The base factors:


The base:





Winterwind or Drywinter is a Cream Light Solid Special combo base with NO ADDITIONAL CONSTRICTIONS!!! beyond its factors. It could also be an August stud or raffle special, but I would prefer it be a combo since it's partially made from its factors above. By default it is linked to Pale skin.


yes this is a non-copyrighted free image

Most winter-themed bases are very white and blue, but winter where I live doesn't snow so much. I usually hear about winter and picture a dry, wilted field, absent of heavy weather beyond a coating of frost. Crunchy leaves and brown grass and stiff cold vegetation and such. I attempted to channel that here.

I mostly got this base from the shapes of Ruffian, Vagabond, and Haze, lightening it afterwards to match the factors better. The base is a conglomerate of a thousand different things overlayed, but then I colored on top of it to where it's, like, 80% original other than Ruffian's texture shining through. The factors aren't necessarily themed beyond the concept of a dry winter— they were chosen based off of color and texture instead. There's a faint smattering of white speckles for the winter theme.

This is the light-toned base in a series of three combo bases.
other combo bases: wine&gold
other combo bases: ahmari

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