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Who doesn’t think one eye is sexy?
And then of course i once heard a woman say that she found mustaches sexy:
Aaaand taking a page from Captain Kirk, green girls are sexy:
Duat is just an afterlife that these ‘Gods’ built, in reality it’s more like an artificial limbo, where they are judged before being sent to Earths real afterlife.The creatures that ‘eat’ and ‘kill’ the souls coming through are really just sending them to the real afterlife.
I had to think about that for a second
Name: Apep
Gender: Male
Alliance: Enemy of Ra, Serpent from the Nile, Evil Lizard
Info: Apep was another prisoner on the ship that brought the Gods to earth. A viscous and clever snake said to be miles long. Seth was seen as a competitor to Apep, and Apep wanted to be the only ‘Evil’ God, so he bit Seth, poisoning him. Ra and Apep had been at war for years by this point, so Seth allied himself with Ra until such a time as his slow poison could be cured and Apep was killed. Seth sought out two Gods to purify him of the poison: Serket (Goddess of healing poisonous stings and bites) who refused to heal Seth due to his evil ways; and Meretseger (She who loves the Silence) a healer to those who repent. Meretseger was forced by Seth to heal him.Ra and Seth battled Apep in the mountains known as Bakhu, where Ra had bio-locked him. During the ensuing battle many of the Gods accompanying Ra and Seth were eaten, crushed and killed; even Ra was swallowed at some times, but he always cut himself free. In the end the Goddess Bastet, a daughter of Ra, slew Apep.
However now Apep was in Duat and causing discordance. In order for Horus to unite the underworld he would first need to slay Apep, and to do that he sought out the one who killed Apep before: Bastet.
Name: Osiris (returned)
Gender: Male
Alliance: God of the afterlife
Info: Babi took Horus to his father Osiris, who had returned to life (to some degree). Osiris entered the afterlife after Seth killed him, but can only live in Duat. Osiris has become harder, more harsh and had lost much of the kindness that eventually got him killed; but when he finally laid eyes on his son a smile and tears came to his face. Osiris informed Horus that the great snake Apep, whom Ra and Seth once killed, has come to Duat and has caused a war between Osiris and Anubis by whispering lies in his ears.If Horus is to get the underworlds alliance he must get it united first!
Right i have a winner, but first, because there are only 3 entrants i’ll do just a little bit about each
1) ams
I consider you to be one of the masters of zypping, and that definitely shows here. Using dark colours to add shading/shadows works very well. The Highlighting is also vibrant. I especially like the zypping done to the face to give it a more 3D feel.2) Keric
As someone who has just found out what shading is this is a great first step, using darker gradients to give an impression of shadow. I will say as someone who has just started zypping that you should just fiddle around with it a bit, experiment and come up with some inventive tricks.3) prswirve
Much like ams i consider you another master of zypping and that is very apparent here. The colours and techniques used here give a very satisfying image to look at, with the contrasting colours of the blues to the orange coming together very nicely.So the winner this week is: prswirve
As the winner you get to upload an image of yours (or i can upload another if you don’t have any) and get to judge the entries. (only got 3 entries this week though
might just try this a couple more times)Name: Babi
Gender: Male
Alliance: God of virility of the dead, Hez-ur the Great White One, Bull of the baboons, Alpha male of all baboons
Info: Babi was Biotech “evolved”. What was a biohelm evolved into an actual organism due to an extraterrestrial computer virus. Being a Biomechanic Maat studied Babi for a time, before Babi ran off with the feather to the Underworld. Here he served much like Ammit as a devourer of damned souls.Often he would help on the Meseket with Aken the Ferryman and it was here that he first met Horus. Once the two reached Duat Babi grabbed Horus by the hand and guided him to a familiar face.
Ok seeing as how there are only two entries i will extend this to Sunday, with the results on Monday
Name: Aken
aka Aken the Ferryman
Gender: Male
Alliance: Ferryman of Meseket
Info: Aken was a young human when Ra chose him to be the ferryman to the ship Meseket. Meseket is the only link to the underworld Duat. As a young man he took the position given to him by the Gods with honor, however as he aged he became bitter. The Gods could grant him eternal life but could not share their eternal youth. Eventually he would decompose down to nothing but skeleton, and take on the name of Death the Grim Reaper. Not the first or only to bare this title.At some point Aken received a Biohelm, fashioned into that of a Ram. It is like this that he appeared to Horus, as Horus’ journey into the Duat began.
might just try this a couple more times)
