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October 5, 2021

Talyc and Fane (SWTOR Fanfic Photoshop Experiments)

I love writing Talyc and Fane angst. Their relationship has a lot of ups and down. And I love depicting those ups and downs with my Photoshop experiments. Their faces are not depicted by SWTOR characters, but instead with Inquisitors from Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Here, Talyc and Fane are having an intimate sort of squabble. I created this image a while back and couldn’t decide whether it was when they were fighting (literally punching each other) or when they were making up.

Fane and Talyc hallway confrontation (from Protectors of the Force, Story 7, Star Wars Fan-Fiction by Celinka Serre)

Here Talyc is fighting Jassahmi, though technically in the scene, he’s naked when he fights her. The problem I had with this, while I would have been more than happy to depict this, and I could have created a decent angle, from the waist up, I could not find appropriate angles of characters with their bare chest or recreate them. I did not want to use SWTOR characters that depict other characters, and I had this perfect fighting pose of a character in Mando armour, I had to use it. It’s a slight inconsistency, but nothing major. Unless you insist I must find a way to recreate this image with a naked Talyc, I think we get the gist and it fits the scene well enough.

Talyc wields his vibroblade, while Jassahmi wields the darksaber, the black core black lightsaber that is imbued with the dark side. She is Mirialan.

Talyc fights Jassahmi on Mandalore (from Protectors of the Force, Story 7, Star Wars Fan-Fiction by Celinka Serre)

As always, I’m open to feedback.

These images were created for my Star Wars The Old Republic Fan-fiction story, Protectors of the Force, Story 7 in the Shadie series.

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October 1, 2021

Protectors of the Force Chapter Three (Star Wars SWTOR Fan-Fiction)

By binkyproductions

Fane ran into the briefing room where Shadie and Knarf stood with the Mandalore. The monitor displays showed a blip hovering above the planet.
            ‘Talyc’s missing,’ he said, panting.
            ‘We know,’ said Mandalore sternly. ‘Shadie has just informed me that she sensed him leaving the planet.’
            ‘Wait, what? I thought he’d been captured again. Left the planet?’ Fane shook his head, confused. ‘I thought Mandalore was on lockdown!’
            ‘It is,’ replied the Mandalore. ‘No one can leave the planet unless they have the special codes, and only I, my wife, and clan leaders have those.’
            ‘So that explains Talyc being able to bypass the lockdown.’ Fane signed and clenched his teeth, closing his eyes. ‘The last time he went missing, he was captured and tortured. This time it’s the dark side influencing his decisions.’ Fane tried to quell the desperation he felt. ‘And communications are jammed.’
            ‘Not anymore,’ said Shadie. ‘Knarf sliced through them. It’s Perce, nothing he slices is permanent.’ She smiled gingerly. Fane appreciated the attempt to lighten the mood.
            ‘I tried to raise him on our comchannel,’ said Knarf, ‘but I’ve had no response.’ Fane closed his eyes, trying to feel Talyc in the Force.
            ‘I will have better luck,’ said Mandalore. Fane opened his eyes. Shadie looked saddened, Knarf looked worried, and Mandalore looked angry. The Mandalorian leader pointed at the blip. ‘He’s still in real space.’

* * *

            Talyc punched in the coordinates, pulling on the throttle. He was about to make the jump when his fighter’s comsignal gave a shrill beep. He switched it off, ignoring it. It pained him to leave so secretively, but it was the only way he could survive this. The com beeped again. He hit it again, ignoring the call once more. The com chimed again, but this time with the private chime from the Mandalore. Talyc stared at the comboard. He had lingered above the planet long enough already; he needed to get a move on. He ignored Mandalore’s call.
            ‘Talyc!’ came Mandalore’s voice. Talyc looked around his unit.
            ‘Mandalore?’ he said. ‘How did you… I didn’t take this call.’
            ‘No, you did not,’ said Mandalore. ‘I forced it on you.’
Talyc nodded to himself: Knarf. ‘Those are some pretty fancy slicing skills, Knarf. I’m assuming he’s there with you, Mandalore?’
            ‘Yes,’ came Knarf’s voice. ‘Look, Talyc, if we can’t persuade you to stay, perhaps Fane can.’
            ‘No! I don’t want to talk to him.’ It pained him to say it.
            ‘Why? What’s going on in that head of yours?’ said Mandalore.
            ‘I’m sorry Mandalore, but I need to do this.’
            ‘Talyc.’ Knarf’s voice was soft, tender, caring, and it sliced Talyc’s heart with cold fear, as a whirlwind of conflicting emotions overwhelmed him.
            ‘You’re all the reason I’m in this mess. I don’t want to have anything to do with it anymore. No more captures, no more tortures. I just want to live.’
            ‘The dark side is influencing you and you are not yourself, Talyc,’ came Shadie’s pleading voice. ‘Your clan needs you.’
            ‘My clan needs me alive.’
            ‘Talyc Kandera,’ said Mandalore, ‘if you go rogue, I swear I will hunt you down myself. Don’t make me do this; don’t make me ground you on planet. I, Mandalore, order you to return immediately.’
            ‘I’m sorry,’ said Talyc.
            He punched in the confirmation to go to hyperspace.

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September 28, 2021

Lian Faces His Fate (SWTOR Fanfic Photoshop Experiments)

By binkyproductions

In Story 7, Lian has to face his greatest fear, sensing much. He is a central character in the events of this story and his choices carry over in the stories of the series to come.

To depict Lian, I created a character in SWTOR specifically for his depictions, a blue Twi’lek. This one was a simple one to do, choosing a screenshot of a background of the Jedi Knight ship that could look like a Jedi archive on Tython. Lian’s expression is with one of the game’s Emotes Moods. Basic Photoshop editing was required for colour correction, lighting adjustments, and the “border” of light around the character. I like this one, despite its simplicity. It is a meaningful scene in the story.

Lian senses his death in the Force on Tython (from Protectors of the Force, Story 7, Star Wars Fan-Fiction by Celinka Serre)

Next is the story image. Each story image is always an object or something of significance, never a character per se. I used a background and created two lightsabers, Lian’s silver-white lightsaber, and one of Relsor’s red lightsabers (he wields two). I had fun paying around with various brushes to creates the sparks of the clash, and then I blurred the background significantly.

By the way, I now have a proper gaming PC, so I’ve been rerecording gameplay of my characters I use to depict fanfic story characters to take better screenshots. I mean, it’s still a ten year old game, so the quality is not as high definition as a game made today, but the screenshots are sharper than before and they allow me to do more with my characters in Photoshop.

Protectors of the Force (Story 7) Official Image – Lian’s Lightsaber clashes against Relsor’s

As you can see, however, farther shots of characters still come one a bit blurry, especially when I’m making them bigger for my image, but it depicts the fight between Lian and Relsor taking place on Mandalore. I’m not sure I got the jump angle correctly though. I think the addition of shadows helps, which I’ve started to get good at. It’s a simple task of adding a layer, selecting the character, painting that area of the layer black, playing with the opacity, adding a Gaussian Blur, and then adjusting the angle and length of the shadow layer.

Lian and Relsor duel on Mandalore (from Protectors of the Force, Story 7, Star Wars Fan-Fiction by Celinka Serre)

I know in the future I will need to improve and perfect the severed lekku for Lian. This image was a last minute addition, though it is a start for practice. Though in the future, he’ll not have a fresh wound at the sever point, I’ll need to remember where the lekku is shortened and at what angle. Kind of like remembering to add wrinkles or scars to specific characters.

This is Lian at the Crypt, the asteroid rock that has its own gravity and air supply. A rock-like planet type station turned crypt that houses many ancient Jedi and Sith relics.

Lian struggles with a severed lekku (from Protectors of the Force, Story 7, Star Wars Fan-Fiction by Celinka Serre)

As always, I’m open to feedback.

These images were created for my Star Wars The Old Republic Fan-fiction story, Protectors of the Force, Story 7 in the Shadie series.

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September 24, 2021

Protectors of the Force Chapter Two (Star Wars SWTOR Fan-Fiction)

By binkyproductions

The Jedi, Mandalorians, and Usharr hurried into the briefing room where Mandalore stood waiting. Several clan leaders and other members of clans sat in the large room, the pirates among them. Zaereg waved a hand as he looked up at them.
            Talyc marched right up to Mandalore, his breath sounding heavy. Shadie had a stern look and Usharr was whispering with Fane. Knarf looked around, he saw Wapita farther away in the room.
            ‘Mandalore,’ said Talyc, ‘Dargoza is dead.’
            ‘So I have been told.’ Mandalore looked at Talyc carefully, taking a step towards him. ‘Wapita told me to ask you what happened. I hear there was a duel. Did you kill Dargoza, Talyc?’
            ‘No. Jassahmi killed Dargoza.’ Mandalore’s eyes narrowed. Talyc continued. ‘Relsor is on Mandalore. And he’s not alone.’
            Mandalore seemed to take this in, then nodded slowly. Knarf eased his way next to his friend.
            ‘Talyc has been very brave, Mandalore,’ he said. ‘That fight could have gone many ways of wrong.’
            ‘Thank you,’ said Mandalore. ‘I need a moment.’
            ‘You okay?’ Knarf asked Talyc, sensing unease.
            ‘Not now, Knarf!’ snapped Talyc.
            ‘Easy there, my friend. It’s okay, we’re safe now.’
            ‘No, we’re not,’ said Talyc. ‘No one is safe. And it’s all down to you lot.’ He motioned the other Jedi. ‘Had your master not come to us, had Kelbourn not agreed, had Mandalore not agreed, had we not taken you on and hired you and become your friends, Mandalore would be safe right now.’
            Knarf took a step towards Talyc. ‘Look, this isn’t the time to play the blaming game, Talyc,’ he said. ‘No one in this galaxy is safe, regardless of where any of us would be. Don’t go blaming me, or my Lady, or Fane, for any of this.’
            ‘You know what, whatever. I’ve had more than I can handle right now.’ Talyc walked away.
            Knarf shook his head in disbelief. ‘What is wrong with Talyc, all of a sudden?’
            ‘It’s the dark side,’ said Usharr. Knarf turned to face the old man. ‘Your friend is being influenced by the dark side. I could sense it on our way, seeping into him more and more. And now it finally manifests itself.’ Usharr shook his head. ‘He does not possess the Force to counter it or utilise it in the manner you or I could, Sith or Jedi.’
            ‘But he was all loved up with Fane just minutes ago!’ Knarf gestured the way they had come.
            ‘The adrenaline that still courses through his body and the fear can be manipulated and transformed into anger and despair,’ said Usharr.
            ‘So you reckon Relsor is attacking Talyc’s emotions because he can’t affect us?’
            ‘Perhaps.’ Usharr shrugged. Knarf looked at Fane, who was standing next to Talyc, trying to reassure him. They were holding hands, though Talyc looked miles away and Fane looked like Knarf felt times ten.
            ‘This is not good.’ Knarf looked at Shadie. She took his hand and squeezed gently. He turned his attention back to Mandalore.
            ‘We must prevent Relsor’s powers from overwhelming us,’ said Mandalore. ‘If he is planetside, then we have bigger problems than superlasers. Now that the blockade matter is taken care of, any ideas on how to weed out our enemy?’
‘He has clearly attacked our planet,’ said Emerick. ‘Do we not have allies who can aid us? Call the Fat Momma back down here or something, call on favours in other systems.’
            ‘Chancellor Emain is due to return my call shortly,’ said Mandalore. ‘He will aid us, I know it. Jedi Fane, you have a connection with our enemy, can you sense his location?’
            Fane shook his head. ‘He’s hiding in the Force.’
            ‘That is not good,’ Knarf said again.
            ‘Then there’s only one other thing we can do,’ said Shadie. ‘Call Tython.’
            Mandalore nodded. He punched in a few keys and waited. Nothing happened. ‘Blast it!’
            ‘Perce!’ Knarf said emphatically. He took a calming breath. ‘Allow me.’ He got straight to slicing. When he was done, he punched in the keys again. ‘It should work now.’
            ‘Wrong again!’ the holoimage of Perce appeared on the viewscreen. ‘All communications on Mandalore have been looped and sliced in all sorts of wonderful ways. I doubt you’ll be able to slice it this time, Knarf.’
            Relsor came into view. ‘Mandalore will burn.’ The Chiss smiled. ‘No one can stop me now.’ The screen went dark and silence befell the entire room.