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Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Fifteen

Hello,

I'm excited about the next chapter.  I imagine some peeps have felt like Maiev's part of the story isn't as interesting as the DH stuff and the Illidan stuff but hopefully Chapter Sixteen changes their mind a bit.  Cos it's about to get real Game of Thrones-ish.

Been playing a lot of Final Fantasy XIV recently.  Probably said that quite a few times before.  But i've been slowly working my way from the beginning all the way to the latest expansion.  ...

Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Fourteen

Hello,

Two Illidan's?  What's that all about?!

Remember when I said we were having a heatwave and it was too hot.  It's got warmer.  Help me.

Nah just kidding - I don't mind the heat.  It's the bloody humidity.  It's gross.  lol.  And the air quality in my hometown is... well it's a bit shit.  I dunno if it's just more noticeable now cos we had lockdown and there was less traffic and now there's more traffic again but... the air feels ...

Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Thirteen

Alright mates

Here's Tuesdays video for you... nice and early.

We're having a bit of a heatwave in the UK at the moment.  And I hate it.  lol.  I try really hard not to be a grumpus about it.  Cos I realise... sunshine is actually a good thing and we don't get a lot of it over here.  But I'm melting.  It's humid.  And we don't have air-con in our homes here for some strange reason. 

So I'm just sweaty and uncomfortable and it's really ...

Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Twelve

Alright mates,

Here's Friday's video for you to watch early (if you want).  

I dunno what happened to the Illidan voice in this one.  I think there's a line like "You've been difficult to find these days".  Sounds more like some kinda dim-witted cockney gangster or something.  But... ah whatevs.

I'm enjoying this series but at the same time... we've still got nineteen chapters left and it feels like i'll be doing this forever.  I suppose that's only ...

Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Eleven

Hello

I'm bloody terrified about this video.  I don't think I've ever worried about any particular subject matter before but this one gets really heavy towards the end and i'm not even sure I handle it in the right way, tbh.

It's a subject that, at best, makes people feel uncomfortable and, at worst, is actually quite close to home.  But I set out to adapt this story faithfully so I'm not gonna shy away from stuff.  Maybe I should but I'm not gonna.

Anywho - U...

Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Ten

Hello,

Tis actually over 10 minutes for once.  Although about 4 of those minutes are just Maiev talking to a Broken bloke in a basement so... probably doesn't count.

Not gonna lie - little bit hungover today.  I can't handle hangovers anymore.  I just end up tired, grumpy and sweaty for like 3 days after I sniff a beer.   I'm a bit of a lightweight nowadays as well.  Long gone are the days when I could sit and drink pints and shots and spirits and all...

Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Nine

Hello

Here's the next one.  Tis a dream sequence.  But you know what... I think it's actually fantastic.  Not because of any particular thing that I did.  I just think William King wrote something really special here - he definitely deserves most of the credit.

I like foreshadowing when it's done right.  And although I possibly ruined it by adding the googly eyes... the throwaway thing about the Felhound having Vandel's eyes... and then the ending... that'...

Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Eight

Hello,

So yeah... gonna take this Friday off.  That way... I can work on another Hiru vid and the Chapter Nine video whilst also enjoying a bit of Birthday funtimes.  But then I'll be back on my actual birthday - Tuesday 28th July.  

I got a comment this morning on the Night Elf Starting Zone video saying "Not sexist eh?".   I dunno whether they're joking or deadly serious... (that's the problem with text communication). 

But I had completely fo...

Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Seven

Edit:  It's Chapter Seven... not Eight.  Had a senior moment.

Hello,

Considering that about 2/3rd's of this video is just Maiev and Arechron sat at a table... i'm still happy with it.  I was a bit worried it would be boring.  

So... in other news...  I haven't read Shadows Rising yet.   My order for it hasn't even been despatched.  Which is annoying.  I remember when I was like... 14 or 15 years old... I preordered St Anger by Met...

Early Access: Illidan - Chapter Six

Hello!

Here's next Tuesdays video for you to watch early (if you want to)...

I like the Vandel bits.  I've played DH since Legion pre-patch and never looked back.  Plus there's opportunities to have a bit more fun with lesser known characters.  For example... Needle doesn't actually go "fnnf a bnnf bffnfff".  That parts all me.  lol.  However... "Worms Worms Worms" lady... not me.  What a twist. Well... when she runs across the screen a second ti...

Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Five

Another day, another Early Access something something...

This chapter marks the end of the first section of the book called 'Four Years Before the Fall'.  Next section is called... 'Five Months Before the Fall'.  So i guess Illidan and all his mates just stood around playing with their belly buttons for 3 years and 7 months.  

There's actually a few mistakes in this book.  For example... everytime Maiev thinks about 'back home'... she thinks Darnassus.  Wh...

Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Four

Hey peeps,

So here's the next one for you to watch early (if you want)...

Interesting story - I've been in hospital all day.  lol.  My stomach's been real painful since Wednesday morning and I did that dumb thing that guys do when they try and tough it out.  But yeah... turns out I couldn't tough it out.  

It's nothing serious.  They gave me a whole bunch of painkillers so... for now... everything's dandy.  They just wanted to make sure it wasn'...

Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Three

Hey peeps,

Here's Friday's video for you to watch early if you want to.  

I'm actually not feeling too well at the moment (hence the shorter post).  I won't go into details but I think I might have some kinda stomach bug.  So i'm gonna rest up today and hopefully it's just a 24 hour thing.  

It's weird cos I've had a bit of conjunctivitis in my left eye for a few days and then i woke up this morning as sick as a dog.  I don't think those two things a...

Early Access - Illidan: Chapter Two

Hello,

Here's the next one... for you to watch a few days early (if you want).

It's a bit short.  I'm trying to gauge how long each of these Chapters are gonna be.  Cos if they're only gonna be 5 minutes long then I might need to rethink things.  Like try and do 2 Chapters a video or something.  Not that I care about the extra ads... It's just that videos below 10 mins tend to get buried by the YT Algorithm.   And going back to doing 5 minute videos w...

Early Access - New Series! Illidan: Chapter One

Good Evening / Morning / whatevs...

So i just finished the Chapter One video.  And I'm kinda excited about it so I'm posting it on here.  However... just to warn you... I want to try and get ahead of myself a little bit with the videos so I might not upload this video to YouTube until Friday.  

So it's entirely up to you if you wanna watch this early... cos you might have to wait a while for the next one.  But if you do watch it... let me know what you think. &...

Here's a script...

Hello.  

So yeah... still rendering each individual video (sans intros and outros) from the Arthas series so that I can then put them all into one big video project and render that.   Fun Fun Fun!

That takes up a lot of RAM and stuff so... can't really do a lot else whilst that's happening.  However, I have been able to write a script for Illidan: Chapter One.  Which is attached to this post in the form of a .txt file... because I'm a weirdo.

So feel...

Finale! Early Access - Chapter Twenty Four

Hey peeps,

So here it is.  The 'season finale' of Arthas: Rise of the Lich King.  Featuring such timeless jokes as:

Illidan:  "Come pawn!" / Arthas:  "Cum Porn?"

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Faceless One: "Peep ep ya robe ng mgr'luh ya willy" (Peep under my robe and see my willy)

I really tried to make this one mature and special.  ...

Early Access - Chapter Twenty Three

Hey peeps,

Weirdly short Chapter considering it's the penultimate one.  Although, saying that, I'm actually kinda glad it's shorter cos I've had extra time these past few days to finish two Hiru videos.  So that's cool.

I am in the process of writing the script for the final Chapter so I'm not sure how long that one's gonna be yet.  But after that, the plan is to get the Supercut of this series done... and then just get started on Illidan, i guess.  

I've...

Early Access - Chapter Twenty Two

Alright mates,

Here's Tuesdays video for you to watch early (if you want)

Chapter 23 looks a bit short... which is annoying.  Means that Chapter 24 is like 11 pages long or something.  But I guess that is the finale so it should be a long, eventful one.

It looks like Illidan is the book i'm doing next.  However... I'm not sure doing it via polls is the right way to go in future.  I think I pissed a few people off which was not my intention.  I was tr...

Early Access - Chapter Twenty One

Alright mates!

Here's the next one to watch early, if you want.  How's my Illidan impression?  I feel like it's alright.

Also I have absolutely no idea why I decided to do voices for Detheroc, Balnazzar and Varimathras.  Just felt right at the time.  Those three characters kinda remind me of like... the witches from MacBeth. Or the ones from Discworld.  Granny Weatherwax, etc.  Dunno why.

Anywho - short and sweet today.  I usually try and w...

Early Access - Chapter Twenty

Hello,

Here's the next one.  It's pretty good, I think.  Story wise.  Bloody love Burning Legion stuff.

Chapter Twenty One's gonna be weird though.  This one really builds up Archimonde's arrival and emphasises how powerful he is.  And then in Chapter Twenty One... there's a time jump and Sylvanas just kinda thinks to herself for three paragraphs about how the Legion failed and Archimondes an idiot.

I have a feeling I already know which book people a...

Early Access - Chapter Nineteen

Hey peeps,

Managed to get this one finished already so here it is even earlier than usual for you to
watch.  I figured I'd mix in bits from the Warbringers animation cos... they did a better job than I ever could.  lol.  

This chapter felt a lot like making a Chronicle video.  The fact that it kinda just breezes through the entire attack on Quel'Thalas and only focuses on key moments.  There's also absolutely no mention of Lor'themar which is surprisin...

Early Access - Chapter Eighteen

Sup Bruhs!

Finally finished this video.  Took a while.  And I'm not 100% happy with it but I don't think I can actually make it the way I want to.  Cos... i'm not a full blown machinima maker.  

It's also very difficult to find suitable backgrounds.  There's a surpringly low amount of Quel'thalas artwork.  And the Outer Elfgate doesn't really exist in WoW.  There's a gate at Thalassian Pass but... geographically that doesn't line up with accounts...

A Post About Stuff and Things...

Hello.

So here's some things.  Some of them are interesting.  Some of them are not.  Most of them are not...

I went ahead and decided to take next week off.  Gives me a bit more time to make this next video as well as sort my life out.  It's not actually anything dramatic... I've been doing a bit of spring cleaning but it just makes life easier if I don't have to worry about getting the next video finished asap! 

Also, here's a litt...

Early Access - Chapter Seventeen

Alright mates.  

Took a little bit longer to finish this one.  I would usually have already started working on the next one by this point so... might be time for a break. 

Thing is... if I was really smart... I'd find a way to make this final part of the book last another two months.  lol.  Cos then I could just move straight onto the new one - Shadows Rising or whatever it's called.

But... that would be a bit cheeky of me, I think.  The likelih...

Early Access - Chapter Sixteen

Hey peeps,

So we've now finished the Human Campaign part of Warcraft 3.  So that's cool.  Means we get to move into the Undead Campaign part, where almost everything Arthas does is just downright douchey.

Saying that - Chapter 17 is quite long and eventful... so i'll keep you posted on whether that's gonna be finished in time or if I'm gonna need a bit longer to make sure it's acceptable.  Chapter 18 is pretty long too so... there's a chance one of them is gonna be ...

Early Access - Chapter Fifteen

Hey peeps,

I'm pleased with how this one turned out.  The fact that I can't do a very good Dwarf voice actually works quite well as it forces me to streamline everything Muradin says.  That guy says a lot of words without really saying a lot of things.  lol.  

And I went with an echoey, whispery voice for the Ice Elementals / Revenants cos... I dunno... just felt right.  Pretty sure i'm referencing something but i've forgotten what it is.  Maybe that ...

Early Access - Chapter Fourteen

Hello!

Here's the next video...

Tis interesting how little time we're actually going to spend in Northrend. It's only about three chapters overall... whereas Jaina and Arthas' short-lived romance lasted like 5 chapters or something.

Also... I wish I hadn't committed to doing a voice for Muradin. It's awful and it's hurts my throat but consistency is important, I guess.

Let's just all pretend Muradin is one of those Welsh / Dutch / Indian / Scottish Dwarves.
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Early Access - Chapter Thirteen

Hey peeps,

This chapters real short but it does add a little bit more perspective to things before we head off to Northrend.  Next chapter should be a decent length though - Arthas bumps into Muradin, the quest to find Frostmourne begins and then he burns all of his ships like a jerk.

I know we're basically only just halfway through this story but I should probably start thinking about what to do next.  I was considering doing the new book when it comes out in July but t...

Early Access - Chapter Twelve

Alright mates!

Here's the next video.  Tis the halfway point of the story so I guess it's fitting that it's The Culling of Stratholme part.  I kinda have to take the 'less is more' approach a lot of the time because my PC is a potato but hopefully it's still effective.

Had my 2nd session of DnD last night.  Still using the site Roll20 but I definitely think I'll enjoy it more once social distancing measure have been lifted.  For one thing... I only know the DM....