Am I wasting my time?

[edge3343]

I'll say "no" if you promise to give me the original Dwarf sculpture.

 

[DMH]

As someone who buys most monster books (I sold back the CCs and ToHs), I have to say this is a cool idea and I would buy it.

You may want to make a poll for this since you would get a lot of lurkers' responces as well.

 

[Jdvn1]

Personally, I'd prefer a monster book that sculpts the creature's personalities, traits, and backgrounds rather than their pictures. I don't care what color the critter is or if he's got 3 tentacles as opposed to 4, and I don't care how those tentacles are placed. If you can give me information, though, that makes the critter come alive -- that'd be awesome.

 

[The_lurkeR]

You may want to make a poll for this since you would get a lot of lurkers' responces as well.

Yes we lurkers love the polls


I'm afraid though that this has 0 appeal to me. Sorry :\

Pictures of a sculpture are 2D, and generally not as dynamic or interesting as an original 2D painting or drawing.

If you want to sell figures or copies of your sculptures, well you can see that is pretty popular already.

 

[KnowTheToe]

I can't quite picture this, but I have not picked up any 3rd party MM that I have seen because the artwork is uninspiring. I want to know what my monsters look like. A page of stats means little to me as I can whip those u in a few seconds. I want pictures that motivate me to use that monster. I am one of the few that likes minimal fluff on monsters. I like creating the fluff and customize it to my personal world or vision.

 

[Greylock]

To be honest Mark, as much as I love your work, and as much as I know DnD (and esp monsters) means to you, I think you are barking up the wrong tree. Ya mentioned this to me once before, and the idea seems really cool, but the concept and the audience don't seem to fit.

What I think you should do is take the same idea, sculpted monsters of the clay kind, photographed into a story, and apply it to a childrens tale or fable. Make a coupla short experimental books, thin tomes, children sized. See how it goes. I can absolutely promise you will find an audience, and still get to play with monsters. Bigguns and little...

 

[Stone Angel]

I think it sounds cool enough, but your monsters will have to be quality too.


The Seraph of Earth and Stone

 

[Nightcloak]

I think it sounds cool enough, but your monsters will have to be quality too.

I agree.

But I would add something I think would really make it work. Tie it to a web page were people who buy the manual (PDF?) could go and virtually see the monster and turn it, flip it, or even change the "stock" background to a new one to apply it to. Then us DM's could copy and print the beast out in such a way as it fits any particular goal we need: Adventure handout, check. Token for a battle mat, check. Cool picture for a player's guide, check. Wallpaper, you bet.

I bet the novelty will create interest and generate sales alone. I mean, who among us wouldn't pay money to get to do that with an existing monster in the MM?

 

[Impeesa]

Something that I might actually buy -- seriously -- is a book that had no stats, just pictures. I love having pictures of critters in the MM, but I hate having to show players the stats/names of monsters along with the pictures. Give me a book with nice artwork (maybe from several angles) of every monster in the MM, put it in a format that I can show a single picture at a time, and you've got a sale. Price-wise, I'm not sure where I'd rate it, but I'd pay at least as much as for the statted MM, probably more.

Beat to the punch. I think a coffee-table book with pictures of the MM monsters from different angles would be really cool. Work together with a professional photographer for interesting angles and backdrops. The only thing that would concern me is the amount of detail possible in the sculptures - I don't doubt your talent, but we're a picky bunch. Maybe if you did them nice and big...

--Impeesa--

 

[Jdvn1]

Beat to the punch. I think a coffee-table book with pictures of the MM monsters from different angles would be really cool. Work together with a professional photographer for interesting angles and backdrops. The only thing that would concern me is the amount of detail possible in the sculptures - I don't doubt your talent, but we're a picky bunch. Maybe if you did them nice and big...

Ooh, yeah. That's good.