Northern wildlife photography editionPrevious Thread:>>42801666The pic that started it all: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37443253/ https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37447036/Alternative thread: https://nhnb.org/fim/res/2295.htmlArchive of snowpony thread art: https://mega.nz/folder/0okEHKxS#8FIy3EQUHM-XluGvV7knIgArchive of snowpony-related musics: https://ponepaste.org/5819On 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 newfagshttps://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/mlp/image/1646/33/1646333439218.pnghttps://www.fimfiction.net/blog/981051/snowpony-lore-dumpThe Great Snowpony Expeditionhttps://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37474157/https://desuarchive.org/mlp/37750570#37767390https://ponepaste.org/5843Reading material:>Anon and Frosty Flakeshttps://ponepaste.org/5609https://ponepaste.org/5640https://ponepaste.org/7611>Comfy lore snippetshttps://ponepaste.org/5652https://ponepaste.org/5650https://ponepaste.org/5664>Cirrus Wisp and Fillyhttps://ponepaste.org/5662>Lichen greenshttps://ponepaste.org/7273>Bury Me in Whitehttps://ponepaste.org/5648>Surehoof's First Ice Stephttps://ponepaste.org/5689>A cute (hopefully) snow pone shorthttps://ponepaste.org/5682>Frost Fringed Letters [WIP]https://ponepaste.org/5678>My Winter Stormhttps://ponepaste.org/5713Kinderquestria Greenshttps://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37475222/https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37475226/>Poetryhttps://ponepaste.org/8220https://ponepaste.org/5857https://ponepaste.org/5885>Agate's Vigilhttps://www.fimfiction.net/story/507146/agates-vigil>The First Fishhttps://ponepaste.org/7283>New Life with Frosty Flakes (Lewd)https://ponepaste.org/6225>[WIP] Cultural Exchange at Spahttps://ponepaste.org/7063>Snowfall Frost's seach for Windigoshttps://ponepaste.org/7147>The first step northhttps://ponepaste.org/7468>Pine Ponder and the Lost Scarfhttps://ponepaste.org/8037>A Crystal Forest Rescuehttps://ponepaste.org/8082A Snowpitt vignettehttps://ponepaste.org/8361>Russian snowpone fics (use google translate or something similar)https://ponyfiction.org/story/16611/https://ponyfiction.org/story/16645/>Comet Chaser and a Windigo Hunterhttps://ponepaste.org/8843>Lights Going Outhttps://www.fimfiction.net/story/543593/lights-going-out>Granite and Fireweed (Lewd)https://ponepaste.org/9917>The Journeyhttps://ponepaste.org/10541>MerchPine Ponder approved tea:https://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/blend.html?blend=191237Snowpone patches:https://neighsayerpatches.com/products/the-great-snowpone-expedition-patchhttps://neighsayerpatches.com/products/visit-snowpitt-patchMetal pins:https://ko-fi.com/s/525876a3f6
crystals
>>42977394Neigh?
Thanks for not fucking up the thread this time
>>42977373>Proper OP againThank you.
Fwoosh!
>>42978624I like this but I hope there's a lantern upgrade to that torch because it can't be comfortable having fire that close to your face.
>>42978624I see a fish constellation in the sky.Also, is she wearing fishnets?
>>42978624>>42978850Is there going to be crafting? If so fish oil should be an item to make both the torch and lantern.
Wake up, snow pones.
>>42978624Whoops, I just realized I never actually explained the gameplayIt's a comfy fishing / village life game with movement as the hook.Instead of waiting for fish to bite, you search for and chase after fish across Snowpitt's rivers, catching them with your fishnet using movement skills>>42978850>>42979405I really like picrel so I based it off that. You will be able to barter for a lantern later. I'm hesitant to add a crafting mechanic, but I do want resources to matter, so helping the locals and trading catches for upgrades is the plan>>42979209>fishnets?Yes, she throws her fishnets with a spin kick to catch fish
Love my snow horsesimple as
>>42980118>I really like picrel so I based it off that.Liking an image so much it inspires further creative works, hell yeah anon
Snowponies were promised to us 3000 years ago
>>42980838Poggers Flakes
>>42980838Love the paint textures in this (and the horses)
>>42980838Who's that guy in the background?
>>42980838Holy based and snowpitiful
>>42980838Lichen attempting to steal feesh from the heavens?
>>42981497It's Mr. Hyperborea
Are there any greens of Anons having sex with these snowpones? Don't give me "ugh, touch grass", just a simple yes/no/link will do so we can end this discussion quicker.
>>42980838...what's going on in the background with the mammoths?
>>42980118I don't know if we ever decided as a community if Snow Ponies have money or not but if you put money in the game it would give the players some flexibility on what upgrades they get instead of getting whatever upgrade the quest gives them. You could go with the standard copper, silver and gold but a more interesting take would be hard wood, ivory and soap stone coins.
>>42982614Isn't pinecones the currency?
>>42982634Not sure that would make sense, from any perspective other than "it would be thematic."
>>42983045Going off of that one picture of a snowpony in her shop and all the prices are in pinecones and she's talking about how it works (I can't find it)
>>42983146I know the image you speak of.I just don't agree that it makes sense for them to standardize on pine cones as a currency (or any currency), when bartering (plus a general sense of "the community provides") makes much more sense for their society.
>>42983187>>42983146>>42982614Currency is best for gameplay, but bartering fits betterMaybe you dump resources in the village stockpile and earn "goodwill". It works just like currency, they're helping you because you fed them
>>42984083lewd
>>42982138I've never seen any. Really wish for an Anon x Pine Ponder one.
>>42982506That's how earth ponies reach the sky
>>42982138None that I can think of either.Also, touch snow.
>>42979786Yes.
Slow thread.
I'm saving you.
>>42985910Seconding this.
sledding
>>42986634Sledding!!!!
>>42986634That's looking pretty good.
>>42983667obviously they trade in snowpity essences
>>42986634>The mare bounces excitedly at the start line in anticipation for the raceholy hnnng
>>42986634what happened to this mod?
>picrel tagged artist:imalou on booru>search imalou + snowpony>only this image pops updid imalou draw snowpone?
>>42986971To this day I wonder what happened to Ice Peak.
>10 in 90 Jesus fucking Christ.
>>42987622300% increase over usual ToD activity will do that.
>>42987681I hate slide niggers.
>>42986971Someone thought Alpine Glow on J could be drawn by Imalou
>>42988213Oh yeah, that does look like imalou
Close
>>42987328sorry, I had the the munchies
This thread loves to skirt around page 10, doesn't it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwc6jYsc4Ho
>>42990047wtf, save the mare!
>>42989732
>>42982634>>42983146>>42983187>>42983667Firs of pine cones are far too common to work as money. Money only works if it's scarce. Secondly a society without money of some kind becomes stagnant and can not advance because of the limitations of a barter based society. Money is just far more convenient.
>>42990047Give mare a scarfy!
>>42990868What about pine cones with particular paint markings on them? Using paints that are hard to replicate to make counterfeits difficult? Red cone is worth "one", blue is worth two, gold is worth ten, and so on.....
>>42990943This would be fine a representative currency because I drought any Snow Pony wound ever engage in counterfeiting. So as long as the amount is regulated to prevent inflation your good.
>>42990969I'm imagining a snowpony bank which is just an old grandma mare who manages all of the pinecones and is the only one who knows how to mix the paints and paint the cones And every so often somepony will bring her a few equestrian bits and be like "what are these someone visited and gave them to me they said it's money"
>>42991013Arent pinecones too fragile to be used as currency? Maybe the paint hardens into a protective shell
>>42986634Look at them go!
>>42992227>them
>>42986782Maybe she had too much coffee.
>>42992668She's just very excited for the prize (it's a fish).
>>42991620This is the only real problem I can see other then the space they would take up compared to coins. A thick layer of varnish would protect both the pinecone and the paint >>42991013A group of ponies in Snowpity would likely be in charge of the finances on what would be the equivalent of the federal level of there government.
>>42992439I can't tell the gender and was just bumping from being slid
>That time Pine Ponder stumbled upon Abominables>A group of young Northern colts first time on night watch. Suddenly floewolves>Lichen tries it: Icicle in the cooch>A young Southern filly and her father tend to crops, as they slowly grow massive in the long northern sun>That time Agate carelessly drifted through a wall and stumbled on foalmaking
>>42994012i-icicle in the cooch?
>>42994012>>42994340I know Lichen ain't exactly the smartest cookie, but surely even she wouldn't do something like that.
>>42994896wtf
Does a big snow fall mean that the snow mares will come?
>>42995916Spooky.
>>42995916Is this one of the snow bugs?
>>42995632Yes. Make sure to prepare a nice flame grilled salmon dinner
>>42995916 how is she supposed to close that belt?
>>42995916Snageling?
>>42998394snowling
>>42978624Been playing Vintage Story so i'm getting those kinds of vibes from this.
>>42998248Very carefully.
What kind of pizza would snownies like the best?
>>42999496Anchovy pineapple
>>42999496Everything fish related.
>>42998963I'm not quite sure who is bumping whom here.
>>43000767look at her exasperated expression
>>42995916Snow changelings are fucking back bros
>>43001122They look so fluffy. But do they still have hard chitin under that?
>>43001122How do they survive in this isolated region?
>>43001307They look like moths to me, maybe they absorb the little warmth of the sun they can get?
>>43001307They evolved to survive on very limited love
>>43001122>>43001713These are great.
Boöte
>>43001713And they don't appear to be parasitic either. It looks like they coexist peacefully with the snow pones.
>>43002475Nice hat!
>>42990656
>>43001713>The mother is the only one with individual eyesI just realized she's the queen of this tribe.
>>43002475how is it not falling off?
>>43004154Her mane has an excellent grip.
Quick! To the emergency sleds!
>>43002475
>>43004586she could use her mane as a fish holder
I love the smell of snow mares in the morning.
>>43005419I hope she cooks them at least.
>>43006680Cutie.
Slide bump.
>>43006680seal skin booties?
>>43008270Ouch.
>>43007205What do they smell like
>>43009089like a fresh snowpity
>>43009089Like molten polished snow.
>>43009089Campfire smoke and feesh
>>43010015A good combo. Fried fish smells nice and burning wood has a comfy feel to it too.
>>42980838MARES! I LOVE SNOWMARES!
>>43010591>She knocked over the bowlSilly snow mare.
>>42984456Oh, I literally just now realized that they're trying the catch the "fish" in the sky.
>>43011273Can't say they aren't ambitious.
>10
Wake up snowpones.
>>43011273how will they the sky fish with such hole-y nets?
>>43012156What?
>>43012156Something about positioning word is here the wrong.
isnt it possible to make use ai to create stories based off the personalities we have given the snow poners? Or create an AI chatbot to interact with your favorite characters?
>>43012853It should be. You'd have to put all of the reference points in manually in all due likelihood though.
>>43012853Take a look at the CHAG thread to set it up
>>43013672Cutie.
>>43013672She looks happy for once
>>42977394I'm not sure I get it.
>>43014565It's obvious though? She neighs, and then I don't get it either
>>42978624Those, literal, fishnets are unintentionally very sexy
>>43014488It's understandable. She just grabbed a neat snack.
>>43014829I'd guess there was an attempt to cut her hair to make her look less mean, but it didn't work?
>>43015610Maybe she's grumpy because she can't see through so much hair?
>>43015988Maybe it's meant to simply be silly?
>>43016572simply silly snowpones? no, it couldn't be
>>42983667How many pinecones for 1 snowpity?
>>43016982A lot. Snowpities are rare and valuable.
>>43016982There's not enough pinecones
>>43011836
>>43018297
>>42984418>Really wish for an Anon x Pine Ponder one.Tempting.
>>42984904You mean "eat the yellow snow."
>>42994012>That time Agate carelessly drifted through a wall and stumbled on foalmakingCanon.
>>42994896
>>43019779got a bit of dirt on her nose, i'll clean it off!
>>43019395Pretty much.
I could use a nice warm snow pony
>>43019395How do you drift through a wall?
>>43020839
>>43021102Live one can't though.
>>43016291jej
>>43021845feasting on the flesh and viscera of her recent victim.
>>43021890She's a hungry mare.
>>43020419Warm snowmare wife, warm taiga cabin, fixing you some hot roasted salmon after a long day of felling trees to build the newest couple their own cabin. What a life.
I love Cirrus, the mare with the long long mane.
>>43022376Brutal.
>>43023380I wonder how it feels. The finest silk?
>>43024074At the least, smooth, lush, sublimely fine
>>43023380>>43024096This mare has never seen a pair of scissors in her whole life >>42977394
>>43024457All the more for me to sniff
>>43024457And hopefully she never will.
>>43025186This. Her mane is fine as it is.
>>43025186There's probably folklore about cirrus' mane
>>43025669I wouldn't be surprised if it's even an expression in some snow pone villages.
>>43024457It's like the snowpone equivalent of Sampson's hair. If she ever cuts it she loses her clairvoyance.
>>43025237ICE ELATION CUTE, CUTE!
>>43025237>Population soarsThat's good. The more snow pones, the merrier.
>>43026002Cut it out anon, she's a serious warrior.
>>43026534A seriously cute warrior...
>>43025237How?
>>43026550Oof.
>>43025990Cirrus uses her hairs as sensors
>>43027914You mean like a kraken?
>>43028004I didn't know the kraken had hair
>>43028737No, but the sensors on their arms fulfill a similar role.
>>43028673Left-most mare is having a bad dream. Something needs to be done.
>>43029881This is how you lose a boot >>43027912>>43029458I think she's more annoyed about being crushed by 2 other ponies while trying to snooze
>>43029916That just means there's not enough pones!
Boop.
>>43029916Not really crushed. But the weight is bound to be uncomfortable at least.
>>43031532Somepony wants attention.
>>43032793Careful now...
>>43033278I mean show knows what a fire is. She won't be reckless with it.
Upsies.
Pg 10 rescue
>>43035369What did she mean by this?
>>43037039where mare go?
>>43035998
Hearts and Hooves snowpones?
>>43039118>give Pine Ponder a present for Hearts and Hooves>inside is the biggest pinecone Anon could find
>>43039118Several Eskimo kisses
>>43038593I wonder what she's working on. Charms?
>>43040405Yes. She's very charming.
Bump!
>>43044546
>>43019779What?
>>43042774>ywn be suffocated under abominable floofWhy even live
>>43045137>You've just made a very floofy mistake..>"Not as floofy as yours...I fear."
>>43045497You're a big guy.
>>43045470Why not?
>>43046057For her.
>>43047083UUUU
>>43042774This isn't a question of would, but could.
>>43045808Want to Bundle Up with Bundle Up!
>>43048313Treasures in snow pone society.
Frosty feels at home.
>>43049368
>>43049373She found a friend!
>>43049373omg its purp!
>>43048313Gonna ponder those pines
>>43049384Heartwarm scenes in freezing places.
It's snowing outside my house right now! I wish that I had a plush to take pictures outside with, I haven't bought one yet but I'm seriously considering it when I get the funds to buy my favorite mare.
>>43050790God that's cute.
>8 in 2 hoursMeh.
>>43052033Is that game with her still being worked on?
>>43052215I dont remember crackling fire having a game
>>43052645I think he means the fishing one.
>>43053284Snow pones making a snow man isn't so far fetched as it may seem since it's just three spheres stacked onto one another. I bet some of them have done that out of fun. They just would know it under a different name like snow pile or something because the association is lacking.
>>43051136
>>43053693It keeps happening.
>>43053944
>>43054715Cute hat?
>>43054715Nice mane.
>>43054715It's gonna get dirty
>>43054233
>>43056493
>>43057420The best would be to snuggle. To keep the heat, of course.
>>43058142He's going to die, isn't he...
>>43058531He knew the risks going that deep into snowpone territory.
>>43057785The best way to make heat is having more snowpones
>>43059252I suppose that's true.
Up.
>>43061066I think Puffins wouldn't like to see her birds wearing those rings.
>>43060076this looks mad comfy
>>43058142>>43058531>He's going to die, isn't he...He's going to wear the pinecone of shame.
>>43060076>>43062177I could imagine some hot springs nearby. Without internet, snow pones would spend their time A) hunting game (?), B) playing snow games, or C) meditating in the steaming natural hot water.
>>43062674This calls for some serious overtime work.
Canned sardines or canned mussels?
>>43063126Neither are my favorites.
>>43063126Uh, I just catch sardines/anchovies from the pier if I need bait.
>>43060319
>>43063744no
>>43064476yes
>>43064138The boot answers
>>43061454Considering those rings are helping scientists ensure their habitat isn't being destroyed and their population is healthy I disagree.
>>43065548>That hand shakeI'm convinced the guy we've a POV of is actually awestruck and who could blame him
>>43066020>I'm convinced the guy we've a POV of is actually awestruck and who could blame himYeah, understandable.
>>43066778ooo
Y'all don't belong on page 10 with the junk threads.Have a courtesy bump.
>>43067748Thank you, fine sir.
>>43068416Surely, this is not an efficient means of transport?
>>43069127You would be surprised
>>43068416how do you stop?
>>43069717The displeasure is palpable.
>>43063744
Can the average snowpone commune with spirits?
>>43071595Probably not. They can see and interact with them, during rituals initiated by the shamares. But otherwise, most likely not.
>>43069717Why is she annoyed by the lack of hair?
>>43070897Imagine living in a remote snowpone village, clueless to the world, and seeing THAT cresting the horizon.
What sort of weaponry would the snow ponies possess? I'd imagine spears, axes, or even slings would certainly be within their capacity to manufacture?
>>43073454Spears for sure. Could an atlatl work if modified for pony mouths?
Is that a threat?
>>43074128What is?
>>4307434310
>>43074815Yeah that's a threat.
Snow bumo.
>>43075465
>>43070897Man, this is awesome.
>>43075465Snow bumo?
>>43076575Yeah. It's a secret recipe that keeps snow poners on the board.
The thread is pretty cold recently.
>>43077555Stargazing must be absolutely amazing out there. No lights to be found anywhere nearby.
>>43077555Nice numbers.
>>43077249Musta been a storm
>>43075784
>>43078713
>>43078203It's a great scenery. But so very very lonely.
>>43079850Any updates on this?
>>43080082Dev hasnt posted in a while
>>43080229:numver:
>>43068416
I created some new snow ponies.Bark BiteBark Bite is a lover of beavers and looks a lot like one herself with a coat, main and tail of dark brown and buck teeth. Her cutie mark is a stylized beaver made of brightly colored shapes (Haida art). She’s braded her tail into a flat fan like shape so she can use it the same way the beavers do by splashing the water when there’s danger around and packing mud onto the dam and lodge to do reparse. She even lives on the edge of a beaver pond in a log cabin she built herself and well it looks like a normal cabin on the inside on the outside it’s completely covered with sticks and mud to look just like a beaver lodge, the only clues to the fact a pony lives there is the door and the windows witch are surrounded by short tunnels of sticks and packed mud and the red brick chimney sticking out the top. Bark bite lives far enough away from other ponies to rarely get visitors and because she grows most of her own food and dose a lot of foraging and fishing, she doesn’t see a lot of other ponies which is fine with her as long as she has her beaver friends.
>>43080837Ember SparkEmber Spark is a rare kink of pony amongst the Snow Ponies, she’s what they call “fire touched” having a cutie mark and magic directly related to the making and controlling of fire. Some elders believe that a ponies cutie mark magic and inevitably their path in life can be altered drastically by events in early life and therefore a pony without a cutie mark may have some control over what kind of mark they get. The very tragic evet that took place just before Ember Sparks birth could easily be used as evidence of this theory. Ember’s mom was captain of the guard in her town and as fate would have it during her pregnancy leave from the guard a red dragon and an army of its draconic minions attacked and well she tried to stay out of the fight for the sake of her unborn child the town was on fire and being overrun. She knew she was needed so she donned her armor the best she could around her swollen stomach and went into battle leading her troops in repelling the horde. The battle would end with her fighting the dragon singlehanded and killing it with a poleaxe to the throat but she would die herself in one final blast of dragon fire. A nearby healer ran to her aid but could do nothing for her but decided to try and save the child. The field C-section was successful and Ember was quickly taken to the makeshift hospital that was setup after the regular one burned down. Ember was born with a black coat, main and tail with thin strips of red, orange and yellow in her main and tail looking nothing like her parents and becoming the subject of curiosity amongst the elders. Later she would receive a cutie mark of a red, orange and yellow ball of fire with flames swirling up from it’s top and as the town would discover quite dramatically her coat had the power to catch fire burning or melting everything around her but without ever hurting her, she was in fact completely fireproof.
a mom & small ladi needed to draw comfy lol
>>43080820He carries more than her.
>>43080958That's such a cute artstyle. and a big momma
Up with you.
>>43082733Normally a horse would have it's coat shaved to prevent overheating but I think that would cause them to loose there magic.
>>43082733did they get there by riding on an iceberg?
>>43083020I don't think the ice would last long enough.
>>43081476ty anon. big pones good>>43068725this one is cute
>>43084414What's her mark?
>>43081912
>>43084746Corn kernels, maybe? or onigiri?
>>43080958>>43084414Real cute stuff.>>43084746>>43084998Her name is Rolled Oats, so that, I guess.
>>43084414must bury face in chest fluff
>>43086636Cutie!
UROPIA O MORTE
>>43087716Gesundheit.
>>43087943Sorry, wrong thread.
>>43087280Rarity wouldn't approve, but that mane fits perfectly for this pone.
>>43087280leafy
Did snowponies ever figure out fermentation? Fermented fish would go hard for them, probably.
>>43087280I love her!
>>43090013What's her deal?
Snow bump.
>>43091498Where do they get the grapes from?
>>43091758Traders from the Crystal Empire.
>>43087280Oh that's a cute new one! Those freckles are adoreable?
>>43092268Now that would be interesting. What would the Snow Ponies think of the Crystal Ponies and vice versa?
>>43094055
>>43094261
>>43093045>"What a bunch of weirdos."
>>43092701Her smile is cute.
>>43096272
Morning, snow poners.
>>43096833
>>43097293Evening, snowponers.
>>43098508Ah, a pine needs pondering, yes?
>>43098516nay, every pine has been pondered. There is no pondering left
>>43098854There are always pines to ponder.
>>43099286>That blushThis mare was never booped before.
>>43101932>Eating raw fishI don't think my stomach can handle this.
>>43102575Never had sushi?
>>43102585Nope.
>>43102642It's pretty good.Probably not what the snowpones are doing though, they're probably at least curing the fish before eating them.
>>43102657Maybe, but I wouldn't be surprised if they kept the fish as it is. Snow pones are bound to be pretty sturdy.
>>43103612This cutie mark worries me.
Uppo.
>>43105265Why is she blushing?
>>43105569Isn't she still a filly?
>>43100597That's why you always bring spare parts. Boots and hats in equal measure.
>>43106744How does she operate this thing? The handle doesn't work well for ponies.
>>43106869well, you didn't say doesn't work at all for ponies
i made a snowpone? idk about a name
>>43107263i like her
>>43107263Very cute!
>>43106213A nice, savory treat for the mare.
>>43107263is she gonna bring the entire tree?
>>43107722
>>43107722Why is the mare compelled to go to the mountains?There is nothing there. She will surely die.
>>43107929>She will surely die.She won't. Nothing bad can happen to good ponies.
>>43107397>>43107413ty anons!>>43107654if you asked her to she would certainly try
>>43108824>CM Urge to make master baiter jokes rises.
>>43108545cute snoot
>>43111100*Boop*
>>43111664Cute 3D mare.
>>43112015>Varying degrees of want
>>43114267Snow pone in semi stealth mode.
>>43114586The boot screaming illustration kind of looks like the boot is hopping away from a pony who's chasing it.
>>43115131I mean if I were a boot and I saw a snowpony I'd get the hell out of there too
>>43115135>Be anon in Equestria>Travel to the tundra regions for the first time>Heard the ponies living there lead simple, but unusual lives>Want to check it out>Spot the first snow mare>Watch how she's chasing an animatied boot on the run whilst screaming her lungs outNature can be so fascinating.
>>43115322Snow pones in the dark.
>>43114879Very cute traditional clothing!>>43115931Very cute wiggle! Like she's spotted a snack in the underbrush.>>43115692What did she see?
>>43116209>What did she see?(You).
>>43115931Does she get a pounce animation too?
>>43116931She just never learns, doesn't she.
>>43117328There's a star constellation with a fish?
