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[AS&SH] Artwork for the game
« Thread Started on May 28, 2011, 12:44pm »
Here are some illustrations by Ian Baggley. These, along with about 50+ others, will be featured in the forthcoming Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea:

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« Reply #1 on May 28, 2011, 6:30pm »
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« Reply #2 on Nov 4, 2011, 5:09am »
Fellows,

Here is the cover art for Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. This painting is by fantasy & horror artist, Charles Lang, whose work is routinely displayed in Salem, Ma galleries, where he lives with his lovely wife and fellow artist, Wendy Snow-Lang. Charles' work has been seen on the covers of Cemetery Dance magazine, the Zombie Wars trading card set, several Magic the Gathering cards, and other projects.

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« Reply #4 on Nov 4, 2011, 11:45am »
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« Reply #5 on Nov 4, 2011, 2:40pm »
There is so much awesome here. I can't wait for this!!
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Re: Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperbore
« Reply #6 on Nov 4, 2011, 4:55pm »
Ian Baggley's work has character but the cover is poor. Glowing coloured light to suggest magic is a boring movie cliche, tired for cinema and lazy or unimaginative for an artist.
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« Reply #7 on Nov 5, 2011, 6:59pm »
Thanks for the comments, fellows! That's a lot of smiley faces, jasmith! Sorry it's not to your tastes, Kent!

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Re: Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperbore
« Reply #8 on Nov 5, 2011, 9:54pm »

Nov 5, 2011, 6:59pm, Ghul wrote:
Thanks for the comments, fellows! That's a lot of smiley faces, jasmith! Sorry it's not to your tastes, Kent!

Cheers,
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The art posted in this thread has already sold me on the game!

And we need more covers that would be at home on a heavy metal album or a circa 1982 Heavy Metal magazine! 8-)
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« Reply #9 on Nov 6, 2011, 4:50am »

Nov 5, 2011, 9:54pm, jasmith wrote:

Nov 5, 2011, 6:59pm, Ghul wrote:
Thanks for the comments, fellows! That's a lot of smiley faces, jasmith! Sorry it's not to your tastes, Kent!

Cheers,
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The art posted in this thread has already sold me on the game!

And we need more covers that would be at home on a heavy metal album or a circa 1982 Heavy Metal magazine! 8-)


Yes, I agree! I am of that era. Pulp fantasy, old heavy metal albums, Savage Sword of Conan, Heavy Metal magazine, animated films like Fire & Ice, Clash of the Titans, Sutherland and Tramp covers on the AD&D cover, and so much more: these elements all blend together to inform my way of thinking; thus the cover art by Lang, IMO, is perfect, and Ian's interior art defines the tone of our Hyperborea setting. Also, the cover picture was painted some 20 or more years ago (Late 80s to Early 90s, I'll have to check), so some of the same elements may have been at the fore of the artist's mindset, too.

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Re: Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperbore
« Reply #10 on Nov 6, 2011, 11:18am »
I was extraordinarily fortunate growing up, as my father collected Heavy Metal, Savage Sword, Eerie, Creepy, Vampirella, Epic Illustrated, a host of comic books and sword & sorcery novels.

And let me read them. ;D

So, by the age of 12 I was immersing myself in all of that pulpy awesomeness!
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Re: Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperbore
« Reply #11 on Nov 6, 2011, 11:55am »
My mom was extremely openminded about such stuff too! She's the one that turned me onto sci fi and fantasy novels. Mom didn't bat an eye if I spent my allowance on great magazine like those.

Ghul, you have an awesome artist. The sorceress sold me completely!
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Re: Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperbore
« Reply #12 on Nov 6, 2011, 4:40pm »

Nov 6, 2011, 11:55am, thorswulf wrote:
The sorceress sold me completely!


Yes, I'm pretty sure she would sell you. ;)

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Re: [AS&SH] Artwork for the game
« Reply #13 on Dec 18, 2011, 11:12am »

Nov 4, 2011, 4:55pm, kent wrote:
Ian Baggley's work has character but the cover is poor. Glowing coloured light to suggest magic is a boring movie cliche, tired for cinema and lazy or unimaginative for an artist.


Scantily clad princess, check.
Big muscle-bound barbarian, check.
Evil sorcerer, now dead, check.
Big glowing axe, check.

All Cliches in the order I noticed them. I love'm all and the picture as well. I do agree that the Baggley pics have character and would add that they are very evocative of the weird fantasy genre.

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Re: [AS&SH] Artwork for the game
« Reply #14 on Dec 18, 2011, 11:18am »

Nov 6, 2011, 11:18am, jasmith wrote:
I was extraordinarily fortunate growing up, as my father collected Heavy Metal, Savage Sword, Eerie, Creepy, Vampirella, Epic Illustrated, a host of comic books and sword & sorcery novels.

And let me read them. ;D

So, by the age of 12 I was immersing myself in all of that pulpy awesomeness!


I was also very fortunate to have a mom who loved the strange and mysterious. She bought me the ODD books for Christmas including the Eldritch Wizardry supplement with the nekkid lady! The same Christmas she bought me Empire of the Petal Throne. My life would never be the same. I was also 12 and entering that real life dungeon known as middle school.
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