Flying Buttress

Early Access - Episode 20

Hi folks,

Here's the next one. Only 4 more to go now.

It's my birthday on Sunday. I swear I didn't realise this when I changed upload days from Tuesday to Sunday a few months back lol. It wasn't intentional. But yeah - the Episode 19 video will go 'public' on my birthday this week.

In other news - I saw Deadpool & Wolverine yesterday afternoon. No spoilers. Tbh - I may have let myself get too overhyped for it or something. I wasn't disappointed; I just feel like a ...

Early Access - Ep. 19

Hi Folks,

Here's the next one.

5 more Chapters to go. About 40-ish pages. No doubt the hardest part of the book to adapt though so these next several weeks will be ever-so-slightly stressful lol.

In other news - My order for the Chronicle Vol. 4 book is not due to arrive til next week. I don't know if it's just being released over here later or if there's some kinda issue.

But... I've seen the 'chatter' about it online. Lot of peeps saying it's confusing / convolut...

Early Access - Ep. 18

Hi folks, how's it going?

Here's the next one...

I dunno what it is about these Warcraft Novels but I can't help but feel, sometimes, like they really take their time building stuff up and then you hit a point where it seems like the author suddenly realised they were running out of paper or something.

I actually wonder if, instead of a deadline, the authors are told "It must be 218 pages". So they're having a whale of a time... full creative freedom... really building up...

Early Access - Ep. 17

Hey folks,

Here's the next one. It's getting to that 'oh my god; this stories still going' stage now lol. It's a good story, don't get me wrong. I just wish there was a way of getting through these things quicker.

There's technically 7 more chapters to go. But the last one is quite short so, hopefully, I can just combine Chapters 23 & 24.

We're looking at maybe finishing in August. As much as I'd love to finish it sooner so that I can make a start on the Chronicle...

Early Access - Episode 16

Morning folks,

Here's the next one. Standing around in a room with a lot of 'They thought this / They thought that' type episodes are always a bit tedious to edit tbh. Hopefully it's not a tedious watch lol.

I'm excited today though - Tis Dawntrail Early Access day... assuming the servers don't shit the bed or they get DDoS'd or something. Endwalker had a bit of a shitty launch but that was mid-Covid and during the WoW to FFXIV exodus that happened. So they had a huge influx o...

Early Access- Ep. 15

Hey peeps,

Here's the next one.

Must admit; I chuckled a fair bit writing and editing the Axe part of the episode.

I think it's because it's such a significant weapon*. And I kinda ruin the moment with the whole "This is gay" joke.

*It was apparently considered for Arms Warrior Artifact but they decided against it because it's made of wood. Which is a lame reason as far as I'm concerned. Tell Arms Warrior players that their arti...

Early Access - Episode 14

Hi folks,

Here's the next one.

It's a bit early in the morning here so my mind is slightly blank in terms of things to say today...

I can't wait til it's 3 weeks from now. When FFXIV Dawntrail has come out. I just want something new to play

Every game I play currently is in 'log in to do dailies' mode. FFXIV. WoW. Genshin. Honkai: Star Rail... yeah I know that's probably a bit of an eclectic mix but whatevs. lol

I'm not surprised that by the time it gets ...

I'm Back: Early Access Ep. 13

Hey folks,

As per usual; I kinda did carry on working on this new episode throughout my little break. Albeit at a more leisurely pace. So, as a result, it's finished already. And the script is written for Episode 14 as well so... breaks over, I guess.

Tbf - assuming The War Within beta is, in fact, coming at some point today; I'm kinda glad that I'm somewhat ahead of myself 'work-wise'. And then Dawntrail is coming June 28th as well (for people who pre-ordered) so I'm excited ...

Early Access - Well of Eternity Ep. 12

Hey folks,

Here's the finished version of Episode 12. And now I shall go on that break I mentioned.

I'm going to start putting vids out on Sunday evenings, I think. So everyone else will see Episode 11 this Sunday and I'll put a pinned comment to tell them what's happening.

Basically YouTube is weird; the first hour of an upload is the most important (for the algorithm). And the 2nd hour is the next most important. And so on and so forth. So it's kinda dumb for me to be...

Update (Plus Audio for Ep. 12)

Hey folks,

Put a bit more thought into it and yeah; I need a break. But I didn't want to leave you all completely empty-handed so here's the narration for the next episode. Entirely up to you if you want to listen to it or just wait. I will continue to edit this episode but at a more leisurely pace so I'm not 100% sure it will be ready by Thursday or Friday as per usual.

Sorry for the delay though. Just need to recharge a bit. I was hoping to squeeze out a few more videos and...

Early Access - Well of Eternity Ep. 11

Hi folks,

Here's the next one.

This is always the hardest section of any series because the end still feels bloody miles away but also it's starting to feel like I've been doing this for ages. This is Chapter 11... of 24 so we're not even halfway yet. Hopefully after a few more videos done - I'll feel a bit less "Ugh" about it. Or it may mean that I just need to take a bit of a break soon. I'll keep you posted.

But in terms of the story itself; it's great! And I'm pleas...

Early Access - Well of Eternity Ep. 10

Hi folks,

Here's the next one

It took me like... 20 minutes to come up with "Cenarius Gives Rhonin a Bowl Of D * cks". And to be honest; I think what happened was... I spent 19 minutes and 58 seconds really trying to think of a decent title and then my brain just went "I'm bored of this! Cenarius Gives Rhonin a Bowl of Dicks! Just put that and move on"

I've gotta be honest, folks. I'm not complaining / moaning. I always maintain the attitude that I...

Early Access - Well of Eternity Ep. 9

Hey folks,

Here's the next video

Interesting fact; Knaak wrote Hakkar the Houndmaster first. Chris Metzen has outright admitted he had a brain fart. The name must've been floating around in his subconscious or something because he just went ahead and used it (again) for the Gurubashi Blood God

To be honest; that's just another reason why I like Chris Metzen though. He holds his hands up and says "yeah, my bad. I uhhh... I forgot". He doesn't sit there like Captain Kirk ...

Early Access - Well of Eternity Ep. 8

Hey folks,

This one took a little longer than usual for some reason but I was determined to get it done and up for you guys today. I have been somewhat chatty in the discord today as well which probably didn't help!

Excuse the shameful and blatant attempt to force a sponsorship deal in this one lol. It is actually mostly a joke but if Optimum Nutrition decide to send me a bunch of free shit; I wouldn't say no. I dunno if you've ever seen the "What's the matter, babe? You've ha...

Early Access - Well of Eternity Ep. 7

Hey folks. Here's the next one...

It's funny because in-game, I hate those sprite things. But now... I think I might love them. lol. Even if the trilogy doesn't feature them again; I want to bring them back at some point. There's bound to be some battle that they can be in the background of; fighting imps whilst yelling "Ooo Arr!"

I was gonna go a different way with it. Originally I envisioned a ridiculously violent scene. Sprites stabbing Elves' eyes out and shit. If I had ...

Early Access - Well of Eternity Ep. 6

Hey folks,

Here's the next episode...

I fear there might be some angry artists yelling at me over this one. I actually rewrote the disclaimer a few times because I realised... my intention is NOT to insult anyone personally. Even in that slightly spicy paragraph where I talk about my experience trying to reach out to artists in the past - I don't name anyone. I quite clearly say "Not all artists are like this". So I think I'm actually being quite polite all things considered.<...

I don't know what this is or why I did it...

Hi folks,

I was kinda bored and decided to improvise whatever the hell this is. Obviously it's based on the Q'onzu quest in the Emerald Dream but considering that quest has been in the game since November; I realise it's weird that I would just randomly do this now lol.

It's also weird because I don't really have the time or means to actually do anything with this recording. I can't get Q'onzu's model because there is no working version of Model Viewer for Dragonflight. So I ca...

Early Access - The Well of Eternity: Ep. 5

Hey folks,

Here's the next one.

Just a heads up; some bloke is going to be painting ALL of the hallways & landings of my house next week. Skirting boards. Walls. Ceilings. Bannisters. Everything. And he claims it's going to take him 10 days. I'm also getting new stair carpet fitted soon but I'll worry about that when it happens.

Now... I don't actually live in a mansion so I'm hoping the painter bloke is full of shit and it only takes like... 3 days lol. Butt - I...

Reupload / Hotfix - Episode 4

Hi folks,

Still working on the next episode but I have ended up making a slight change to Episode 4 because it was bothering me. It's nothing major - Malfurion's eye colour was wrong. It's kind of a significant detail that Malfurion has silver eyes and Illidan has golden ones.

So I went ahead and replaced his model over the weekend. It's a thankless job because no doubt the ACKSHUALLY... folk will still find something else to complain about. But I did it for me, not for them. ...

Early Access - The Well of Eternity Ep. 4

And here's the next one

Four chapters in and there's already, what? 15 characters? Granted; some of those were cameos, I guess. But still - a lot of characters. If you don't count those that are just mentioned; Wowpedia lists about 38 Major / Minor characters in this book. So that's fun

In other news - How are you all feeling about Plunderstorm? I haven't touched it at all. Mentioned on my Discord this morning; PvP isn't my cup of tea. Never has been. So I'm not intereste...

Early Access - Well of Eternity Ep. 3

Hi folks,

Here's the next one.

I seem to have 100% committed to that 'Rhonin is obsessed with the hate-watcher' bit. So... hopefully that actually lands. I don't know if it will tbh. Probably gonna end up being a thing that only makes me laugh

So far, so good though. First episode reception was overwhelmingly positive. A lot of people have been asking for this book for a while so it makes sense really.

Anywho - I won't write an essay this week. Thanks, as always,...

Early Access - Well of Eternity Ep. 2

Hi folks,

…And here's Episode Two.  Now that I have two 'in the bag', I'm ready to start putting them out for everyone else.  So Episode 1 will go public on the 19th me thinks.

According to wowpedia - the publication date of this book was March 30th 2004.  So we've timed this fairly well.  20th Anniversary and all that.

In other news - I finally finished FF7 Rebirth.  No spoilers but, as expected, the ending was probably one of the most Nomura-esqu...

Early Access - The Well of Eternity Ep. 1

Hi folks,

Here's the first episode.

I think I might have got a little bit carried away with scene transitions and animated FX but I like to experiment.  I'm sure I'll calm down a bit once the novelty has worn off.

So... anyone else playing FF7 Rebirth?  I think I'm in Chapter 9 at the moment.  Feeling a bit bipolar about the game to be honest.  lol.  I can't quite describe it without sounding like an absolute maniac.

I'm 83% sure it's the great...

Here's a script

Hey folks,

It's kinda funny that I seem to post more often when I'm supposed to be on a break.  It's that pesky imposter syndrome I guess.  I feel guilty when I'm not working on something.

Anywho - Attached is a script for the first episode of the next series.  And an unfinished mock-up of what I feel a Richard Knaak bingo card would look like (which will make sense if you read the script)

Cheers mates!

Thought I'd share this...

I upgraded my editing software today - the new version came with a whole bunch of assets and stuff so I had a little play.  Haven't even written a script yet but thought I'd just attempt to put something together for the opening paragraphs of The Well of Eternity

And Uhhh... this is what I made lol

Those two guards on the walls are gonna say some stuff; I dunno what yet.  But I do think I'm gonna do it as a 'cold open' and not narrate.  Try something a bit different...

Early Access - Lord of the Clans SuperCut

Hey folks.

Here it is.  The SuperCut.  All 2 hours and 50-something minutes of it

I'm quite tired today; I had a bit of a shit night's sleep so I'm quite low energy and my brains not really working.  So this is gonna be a very short post today.  I apologise

I think I need a nap lol.  The Ep. 18 video will go out at some point later on for everyone else.  Might drop it about 17:00pm-ish UK time.  But yeah... first I'm going to nap

Than...

Early Access - Lord of the Clans Ep. 20

Hi folks,

Here's the final episode.  Quest complete.  Another series finished.  Now I just need to put the SuperCut together, which I shall do at a somewhat leisurely pace.  And by leisurely pace, I mean - I will probably play videogames today and then go into some kind of ADHD trance fixated on the SuperCut for the entirety of Thursday and Friday

I'm gonna put these remaining episodes out for everyone else a little bit faster than usual.  Seems a bit hars...

Early Access - Lord of the Clans Ep. 19

Hi folks,

Here's the next one.  I'm bloody bashing them out now because we're near the end.  I definitely wouldn't be able to keep up this pace for an entire series

This episode has been at the back of my mind the entire time lol.  Not to blow smoke up my own ass but I'm quite proud with the end result!  Self-doubt can be a great motivator sometimes, I guess

In other news - I played the FF7 Rebirth demo.  I wish I hadn't... because holy shit.  T...

Early Access - Lord of the Clans Ep. 18

Hey folks,

Here's the next one.  Short again, I'm afraid.  There's two things which are almost guaranteed with these Warcraft Novels:

1) There's always weirdly short chapters near the end of the book

2} It often starts to feel like the author is on a deadline or something

But saying that - I don't feel like any of this particular book has had any filler.  Probably felt like the Frostwolf part dragged a bit but that was my fault - Only being able to put o...

Early Access - Lord of the Clans Ep. 17

Hey folks,

Here's the next one.  Bit short I'm afraid

I was really tempted to pad it out with a full-on short film of the owl following Langston.  But I figured I'd just get this one done and move on to the next.  So I just did a little bit with the owl.  lol - Just for my own artistic expression

In other news - I'm very excited for Persona 3 Reload tomorrow.  And FF7 Rebirth at the end of the month.  I'm pretty ...