Frazetta is inspiring me!

[JVisgaitis]

I think you may get a kick out of these.

There is actually a great story surrounding that Death Dealer helmet. Frank was very nervous about letting anyone make a Death Dealer helmet. Once it was finished, they brought it to his home in the Poconos. Frank liked it so much, that he carried it around with him everywhere he went for weeks after that.

 

[Sir Elton]

Any great Artist is. Pousin is really awesome, and so is Leonardo Da Vinci. You should check out the web gallery of Art. Between "The Triumph of Neptune" to Leonardo's sketches, to Michaelanglo's "David," great art inspires great thoughts.

Sorry . . .

 

[Prince of Happiness]

I gotta say, about that illustration...that's one ripped 19th century Virginian!

I'm dying to see how the Kerry Conran (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) "Princess of Mars" film turns out.

Love Frazetta. Very much an iconic fantasy artist, isn't he? Very much what set a lot of what sword & sorcery imagery is. I'll have to go hunt down some more illos, as I'm working on a very S&S style adventure for my campaign right now.

I'm also digging Gary Gianni's artwork for the Conan/Solomon Kane collections that being reprinted.

 

[Warrior Poet]

Speaking of Frazetta,

I think you may get a kick out of these:

Thanks for sending those -- way cool!

Death Dealer Axe . . . I should get that and tote it along to a game session sometime.

"The brute strides across the room, stands before your table, and announces his presence with authority."

<thunk!>

"Uh, sorry about the table. Will some wood glue fix that?"

Thanks again,

Warrior Poet

 

[Desdichado]

I'm also digging Gary Gianni's artwork for the Conan/Solomon Kane collections that being reprinted.

I actually liked Mike Schultz better; he did the first volume of the Del Rey Conan reprints. He's a much better pencil artist than Gianni, although I think Gianni's a better painter.

 

[shilsen]

Speaking of Frazetta,

I think you may get a kick out of these:

[Martian Longsword, as per the pic in the 1st post of this thread.

Snow Giant Helm

Another sword from a Frazetta painting.

An infamous Frazetta axe...

And matching helm....

By the way, Jody Samson, the guy who's making the Martian Longsword, is the guy responsible for these cinematic icons of weaponry.

Somewhat off-topic, but this is something I'm curious about - would any of you actually pay $1200 dollars for a helmet or a sword?

 

[Warrior Poet]

Somewhat off-topic, but this is something I'm curious about - would any of you actually pay $1200 dollars for a helmet or a sword?

Depends, I suppose. I'm not a collector of such things, so probably not. I'd get a big kick out of having the helmet or the axe, but while I really love Frazetta's artwork, I'm not truly swooning over the actual weapons. I think they're very cool, as is their association with Frazetta's work, but they're not exactly an 18th century katana with original shark- or ray-skin same intact.

On the other hand, buy them for $1200 now, and in 300 years, they may be something very significant.

Of course, that axe'll split my skull as handily as any section of vectored, wedge-shaped steel, so I submit the above comments with the utmost respect for the weapon's producers.

So, I'd say no, at this point in my life. I'd like to own a katana someday, for iado, but that's a long way away, I think.

Warrior Poet

 

[barsoomcore]

I paid something like $6,000 for my katana and fittings. All my other swords are gifts. But $1200 seems like a very reasonable price to me. Beyond my current financial situation, but in another year or so, maybe.

 

[Sir Elton]

To get back on topic:

I've started writing. Right now, I'm debating on whether or not to allow the PCs to roleplay or to write the introductory scene. I figured the PCs being shipwrecked on Atlantis would be a slam bang way to start off a campaign like this.

This isn't my Anime vision of Atlantis, but a Frazetta one. So I took some inspiration from Barsoom/A Princess of Mars for clothing, and wholla, instant lusty swordwomen! Really, seriously, being beached upon atlantis without any gear is a great way to start!

 

[Prince of Happiness]

I actually liked Mike Schultz better; he did the first volume of the Del Rey Conan reprints. He's a much better pencil artist than Gianni, although I think Gianni's a better painter.

Hm, I think Mike Schultz does well enough on the b&ws, but is more evocative of a late 20th Century style of fantasy illustration (it's awesome work, don't get me wrong...I would love to see them both illustrate for D&D products), vs. Gianni, who's work is much more evocative of the time period in which the stories were written and published.