Editing Release 124 (section)

==News==
=== Scottie’s Work on the New 2024 DarkStarr Metronome ===
[https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/new-darkstarr-metronome-2024.175639/ (From a Forum Post by Scott Jones)]

Greetings and Salutations folks!

It’s been a bit since I’ve had the chance to reach out and post about stuff I’m working on! And there are a few things I’m working on that I need to wait for a bit before I can reveal the coolness! But lucky for me I just finished something that, though not incredibly elaborate of a task, is delicious enough to present! Of course, this post is just about me and my workflow, as well as my creative thoughts about the task, so I can’t really conjecture about when this will become available or how folks will be able get one into their hot little hands,…but I WILL be showing you some blow-by-blow images reflecting the steps I took to essentially give the old, original DarkStarr Metronome a new and updated look to revel in the classic style of DarkStarr’s glory as our resident Lord of Chaos (and Gothic Fashionista :D).

The inspiration, of course, is the fact that Starr recently celebrated another trip around the sun in our real world, and we thought, “Wouldn’t it be cool to honor him in the game with a thoughtful re-working of his old, somewhat brown/bronze-ish Metronome into a more sharp and stylish color-scheme with an extra bit of decorative “flourish” thrown in?” I, for one, always recognized the early, original version as something worth revisiting for the sake of a visual update, at least texture-wise. Here you can see it below!

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:''A wooden statue of a winged skeleton in a reddish robe has its arm across its oddly box-shaped chest as if to open it.''

I really don’t recall the mind-set, at the time, which guided the original artist towards that particular color-scheme, but it certainly always had that “copper and bronze steampunk” sort of aesthetic appeal. Its original motto inscribed at its base, “AS TIME PASSES DEATH APPROACHES”, added a wonderfully sinister edge to the already macabre design and somewhat rusty appearance of its inner workings and gear/scythe combination that gets exposed as part of its “tick-tock” timing mechanism within. Fun stuff! But how to re-visit and offer something a bit different while still maintaining and respecting the initial design?

[https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/new-darkstarr-metronome-2024.175639/ Read of my work and see the result in my forum post.]

Take care for now, folks, and I’ll be back soon to post a little something about some other stuff I’m working on! I hope to make it a habit once again!

Yours truly,
Scottie ^_^

=== Latest News and Q&A in the Second March Livestream ===
The post-release Community Livestream is Friday, March 29th at 4PM CT on Twitch! Please join us for a special livestream Friday to celebrate Starr Long’s 54th birthday! Darkstarr will join us along with other guests for a chaotic stream full of prizes, stories, sales, and of course game updates.

To enter the prize drawings, type “Happy Birthday Darkstarr!” into any in-game chat channel OR make a purchase on the website Add-On Store.
*[https://www.twitch.tv/shroudoftheavatar Twitch/shroudoftheavatar]
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