D&D Alumni Article on Devils

[demiurge1138]

I'd say most.

The fiend images by DiTerlizzi that I liked I could count on two fingers.

I'm just curious... which ones?

Demiurge out.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Darn ! Those FCII image links from this page are still not working!

I liked to cohesive nature of TD's art throughout the whole PS line. It definitely looked more fantastic than scary, but the fiends weren't exactly cuddly either. 3E was the edition putting garrish "make-up" on Devils... !

 

[Psion]

I'm just curious... which ones?

The fan favorite alu-fiend and succubus.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

The fan favorite alu-fiend and succubus.

OK, so maybe a couple WERE cuddly...

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Full FCII Gallery here so you can see the new ones

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ag/20061208a

 

[Psion]

Of course, the continued failure to recognize that Malebranche = Cornugon is a bit vexing for me.

 

[Pants]

I liked to cohesive nature of TD's art throughout the whole PS line. It definitely looked more fantastic than scary, but the fiends weren't exactly cuddly either. 3E was the edition putting garrish "make-up" on Devils... !

You mean 'Devil' as in singular and not plural, correct?

There's only one like that that I know of; the Paelyrion from the FF (the Mimi Devil).

The fan favorite alu-fiend and succubus.

I always liked his Cambion too...

Of course, the continued failure to recognize that Malebranche = Cornugon is a bit vexing for me.

Yeah I thought that was weird too. Actually the entire article feels like it was just slapped together. Most of the links are broken, some of the pictures got swapped, the Kochrachon got mispelled and the little paragraph at the end is talking about demons and not devils.

Not counting DT's fiends, I'd say 95% of the 3.x pictures are improvements on what came before. Some of those 2e pictures are just ugly, though Warren Mahy's new pic of Levistus is pretty bad. Yuck.

I still don't care for Asmodeus's new wacky hair-do either.

 

[Klaus]

My biggest disappointment in that article was that it failed to show the cover to the 2e adventure "A Paladin In Hell" side-by-side with the original DCS picture and the new Cark Frank one. It was a better representation of the scene than the 2e picture they chose.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Of course, the continued failure to recognize that Malebranche = Cornugon is a bit vexing for me.

What ever are you talking about, Psion? From the article:
"1st editions horned devils (malebranche) have since split into two distinct devils, the horned devils (cornugon) and malebranche."

 

[The Serge]

I think it's pretty obvious that whoever was responsible for that article either didn't have access to all the necessary resources or else handled the job incompetently/irresponsibly.

As for DT's material, it was very much touch and go. He loved what I call "fey" images. That was his schtick. Still, that concept did help to create something of an otherworldly atmosphere for some of the pictures, although it was more "Fairie" than extraplanar in my mind. Still, he did great dragons (when the opportunity arose), females, old-fuddy-duddy men, and most animal-types. His fiends tended to look less than scary, although some of his images were inspiring (I love his ultroloth and I always liked the shadow effect he used for his pit fiends).