Kruggsmash

Waterkeeper Gallery #2

 Buncha fun pics! I gotta say, i'm really starting to love this place! 

 That being said..next episode is the last episode! We're not having another Monsterkiller QUITE yet!

 There's a lot of "pieces" in this gallery that only work if mixed with other pics. That's probably gonna happen a bunch more from now on. The parallax scenes seem to be a big hit and it actually saves me work!

 Krugg's pic-o-the-week:

2018-10-05 10:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Waterkeeper Part 2: A Giant Problem

 Our task is a monumental one, dwarves. Our foe..insurmountable. Can we break through the mighty aquifer? Well, with our (overly complex) new mechanisms..I believe we can! Ha! 

 Thanks for everything, guys. You really are the best.

 Oh also, special thanks to my little sister "Brib" who had a special cameo this episode. See if you can spot it!

Wip

 So much water...

At least the otters enjoying it..

WiP & Thanks for all your help, guys

 Gotta get those screw pumps nice an' ready if we're gonna be taking on that damned aquifer, eh? Git to it dwarves!

 Thanks for all your kind words the other day, dudes. I't real nice to hear that folks seem to prefer quality over quantity and so, that looks like how we'll be going from here on out. 

 Also, nobody should be worried about me ruining the quality of my content as I try bend to the people's will . It won't happen! Even if in some distant future i'm able t...

Concerns About "Full-Time" Status

 Hey guys. Recently, I've heard some concerns about my current status as a full-time Youtuber so I figured i'd clear the air a little bit.

 Now, the concerns i've heard are about the lack of content that my channel produces since i've started doing Youtube full time. Mrs K. and I  are totally moved in now, and i've really been working hard at it, but I still can seem to only produce one video per week. Why is that? I am now able to devote ALL of my time to the channel, so why ha...

Thanks, Brendan!

 Brendan's Patron pic depicting a dwarf ABOUT to be..injured..by a falling tree! Fits in pretty well with our current short fort series wouldn't you say?  

 Thanks again, buddy!

Cataclysm Intro Progress

 Stiiillll workin' at that whole thing. Really don't wanna keep teasing the whole cataclysm thing TOO much just b/c I don't really know when i'll be able to find time for it, but I AM working on it! 

 I'm hoping to eventually get a bit ahead on the DF videos so I can find some extra time for Cataclysm, but it really had been a struggle. If it comes down to it, I might have to just end up taking a break from DF for a week in October to do some Cataclysm, but I dunno. Guess we'll ...

Waterkeeper Gallery #1

 Buncha fun pics this time around! It was real nice to finally be able to do something other than red sand dunes. That being said, after I did the first few pine backgrounds, I realized I was gonna be in trouble if we're ever in a pine tree forest again. That's why I did a bunch of plain forest scenes ad other bits that i can just throw into the background of pics and reuse in the future, It'll be pretty darn handy and save me a bunch of time. Also, I think it makes a nice affect when both ...

Short Forts - WaterKeeper (Fun with Aquifers)

 Ah hello, and welcome to Waterkeeper! Today, we visit a small woodland fortress built on the bank of a winding river. Our goal: To tame the river and the aquifer beneath!   

 (Note: I have little to no experience with aquifers...so prepare for fun!) 

 Thanks so much for all your help, guys. Really could not do anything without you!

 In an effort to save time in the future, i'm going to start trying to draw background pictures that I can slip into...

Aquifer Breakthrough Poll

Hey, dudes! Just out of BLAZING curiosity, how many of you DF players have ever gotten through an aquifer? They are a SUPER pain in the butt and i'm pretty curious how successful y'all are with em'.

Fun with Water!

 This week we visit Waterkeeper and have a lil' bit o' fun..with water. All sorts of antics ensue that *may* or *may not* go totally assways! 

 Also, i'm remembering what it's like to draw backgrounds other than red sand deserts! Tell ya what, I sure am missing those featureless rolling plains! Just kidding, really- drawing woodlands are a bunch of fun and I really am diggin all the detail. Seriously, I'm real proud of a lot of these drawings :)

Cataclysm Theme

Hey, buddies and buddettes! Just had this theme song made by the ever-so-talented Dmitry Zbahnov (creator of the Monsterkiller Theme) and I though i'd share it with ya! Normally i like to keep this stuff secret until showtime, but I figure you guy would like a little sneak peek.

 I had a pretty good idea of what i'd like the intro to look like and now I just have to animate it. It'll take a while i'm sure and I still don't really have a good idea of WHEN i'll be starting this series, but ...

Thanks, Sky!

 Sky! A patron pic I did For Skydea. it depicts a dwarven family beating up a gremlin contractor. 

Tutorial Gallery

 Here are all the pics and pieces from the episode. Nothing too too interesting in my opinion, but hell.figured some of you fellas might wanna see. 

 Overall I think the tutorial went over pretty well! I'm a bit disappointed I wasn't able to cram more info in there, but I hope it's enough to get folks started in DF. Still waiting to see if anyone says the video helped them get into the game, though :p

 That little animated krugg-thing in there really got me thinking a...

Back to Short Forts!

 Next we're we're going to be doing some weekly Short Forts again and we're probably gonna be stickin with it for a WHILE. That being said, I WAS just planning on flying by the seat of my pants for next week, but i'm curious if you folks have any ideas for a Short Fort. Any ideas that you'd like to see tried? Any game mechanics you'd like to see toyed around with? Any adventures or legend antics you'd like to see played out? Lemme know what you come up with and see what happens!

Your First Fortress: A Dwarf Fortress Crash Course

  Hello and welcome to Dwarf Fortress! Often touted as being the "Hardest game ever" or some such nonsense, Dwarf Fortress can seem like a daunting mountain to climb! But today my friend, I will try my best to guide you through some of the lowest foothills and set you on the path to playing this great simulation like a pro!  

 Well, here it is y'bearded bastards! There are soooo many things I wanted to put in, but just didn't have time for! S'all good though, when I first s...

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

 So! I've been playing around with the game Cataclysm for the past few days and lemme' tell ya- I am SUPER excited to start a series about it! Honestly, I wasn't so sure at first but there have been so many little scenes that I know I could play up and the whole experience is really very intense overall! 

 Take the character in the above image for example, Eusebia Bernstein. She's a golfer who happened to be in the pro shop at the local golf course when the outbreak started. Ter...

DF Devlog News (9/16)

 For any who hadn't seen it, here's the latest developments straight from the DF website. VERY exciting developments!

  "Relationships are quite a bit more fluid now, and I managed to scrunch the data down so that the historical figure legends display shows all of their various dalliances, which was a concern for a bit, as there is a lot of activity. I also made every battle a historical figure participates in, even as a regular soldier, part of the figure's chronology now, whic...

Thanks, Simon!

 Simon's Patron Pic of a unique DF race that he modded into the game. Very cool, eh?

Simon's links:

 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_aCh6Y5IqJKjZ4jemQ7ig

 Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/se05239

 Patreon: 2018-09-17 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Working on the (basic) Tutorial

 (Shown is an unused pic from p-2 of Monsterkiller's epilogue)

Hey, dudes! Just in case you didn't see it at the end of yesterday's post, I am currently working on a basic tutorial for DF that will be out next week. I'm only really looking to include things that first time players will have to know in order to start a small, basic fort. If I wanted to include EVERY little bit, this would end up being a series like damn Monsterkiller! That being said, i'm looking to include the things a ne...

(almost) All Moved In!

 Alright, so Mrs K.(waving), Domino (on floor), Peanut (orange shirt, on couch) and I are all set up in the new place! It's amazing how much stuff we got packed into this little room!

 I'm sure a few of you assumed we'd be moving into our own house or even an apartment..but no. It's my mom's house (which may seem terrible, but I consider it to be a lateral move at worst). We're working on having the basement renovated and hopefully come next year, we'll have the upstairs section of t...

Monsterkiller's Songs

 Hey, dudes! A few of you wanted me to post these songs for a while so I made a couple of simple loops and threw them up on Youtube unlisted. Feel free to share around if you like. Hope you enjoy em'! 

The others are down below V

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9QY5lkcpgc

"Realistic": https://www.you...

Last Day at the Kennel!

 For those of you who didn't know, I work (and live at) a dog kennel and i've been here for 14 years- isn't that crazy? I've never had another job and I got his one when I was 16. 

 It'll certainly be strange to leave the place where i've basically grown up, but it's a welcome change. This job is very labor-intensive and after this past summer especially, i'm starting to feel it a little. I'll miss playing with the dogs and hanging with my co-workers, but dammit..I couldn't tell...

Monsterkiller Epilogue Part-2 Gallery

 ...aaaand here's the rest of em'! Really hope you fellas liked the epilogue thing! It was fun to be able to drawn some new strange stuff for once. I'm really thinking it'd be fun to go and make an entire video where I just draw the wacky stuff from some world- waddya think?

Krugg's-pic-o-the-ep:

 I think this is my favorite picture so far! Love the dumb/happy face on the dragon and th...

Monsterkiller Epilogue: Part-2

 ...and with this...we bid farewell to Ushangvagush and the Realm of Oracles. New adventures await!..but not until we dig into some of the choicest bits of lore from Monsterkiller's world. Buckle in! 

 Thank you all so much for your support through the course of this series, guys. I know I say it all the damn time, but I really couldn't do it without you and really, I couldn't thank you enough! You fellas are tops :)

 Now, this coming Thursday there won't be a video a...

Monsterkiller Epilogue Gallery: Part-1

 I really thought I could make this thing into a single episode, but dammit, it woulda just been too much I think. A buncha decent pics in this episode, and it was fun to draw all my favorite dwarves again...but NEXT episode is gonna be the good one I tell ya! We'll be taking a look at Obok as well as a whole bunch of other interesting characters. It's gonna be fun! 

 I'm HOPING to get the thing out at some point this weekend (although at this point i'm afraid to say it with muc...

Monsterkiller Epilogue: Part-1

 Come with me as we send off the most daring dwarves of The Realm of Oracles! Come come! Just a bunch of fun, today! 

 Thanks for all your recent patience fellas, gonna try my best to have that next part out asap, but then that'll be it (maybe) until Sept. 20th when I finally get to do this full time! exciting, huh? The move is going well and we've already done a bunch so hopefully it goes fairly smooth :p

So many things to draw!

 Heh, episode still isn't out. Just so hard to judge how long it'll take after I miss the Thursday deadline (I work Thursday-Monday). 

 That on top of the whole moving thing. I guess you never realize how much junk you have until you move out, huh?

 S'all good though, I'm finding a lotta things I wanna draw for this episode just scattered through the world. I might just have to hold off until this coming Thursday to post again. Until then i'll just keep drawing stuff ...

Mini update- just for you guys

 Still working up some pics for this episode. I'm just drawing a whole bunch of random junk that i've wanted to draw for a long time and i'm trying to load em' with quality. Excited to show some of the stuff i've learned about MK's world. 

Thanks for all your patience, fellas.

Update! (No vid today, sorry guys!)

  Hey dudes! Yes, we have YET another delay here. 

  TLDW: next 2 vids will be late then i'm taking a week off, then i'm going full time Youtube.  Send Fan artwork to Kruggsmash@gmail.com if you want it in next ep. 

 Thanks for your patience and support, guys. You guys really are just the best.