Simon Roy - KICKSTARTER IS TAKING LATE PLEDGES
@simonroyart
Followers
21K
Following
77K
Media
2K
Statuses
30K
award-nominated artist/writer on stuff like GRIZ GROBUS, FIRST KNIFE, Prophet, The Field, Habitat, Jan's Atomic Heart, and more
Victoria, British Columbia
Joined June 2015
AT LONG LAST, GRIZ GROBUS BEGINS ITS DESCENT TO THE MORTAL REALM!
30
504
2K
This is more or less the idea behind my sphinxes: what began millennia ago as mutual cooperation between humans and sphinxes has become a system where a complex, seasonally-rotating group of priests and viziers have "declawed" divine sphinx-pharaohs through selective inbreeding.
I can envision "Yes Minister" type entrenched palace bureaucrats purposefully inbreeding generations of puppet rulers that look increasingly uncanny, "beyond human" and awe-inspiring - yet dumb & pliable.
5
244
3K
crossbows with guns in them were a thing, there are more of these things around than you’d think
7
42
321
Tlingit armour incorporating Chinese coins. Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, mid-19th century.
5
37
255
The secret exercise no one is talking about: Overcoming Isometrics. I’ve been a health and fitness coach for 25+ years. Use these 5 hidden exercises to instantly make you stronger (and prevent injuries):
8
5
40
Today on the p@tr3on - the first issue of of NIGHTSOIL, collected in a handy pdf. On a distant, barren world, a hermit is forced to rejoin the society he tried to reject, decades ago... (with colors, of course, by Sergey Nazarov). link in next tweet
1
10
89
Today's "Odd Tank" is the 🇬🇧 British 'A1E1 Independent' Built in the 1920's, this Heavy Tank prototype would be designed by Vickers. The tank would be manned by a 8 person crew and the tank itself would have 5 independently rotating turrets. The 4 smaller turrets would be armed
18
39
517
New clip from of @BBC’s “ONCE UPON A TIME IN SPACE”, featuring footage from Team IGW’s coverage of SpaceX’s Starship, in Starbase, Texas We’re so excited to have played a small role in such an impactful project! Airing soon in the United States on PBS.
4
16
194
Today on the p@tr3on - the first issue of of NIGHTSOIL, collected in a handy pdf. On a distant, barren world, a hermit is forced to rejoin the society he tried to reject, decades ago... (with colors, of course, by Sergey Nazarov). link in next tweet
1
10
89
god bless Soviet Armenian avant-garde film
33
2K
20K
En una ocasión, mi papá nos contó cómo eran los vendedores ambulantes en el México de su infancia. Entre todos esos personajes, mencionó a uno que me llamó especialmente la atención: el vendedor de tripas infladas. En ese momento me pareció extraño imaginar que alguien pudiera
36
1K
12K
One of the city’s garrison-crypts - built to hold the fighting dead of the demiurge, torn asunder during the fall of the city.
The Domekan encampment, outside the shattered gates of Karazad. Their livestock refuses to enter the city - an ill omen that keeps most of the invaders from sleeping inside its walls.
2
48
611
I didn’t just lose people. I lost the version of me that tolerated nonsense. That part needed to die anyway.
9
1
9
The Thalan-Vorel, often known as the Armoured Pilgrim, is a large migrating beast that frequently forms a symbiotic relationship with halfling tribes, who follow it on its journey through the cursed realm.
The Forsaken Gods lore introduction video is here! We’re nearing the one-year anniversary of this setting. It has come a long way, but the journey has only just begun!
11
94
886
@simonroyart By the heavens!... Are we looking at a possible exploit of a (in this case, historically successful) summoning of the Siege-Breaker?
1
1
15
The tatzelwurm is a legendary creature from Alpine folklore, especially in Switzerland, Austria, and Bavaria. Described as a stubby, serpentine reptile with a cat-like face and short forelimbs, it is said to inhabit remote mountain slopes and forests. Reports portray it as shy
38
303
2K
A collection of Soviet body armor vests From left to right, top to bottom: 6b1 6b2 6b2-3tm (not academically correct name) 6b3 6b4 6b5
2
26
185
One of the city’s garrison-crypts - built to hold the fighting dead of the demiurge, torn asunder during the fall of the city.
The Domekan encampment, outside the shattered gates of Karazad. Their livestock refuses to enter the city - an ill omen that keeps most of the invaders from sleeping inside its walls.
2
48
611
The Domekan encampment, outside the shattered gates of Karazad. Their livestock refuses to enter the city - an ill omen that keeps most of the invaders from sleeping inside its walls.
An Urazadi shows off his prize- a horned marmot, a much-coveted source of pelts, meat, and honour on the high plateau. Held in high regard among the clans for its bravery, and frequently used as symbol and totem
2
26
503
There are few Simon Roy settings which do not contain megagoats as beasts of burden... and you'd be even more hard pressed to find a setting of his that doesn't have geese as the preferred meat animal. But this is all as it should be.
The Domekan encampment, outside the shattered gates of Karazad. Their livestock refuses to enter the city - an ill omen that keeps most of the invaders from sleeping inside its walls.
0
3
39
Truly the warrior cultures here in the Pacific Northwest had the most potent drip
A Tlingit chilkat coat made of mountain goat wool, otter fur, and cedar bark. Ca. 1885 CE.
1
12
212
Mesmer. From a forgotten Tatsu civilization, Mesmer awoke from a centuries-long dream, unsure what world he opened his eyes to. He speaks in riddles and drifts between good and evil. He carries the power of the hypnotic Dragon. Become the dragon within, Tatsu.
3
1
15