab (WiP)

 View from entrance

View from rock top

Strain, Strain and more Strain. The Blood Labs is where Zargooran studies and experiments with Strain. For what purpose is not yet known (He won't tell anyone).

Donarj Estate (WiP)

View from entrance

Having only recently arrived, there hasn't been much time to add to the estate yet. Still, the serenity here is a much better then the annoyances of the lesser races that linger around the city.

New Camera, So Much To Learn

Got to test my camera out a few days back and began to try out the settings. My first goal was to get my camera to take night shots. Needless to say, it took many goes of me going between the settings and looking at various tutorials online before I finally got some progress.

Photo 1

Photo 11 (You can see one star spot)

Photo 14 (You can see a much improved progress here)

Photo 16 (Removed some enviromental light)

So finally, I'm now able to take the night shots I've always wanted to take. Granted, being in a residential area, most shots won't be the best due to light and pollution. Hope to get some more practice in soon as I really need to fix the focus of these shots.

Apologies

I must apologies for the lack of update for some time. It seems much of June was spent in Wildstar, with the latter also in PvZ: Garden Warfare. However, during this time I've also have had some rather tragic family events and to top it off, I've also begun study in the field of digital media. Given that it's rather a large distance away from home, it has ment spending most of the week away to study, only to come back for the rest of the week to do night work. So yeah, haven't had much time to do much (heck, haven't had much time to even play those video games now).

So what's the plus side? Well, thanks to my tax return and a camera house sale, I got a nice camera plus pack as a result. A Nikon D5300, which included a bonus 55-200mm lens (camera comes with a 18-55mm lens), carry case, extra battery and a tripod stand. Finally, I can now take night shots, something I've been wanting to do for some time. I'm also learning how to use Photoshop through my course, a bonus for my future ambitions.

There's also the release of Codex: Orks. Despite my feelings on Games-Workshops business plans and ideals, I still have a soft spot for some of it's lore and Orks are a part of that. I haven't had a great deal of time to go over it, but from the various sites it's been given an average result (though many feel that it could have been worse). As such, I have managed to get a few paints over to where I stay when I study and have begun working on a Gretchen Mob for my Blood Axes (they don't require too much time and effort to get done, great when I'm taking a break from studying). I do plan to do more boys and a Painboy (in honor of the Eternal Crusade game that's upcoming), I'm not sure about the Flash Gitz. The models look great, but it's their $ cost and their usefulness that has me on the fence. Perhaps if I can get them cheap on Ebay I might consider them.

I'll try to get something up soon, but until then.....

Addicted To Wildstar

Yep, nothings been done as I'm still in the 'Gotta do everything, brand new game' addiction phase. As it slowly fades I'll get back into finishing projects. Perhaps I'll do a vid or two on Wildstar this week and see how they go.

Also, I have indeed seen some of the new Ork models coming out. Sadly, I must admit I love the look of the new Flash Gits, really makes me want to add Freebooter mercinaries to my Blood Axe group.

Wildstar Fun and Failure

So, you may have notice that I didn't get those pics up or more work done. Well, that's because I got me a brand spankin new computer (as oppose to my old laptop) and beenplaying Wildstar. Well, would be playing more of it, if it wasn't for massive lag spikes and constant server maintanence. I admit, that's to be expected for a new MMO, so I'll let that pass (assuming it get's fixed soon. Particually the lag spikes).

So, how far have I gone so far? Well, I got all three planned characters created with no trouble at all. My main is now level 14 and started working on housing. My secondary is level 5 (was playing him until the servers went down.....again!) and I have my little side fun character only at level 2. Sadly I'm so busy over the next few weeks so I may not get much play time in. That said, I am considering a little idea.

I want to record a few games and see how it goes. It's a good start to practice some video recording/editing and a chance to do some voice work (or at least, a chance to improve from my quiet voice). Have to see how the next week or so goes. May do it with a few other games too, we'll see.