Oct 2, 2010

Art Prints?

Found this interesting little offer on page 6 of Strategic Review #1
Just imagine, for a pittance of $2.50 you could own such works as the mighty Dwarf:

The mysterious and powerful Elementals:
 

And the masterpiece, the sexy Amazon!
I love it! I wonder, did anyone every actually buy any of these prints? I noticed that by Strategic Review #2 these prints were no longer being offered.
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8 comments:

  1. biopunkOctober 3, 2010 at 4:00 AM

    Who were the artists in the LBBs?

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  2. AlOctober 3, 2010 at 4:56 AM

    I want the Balrog and EHP!

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  3. MalcadonOctober 3, 2010 at 1:02 PM

    The artist was Greg Bell. He did a number of wargaming art before D&D came out. His fantasy art mostly comes from comic books, like Doctor Strange, Nick Furry, and the works of Esteban Maroto (namely Dax the Damned in "Chess", from Comix International #3).

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  4. MalcadonOctober 3, 2010 at 1:05 PM

    Oh, I almost forgot! I always found that Amazon to be really sexy. =D

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  5. grodogOctober 3, 2010 at 8:37 PM

    I think TSR pulped the prints when it turned out that Bell had copies images from comic books (as Malcadon alludes to). I've only ever seen one set on eBay or rec.games.frp.marketplace from BITD.

    Allan.

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  6. James McCannOctober 3, 2010 at 9:33 PM

    That is hilarious! Considering what they must have paid for those "works of art", a single sale should have resulted in getting all their money back!

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  7. biopunkOctober 3, 2010 at 10:59 PM

    Thanks for the info and link, Malcadon!

    Now that you've pointed it out, I can easily see the Maroto style in the 'Elementals'.

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  8. MalcadonOctober 4, 2010 at 9:03 AM

    Oh yeah, James Maliszewski from Grognardia pointed the Marvel-side of Greg Bell's influence.

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