Sunday, January 2, 2011

A Lot Of Monsters


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25 comments:

  1. thekelvingreenJanuary 2, 2011 at 12:55 PM

    My favourites: the tubby bipedal deer with the spear and the crow with the scythe.

    Is this just for fun, or is it for the Vornheim: City Kit? It would make a nice image for inside the front and back covers.

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  2. Zak SabbathJanuary 2, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    @kelvin

    fun

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  3. squidmanJanuary 2, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    i wish it was a cover of some awesome metal album

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  4. B. Portly Esq.January 2, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    This would look sooo awesome as the endpapers for the covers of Vornhiem!

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  5. thekelvingreenJanuary 2, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    "Endpaper" is what I was looking for. Thank you, B. Portly.

    Also, just for fun is good too.

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  6. ze buletteJanuary 2, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    Sometimes I think of Sienkiewicz's stuff from the 80's after viewing your work. I esp. like the slightly perplexed Xorn here - perhaps the silver holy symbol it just ate isn't agreeing with it.

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  7. JDJarvisJanuary 2, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    triphegs, flailsnails and mindflayers, oh my.

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  8. C'nor (Outermost_Toe)January 2, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    @Ze Bullette: I told him that those things are alloyed with pewter.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    I think there is a 'man of wounds' in there too.
    Flail snail = awesome.
    snake riders = awesome too.

    I third the endpaper suggestion so if you didn't already have an idea (& if it is not prohibitively expensive) the motion carries & you'll just have to do it, scribbled out chick in the lower left and all.
    BTW I haven't been commenting much anywhere lately but you've been posting great stuff for the last 10 days or so. Thanks!

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  10. C'nor (Outermost_Toe)January 2, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    Okay, where's the Xorn ze bullette is talking about? Unless it's that thing with the arms...

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  11. Zak SabbathJanuary 2, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    @c'nor
    xorn's on the fsr right

    I have a "maximum utility possible" policy going for the kit.

    The actual endpapers will contain quick-building-generation charts and instructions for using them.

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  12. Roger G-SJanuary 2, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    Picture font in the making ...

    Is that an Awful Green Thing lower left?

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  13. Zak SabbathJanuary 2, 2011 at 2:37 PM

    @roger

    eye of the deep

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  14. B. Portly Esq.January 2, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    @ Kelvin - yep that's what they're called. I immediately thought of it before I read your comment! Dungeon Alphabet's Mullen piece is a nice example.

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  15. thekelvingreenJanuary 2, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    B. Portly, I am not too ashamed to admit when my vocabulary -- or more likely my genetically-predisposed-to-Alzheimer's brain -- has failed me, so thanks for the nudge there.

    Zak, is the plan for Vornheim: The Complete City Kit (sorry) to have a dust jacket with the big city map printed on the inside?

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  16. Zak SabbathJanuary 2, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    @kelvin

    yes

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  17. crowkingJanuary 2, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    I could only imagine Vornheim has some dark and scary megadungeon- size sewer system, and if so, is there any chance will see some maps for it in the book or future installments?

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  18. Zak SabbathJanuary 2, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    @crowking

    The entire planet that Vornheim is on is one big megadungeon so, y'know, that's a whole other ballgame.

    As for "future installments", well, I don't know if there'll be any

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  19. christianJanuary 2, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    I want to see what that pic looks like with 3D glasses. Very well done!

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  20. velaranJanuary 2, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    I don't see a creepy vibe like this in many RPG products these days. Seems I dunno, a little Fiend Folio-esque.(The weirdest of all the 'straight'[i. e. from TSR] AD&D supplements.) Um, wait, is that a Tirapheg in there? Near the lower left, b/w the multi-eyed bovine and death knight dude? This is really cool. Hope to see more stuff like this, it never was much in evidence.... One of the best reasons to visit here!

    Thanx!

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  21. DuglasJanuary 2, 2011 at 11:49 PM

    Dope.

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  22. ChrisJanuary 3, 2011 at 5:55 AM

    Like: Baldly o'Goatee the larva (top-left) and the "Hai guys" Eye of the Deep (bottom-left). The crow-headed dude w. scythe (Kenku? Wraith?) is also cool.

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  23. thekelvingreenJanuary 3, 2011 at 6:32 AM

    There's also what looks to me like a Skaven with an AK47 just in the upper left, alongside the dark beholder. I approve.

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  24. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2011 at 7:11 PM

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  25. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    I'd like to see you do one of these to go along with that:

    Random encounter table

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