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Fenrir - Guardian of the North

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  1. Yngol1Storm1Blade
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    I keep coming back to this. lol. That first shot in the description is probably my favourite shot I've seen from you. It's magical, so beautiful. Most definitely background worthy.
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks Yngol. I so wish I could make some more like those but I can't run SFX on win10 with Skyrim anymore so I have lost Tobi's beautiful ENB that I loved so much. I am pretty limited on what ENB's I can actually use now. Perhaps that is why I am not as active with my stories anymore. Can't make the shots the way I like to.

      If you change your mind and post any wolf shots on nexus at some point let me know
    2. Yngol1Storm1Blade
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      Are you not able to safely revert back to windows 7? I tried win10 back in december and hated how it ruined Skyrim, so gone back to 7. Hopefull win10's problem is fixed, tho I cant see that coming.
    3. wolfgrimdark
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      While I have win7 Pro on disk I don't want to revert back for one game. All my other games run great with no issue. I have played Skyrim for 5 years and its old - too much work and cost to go backwards at this point. Not to mention lack of support on 7 now and all the constant "upgrade to 10" messages you get and the hacks you have to do to try and block them.

      I don't see things ever changing now for win10 so will just hope that TES6 runs fine on it

      I do enjoy FO4 a lot and it runs great on win10 so otherwise happy with it.
  2. Diotima
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    Outstanding images Jon!
    Fenrir looks really amazing, but i think that`s not the vanilla meshes. He looks much more "fluffy" than the vanilla wolves, and he has not the "moonface" of this very prominent mod, which i don`t like, because wolves look a bit like playful toy dogs with this mod.
    Is there a mod somewhere in the universe which let Wolves look like Fenrir, or did you tweak him yourself?
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks Heidi! Sounds like you are talking about True Wolves (toy dogs) which isn't vanilla meshes and tends to make wolves look more like cute dogs. I use it for Wolfgar only because the mod enables all the dog animations - which I need when doing stories as it gives me more pose options.

      Fenrir, however, is not using True Wolves and I would never use that mod with Fenrir who is meant to be more savage. Fenrir is using vanilla meshes and mostly vanilla textures.

      In the main image the "fluffy" aspect you are seeing is a mix of the blizzard spell surrounding Fernir and the bight bloom abd blur aspect of Jyggalag. The way you can tell I am using the vanilla wolfs are the large fangs you can see in the main shot as well as the first image in the body if you look closely.

      The textures are vanilla except they have runes engraved on them and this comes from the Fenrir mod. That mod used the vanilla textures and meshes and then tweaked them with the runes, to make his eyes a pale ice blue, and add the glow effect to his skin.

      He does look softer in the body shots (not as savage) because he is asleep. Also to make the poses work I had to edit him in the CK and assign the dog behavior animation files. They will work on a wolf but they remove the eyes - which wasn't a problem for this set as Fenrir is sleeping so it just looks like his eyes are shot. But this is why I don't just assign the dog behavior to Wolfgar and have him use the vanilla textures/meshes - I can't have running around with his eyes shut all the time. True Wolves fixes the blind eye issues so you can have a wolf with more animations.
  3. renthal311
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    fourth photo is unbeatable, beautiful
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Many thanks Ren!
    2. renthal311
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  4. aok
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    Ah, remember this well! One of the more gripping chapters of your work.
    Beautiful imagery!!
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks Arnold - one of my favorites next to the Wild Hunt which I think is still my all time favorite.
  5. Culuf
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    To travel to his core, this is so adorable
    I have to admit, much in contrast to the first terrifying image
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks! The images were meant to show what the mortal brain might see as it tried to make sense of Fenrir's soul, which is the very Heart of Winter.
  6. wolfsangeleyes
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    Oh my word, this is amazing.
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Many thanks - glad you like them!
  7. Stud84
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    So cool. I really like how 'soft' the pics are. Gives the whole aspect of wind and snow that looks really nice.
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thank you Stud84 - it was meant to take place in a frozen winter land to represent the soul of Fenrir, the Winter Wolf.
  8. PatrickTheDM
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    Beautiful shots and nice work creating them! I read the intro to Grim's final chapter, but I'm going to save it until Saturday to read through it without feeling rushed. I'm avoiding windows 10 like the Bubonic Plague until I have no choice!
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks Patrick and certainly no rush. Going to take a short break before I purge and rebuild my Skyrim world - I have a 4-day weekend at the end of this month which I think will be the perfect time to do it. Then I will need to decide what Fenrir will look like when he becomes Fenn Finn-Gall in Skyrim. I may borrow how he looks in FO4 or something different. The hardest is the hair. May have to finally break down and find a decent male hair pack. I don't want Apachii and trying to avoid a 200+ hair style mod for one character. So will see what I come up with.
  9. ChrisKley
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    wow , what a wolf! With his white fur he really impersonates the North! Great images, keep up the good work!
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks Chris :-) He is Fenrir, the Wolf of Winter
    2. ChrisKley
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      Fenrir? Is that the Wolf of Odin? Or is it Lokir as wolf?
    3. wolfgrimdark
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      Fenrir is the Norse Wolf of mythology and child of Loki. He is meant to kill Odin in the end during Ragnarok.

      However I always thought he turned out viscous because the Gods betrayed his trust and tortured him (if you know the story of Fenrir you will know what I mean). So this version of Fenrir escaped to the world of the Elder Scrolls. But much of this covered in all the stories I have written with Grim.

      Fenrir is the father of Grim which is why Grim's full name is Grimulfr Fenrirson. It was often the case in Norse history to add "son" to the last name to designate the child. Hence Son of Fenrir is Fenrirson. Grimulfr means " Dark Wolf".

      Wolfgar, Grim's half-brother, is also the son of Fenrir. Combined Grim and Wolfgar make up a whole and together they have replaced Fenrir. Again all a lot of story lore.
    4. ChrisKley
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      He looks sure as hell powerfull and wise!
  10. BlackMaid
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    The main pic is as a declaration of love....
    The following pics are outstanding and very unique, never saw such pictures before....really great work of making wonderful pics. I will only speak for the pics allone.....now I'll go to the story
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks BM. I adore Fenrir - he is really my favorite and what started the whole thing with Grim. In fact I started with Grim being me in the game and I wanted to be Fenrir's follower, his agent, on Nirn. As I started to create the plot line, however, I realized how much better it would be if Grim were his son - although at first it was meant metaphorically and transformed into the more literal sense ... or at least as literal as it can be all things considered when dealing with divine beings.