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Jim Sterling, Knight of Destructoid
GamingGoddess | 1:32 AM on 06.13.2009 29 comments




When I originally posted my Knight of Sterling art, some Dtoiders were confused and thought it was a reference to Jim Sterling, and understandably so. Recent discussions on Podtoid centering around Jim's status as a Toucan Rider put the image in my head of Jim riding a Toucan, possibly in a military capacity. Already gifted (or perhaps plagued) with that image, I decided to draw the "Knight of Sterling" that everyone assumed that I'd drawn in the first place.

Whether this image features a giant Toucan, or a normal-sized Toucan and a shrunken, pocket-sized Jim Sterling is up to individual interpretation (I'm quite postmodern about these things.)

Looking at it now though, I just realized something: How cool would a Destructoid-themed SRPG be? Think of the unit breakdown:

Niero: General/ CO
Jim: Toucan Air Cavalry
Chad: Dolphin Sea Cavalry
Topher: Fighter Pilot
Colette: Scout (she's always on a plane)
Samit: Light Infantry, armed with hockey sticks
Stella: Kawaii Bard
Anthony: Orator (lowers enemy morale)
Dyson: Bandit (makes out like one at Goodwill).

I sense potential balance issues, however.



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Segasonicdude's Destructoid Blog
HAHA Thats Awesome!
ZombiePlatypus's Destructoid Blog
When I looked at it I thought "giant toucan", but after reading the description I change my vote to "shrunken, pocket-sized Jim Sterling". That's a more humorous thought.
Y0j1mb0's Destructoid Blog
Is that a bottle of booze Sir Jim is lugging?? Good Stuff.
AngryEMOgirl's Destructoid Blog
Beauty :)
Mxyzptlk's Destructoid Blog
Fantastic! When do these flying mounts get introduced in WoW?
ArcticFox's Destructoid Blog
No Cybernetic Tiger Z? Better watch out for Hamza now!
Cadtalfryn's Destructoid Blog
Genius. That has to be one of my favourite episodes of podtoid.
mourning orange's Destructoid Blog
Martinis make everything funnier! Brawr!
JLanphear's Destructoid Blog
Awesome.

@zombieplatypus I started imagining that right after I read that, and chuckled. I can see mini-jim now. . . and it is incredible. . .
Stella Wong's Destructoid Blog
I'm such a spoony bard <3 beautiful idea! I would love to see all the illustrations :D
Jim Sterling's Destructoid Blog
Hahahaaha!
themizarkshow's Destructoid Blog
Not only can you draw insanely well, but you have a pretty badass list of games on the side there. I'll be checking the comic out sometime soon. I do some comic stuff of my own so I understand how it can eat up time like crazy.
Kraid's Destructoid Blog
The Toucan airforce is teh best airfarce evar made.
Kris S's Destructoid Blog
I seen a giant bird until you mentioned it!
Also agree with themizarkshow, love your fav game list (except Tomb Raider!) and your drawing too, not to mention your Pratchett love. I had a read of your comic too, very good, I like wordy :)
Tdiddy9182's Destructoid Blog
Hamza can be the artillery, he would launch sharks at enemies from far away. Then tell the enemy to suck his dick. Or he could launch body hair
4knuckleshuffle's Destructoid Blog
I was thinking of this m'self. I need to hack a Fire Emblem rom.
Qraze's Destructoid Blog
nlce.
ZombiePlatypus's Destructoid Blog
Oh God, I just realized this; Jim is one of those Brownies from Willow.
Monodi's Destructoid Blog
Fucking incredible
Naim Master's Destructoid Blog
Community: That useless cheap unity you use as a distraction and for scouting right into the enemy base , die as often as they are made .
Palidi's Destructoid Blog
I get the message here that you're trying to portray. I agree that Jim Sterling should go off and start his on site so that we wouldn't have to deal with the wealth of his less than mediocre work for the small amount off decent to good work(as represented by him being small enough to ride a Toucan) on Destructoid any more.

I kid though, seriously, I kid. I like Jim Sterling, and think that most of his work is stand up indeed.

Nice picture. I like to think it's a somewhat smaller Jim Sterling riding a somewhat larger Toucan. Ya know, their both medium sized. Because a tiny Jim Sterling seems like an insult to him, and a giant toucan(with those mean looking eyes) would be kinda scary. I mean, the normal sized ones are already plotting to take over the world. With giant sized ones, it might just happen XP.
grafkhun's Destructoid Blog
Nice drawing, and great Dtoid SRPG idea... but what would Mr. Chester be? Morale booster unit through Rock Band skills?
GamingGoddess's Destructoid Blog
Yeah, I couldn't think of units for every Dtoid editor-- I suppose Nick Chester could be some kind of ninja, and Ashley Burch and Ashley Davis could combine to become Double Ashley,
a heavy assault unit that only comes in pairs.

Oh and if you get the PAL version of the game you can have Wardrox as a Mediator instead of Rev, and Athiestium as a Raider ^_~.
Wintersocks's Destructoid Blog
I am so making a rom hack out of this idea.
KoKoO Psy's Destructoid Blog
That is amazing! Nice WORK!

Also, RPG would be awesome. Even if it was just a battle simulator, without the strategy and maps.
Samit Sarkar's Destructoid Blog
Baseball bats instead of hockey sticks ... but that's awesome!
Takeshi's Destructoid Blog
That's great!
Electro Lemon's Destructoid Blog
RevAnthony is the antagonist.
RiotMonster's Destructoid Blog
Lol wowwww... <3

Um, amazing.


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