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To be honest I imagine writing or RPing the ConCoun TTRPG story would be a bit Mornington Crescent. "I'm going to jump into the tachyon contraflow!" "No, you can't do that; Dis is still winding the hyperspool, and Ave is nowhere near the doppler klaxon!"

... okay, running down the current Council membership:

• Fish skipped over the Time War entirely, but I feel like he'd be up for pretending he was there. First Fisherman was skinny and reckless.
• Morgan quit Gallifrey due to Rassilon's shenanigans; my read on the canon is that he was resurrected during the Time War, so First Morgan was there. She's... basically Romana II.
• First and Second Readers were both around during the Time War, though in an alternate timeline. He was a rescue worker. I imagine the character is First Reader (the studious one), but his player has a mini of Second (the war one) lined up for the opportune moment.
• Dis and the Agent weren't in the Time War, but again, they'll happily pretend ("Dis wanted to go stalk the Doctor again, but it got a bit messy"). The Agent would probably prefer his mini to be his third incarnation if he can't have the current one, which means his partner should be Third Disentangler (the mute one).
• The Notary is, ummm... was it the current Notary who caught wind of the Time War and immediately fled? The Wiki seems to suggest it was, which means we can use the mini you already made.
• Third Aviator, who I think is still the current one, spent a couple of centuries as a weapons transport pilot during the Time War. She also knew the Reader, so there's plot arc opportunities there.

I think we can take it as read that Dis and the Agent would play each other, both to troll the rest of the group and to make fun of their own past lives. I wonder if Ave and the Reader would do the same, as a sort of thank you to each other for their support. That leaves Fish, Morgan, and the Notary, of who... well, Morgan and Fish would both be up to swap, but I'm not positive Notary would? Is there anyone she'd trust to play her?

Naturally, if they do swap around, everyone refers to the others indiscriminately by either their own or their characters' names, largely based on whatever is more annoying. I'm not sure Fearn will handle more than one session...

hS

I was kind of worried about El-Ahrairah going in, because he's supposed to have a cane but all they gave me was staffs. I've settled on just assuming it magically scaled up for the show. I did enjoy the go-faster flames at his heels, though I'm not sure I picked the right pose to go with them - like, there are running poses!

I am perfectly happy to take the credit - sorry, "blame" - for you making more models. :D

hS

I LOV THE BNUUY!!

IT HE!!

HE DO!!

I'm thrilled to see him - I was going to have a crack at Agamemnon in his TYH form, but never got round to it. This might just give me the impetus to give it a go! So that's your fault =]

She'd still be a bit annoyed but she'd be flattered. Where she is now is... well. I haven't written a story with her in [checks watch] Oh God Oh Shpx Oh No, but she's actually been responding well to therapy with Jenni and becoming a better person, and with that comes the fear that upon her next regeneration it'll have to happen all over again. So she's working hard to overcome a lot of internal biases against the possibility of making better choices.

Also I would be absolutely foaming at the mouth for a ConCoun Time War TTRPG where they're all with their minis in this immensely complicated seven-dimensional gaming klein-bottle representing the big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey and the universe within and without. The players are the ConCoun, all of them, driving each other absolutely nuts. But who could possibly GM for them in a way that would keep them united in the hopes of victory against a dastardly threat?

Oh hi Fearn-

I loved slapping a big goofy grin on him; of all the gods, I think he's having the most fun in his miniature. Also, I got to use the two-handed lightning, which is a fantastic piece, and to splash him with neon glow.

He was also easier than many of the others, because you already gave him a colour scheme! I just got to follow that rather than having to figure it out myself.

Your fiancé has good taste. ^_^ If he hasn't already heard about it, I recommend The Power Fantasy, the new comic by the same author; not at all related to WicDiv, but at least so far it's pushing many of the same buttons in terms of (super)power and how it messes with you. (I think it's a bit of a theme with Kieron Gillen tbh, which is why I was so pleased to see it spontaneously appear in the RP in multiple places.)

Re: Same Character Syndrome - I mean, I did both of my Elvish self-inserts almost back-to-back, you don't have to tell me! One reason I threw myself into making the Pantheon was to force myself to do different things. (Even then, a lot of them have defaulted to manic glee, and I only really used two spots on any of the weight/height/measures sliders.)

hS

God, this takes me back. :) Seeing Zeb as Kord brought a big grin to my face.

(Sidenote: my [new] fiancé turns out to be a big fan of The Wicked and The Divine, as fate would have it, and he got a big kick out of me showing him these once I explained.)

You've really done a fantastic job bringing them all to life—I often find myself falling into same character syndrome when playing with the Hero Forge maker.

I have to confess, Tash was the reason I wanted to go beyond just Yavanna and Ellimist, and finding that headdress was what let me go ahead. I think I made her right after Ananke and the Lone Power, so I was a bit worried that she'd fall down in comparison to the rest... so I'm really glad you like her!

~hS would almost certainly have written a full Two Years Hence story featuring the Lone One and Tash clashing in the remains of HQ if he'd been ten years less tired during the RP

Look at the Tash, look at the Ilcharheen you made! She's amazing! The colors look great, and that vaguely bird-shaped headgear is such a good fit! And you've even found a thing with sand pouring out of it! This is so cool, hS, thank you for making these!

—doctorlit hasn't read Young Wizards yet, but has osmosed enough pop culture from you YW fans that he feels a bit of chilly dread whenever the Lone Power gets mentioned now . . .

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Jiwon looks good! I like what you did with the hands; those are difficult. The drooping head and tail really sell the mood (and he looks a lot like his wiki pic, well done!).

hS

It took me way too long to finish this, because I hated how the face came out (and I still do a little - I couldn't figure out how to make HeroForge carry expressions of anxiety, I kind of hate the chin, and I did not realize the neck was disjointed until after I had spent two hours on it and couldn't manage any more effort). At least most everything else came out okay, excluding the rough neck bracer meant to represent a Universal Translator collar. That, and no tail option could really get to accurate scale, which I suppose makes sense because it wouldn't fit on the stand.

I also updated Charlie's legs to fit the rest of them, so the links should be updated there.

The links and image embeds here are still a struggle, and I have no idea if this'll work or not seeing as the preview shows me nothing but blank space and error image file symbols. I'm even trying three different attempts, two using the formatting guide with an Imgur and HeroForge link, and the other using the Imgur 'embed post' option. Here goes nothing, and if all else fails again, there's a link at the bottom.

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They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are all dead. It's happening now. It's happening...

... again? Yes! Thanks to the work of the MMMM (the last M is silent), the Pantheon we all loved and/or hated back in 2020 are back! In Heroforge form, at any rate.

Based on their iconic performances at the Party in the Parc, as reconstructed from eyewitness reports, these are the definitive depictions of HQ's very own musical gods! (Any inaccuracies are the fault of the gods themselves; frankly if they wanted to be accurately modelled, they should have hung around instead of mysteriously vanishing after barely a month.)

Also included in this collection are three never-before-seen gods! We have created an artist's impression of the mysterious Raven Queen (our depiction of what was actually reported on her stage being somewhat underwhelming), and the first depiction of the equally-mysterious figure who may have created the gods, Ananke. We have also, based on reliable if spectral sources, included a depiction of the thirteenth god - the Lone Power. What was she up to during the Pantheon's time in HQ? Could she still be out there? Our crack reporters are working on those very questions. But for now... miniatures!

Yavanna - El-Ahrairah - Lucian - Kord

The Raven Queen - Lady Kee'ra - Stone - Gaia

The Ellimist - Tash - Mary Poppins - Meridia

Ananke - The Lone Power

I originally only planned to make Yavanna, and to tweak Neshomeh's Henry miniature into the Ellimist. As Neshomeh knows, I then tried to resist going out and doing the rest of the Pantheon.

I failed. ^_^

These are "artist's impressions" of the gods, not definitive depictions. I mostly worked from the WicDiv documents, not from the wiki, so skin and hair in particular might have gotten skewed. I don't even know how many of the RP participants are still around, but I hope nobody will be offended by me borrowing their agents and playing dress-up with them again. :)

Character notes: El-Ahrairah, Lucian, and Mary Poppins all suffered a bit from the lack of suitable props (a proper-sized cane, any shaped halo, and an open umbrella, respectively). Anyone with magic effects got hit with the Glow button (many thanks to Neshomeh for pointing it out!), and occasionally transparent plastic (Meridia and Lady Kee'ra). And for reasons unknown to me, my original Lady Kee'ra deleted itself, so she was pulled back together at the last second.

hS

Love the tortie splotches, and her bright little eye!

Calcifer would say hi, but there's a thing, could be a bug, important investigations ongoing. (Also the last time he met another cat he screamed the house down, which - given that it had somehow gotten into the house at 4am - was probably a sensible reaction.)

hS

hS is probably on a mission, unless he's randomly singing a song; you never can tell with elves.

Morgan is dealing with Time Lord shenanigans and is not coping. Full disclosure: she is at least 50% responsible for said shenanigans. Fuller disclosure: she really needs a drink.

hS

I love how much better this is than the official art--which, well, obviously. The color-picker bit is clever.

--Ls

This was fun! Her face is as anime as I could get it without veering into repulsive. Similarly, her figure is as ridiculous as I could stand to make it. I was shocked to realize there isn't a regular Japanese schoolgirl outfit, but not that there isn't one that matches what Reicheru wears in her drawings. I went with vibes. The hair and ear colors were sampled directly from the artwork using Inspect's color picker tool, which I don't mind saying was a big-brain thought on my part. ^_^

~Neshomeh

Actually, this is based on my real cat, Agnes. {= )

I don't expect the tortie patches to match, of course—she actually doesn't have many distinct patches, but more or less dense sprinkles of orange all over. As for the eye, she has microphthalmia in her right eye, which basically means it's small and not shaped right, possibly due to viral exposure in the womb. We don't think it hurts her. She may have some vision in it, and sees quite well with her left eye.

~Neshomeh

A cat on two legs is a contradiction in terms, as seen in this image:

Here you see a true cat, represented by myself, and a ridiculous sham of a thing, ably represented by the mini. Do you know she actually enjoys having a bell around her neck? If she really was a cat, she would be a disgrace to the entire species - and so, of course, not really a cat anyway.

((I'm pretty sure the incident pictures is doing to end up with Aunt Sam the mini-Mogget becoming King of England. ~hS))

What are your agents planning to do for Halloween?

He's supposed to be a cartoonishly round, dumpling-like rabbit (imitating a snow rabbit), but this realistic one works too XD. Maybe he'll take this form during missions into more realistic continua.

Bonus character:

After I found out I can leave the main character as "blank" and use the Pose feature on a prop to move it around on the base, I milked it for all it's worth.

Can't wait for Reicheru to nya on!

--Ls