Thread 42096774

Long range snowpity edition

The pic that started it all: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37443253/https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37447036/
Previous Thread:
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/42008398

Alternative thread: https://nhnb.org/fim/res/2295.html
Archive of snowpony thread art: https://mega.nz/folder/0okEHKxS#8FIy3EQUHM-XluGvV7knIg
Archive of snowpony-related musics: https://ponepaste.org/5819
On the boorus, the snowpony tag ended up being "snowpony (species)" or "taiga pony"

>What is a snowpity?
https://snowpity.com/

>What are snowponies?
Lore dumps for the newfags
https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/mlp/image/1646/33/1646333439218.png
https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/981051/snowpony-lore-dump


The Great Snowpony Expedition
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37474157/
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/37750570#37767390
https://ponepaste.org/5843

Reading material:
>Anon and Frosty Flakes
https://ponepaste.org/5609
https://ponepaste.org/5640
https://ponepaste.org/7611
>Comfy lore snippets
https://ponepaste.org/5652
https://ponepaste.org/5650
https://ponepaste.org/5664
>Cirrus Wisp and Filly
https://ponepaste.org/5662
>Lichen greens
https://ponepaste.org/7273
>Bury Me in White
https://ponepaste.org/5648
>Surehoof's First Ice Step
https://ponepaste.org/5689
>A cute (hopefully) snow pone short
https://ponepaste.org/5682
>Frost Fringed Letters [WIP]
https://ponepaste.org/5678
>My Winter Storm
https://ponepaste.org/5713
Kinderquestria Greens
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37475222/
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37475226/
>Poetry
https://ponepaste.org/8220
https://ponepaste.org/5857
https://ponepaste.org/5885
>Agate's Vigil
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/507146/agates-vigil
>The First Fish
https://ponepaste.org/7283
>New Life with Frosty Flakes (Lewd)
https://ponepaste.org/6225
>[WIP] Cultural Exchange at Spa
https://ponepaste.org/7063
>Snowfall Frost's seach for Windigos
https://ponepaste.org/7147
>The first step north
https://ponepaste.org/7468
>Pine Ponder and the Lost Scarf
https://ponepaste.org/8037
>A Crystal Forest Rescue
https://ponepaste.org/8082
A Snowpitt vignette
https://ponepaste.org/8361
>Russian snwowpone fics (use google translate or something similar)
https://ponyfiction.org/story/16611/
https://ponyfiction.org/story/16645/
>Comet Chaser and a Windigo Hunter
https://ponepaste.org/8843
>Lights Going Out
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/543593/lights-going-out
>Granite and Fireweed (Lewd)
https://ponepaste.org/9917
>The Journey
https://ponepaste.org/10541

>Merch
Pine Ponder approved tea:
https://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/blend.html?blend=191237

Snowpone patches:
https://neighsayerpatches.com/products/the-great-snowpone-expedition-patch
https://neighsayerpatches.com/products/visit-snowpitt-patch
Metal pins:
https://ko-fi.com/s/525876a3f6

Well, that was something.

Sorry, I almost saved you guys.

>>42096774 (OP)
>Snowpone Häyhä
Perfect

>>42096880
No worries, it went wild for a while, it'd probably have sunk anyway. Threads kept going to page 10 in 20 minutes or less. I was busy working and couldn't contribute to the spam anyway.

Is it safe to come out now?

Wakey wakey.

>>42097393
>I was busy working and couldn't contribute to the spam anyway.
Same here. The board was already gone when I returned.

>>42097959
Yes, all good. The spam blizzard is over.

>>42103087
Now that I think about it, their bodies appear to be even larger than Celestia's. Consider that for a moment.

>>42102165
Looks nice, is that a new one?

>>42104760
Based jack

Wanted to reply, but kept forgetting as I'm perpetually busy these days...
>>42081608
Don't beat yourself up too much over it, it happens. Hell, it sounds almost comedically similar to my own situation. I thought I'd have loads of time to write Agate's Vigil when I quit my business as well, and yet, so much time was spent just pacing around in circles and not writing. If the motivation is not there, it's just not happening.
At the same time, though, there were a few instances where I just had to force myself to sit down and go "okay, not feeling super into it, but I said I'd do this thing, so I'm going to bloody do it". It's a balancing act. Creating stuff is fun, but there will be moments when it's no but if you want to finish it, then you have to work through those moments, too.
As for your other projects - do them. Come back when the motivation is there. That's what I did while writing Agate, I'd get flashes of inspiration and go off writing COMPLETELY different short stories, then come back to it when the motivation was there again.

Who is this mare?

>>42104760
Disgusting choice of shading and colors, looks more like flesh than cone

>>42105746
Snowgrump (That is not her name).

>>42105855
She is a curious specimen, if I saw her in a snowstorm I'd embark on an expedition to get more sightings of her.

>>42104760
Who's that pinecone pone?

>>42105746
Octavia Melody

>>42107043
Nopony in particular. One of Jack's things is object ponies

>>42107134
Although, I suppose it could be a spirit. Maybe one of the ways snowpones depict nature spirits is ponifying them also I commissioned that and the idea I had was Frosty and Pine Ponder go hunting for pinecones and find a pinecone pony

>>42105881
Quite an easy expedition. She'd show up to chastise you because being outdoors during a snowstorm is dangerous for thincoats and then drag you back to your home.

Looking back, it's pretty embarrassing that I decided to update people on the fishing game on April fucking 1st.

>>42107725
Kek

>>42107725
It's the best day to do so!

>>42108597
>That time Prince got reincarnated as a snowmare

>>42109093
Yeah, there's not exactly many pictures of snowpones with cutiemarks, so they end up garbled.

>>42109566
AI will never manage to recreate Snow Slide's cutie mark

>>42109093
>Prince
Prince who?

>>42110584
Purple rain Prince

>>42109605
I choose to believe Snow Slide has to live in flatland villages or valleys because she can't walk up a hill without slipping back down. It makes the annual trip to Snowpitt quite a challenge. Not to mention getting back out.

>>42111592
Unless Slide has some ponies who can assist.

>>42111592
At least the lack of friction makes her easy to push

>>42113460
Up until a certain mischievous filly pushes the other way to ride her like a sled.

>>42113803
Then the filly will be bitten

>>42112821
Nature is so fascinating.

>>42113460
She was the only one who even understood what was going on in my head, but she's dead and there are very few girls like that

>>42115416
Imagine ghost hugs

>>42109605
Looks like you're right.

>>42116622
That mare has an input lag.

>>42115416
Spooky.

Fast board. Imma sleep, though.

>>42117960
Fast indeed.

>>42117960
she slide

>>42117960
>tfw you will never get to cuddle with an abominable snowpony

>>42112821
god I wish that were me. the mare, I mean.

>>42118957
Why would you like to be an ice giraffe?

>>42119162
it would be easier to grab a cold hard brewskie

>>42119969
>Her forehoof does a 360
>Refuses to elaborate
That's style.

>>42119969
GIVE HER HER LIGHT BROWN SNOOT BACK

>>42122312
The snow pone version of 'Hey Anon!'

>>42121885
Well, I got the snoot back, but the rest is... Not great.

>>42122755
>Suddenly, fish
She's pulling a Pinkie here.

>Snow mares on 10
No.

Huh. Interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ik9YE8TZ4SA
You can make soda from pine needles. I'm going to try this.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bgpNIaOwafc
Pine Ponder would probably like Pine Pop.

>>42124721
She looks more tropical than tundra though.

>>42125018
Too fluffy for that.

>>42125585
Good point. The ring and necklace can lead to this initial impression though.

>>42125018
>>42125825
I was going for the "accessorized shamare" look, but didn't get all that many accessories.
Also tried making an old shamare, but that's been a bust. Just not enough data on old ponies, I guess. No matter how hard I force "old" into the prompts, I just get regular young mares.
The reason for her color is because I tried making a Granny Smith/Snowmare hybrid, since she's one of the few old ponies in the show that there's enough data on to make. This was the result - couldn't quite make her snowponish enough, either. Nor old.

>>42127886
giwtwm

>>42127886
Did he get better?

>>42118924
Could you withstand their titan hugs to begin with?

>>42129543
I wouldn't worry. They're gentle with "tiny friends". It's the abominable foals unaware of their own strength you have to watch out for, but they usually stop when they hear popping rather than cracking. Usually.

>>42129653
Oh yeah, impulsive foals with the strength of a stallion can be a problem.

>>42128714
You know what, sure. I'm sure he did.

>>42130211
I mean, he did lose a lot of fat to be fair.

>>42128465
Still Lake has a HUGE cutie mark.

>>42131520
Imagine the patting.

>>42132666
Thanks, Satan.

>>42131027
unf

>>42132872
No problem.

>>42133401
I wonder what these crystals are. Are they some kind of magical stone or enchanted ice?

>>42117709
I just realized the mask on the right is a Windigo. Guess only the most ballsy of snowpones would don one to face these spirits directly.

Closer and closer to her being real bros

>>42138088
Exciting!

>>42138088
Looking forward to the end result.

Ancient snowpone ancestor spirit.

>>42136041
Could be either. If it's ice, then it'd be a warning that your lightbulb is about to burn out when they start melting.

>>42138088
Eagerly awaiting real snowmares

>>42139685
She kinda gets a pass to do that because she's a ghost. Physical restrictions don't apply to her.

UP UP UP WERE BACK SNOWBROS

>>42142100
/mlpol/ snowpone thread #49
https://mlpol.net/poner/6377

At last I am back!
Major apologies fellow snowbros, I've had to be absent for longer than a month (accounting for the period the site was down)
What have I missed?

Now that 4chan is back, are we coming back here, staying on mlpol, or splitting between the two?

>>42142466
winter wonder is now pregante with my foal

>>42143122
And Frosty with mine

>>42143122
>>42144027

>>42142566
I thought these altboards were used for a temporary stay in case of the site coming back.

So no one got the grump pregnant over the break? She must be jealous of her sisters

>>42145425
I can vouch for Cirrus, but not grump or her sister.

>>42136499
I thought they're on good terms with windigos kind of like worshipping a pagan god which can go mad.

>>42145679
Good terms I suppose does mean "not attacked and frozen to death". Revered and respected, feared, the pagan god thing works.
Shamares make sure the snowpones know to avoid and be careful around them.
Their strong snowpity keeps them safe when collected, but lone snowpones still need to keep their wits about them.
Ice Elation probably has some close encounters.

>>42145679
Cute! Whats her name? I think it should be Fish Baskets (like Crab Baskets)

>>42145679
Don't let the cute, seemingly innocent face fool you. This is the infamous Coddler. Depleter of fisheries. Ruiner of rivers. Architect of the most bitchin' snowpone feesh gumbo.

>>42146511
Does she like hugs?

>>42146806
Im sure she does, just look at that face

Snow poner bump.

>>42146429
>Whats her name?
I didn't come up with a name I saw this mare in my dream.

>>42145679
>CM of a fish taking bait
Heh. She's cute
>2 minute timer on pc
Damn.

>>42145425
I mean... Maybe.

>>42148459
That could be an inspiration in itself.

>>42149134
There should be boot written on the boot instead of of bait.

>>42151647
>Cutie Mark
Is that the one ancient star plate that was found about a decade ago or so?

>>42153220
>ancient star plate
Not the maker, nor did the maker specify it, far as I saw, but it does seem to be a practically 1:1 recreation.
Thanks for the bit of history, I didn't even know about this thing.

Her eyes seem to have the same symbols, too.>>42153220

>>42153502
>>42151647
That's a top tier mare and cutie mark.

>>42153502
That's a nice detail.

>>42145679
I see it as a 'you're respecting our boundaries so we respect yours' type deal

>>42154773
They intentionally fight with each other for some time to keep windigos alive and windigos bring them good frost. So snowpones could potentially have judgement day or something the rest of the year they're friendly.

>>42154965
Not entirely necessary. The monsters frozen in the ice in the far north seem to keep them sustained pretty well.

>>42154965
I do like the idea of an 'air out your grievances day' works in twofold to your point and so repressed emotions dont boil over and cause an issue later

>>42154965
>good frost
How do you define good frost?

>>42156323
when snowpones enjoy weather

>>42154976
It's scary to imagine that a fucking hydra is frozen in that ice mountain.

>>42157354
Oh god, was this based on the piece of crap that couldn't even make it a week in the north pole because they made its wheels totally smooth and gripless

>>42157497
This will work because it runs on snow magic.

>>42155706
Look at her go!

>>42157497
Got a tldr on that?

>>42156856
Who knows what else is frozen up there.

>>42158551
The americans design a vehicle for antarctic (and arctic) exploration. It has a lot of neat design choices, is very comfortable for the crew, can cross fairly wide gaps via extendable/retractable wheels.
Unfortunately, its wheels are completely smooth, due to being designed for a completely different environment. No grip on ice or in snow. They try to remedy this with extra tires and chains, but it doesn't really work. The longest trip it manages isn't even 100 miles.
Eventually, it is abandoned, and subsequently lost.

>>42159294
>it is abandoned, and subsequently lost.
...So it's still there? There's an old giant vehicle sitting frozen in a block of ice like those monsters in the glaciers?

>>42159865
It's either still buried under dozens of feet of ice and snow, fallen into the sea after years of glacial movements, or, if some fringe theories are to be believed, the Soviets got it at some point and probably also realized it was bad at being a snow vehicle.
Fun fact, they did a 'tour across america' for it to get it to the port it was meant to be shipped out from and pretty much every potential terrain and steering issue that could happen to it happened. It even created the single biggest traffic jam in Boston up to that point because trying to maneuver a vehicle that large with those tires on shoddy steering in a city was a mistake. Honestly, it makes me thing those anons had to spawn menu that thing in because the idea of getting it through forests and mountains seems hilariously impossible

>>42159970
Sounds like it was cursed from the beginning.

Fucking board shitters. Board is moving fast but there's so many garbage threads

>>42161156
Yeah, it's a pain.

>>42161856
Pretty

>>42160799
Is this new? Its very cute.

>>42161856
Magical!

>>42161156
If fish aren't supposed to be eaten then why are they so delicious?

>>42163154
Pointless whataboutism.
The relevant question is: if fish really didn't want to be eaten; then why do they jump into the mouths of the snowponies standing in the river?
Check Mate, fishies!

>>42161856
The stare that pierces your soul.

>>42161503
>>42161856
Cute!

>>42163415
I like it.

>>42151093
pregnant mare unf!

>>42165075
Truly neuron activating.

Snow poner bumo.

>>42165484
:ilovethem:

>>42162445
It's slop.

>>42167516
You are going to kill me.

>>42167707
Very cute slop!

>>42165484
>>42167516

Slow thread again, eh?

>>42169173
Extremely illegal

>>42169173
At last, she truly sees.

>>42169572
Back to normalcy

>>42160799
The AI can do comfy too it seems.

>>42169572
Getting too warm sadly.

>>42171731
Life...

>>42173045
It's impressive that she let him bind her leg in the first place.

>>42173045
Someone should draw Milky as a snowpone. Her colors don't fit, but Anonfilly has been snowponified and hers are arguably even less fitting even despite muting them.

>>42173274
>Snow Milky
Would she have a thick coat around her teats too?

>>42173274
>Blue mane, yellow coat
I mean... A more muted, straw yellow would work just fine, I think. Mane... Maybe leave a blue streak in there?

>>42174292
>Blue mane, yellow coat
So... an IKEA mare?

Page 9 bump.

Feesh

>>42176446
Extremely cute and artistic.

>>42176446
Holy fuck my wife is beautiful

>>42176446
Traditional snowpony wedding attire?

>>42176446
Neat dress. Is it based on something?

>>42176998
Directly based on Girl With A Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer

>>42177418
>>42177770
Right. Good eye.

Snow poner save.

>>42179073
I like these HD cutie marks.

>>42179073
How many of those are there?

What sort of "holidays" would snowponies have?
I imagine that there would be festivities surrounding the gathering, but what else?
Maybe they figured out the solstices? Or they could celebrate the first proper harvest of the year.

>>42179485
Half a dozen or so.

>>42179930
But they're good.

I should remember to upload these to the boorus one day.

Small heads up for those of you who use the art archive. I'm changing the way I deal with duplicate images, which will likely reorder the archive quite a bit, and may also cause the time and date of files currently in the archive to be lost (assuming you care about what year a file says it was created in).
Up until now whenever the best quality version of an image had a pixel-for-pixel duplicate, I'd keep all of them. While for snowpone images it let me add the oldest one to the archive for the sake of chronology, over time this approach creates a significant waste of drive space. I will now be keeping the one with the smallest file size and deleting the others.
>Why does this affect the archive?
The IDs of the smallest files may not match the IDs of the files currently in the archive. The IDs are the only thing stopping me from uploading duplicates to the archive.
>How is it a waste of drive space when there's less than 2GB of snowpone images?
Snowpone images are a very, very small part of my pony image collection. I have to automate this process and unfortunately it is more trouble than it's worth to make an exception for snowpone images.

>>42179895
Do they even have holidays, as we understand them?
I kind of have this notion that snowponies never take a day off. Not formally, at least.

Her name is Tropinka.

>>42182840
>Get glomped nerd

>>42182509
I mean, that's a luxury you usually can't afford when you're living in an icy wasteland.

>>42182509
>>42183048
Ehhhh, I'm not so sure about that. I'm pretty sure it's the opposite - where now most our holidays have been commercialized and became incredibly bland, a chance to have a party and a few days off is taken with far more gravity in harsh environments where you otherwise have to be constantly on edge.
That's the impression I got from doing my research on Inuits and the like, they took their rituals and events very seriously. There was a chapter in an old book an anon linked about an elaborate event that went on for four days or so.

>>42182840
She's cute!

>>42179895
They celebrate the solstices, have a variant of Nightmare Night (I am not sure if that might even have been the Winter Solstice for them, I can't remember.)
A lesser and much more local holiday is Pine Cone Celebration Day, an excuse for Pine Ponder to share her enjoyment of pine cones with her community and for snowponies to have fun.

>>42183997
Thank you. I need to draw more of her / snowponies in general.

>>42183555
Okay, guess I was mistaken then.

>>42182874
With pleasure.

>>42184200
You're welcome! Here is some foals dressed up for their Nightmare Night variant.

>>42185675
What's the costume on the right meant to represent?

>>42185752
I am not sure what costume Niveous is wearing actually

>>42185752
>>42185772
Floe wolf maybe?

>>42186134
That was it yes, thanks!

>>42186127
It must also be fucking cold.

>>42186127
I want to meet these underwater ice-cave mares.

Bump.

>>42186730
would you make yourself socks with snowpony fluff?

>>42187468
If the snow pones would be fine with that, sure.

>>42181380
The loss of images having the correct creation date and file IDs numbered in order of creation bothers my particular brand of autism, but it is done.

>>42187468
I'd ask if I could have a nice ushanka

>>42186291
They will you hug you to death

>>42189036
It's her hat now, should have brought a spare

>>42187468
Scarf would be a priority for me.

>>42190030
Everything that can freeze off easily, I'd say.

>>42190389
Cirrus's sheddings alone would keep me nice and toasty then

>>42190965
I think to too. But they're a special case.

>>42191086
She's a special mare!

>>42191104
For you.
And everyone else.

REAL?!

>>42191705
>It's a movie
So that's why the search engine if fucked.

>>42191705
kek, I came across that before.
Unfortunately, it doesn't have anything to do with snowpones. Also looks like it's not actually getting filmed.

>>42191906
>Vaporware(movie) interferes with search engine

>>42192337
It's truly annoying.

Up.

>>42193865
That's a good one.

What other media reminds you guys of snowponies? Not necessarily a direct connection, a more tangential connection is fine too.
The music of 'Winterblood' and 'Paysage d'Hiver' has a sort of gloomy winter-esque feeling to it, similar to some snowpony work. 'Umbría' for the more light-hearted works.
'The Wicker Man' (the original version) kind of strikes some of the same chords as snowponies do wrt paganism, at least for me.

>>42194497
oh lord I hate that my first thought was watership down

>>42194497
Spyro's Winter Tundra
Moomins, particularly the winter related parts.
G3's A Very Minty Christmas.
The Animals of Farthing Wood (books).
Brambly Hedge's Winter Story

>>42196633
>Aimed directly at the nostril
Bad touch.

>>42194497
There was a series on netflix called The Terror that felt pretty close to some of the darker parts of snowpone lore

>>42197966
The right one looks like a Christmas dress due to its colors.

>>42197404
How do mares remove boogies? Why is anon is green? There are so many unanswered questions.

>>42199578
High energy nasal snorts.

>>42199578
>Why is anon is green?
He stood a bit too close to some snowponies, and they just happened to use their high-powered self-induced sneezes, to expel gunk from their nostrils (as they do often).

>>42199578
>Why is anon is green?
He's the greenhorn.

>>42200765
They are so cute!

>>42200765
Do snow mares really?

>>42192329
How big are they in comparison to, say, Celestia?

>>42103087
>>42203780
About the same height but a lot bulkier
Assuming a snowpone is the same height as an equestrian

>>42203793
>but a lot bulkier
And they can afford that because they don't fly.

>>42203780
They're bigger but not much taller.
>>42203793
>Assuming a snowpone is the same height as an equestrian
They might actually be a little larger, most creatures in far north cold are bigger than their temperate cousins. It would be kind of cute if they were all Big Mac sized, and their stallions were Celestia size.

>>42204444
Do they grug-speak or are they surprisingly eloquent given their appearance?
Nice digits, by the way

>>42204501
They grug speak, but aren't stupid, more simple and carefree.

>>42205497
>or I'll smash your pelvis with my hips!
Well, now I'm not going to give you any fish.

>>42204444
When that mare in the middle is about as tall as Big Mac, then the other two would be beyond huge.

>>42204444
>It would be kind of cute if they were all Big Mac sized
I am in full support of rideable-sized snowmares

>>42182840

Anon and Tropinka on a spear fishing expedition.

>>42204444
>>42205977
Hell, they might be bigger, just plain HEUG. Remember, they're based on yakut HORSES, which already quite large and bulky compared to other horses. I wouldn't be surprised if the 'normal' snowponies easily rival the larger pony stallions and the sabretooth(?) ones are as big as Raoh's horse, Kokuoh

>>42204512
They have not much to worry about with a size like this too.

>>42205997
I know right? its a super cute idea.
>>42206643
Soulful. Tropinka has a nice expression.

>>42206795
I like it. I am absolutely fine with art showing snowpones as standard G4 size, but I do like to think of them as beeg.

>>42206799
Precious little, but what does worry them, should worry every snowpony!

Sharing is caring

>>42207358
>should worry every snowpony
All I could think of in this regard would be angry Windigos.

>>42208924
Yep. Hydras are frozen in large icebergs up north, among other things...

>>42208829
I keep thinking of that Lady and the Tramp scene when I see this image.

>>42209432
Again.

>>42210601
Is the board faster than usual at the moment?

>>42210608
Not really. The thread is fairly slow.

>>42210979
In her natural habitat. Cooled. Flourishing

>>42211881
You could say she has a chill life.

I miss Pine Ponder.

>>42212185
She is a fine ponder indeed.

>>42212185
Now animate our marriage.

I love Miss Long Long

>>42206643

First time digitally coloring one of my pencil drawings.

>>42213725
Looking pretty good, Anon.

>>42213725
Rip outdoor boys, nice art though

>>42206795
>Beeg horses
I'd be fine with that.

>>42213725
Pretty good, anon.

>>42213725
Nice job! Cute mare and good colors!

>>42215022
Snow pones would fish those too.

>>42214093
>>42215562
>>42215851

Thank you very much.

>>42214505

Haha, yeah. I saw the thumbnail and I knew what I had to do.

>>42215562
>Snow covered coat
Man, that's cute.

>>42217051
>carrots
Would snowpones be competent farmers? Assuming they can grow something in the warm(er) summer months.

https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/31425626/#q31429879
Just found someone requested to draw the snowhorses back in 2017

>>42217580
We weren't ready yet. Snowpones had to come only in the time of need when there was no hope for other good things.

>>42213725

They're back home.

Snowponer up.

>>42217609
>when there was no hope for other good things
I wouldn't go so far. There are a couple of good things coming out here and there, but they're admittedly fairly rare.

>>42217580
Marbo really had a special vision there. Others just weren't up to the task, apparently.

>>42217496
At least one is.

>>42218811
Good point.

Real life snowpones are unreasonably pretty.

>>42220060
The coat has really nice colors.

Something I made for the draw thread.

>>42220533
Is that the ice wall?

>>42220551

Lol. It's supposed to be the Lena Pillars.

Page 10 bump.

>>42220060
They really are. I love the light dappling of colors.

>>42220533
ooo, nice!

>>42220567
What are they?

>>42221486
>What are they?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zQsVZMt7HE

>>42221495
Oh wow, magical! Thank you.
Snowpones live in astonishingly beautiful lands.

>>42220060
Made for combing.

>>42220433
Don't forget the mane, that hair is more flowing and lovely than most humans have.

>>42222075
The rich colors and vivid orange, we need a redmane snowpone!

>>42222413
Seconding this.

I cannot properly articulate with words (although, I will try, in futility), how much I love the concept of snowponies...
This entirely new idea for a race/species of pony, that is so similar yet so unique, compared to what already exists. How easily it slots so easily into the existing lore. The focus on indigenous culture, traditions, and religions. The pagan worldview.
...I just think they're /really/ neat, and I hope to see more of them in the future. I want to contribute, but I don't really know how.

>>42223516
>I want to contribute, but I don't really know how.

Don't fret over it! Express your thoughts and ideas. Make a request in drawthreads if you aren't an artist yourself. Do a green if you'd like to. Whatever lets you channel your joy of snowponies!

>>42216427
>snowpity
More like snow pretty.

>>42224540

It's true.

What's the furthest south snowponies might go, you think?

>>42224666
Kirin village.

>>42224666
IRL snowpones can handle +40C to -50C I guess they'll be fine anywhere desu maybe except deserts and jungle

>>42224666
Not much further than the Crystal Mountains, I'd assume. They're isolated after all.

>>42173274
>Her colors don't fit
Probably a half-breed "equistrianized" snowpony. Mainlander stallions can't resist the floof.

>>42225624
Could you imagine being a stallion into fluffy manes and coats and finding out about snowponies and kirin? Imagine how much life would be worth living from there on

>>42226000
trips checked, life is worth living now

>>42226033
Uh, what's going on in this picture?

>>42226224
Earth pony leaving filth behind after being dragged through the snow

>>42226224
Snowpony tribe was running critically low on males and had to start importing them the only way they know how

>>42225592
This looks like the sort of thing you'd see when the snowponies are telling a story and the style transitions to reflect that.

>>42226860
Right. It would look cool for the telling of some local snow poner lore.

>>42226860
The shamares have their tales, but how much of the rest of snowpone stories are the huge fish some mare caught getting bigger with each retelling?

>>42227242
They live in such a wild environment, I bet they have more stories to tell than fishing ones.

>>42227644
Notable treks, history stories, family antics, tales from explorers like Ice Elation, and I imagine some fun stories for foals, that might also teach them useful knowledge. Like I don't know, one that encourages them not to walk on the ice.

>>42223516
Write. It's the easiest thing to start doing.

>>42212607
Here you go, Anon. I hope the AI got your face right.

>>42227822
I wonder if they somehow record ancestry trees too. They don't seem to have much in the way of paper or parchment.

>>42230054
There was an idea mooted of sheddings being woven into a "family tapestry", by which descent could be traced. I thought it was a cute idea.
I suppose a more practical one could be kept etched on stone by shamares as well.

>>42230128
I like the idea too. It's neat in its own way.

>>42230054
That probably falls to the ink tails to record on cavern walls and tribe leaders remember

>>42232045
>ink tails
Perfect unique name for the snowpony scribes

>>42232434
>snow ponies learned to write with their tails before they learned hoof writing
>they maintain this tradition to this day

>>42232434
>be brought to snowpony village while on your travels
>the locals practically swarm you to see the new face
>even the head snowtail, who's silently looking you over
>after a few moments she brings her tail up and paints a small circle on your arm/foreleg
>the mares around you take a step back, but noticeably more excited
>the snowtail is still wordlessly looking at you, a little smile having appeared on her face before she starts trying to nuzzle up to you

>>42232434
>>42232801
ink tails such a cute name for the scribes!

>>42233893
Snowpones coming to a point.

Up.

>>42235423

A Snowpitt delicacy.

>>42235541
Pine Ponder the undisputed mistress of preparing and cooking with them

>>42229630
>aislop

Good times.

>>42236028
How do they taste?

It's too cold even for snow ponies off the board's edge.

>>42237225
Thanks, Raritybro.

>>42229630
>her legs transform into a dress
That's some obscure magic she pulls there.

>>42236759
Alas! I lack the knowledge.

Inplspired by the height tall earlier. I'll try and also do a comparison for the even bigger ones as well

>>42239047
I suspect Cirrus will be the largest one.

>>42238024
Unfortunate.

>>42239047
Adorable, I like this quite a bit!

>>42239367
Agreed, Cirrus being the closest to something else of the snowpones.

Hey, snowfrens. Be advised that Ponerpics and Twibooru now exclusively use "snowpony" and "snowmare" to refer to ponies made of actual snow. "snowpony (species)", "yakutian horse", and "taiga pony" will still turn up your favorite fluffy equines.

>>42241315
That's so dumb.

>>42241827
How so?

Up.

>>42239047
The giants

>>42242709
Yeah they're a category of their own.

>>42242709
The expressions so good! Yes, they are huge and wonderful because of it, lovely art!

>>42242709
They're big mares

>>42244039

For (You).

>>42241871
She has been watching this human watch anowponies for three hours

>>42245370
>Someone made a photo of a snowpony watching an anon making photos of snowponies
The cycle continues.

>>42242709
That anonstallion is about to be abducted

>>42246451
He'll learn to like it.

>>42246914
>>42246451
>>42242709
The stallions present gifts to the mares they wish to court, the mares simply take what they want

The risk was not worth it.

>>42247368
So everyone gets what they want, but perhaps not in the ways they have imagined.

>>42247369
Haska's a cutie.

>>42247369
Quality kek

>>42247369
Adorable

>>42247369
Why is she retarded?

Up.

>>42249169
She's just a yearling.

Snow!

>>42250792
>selling the old hair for stuff
That's a neat idea.

>>42250792
Cute abominable! I'm loving these.

>>42234651
>Varying degrees of want

>>42253155
Oh those silly snowmares!

>>42254522
This stare can snatch souls.

I wonder if there exists a group of Snow Ponies who adventured more North and managed to make it to an Equestria Equivalent of Antarctica that established scientific bases there, different from the more tribal and humble Snowpitt.

>>42255356
Snow pones have never really shown much in the way of technology to build and operate research bases. What I could imagine is that some heartland Equestrians have discovered the snow pones, and then ventured further forth into the north for expeditions.

>>42253155
I wonder what gave them the idea to lick the metal in the first place.

>>42255356
They aren't that tech orientated, but there was talk of a group heading into the deep north into the Crystal Forest a while back.

>>42255634

true, the culture of snow ponies is much more tribal. but was just wondering about a few who did interact with the regular ponies of equestria and collaborated together to explore the far most regions of equestria

a region thought to be never explored before but finally by a mix of snow ponies and maybe unicorn researchers from canterlot

>>42250792
>>42247369
These are great

>>42256630
Something like that could work, yeah.

Snowpony's best friends

>>42257664
>other colors
Are those from different tribes?

>>42257918
They could be, its an interesting thought.
>>42258301
I wonder if Blizzard is friends wit Ice Elation?

We're waiting, anon.

>>42259092
Bumping the thread just to be on the safe side.

>>42255356
You're thinking of the ice ponies

From an artfriend taking requests

>>42260194
Did... the snowpone fish an orca?

>>42260349
Certainly looks like it.

>>42259092
What plant is shown at the Cutie Mark?

>>42260349
Snowpone is very hungry

>>42260349
Someone has to

>>42257918
Grey ones are supposed to be Abominables. The foal is the size of the Snowpony mom

>>42263268
Ah okay.
I see.

Haven't seen this one before.

>>42264514
Me neither.
And boy, this little one needs a strong back.

>>42261656
Don't really know. An anon dropped this cutie off one day, said he'll be back later to flesh her out more, and never returned.

>>42264514
that's cute as hell!

>>42265628
Imagine the power of the arctic sunrise, shining across a completely flat ice-sheet several miles long and wide.
Sun-beaming, indeed. Sun-vaporizing, more like.

>>42266074
blinding

>>42266585

I've always thought snowponies had built in snow blindness resistance, but I think more art should utilize snow goggles. They're cool.

>>42266696
+2 blindness resist, +4 frost resist, -6 fire resist, +2 foraging, +3 calm (AoE)

>>42266696
I guess they kind of have it but the goggles are cool so flow with it-

Heavy load.

>>42267892
Cute! You can do it filly! I really like that stallion body type in particular

>>42269800

The snowflake eye shine is peak.

>>42270294
They're born in snow so it makes sense. It's part of their essence.

>>42270410
Snowpity with extra snow

>>42269800
Adorable!

>>42267892
Filly is slippin and slidin!

>>42260349
food is food, Anon. Orca has tons of meat!

>>42253155
lol dumb mares