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Monsterkiller Ep.3- Through the Fires

Do ye hear it? The rumbling? Ach! A Forgotten beast is on it's way! Brace the east gates!

 Yes, today the dwarves of Ushangvagush face their first TRUE challenge! Will they prevail? Perhaps it's only a tiding of things to come. Perhaps soon, we'll miss the days of a simple forgotten beast...

 Fellas, could I tell ya real quick how much I appreciate you all? My thank-yous really probably have lost all meaning at this point, but that doesn't mean i'm stoppin'! Make me!

Monsterkiller's Elven Neighbors

 Fun fact: The elves of Monsterkiller's world are all described as having recessed chins, aqua eyes, scarlet hair, ecru skin and scratchy voices. Weird huh?

Also, Note the "Grown wood" cage shown in some of the pics.

Lady Consort's Helm

 Saw this helmet and had to use it as a reference for the Lady Consort's helmet. I didn't even have to dress it up- the thing already looks so damn cool!

Mrs. K's Coloring Challenge!

 The dwarves of Ushangvagush are assembled in the meeting hall. A dire foe has appeared  and threatens their tiny home! Will they survive the flaming blob's assault? Or will Obok The Batkiller see them through the challenge?

 I figured I'd start doing a "Mrs. K's Coloring Challenge" once a week just so you guys could get a glimpse at upcoming pics for the next episode, and to give you a chance to color in a pic if you'd like.

 Curious to see if anyone takes up the cha...

Attack on Foresthome

 Had I ever shared this on here? This was a pic I had done for MarcusAureliusLP's Enthador series a WHILE back. He had a bunch of meleeing marksdwarves as well as giant grizzlies. It was pretty sick!

 Here it is if you wanna take a gander: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZMrmUPnmfE&list=PLM7yEwbhGUooruNmbD3Ljek4--BKd-JYo

MonsterKiller #2 Gallery AND Krugg's Pic o' the Week

Yeah, i'm gonna start lumping the gallery and my favorite pic of the week together just to make things a little more interesting.

Krugg's Pic o' the Week

Just love this little bastard. I still have a *little* doubt that he's going to survive for too much longer, but I guess y'never know!

5,000 Subs!

 Heck yeah! To think that just a year ago I had less than 1000. Man oh man, i'll tell you. 

 But this is just the start! We're gonna keep going! I will forge onward and continue to bring you your weekly dose of dwarven antics! This time next year, whose to say we won't be at our goal? I certainly didn't think i'd ever have 5k DF-only viewers! We can do this, dudes, and as always- thank you so much for your help and enthusiasm :)

Monsterkiller Ep.2- It Takes Guts

 Alright, dwarves! Let's get settled into our nice little underground fort, eh? It's not much to look at, and the beasts don't make life easy; but it's better than nothing! 

 This episode, we start nicening up our dusty little fortress and really solidify our tenuous grip on the shallow caves. It's dangerous! It's ugly! It's home!

 F'real, though. Thank you guys all so damn much! 

Valentines

 Will you be my valentine, you bearded bastards?

Capybara Devilish Diplomat

 I ever tell you fellas about the odd diplomat that visited one of my forts a long time ago? He was an odd one!

Giant Cave Toad

 These bastards are all over the damn place here in MonsterKiller! 

 Certainly can be dangerous if they get ahold of someone quick enough :p

 Going with a slightly altered drawing style for this next episode. Making the outermost outline of each picture's main subject a little heavier just to see if it'll make em' pop out a little.

Monsterhunter ep.1 Gallery

 Here y'are! Hope you guys are as excited as I am to be starting a new fortress series. I'm having a blast!

 31 pics in this past episode.

 Have a great day, y'bearded bastards!

Krugg's Pic o' the Week

 For obvious reasons this was my fav pic this past episode. I can just picture his poor, poor fingers waving around bonelessly as he crawls towards the fort. Poor fella!

 Really is a cryin' shame we lost our animal trainer :p

Kruggsmash Plays Dwarf Fortress: Monsterkiller Ep.1

Yah! Whos ready for some wild adventure? Today we begin a new, "Short" series centered around the dusty dwarven outpost: "Monsterkiller", Home of the fiercest hunters in the Realm of Oracles! Watch as the dwarves take their first steps into the "Born Dunes" and struggle to create a home in a deadly new land! WIll they survive? Can they make a name for themselves? We shall find out soon, i'm sure!

 Yep, this is the start a a "short" series, just to tide us over till the current release is ...

Still Workin'!

 Had a power outage yesterday and couldn't edit or post an update :()

 I'm awake now, so back to work!

 Pic unrelated

Reward Tier Changes

 Coming up on a year of Patreon and im starting to think I should redo my reward tiers.

 As they are, they aren't anything to write home about. Any Gremlin Platinum Founder Club member will retain their rank but i'll probably just consolidate everyone else into a single large tier just so there's no confusion. I had no idea what I was doing when I set this thing up.

 Been thinking about something I could offer for other reward tiers as well. Gonna have to put some more tho...

The Realm of Oracles

 Made another DF map. Figured you fellas might get a kick outta it.

Epeve the Maneater Gallery

 Yep, as i've said, there ended up being 51 pics in this episode. 

 Wacky, huh? Enjoy!

Epeve scraps

 This was a legit note paper from that last episode. We can see here:

-a scribbled out list of drawing to be done

-a pair of elven Test eyes (slightly above center of page)

-a pair of concept baby Epeves (note the excitable expression)

-a teen Epeve looking a bit disconcerted

-an adult Epeve head with dead eyes

-two imprints of my dog Domino's nose

Krugg's pic o' the week

 Turns out, I really enjoy making maps! This was a ton of fun and I think it came out pretty good, too.

 Although, I think my favorite part was drawing all the sea-beasties in the ocean :p

 51 pics in this episode. (20 more than my average!)

Short Forts - The Tale of Epeve the Maneater

Today, I share with you an ancient tale. A tale of a child, a slave, a hero....an elf. 

Have a seat and listen, to the Tale of Epeve the Maneater.

Thanks so much, all you bearded bastards! I really like how this one came out and i'm glad to finally be able to tell you this story! Thanks for having my back, guys. It truly means a lot more than you could know.

Running Late!

 As usual! Managed to get all the pics colored and scanned (51 of em'), but no time for anything else! 

Gonna pick it up tomorrow and hopefully it'll be out by the end of the day.

An Ancient Tale

 As far as DF goes anyways. This Thursday I have a story to tell you from long. long ago. 

 I will be telling you the story of Epeve...the Maneater.

 Hopefully I get it done sometimes Thursday anyways. It's a particularly illustration-heavy one.

Fun with Magma - Gallery

 All the pics from that last ep. I really stunk up the details on these ones (in my opinion) but mrs. K's coloring REALLY cleaned em' up nice, i'd say!

 Note the horribly lazy-eye on the titlecard dorf. I have no idea how it was so off!

Krugg's pic of the week

 Ha, yeah. Honestly I felt like a looot of these pics were a bit phoned in on account of my damn cold, but really once they were colored, they actually seemed to come out pretty good, i'd say!

 I liked this pic the most just b/c of the dumb expressions on the elves faces. Poor bastards!

Silly Elf

 Picked up some new (actually made for art) pens today. I Typically use fine point sharpies but thought i'd have a go at these. Not too terribly sure how I feel about the results so far, but I may have a go at em' for this next episode. Still on the fence I suppose.

Now THAT'S old!

 This is an old comic I had done of one of my DF games back in 2012 or so. Basically, I was just playing the game and drawing up pictures as log entries written by the expedition leader. Kind of a proto-version of what we have today, really.

 If you'd *like* to take a look, please be my guest!

 https://kruggsmash.deviantart.com/gallery/40458091/Holy-Shovels

 I...

Short Forts - Fun With Magma

 Today, the dwarves make the very earth bleed! Yes, it's time to take a deeper and much more dangerous look at the funnest part of Dwarf Fortress: Magma! We'll be taking a look at some trap ideas, various tricks, and just general antics...as well as a cautionary tale of the dangers of expedition-leading. Have fun!

 Whew! Thanks for all your help, dude. Working my way through a cold currently and really, I *thought* this episode was going to turn out preeeetty ugly just b/c of my dish...

Pondering Magma

 Ever wonder about all the fun things you can do with magma?

  I wonder sometimes.

Forgotten Beast Gallery

 Here's all the Beasts from these past 2 episodes. Y'know it was actually pretty easy to just throw them all up on Imgur like this. I should probably have started doing it a little earlier, huh? What a goon :p