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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Recreating some old-school weekend morning nostalgia. Playing Halo 2 with a Hyperkin Duchess controller and the Shaderglass app to recreate a CRT TV look. :)

A photo of Halo 2 being played on a monitor, with a Hyperkin Duchess controller being held up. The game has the player in a tank, on a bridge, fighting purple alien vehicles, and the sky is orange. The corners of the screen warped in from the Shaderglass App to emulate an old CRT tube TV, along with pixelization, scanlines, and chromatic aberration.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Enjoy some Low-Poly Knights bloopers while I wait for more pieces to fall into place on Episode 6. #LowPolyKnights Featuring @lexmakes.bsky.social as Kai, the Sharkfolk Knight. Also on YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nstc...

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I can't say any game has really changed my personality or anything, but these are some of my absolute favorites over the years. :)

My 9 Game
https://my9games.net/en

The 9 games that shaped who I am.
Pokemon: Red Version
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo 3
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Destiny
Baldur's Gate 3
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I commissioned my friend, Wunkay, to model a little knight dude that represents me, based on some art I was gifted by my friend @ariesdesigns.bsky.social. :) He will show up in #LowPolyKnights at some point. Not sure when. Maybe for a side quest? Definitely in a new channel outro/ and maybe avatar.

A low-poly 3D render and illustration of a fantasy knight with armor that's a mix of chainmail, plate mail, leather, and dark blue cloth. The hinge visor on the helmet has an angular zig-zag shape on the bottom of it, emulating a shark's mouth. There are shark-like fins on the helmet and a blue plumage of fur on the back and top edge of the helmet.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I think this is the best selfie I've ever taken in my life. Fresh from a hair buzz and beard trim. Photoshopped the Oblivion background because a door frame behind me created an optical illusion that looked like a wooden mohawk. Anyway, felt cute, might delete or close an Oblivion gate later.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I'm not amazing as Space Marine 2, PvP, but I have my moments. Some of them are just kinda silly. #SpaceMarine2

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Space Marine 2 PvP with Ed, Edd n Eddy sound effects, anyone? #SpaceMarine2 #EdEddnEddy

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Last-second Happy Shark Week! :D Shiirk can't help himself when he needs food sometimes. Looks like he picked up some tricks from the Hooligans Guild. Also on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0A6... #LowPolyKnights #IndieAnimation #Fantasy #3DAnimation

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

When your tabard goes flapping in the breeze. (The cloth sim on the tabard for Tactical and Assault seems to just be in the character customization menu when you spin the little dudes around, but yeah. Very silly.)

A custom Space Marine from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, wearing light blue and white armor, with a shark and knight theme to the armor, and the new cross-compatible tabards, but the cloth physics when spinning the marine in character customization flaps out the chest of the tabard's cloth physics to make the marine look like he has huge breasts.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I don't cheat in online games, and I used to play on controller. with that context, every time I open Windows Game Bar on my PC, I see a message some salty dude sent me from a single good match I had in Halo Infinite PvP one night in 2023, on controller, in which he accused me of cheating. xD

Message I received from someone after a Halo Infinite PvP that match I played on controller in November 2023: "Just another pc modder get reported dbg"

Me: "I'm playing on controller. No mods. PC Game Pass. That was my first decent game all night."

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm suspicious as to why so many of my gifs, migrated from Tenor, have such high views on Klipy, when most only got 12 or 24 views on Tenor... Is it a boom from the new viewership since Tenor stopped its API for things like Discord and BSky?

A grid of my animated gifs on Klipy, with view counts often in the thousands.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The final record before Google pulled the plug on Tenor's public facing API. My Skyrim Mudcrab cocking a Halo 3 magnum was the king with 2k shares.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Did an account and gif migration from Tenor over to Klipy, so my 3D animation gifs are back on BlueSky and Discord... But WHO let the freaking AI describe my gifs!??! >:(

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Every now and again, I am reminded that someone is keeping my IMDB page up to date. :P

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Playing Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee on emulator is funny because Godzilla's eyes/mouth will just randomly bug out, lag behind, and pop out of his head for a frame or two when he moves his head too fast. Really looking forward to the remaster this November! xD

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Progress on the next #LowPolyKnights is slow at the moment, and probably gonna get slower with the day job hours and side contract picking up soon. In the meantime, enjoy these environment test renders and... Hey! How did those get in there! D: www.patreon.com/chrisofthede...

A land of spiky ash mountains seen from across a white stone block bridge. The opposite side, from which the camera is placed, is a lush green grassy area. Shiirk the Shark Knight is T-posing for scale.

A lush grass forest with hills in the background, seen from across a white stone block bridge. The opposite side, from which the camera is placed, is a land of ash. Shiirk the Shark Knight is T-posing for scale.

Shiirk the shark knight man, with rusty desaturated tan/red skin and armor with blue fabric between the armor plates, and Kai the shark knight woman with light teal skin and armor with green fabric between the armor plates. Kai is holding Shiirk by the shoulders, and his arms are straight down at his sides. They are both smiling, and she is giving him a look that desires romance, while he looks a little nervous.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

So Kai obviously specced into strength to make the most of her family's heirloom axe. I am super proud of this design! :D Also, a general update on Low-Poly Knights progress, and my under-NDA side contract (Picking up soon), for free on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/genera... #LowPolyKnights

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Yahoo mail: You should start paying for increased mailbox storage! You can buy one of our affordable yearly plans! :) (Mouses over to "Manage Storage") Y-you don't need to do that! Trust me, you want one of our plans! It's not that expensive! (Click) [93.3% avavilable - 1.3 GB used of 20 GB]

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

New #LowPolyKnights short animation! :D Shiirk is dying of hunger, but it sounds like his friends have enough food to motivate him to reach them in time. #3DAnimation #IndieAnimation #Anthro #Fantasy Better quality: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfDV...

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Seeing news that folks sell carries for stuff in Marathon reminds me of the time I ran into a dude back in Halo 3, whose gamertag was a URL of a website that sold lvl 50 ranked accounts. He would run up to you and teabag so you would see his name. Which is dumb because if you weren't-

A low-res screenshot of Halo 3, from an old clips montage from back around 2007. The name ChrisOfTheDead is in the lower right corner to indicate who's perspective the footage was from.

The enemy player is a blue Spartan with the gamertag "wwwLvl50com", which is showing above the player's head, because they are purposefully not playing the game legitimately because they are trying to advertise the website listed as their gamertag.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Halo 3 energy sword model with Halo 2 blade coloration. :) #Halo

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

#LowPolyKnights always pokes fun at Bethesda and Fantasy RPG tropes, but for this year's April Fools video, I tried leaning into the jank. Enjoy! Also on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o7Q... #Fantasy #Furry #3DAnimation

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

A new test render of Kai using modified pixel textures from Shiirk. Tried to modify her model a bit to make her stand out a little compared to Shiirk and Blue. She's got a little bit beefier arms and legs, and some sharp ornamental curves to some of the armor shapes. She still needs her axe. :)

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Nah. I'm good.

$A screenshot from Low-Poly Knights, my low-poly, retro-game art-style series that pays homage to the experience of playing fantasy RPGs and the Bethesda games of old. The meme shows two versions of the same screenshot, the one on top labeled "DLSS 5 Off", of which DLSS is Nvidia's AI filter meant to make games look good and pretty at the fraction of the performance cost, but actually makes things look worse and acts as a crutch to let game dev leadership focus on not optimizing their games to run well on their own. The top screenshot with the AI feature off shows a humanoid nurse shark knight in silver armor on top of blue clothing, holding a blue steel sword and shield, walking in some dark ancient ruins. A skeleton clad in rusty armor, also wielding a sword and shield, is raising its arm to attack from inside of a dark hallway. In the distance behind the skeleton, you can see the silhouette of the knight's companions from the series, a large yellow worm, and a blue lizard/dragon knight, standing there. The second image, labeled "DLSS 5 On" has the exposure of the screenshot blown out, making the scene look brightly lit, and photorealistic faces on each of the characters in the scene. The shark knight has a Greenland shark face blended onto his head, notably protruding too far out, a realistic skull on the skeleton, a silly vacant lizard head on the knight in the distance, but tinted over-saturated blue, and a yellow-tinted Graboid (the worm monsters from the film series Tremors) head is pasted over the worm's head.$

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

My birthday is coming up, and I kept wanting to treat myself. So I checked BBTS to see if there were any Godzilla figures that were reasonably priced for Minus One Goji, but didn't find any. I did find a preorder for Millennium Goji, which I am very nostalgic for! Things turned out okay! :D

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

New shark, who dis? #LowPolyKnights www.patreon.com/posts/new-sh...

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

My friend and I had a silly idea in Space Marine 2: Set all of your classes you don't play to Ulthuan Grey, Rakarth Flesh for the trim, and grey eyes for the lenses, and have your bots running around cosplaying as unpainted minis. xD

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Heh. And Space Marine 2 was at that same amount of hours played for me a few days ago.

A custom cover art for Halo: The Master Chief Collection featuring the Halo 2, 3, and Infinite helmet design in the center of the art, instead of the official art, which uses the Halo 4 and 5 helmet design. The number icon at the bottom is for how many hours I have played the game (or just left it open, it includes AFK time) and the number is currently at 800.8 hours, which is visually similar to the word "BOOB".

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

My custom space shark knight. I typically go for the most "knight-like", though I'm also super nostalgic for the old "vader-mouth" on the Mark VII helmet. And I occasionally go into Operations in just basic default Mark VII marine armor in Blood Ravens colors cause I grew up with Dawn of War 1.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

New Low-Poly Knights Side Quest! Those enchanted swords can be a real pain in the tail. Also on YT in better quality: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS0o... Inspired by a situation that can happen every so often in Elder Scrolls games. #LowPolyKnights #Fantasy #3DAnimation #Anthro

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Touched up the Halo Flashpoint mini last night. :) Still a few color splotches I want to correct, but for now, I'm happy with it.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

First mini painted in 18 years. Tried applying a black wash, and it started to go really gritty, so I leaned into that. And the brush kept fraying out on me, but otherwise, had fun and I'm happy with the results. Still getting the hang of painting with thinned paints. Mini is from Halo: Flashpoint.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Getting very close to being able to start painting some minis again for the first time since 2008. >:) (I just wish supplies for painting them weren't so expensive.) The minis are from the tabletop skirmish game Halo: Flashpoint.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Playing my homebrew "Bot Match" rules for single-player in Halo Flashpoint on Tabletop Simulator, and I technically just scored my first kill ever in Flashpoint before I ever got my first death in the the game. And let's just say the dice roll physics were in my favor. >:) (Get wrecked, bot!)

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

CRASH x Monty Python "I don't much like the tone of your voice." A silly animated mashup I made. Go watch CRASH for a great modern Halo 3 Machinima series with heart, some good comedy here and there, and some custom animations that I've contributed to. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyMW...

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Even Shiirk's lunch isn't immune to critical failures. Low-Poly Knights is inspired by fantasy RPGs like The Elder Scrolls and Baldur's Gate 3. Also on YT (In better quality): www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZjU... #LowPolyKnights #Fantasy #RPG

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Games that defined my 2025 (I can't actually think of a 4th game I really sunk my teeth into besides these. Space Marine 2 continues to be one of my favorites of all time for its gameplay a year later, Oblivion Remastered overtook the classic as my favorite way to play it, and just classic Halo 💚)

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I went into Space Marine 2 stratagem operations dressed in an "Ugly Holiday Sweater" paint scheme, did my best impression of a Space Marine, and ran my voice through a Dawn-of-War-style voice filter. Enjoy. #SpaceMarine2 #Warhammer40k

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

This is a WIP edit of what I have so far for Low-Poly Knights Ep 5, before any rendering. Progress is coming along, albeit slowly. #LowPoly #3DAnimation #Furry #Anthro #Fantasy Subtitles on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=86d8... Patreon? Perhaps? www.patreon.com/posts/low-po...

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Enjoy some test renders for the ancient ruins in Low-Poly Knights episode 5. Potentially higher quality on the free Patreon post: www.patreon.com/posts/low-po... #LowPoly #Fantasy #Furry #Anthro

A dusty red-brown shark man in knight armor holding up a blue-bladed sword and a shield. Behind him is a blue dragon man, also in knight armor, and a yellow worm with a green mouth, pale patches of skin, and a broken tusk on the side of its mouth. They are in ancient stone ruins that are dimly lit, and a faint orange light hitting them from the front.

A dusty red-brown shark man in knight armor holding up a blue-bladed sword. There is a giant skeleton wearing pieces of rusty armor and holding a giant simple sword. The skeleton has spikes coming out of the top of its head. Behind him is a blue dragon man in knight armor. They are in ancient stone ruins that are dimly lit, and a faint orange light is hitting them from the front, coming from a fire off to the right side of the frame.

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I just need to record my lines for Blue, and I can start animating. Gonna shoot to record tomorrow and try to kick everything off. :) Enjoy this test render of the tavern environment. #LowPolyKnights

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ChrisOfTheDead @chrisofthedead.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The beverage ritual. I'm modeling tavern props. The tankard is not yet to scale. I just thought this looked funny. #LowPolyKnights #LowPoly

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