How did the Dragon in the second panel, get his foot inside Keltan’s armor? And why does the armor show no signs of damage afterwards? The dragon should have been able to rake him with it’s claws, and put him out of commission, or at least give him some serious injuries.
Joe,
Not in the armor. Left front foot is on Keltan’s chest and face, right front foot is to Keltan’s left, not in contact. Not sure what you’re seeing, but nothing is penetrating. 🙂
Wow! Believe it, or not, all these other comments, and your reply just came through on my computer today! I must not have given it a good look, perhaps just a first glance, but upon further examination, it does seem to be on his chest, rather than in his breastplate. Perhaps I had better replace my readers, as they no longer seem to be strong enough. Thanks for the info.
For a refresher, I went to look up their conversation in the PDF archives. JED, there is a page missing in the 2020 archives between where the Urrt rider punishes the unresponsive dragon (to Keltan’s great dismay) and Liri and Keltan hugging in relief. I believe the page depicts Keltan’s response that leaves half an Urrt on the dragon.
It could be a simple matter of Keltan to talk down the dragons, Or get him to their mother to talk sense into her. That would be a blow to Gorslash’s war plans, if not stop him dead. Perhaps that’s where his wife went?
I was talking about the walk Keltan’s wife was taking with those 2 guys, she called them out for looking down her cleavage, then they came to a cave. She said something about “I can feel them, they are in there” and went in. A cliff-hanger that implied that it was maybe the dragons’ lair?
If you’re looking at the pdf archives, then it’s quite possible I messed up. But the archive function now works fine. The page you’re talking about is here:
Ah, I wondered what happened to the dragon Keltan rescued, maybe Aragenach will sweep off that rider and start targeting other riders? Nice and crispy lizard men, Or red-misted, for flavor?
Wow! All these comments just finally appeared on my computer yesterday. Apparently, I need to get some new readers. I saw the claws protruding on the left, which is Keltan’s right, and I seem to have mistaken it as a protrusion from within the breastplate. My Bad. Thanks for the response. I’ll bet the whack in the face from the spiked Mace didn’t do ol’ Firebreath any favors.
I thought my first reply didn’t go through, so I made a back-up. Now the first one shows. I may need an upgrade computer. I apologize for the redundancy.
It’s a page-caching issue that this site has been prone to on many of JED’s readers’ browsers for a couple of years now.
Since it started happening, I’ve always done a CTRL-F5 after browsing to it before I look at the content.
RBZ
To clarify, this isn’t an issue unique to this site. I’ve seen it on several sites that probably use similar base code.
I owe you all many apologies, and many updates, but we’re finally truly back in the saddle. I am so very grateful for your loyalty and patience, and I won’t bore you with all the details of the heart problems (now completely symptom-free) and the neck stuff and the lung infection (fine at last ) and Jeebus everything in my little old body that seemed determined to break down all at freaking once. I’m back to splitting logs and exercising and all the good, healthy stuff – and, of course, working on Zona!
So here we go! Yes, the dragon tried a flame-strafe and yes, flying top cover Tula was able to shield the frontline of the cavalry and now it appears some kind of hawk has taken a decided dislike to our urtt rider. Imagine that.
More as soon as I can get it finish rendering and doing the magic. Warmest regards,
Hi kids! There was a delay in updates, and I think you ought to know why.
Didja ever want to know what an actual heart attack feels like? Well, with any luck you never will. I, on the other hand, know exactly what it feels like. It’s not like Aunt May clutching her heart and collapsing. It was more like the worst acid reflux you can think of for about 24 hours straight. Went to the doc, and to make a long story short, anyone can have clogged arteries under the right conditions – even me!
This was about a week and a half ago, and yeah, I spent a couple of miserable nights in hospital where they kindly opened my artery and put a nifty little mesh tube in there to keep it open. Did I ever wish there was some kind of wormhole and Tula could come use Erogenian Magick to heal things quicker. Hospital sucks.
Otherwise, I am fine, and looking forward to eventually splitting logs again and doing other macho stuff around home, just like before. But, as I write this I need lots of rest and can’t lift anything heavier than ten pounds. (That means I have to put my little dog or my cat on the scale before I heft them, just to be sure. )
But I am now well on the mend, and look forward to making regular updates – or even more to make up for the lost time.
Soooo – I know the comic is a bit late, but I have not been idle. Nor has Brian. We are now really, truly and officially out of preproduction. The hernia was to transition all the assets, including out titular heroine, into Unreal Engine 5. It was a seemingly Sisyphean task, involving lots or frustration, hard hard work for my dauntless perfectionist animator and some creative innovations to solve the problems that they can absolutely take complete credit for solving.
We are now in production and animating scenes for the final trailer in UE5. Well, why did we go to UE5 in the first place? If you look at this picture, maybe you’ll understand. It’s representative of what you will be seeing on screen, and this is just one frame. UE will show you 60-120 fps of THIS in real time.
I’m extremely pleased. This is much much more than I thought I wanted. She’s going to live, breathe and act out the story in the world we’ve created.
Naturally, if you want to see more, then go to Patreon.com/ JEDraft
Our ongoing incompatibility issues with the new WordPress are still not worked out, and I am afraid I might have to just redo the whole site again, but until I absolutely have to do that, I have this kludgy workaround.
See at the top menu on the right, “, I have converted the entire history of the web comic into a series of yeary PDF files that any one can download.
It’s not elegant, kind of a brute force workaround, but at least you all now can really start at the beginning and read the whole thing at your leisure.
Many thanks for your patience, and with hopes of a permanent solution in the near future.
In this, the final version we’re doing of this proof-of-concept video, Brian put in more fancy stuff and fixes and attention to wonderful details. Now we dive into production of the actual product, beginning a trailer for the series itself with all the new elements and knowledge we have put together so far.
This is the proof of concept for Zona in action. Brian’s solved a truckload of challenges and details with the hair and cloth simulations, animation and incorporating it all in the impressive realism of Unreal Engine. I put the music in … 🙂
We are moving from California to Connecticut, and we’re driving with the dogs and cat and so for the next couple of weeks the updates are going to be sporadic, and communication with you all might drop out. Never fear, we will return as surely as the sun rises and sets on our VW camper van. Still, I might have a little surprise for you Thursday or Friday. Stay tuned! Warmest regards, -JED
This is the final version of Zona in Unreal Engine before we begin full production on the trailer. Long time coming. Brian’s outdone himself, IMHO.
She breathes, she moves, she inhabits the space. Next update will have her in full-on sword-slinging action. Brian wanted to show her being something other than angry and hulked out, so he imagined her swooning at the sight of Mentl. I said that’s not really how the story goes, but it could be her first sight of Mentl naked, which is, well … long-time Zonaphiles know about Mentl’s Pride.
This is the realization of a dream I’ve had for a very long time, to bring Zona and Mentl fully to life in an animated series telling their story. Romance, violence, adventure and sexy stuff! Thanks to all of you for your support, and especially to all the Patreon Patrons for the generosity that they have shown and continue to show.
We have been at this for a long time now, and using Daz Studio for animation is adequate, but we needed much much more than it could deliver in order to do justice to Zona’s world. So we have ported all the Daz character assets into Unreal Engine, and Brian is finding that this is not only more realistic than we could have realized before in Daz, but also so much faster that he has accomplished more in six weeks than he did in six months before – maybe more. For myself I could not possibly be more pleased. This is a huge game changer!
This little teaser is a taste of what we will be making the series look like. It’s just the prelude to the opening scene where Mentl comes upon the Urtts. In 2021 the real stuff begins.
Until then, judge and compare the previous efforts to what Brian’s doing now.
Enjoy, and don’t forget, the patrons on Patreon.com/jedraft are going to see more sooner and enjoy additional benefits and rewards as well!
NOTE ALL: We recommend that the video be watched in at least 1440 at 60fps for full effect. Auto video quality in Youtube is set to much lower than that due to a decision on behalf of Youtube to decrease playback quality as a response to the increased use of broadband during the current crisis.
There are however, some ways to defeat this, as detailed in the video here:
20 thoughts on “Meanwhile – Page 1313”
Joe Fonebone
How did the Dragon in the second panel, get his foot inside Keltan’s armor? And why does the armor show no signs of damage afterwards? The dragon should have been able to rake him with it’s claws, and put him out of commission, or at least give him some serious injuries.
jedraft
Joe,
Not in the armor. Left front foot is on Keltan’s chest and face, right front foot is to Keltan’s left, not in contact. Not sure what you’re seeing, but nothing is penetrating. 🙂
Warm regards,
JED
Joe Fonebone
Wow! Believe it, or not, all these other comments, and your reply just came through on my computer today! I must not have given it a good look, perhaps just a first glance, but upon further examination, it does seem to be on his chest, rather than in his breastplate. Perhaps I had better replace my readers, as they no longer seem to be strong enough. Thanks for the info.
Ed
is he recognizing the dragon?
RBZ
I guess Ara-GenNACH’s mother convinced him to fight for the Urrts, after all.
Tiff Hudson
They chat on page 1187, July 24, 2020.
Lora
Time to lighten Ara’gennach’s load and get that Urrt off his back. That looks to be one confused dragon right there.
Ed
Does he recognize the dragon?
Descartes
For a refresher, I went to look up their conversation in the PDF archives. JED, there is a page missing in the 2020 archives between where the Urrt rider punishes the unresponsive dragon (to Keltan’s great dismay) and Liri and Keltan hugging in relief. I believe the page depicts Keltan’s response that leaves half an Urrt on the dragon.
Scarsdale
It could be a simple matter of Keltan to talk down the dragons, Or get him to their mother to talk sense into her. That would be a blow to Gorslash’s war plans, if not stop him dead. Perhaps that’s where his wife went?
Scarsdale
I was talking about the walk Keltan’s wife was taking with those 2 guys, she called them out for looking down her cleavage, then they came to a cave. She said something about “I can feel them, they are in there” and went in. A cliff-hanger that implied that it was maybe the dragons’ lair?
jedraft
If you’re looking at the pdf archives, then it’s quite possible I messed up. But the archive function now works fine. The page you’re talking about is here:
https://barbarianprincess.com/comic/whop-page-1184/
Warm regards,
JED
jedraft
Scarsdale:
You mean this one?
https://barbarianprincess.com/comic/distractions-paqe-1301/
I had no issue finding it.
Warm regards,
JED
Scarsdale
Yeah, I wasn’t looking for it, I was just commenting about it. And this page: https://barbarianprincess.com/comic/arm-yourself-page-1302/
Freelance
Orc Luchador: “I suplex the Dragon.”
DM: “You what.”
OL: “I suplex the dragon.”
“…Alright; make a grapple check.”
*OL wins*
Scarsdale
Ah, I wondered what happened to the dragon Keltan rescued, maybe Aragenach will sweep off that rider and start targeting other riders? Nice and crispy lizard men, Or red-misted, for flavor?
Joe Fonebone
Wow! All these comments just finally appeared on my computer yesterday. Apparently, I need to get some new readers. I saw the claws protruding on the left, which is Keltan’s right, and I seem to have mistaken it as a protrusion from within the breastplate. My Bad. Thanks for the response. I’ll bet the whack in the face from the spiked Mace didn’t do ol’ Firebreath any favors.
Joe Fonebone
I thought my first reply didn’t go through, so I made a back-up. Now the first one shows. I may need an upgrade computer. I apologize for the redundancy.
RBZ
It’s a page-caching issue that this site has been prone to on many of JED’s readers’ browsers for a couple of years now.
Since it started happening, I’ve always done a CTRL-F5 after browsing to it before I look at the content.
RBZ
To clarify, this isn’t an issue unique to this site. I’ve seen it on several sites that probably use similar base code.
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Meanwhile – Page 1313
Finally!
Wow, it’s been a long time.
I owe you all many apologies, and many updates, but we’re finally truly back in the saddle. I am so very grateful for your loyalty and patience, and I won’t bore you with all the details of the heart problems (now completely symptom-free) and the neck stuff and the lung infection (fine at last ) and Jeebus everything in my little old body that seemed determined to break down all at freaking once. I’m back to splitting logs and exercising and all the good, healthy stuff – and, of course, working on Zona!
So here we go! Yes, the dragon tried a flame-strafe and yes, flying top cover Tula was able to shield the frontline of the cavalry and now it appears some kind of hawk has taken a decided dislike to our urtt rider. Imagine that.
More as soon as I can get it finish rendering and doing the magic.
Warmest regards,
JED
A Minor Inconvenience …
Hi kids! There was a delay in updates, and I think you ought to know why.
Didja ever want to know what an actual heart attack feels like? Well, with any luck you never will. I, on the other hand, know exactly what it feels like. It’s not like Aunt May clutching her heart and collapsing. It was more like the worst acid reflux you can think of for about 24 hours straight. Went to the doc, and to make a long story short, anyone can have clogged arteries under the right conditions – even me!
This was about a week and a half ago, and yeah, I spent a couple of miserable nights in hospital where they kindly opened my artery and put a nifty little mesh tube in there to keep it open. Did I ever wish there was some kind of wormhole and Tula could come use Erogenian Magick to heal things quicker. Hospital sucks.
Otherwise, I am fine, and looking forward to eventually splitting logs again and doing other macho stuff around home, just like before. But, as I write this I need lots of rest and can’t lift anything heavier than ten pounds. (That means I have to put my little dog or my cat on the scale before I heft them, just to be sure. )
But I am now well on the mend, and look forward to making regular updates – or even more to make up for the lost time.
Warmest regards,
JED
Zona in Unreal Engine 5
Soooo – I know the comic is a bit late, but I have not been idle. Nor has Brian. We are now really, truly and officially out of preproduction. The hernia was to transition all the assets, including out titular heroine, into Unreal Engine 5. It was a seemingly Sisyphean task, involving lots or frustration, hard hard work for my dauntless perfectionist animator and some creative innovations to solve the problems that they can absolutely take complete credit for solving.
We are now in production and animating scenes for the final trailer in UE5. Well, why did we go to UE5 in the first place? If you look at this picture, maybe you’ll understand. It’s representative of what you will be seeing on screen, and this is just one frame. UE will show you 60-120 fps of THIS in real time.
I’m extremely pleased. This is much much more than I thought I wanted. She’s going to live, breathe and act out the story in the world we’ve created.
Naturally, if you want to see more, then go to Patreon.com/ JEDraft
Warmest regards,
JED
NEW PDF ARCHIVE
Our ongoing incompatibility issues with the new WordPress are still not worked out, and I am afraid I might have to just redo the whole site again, but until I absolutely have to do that, I have this kludgy workaround.
VDSD – 2021 (barbarianprincess.com)
See at the top menu on the right, “, I have converted the entire history of the web comic into a series of yeary PDF files that any one can download.
It’s not elegant, kind of a brute force workaround, but at least you all now can really start at the beginning and read the whole thing at your leisure.
Many thanks for your patience, and with hopes of a permanent solution in the near future.
Warmest regards,
JED
Zona Animation: Morning Exercises V2
In this, the final version we’re doing of this proof-of-concept video, Brian put in more fancy stuff and fixes and attention to wonderful details. Now we dive into production of the actual product, beginning a trailer for the series itself with all the new elements and knowledge we have put together so far.
Rubbing my hands with glee.
Warm regards, Â Â
-JED
Zona Animation: Morning Exercises
This is the proof of concept for Zona in action. Brian’s solved a truckload of challenges and details with the hair and cloth simulations, animation and incorporating it all in the impressive realism of Unreal Engine.
I put the music in … 🙂
We’re On The Road!
We are moving from California to Connecticut, and we’re driving with the dogs and cat and so for the next couple of weeks the updates are going to be sporadic, and communication with you all might drop out. Never fear, we will return as surely as the sun rises and sets on our VW camper van. Still, I might have a little surprise for you Thursday or Friday. Stay tuned!
Warmest regards,
-JED
Animated Zona – Final version for Unreal Engine
This is the final version of Zona in Unreal Engine before we begin full production on the trailer. Long time coming. Brian’s outdone himself, IMHO.
She breathes, she moves, she inhabits the space. Next update will have her in full-on sword-slinging action. Brian wanted to show her being something other than angry and hulked out, so he imagined her swooning at the sight of Mentl. I said that’s not really how the story goes, but it could be her first sight of Mentl naked, which is, well … long-time Zonaphiles know about Mentl’s Pride.
This is the realization of a dream I’ve had for a very long time, to bring Zona and Mentl fully to life in an animated series telling their story. Romance, violence, adventure and sexy stuff! Thanks to all of you for your support, and especially to all the Patreon Patrons for the generosity that they have shown and continue to show.
patreon.com/JEDraft
Warm regards!
-JED
GAME CHANGER: UNREAL ENGINE
Zonaphiles:
We have been at this for a long time now, and using Daz Studio for animation is adequate, but we needed much much more than it could deliver in order to do justice to Zona’s world. So we have ported all the Daz character assets into Unreal Engine, and Brian is finding that this is not only more realistic than we could have realized before in Daz, but also so much faster that he has accomplished more in six weeks than he did in six months before – maybe more. For myself I could not possibly be more pleased. This is a huge game changer!
This little teaser is a taste of what we will be making the series look like. It’s just the prelude to the opening scene where Mentl comes upon the Urtts. In 2021 the real stuff begins.
Until then, judge and compare the previous efforts to what Brian’s doing now.
Enjoy, and don’t forget, the patrons on Patreon.com/jedraft are going to see more sooner and enjoy additional benefits and rewards as well!
NOTE ALL:
We recommend that the video be watched in at least 1440 at 60fps for full effect.
Auto video quality in Youtube is set to much lower than that due to a decision on behalf of Youtube to decrease playback quality as a response to the increased use of broadband during the current crisis.
There are however, some ways to defeat this, as detailed in the video here:
Warmest regards,
JED
R
Happy Holidays – 2020
Best wishes to all of you! Be safe!
We will soon have really exciting news for you, so watch this space!
Warmest regards,
-JED
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