Val (aka Jo) ⚔️
@valdara.bsky.social
Lvl: 40. Chaotic Good. Probably a Half-Dragon. Gamer. Mod Author. #TTRPG #Scifi #Fantasy, 15th century Italian armors. Coffee-powered, AuDHD 5'4" Smol Knight. (She/They)
https://ko-fi.com/valdara
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House Mormont knight(ess) 🐻🔨
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
House Mormont knight(ess) 🐻🔨
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Hello #portfolioday !
I'm Shade, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and sci-fi.
✉️[email protected]
cara.app/shadeofstars
I'm Shade, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and sci-fi.
✉️[email protected]
cara.app/shadeofstars
October 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Hello #portfolioday !
I'm Shade, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and sci-fi.
✉️[email protected]
cara.app/shadeofstars
I'm Shade, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and sci-fi.
✉️[email protected]
cara.app/shadeofstars
Absolutely.
okay this seems like a good moment for this: do you guys think video games are art
September 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Absolutely.
Sadly can't afford to offer monetary support myself, given my current ongoing situation, but Tera's content is fantastic. Sharing the love, in case of any of you seek a great fantasy/medieval armor artist. Look up her awesome artwork. <3
I've been losing a few Patreon supporters these last months because the lack of content, which I totally understand and respect!
But on the other hand I wish more people understood that for many artists Patreon is not the main source of income and that we need to have other jobs to survive...
But on the other hand I wish more people understood that for many artists Patreon is not the main source of income and that we need to have other jobs to survive...
August 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Sadly can't afford to offer monetary support myself, given my current ongoing situation, but Tera's content is fantastic. Sharing the love, in case of any of you seek a great fantasy/medieval armor artist. Look up her awesome artwork. <3
Picked up Elder Scrolls Online to play with my husband. It's that another moment, when I realize why I prefer singleplayer games - the armor models in that game... I want to mod them so badly. There are hundreds sets and I only like /one/ style - that's locked behind f*cking PvP.
July 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Picked up Elder Scrolls Online to play with my husband. It's that another moment, when I realize why I prefer singleplayer games - the armor models in that game... I want to mod them so badly. There are hundreds sets and I only like /one/ style - that's locked behind f*cking PvP.
I've been gaming since my early childhood, during 90's, so I can only support this. Late stage capitalism has turned into cancerous disease, based on greed, wanting to gain profit, without regard for satisfaction or fairness of the transaction for both sides involved.
July 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I've been gaming since my early childhood, during 90's, so I can only support this. Late stage capitalism has turned into cancerous disease, based on greed, wanting to gain profit, without regard for satisfaction or fairness of the transaction for both sides involved.
So, I picked up Avowed (Steam Summer sales, yay) and... since the very beginning, why do I have a feeling that I am playing for the bad guys? (The Empire, that is). 😅
July 2, 2025 at 5:04 AM
So, I picked up Avowed (Steam Summer sales, yay) and... since the very beginning, why do I have a feeling that I am playing for the bad guys? (The Empire, that is). 😅
Me and my husband always visit interesting places during our summer trip.
This is not from Greece, where we spent majority of our time, but among the places we visited, was serbian castle Golubac. Greatly renewed & I loved it so much. Recommending it to any lover of history. 😁
This is not from Greece, where we spent majority of our time, but among the places we visited, was serbian castle Golubac. Greatly renewed & I loved it so much. Recommending it to any lover of history. 😁
June 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Me and my husband always visit interesting places during our summer trip.
This is not from Greece, where we spent majority of our time, but among the places we visited, was serbian castle Golubac. Greatly renewed & I loved it so much. Recommending it to any lover of history. 😁
This is not from Greece, where we spent majority of our time, but among the places we visited, was serbian castle Golubac. Greatly renewed & I loved it so much. Recommending it to any lover of history. 😁
Back home from my travels with my husband. Practiced my greek language, met our friends in Greece & played ton of our TTRPG... great time, as always.
Left just in time before the massive crowds of tourists arrived. Those are absolute hell for my autistic ass. 😅
Now it's back to nerdy stuff for me.
Left just in time before the massive crowds of tourists arrived. Those are absolute hell for my autistic ass. 😅
Now it's back to nerdy stuff for me.
June 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Back home from my travels with my husband. Practiced my greek language, met our friends in Greece & played ton of our TTRPG... great time, as always.
Left just in time before the massive crowds of tourists arrived. Those are absolute hell for my autistic ass. 😅
Now it's back to nerdy stuff for me.
Left just in time before the massive crowds of tourists arrived. Those are absolute hell for my autistic ass. 😅
Now it's back to nerdy stuff for me.
Patch 8 Version of my Half-Dragon mod for Baldur's Gate 3 is now out.
Be aware, that any saves you made with previous version will not work. I'm sorry, too many changes in structure of the mod. Patch 7 version of my mod is still playable, though!
www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3...
Be aware, that any saves you made with previous version will not work. I'm sorry, too many changes in structure of the mod. Patch 7 version of my mod is still playable, though!
www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3...
Half-Dragon
Races & Classes from an original, homebrew TTRPG system created by my beloved husband over two decades ago, during his college years, centered around Draconic bloodlines of our world-setting. Asid
www.nexusmods.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Patch 8 Version of my Half-Dragon mod for Baldur's Gate 3 is now out.
Be aware, that any saves you made with previous version will not work. I'm sorry, too many changes in structure of the mod. Patch 7 version of my mod is still playable, though!
www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3...
Be aware, that any saves you made with previous version will not work. I'm sorry, too many changes in structure of the mod. Patch 7 version of my mod is still playable, though!
www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3...
BG3 mod update - Last functionality needs testing. How the old saves will react with the new version of the mod, so I can inform the wild.
Given new version is fully Toolkitten (kitty pun intended, own your puns!), whereas old version is old-metod modding... needs to be tested.
Given new version is fully Toolkitten (kitty pun intended, own your puns!), whereas old version is old-metod modding... needs to be tested.
May 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
BG3 mod update - Last functionality needs testing. How the old saves will react with the new version of the mod, so I can inform the wild.
Given new version is fully Toolkitten (kitty pun intended, own your puns!), whereas old version is old-metod modding... needs to be tested.
Given new version is fully Toolkitten (kitty pun intended, own your puns!), whereas old version is old-metod modding... needs to be tested.
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My BG3 mod followers - Hit a big of hiccup with mod.io, wanting to upload my mod as a private file, for few testers - Only files up to 500 MB allowed. Too much custom stuff, I guess. Lol. I've also got few thematic outfits w/ custom textures as WIP, so... uhh.. AHHH. 😱😅
May 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
My BG3 mod followers - Hit a big of hiccup with mod.io, wanting to upload my mod as a private file, for few testers - Only files up to 500 MB allowed. Too much custom stuff, I guess. Lol. I've also got few thematic outfits w/ custom textures as WIP, so... uhh.. AHHH. 😱😅
You know what is my weakness?
The small acts of kindness. Bethesda meeting people behind Skyblivion is very lovely.
I want more kindness in the world. Not just the small acts. Make it grand, gigantic. Make everyone happy. People can choose to do that. Make /that/ choice. Always.
The small acts of kindness. Bethesda meeting people behind Skyblivion is very lovely.
I want more kindness in the world. Not just the small acts. Make it grand, gigantic. Make everyone happy. People can choose to do that. Make /that/ choice. Always.
May 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
You know what is my weakness?
The small acts of kindness. Bethesda meeting people behind Skyblivion is very lovely.
I want more kindness in the world. Not just the small acts. Make it grand, gigantic. Make everyone happy. People can choose to do that. Make /that/ choice. Always.
The small acts of kindness. Bethesda meeting people behind Skyblivion is very lovely.
I want more kindness in the world. Not just the small acts. Make it grand, gigantic. Make everyone happy. People can choose to do that. Make /that/ choice. Always.
I see a knight in functional armor, heraldry and fantasy theme, I retweet. I'm a simple woman sometimes. Follow the artist. 😜
Gottesreich Knight from the Imperial Duchy of Ostalbischland (formerly Avenholm)
May 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I see a knight in functional armor, heraldry and fantasy theme, I retweet. I'm a simple woman sometimes. Follow the artist. 😜
In case you happen to follow me because of my Baldur's Gate 3 mod "Half-Dragon".
I've not got around to publishing the Patch 8 version yet. I've been extremely unwell & I apologize. I still do plan to update, when things feel better.
I've not got around to publishing the Patch 8 version yet. I've been extremely unwell & I apologize. I still do plan to update, when things feel better.
May 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In case you happen to follow me because of my Baldur's Gate 3 mod "Half-Dragon".
I've not got around to publishing the Patch 8 version yet. I've been extremely unwell & I apologize. I still do plan to update, when things feel better.
I've not got around to publishing the Patch 8 version yet. I've been extremely unwell & I apologize. I still do plan to update, when things feel better.
Too many people treat mod authors in such a crappy way. They don't realize that it's the sure ticket for us to eventually stop sharing our work to the public.
Be nice to each other, people. Kindness costs you nothing.
Be nice to each other, people. Kindness costs you nothing.
I can attest to this as I almost stopped supporting/uploading my mods to mod.io as well. After being harassed over issues I have no control over that console users were running into.
Please just treat each other with kindness it costs nothing.
Please just treat each other with kindness it costs nothing.
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Too many people treat mod authors in such a crappy way. They don't realize that it's the sure ticket for us to eventually stop sharing our work to the public.
Be nice to each other, people. Kindness costs you nothing.
Be nice to each other, people. Kindness costs you nothing.
Pic from better days. Things have been, in general, just terrible. Really want to muster motivation to practice again.
April 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Pic from better days. Things have been, in general, just terrible. Really want to muster motivation to practice again.
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Common soldiers from Valeria
April 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Common soldiers from Valeria
Modding crunch, when I try to finish updating my mod for the newest patch coming next week. 😅
Normal people will actually go play the game, but it's been established, I ain't normal. 😜
Normal people will actually go play the game, but it's been established, I ain't normal. 😜
Patch 8 will be ready to roll out on Tuesday, April 15th!
To celebrate, get ready to join us on Twitch where we’ll talk all things Patch 8 with guest developer Ross, whose work on the new subclasses will be arriving next week.
📆 April 16th, 1pm UTC
📺 twitch.tv/larianstudios
▶️ youtu.be/h5ZC8Y_X78Y
To celebrate, get ready to join us on Twitch where we’ll talk all things Patch 8 with guest developer Ross, whose work on the new subclasses will be arriving next week.
📆 April 16th, 1pm UTC
📺 twitch.tv/larianstudios
▶️ youtu.be/h5ZC8Y_X78Y
youtu.be
April 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Modding crunch, when I try to finish updating my mod for the newest patch coming next week. 😅
Normal people will actually go play the game, but it's been established, I ain't normal. 😜
Normal people will actually go play the game, but it's been established, I ain't normal. 😜
I can't draw, so I'm learning to visualize my ideas in another way.
Simple fantasy outfit sculpt - still needs textures & other tedious parts of 3D art (retopo, this is too high poly for games), but I might use it for my BG3 mod.
PS: Bare feet out of place - Ideas for shoes? 😅🤣
Simple fantasy outfit sculpt - still needs textures & other tedious parts of 3D art (retopo, this is too high poly for games), but I might use it for my BG3 mod.
PS: Bare feet out of place - Ideas for shoes? 😅🤣
April 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I can't draw, so I'm learning to visualize my ideas in another way.
Simple fantasy outfit sculpt - still needs textures & other tedious parts of 3D art (retopo, this is too high poly for games), but I might use it for my BG3 mod.
PS: Bare feet out of place - Ideas for shoes? 😅🤣
Simple fantasy outfit sculpt - still needs textures & other tedious parts of 3D art (retopo, this is too high poly for games), but I might use it for my BG3 mod.
PS: Bare feet out of place - Ideas for shoes? 😅🤣
Making fancy outfit for my BG3 character - The head was previously sculpted by me, to resemble my TTRPG character. 😜
April 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Making fancy outfit for my BG3 character - The head was previously sculpted by me, to resemble my TTRPG character. 😜
If only. Really tired of 'anti-woke' crowd. All we want, is more options/better representation, and they bitch about anything they don't like, asking /optional/ choices they dislike to be removed and/or non-existant, otherwise they spread hate, that gains too much traction and attention of everyone.
gaming communities are now open to shitting on the anti-woke gaming world, vibe shift incoming
April 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If only. Really tired of 'anti-woke' crowd. All we want, is more options/better representation, and they bitch about anything they don't like, asking /optional/ choices they dislike to be removed and/or non-existant, otherwise they spread hate, that gains too much traction and attention of everyone.
KCD Players: wE cArE aBoUT hIsToRiCal aCcurAcY. fEmaLeS cAn't bE kNiGHts.
Also Them:
(At this point, I hope we will get nice modding tools to import 3D models into that game. I WILL make a female protagonist with all the armors. Wouldn't be the first time I did exactly that, so not BS'ing.)
Also Them:
(At this point, I hope we will get nice modding tools to import 3D models into that game. I WILL make a female protagonist with all the armors. Wouldn't be the first time I did exactly that, so not BS'ing.)
March 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
KCD Players: wE cArE aBoUT hIsToRiCal aCcurAcY. fEmaLeS cAn't bE kNiGHts.
Also Them:
(At this point, I hope we will get nice modding tools to import 3D models into that game. I WILL make a female protagonist with all the armors. Wouldn't be the first time I did exactly that, so not BS'ing.)
Also Them:
(At this point, I hope we will get nice modding tools to import 3D models into that game. I WILL make a female protagonist with all the armors. Wouldn't be the first time I did exactly that, so not BS'ing.)
Kinda sad, that two RPG games (one in development), with rich story & nice medieval armor designs are male protagonist only. Really wish there would always be a choice. To me, this is simply a deal breaker. Still, kudos to them making a good game, not hatin', just sayin'.
March 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Kinda sad, that two RPG games (one in development), with rich story & nice medieval armor designs are male protagonist only. Really wish there would always be a choice. To me, this is simply a deal breaker. Still, kudos to them making a good game, not hatin', just sayin'.