Arryn Halls' Opening Event | Firestarter

Horse: ZS Zdrasti Adrenaline 
Horse age: 7 years
Rider: Kaisa Komarova
Rider age: 22 years
Country: Denmark
Event: Arryn Halls' offical opening
Soundtrack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMXgHf…  (hehe, I couldn't resist. Since I discovered 'Nord Mead' had already been used I instead picked the most PUMPED UP track I could think of xD)
Placing: 1ST PLACE


In image: Azaria and Andrzej (from my stable) hanging around in the crowd ^^ 






,,Are you guys.. drunk?" Kaisa asked bluntly.
Azaria looked puzzled at the inquiry; batting her (quite frankly alarmingly long) eyelashes in response.  
,,Huh?" was her contribution to the conversation. The hours were progressing, and the spirits (in all senses of the word) heightened all throughout the crowd at Arryn Hall were the race would take place. The setting was impressive in many ways - the large wooden hall in which the event took place was truly a masterpiece of wooden architecture and unlike anything any of the Zdarloch crew members had ever seen. The residents at Arryn Hall had twice visited the facility at Zdarloch Stables, and this was the first time the Zdarloch folks returned the gesture - and were taken aback with awe and wonder when they first laid eyes on the interior.

,,Usss? Drunk? Now Kaisa, whatever gave you that impressshun?" Andrzej slurred, making sure to overdo his voice into the finest quality drunkard material. Kaisa lightly shook her head in response.
,,Now now, don't give us that look-" Azaria objected. ,,You'll be doing the riding. We're just spectators. Sobre..sobrie... fff... sob--
,,Sobriety?" Andrzej suggested.
,,--What he said. Sobrieeriererty rules don't apply to us! And trust me, I'll grab some great pictures nonetheless! My photographic skills are utterly unaffected by my drinking."
,,That's not really much of an achievement. Your photography skills when sober, considered.
,,What do you mean?"
Kaisa shrugged her shoulders lightly, tipping her head sideways.
,,Well, last time you starred as my personal photographer I got some excellent photos of my boots and lower legs. The occasional blurry horse-tail. Not a lot else."
,,Tch, details, details.." Azaria objected, grinning widely. It was hard to tell by Kaisa's straight face that she was jesting, but Azaria and Andrzej knew her well enough to know that she was.
,,Well, it's starting now--" Andrzej interrupted; seeming suddenly entirely unmoved by the alcohol. ,,Best hold yourself ready. We'll be cheering for ya!"
,,I made a banner!" Azaria exclaimed proudly, folding out what a appeared to be an ex-bed sheet with the inscription 'GO KAISA!" adorning it in bold marker all the way across. ,,Good luck!"






...Kaisa has an unconventional definition of ‘barbecue party’ :’>


WELL, THIS TOOK FOREVER.

I actually redid the shading on Zdrasti three times in total, each time going ''NEEDS MORE DRAMA'' and each time giving it a bit more. I stopped myself juuust when I was starting to froth at the mouth xD
Then I had to fit Kaisa's shading to Zdrasti's shading and basically... painted over my fabric pattern. Ffuuuu! x'D

ANYWAY. Soooo; I was immensely glad the deadline for this epic event was extended a bit so I'd be able to get an entry in ;U;   And since I took a practice stab at painting fire the other day I was.. good to go, heh. 
So here we are! Kaisa and Zdrasti being BAMFs in the epic and magnificent surroundings at Arryn Hall! Seriously; this has to be one of the most epic settings/concepts for a show I've seen yet, COME JOIN THE FUN

I did not forget Zdrasti's tail, btw! It's just bound up under the fur to prevent it from catching fire :3   (I sketched it in, but it looked a bit weird, so I just hid it away, haha).
Kaisa is dressed up in traditional Fellish robes, btw; she did not steal Seiger's garb ^^'






Kaisa and Zdrasti reside with me
Ground texture (sand stuff) and wood plank texture (top row) from cgtextures
Beams and rafters were made manually ^^'


Judging
Background: 9
Pose: 6
Rider: 10
Anatomy: 10
Shading: 9
Light: 10
Details: 10
Colours: 9
Cheering audience: 2
+ running through a fire pit: 5
+featuring other people from your staff in the audience: 5
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+sponsoring a prize: 5
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A total of  90 points