Thread 42431651

New Snow Ponies thread
We need more of these, we need more ponies inspired by a combination of North American Indians, Inuit and Norse cultures featuring a mix of there architecture, art, tools and societies.

>>42431651 (OP)
it would be better if it was british ponies instead

I've always liked the idea of a 3d platformer / slice of life game set in the snowpony village / tundra mountain range, but I haven't really kept up with these threads since they were first made. What kind of activities would (you) like to see? And which snowponies should be in the game? I only really know these three

>>42431707
Fishing with nets, fishing with spire. fishing with bow,Taming, raising and sledding with domesticated Timber Wolves,

Was this thread posted by a chatbot? Maybe I'm retarded but this is giving me really uncanny vibes

>>42431832
true, no one writes like that, sounds like what an ai would output, so it's possible he had an AI write it and tweaked it manually (saying this because he used there instead of their, good ais dont really make grammar mistakes)

>>42431707
Please please please please please please please please please please please please please

>>42431707
>What if we made a walking simulator for reddit ponies
>waow!

Opinions on snowponers farming algae/seeweed as an additional source of food?
I don't think I seen it being mentioned itt.

>>42432026
Yes.
Not itt, but there's a bit of lore in Agates story about seals being friends rather than food, and they help by chasing fish into nets, as well as bringing clumps of seaweed to ponies.
Farming seaweed, though, no clue how thatd work for primitive societies.

>>42431759
There was already a fishing game for this general, and it sucked.

>>42431759
Cute ideas, that's a lotta fishing.
A fishing platformer could be fun, you explore and jump around to reach rare fish spots, like climbing mountains for skyfish or running along a river to catch schools with your net. Loop is platforming, snag fish, race home, trade gear, unlock tougher spots. Spear doubles as grapple hook mid air and lets you take down bigger fish to haul back. Net can be used as a trampoline. Sled... makes you go fast and keep momentum down slopes.

Village is main hub. You trade your fish to snowpones for better gear (sled upgrades, stronger nets) and unlock shortcuts so you can go further for other fish spots. You take quests here on the fish board. You have to make it home before nightfall or a snowstorm makes you freeze and die in a few minutes. Also hidden village secrets you can find by exploring, like sneaking into huts at night.

I'm mostly stuck figuring out how to naturally mix daily pony interactions with traversal and fishing so none of it feels like a bunch of separate minigames tacked on together. And making the ponies feel more alive.

>Would you like to see this game?
>Any ideas to tie snowpone village stuff into platforming mechanics and fishing activities?
>How would snowpones power the sled on flat ground? and doesn't require full animal taming AI

>>42432728
No there wasn't. It never got finished.

>>42432026
Maybe they scoop up algae with woven plant nets when they see algae blooms, dry it out and use it as a spice

>>42432520
>>42433771
Harvesting seaweed is very easy all you need to do is walk along the shore at low tide and pick it up that's literally it but if you wanted to make your life more difficult you cold dive down in deadly cold water with a knife to cut it free.

>>42434240
That second post number was supposed to be
>>42434207

>>42431832
>>42431888
I'm glad I have somehow mastered the ability to sound like a chat bot. Dose this mean that when the robots take over I'll be spared?

>>42431707
I'd love a farming game, because I still think ponies eating fish is weird.

I have basically said this in the last thread but there diet should be more then normal fish. Theirs no reason they wouldn't make and use eel, lobster, crab and crayfish traps and also farm rice witch has been a crop in North America for as long as it's been in Asia so they in fact could make there own sushi.

>>42434579
Also digging for mussels and other bivalves.

>>42431651 (OP)
But what about the horse culture? Do snowponies celebrate Equestrian holidays?

>>42435331
Aren't they Crystal Empire refugees who ran away from Sombra 1000 years ago and adapted to arctic climate?

>>42435360
Not quite. Way older than Sombra.
They ran away from the windigoes.

>>42436246
Run from the wendigos... to an even colder place?

>>42434579
Sometimes they get special fish

>>42434414
How can snowpones even farm? There's snow year round. Unless you mean farming kelp

>>42437332
they farm (You)s with imported equestrian laptops

>>42437340
How did they convince equestrian ISPs to give them service?

>>42436796
The windigoes aren't dangerous just for their cold, anon.

>>42437378
>Wendigos are freezing Equestria
>"We need to run away. Let's go north."
>Where it's cold year round
>Where the wendigos are implied to originate from
>Deep in their territory
>mfw

>>42437434
>>42437480

>>42437480
Look anon, they just had to run, and they chose north! Yes it's colder, and there's no food, but... DON'T THINK ABOUT IT, OKAY?

>>42437489
windigos weren't defeated by friendship
they were killed by a brave group of ponies who ventured into their heartland to exterminate them
their descendants are the snowponies

>>42437499
>snowponies came to be because a bunch of earth ponies saw windigos and thought 'Nah, I'd win'
They sure are a violent bunch, aren't they

>>42437503
>Ready to go one on one into the wrestling pit with the spirits of mischief and disharmony
It only makes them more adorable.

>>42437499
Shit headcanon

>>42437332
Undersnow farming maybe? Can that be a thing?

>>42437332
It's been talked about before. You're just badly lacking knowledge about the north. There's no snow all year round. Summers do exist. Currently, agriculture in Alaska produces obscenely huge vegetables because of the polar summers where the sun just doesn't set.
Look up "giant Alaskan vegetables" and you'll get loads of pictures like this one.

Also, fish make a crazy good fertilizer. So much that there's modern fish fertilizers being made in Alaska right now.
>>42433361
>Would you like to see this game?
Yes.
>>42433361
>Any ideas to tie snowpone village stuff into platforming mechanics and fishing activities?
Not sure, maybe the village doesn't have to be platformy.
>>42433361
>How would snowpones power the sled on flat ground? and doesn't require full animal taming AI
I'd say the pones would pull their own sleds, not use pack animals.

Perhaps it could be a "preparing for winter" type of thing. Something bad happened, and now you need to help the others survive the cold months. At first, it's a repetitive gameplay - you fish, gather supplies, help out ponies in your community. And after a few weeks, winter hits. Depending on how well/bad you did, things can go either way, from the village expanding to even ponies dying due to insufficient food (if you want to go that route).

>>42431707
>And which snowponies should be in the game? I only really know these three
Those three are fine. Salmon Run would fit a fishermare quite well, I think.

>>42437747
But I thought we decided ponies live in an eternal winter world

>>42437648
Let's hear yours then?

>>42437797
If there's trees, there's growth season. No pinecones without summer.

I think a completely frozen world like the north pole is very limiting so not a good idea but also another name for Snow Ponies is supposed to be Taiga Ponies witch is the name of there environment. I can imagine some of them choosing to go as far north as then can like the Inuit but not all of them.

>>42438250
WOULD

>>42437797
Did we now? When?

>>42437747
>>42438541

Snowpones are based on yakutian horses (originally), so I always saw them as being in a place like the sakha republic, where their summer lasts for like 30 days at 4 to 16 c, and ground is permafrost, agriculture is basically impossible there even with 24/7 sun. Apparently potatoes do grow in central yakutia though

>>42439529
These breeds are commonly known as Norse breeds as that is there origin, the vikings needed horses that could survive in the cold but they now thrive wherever it's cold so I think it's best not to limit ourselves to the yakutian.

Also I think they could make there own green houses, the making of glass should be possible for them.

>>42439578
They're actually unrelated breeds. Both started off from normal horses and adapted to the cold separately.
You're right small hoof blown glass panes are possible, but keeping it warm in -40c winters would take huge amounts of fuel. Pre industrial glass is brittle and insulates poorly. The sun is also low in the sky and days are too short to support growth in winter.
They'd need to hunt like a whale per day to fuel greenhouses with whale oil

>>42431707
Found a free dredge-like game set in Yakutia. It looks nice, but if you have played Dredge, the gameplay is exactly the same. And there are no horses at all.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3407450/The_Northern_Path/

>>42437765
>Snowpones power their own sleds
This is so obvious, they're ponies. How did I not think of that?

>Preparing for winter
Yes, I like this idea. It adds long term stakes beyond the daily get back before night cycle and adds good stoeytelling potential

>Village not platformy
Why not have a platformy village? The goal is to unify platforming, fishing and village, so it felt natural to do it this way. If movement is fun, everything should build from it.

>>42434579
The real question is whether they eat land mammals. They're clearly omnivores and have no qualms eating fish so where do they draw the line? Hares? Reindeer? A seal is practically a fish...

>>42438824
That's not a pony, or not even a horse. That's fucking 3-legged goat with human hair and it's fucking disgusting.

>>42440244
i think they just use mica not glass, been used in russia for a long time and low tech. only need chisel to separate the layers, like 90% transparent.For greenhouse just dig deep pit and manure at bottom for heat, with mica roof for sun, get maybe 2 months more of growing so 90 days radish kale potatoe peas etc quick growing crops

>>42441090
>>42440244
In Victorian England they were able to grow pineapples in a horse dung heated greenhouse. If you were to double up the windows so there was a small air space between two plates of glass/ mica this would improve the R-value greatly and then all you need is a good sealant like pitch or even just clay mixed with plant fibers.

>>42442021
also if there's a coal deposit near the surface or a tar pond then theirs an easy way to make tons of heat.

horse with hat

>>42442241
ponified

>>42442241

Outstanding.

Assuming they can harvest and fire what they need for clay bricks and mortar in the summer months then they can make red brick cinder block walls and fill the internal holes with insulation like straw of wool and hair.

>>42442243
>straw hat
>hole
I guess the implication here is that the horse took a bite out of the hat.

>>42442021
good point, warmth shouldnt be an issue
the main issue theyd face is getting enough light for plant growth in the yakutian spring and autumn. The sun is very low in the sky, so both south wall and roof of the greenhouse would need to be made of double mica. Mica isn't perfectly clear so doubling it makes light problem worse. So they need a very skilled mica maker, as well as decent muscovite,of which there is some amount in yakutia. they could make like 0.1mm mica panes and add desicants to prevent fogging and get as much light as possible. Then patch every air leak with tar and put a warm quilt on it at night to keep it warm
Maybe they'd get 5 or 6 months of decent growth? Beyond mid autumn theres probably just not enough light

>>42442241
Would

>>42431651 (OP)
The pic that started it all: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37443253/https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37447036/
Previous Thread:
>>40939160 (Dead)
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 are snowponies?
Lore dumps for the newfags
https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/mlp/image/1646/33/1646333439218.png (embed)
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

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

Reading material:
>Anon and Frosty Flakes
https://ponepaste.org/5609
https://ponepaste.org/5640
>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 is no longer WIP, finished story now.
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
https://ponepaste.org/9917
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/40648409#40695973
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/40798618#40829500

>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

>>42442241
>>42442243
Cute in both versions.

>>42442021
Also England doesn't have a winter. Not in any sense as snowponyland has.
>>42443073
>>42442027
>>42441090
>>42439578
Overall this whole idea baffles me. Everything about snowponies have been about living WITHIN the harsh nature, thriving on its terms. Living tightly in thick log cabins, conserving sparse resources and heat during the long winter, and that closeness which living like that produces, is also central part of their culture. All creatures of northern lands, whether it's people or animals gather resources and food for the winter, and you're here trying to force the nature and make some lowtech greenhouses with iron age tools that would keep warm during nights that go as low as -40? I'm sorry but concept of greenhouses and such are kinda antithesis for everything I like about snowponies and the setting.
>>42439529
>summer lasts for like 30 days at 4 to 16 c, and ground is permafrost, agriculture is basically impossible there even with 24/7 sun.
It's not that bad and extreme everywhere. The ground can't be in permafrost and season must be longer than 30 days if you can grow potatoes. And they have agriculture there. It's hard and the season is short so need to grow crops which thrive in such conditions so no corn for you, and the amount of produce is also small compared to southern lands. That's the reason I like the idea that snowponies compliment their diet with fish. But it's pure misinformation to say there's nothing growing there.

>>42444629
yeah snowpones could probably do this, but thats just not how they live. If a snowpone suggested this theyd probably get weird looks and told to go fish some more

snow

>>42444629
>temp not that extreme everywhere in yakutia
he was clearly talking about north yakutia. 24 hour sun, 30 day summer and permafrost are only in north. he also said potats do grow in central yakutia

comfy hardworking snow stallions?

oh hey, new stuff.

>>42447823
>>42448226
>New content
Neat.

>>42448226
Hrng, so cute. I wanna be right there with them grillin fish under the stars

>>42447823
looks soft

are snowpones open for anyone to use for projects, or need to ask original creators first?

if so how do I even find them?

>>42449878
They're pretty much fair game for anyone to use. The original creator, at least for the original art piece, was Marbo, an artist that's been long gone, and any development of them as a concept was done by various anons and artists across multiple threads so either way getting an original creator permission is effectively impossible

>>42449878
>>42450214
They are just Yakutian horses, so it's not like you can't make your own Yakutian ponies

>>42450249

I am the sole owner of snowpones, actually.

>>42450214
>>42450249
thanks, seems like they're basically open use. guess i can just quickly change the design later if I DO happen to run into issues

>>42449878
Just make your snowpone art, friend. No special permissions necessary.

>>42446023
poner

>>42452503
Looks like a cave pony

>>42452621
I would like to meet with these cave mares. Please. Show the way.

>>42452503
Abominable? More like Adorinable

Can snowpones use elemental magic? Magic in crafting?

>>42453433
>Magic in crafting?
That's what most of their magic is, actually.

holy sovl

>>42453433
from archives
>baseline: cold res, minor ice conjure, star nav, weak wards via woven sheddings, magic stored in fur
>shamare only: spirit talk, strong wards, astral walking, necromancy, fire magic?, pic seems to hint at pocket dimension crafting??
>Cirrus is a mythical spirit-god akin to an alicorn, so probably the most magic
these aren't set in stone, most important thing is their magic is mostly passive or indirect
how magic is the average snowmare? the shamans? cirrus?

/r/ draw a snow cone but the ice cream on it is a snow pone

>>42454123
There's so many damn good pics of snowponers but this one will always be my favorite.
>pic seems to hint at pocket dimension crafting??
Should be a thing if it isn't hinting at shit, powerful magic like that being available to appropriately wise people is what helps make certain media feel unique (early Elder Scrolls).

>>42454205
pocket dimensions should be a once every few generations mythical feat which requires a shamare with immense magical power and willpower, spoken of in ancient snowpone stories

>>42454123
Thought those were the ghosts not yet laid to rest

>>42454364
>>42453433
Meant this one

>>42454364
They are, yes.

>>42444629
>Overall this whole idea baffles me.
I'm with you on this one. Overall, this entire thread baffles me. It's like 90% of everyone in this thread only discovered snowpones just now. It's like the very first lore discussions all over again, picking apart things that were settled years ago.

>>42455457
its my very first snowpony thread!

>>42455457
Everyone seems to have their own headcanon so its far from settled. Some anons like me probably missed a ton of threads and snowpone lore

>>42454123
Average snowmare can probably make weak wards and easily freeze a few buckets of water

>>42452621
where cave mares
show, now

>>42456437
didn't you hear? you can't imagine what those dangerous mares will do

>>42456437
They're out there, stalking your boots.

>>42453433
Hmm... Is she the snowpony whizzard , or am I going to die horribly? I'll chance it.

>>42454863
If I had to take a stab in the dark, something to do with setting up huts?

>>42457458
Thousands of years from now the distant ancestors of ponies will tell the tail of an advanced, ancient civilization that once existed in barren north because this mare got a cutiemark in stacking rocks in a pyramid shape and putting shiny stones on the top.

>>42457471
*descendants

>>42457703
Alright, so I gotta go to bed so I can go to work tomorrow morning, but imagine a bad shoop of a G% dog looking up at a snow meme and thinking "my ancestor :)"

>>42458508
What is she looking at?

>>42458508
Wait... frosty flakes doesn't look like that. Left pupil too bug and uneven, human hair, oddly placed fluff, broken cutie mark, semirealistic?
Its an IMPOSTER! Kill it!

>>42459059
Well... Sloppa's going to sloppa, and all of that...

>>42459059
And yet, that picture has the same "human hair".

>>42458209
You know, for those with mercantile inclinations, you could probably get some good value out of trading scented shampoos to snowpones.

>>42444629
considering that every person living off grid in Alaska has at least one small green house it seems to me more likely than not that the Snow Ponies would at some point develop the technology to make there own and the main purpose is not to grow crops to full size but to get them from seed to seedling so in the spring they have a head start on the short growing season.

>>42458209
I bet snowponies smell even nicer

>>42454863
Boo.

>>42459059
>That gun
>That smile
She's ready to commit some violent acts with glee, isn't she.

Snow poner bump.

>>42459059
>semirealistic
You say it like that's a bad thing. I love it when ponies actually have hooves and their legs don't end in stumps.
I guess it makes cartoony stuff harder to do, but I still really like the horsey bodies.

>>42454123
I love Cirrus so much.

What does the snowpony village look like? Do they live in huts,igloos, wood cabins? Is it fortified? Visible magic stuff (like wards,totems)

>>42462705
Depends on the tribe. Igloos were only temporary winter shelters for long hunting expeditions, people didn't live in them all year round - again, it's not an eternal winter there.
Bigger ones - perhaps fortified, perhaps only for winter when the predators get bold.
>Visible magic stuff (like wards,totems)
Yes.

So my take on the whole greenhouse debate is that there is simply no way to grow enough food with them in an efficient way so them just being used to grow plats to a small size and then transplanting them outside makes the most sense.

It is theoretically possible to grow crops to full size but it would take a building like a christian cathedral because hat is the only building design I know of that can let in enough light and be strong enough to hold up to winter storms and be something they could actually build but of course this would take a ton of work so if such thing was built it would likely be a holy site where they worship a god of summer and farming.

>>42462289
I'd feel ashamed staring at her ploota, but it's so mesmerizing when she lies in the snow.

>>42462289
Cirrus is beautiful and I want her to hold me close

>>42462289
doesnt her mane get dirty?

>>42464378
Nah, she's too much of a pure nature spirit to be effected by dirt. Either that, or the snow around her cleans her naturally

>>42464376
Dual fish baskets, how cute

does anyone have that snowpony pic of one eating fish while hating it?

I really need to do more with her and get some more art

>>42463344
Maybe a large greenhouse of that nature would fit best in Snowpity where they meet annually. For most other communities it would be unfeasible surely.

>>42464679
Both valid, however I'm sure Cirrus would indulge in sauna baths and allow foals to help clean her mane. Perhaps not necessary, but she is a mare as well as a spirit being, the boundary never truly being clear.

>>42465230
Sadly, no

>>42465230
Picrel
>>42465249
First time I'm seeing her, who's she?

>>42465512
holy fuck you're a true hero. even in glorious high rez

I like the idea of them living in log cabins but given that there all about making things I would think that they would be more creative then to all live the same way so here are some alternatives.

Igloos- This one is obvious but if some choose to live far enough north it's the only option.

Ice caves- Cutting a home into a glacier like a ice hotel would work for those living in the mountains.

Stilt Homes- A cabin on legs is good if your living in a swamp or flood plane and you can fish off your porch.

Hill home- Basically a hobbit hole. Earth is good at regulating temperature.

>>42465823
Also nomadic snow ponies that live in caravans and tents.

>>42465512
Snowdash. She's the one with the spear in the top right in >>42448226
Guard mare of her tribe, very fast and good with spears, very untrusting towards outsiders and quick to resort to intimidation and violence to keep outsiders away.

>>42466071
underground wood bunker looks comfy

Snow poner bump.

rough frosty model for game mentioned earlier

>>42467475
Ooh, 3d snow pones are rare.
The eyes are perhaps a tad too big in this angle though.

>>42468085
Yeah side view looks better with smaller eyes
I'm torn on the front view, which looks better?

>>42468191
The smaller ones work best for a 3d model, I feel

>>42468191
Smaller ones, yeah.

>>42467475
Are you going to make a rig?

>>42468191
Cool!

snowponer save

>>42470114
What the FUCK?

What does cirrus' mane smell like?

>>42471239
Probably like snow.

>>42471515
The snowpone doesn't seem to buy this.

>>42470114
Mare is not for too much air. She really needs some hair.

>>42470305
Someone asked the drawfags for a ponification.

>>42472243
This looks just wrong.

>>42471515
but snow doesnt smell like anything

>>42472692
Whimsy issue

>>42474280
I need to smell Cirrus' whimsy

>>42470114
Different clipping styles for different reasons.

Snow poner bumo.

I have a short snow pony fic I'm working on but it's going to take until tomorrow until it's done. I'm writing it at work.

>>42476212
Looking forward to it.

The snow pones don't belong on page 10.

>>42476212
Not sure I believe you, Anon.

>>42478106
Benefit of the doubt applies.

>>42478667
Nah, anon, had this happen a dozen times too many now...

Bwomp.

>>42479303
I prefer to be optimistic.

>>42480624
I bet you're waiting for the second coming of Marbo

>>42480624
I kind of lost my optimism after about a dozen promised fics and EVERY SINGLE ONE of them failed to deliver.

>>42481074
Poemfag here from the last thread, it's still sitting half done but I've since lost momentum and am waiting for a spark of inspiration. :^(

>>42480629
You don't?

>>42476212
DONE

Part 1
During the most powerful winter storm in generations a village of Snow Ponies had their cabins destroyed, they were torn apart by strong winds leaving the ponies out in the cold witch normally wouldn’t be a big problem giver their thick coats but the storm was so cold even the Snow Ponies would soon die and the winds so strong it caused whiteout conditions. Fortunately, there chief was smart and brave so she quickly rallied her tribe together and as quickly as they could, gathered what supplies they could salvage from the damaged cabins and storage buildings and left for a nearby cave. The cave served as cold storage keeping food from going bad in the summer and continued to store food in the winter as well even though there was plenty of cold to go around in those months. The mouth of the cave was covered by a set of double doors made of thick hard wood boards, reinforced by riveted iron bands and on the outside covered with iron spike and fitted with an enchanted lock. Around the door was an arch of large stone blocks fitted together with tung and grove no mortar required. All this was to keep out not just thieves but predators that would love an easy meal. The ponies made it to the cave to find the doors covered with a hill of snow. One of the shamans moved it to the side easily with a spell allowing the chief to place her hoof on the lock which glowed and unlocked magically allowing the door to easily swing open. The ponies hurried inside and the chief closed the door turning to cave pitch black as there was no windows or any other source of light. The shaman ponies cast spells creating balls of light that hovered inches from there hooves well the others shook off the snow and dug through there bags for oil lamps and candles. Meanwhile the chief was examining a device near the door. A shaft ran from the floor to the ceiling with four spokes sticking out from it like a wheel. She gave one of the spokes a shove and the shaft began to rotate. Soon due to the marvel that is Snow Pony engineering a large timber banded with iron began to drop from the ceiling on a chain and slowly slid itself into place in four brackets two of which were made of iron and fitted to the backs of the doors well the other two were made of stone and built into the arched doorway.

>>42481727
Part 2
Hours pass and the ponies try there best to stay calm and comfortable but there’s no way to build a fire without a fireplace or even ventilation in the cave and with the winds howling outside shacking the doors and their minds filled with thoughts of all they have lost there is little sleep or even rest coming. Suddenly the oldest and frailest of the shamans falls into a trance her eyes roll back in her head and her cutie mark glow and she jumps up twisting her body in strange ways her age should not allow. The others look on hoping it’s a good sign. The mineral seems in the rock around the begins to glow and the space is filled with a rainbow of light then suddenly the shaman runs to the back of the cave where she punches the wall. It shatters and rock falls to the ground followed by the shaman herself. The others run to her aid to find the trance is over and she is fine they also see that on the other side of the now destroyed wall is a huge cave with tunnels running off in all directions this space is also filled with a rainbow of light from mineral seems but also from large crystal formations as well. The shaman says that she’s had a vision from one of there gods, the god of earth, of soil and rock of crystals and metals and she says he has taken pity on us and thus has given us a new home and we may live here for as long as we wish. The magic quickly faded, the caves returning to darkness but the ponies were compelled to explore this new place and found it strange but beautiful and warm and even found an underground lake constantly being refilled with fish from a powerful river. The chief decides to take a vote and unanimously they decide to make this their new home permanently. The storm ends and those that died are pulled from there collapsed homes and burned and what is left of the buildings is reused in the caves to make this new space a home.

This is the origin story of the Snow Ponies who chose to live in caves.

>>42481739
Sorry this took longer then I thought and I'm sure the grammar is shit.

>>42481727
>>42481739
Well, Anon delivered.

>>42482276
Hope you liked it.

>>42481739
nice story, it has a strong atmosphere. I did find it a bit hard to read at times because the sentences run on and the paragraphs are pretty long. Breaking them up with punctuation or shorter sentences would make it easier to read

why couldn't I have been born into a rich white family anons..........

>>42483753
Nah nigga I'm broke as hell

>>42483786
>spend all money on the world's most beautiful frosty
Based

>Snowpony
>Snowpity
>Snowpussy
Thoughts?

>>42483830
Adorable.
Wholesome.
Sexy.

>>42483830
Snowponers are not for lewd

>>42483753
>>42483965
no? too bad

>>42483830
>Snowpony
kiss
>Snowpity
smell
>Snowpussy
UNF

>>42483965
I wholeheartedly disagree

pwease, nice mistah, nu gib fwuffy owwies

>>42483992
ENF ENF ENF ENF ENF

>>42483965
I disagree, they are very lewd and need plap plap plapping

>>42483965
>>42484308
They are for wholesome loving mating with the purpose of procreation.

Snow poner bump.

It must be hard to get hard when it's that could out.

>>42484308
Do not plap Lichen. You will end up with a wife who does nothing except lay in the snow all day. That is her life plan. No fishing, no cooking, no tailoring, no cleaning, certainly no foal rearing. You will have to perform every daily chore by yourself just as if you remained a bachelor, except doubled because you're taking care of Lichen now too. Sure, the rest of the village may help out, but the fact remains Lichen plaps are not worth the burden she makes herself.

>>42485750
I will NOT avoid Lichen plaps. Not only do I gain a wife who trusts me to take care of our foals and our home, I return each day to a loyal snowife waiting for my plaps. Thus, I will PLAP PLAP PLAP PLAP PLAP PLAP

>>42485750
So who's a better mate?

WIP walk cycle, anything look off?

>>42487500
Not that I can see.Looks pretty stable.

>>42487500
Adorable poner!

>>42487500
Looking good to me as well.

>>42487261
comf

>>42486688
Anyone. As she currently is Lichen is the bottom of the barrel. She's still a young mare, though, so there's a chance she could improve with age. It's not exactly a high bar to surpass. She just has to contribute /something/. If she takes up foraging she'll practically be on par with the most average of snowmares.

>>42489082
pinecones?

>>42489224
Earth pony magic, but snowpony variant.

>>42489853
How does this relate to earth pony magic? They seem to be giving life to pinecones

>>42490241
Similar to how earth ponies give life to plants by making them grow unusually quickly.

Snow poner up.

>>42491088
Cozy. Would be cool to live there if it wasn't so cold in the north.

>>42491088
>>42492301
Pretty enough...

>>42492301
so many snow stallions

>>42493099
I know right? They're a rare sight.

Snow pony save.

>>42494413
I don't remember this artwork. Is it new?

>>42485750
But Anon, she can't go through life without a family. That's a travesty no pony should endure.

Board fast again.

>>42482276
He did, but...
>>42481750
>the grammar is shit.
Yeah.
>>42481727
>there chief
Their
>there hooves
their
>>42481739
>there best
...their...
>mineral seems
seams
>there gods
You really have a problem with that word.

There's lots of space to improve, that's for sure. Nothing is impossible, though, if you actually want it.

>>42481091
Get that spark, then, or do what I did when I was stuck on writing, and write out something completely different, and then come back to the poem.

>>42494560
Nah, one of the old snspony pieces.

>>42495914
>write out something completely different, and then come back to the poem.
That's what I've been doing with a Moonbutt green. So far, looking at a piece of writing like it is/could be a green helps somehow.

>>42496317
>3 metric tons of plot
Jesus.

>>42496453
It's fine. Snowponies don't know what a metric is. Abominables don't even know what measurements are. So they're actually a lot lighter in practice than you would expect.

>>42496518
>famous last words from man crushed to death by a gigantic snowpony ass

>>42497030
Yeah, I figure Abominables are at least draft horse tier. That's nothing to sneeze at.

>>42495032
I imagine she'll grow out of it by her late 20s. Either that or she'll have an epiphany in her mid 30s.

>>42497821
Better late than never.

>>42497030
>>42497229
The power of belief is a mighty thing. Abominables don't believe they can hurt you as long as they're careful, and so they can't.

hugging abominable snowmares is worth the risk

>>42499788
>as long as they're careful
That's the key. Using powers with restraint is what it all boils down to in the end.

>>42499989
What's so abominable about them?

>>42471239
Heaven
>>42471515
Or...or snow I guess.

>>42487500
Looks cute as fug.

>>42500471
More that they are just BEEG, a bit rough and tumble, and talk a bit grug grug.
Not mean exactly, but a huge abominable playing with snowpones might spook them without meaning to. That kind of thing.

>>42500471
>Wampa horse
"Bro what's so scary about that?"

>>42501529
Pure soul.

>>42501529
dammit, I just stopped humming this tune
now snowpones are IN MY HEAD AHHH

>>42500471
They're adorable yeti ponies. Big and wild, but completely benign.

Snow poner up.

https://youtu.be/6zOarcL1BSc

https://youtu.be/TSSPDwAQLXs

I wonder if snowpones dive to fish like sea lions do in first doc? Or like bears in the second

>>42502607
Probably bears.

>>42502607
>sea lions
Unless their coat is very water repellent, absolutely no
That wouldn't work

>>42502607
A really boring alternative might be they wade into shallow rivers to nab the salmon that got stuck traveling upstream, kind of like what sea wolves do.
https://youtu.be/9JyAzH6Ib2M

I just love how fluffy they are.

>>42503754
It's great. Imagine the combing.

>>42431651 (OP)
has nopony thought of calling these guys snownies yet?

>>42504271
I don't know, this sounds a bit too much like downies.

>>42504271
Already heard that word a couple times, yes.

>>42504884
You did? Where?

Happy 3rd Anniversary, snowpones. Hard to believe it's already been that long since this image.

>>42505851
>3rd
Fourth, actually. Fuck the linear flow of time
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/37427669/#37447036

Taking my jacket-wearing Frosty to waffle house with me tonight, I'll try to get a cool picture for the thread

>>42505889
>>42505851

4 years of snowpones! This calls for a feast

>>42506434
Man, how did that happen?

Snow poner goes up.

>>42506094
nevermind I broke my damn phone and had to ask the guy driving the car with the EAT ASS plate on the grille for directions back home (he was nice actually)

>>42507171
Sounds like an adventure, anon.

>>42506094
Shame. I was lookimg forward to jacket frosty

>>42505851
>>42505889
>4 years already
Damn, time really flies. Hope Marbo is doing okay

>>42507257
What's Marbo doing these days anyway?

>>42507171
>EAT ASS
Either a joke or a warning. But it sounds like it worked out for you.

Who knows? He disappeared without a trace 3 months after snowponies were created.

>>42507441
Who knows? He disappeared without a trace 3 months after snowponies were created.

>>42506434
Time flies...

>>42505076
In these threads.
>>42507799
I just hope he didn't die.

>>42507229
I saved my phone by the power of a terrible soldering job and even though the screen flickers now it should work enough to take a picture of frosty for you guys

>>42508818
I hope so too.

>>42505617
These are looking great. It's funny how many images you can get out of a snow theme.

Slow thread.

>>42508818
How did she summon the spirit of a bird?

>>42510645
Why wouldn't she be able to do that?

>>42510157
bot post

>>42510985
>meteor strike

>>42510995
Or it could come from a nearby volcano.

Beware, sliding idiots are doing stupid again.

I want to impregnate cirrus

>>42510995
It's just their ancestral spirits sending them some good ore to work with.

>>42512134
How do you plan on not losing sight of your foal? Red scarf like Niveous or something else?

>>42512811
>Red scarf
That sounds like the best and most practical idea.

>>42513639
Ouch. Get well soon!

>>42431651 (OP)
Did Rainbow Dash ever find the snow ponies?

>>42514216
Horrifying.

>>42514216
Run, Dashie.

>>42512811
I wouldn't put anything on my foal, since the white fur is a big advantage in hiding from predators and monsters

>>42515434
Good point.

>>42514216
But did Dash stay long enough to become a snow pony?

My plush is here :DD she will be at mare fair and I will try to get some good pictures with her, say hi if you see her

>>42513639
I thought snowponies were pescitarians, but it looks like they're also opportunistic with meat. Guess he must've smelled pretty enticing

>>42513639
Lucky guy.

>>42516631
You must get the energy from somewhere.

>>42518408
hungry pone

>>42519365
And the fish is okay with it.

>>42507011
So it does.

>They fucking eat you
Well it was nice liking them for a while.

>>42520280
Don't get fooled by a shitpost, Anon.

>>42520847
>The windigo can't even kill the filly because her smile and optimism are just that overwhelming

Yo, this new Long Dark update is fire!
Why has no one tried to combine TLD and Snow Ponies yet?

>>42521607
What's that?

>>42521607
that would be fun

Snow poner bump.

>>42521607
This is the third or fourth pic where snowpone eyes glow in the dark. I wonder what caused this to develop? It's certainly not an adaptation for survival. If anything it makes them more vulnerable to predators.

>>42523008
Glow in the dark eyes would be pretty useful in the far north. It could help them locate each other from long distances during the months long nights.

Also in blizzards , at close range it could help prevent the group from separating even in daylight

>>42521607
Not everyone cracks and reworks games for fun. Nice pic, though.

>>42523008
>>42523155
Well, in The Long Dark during Aurora all animals starts glowing not only eyes. It's makes to show its not natural effect. Also it makes predators super aggressive and powers up all electrical equipment that was fried by emp from this event before hand.
>>42523965
Thanks! Gonna try draw in more snow ponies in screenshots.

>>42521577
Overwhelming cuteness is a hell of a drug.

>>42523008
Spirit sight. Side effect of using magical sight to see magic/spirits.
An interesting tradeoff, if you think about it. Lets you see spiritual dangers, but potentially exposes you to mundane beasts and animals.

>>42524948
I could dig that.

>>42523008
they use it to attract mates

>>42525633
Does that mean their glow grows stronger when they are in heat?

>>42523437
I never had boots like these.

>>42526177
Why else would frosty look at you like this?

>>42526661
She looks gorgeous like that.

>>42526331
Me neither. Fucking "mild weather climate" country.

>>42481727
>>42481739
Fic creator here. If someone wants to go through the trouble of doing a grammar and spell check or coming up with some names for all the unnamed characters your more then welcome to.

I'm currently working on what is essentially a monster manual for the snow pony world but that's going to take some time to finish.

>>42527665
>a monster manual for the snow pony world

>>42527665
Can't wait to read it anon

>>42528101
Hi-Tech™ Snow-Mare™

>>42528101
the mppp frosty looks so nice

>>42526520
That's the nice thing about mares. They become friendlier in heat. Meanwhile women on their period are short fused and cranky.

>>42527607
>Snowpones gives a pair of boots as a gift
>Suddenly there is a chance to grab them
It makes perfect sense.

>>42526661
>intimidating
That pose makes me want to hug her even more.

>>42530179
Looks like you have her attention.

>>42527690
>Pic
That's not a monster, Anon.

>>42527665
Reminds me of that drawfag that wanted to draw a monster manual. His monsters were pretty odd, though.

>>42531714
Ya I'm not doing anything that fucked mostly just stealing some D&D monsters that would fit and writing some fitting lore.

I wish I had money

>>42532263
Interesting... but so expensive for a sticker

>>42532263
>100 bucks for a sticker
Yeah, above my paygrade. It's looking good though.

>>42531714
What is this thing?

>>42533555
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/39274843/#39387776
>It's supposed to be a fantasy version of a real-life animal called a Velvet Worm. They're these little predator arthropods that shoot acidic glue out of their face-orifices to immobilize prey. My draw is like, an arctic variation that got way bigger, now shoots some sort of freezing ice-slurry and preys on big mammals like polar bears, wolves, foxes, seals, etc.

>>42533572
Man that's actually scary.

Frosty moving around! did a few simple anims + controller

>>42533644
Oh wow, cute. What you were making again? A fishing simulator?

>>42533673
Just a controller demo for now. Leaning towards river fishing and snowpone village life, but still early. Trying to figure out what parts of snowpony life would be fun to play

>>42533644
plapquest?

>>42533644
>MFW Frosty shaking her butt

>>42533644
Really cute. And very large eyes.

>>42533975
Doesn't look intentionally lewd to me.

>>42533644
That's a hella cute wiggle.

>>42533644
Lewd, or not?

>>42536206
I guess it's not meant to be lewd.

>>42536206
>>42533975
I'm not planning to make it a lewd game
The booty shake is there because I think it's cute and charming

>>42536438
>Spoiler
It is. The jiggle activating some neurons is a side effect though.

>>42536206
Seeing that it's meant to be a platformer that involves jumping, I'm fairly certain the butt wiggle is a reference to the thing that cats do before they jump at something.

>>42537666
Maybe, but it's less extreme. The wiggle is well within the motion range of a horse.

>>42533644
you need to match the walking speed to the animation. right now it looks like she's moonmarewalking

>>42537534
>activating some neurons
Don't see what you're talking about, nothing neuron-activating here whatsoever.

>>42538766
>These large eyes
>Not neuron activating
Anon, please.

>>42539806
Beautiful...

>>42539806
I want to be serenaded by her calming chant

>>42539806
>The way she is pushing her hoof into his face
This must be just as uncomfortable as the shout itself.

>>42540526
How do you expect the lullaby magic to flow without a good connection?

>>42472243
ugly literal shit eating rat

>>42541319
Fair enough.

>>42541947
Cozy.

>>42543245
anon she's freezing half to death. that's how frostbite lost her eartips.

>>42543870
one thing that always bugs me about semirealistic ai is that the ponies both have fur and human skin, they should just be fluffy

>>42544409
>Pissing off the kirin
This mare likes to live dangerous.

Wake up, snow poners.

>>42544788
To be fair, the show is very confused about that as well sometimes.

>>42544788
I think even the RL snowponies are not very fluffy around the lips... Maybe. Haven't seen all that many up-close shots of muzzles.