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Posts by Gareth Sleightholme / hesir

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Isle of Pelops — For the Aegean RPG - GMS Hobby Game Logistics Isle of Pelops is a sourcebook and adventures taking your heroes from their home in the Aegean to the Peloponnesos and visits Argos, Mykenai, and Sparta.

The Isle of Pelops is now available from the GMS website! It covers important people and places of the Peloponnesos and includes a four part epic campaign which takes you through the Peloponnesos to uncover the motives behind a new and pervasive mystery cult. gmstabletopgames.com/product/isle...

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Including writing by @yvris.bsky.social, @wulfboyraff.bsky.social , @sabbad.bsky.social, and James Barton. Interior artwork by @hesir.bsky.social and glorious cover by @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social

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The image is an illustration of several actors painted as if in the role of characters from the TV show Blake's 7, below a logo for the show. None of this is in any way related to the new news of the shows potential reboot. It's just my fantasy casting as an image.

The image is an illustration of several actors painted as if in the role of characters from the TV show Blake's 7, below a logo for the show. None of this is in any way related to the new news of the shows potential reboot. It's just my fantasy casting as an image.

Once again the internet lights up with chatter about a #Blakes7 reboot... Who knows? Maybe this time it'll make it. The illustration below was my "fantasy casting" from last time it was mentioned. - Blake's 7, SF, British TV, Science Fiction etc etc

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Hey! If you are around Cottingham Road, #Hull tomorrow there's a Xmas Market (behind the large head sculpts) at #HullUni. #FantasyArt, #ttrpgArt, #comics, www.visithull.org/whatson/hubs...
I'll also be at #HullCentralLibrary on the 6th (www.visithull.org/whatson/chri...).

4 months ago 3 0 0 0

I wrote a bunch of stupid Herculean adventures for Aegean, one of which has a really giant crab in it. God willing I'm writing some more for the new supplement. Pick it up - it's cheap at half the price.

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival launches UK Development Agency for Comics The new agency will be based in Barrow

For anyone interested in #Comics, #Literacy, #Education, #Innovation, and #Culture
downthetubes.net/lakes-intern...

11 months ago 1 0 0 0

Cheers. :)

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A stick of oak, as it was at the beginning of the day. Before I hit it some with a little hatchet.

A stick of oak, as it was at the beginning of the day. Before I hit it some with a little hatchet.

Cutting in the main shape using the hatchet.

Cutting in the main shape using the hatchet.

Refining the the shape / "Tilling", using the draw knife.

Refining the the shape / "Tilling", using the draw knife.

The not quite finished product. Plenty of sanding and oiling to do yet.

The not quite finished product. Plenty of sanding and oiling to do yet.

In York today, making a #flatbow from a stick, in amongst some trees, hatchet, draw knife, little fire, all the mod cons.

1 year ago 8 0 0 0

Cool. :)

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Well those framed up nicely... youtube.com/shorts/J5QYk... #illustration #ttrpg #fantasyart #prints

1 year ago 4 1 1 0
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And right after the lush detail of the page quoted below, Breccia follows with some devastating minimalism as he shifts focus from atmospheric settings to Ezra’s personal experience of dread.

(These are from the 2018 @fantagraphics.bsky.social edition, translated by Erica Mena.)

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Interview | National Illustration Day – Interview with local illustrator Gareth Sleightholme To celebrate National Illustration Day on 29 November 2024, Emma from Hull Maritime had a chat with Gareth Sleightholme - local illustrator and creator of the popular Maritime Tales comics.

Interview with me over on the Hull Maritime site, for National Illustration Day
maritimehull.co.uk/whats-happen...
#HullMaritime #NationalIllustrationDay

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If you enjoy drawing medieval stuff you might want to have a bit of fun by designing a soldier for the

𝕾𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕺𝖗𝖐𝖚𝖘
mercenary company

Guidelines:
-15th century equipment
-green metal
-some sort of monstrous or grotesque design on the helmet

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...a tad early, but it's there.

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Interview | National Illustration Day – Interview with local illustrator Gareth Sleightholme To celebrate National Illustration Day on 29 November 2024, Emma from Hull Maritime had a chat with Gareth Sleightholme - local illustrator and creator of the popular Maritime Tales comics.

Interview with me over on the Hull Maritime site, for National Illustration Day
maritimehull.co.uk/whats-happen...
#HullMaritime #NationalIllustrationDay

1 year ago 7 3 1 0

Cheers!

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Gandalf the Grey sits in Bag End as Bilbo makes the tea, sometimes between the end of "The Hobbit", and the begining of "Fellowship...". He watches his friend with no little worry, while the hobbit nervously checks his pocket.

Gandalf the Grey sits in Bag End as Bilbo makes the tea, sometimes between the end of "The Hobbit", and the begining of "Fellowship...". He watches his friend with no little worry, while the hobbit nervously checks his pocket.

...in the background of the image is a framed painting, based on the postcard Tolkien said had influenced his own image of Gandalf in the beginning of the work on the wider LotR Legendarium. Again the shape of the wizard's staff is styled after the elvish rune for "G".

...in the background of the image is a framed painting, based on the postcard Tolkien said had influenced his own image of Gandalf in the beginning of the work on the wider LotR Legendarium. Again the shape of the wizard's staff is styled after the elvish rune for "G".

The books on the shelves have some familiar design shapes to their spines, plus a small carving of an ancestor perhaps?

The books on the shelves have some familiar design shapes to their spines, plus a small carving of an ancestor perhaps?

The hobbits hand nervously moves towards his pocket to check on "the trinket" there.

The hobbits hand nervously moves towards his pocket to check on "the trinket" there.

Oh, & this, a bit of #Tolkien fan art "So [Gandalf's] doubt slept -- but uneasily. Still [he] watched and [he] waited."
Showed this at Oxonmoot back in Sept', & handed a few postcards of it out too. Detail pics of some fun background elements, inc. amongst other things a familiar looking kerchief.

1 year ago 7 1 1 0

Cheers Dave!

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The Space Truckin' project just prior to priming. You can see some of the scratchbuild greeblies including the washing up liquid bottle tops as front thrusters, the marker pen lid as a rear facing engine, and the cable tie as a ladder.

The Space Truckin' project just prior to priming. You can see some of the scratchbuild greeblies including the washing up liquid bottle tops as front thrusters, the marker pen lid as a rear facing engine, and the cable tie as a ladder.

The underside, this was a lot of fun to do. Both sets of wings there came off an old Revell Tomcat model.

The underside, this was a lot of fun to do. Both sets of wings there came off an old Revell Tomcat model.

The back of the vehicle showing the big side engines, marker pen kids, with old super glue tube lids fitted inside them. Old electrical wire for engine piping.

The back of the vehicle showing the big side engines, marker pen kids, with old super glue tube lids fitted inside them. Old electrical wire for engine piping.

Side view showing the additional greeblies on the left side. And the windows after having the the printing mask removed.

Side view showing the additional greeblies on the left side. And the windows after having the the printing mask removed.

Seeing as I can't show you any current work (for all the usual reasons) here's "Space Truckin'!" a toybash / kitbash project for my new(ish) a side project #anotherDMcrafter - you can see the full build on YouTube here > youtu.be/jttn85NTRXg?...

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‘By what right do you stop me?’: Day of protest when Suffragette Charlotte Marsh gave police the runaround — The Hull Story Confronted by two policemen blocking her way, Charlotte Marsh gathered up her skirt and leapt from an elevated walkway, landing on a quayside track next to the Humber used by coal trucks. With her t...

Suffragette City: When suffragette Charlotte Marsh came to Hull in 1909. Artwork by @hesir.bsky.social

www.thehullstory.com/allarticles/...

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A Toy-bash, made from an old Skylanders toy, some melted plastic and bits and pieces of other broken toys... Now some sort of awakened tree elemental.

A Toy-bash, made from an old Skylanders toy, some melted plastic and bits and pieces of other broken toys... Now some sort of awakened tree elemental.

If you see this post a monster!

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Scratch Truckin’ - a Space Truck for 28mm (Stargrave)
Scratch Truckin’ - a Space Truck for 28mm (Stargrave) YouTube video by anotherDMcrafter

So, looks like more folk moving over this way... In that case, "Hi" to you new followers :)
I've actually been a bit quiet on here, but am close to having some new work/stuff go live, in the meantime, here's something fun/weird/newish...
youtu.be/jttn85NTRXg?...

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The cover art for the comic, it shows a scene of a man Peter At See, discovering the shipwreck on the sandbank discussed in the story. Plus the two young investigators Lily and Jacob, and the crows that act as a Greek Chorus of sorts.

The cover art for the comic, it shows a scene of a man Peter At See, discovering the shipwreck on the sandbank discussed in the story. Plus the two young investigators Lily and Jacob, and the crows that act as a Greek Chorus of sorts.

Interior art from the comic, just showing how much art is in there.

Interior art from the comic, just showing how much art is in there.

More interior art, here Lily and Jacob wander around the Hull art gallery and chat about the island.

More interior art, here Lily and Jacob wander around the Hull art gallery and chat about the island.

The Ravenser Odd comic written and drawn by myself for the Hull Maritime project is now free online!
You can find a downloadable PDF at the bottom of the article on the Maritime Hull pages, here:maritimehull.co.uk/whats-happening/news/new...

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Poster for ‘Hull/Ravenser Odd: twin cities, sunken pasts’, showing imagined medieval drawings of Hull and the island of Ravenser Odd. The grass on the mainland is similar to that in the Inclesmoor map. And there are mermaids and a sea creature, based on the 1734 map.

Poster for ‘Hull/Ravenser Odd: twin cities, sunken pasts’, showing imagined medieval drawings of Hull and the island of Ravenser Odd. The grass on the mainland is similar to that in the Inclesmoor map. And there are mermaids and a sea creature, based on the 1734 map.

Richly coloured map on parchment, with flowing rivers, lush vegetation, and detailed drawings of twins and villages, with towers and churches.

Richly coloured map on parchment, with flowing rivers, lush vegetation, and detailed drawings of twins and villages, with towers and churches.

Black and white map, with lovely mermen and sea creatures.

Black and white map, with lovely mermen and sea creatures.

The poster, designed by the amazing Marie-Chantal Hamrock, takes inspiration from the 1407 Inclesmoor map, showing the other end of the Humber. And the lovely iconography of a 1734 map of Spurn and the estuary. More details of the Inclesmoor map here: www.flickr.com/photos/12480...

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Story of Humber's lost town Ravenser Odd to be told Exhibition on Humber's lost town will feature original charters granted by King Edward I in 1299.

BBC News - Story of Humber's lost town Ravenser Odd to be told
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

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Ravenser Odd: the medieval city Yorkshire lost to the sea Dubbed Yorkshire’s Atlantis, Ravenser Odd has been largely forgotten, despite its importance in the 13th century. That’s because it was swallowed by the sea.

Ravenser Odd: the medieval city Yorkshire lost to the sea.
theconversation.com/ravenser-odd...

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Not sure this effects anyone, aside for making a little more room there. But I've not applied for a table @ thoughtbubbleuk this year. A number of factors. Maybe a year out of my fave comic fest might see me get back on track with my own #comics. Less pressure, though I'm kind of sad about it tbf.

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Mr MLG picked up some cool new art work for the shop today from @hesir.bsky.social
They are going to look great hung on the wall

#art #artist #rpgArt #fantasyArt #flgs #lgs #bridlington

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A poster for a pop-up exhibition in Hull, show casing some of my fantasy art/TtRPG art. The image shows the flying ship image from one of my paintings along with the title "Unfinished Worlds" and the somewhat vague/flexible  dates "December through January". Hopefully the image can do a lot of heavy lifting for this show (pun very much intended).

A poster for a pop-up exhibition in Hull, show casing some of my fantasy art/TtRPG art. The image shows the flying ship image from one of my paintings along with the title "Unfinished Worlds" and the somewhat vague/flexible dates "December through January". Hopefully the image can do a lot of heavy lifting for this show (pun very much intended).

Just around the corner... best I start framing stuff up.

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Sarah and I behind our table at Thoughtbubble this morning. The table full of comics and prints, and two new banners behind us. One filled with black and white comic art, the other with colour TtRPG paintings

Sarah and I behind our table at Thoughtbubble this morning. The table full of comics and prints, and two new banners behind us. One filled with black and white comic art, the other with colour TtRPG paintings

Open black and white comics, laid out on our table.

Open black and white comics, laid out on our table.

Five colour TtRPG prints... Depicting fantasy scenes of flyings ships, adventurers, dragons, monsters etc.

Five colour TtRPG prints... Depicting fantasy scenes of flyings ships, adventurers, dragons, monsters etc.

The front cover of my b/w sketchbook "100 Drawings".

The front cover of my b/w sketchbook "100 Drawings".

...Aaaaand we are here! #TBF23 Hope everyone has a great weekend @ThoughtBubbleUK ! See you in #DSTLRY hall, Table B34 - #comics, #fantasyart #prints & my very last copy of my #100Drawings #sketchbook

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