solas
- wears a like elf drug rug
- and a jawbone on a necklace
- slouches
- paints his bedroom walls
- LITERALLY quit living in the forest to find more places to sleep
- carries a big hobo backpack
- everyone else is yelling at you and he shows up, holds your hand
- a good, sweet, lovely dude
in light of recent events I take all this back fuck this dude
This is the most DA:I post I can imagine.
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If you'd been given the chance, how would YOU have designed Solas? What would each part of his design details mean/represent and why?
This is a great question!
The devs wanted a look for Solas that would “evoke a sense of ageless wisdom”, but if I were given a chance to have designed Solas, I would have been more partial to an appearance that was… less polished.
So I tried to redesign Solas in a way that:
- Physically separates him from “modern-day” elves. I love love love short elves, so instead of making him taller or bulkier, I gave him an attribute that isn’t usually associated with elves in Thedas: facial hair.
- Emphasises his wandering lifestyle. I love the characterisation of Solas as a hobo, so I wanted to push that aspect: patchwork clothing that doesn’t seem like it was really made for his body, long unkempt hair & beard, tattered gloves, etc.
- Suggests there’s more to Solas than there appears. In keeping with the two previous points, I wanted physical suggestions that Solas had experienced more than he would openly admit. To that end, I gave him some facial scarring and wrinkles.
- Gives a nod to the Dalish understanding of Fen’Harel as a trickster. For me, that was giving him a toothy smile and a wry look.
My apologies to any Solasmancers…
I’m like 90% that Solas doesn’t “sense” the artifacts and just has vague memories of “I put a thing around here…”
Solas’s new hairstyle!
I’ve been teaching myself how to make mods lately and i wanted to put my newly aquired knowledge to good use and I noticed there were no Solas hair mods out there for download so i made one!
It is more like a wig since Solas has no hair model to work with and the only model i managed to import successfully was Ardent Blossom (the flower crown, so no cute flowers for you only mohawks) It looks weird in some lighting but it’s the best i could do to turn flowers into hair ;;
I also made a retexture for his face and scalp to match the hair but it can be used independently of course, it makes his skin smoother and less shinny, his expression softer and his eyebrows thicker, and also the shaved scalp.
These should be compatible with all DLC, you just need to get the Ardent Blossom item and equip it on him! anyway i hope you like it, enjoy <3
special thanks to @bemyamatus for the inspiration! check out their mods!
BLESS U FOR PUTTING DORIAN IN RAVENCLAW AND NOT SLYTHERIN /);A;/)
Dorian’s not sneaky enough to be Slytherin. He gets Nerd House, hands down. (Besides, you’ll never convince me he wouldn’t adore the fact you have to solve a riddle to get into Ravenclaw tower. He’d think he was so damn clever, omg.)
ok but imagine dorian and solas getting to the ravenclaw tower entrance at the same time and both having a different answer for the riddle and then bickering over which answer is better.
#I AM NOT CLEVER ENOUGH TO THINK OF AN EXAMPLE #BUT BOTH OF THEM ARE VEHEMENT THAT THEIR ANSWER IS THE BETTER ONE #the statue eventually gets sick of it and locks them both out of the tower
My friend. (┌✿ಡ◡ಡ)┌
Dorian slowed to a reluctant pause before the common room door. Ahead, Solas was already stopped, hand poised for the bronze eagle-head knocker. He caught sight of Dorian and stepped graciously back, offering a nod and the polite invitation, “After you.”
A highly suspicious offer.
Dorian’s eyes just barely narrowed. “I thought you jumped at the chance to answer these?” he tested.
Solas laughed—a close-mouthed hum of amusement. “Yes,” he agreed, “but I don’t need the practice.”
“Oh, aren’t you clever.” He rolled his eyes, teetering closer to exhaustion than insult. “No one likes a know-it-all, you know.” He brushed past to rap out a short tune against the door, staunchly ignoring the smirking elf behind him, and in a small, musical voice the eagle opened and recited:
“It makes you weak at the worst of times, yet keeps you safe, and keeps you fine. It quickens the heart, or strikes it cold, escaped by neither the weak nor bold. A slayer of all, kings, foes, and frauds, devourer of men, creator of gods.
What am I?”
Solas please
unmute if you love joy
sometimes i use photoshop for responsible school-related things and sometimes I use it to style fade rifts onto solas’s face in place of facial hair
‘Dread Wolf’ - fan art of Solas, in his concept art design.
Real work is hard and nobody likes it, so have some Final Fantasy Tactics versions of the DA:I Conclave party.
I so badly want to do all the companions, and the advisors, and the various villain-ish figures. Can you imagine Cid Orlandu style Blackwall? And after that, even better, I’d draw the specializations as job-classes. If only.
solas: inquisitor, i’ve not seen such restraint since
solas: uh
solas: shit
solas: what’s a normal amount of years
solas: a hundred years? two hundred years? UH
solas: WHAT’S A NORMAL AMOUNT OF YEARS
solas: say something about the fade that always makes the inquisitor’s eyes glaze over
solas: SINCE THIS ONE TIME I WAS IN THE FADE !!! that’s what i meant to say all along
solas: nailed it
Josephine: We appreciate your help with this whole breach situation, mister…
Solas: Solas. No title necessary.
Josephine: Alright *jots down notes to keep in personnel file somewhere* and if you don’t mind my asking, how old are you?
Solas: Fuck, how old are people? When do they hit puberty these days? twenty? Twenty sounds right. but you’re clearly far past puberty- shit, how long have I been staring like an idiot? Say a number! uuuuuuuuuh Solas: Fourty-seven.
Josephine: *blank stare*
Solas: Shit. too old or too young? you’ll never know. fuck! *poker face*
Josephine: …….. what kind of moisturizer do you use???
Solas lends himself to this meme far too well…
JFC THIS IS SO ACCURATE IT PAINS ME
My favourite Solas head canon is that we all unanimously agree that he just fucking karate chops the Inquisitor unconscious in order to talk to them in the fade
Fen’Harel (via thewritersramblings)
i hate solas but not in an angry way i hate him in a way where i still pick the dialogue options to be nice to him but then out loud to myself im like whatever fuck you solas you grown up calliou