Madam Epione's House of Voodoo - Image Heavy

Lalil · 03-16-2012, 04:30 PM

Welcome to my first published house! Madame Epione's House of Voodoo is located in Ellesmere Swamp. Home to Madame Epione, Queen of Voodoo, who is thought to have lived here for over 400 years! Can you hear the lowland frogs croaking? And, what was that?!? A werewolf howling in the distance? Feel free to relax on the porch swing or in one of the rocking chairs on the porch. Madame Epione has placed powerful amulets of bones and skulls near her home to ward off evil. You are safe here.

Step inside to Madame Epione's crafting alters and storefront. The shelves are neatly supplied with powerful potions, amulets, gris-gris, and spells. For adventurers with more sinister intentions, you will find blood rituals, hexes for revenge, and death spells. Madame Epione cautions against cavalier use of these spells. Evil begets evil.

For those looking for love, luck, or protection, you will find gris-gris, tokens, and spells for your purposes as well.

Madame Epione is also skilled in the art of divination including palmistry, taromancy, and necromancy. Travelers seeking fortune telling should exercise caution; the future holds some secrets that we are not intended to know.

A cozy parlour....

Kitchen with seating for one. Living in the bayou allows Madame Epione to enjoy the freshest seafood. Looks like she is preparing the catch of the day.

Outside, Madame Epione tends carefully to her moonlight garden which is home to many of the herbs and flowers needed for her spellwork. She is a master gardener; it is quite challenging to grow healthy plants in such a wet, sunless environment. Perhaps she puts magic to use in this garden?

Through the fog, you see a small building....

A crypt with fresh offerings of candles, shells, and flowers. Madame Epione tends lovingly to this crypt of her mother, Luciana, and visits every day. Travelers who brave the trip to Madame Epione's pay tribute at Luciana's crypt in payment to Mme. Epione for her services. Being vampires, Luciana and Epione lived together in this home for over 200 years. During this time, Luciana taught Epione how to create powerful spells and amulets to control her thirst for blood so that her daughter would not be a slave to her murderous desire to feed. Epione also learned the art of fine cooking and learned to appreciate the aroma and flavor of foraged mushrooms, homegrown greens, and grilled fish. While foraging for mushrooms, Luciana disappeared. She is thought to have been the victim of a werewolf attack as her body was never recovered. In loving memory of her mother, Madame Epione built this crypt for her mother. It is believed that those who visit Luciana's crypt with good intentions will be blessed with good fortune and shown compassion throughout their lives.

If you are in search of a rare spell or wish to ask for Luciana's blessing, you can visit Madame Epione's House of Voodoo on the Unrest server in South Qeynos (Freeblood Manor) under Epione. Please allow a couple of minutes for the house and swamp to load - if you start running about straight away, you're likely to get caught in Mme. Epione's basement which is a most unpleasant place. She shows no mercy to impatient travelers!

Thank you for looking! Obviously, many of you may recognize your own work as I took a lot of inspiration from these boards. I am always amazed by the creativity here, and I really appreciate the ideas!

Tayne · 03-16-2012, 04:53 PM

Oh wow! How awesome!

How'd you do the front windows?

Lalil · 03-16-2012, 04:59 PM

Thank you!

I used vampiric mirrors to make them look like window panes. Only bad thing about this strategy is that it does up the item count. So, I used 4 vampiric mirrors for the windows in the front. Some of the windows on the side have six vampiric mirrors.

Seagoat · 03-16-2012, 06:23 PM

Oh, this is awesome. SMILEY I love the swampy feel, and the house is so cozy/spooky (I suppose it can be both at the same time, LOL) and packed with weird and wonderful trinkets. Well done!

Rijacki · 03-16-2012, 09:59 PM

Absolutely goreous!

Afista · 03-16-2012, 11:24 PM

This is really awesome. You've captured the perfect atmosphere for the voodoo house. I'm in love with all of your detail throughout and totally envious at your ability to perfectly accessorize a place. Love the windows too. Great house!

Sharann · 03-18-2012, 06:18 PM

I went to visit and I just LOVE the creepy atmosphere. It feels like Madame Epione could knock on your shoulder every minute. Everything is just so well-thought and it's absolutely beautiful. Lighting-effects are most-pleasant for the eye. A big congrats on your first house!

tenchgirl15 · 03-19-2012, 11:15 AM

this is beautiful! just love love LOVE your kitchen and the vamp windows!! you make good effort to the whole place, great job!

Cloudrat · 03-19-2012, 04:06 PM

Very special and yes I can smell the bayou and hear the frogs croaking! Talent and creativity and very apparent here

Nice job!

Kudos,

Cloudrat

edit fixed gammar

Katz · 03-19-2012, 10:56 PM

Beautiful!

Senya · 03-19-2012, 11:50 PM

I love this! Wonderful job!

SecrAtive Girl · 03-20-2012, 12:50 PM

i completely love it!

Aiana · 03-20-2012, 02:05 PM

Super cool! I love the back swamps New Orleans (non tourist) feel of the place. And I'm for sure going to have to "borrow" those fabulous windows. Great job!

Galldora · 03-20-2012, 03:14 PM

I love this! Great job creating a very realistic House of Voodoo.

Lalil · 03-31-2012, 02:57 PM

Thank you so much for the lovely comments. I didn't post pictures of the bedroom or all of the little details, but I really enjoyed building this breakout home. I actually started creating it for the Nights of the Dead decorating contest, but it took so long, I didn't have it ready until Brew Day! Oh well....love browsing through all the homes and decorating ideas here! Thanks again for all the inspiration!

Cyliena · 03-31-2012, 05:56 PM

Very pretty, I love how you did the windows! SMILEY

Tyrus Dracofire · 03-31-2012, 07:01 PM

this is awesome, nice blending of color cordination and textures all fit right in.

Amphibia · 04-03-2012, 12:00 PM

Cool concept, I love creepy themes. Haven't had a chance to visit yet, but definitely will. Looks awesome!

Maekita · 04-06-2012, 12:20 AM

I've just visited and it's wonderful! You really captured the feeling of a house of voodoo in the backswamps. I love themed homes, and this one was certainly a treat! SMILEY

03-16-2012, 04:53 PM	#2
Tayne Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 587	Oh wow! How awesome! How'd you do the front windows? __________________ Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes

03-16-2012, 06:23 PM	#4
Seagoat Tester Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Marlborough, MA Posts: 1,641	Oh, this is awesome. I love the swampy feel, and the house is so cozy/spooky (I suppose it can be both at the same time, LOL) and packed with weird and wonderful trinkets. Well done! __________________ Cloak Designer Â· Sigs Â· UI Mods Â· Roster Master Â· EQ2 Gallery Â· Follow Me! Â· G33kG0dd3ss

03-16-2012, 09:59 PM	#5
Rijacki Tester Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,842	Absolutely goreous! __________________

03-16-2012, 11:24 PM	#6
Afista Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,263	This is really awesome. You've captured the perfect atmosphere for the voodoo house. I'm in love with all of your detail throughout and totally envious at your ability to perfectly accessorize a place. Love the windows too. Great house! __________________ Click Image for link to decorating consolidated works website Consolidated Works Fourm Thread

03-18-2012, 06:18 PM	#7
Sharann Server: Runnyeye Guild: Order of the Guiding Light Rank: Chancellor Loremaster Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 316	I went to visit and I just LOVE the creepy atmosphere. It feels like Madame Epione could knock on your shoulder every minute. Everything is just so well-thought and it's absolutely beautiful. Lighting-effects are most-pleasant for the eye. A big congrats on your first house! __________________

03-16-2012, 04:30 PM	#1
Lalil Server: Najena Guild: Deathbenotproud Rank: Junior Member Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 21	Welcome to my first published house! Madame Epione's House of Voodoo is located in Ellesmere Swamp. Home to Madame Epione, Queen of Voodoo, who is thought to have lived here for over 400 years! Can you hear the lowland frogs croaking? And, what was that?!? A werewolf howling in the distance? Feel free to relax on the porch swing or in one of the rocking chairs on the porch. Madame Epione has placed powerful amulets of bones and skulls near her home to ward off evil. You are safe here. Step inside to Madame Epione's crafting alters and storefront. The shelves are neatly supplied with powerful potions, amulets, gris-gris, and spells. For adventurers with more sinister intentions, you will find blood rituals, hexes for revenge, and death spells. Madame Epione cautions against cavalier use of these spells. Evil begets evil. For those looking for love, luck, or protection, you will find gris-gris, tokens, and spells for your purposes as well. Madame Epione is also skilled in the art of divination including palmistry, taromancy, and necromancy. Travelers seeking fortune telling should exercise caution; the future holds some secrets that we are not intended to know. A cozy parlour.... Kitchen with seating for one. Living in the bayou allows Madame Epione to enjoy the freshest seafood. Looks like she is preparing the catch of the day. Outside, Madame Epione tends carefully to her moonlight garden which is home to many of the herbs and flowers needed for her spellwork. She is a master gardener; it is quite challenging to grow healthy plants in such a wet, sunless environment. Perhaps she puts magic to use in this garden? Through the fog, you see a small building.... A crypt with fresh offerings of candles, shells, and flowers. Madame Epione tends lovingly to this crypt of her mother, Luciana, and visits every day. Travelers who brave the trip to Madame Epione's pay tribute at Luciana's crypt in payment to Mme. Epione for her services. Being vampires, Luciana and Epione lived together in this home for over 200 years. During this time, Luciana taught Epione how to create powerful spells and amulets to control her thirst for blood so that her daughter would not be a slave to her murderous desire to feed. Epione also learned the art of fine cooking and learned to appreciate the aroma and flavor of foraged mushrooms, homegrown greens, and grilled fish. While foraging for mushrooms, Luciana disappeared. She is thought to have been the victim of a werewolf attack as her body was never recovered. In loving memory of her mother, Madame Epione built this crypt for her mother. It is believed that those who visit Luciana's crypt with good intentions will be blessed with good fortune and shown compassion throughout their lives. If you are in search of a rare spell or wish to ask for Luciana's blessing, you can visit Madame Epione's House of Voodoo on the Unrest server in South Qeynos (Freeblood Manor) under Epione. Please allow a couple of minutes for the house and swamp to load - if you start running about straight away, you're likely to get caught in Mme. Epione's basement which is a most unpleasant place. She shows no mercy to impatient travelers! Thank you for looking! Obviously, many of you may recognize your own work as I took a lot of inspiration from these boards. I am always amazed by the creativity here, and I really appreciate the ideas!

03-16-2012, 04:59 PM	#3
Lalil Server: Najena Guild: Deathbenotproud Rank: Junior Member Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 21	Thank you! I used vampiric mirrors to make them look like window panes. Only bad thing about this strategy is that it does up the item count. So, I used 4 vampiric mirrors for the windows in the front. Some of the windows on the side have six vampiric mirrors.

03-19-2012, 11:15 AM	#8
tenchgirl15 Loremaster Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 124	this is beautiful! just love love LOVE your kitchen and the vamp windows!! you make good effort to the whole place, great job! __________________ Justinalynn@freepoert server in Everquest extended Justinalyn & Floramay@Guk

03-19-2012, 04:06 PM	#9
Cloudrat Tester Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,560	Very special and yes I can smell the bayou and hear the frogs croaking! Talent and creativity and very apparent here Nice job! Kudos, Cloudrat edit fixed gammar __________________

03-19-2012, 10:56 PM	#10
Katz Loremaster Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,601	Beautiful!

03-19-2012, 11:50 PM	#11
Senya Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Ironforge Exchange Posts: 1,754	I love this! Wonderful job! __________________ Click image for a list of my completed projects.

03-20-2012, 12:50 PM	#12
SecrAtive Girl Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 645	i completely love it!

03-20-2012, 02:05 PM	#13
Aiana Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 661	Super cool! I love the back swamps New Orleans (non tourist) feel of the place. And I'm for sure going to have to "borrow" those fabulous windows. Great job! __________________ Uploaded with ImageShack.us

03-20-2012, 03:14 PM	#14
Galldora Loremaster Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,145	I love this! Great job creating a very realistic House of Voodoo. __________________

03-31-2012, 02:57 PM	#15
Lalil Server: Najena Guild: Deathbenotproud Rank: Junior Member Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 21	Thank you so much for the lovely comments. I didn't post pictures of the bedroom or all of the little details, but I really enjoyed building this breakout home. I actually started creating it for the Nights of the Dead decorating contest, but it took so long, I didn't have it ready until Brew Day! Oh well....love browsing through all the homes and decorating ideas here! Thanks again for all the inspiration!

03-31-2012, 05:56 PM	#16
Cyliena Server: Everfrost Guild: Crusaders of Neriak Rank: Colonel Fansite Staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,798	Very pretty, I love how you did the windows!

03-31-2012, 07:01 PM	#17
Tyrus Dracofire Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,274	this is awesome, nice blending of color cordination and textures all fit right in.

04-03-2012, 12:00 PM	#18
Amphibia Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,256	Cool concept, I love creepy themes. Haven't had a chance to visit yet, but definitely will. Looks awesome! __________________

04-06-2012, 12:20 AM	#19
Maekita Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 101	I've just visited and it's wonderful! You really captured the feeling of a house of voodoo in the backswamps. I love themed homes, and this one was certainly a treat!