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Post by havard on Sept 27, 2010 13:41:10 GMT -6
Any thoughts on the FFC cover? Why does it depict a Fire Elemental in a mountain pass?
-Havard
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Post by ffilz on Sept 27, 2010 19:07:33 GMT -6
Because it was some art JG had available? Early on, they definitely tried to be as cheap as possible with the art, with much of the art in the Wilderlands being stock clip art.
Frank
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Post by Finarvyn on Sept 28, 2010 6:33:13 GMT -6
Any thoughts on the FFC cover? Why does it depict a Fire Elemental in a mountain pass? Is that what it is? I've always wondered.  |
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Post by aldarron on Sept 28, 2010 8:45:34 GMT -6
The copyright page (of the '77 edition at least) has "Fire Elemental on cover by Pixie Bledsaw
Other illustrations by dave Arneson"
I think Bledsaw put it on the cover because he could, not because it had anything to do with Blackmoor per se. I vaguely remember reading some post or something that indicated the background pic was by or from somebody else, probably public domain.
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Post by Finarvyn on Sept 28, 2010 11:47:14 GMT -6
The copyright page (of the '77 edition at least) has "Fire Elemental on cover by Pixie Bledsaw. Other illustrations by dave Arneson"  Hey, I totally dropped the ball on that one. I looked and there it is... |
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Post by havard on Sept 28, 2010 12:26:14 GMT -6
I think Bledsaw put it on the cover because he could, not because it had anything to do with Blackmoor per se. I vaguely remember reading some post or something that indicated the background pic was by or from somebody else, probably public domain. Perhaps. But now that it is there, what could it mean? The one thing I can think of is that this is no Fire Elemental, but rather Zugzul, God of the Afridhi, descending from the mountain of Goblin Kush... Thoughts? Havard |
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Hey, I totally dropped the ball on that one. I looked and there it is...