Do You Like The Cover of the New Conan RPG?

[Water Bob]

Quick, easy, simple question: Do you like the cover selected for the new Conan RPG?

 

[Jan van Leyden]

No, but...

The colour composition is weird, but this may be corrected. I like the image composition, though, bringing the conanesque guy into the spotlight and presenting the woman as sidekick.

Another weirdness is the head of the big serpent/dragon; it's much to angular for my taste.

 

[aramis erak]

Too dark as presented. Probably looks okay in a CMYK print version.

I dislike the "unclad conan" look, because every Conan novel I've read, he's running around with a shirt on as soon as he can buy/steal/loot one, and mail shirt is not uncommon. Then again, I've only read Howard's Conan novels.

 

[Voadam]

Looks a lot like a Savage Sword of Conan cover. I like it.

 

[billd91]

I like the fact that the woman on the cover is doing her own asskicking rather than being a damsel in distress, a trophy for Conan's heroism, or just eye candy.

 

[CapnZapp]

I like my conanesque women to be all of those things.

 

[Umbran]

I am not a fan of the blotchyness of the color. And the yellow background doesn't provide appropriate contract to the skin, hair, and clothing colors of the two figures.

And Conan looks undead with the glowing eyes. Not a fan of that, either.

Overall... meh.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

It looks like they've saved a lot of money on art....

 

[JamesonCourage]

I voted no. Overall, I'd be very happy with that level of art for my RPG (because I can't afford art, and it's not bad art, just stylized).

On the other hand, I expect more of Conan. This kinda looks like an old RPG cover for the sake of evoking an old RPG feel (rather than an old Conan novel feel).

 

[overgeeked]

Not really, no.