Gnome Art Preview

[drjones]

In my world the gnomes will all have white beards and conical red hats.

 

[Mad Mac]

At least, they were not looking transgendered back then

I'm not getting the transgendered complaint. The gnome in the pic has very strongly masculine features and build. He's just not wearing pants. Were all Romans transgendered?

 

[MaelStorm]

I'm not getting the transgendered complaint. The gnome in the pic has very strongly masculine features and build. He's just not wearing pants. Were all Romans transgendered?

Compare the new art with the magic card a posted above. Both are wearing some kind of dress. In the new art, the gnome is tall and have slender body feature, no beard, no body hair. Man, just look at its hand. The Gnomes on the magic card have muscles and a beard.

 

[Mad Mac]

Compare the new art with the magic card a posted above. Both are wearing some kind of dress. In the new art, the gnome is tall and have slender body feature, no beard, no body hair. Man, just look at its hand. The Gnomes on the magic card have muscles and a beard.

Hmm...no I'm not seeing it. He's not stumpy, hairy, and dwarflike, that's true. That doesn't make his proportions especially willowy or girly.

 

[MaelStorm]

Hmm...no I'm not seeing it. He's not stumpy, hairy, and dwarflike, that's true. That doesn't make his proportions especially willowy or girly.

Put a female head instead, and it looks like a woman. Anyway, its an Elf crossed with a Satyr, not a Gnome.

 

[lutecius]

I'm not getting the transgendered complaint. The gnome in the pic has very strongly masculine features and build. He's just not wearing pants. Were all Romans transgendered?

this doesn't look like a toga or a cassock.
Male vs female garments is really a cultural thing, but by most standards, this one is a female's dress. Look at those slit sleeves and sashes... there's even a hint of breast.
If you hide the head, I think many people will think it's a female gnome.

 

[Jack Colby]

It's a surprising look, and that's great. Gnomes have never really fit in well, and I don't expect they will, but this will work as a monster in the MM. I love that 4E is revitalizing D&D by changing things that have been stagnant for so long they have grown boring. They are restoring the sense of wonder to a game that hasn't really had it for a long time.

I admit, 4E is basically nothing like the original game as far as rules go, but I am getting that vibe of "newness" from it that I got when I first played the game. Players won't know what to expect from creatures like this new gnome, and that's a very good thing! They will be learning about the D&D world as their PCs do.

I realize some people like it the way it was, but no edition will please everyone. I'm pretty sure 5E will be marketed as "restoring the traditional elements of D&D" though, so it all balances out in the end.

 

[Ktulu]

I like it. Took me a minute, but I totally dig the new gnome. BTW, I really can't stand Wayne Reynolds art. Waaaaaay too much....stuff in the picture. Back off the over-abundance of everything, dude.

Ktulu

 

[pukunui]

Am I the only one who thought the gnome from the cartoon looked like he'd stepped straight out of a Gorillaz music video?

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Everyone does realize that this is pretty clearly a Gnome Warlock with a Fey Pact and that YOUR gnome (should you play one) can look as different from this guy as I look from Michael Clarke Duncan, right? (I'm a medium-sized white guy)

Fitz