Kianga Snowstorm

Charr warrior, legionnaire of Snow Warband
Late Night Swim — 3D scene
3D render of a male charr in metallic red swimming trunks, standing in a swimming pool late at night. His hands are raised slightly above the water surface and he’s looking with a confident grin at something just to the side of the camera. There are Blood Legion banners hanging on a wall in the background, slightly dark and out of focus. Mostly blue-ish lighting with strong rim lights that accentuate his muscles.

Nothing like a quiet round in the swimming pool late at night. Too bad nobody can see him posing.

3D Art — September 20, 2023

Paw Day — 3D scene

Stretch that leggy for Paw Day!

3D Art — May 20, 2023

The Trophy — Prompt 120: FIGHTING
3D render of my charr warrior Kianga Snowstorm, and my patron’s charr elementalist, Ignado Flaredancer in a modern-day office environment at night. Both are in their battle outfits and facing each other as if in combat. The viewer is behind a desk with an “employee of the month” trophy sitting on it that is suspiciously shaped like a butt plug. Both charr are staring at it—Kianga with a horrified expression, Ignado with a mischievous smirk. The scene is a recreation of a similar scene from the movie “Everything Everywhere All at Once”.

I watched Everything Everywhere All at Once last weekend. Definitely one of the more memorable films I’ve seen…

3D Art — March 17, 2023

Keep Climbing — Prompt 119: EVERYTHING
3D render of a shirtless male charr (Kianga Snowstorm) climbing a steep orange cliff against a deep blue sky, with the bright sunlight accentuating his muscles. He’s looking upwards with a determined expression, holding on to the cliff wall with his left hand and foot, while his right limbs are relaxed and dangling in the air.

“If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”

3D Art — March 10, 2023

The Resting Stream

A drawing by Logan on ArtStation, featuring my warrior sitting peacefully near a stream. We have a little stream nearby and I wish I could sit like that sometimes, but here in the city it doesn’t look quite as peaceful.

By Logan West — February 4, 2023

Quintessential — Prompt 111: QUINTESSENTIAL
3D render of a male charr with an eye patch, shirtless but wearing steel leg armor and boots. He’s standing in dark room, presumably a training area in some basement, leaning casually against a steel pipe with one foot resting on another pipe at ground level. He’s pointing at his chest with his right thumb and grinning proudly at the viewer. The rest of his armor is piled on a crate in the background.

My patron Lyca gave me the prompt QUINTESSENTIAL for this week and what can I say, humility is not a charr virtue…

3D Art — January 13, 2023

New Year’s Warrior

My friend Sayna surprised me with this on New Year’s Eve, and it’s part of a larger scene with many other characters!

By Sayna Jaye — January 3, 2023

Kianga Snowstorm Portrait
Digital colored bust drawing of my charr warrior looking to the side: brown fur, light gray muzzle, white horns. His right eye is a bright yellow, his left eye is covered with a red eye patch that's attached to his horns.

A beautiful drawing of my charr warrior that I received around Christmas from my friend Bolty.

By Bolty — December 25, 2022

Companionship — Prompt 108: COMPANIONSHIP
3D render of two male charr (Warrick Ashblood and Kianga Snowstorm) standing in an icy cave while wearing only Christmas hats and red shorts with white floof. They’re in a side hug and smiling at the viewer.

Sometimes all you need to stay warm is a friend!

3D Art — December 23, 2022

Extra Fluffy

I wanted to do at least a little scene for this year’s Charrtober so I let my patrons pick a prompt from the list. Here is a very FURRY Kianga—my first serious experiment with realistic 3D fur. Pet that belly at your own risk!

3D Art — October 31, 2022

Too Hot
3D render of a male charr warrior (Kianga Snowstorm) sitting topless on a large rock somewhere in the desert. Neither the tree nor the giant tank in the background provide much shade. He’s holding a steel canteen in his right paw, and his head with the other paw, clearly exhausted from the heat.

It’s 34 °C today and I hope you’re having a better time than this warrior. Stay hydrated!

3D Art — August 4, 2022

C-800 — Prompt 87: METAMORPHOSIS
3D close-up render of a male charr (Kianga Snowstorm). The left half of his face has been completely replaced with steel parts, including his fangs, horns, and hair. He’s grinning and looking at the viewer with his one remaining natural eye, the other glowing with an ominous red laser light.

He’ll need your clothes, your boots, and your catnip. Inspired by the prompt METAMORPHOSIS from my patron Lyca, I guess this is what would happen if Iron Legion and the Inquest joined forces: a charr terminator. That was fun! Thank you, Lyca, for your support!

3D Art — July 22, 2022

Kianga Snowstorm Sketch Page

A surprise sketch page from my friend Sayna, featuring four drawings of my charr warrior.

By Sayna Jaye — July 1, 2022

Yami, Ferox, Kernas & Kianga
3D rendered group picture featuring four charr posing like in a family picture, with significant size differences. From largest to smallest: Yami Whitemane (back left), Ferox Blackmane (back right, half a head smaller than Yami), Kianga Snowstorm (front left, head reaching Ferox’s shoulders), and Kernas Schi (front right, head just barely reaching Kianga’s chest).

They keep getting bigger! Group picture featuring Kuragari’s charr Yami Whitemane, Ferox Blackmane, and Kernas Schi, with my warrior in the middle. At least he’s not the smallest one!

3D Art — June 29, 2022

Physics & Blood Whiskey — Prompt 78: FULCRUM
3D render of two charr in a bar (Ripa Soulkeeper on the left, Kianga Snowstorm on the right) standing on a plank balanced on top of a whiskey barrel. They’re probably drunk, wearing armor only up to the waist, one hand on each other’s shoulder and the other raised holding a whiskey bottle. More bottles and barrels are strewn all over scene.

This week’s prompt is FULCRUM from my patron Ripa, and our two charr have kindly volunteered to demonstrate this physical concept, with the help of a barrel of Blood Whiskey. Or two. As always, thank you for your support! 💖

3D Art — May 20, 2022

Sitting Like Skai’s Cat
3D render of my charr warrior, Kianga Snowstorm, sitting in a kind of cross-legged pose against a simple red background. His hands are resting on his feet in front of him, and he’s looking at the viewer like a cat lost in thought. No clothes except for his eye patch, but sensitive parts are covered due to the pose.

Big cat, but still cat. Just a quick silly scene inspired by a prompt from SkiaSkai on Twitter to draw our fursonas sitting like their cat.

3D Art — May 8, 2022

Insufficiently Covered Warrior
Indoor scene featuring my charr warrior standing ready for battle with a smug grin. He’s wielding a large spiked shield in his left hand and a battle axe in his right hand, but his clothing is rather insufficient for combat: only his signature red eye patch and minimal Blood Legion themed underwear. Behind him, four colorful warrior banners from the game are leaning against a wall covered with random pipes.

A few days ago I saw a tweet talking about “insufficiently covered warriors” and I thought, Kianga knows a thing or two about that!

3D Art — April 26, 2022

Pool Party — Prompt 70: PARTY

Birthday pool party for Lacsap! A belated happy birthday to you, and thank you for your support! 💕 I hope you’ll all enjoy your weekend as much as these three!

3D Art — March 25, 2022

Posing for the Artist

“Is it done? Can I look?” Kianga posing for Bao, who painted this portrait for me back in 2018. For the prompt “art” - thank you, Bao, for your art AND your support! 💕

3D Art — March 11, 2022

Big Stretch
3D render of a male charr with brown fur, leaning against a birch tree with his back to the viewer and stretching. He's only wearing a black leather jockstrap.

Remember to start your week with a big stretch!

3D Art — February 21, 2022

Valentine’s Day 2022
3D close-up render of my charr warrior Kianga Snowstorm, with a red eye patch on his left eye, sleeping shirtless and peacefully in the grass under a cherry tree.

I don’t think charr care much for Valentine’s Day. Shh, just let him sleep.

3D Art — February 13, 2022

Black Lion Key — Prompt 61: KEY

Excited warrior! He found a key! (And he’s gonna get a revive orb.) For the prompt KEY from my patron Bao - thank you for your support! 💕

3D Art — January 7, 2022

Kianga Fights for Blood

Kianga Fights for Blood! Awesome Smash-themed gift art from my friend Kuragari.

By Kuragari — December 26, 2021

Wintersday 2021 — Prompt 59: CONTRADICTION

Kianga is on his way to spread some Wintersday cheer! Based on the prompt CONTRADICTION from my patron Drizzlebone. Thank you for your support, and a happy Wintersday - hope you’ll have a blast! 🎄🧨

3D Art — December 24, 2021

Charrtober 2021: XXX - LEGION

Originally I wanted to render an animation with all the charr I’d ever made here, but it turned out Blender and/or my hardware can’t handle this. A whole legion of Kiangas worked fine though!

3D Art, Animation — October 30, 2021

Charrtober 2021: XXVIII - IRON
3D render of a cocktail glass filled with a black oily liquid and decorated with blueberries, with Kianga's paw resting next to it.

Iron Legion calls this one “Engine Grease” and you probably don’t want to know how it’s made.

3D Art — October 28, 2021

Charrtober 2021: XXVII - TORN
3D render of a male charr with brown fur but turned into a werewolf, howling at the sky against a huge full moon. No clothes (but shadows for decency), his muzzle is elongated like a wolf's, spikes are growing from his shoulders, and his eyes, mouth, and hands are glowing with fiery magic.

If you think werewolves are dangerous, imagine what ancient magic the curse of lycanthropy might awaken in a charr.

3D Art — October 27, 2021

Charrtober 2021: XXIII - ASSEMBLED
Kianga sitting at a table, looking frustrated at a pile of screws, bolts, and other parts that belong to some kind of weapon. He's sitting next to a box that looks like packaging for a child's toy: bright colors, and text in New Krytan that reads: NEW / CANTHAN GUNSABER / FOR BIG WARRIORS ONLY / SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.

“The latest in weapons technology from Cantha”, that dealer from Lion’s Arch had said. If only it had come with assembly instructions.

3D Art — October 23, 2021

Charrtober 2021: XXII - INGENIOUS

How would a charr soldier wear their dog tag? A chain around their massive neck would have to be awkwardly long, so I thought: why not use an engraved wristband instead?

3D Art, Animation — October 22, 2021

Charrtober 2021: XXI - FLAME
3D render of a charr paw with brown fur pouring molten lava into a cocktail glass. There's a large red chili pepper lying next to the glass.

“Titan’s Blood” was a popular cocktail among the shamans of the old Flame Legion. Needless to say, it’s a little… spicy.

3D Art — October 21, 2021

Charrtober 2021: XIX - EQUAL
3D render of two charr standing back to back in front of a Blood Legion banner and waving at the viewer. A male charr with brown fur and a red eye patch on the left, and a female charr with golden fur on the right. Both are only wearing loincloths, showing off their muscles.

Long or short tail fur? I can promise you, it won’t make a difference if you meet them on the battlefield.

3D Art — October 19, 2021

Charrtober 2021: XVII - HOT
3D render of a male charr with brown fur and yellow eyes, resting in hot springs with deep blue water and white cliffs in the background. There is a fancy cocktail standing next to him on a rock. A red and black rubber duck floats in the water in the background, and another charr with orange fur and black tiger strips seems very interested in it.

Mmm, hot springs! Time for a warrior to relax with his, uh, Blood Legion tactical water exercise… duck.

3D Art — October 17, 2021

Charrtober 2021: XIV - BLOOD
3D render of a cocktail standing on a red coaster with the Blood Legion emblem on it. There's a red liquid in the glass, with a chunk of raw meat on a cocktail skewer, and a slice of blood orange.

The “Slice and Dice” is a Blood Legion favorite: Blood whiskey, a slice of blood orange, and raw diced beef. Mmmm. What? What’s wrong with some meat in your whiskey?

3D Art — October 14, 2021

Charrtober 2021: X - THICKHEADED
3D render of a male charr in full steel armor next to a concrete wall. He's holding his head like he's in pain. The wall next to him has a large crack that's suspiciously the same size as his head.

While “head through the wall” can indeed be a viable tactic, it is important to recognize the difference between a brick wall and steel-reinforced concrete.

3D Art — October 10, 2021

Charrtober 2021: VII - ASH
3D render of a charr with brown fur in a red apron, standing behind a bar. There's a cocktail glass with the Ash Legion emblem in front of him, filled with a clear liquid and two decorative lemon slices.

For the four legion prompts this Charrtober, we’re mixing cocktails: The Cloak and Dagger (shaken and stirred) is popular among Ash Legion agents - goes down smooth but packs a punch! Thank you to my patron Ignado for the drinks idea, and to Tabra for the name of this cocktail.

3D Art — October 7, 2021

Charrtober 2021: V - DECEPTIVE
3D render of a charr in full battle armor. He's holding a red hand grenade in the shape of an apple, with a green leaf as the safety pin.

I wonder who would build a grenade disguised as an apple… 🤔 In memory of Lightbringer Tybalt Leftpaw, of course. 🍎

3D Art — October 5, 2021

Charrtober 2021: III - AMBIGUOUS
3D render of a male charr in full steel armor, standing in the middle of a dimly lit Escher-like maze made of black marble stairs with golden handrails. The stairs are arranged in confusing ways, some going sideways or upside down. The charr is holding on to a handrail and looking lost.

This place is crazier than the Mad King’s Labyrinth… For this prompt, I wanted to make one of those “weird geometry” environments. I actually rebuilt the whole place from M. C. Escher’s “Relativity” which was a mistake because it cost me like half a day, and it turned out very difficult to light properly. Eventually I ran out of time and used only a smaller part of it for the final scene… On the positive side though, I had a lot of fun building this.

3D Art — October 3, 2021

Charrtober 2021: II - SURPRISING
3D render featuring two characters in an outdoor setting: a female charr is standing behind a male charr and holding a paw over his eyes. He looks surprised but is smiling, like they're just having fun. She has golden fur and eyes and a red mane, he has brown fur, yellow eyes, and a red eye patch. Both are wearing short black pants and red tank tops with a Blood Legion design.

Oh no, it’s an ambush! 🙀 Perhaps not entirely in-character for those two, but I guess even Blood centurions can be silly sometimes!

3D Art — October 2, 2021

Charrtober 2021: I - NIMBLE

Kianga hasn’t figured out yet how to stop bullets in mid-air, but he’s gotten pretty good at dodging them! A little homage to The Matrix, for the first day of Charrtober: NIMBLE.

3D Art, Animation — October 1, 2021

Biceptember

Happy Biceptember from Kianga! Just a little bit of motivation to start off the week. 💪

3D Art — September 6, 2021

Jack-O Challenge

Kianga no Kianga why (Tried to do the Jack-O pose… at least as far as I can manage with his rig. He’s not getting younger, you know?)

3D Art — August 31, 2021

Vaccinated — Prompt 46: LIBERATION
3D art of a shirtless charr warrior wearing an eyepatch and a black and red plaster on his left shoulder. Left fist clenched, right paw holding his arm, looking directly at the viewer.

One less enemy to worry about. Fully vaccinated warrior, for the prompt “liberation” from my patron Ripa. Blood Legion has the coolest (war)band-aids. A personal note: Just because vaccinations aren’t a big deal for some doesn’t mean everyone can be so relaxed. I’ve had some traumatic experiences with doctors in my childhood, and my relationship with medical procedures is rather tense. Getting vaccinated is the right thing to do, but I felt that neither traditional nor social media were helping much with that.

3D Art — August 23, 2021

Rainbow Butt — Prompt 39: PRANK
3D render of a male charr with brown fur in a locker room, surrounded by colorful paint buckets. He's naked and has his back turned towards the viewer. Rainbow flags are painted on his butt cheeks and a red heart on his flexed right biceps. He's glancing back over his shoulder with a confident grin.

“You call that a prank? I’ll wear it with pride!”

3D Art — June 25, 2021

Shirt Cut Meme

It’s the Blood Legion summer collection! I found this meme on Twitter and thought it would make a fun diversion between commission work. See also the 2023 version of this meme, featuring my patrons’ characters.

3D Art — June 18, 2021

Charr Island V: Refreshments — Prompt 36: REFRESHMENTS
3D render featuring three charr on a beach at night, with a palm tree and a full moon in the background. One charr is still awake and looking at the stars while resting against a wooden barrel, the others are passed out, their tongues hanging out. There's a crab with sharp pincers sitting on a discarded whiskey bottle, eyeing the first charr's paws curiously. If you look closely, there seems to be another charr sitting in the palm tree above them, but only his tail visible hanging down from the tree.

Our charr vacation draws to an end - thank you, Garro, for the refreshments, and for your support! 💛

3D Art — May 29, 2021

Charr Island IV: Party — Prompt 35: PARTY
3D render featuring three charr on a beach playing "crab limbo" at sunset. Two are holding a wooden stick with a crab sitting on it, while the third is trying to pass under it without getting pinched by the crab.

Not sure if Crab Limbo is a thing, but with charr it probably would be.

3D Art — May 28, 2021

Charr Island III: Indomitable — Prompt 34: INDOMITABLE
3D render of a male charr with brown fur, facing a seven-eleven crab sitting on a white rock with a blue sea in the background. The crab looks like it's challenging him, and the charr grins back, expression somewhere between amused and intrigued. In the far distance, slightly out of focus, there's another charr swimming in the water and watching the scene.

Looks like dinner on Charr Island isn’t going down without a fight…

3D Art — May 24, 2021

Charr Island II: Water — Prompt 33: WATER
3D render of a male charr near a tropical beach, both the character and camera half-submerged in crystal-blue water. His arms are raised slightly above the water and he's looking curiously at a school of Sergeant major fish swimming close to him. There is a tropical island with a single palm tree in the distance, with a charr clinging to the very top of the trunk, looking helpless.

Kianga, stop playing with that fish - someone needs rescuing!

3D Art — May 13, 2021

Aaaah! — Prompt 31: AUTODEFENESTRATION

As the last prompt for this month I had “autodefenestration”, or “the act of jumping, propelling oneself, or causing oneself to fall, out of a window”. Apparently that is a thing! 🤔

3D Art — April 30, 2021

Guy Time

A cute colored sketch of my charr warrior along with a few others by Blue_Rubus on Twitter.

By Soup — April 27, 2021

Charr in a Box
3D render of a male charr with brown fur, yellow eyes, and a red eye patch, lying in a cardboard box like a cat, paws in the air and grinning at the viewer.

Blood Legion fits, at any cost.

3D Art — April 22, 2021

Kianga Plushie
3D render of a plush charr with brown fur, a red mane, ivory horns, yellow eyes, and a red eye patch. He's resting on a pile of pillows and blankets in the designs of the four charr legions.

My fierce charr warrior in plushie form, made in 3D by my partner Kiza!

By Kiza — April 19, 2021

Allergies — Prompt 29: ALLERGIES

“Ugh, it’s that time again…” Thank you, Bao, for the prompt, and for your support! 💜

3D Art — April 16, 2021

Hang In There
3D render of a male charr, holding on with both his hands and his teeth to a thick rope over a fiery chasm. He has brown fur, a yellow eye, and a red eye patch, and is wearing red painted steel armor and boots from the waist down, but nothing on his chest, arms, or hands.

It could be worse… I think?

3D Art — April 1, 2021

A Chat with Snow Warband

I’m still working on our next VRChat charr, but as a quick weekend project I thought I’d try making a (very short) visual novel with Ren’Py. You can play it in your web browser! Don’t expect anything spectacular - I used only screenshots from Guild Wars 2 for this, and dialogue I originally wrote for a Q&A thing on Tumblr. But it was a fun project, and I might play more with the idea in the future.

Visual Novel, Writing — March 27, 2021

Despair — Prompt 25: DESPAIR
3D render of a charr warrior in red full plate armor, somewhere in the desert. He's standing with his arms and legs chained to the dry, broken ground, pulling at the chains desperately, trying to escape the sun and heat.

Ever felt like the whole world is conspiring to drag you down?

3D Art — March 23, 2021

Feather — Prompt 23: FEATHER
3D render of a charr warrior in red full-plate armor, floating in space over an earth-like planet, with the sun in the background just above the horizon. He looks like he's holding his breath and is slowly falling down. There's a fluffy red feather floating next to him, much closer to the viewer so it appears almost the same size as the charr.

Physics fact: Did you know that a feather and a fully armored charr will fall at the same speed? … at least in a vacuum.

3D Art — March 18, 2021

Quiet

Practice art by Rengyr based on my scene QUIET from the 28 Portrait Challenge.

By Rengyr — February 23, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 22 - STUBBORN

If you beat your head against the wall, it is your head that breaks and not the wall? Whoever said that has obviously never met a charr.

3D Art — February 22, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 15 - SPIRITUAL

Spiritual isn’t a word that I’d usually associate with Citadel charr. (Different story with Olmakhan, of course.) But for a regular charr soldier, the closest thing they have to a “religion” is probably their legion?

3D Art — February 15, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 11 - LONER

I hope I’m not boring people with these daily scenes. I know they’re not terribly exciting, but I find them relaxing and it’s kinda fun to try and come up with new ideas using only poses and lighting.

3D Art — February 11, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 10 - SHY

Most shy expressions I looked up for reference had both hands covering the face somehow, I’m just glad he has a tail too. 😼

3D Art — February 10, 2021

Cooking Contest — Prompt 19: HONOR
3D render of a male charr with a red eye patch, wearing a red apron with the text “Natural Born Griller”. He’s standing behind a table outside a village, grinning at the viewer, left hand resting on a meat cleaver, right hand resting on an oversized cooking trophy, a few chunks of raw meat in front of him. The cooking trophy is a golden meat drumstick with a meat cleaver embedded in it, resting on a black steel pedestal decorated with golden gears and letters in New Krytan script.

Not all honor is won on the battlefield - some of the most glorious battles happen in the kitchen.

3D Art — February 10, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 9 - CHAOTIC

Made two versions for this prompt. The second one probably feels more chaotic, but I thought it was relying too much on the background texture, while the whole point of the portrait exercise was practicing poses and expressions. I still like it though, so I kept both.

3D Art — February 9, 2021

Tomes of Knowledge — Prompt 18: EXPERIENCE
3D render of a charr warrior with a red eye patch in full battle armor, sitting on a pile of hundreds of large, heavy brown books somewhere in a dark library. He's holding one of them in his left hand, looking a bit incredulous.

“I don’t mind reading one book, but 674 of them? And they’re all the same!”

3D Art — February 9, 2021

Be My Compass? — Prompt 17: ROMANCE
3D render of a male charr with brown fur, wearing a red eye patch, black shorts, and a red tank top. He's standing in a sunny meadow during spring time, surrounded by trees, flowers, and butterflies, and holding three dandelions, looking at the viewer with a smile. There's a pocket raptor sitting next to him on a rock, looking curious.

Happy (early) Valentine’s Day from Kianga!

3D Art — February 8, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 6 - CHEEKY

I’m not quite sure if “cheeky” is the best word for this one, but I guess it’s cute at least. I just knew I wanted something with a blep. 😼

3D Art — February 6, 2021