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Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: John Harper on April 23, 2003, 08:05:44 PM
Take one naked woman, a big horn sheep, and a website for ren-fair accessories and what do you get? No, not that you sick monkey! You get the Trollbabe Desktop (http://www.shootingiron.com/feng/ps/trollbabe_jsh.jpg) (1024x768, 156k). And no, she's not naked anymore, so it's safe for work. If shameless scale-mail bikini-type cheesecake is considered "safe" that is.

I realize that Trollbabe is not just about oggling the Large Women, so I included Deep, Meaningful elements in the piece as well. See how many you can spot!
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: Clinton R. Nixon on April 23, 2003, 08:09:53 PM
I seriously can't decide whether or not I like this. The lady's not big enough, for one thing. :)

Your ability to merge naked women with big horn sheep is damn impressive and frightening, though.
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: Spooky Fanboy on April 23, 2003, 08:20:58 PM
Quote from: Clinton R. NixonYour ability to merge naked women with big horn sheep is damn impressive and frightening, though.

Y'know, one doesn't expect to see something like that typed outside of a sci-fi novel, comic, or roleplaying game. Jurgen, another quote for your file! ;-)

Still, cool picture, although she does need to be more Xena: Warrior Princess. And could you add just a little bit of sun? These poor people you put in these pictures never get enough sunlight! Always with the clouds and lightning... ;-)
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: John Harper on April 23, 2003, 08:23:45 PM
There just aren't enough pics of larger naked women that happen to have their hands in a position to draw a sword.  And yes, I did look for the "large women pretending to draw a sword" fetish sites. Nada. I swear the Internet is useless.

And Spooky is right... more Xena is needed. I'm off to track down a breastplate.
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: Mike Holmes on April 23, 2003, 09:04:53 PM
It's the arm showing. Beef it up some. This is obviously one of them "model" type Trollbabes. The kickass types have bigger shoulders and arms.

Mike
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: greyorm on April 23, 2003, 09:52:52 PM
I don't care what any of you say, she's hot, I want her...on my desktop! She's obviously one of those sorcerously inclined Trollbabes, hence the lighter build.

Now I just have to find a matching dark sepia-toned Desktop style.

Oh, and I found one of the many meaningful elements in the composition: the wedding ring! This is obviously being used to indicate the meaningful use of relationships as a central mechanic in the game!
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: jrs on April 24, 2003, 02:16:53 AM
Too much soft underbelly exposed for my tastes.  I do like the horns.

Julie
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: John Harper on April 24, 2003, 08:39:45 AM
Yeah... Greyorm gets the prize. The wedding ring is my nod to the relationship mechanic.

I have some ideas for tweaks to this pic, so expect to see an altered version soon (less cheese, more oomph).
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: John Harper on April 24, 2003, 03:08:40 PM
Okay, I did a new version of the Trollbabe desktop. Not much has changed, except I think the babe looks a bit more intimidating now, and less cheesy. I hope.

Anyway, I put two different versions up on the new page I made for all of the Forge desktop images. Check it out here:

http://www.shootingiron.com/feng/forge
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: Spooky Fanboy on April 24, 2003, 03:17:16 PM
Trollbabe looks much nicer now. I especially like the second picture, with the woods and the sunlight.
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: John Harper on April 24, 2003, 03:33:36 PM
Quote from: Spooky FanboyTrollbabe looks much nicer now. I especially like the second picture, with the woods and the sunlight.
The sun was just for you, Spooky. Strangely, adding sunlight causes the image to become darker. :)
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: greyorm on April 24, 2003, 07:52:07 PM
Not too surprising, John. Since the sun is the brightest area (and large), the other bright areas (the flesh tones) seem dimmed in comparison. I suspect that if you were to bare her midriff again, the picture would (appear to) substantially brighten.

In fact, I prefer the bare midriff in the original (storm-background) image as it creates more balanced tones of light and dark in the whole, rather than blending everything into a darker shade.
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: John Harper on April 24, 2003, 09:00:53 PM
Actually, I was making a (lame) joke. She appears darker not only because of the contrast and change in costume, but because she has two dark Overlay and Multiply layers blended on top of her. It was done intentionally to help her match the background... even though if she was "really" there, she would probably be nothing but a silhouette.
Title: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Post by: greyorm on April 24, 2003, 10:00:58 PM
Darn those inside jokes that need context to be understood! lol
Title: You're all missing the most important question:
Post by: Nev the Deranged on April 24, 2003, 10:38:57 PM
Where can I get the naked version?


Seriously, the art on that page is all cool.  I have the Sorcerer one on my desktop currently... I might trade it out for one of the others after a while, they're all neat.  It's a nice break from the suggestive anthropomorphic desktops images I usually have =>
Title: Just a quick note ...
Post by: Solomon on April 27, 2003, 06:14:10 PM
... from a weekend reader to concur with everyone else's praise.  I downloaded all the images, whether I play the games or not, and have put them into my wallpaper rotation so I can get a different one every hour.

And you can call me shallow, but I also keep wondering where I could find the naked version.  I guess I already missed the bare midriff, alas.