Luna Dragón Crystal 🐉🌙

I posted these on my tiktok (buglejupiter)!! I had a lot of fun doing these, and hopefully wanna make more content like this in the future, but for now I wanna make more serious art (still ac related, ofc)

Young Haytham was dissociating hard to make his circumstances bearable. He had no choice from the start, really, this cut dialogue illustrating that.

"Death is who I am."

I'm replaying this mission right now. When I first played it, I never really fully understood WHAT crazy shit Connor is actually doing there.

So - the Battle of Chesapeake Bay was a strategically decisive battle where the French fleet prevented the Royal Navy from reinforcing or evacuating the besieged British army of Lieutenant-general Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. We are helping the French fleet under Lieutenant général des armées navales François Joseph Paul de Grasse to hold the bay.

At the beginning, Lieutenant de Grasse isn't very convinced of Connor's abilities or the Aquila's capabilities. Together with two French ships, we're ordered to hold the bay until reinforcements arrive.

During the battle, our two allies are destroyed, leaving Connor and the Aquila to hold the bay on their own. At that moment, a man o' war arrives and destroys all of the Aquila's cannons.

Mr Faulkner and the crew are quite desperate, probably thinking they're facing their ends.

But badass fucking Connor doesn't even flinch and RAMS that massive ship in order to BOARD it ON HIS OWN.

And he does that. He kills the captain and shoots the powder barrels so that the entire ship explodes.

Connor then casually jumps off the ship at the last second, picks up his hat like nothing happened, and takes the wheel again. 😭

He's so badass and so nonchalant with it help.

Connor and the Aquila are surely a legend among sailors.

"who's Mongra?" You ask? He's a skeksis prototype made in 1979 for the previews of the movie. As a prototype that wasn't even a canon character, he doesn't have a lot of stuff about him... So, it's MYYYY mission to make as much Mongra content as I can!

Contemplate!

“Here’s to me, here’s to you. Fuck the rest, we’re Briar U.”

Also we had a conversation with my bestie @reddeadassassin how he is not cold?... andddd we come to the conclusion that he is just so hot 🥵😩

Many videos are available on YouTube of Behind The Scenes from both The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and from the original 1982 movie. This is one good YouTube playlist I've seen that compiles many, and it is worth taking a look at!

What interests me most is a charming video from a father and daughter who were given a tour of the AoR set;

Vapran Husband Gelfling Costume - Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction on Julien's Auctions, sold for $3,200 - Lot 131

"Costume elements from the ensemble of a Vapran Husband Gelfling from the prequel series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix, 2019).

The ensemble is comprised of a cotton-blend tunic and skirt backed with silk that features detailing with aquarium/terrarium plastic plants and 3-D printed elements, and a silk shirt with surface design and tassels. The tassels are lovingly referred to internally as "Froud Shrouds," in reference to The Dark Crystal's original designer, Brian Froud, and fabricator, Wendy Froud. During the filming of the original film, the Frouds added tassels to hang from the sleeves of the Gelfling puppets to help hide the puppeteering rods for the arms. Despite having the technology in place to digitally remove rods for the prequel series, the Frouds insisted that the tassels remain on the arms of the Gelflings because the style had already been established.

The pants and tunic contain Jim Henson Company labels inside with additional handwritten identifying information.

The Vapran Husband is seen in the first episode of the series, "End. Begin. All the Same." during the tithing ceremony with the Skeksis.

Dimensions: 28.5 x 24.5 inches"

Never ended up doing the background on this, but I still wanted to post it.

Background Vapra #1 Gelfling Dress - Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction on Julien's Auctions, sold for $1,600 - Lot 132

"A dress worn by a background Vapran Gelfling puppet in the prequel series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix, 2019).

The dress is comprised of quilted linen with cotton and wool layering and a chiffon apron. Wiring is present inside the skirt of the dress to maintain its shape. It contains a Jim Henson Company label inside with additional handwritten identifying information.

Dimensions: 28 x 22 inches"