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Author Topic: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D  (Read 17440 times)

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2021, 05:47:24 PM »
The worst thing about CPv3 is the unreadable font.  It's literally headache inducing for me.
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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2021, 06:07:06 PM »
The worst thing about CPv3 is the unreadable font.  It's literally headache inducing for me.
No, that's not the worst thing, but if you couldn't read it, you didn't get to the worst parts.

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #17 on: May 13, 2021, 06:08:54 PM »
LOL, that is entirely possible.  Will upgrade to worse encountered part over worst part.   :D
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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #18 on: May 13, 2021, 06:19:21 PM »
LOL, that is entirely possible.  Will upgrade to worse encountered part over worst part.   :D

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #19 on: May 13, 2021, 08:14:03 PM »


cringe  :o

I remember Spoony showing off that image during his 5th Edition review. It and the other related pieces make both the Halflings and Gnomes look like deformed children.
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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #20 on: May 14, 2021, 08:18:59 AM »


cringe  :o

Absolutely! I mean, by the time that kind of neckcloth was adopted historically, that kind of lute had been out of fashion for a couple of centuries.
And, have you ever tried playing a lute while dancing without a guitar-style shoulder strap?
And, lute shells are pretty thin - you're really risking damaging it if you're wearing that cut-down-rapier and having the pommel knock against the instrument.

(Also, the dance looks vaguely galliarde-like, which is probably outdated before that style of rapier hilt becomes popular, and was never really taken up as a folk tradition. Or is it supposed to be Irish step dancing?)

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #21 on: May 14, 2021, 08:47:12 AM »


cringe  :o

I remember Spoony showing off that image during his 5th Edition review. It and the other related pieces make both the Halflings and Gnomes look like deformed children.

Self-portraits by the artists, then.

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #22 on: May 14, 2021, 09:32:21 AM »
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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #23 on: May 14, 2021, 09:37:46 AM »


cringe  :o

Absolutely! I mean, by the time that kind of neckcloth was adopted historically, that kind of lute had been out of fashion for a couple of centuries.
And, have you ever tried playing a lute while dancing without a guitar-style shoulder strap?
And, lute shells are pretty thin - you're really risking damaging it if you're wearing that cut-down-rapier and having the pommel knock against the instrument.

(Also, the dance looks vaguely galliarde-like, which is probably outdated before that style of rapier hilt becomes popular, and was never really taken up as a folk tradition. Or is it supposed to be Irish step dancing?)
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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #24 on: May 14, 2021, 10:41:48 AM »
This book is called "Viking Age" (not "Sexy Fantasy Vikings" or some such), and the art pieces on the front and back really give me a lot of confidence in this product.


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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #25 on: May 14, 2021, 10:44:21 AM »
This book is called "Viking Age" (not "Sexy Fantasy Vikings" or some such), and the art pieces on the front and back really give me a lot of confidence in this product.

   Avalanche Press was notorious for their cheesecake covers during the d20 boom.

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #26 on: May 14, 2021, 11:03:31 AM »
This book is called "Viking Age" (not "Sexy Fantasy Vikings" or some such), and the art pieces on the front and back really give me a lot of confidence in this product.

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #27 on: May 14, 2021, 11:23:01 AM »
This book is called "Viking Age" (not "Sexy Fantasy Vikings" or some such), and the art pieces on the front and back really give me a lot of confidence in this product.

   Avalanche Press was notorious for their cheesecake covers during the d20 boom.

And I’m actually a bit of a cheesecake fan..... but this still did not rock my boat 😄

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #28 on: May 14, 2021, 11:57:48 AM »
This book is called "Viking Age" (not "Sexy Fantasy Vikings" or some such), and the art pieces on the front and back really give me a lot of confidence in this product.

   Avalanche Press was notorious for their cheesecake covers during the d20 boom.

And I’m actually a bit of a cheesecake fan..... but this still did not rock my boat 😄

same, it's a little too formal and like it can't decide between being a drawing or a photo.
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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #29 on: May 14, 2021, 12:26:56 PM »
I think I'll make new D20 campaign book about authentic viking culture. How do you like this as a cover? :D