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Basically a Game
@basicallyagame.bsky.social
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A blog about a personal project: art for a fantasy rpg/strategy/tactics game.

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Today, a new unit: the Royal Huntsman :-) I remember that in Disciples 2, the human faction had their regular archer upgraded into a hunter. I decided to do the same for my Royal Throne faction :-)

#art #archer #huntsman #character #fantasy #strategygame #gamedev #basicallyagame
December 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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I continue to do back views. Today – here's a village huntress and a woodcutter :-)

#art #huntress #lumberjack #character #fantasy #medieval #strategygame #basicallyagame
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Work and other commitments keep distracting me from regular updates, but I'll still try to keep it up. Today, here are the Bandits updates: back views for an axeman and a flailman.

#art #brigand #character #fantasy #medieval #gamedev #gameconcept #characterdesign
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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There's not enough time unfortunately to post new stuff often, but here are updates on two more units: Varnmark's Halberdier and Swordsman, with finished back views. The background for Varnmark is also being updated.

#art #halderdier #swordsman #character #fantasy #medieval #gamedev #basicallyagame
October 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I continue to make back views for old units, and also change the shading for them (making everyone brighter and more contrasting).

#art #spearman #swordsman #osthelm #character #fantasy #strategygame #gamedev
September 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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I haven't written for a while: I'm making some significant reworks in all currently finished units. Here are the first results, and at the same time - a new guy: a spearman from the High Throne faction.

#art #spearman #highthrone #character #fantasy #strategygame #gamedev #basicallyagame
September 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Continuing to experiment with how doable it'll be to make units in 3D. Here - made a sculpt of a spearman :-)

#art #spearman #3d #sculpt #character #fantasy #gamedev #basicallyagame
August 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Hello everyone!

I decided to try something new: why not make some of the units in 3D. Let's see what comes out of it... :-)

#art #spearman #3d #blockout #character #fantasy #strategygame #basicallyagame
July 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Today I'll post this guy with a big two-handed sword. I see him as a sergeant in Osthelm's army. I'm not sure that sergeants are supposed to carry two-handed swords, but I'll rename him later if necessary :-)

#art #twohander #sergeant #character #fantasy #strategygame #tactics #basicallyagame
July 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Today I have another crossbowman :-)

Also, I was told that units sometimes visually stick together when they are close to each other. So, I am experimenting with ways to ammend that.

#art #crossbowman #crossbow #character #fantasy #strategygame #gamedev #basicallyagame
July 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Today I have a coat of arms and a banner for the elves. The previous version wasn't very good, so I had to redo it - make several new sketches, graphics on the shield and change the shape of the banner.

#crest #coatofarms #banner #heraldry #elves #strategy #fantasy #basicallyagame
July 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Today I'll show you my work in progress again - this time on a swordsman hero from the High Throne faction. I try to draw all new units from the front and back at once.

#knight #art #strategy #character #fantasy #gamedev #process #basicallyagame
July 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Today I wanted to show the finished version of the elven coat of arms and banner, but the work is still in progress. I am also working on several new units, so this time I will share the progress on one of them.

#undead #art #strategy #character #design #fantasy #process #basicallyagame
July 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Let's get back to the finished units: today I have Osthelm again, namely the crossbowmen :-)

#art #crossbowman #character #fantasy #strategygame #gameconcept #gamedev #basicallyagame
June 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Another standard bearer. Today - from the Varnmark faction :-) I removed the horizontal crossbar to which the banner was attached from above, so that the guy could hit enemies with the sharp part of the hammer top.

#art #standardbearer #knight #character #fantasy #strategygame #gameconcept #gamedev
June 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Today I have a concept for a standard bearer :-) I thought it would be cool if the banners - since I've spent so much time drawing them - were carried by guys specially designated for this purpose.

#art #standardbearer #character #fantasy #strategygame #tbsgame #gamedev #characterdesign
June 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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While I'm choosing which banner from yesterday's sketches is the best, I'll post this guy with a beard, an axe and a dagger. He's tough, but not quite enough for a full-fledged bandit leader :-)

#art #axeman #brigand #character #fantasy #strategygame #characterdesign #basicallyagame
June 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Here are some sketches of a banner for the Brigands. Brigand gangs are different: some don't have any banner, but others are led into battle by impoverished knights so they will have some kind of banner.

#banner #heraldry #art #strategy #conceptart #fantasy #gamedev #basicallyagame
June 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Today I have a sketch of a future horse archer for the High Throne faction. This is an upgraded version of the regular foot archer, which I posted some time ago.

#art #rider #archer #horsearcher #character #conceptart #fantasy #strategygame
May 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Let's continue the story with our villagers. Today - here is a village huntress. And there's a banner for her already, just in case :-)

#huntress #villagers #medieval #art #character #fantasy #gamedev #characterdesign
May 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Finished a clean version of the banner for the villagers. I just haven't decided on the name of the faction yet :-)

#banner #heraldry #art #lumberjack #villagers #settlers #strategy #fantasy
May 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Today I have this billman of the Eorwall faction (it's not for nothing that I finished their coat of arms and banner before this). Heavily armored and well-insulated gloomy guy: like everyone in his faction.

#art #billman #character #fantasy #strategygame #tactics #characterdesign #basicallyagame
May 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Hello everyone!

I already have four coats of arms of different factions ready. Here's the entire collection :-)

#crest #coatofarms #heraldry #art #strategy #tactics #fantasy #basicallyagame
May 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Eorwall's coat of arms polished version.

They are hunters, metallurgists and guardians of the north. They combine traditions – a fierce nature, hunting and old beliefs – with developed metallurgy and blacksmithing.

#crest #coatofarms #banner #heraldry #strategy #fantasy #basicallyagame
May 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Hello everyone!

I've made a lot of different fixes to different units lately: I've fixed graphics on bases somewhere, slightly increased or decreased the size of the several units, redrawn weapons, etc.

#art #conceptart #character #design #fantasy #gameconcept #gamedev #process
May 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM