Hey guys. Many moons ago, when the western black rhino ran plentiful across the grasslands, and the cisticola soared high in the skies, I was a semi-regular poster on FEPlanet and Fire Emblem Empire. I also helped run a website called Fire Emblem Evolution. It's been quite some time since I've posted on a message board, but after a long marathon of GDQ speedruns, Gwimpage's Tellius speedruns inspired me to do some FE GBA splicing.
As a teenager I thought I was really good at this, now I'm not so sure. But I had a lot of fun over the last hour or so making a portrait. Done in MSPaint - It's mostly splicing with very little of my own shading or whatever. What a blast! I can't believe I ever stopped doing this, and for so long. It was a thread on these boards that gave me the resources, so I figured I'd pop in and say thank you.
Feel free to leave any comments. I know it's not very good, but if that's all you have to say, that's okay.
Due to the way I work in MSPaint, I've got kind of a progress image that I'll post below.
I started with Dieck (FE6) as a base. I saw his portrait - one of my favorites - and decided it needed to be beardier. (Not pictured: Dieck with Atos' beard which *really* did not work.)
I replaced the head with Fado from FE8. Then I added Pereth's (FE6) beard. Next I used Marcus (FE7) for his eyes and eyebrows. At this point I began recolouring. I'm sure I messed up the skin tones a ton, but it's not noticeable to my rusty eye. I used Kyle's (FE8) armor colour, and Erk???'s (FE7) hair colour. I shaded out the scar on Dieck's shoulder - which is where I should have stopped. Instead, I added Dozla's (FE8) shoulder piece so that the warrior battle sprite made a tiny bit more sense. Finally, I recoloured the warrior battle sprite and did my best to remove the helmet, add a bear, and make the chest bare.
I feel silly for such a long write up, but, like I said, I had a good time.
Cheers,
Alecazaam