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Drunken Salamander - Japanese site - Must have these portraits.

BarrowstoneBarrowstone Member Posts: 1
edited February 2014 in General Discussion (Spoiler Warning!)
First post - forgive me if I've posted in the wrong category.

Has anyone else seen this site https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=DtRFCDKhfpoG5M&tbnid=GBxx_Fy2_0bLEM:&ved=0CAQQjB0&url=http://halberd.blog.ocn.ne.jp/akira_hp/2009/07/&ei=X7PxUti4NOWsyAH96IGIDA&bvm=bv.60799247,d.aWc&psig=AFQjCNHEf5ubpy03dC7d_g8WXcixK49pvA&ust=1391658163245449

If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you will see posted therein what appear to be a collection of truly beautiful portraits - seemingly assembled into a portrait pack type of arrangement. Unfortunately, I do not read Japanese. And as much as I love our much-loved Google, its Japanese-to-English translation blows and is no help at all at navigating this site. There just does not seem to be a clickable downloady sort of link!

Does anyone know how to download these portraits?

Thanks in advance. Also, please forgive my "formatting." I am stupid. And a little drunk.

Comments

  • KamigoroshiKamigoroshi Member Posts: 5,870
    * 海外サイトで一部のポートレートが編集（調べると頭部の位置や中心が同じため）され up されていたため回避目的のため削除した

    No wonder you couldn't download it. Basically, the portrait pack you're refering to was deleted by the site owner. And according to my run-of-the-mill Japanese, it's due to unwanted portrait modifications and downloads from foreign sites.

    The blog's owner even elaborates it further: http://halberd.blog.ocn.ne.jp/akira_hp/2013/06/bg_portrait_b19.html
    As you can see from the screenshots he took, there were already people asking on this very forum how to download them. Needless to say he wasn't thrilled about it. At all. It comes down to the point that he isn't going to reupload the pack (or any other download for that matter).

    But even if you could download it, these portraits have very likely the "old" proportions for BG1/BG2 and would look awkward when used for BG:EE/BG2:EE.
  • IllustairIllustair Member Posts: 877
    Ouch.. I wonder if he made those portraits himself though, as I think I recognize a few.
  • KamigoroshiKamigoroshi Member Posts: 5,870
    Yeah, the fear of drawing in unwanted attention (due to copyright issues) was one of the stated reasons for the deletion as well. If you take a look at the log of this portrait pack, you'll see it was more or less a collection of IwD, NwN, as well as a dozen famous fantasy artworks from various sources.

    I say it was wise of him to take this down from his private blog. Especially since he intended to just enjoy the portrait pack himself.
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