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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️

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STREAM HIATUS RETURN [NOVEMBER] - VT: Divine Dragon Jouster ♂ He/Him 💙💜🩷 - TT/RPGs, RPGs, MMOs, RTSes, HEMA Longsword (Fiore/Vadi) & adjacent content - Paladin Class Specialist, VA, Author - Cred & Commissions 👉 StDurendal.carrd.co - 27 (SFW/🔞)

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Kardel_VA⚔️| Knight Vtuber | Reforging Arc @kardel.bsky.social · 48m
This trip has been immaculate.
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𝖒𝖚𝖑𝖑 @mudnblood.bsky.social · 4h
A Knight and Crossbowman from the Kingdom of Beaugencie, both wearing the yellow bend of the Aubinist faction.
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 5h
I did think about asking Aki if she’d be able to put an actual dragon head/face on my model but I think new armour is enough for now.
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 5h
I’m going to be revisiting the fursona design I was working on! I know I said I’d do it, so we’re doing it. I never forgot, don’t worry ^^
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 8h
I think the reduced padding on this new jacket helps too, I can cinch the forearms a lot closer to my true arm size than I could with the AP standard
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 8h
And it achieves that without impeding any freedom in the arms at all ^^ I haven’t tied the elbow points to the sleeves just yet, this was just taken when I was making sure everything interfaces correctly which it does
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 8h
It’s actually pretty cool how these forearms work, it’s really similar to how plate arms are put together There’s a strip of loop velcro on the inside, and the elbow pads have this tape with hook velcro that comes down the forearm. When you attach the forearms to it, it stops them flapping around
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 11h
Naaaaaah, I’ll wait until I’m back to streaming before I worry about all that haha
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 20h
I might get a commission for this fairly soon! Dunno when, but I think it’s time considering my new armour’s design is already public. I did have an idea for a jousting scene, but I’d have to draw myself a lance. Easily doable over the next couple days though ^^
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Working on remaking the helmet sketch now that I kinda know what I’m doing haha. Beforehand the profile sketch was just a garbled mess
Photo of a Wacom tablet screen, showing a concept sketch (front + profile) that I’ve been working on for my helmet.

The overall design is similar in shape to a mid-15th century Italianate armet, with a short, beaked visor, an aventail that is fixed where the helmet meets the neck, and a partial wrapper plate attached to the front of the helmet through a leather strap. 
It has some fantasy features; the visor is one piece (including the brow), the ocularia are split, and the breaths are comprised of a motif styled after a dragon, with a large, complete jaw full of teeth, and a hole where the nose would be.
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𝖒𝖚𝖑𝖑 @mudnblood.bsky.social · 20h
Drew some livery badges today so here's an excuse to show one off
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 20h
Forgot to mention this but the elbow shells for my jacket are here now ^^ Happy to tank bruises, the pain isn’t the problem for me. You want to protect the cartilage as best as you can given the arthritis risk from repetitive hits there
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Jmartin0132 @jmartin0132.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Optimus Prime TF One fanart owo
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 23h
that the effort is healthy, because it yields results. I can happily say that I used the time wisely, on a given day where I stayed off social media in order to work on personal stuff. Unlike blindly scrolling algos as if they’re slots lol.
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 23h
I feel as if really, even if I don’t consider myself good at art, creating things is so much better for my dopamine receptors to gnaw on. While it’s far heavier than doomscrolling in terms of function demand, I think I’ve trained my mind well enough to recognise [Cont.]
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 23h
I tried books initially, and I fucking love reading (halfway through Knight of the Seven Kingdoms right now), but my brain is absolutely horrid when it doesn’t want to focus. I’d always end up getting about ten pages ahead, putting the book down and going back to Reddit or YT or whatever. [Cont.]
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 23h
Now I SUCK at art but the ultimate goal was to just keep my dopamine away from social media feeds on /MY/ time. Was sick of being pelted with tripe like raw milk and people putting glitter on A5 Wagyu steak for cheap views. In that respect it kind of worked! Mentally, I’m in a good spot right now
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 23h
It’s funny, I have this whole routine where I go chill at the coffee shop in the mall after my biweekly hour lifting in the gym. The problem was, I’d end up sucked into my phone, which inevitably led to me doomscrolling. I bought a standalone wacom so I could do something useful with the time ^^
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Working on remaking the helmet sketch now that I kinda know what I’m doing haha. Beforehand the profile sketch was just a garbled mess
Photo of a Wacom tablet screen, showing a concept sketch (front + profile) that I’ve been working on for my helmet.

The overall design is similar in shape to a mid-15th century Italianate armet, with a short, beaked visor, an aventail that is fixed where the helmet meets the neck, and a partial wrapper plate attached to the front of the helmet through a leather strap. 
It has some fantasy features; the visor is one piece (including the brow), the ocularia are split, and the breaths are comprised of a motif styled after a dragon, with a large, complete jaw full of teeth, and a hole where the nose would be.
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Jmartin0132 @jmartin0132.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
more of whiz warm up sketches and yeah i really need to finalize his design lol
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My little brother gave me a code for access way back when but it’s sat in my steam library collecting dust lol, I just need to find people who’d be interested
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’ve been wanting to get the physical rulebook for Fabula Ultima for a while, but now I’ve finally gotten round to it ^^
Invoice for an online TTRPG vendor.

The text reads, ‘LET’S SEE WHAT YOU BOUGHT’, and shows a receipt for the core rulebook for Fabula Ultima.
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🤍⚔️Knight Vulpes⚔️💚 @knightvulpes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Let me rest here.. a while… 🥀
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Media in my Downloads folder :steamhappy: @furry-hater.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
submitted by discord user
weird ad with neon text saying: "these trunk less legs of stone are fucking standing in the desert and basically, you are fucking despairing. how? ...just travel to the antique land >"
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I dunno, I just had an epiphany, Most ‘celestial’ character designs seem to focus on either the eldritch aspect of that, or a planetary sort of thing, or the traditional sort of idea of what angels look like. What if, I’ve been subconsciously wanting to do a funerary effigy motif this whole time?
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And here it is! I did a little improvisation with this, but I think this one might be my favourite of the lot.
A rough profile concept sketch for a fantastical 15th century armet. It is a fairly typical as an Italian sparrow-beak shape in the silhouette (as in the Avant harness), but bears a one-piece visor with the brow reinforcement being part of the visor rather than fixed to the forehead. The visor finishes at the chin in a trapezoid fashion, rather than the smooth curve seen with most armets made in this way.
It has breaths that are more commonly seen on Flemish examples; three circles on the cheekpiece and four rectangles on the top of the beak. 
The wrapper is an original design, and only covers up to the neck and mandible so as to expose the breaths and - on paper - allow better ventilation. Most wrappers covered up to the cheekpiece, and were used as reinforcement for cavalry and tilt, where lance-level protection was needed across the entire jaw, neck and collarbone. The intention behind this partial wrapper would be for fighting on foot, and serves much the same purpose as a bevor.
The lame edges on the wrapper plate are scalloped with wave patterns, and this is an idea I got from late 15th century English styles where this type of cosmetic scalloping was common on faulds.
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Third concept is on the way! Currently looking for references, but I’d like to do something loosely based on CH57 (the Churburg armet), or the Avant armet. Fairly standard choices but I’d probably come up with something original for the visors haha
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Peoni! @okpeoni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This October I’m fundraising for MAMA Academy in honour of my sister who wanted nothing more than to be a mother and lost her life trying to achieve that dream. All I ask is for you to share this post. If you wish to join me, my ko-fi is linked underneath.
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think most of the inspiration for this came from this particular effigy! It’s easily my favourite out of any of the mid-late 15th century English ones www.flickr.com/photos/amtho...
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We had a couple of teething problems with the armour, but to be honest, it works great ^^ We’re changing the fauld a little and the cuisses have to be shortened. Really minor stuff considering
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Im probably gonna feel like hot garbage over the next few days while my body and mind adjust, but it’s the exact same feeling I had when I put my phone on permanent Do Not Disturb. Withdrawal phase is the hardest bit.
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two of the three possible helmet designs I might get for my irl armour, third one will likely be a standard armet but yeah
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anyway here’s one of the three potential designs I might be getting for my irl helmet once I get round to placing the order for it!
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anyway here’s one of the three potential designs I might be getting for my irl helmet once I get round to placing the order for it!
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Did something that I should’ve done a while ago! Keeping it served me no purpose considering I was shadowbanned lol.
Breaking chains meme with my model’s head superimposed onto that of the figure’s.

There is a semi-transparent screengrab showing that I deleted my Xitter account ^^.
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hi you lot ^^ I’m currently at a LARP event, and the first night has already passed! I’m looking forward to the rest of it! Will tell you lot all about it once I’m back home tomorrow evening
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🤍⚔️Knight Vulpes⚔️💚 @knightvulpes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Character sheet for @guthorvt.bsky.social ! Thank you for your support! #VGenComm
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oh! I finished this a while back! I just forgot to post it haha ^^’ This is my pollaxe! You might see it in a few future commissions I’ll get!
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lv.1 Crook vs. Lv.35 Boss
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Something I’ve been waiting on for ten weeks finally arrived yesterday! I haven’t fenced with it yet and I won’t get the chance until Wednesday, but I can already say it fits much better than the first jacket I was using! Still going to keep my first one as a backup for club tournament and whatnot
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This return is way overdue! I was planning to do so after I got back from my Orlando holiday w/ family in May, but something didn’t feel quite ready yet Conflicts I was having with myself on artistic direction and lore were holding me back. These have been put to rest, so I’m preparing to return!
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy to say that I will officially return from my hiatus when my new armour is rigged, in ~ mid November! I already announced it in my Discord last night, but figured I’d let you lot on socials know as well. Please see the attached images for further details ^^.
__Official hiatus end announcement - NOVEMBER!__
 
Hi! Some of you may know me as Durendal. Others, Gramr. Some might remember me when I still called myself Excalibur. However, I’ve had a bit of a reshuffle with my branding! Auncell is the name I will be sticking with.

I have had a long think over the past few days, weighing up things like the impending long dark after I’m done with my LARP event next weekend, and I’ve decided that my formal return from hiatus will be when my new armour is finished in **November!** Currently, the ETA for the rigged model is the 15th, which is just shy of two months as of today.

I look forward to seeing you lot again after so long away from streaming, and I hope we’ll get even more new faces with time ^^.

I do not have a debut planned for my return. I’ll just be coming back like I went to fetch milk and cigarettes. I may do one in the future! But, it’ll be when I feel the time is right.

I also realise I never really left my server, even if I’ve been away from streaming since before I left with my family to go on the Orlando trip.

In the meantime, if you’re at VeXpo, I’m still attending! Happy for anyone I know here to come say hi if you happen to be there.

Oh, and if anyone records the longsword tournament at my club at the end of this month, I’ll show you lot some of my bouts. One of the guys did record the last one I competed in, but he never posted them in the group chat. Shame, because there were honestly some really good exchanges and I’ve come a long way since I started fencing.
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s going to be worth it ^^ Aki lost the .cmo3 unfortunately, so it’s going to be another couple months until the rerigged model gets showcased But, the .psd as it stands is finished! I’ve seen it for myself and it’s absolutely glorious
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Dude you don’t even know how hyped I am for the new armour Aki’s doing This one has been so worth the wait, and all the time it took for me to draw the reference! 🎨 Model - @/akimoto888.bsky.social 🎨 Reference - Myself
Partially cropped Live2D PNG of a low fantasy plate armour harness (loosely late 15th c. English in style) with dragon motifs, including an armet with a visor fashioned into a dragon’s jaw (with a wrapper plate that has ornamental wings on it), and a gold gardbrace shaped into a patagium (as in, a bat wing).
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026
Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).
A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Dude you don’t even know how hyped I am for the new armour Aki’s doing This one has been so worth the wait, and all the time it took for me to draw the reference! 🎨 Model - @/akimoto888.bsky.social 🎨 Reference - Myself
Partially cropped Live2D PNG of a low fantasy plate armour harness (loosely late 15th c. English in style) with dragon motifs, including an armet with a visor fashioned into a dragon’s jaw (with a wrapper plate that has ornamental wings on it), and a gold gardbrace shaped into a patagium (as in, a bat wing).
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Just a draft, will probably add more langets and extend them halfway down the haft when I draw the rest of it, but here ^^
Brainstorm sketch of an original pollaxe design, based off 15th Century Western European pollaxes. It features a hammer head with a spiked texture on the striking surface, a spike protruding from the middle (with a dragon and chapel arch motif), and a bearded axe head with several holes cut into the blade for balance purposes. The langet is patterned with rivets, and is relatively short.
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jam @socialistboat.dad · 04/10/2025
One of the earliest examples of bar jokes is
Sumerian (c. 4500-1900 BC), and it features a dog:
"A dog walked into a tavern and said, 'I can't see a thing. I'll open this one!" [1] The humor of it is probably related to the Sumer way of life and has been lost, but the words remain.
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Qrp with a game from the year you were born (Those of you in the US will know this game as Ripto’s Rage; in Europe it was called Gateway to Glimmer)
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Auncell ☽☉ | 🖋/🎙️ @auncell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Here’s the draft for my lore prologue’s opening poem! It’s only one stanza
In laurels crowning
The moated underpass of Castle Troye
I beheld a scrawny soul, but a boy
To me he held a shilling,
Though his smile was brighter
‘Messer’, he spoke, ‘It fell from up there’
As he pointed to the crackling glow
Of the glass window
At the top floor
Of Hobbs’ Tower

— Cobus the Scholar
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