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The crazy birb that's probably done your job at some point.
Official job is: Whatever we're needed for on the day.
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Retired emulator developer and researcher.
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The fun of confusing Nintendo's telemetry due to bypassing the 3DS' region locking, there's titles here I don't even recognize.

(And fo course, the Wii U's only real use for me back in the day lol)

November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM

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After a delay for IRL reasons. LHU-003 Mode 5 is complete. Mode: Dragoon, a unknown mutation that has somehow fused the craft with it's pilot & his RAVEN Suit directly, creating a otherworldly entity that rarely speaks and drives a deep sense of fear to all who lay witness. #pixelart #ドット絵 #mecha

LHU Mode 05: Dragoon

A unknown mutation created during the clash with the NU Fragment Wielder has resulted in the fusion of the Light Hawk MKIII with Myld Malestorm's RAVEN Suit whilst he was within it; creating a draconic knight that exudes immense pressure and a sense of dread to all who lay eyes on it. Based on initial reports by the LHU team, they has asserted the pilot is completely non responsive in this state, with this new bizarre form speaking in some form of language not native to Voietella, instead bearing the same language RAVEN has used within it's various systems.

Initial analysis indicates identifiable traits of all 3 components, such as the Light Hawk's Photonic Crystals used for it's power source; the Auhre Engine and Dvorak Drive now protruding along an elongated spine that's formed into a draconic tail and several large claws on the legs, whilst the crafts main cannon now forms from the golden wrist gauntlets attached to the entity, potentially boasting more power output. The Auhre Engine themselves have split open at the shoulder to form large, armored plates with energy pulsating from the original vents

The RAVEN Suit's armor frame is identifiable from it's knee caps, limb plating & chest plating. It's split cape having now fused into a cape with a different color, somehow becoming capable of sustained flight like a pair of wings. Finally, Myld's beloved scarf has mutated into a dual sash emerging below the Auhre Engine, now bearing glyphs that matches those found within the RAVEN OS and currently untranslatable by current methods, with many elements baring his feather color scheme.

Research has unable to produce any previous sightings of this form throughout Linnu history records, nor can they identify the colossal sword it wields. Eddy's current theory is that it's energy blade is drawing from the entity itself and the surrounding environment for further power. Upon forming, NU's already maddened state only accelerated with a deep fear.

October 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM

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Took a while, but this Amiga 500+ now lives once again. Given a deep clean inside and out. Capacitors replaced, traces repaired, floppy drive restored (It was DIRTY to the point it could potentially wreck disks) Now I plan to give it an upgrade or 2. Thanks to Ian over at MCG for the solid on this.

PAL Amiga 500+ (Made between October 7th to October 13th 1991 according to the motherboard) after being restored to working order and thoroughly deep cleaned, with new capacitors and a Floppy Drive with new clean headers and grease.

Amiga 500+ Traces repaired where the battery was originally seated

The same Amiga 500+ as it originally arrived. Covered in thick dust, sticky tape residue in places and rotten label cover

The motherboard with 3 traces completely destroyed witin the BATTERY area, prior to being restored.

October 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM

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I've also spent my recovery time over the summer writing out the entirety of RAVEN's Fragment Wielders, their structure, powers, weaknesses, how they tie to the AFSF, the LHU and Libertalia.

It's still not finished but it's getting there. I had to zoom it out to 10% because it's gotten massive lol.

September 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM

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Precisely ten years ago today, That was when I first started drawing during a late night whilst doing admin work on a server that was utterly dead.

That one decision was one of the best I ever made.
Happy 10th anniversary Myld!

Left: 2015, Right: Present

September 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM

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Mode 04: Dragonfly #pixelart #mecha

An unauthorized mode created by Myld during a late drunken evening after seeing visions of it in his dreams during his extended recovery time inside the RAVEN Suit and used the toolset to create it. Cobbled together from parts taken from the previous modes, the resulting fusion hasn't been as graceful as it's predecessors, with the LHU nose tip now being the tip of it's extended tail with the hard light engines now bursting out of their sides to create 4 wings capable of fast flight and hovering in place; with the intention of allowing easier means of hauling non Tesseract compatible cargo with ease.

Unlike it's predecessors it has no onboard weaponry, not even the Photonic Blasters are online in this mode. Instead, as observed by Gulf during testing, it relies on using it's speed to close the gap to viciously beat and tear apart whatever it targets using it's bizarre feet like claws to do the job. Failing that, it'll use it's Labrium Pincers below the cockpit to bite and drain anything it comes into contact with, using the crafts infused MIDAS to convert everything it consumes into fuel or to rapidly repair itself.

If all else fails, it's extended tail/torso can flex and bend to pierce and strike a target using it's Cerproct Stinger directly, before it extends open like a rubber hose to consume the cellular structure of it's victim to convert for fuel, again using the MIDAS system to do the job.

The Fledgling unit has taken on the same appearance and functionality, but instead rapidly stings a target to weaken it before consuming it and then regurgitating the resulting fuel back into the vehicle to restore it's fuel supply.

This strangely violent mode requires 2 pilots at all times to handle the delicate nature of transporting cargo, piloting it's twitch like speed and maneuverability and above all else, prevent it's onboard AI from going berserk on anything it comes into contact with due to it's hunger from it's MIDAS infusion.

September 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM

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I've recovered enough to start shaking the rust off, given it's been 6 months since I've drawn anything so I've been designing multiple mecha's for Myld's newest craft. Can't draw for long still due to leg pain. (See alt text for descriptions/lore) #pixelart #mecha

# LHU-003 Mode 0: Light Hawk

The latest iteration of the Light Hawk Unit's signature vessel, created as the apex of aeronautical and photonic engineering between Eddy Dvorak and Gulf Auhre as a refinement of the previous incarnations. Thanks to research into the Aion Fragments that are the true power source behind RAVEN and the thing currently keeping Myld Malestorm alive, the bulkier standard AFSF Engines have been removed in favor of the Auhre Engine V6, a singular engine capable of enough lift to escape a planets gravitational pull with full VTOL (Vertical Take Off & Landing) support using a series of fans that intake air above the craft and expel it below as the Auhre Engine can rotate 90 degrees on itself to achieve this effect.

The wing span has been completely redesigned, allowing up to a maximum of 6 wings through the new hard light reactors that can take in multiple forms of radiation through it's front facing intake fans to excite the photons it accumulates to reshape into new hard light constructs, with the ability to rotate a full 360 degrees on a single axis. A Vector Trap is installed into the base of the hull as a experimental Tesseract upgrade that can store vastly more non-organic materials than the Industrial Grade units commonly used by the AFSF.

Using this Vector Trap is the prototypical Dvorak Drive, a new engine that can pinpoint and compress 2 points in space using Tachyon Particles to connect the 2 points, allowing the engine to travel at faster than light for short distances measured in light years. The craft has been infused with a supply of MIDAS (Multi Intelligent Deoxonuclei Application System), a system originally intended for terraforming before being retrofitted as a possible bioweapon and manufacturing revolution, with samples taken from Myld's MIDAS infected body. This allows the craft to repair itself using materials from the environment and the ability to switch between 5 possible forms.

This mode is designed to navigate through tight enclosed spaces or across land terrain at a rapid pace. The Auhre Engine has been configured to produce hard light legs that can run up to speeds of 40-50MPH, with the upper 2 engines reconfigured to produce a set of tail feathers that allow for responsive rudder control and quick direction changes at high speeds, allowing the craft to deftly kick at a moments notice. The main pilot controls these movement systems whilst the secondary pilot focuses on weapon systems and navigation

The main engine now rests at the rear of the vehicle where it can either give a speed boost in it's horizontal state to temporarily push the maximum running speed to near 70MPH or it can work in tandem with the secondary VTOL intake engine to allow the vehicle to jump great heights, using the resulting momentum to lodge it's 4 clawed toes into steep or uneven surfaces for balance if required.

The sacrifice to this rapid, versatile movement is power, since the engines have to divert most of it to ensure the legs and rudder can maintain their structural integrity, less it runs short of fuel which would leave the vehicle unable to move without a fuel source or a injection of raw materials for the MIDAS hull to consume and convert.

That being said, Roadrunner is not defenseless; 2 of the photonic cannons are still active on the vehicles "head" albeit with reduced punch. But it has a new trick in the form of the Geox Drill, which can be charged and used as a retractable lance in close quarters for impaling targets or breaking through thick, reinforced walls, doors and hulls. The main VTOL intake engine at the back of the head can be used to rapidly thrust and "peck" at a target, using the legs to pin them down.

A unintended side effect of the MIDAS infusion has caused a mutation of the Fledgling Unit that makes it take on the form it's spawned from, mimicking it's parents movements and attack patterns.

LHU-003 Mode 02: Armadillo
This mode is designed purely for open, large terrain with a high focus on offense and defense. The Light Hawk gains multi plated armor as it forms a hardened carapace resembling that of an Armadillo, with 4 ATV treads created from hard light that can dynamically shift between wheels or more conventional treads to cross through troublesome terrain. The Auhre Engine is now embossed deep inside the vehicle where it produces the arsenal for the more powerful weapon systems in tandem with the Photonic Reactor.

Although slower than the other modes. Armadillo can split it's ATV treads to rotate fully around the main frame following a guide-rail, with 4 VTOL-accelerated engines created by MIDAS to rapidly allow the vehicle to spin on the spot for faster direction shifting. The armor plating can expand and compress to allow the cockpit to be embedded inside for extra protection. In emergencies the entire vehicle can "turtle" itself to protect it's pilots and shift into a large ball that rolls around the cockpit for faster movement at the cost of control and crushing anything in it's path.

The primary weapons are the M-105 Folivora Launchers that can punch clean through most forms of reinforced armor with it's ace in the hole being the Xenarth Cannon: A magnetically accelerated launcher capable of Mach 8 speeds for it's projectiles, calculated by Eddy and Gulf to be fast and strong enough to blow away a RAVEN Suit and anything else in the way with one shot, but it requires Myld to use the RAVEN Suit and his internal Fragment to fire due to it's power drain, threatening his life with overuse and locking down the vehicle to stabilize for each shot due to the sheer force of kinetic energy it produces and recovering afterwards. Twin Photonic Blasters are kept at the front as "pea-shooters"

The Fledging unit's are small and fast enough to roll around and ram threats to the vehicle, capable of attaching to a target before self-destructing.

This mode was designed mostly by Gulf himself, using his expertise in nautical engineering to configure the Light Hawk for aquatic and deep sea navigation. In this configuration the Light Hawk is densely compacted and reinforced, leaving little room for heavy weapon systems beyond the basics. The hull is designed to withstand depths of over 12,000 fathoms deep, enough to reach the deepest ocean floors of Aokushun and even the ruins of Bathys with little issue, alongside any molten liquids such as acids, metals or rock for a short duration until convection reaches and cooks the internals of the vehicle.

The Auhre Engine has been encased and pushed into the vehicle's depths, using it's hard light functions to generate a silent jet propulsion system to push through the depths without setting off any form of sonar. Material surfaces internally are reinforced with multiple layers of acrylic to help better withstand the crushing depths. Sonar is equipped with secondary reinforced camera's and lights to help better navigate in deeper depths where light cannot reach.

Weapon wise the Orca mode only features 2 methods of defense: Photonic Twin Blasters which are slightly less powerful and sluggish than those on land or air due to the weight of water causing extra drag on the beams alongside the Chinook Torpedoes fired just above the camera eyes, capable of punching through thick hulls, rocks or shells of any hostile sea life encountered (Although Skye thinks it gives the Orca a eyeless look, Gulf insisted on it in the hopes it triggers a survival instinct to scare off sea predators)

The Fledgling Unit is unique to this mode in that the Orcinus Pods cannot operate independently from the main vehicle, instead it was configured to act as pilotable sub units fired from the main vehicle to be remotely controlled by a second pilot for short range or driven directly. These are more intended as emergency escape pods to quickly escape the main vehicle.

September 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM

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First screenshots of the first ever Pioneer LaserActive emulator, courtesy of Nemesis running as part of Ares. Major preservation milestone right here.

July 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM

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July 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM

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Well, this piques my curiosity.

July 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM

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Happy 40th to the Commodore Amiga! The machine where I got my long start in the world of developing/hacking and art. You were too far ahead of your time for the world to appreciate your power and the game industry at large owes you big for you contributions. #Amiga #Retro

The Commodore Amiga CD32, the final AGA machine by Commodore, essentially a repackage Amiga 1200 with a built in x2 speed CD-ROM drive and Akiko chip

The Commodore Amiga 500, THE definitive Amiga model for Amiga fans. A cost reduced version of the Amiga 1000 with 512k of RAM standard and the poster child of the OCS chipset, later models would include the ECS chipset in varying degrees

The Amiga 1000, the original Amiga computer from 1985 created under the codename of Lorraine by Jay Miner (Lead designer of the Atari 2600 and the Atari 8 bit computer line the Atari 5200 spawned from) and a team including RJ Micheal and Day Luck and many more.

The Commodore Amiga 1200, the third replacement for the Amiga 500 after the 500+ and 600. This was the first of the AGA machines that gave the hardware a major upgrade, better OS and Kickstart. Sadly, with the rapid hype of 3D emerging , Commodore failed to upgrade the Amiga to handle 3D properly, nor did it upgrade it's aging audio capabilities as IBM-PC clones flooded the market with better capabilities by this time, coupled with Commodore's upper management bungling everything they touched.

The company would go defunct just 2 years later in 1994 after the CD32 became the final nail in the coffin.

July 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM

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2 year old Metroid Prime pixel art requested for a charity run.
#Metroid #Pixelart

July 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM

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Meet Myld Malestorm, the pilot of the Light Hawk Unit or LHU for short.

- The illegal child of the Celestial Guard & an infamous pirate queen, shunned from society as a "no-mark"

- Seeks to expose the RAVEN conspiracy after surviving having his heart blasted out & being revived by their tech.

July 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM

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I went and cooked up 3 more drawing tutorial for more beak front views, this time mostly based on the 3 most common styles you'll find in media: The standard round style, The classic style used for western characters/mascots and lastly one used in Anime. #arttutorial #howtodraw #arttips

July 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM

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I know a few mutuals who have struggled in the past with drawing bird beaks from the front, so I cooked up this tutorial to help in shaping beaks from the front and some general movement notes for mouth flaps/open state. #Arttutorial #arttips #howtodraw

July 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM

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If you see this, quote with your green art!

July 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM

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I've been slowly planning and designing the LHU stuff I do for the last 2-3 years, technically near 5 years from earliest concept. Been making a flowchart of everything whilst recovering from surgery. Roughly halfway so far with dozens of pages written. This is at 15% zoom because it's huge. XD

June 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM

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Knew I forgot one that was more recent.

June 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM

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Eyyy, congrats on hitting a big milestone.
I've dug some spook out of my archives.

June 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM

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The results of our full GBC library testing for Ares' GBC Core were finally compiled for public viewing.
Definitely not ready for wider use yet due to sheer number of issues.

June 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM

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Never stop drawing!
2015-2025

June 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM

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Curiosity I guess?

May 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM

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LRG love hacking their old game re-releases. Shantae on GBC had a dirty hack to force GBA detection (instead of accumulator and CPU bit setting correctly). Noticed Shantae 1 re-release on Switch.....doesn't fucking work without a game hack on boot because they broke the checksum on it like idiots.