The Iconics are out in force

[Dragonbait]

Not to mention a whole new 'do. Her hair needs less frizz; more pizazz.

The hair gives her that frzzy-headed bookworm/nerd look, like that one girl from the later seasons of Malcom in the Middle. Her style was very different in the DVD.

Granted, she needs to quit hanging out with her old bf, the 3.0 blackguard dude. She needs someone more snazzy.

to quote a Duck-shirt Homestarrunner "WHAAAAAA?!??!1/1"

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Just replace her with the blond elf. The Wotc new D&D magazine ads are doing that already. She was a mistake that broke with tradition without reason. I am still trying to figure out which ethicity they hybrided into elven to accomplish that look in the PHB 1.

Originally Posted by Todd Lockwood
Even though the R&D boys were convinced that the iconic fighter for marketing would be a dwarf, I knew that a human fighter would be adopted first. For that reason, I intended him to be as racially ambiguous as possible–he should look like he could belong to any race, or none at all. Tordek the dwarf graced the covers of all the early product, but Regdar the human fighter made the first appearance on standees and posters. The detail on the right is Regdar at 5th level, in the armor that defines him best.

For the record, I did not name him. He was named by people who did not want a human fighter as the poster boy…
http://www.toddlockwood.com/galleri...01/regdar.shtml

http://www.toddlockwood.com/galleries/dnd/03/elves.shtml

Todd's site has a good amount of insight on the gestation of 3E. Apparently his sketch of the gnome with the auto-crossbow kept gnomes IN 3E.

Thanks for the info. He's definitely ambiguous in the race dept. The leader of being ambiguous happens to belong to Jozan the "vanilla" cleric. Poor guy doesn't have one particular identity unlike Regdar and Tordek. Only standard thing about him is that he, unlike the other two, is clean-shaven.

And I guess you mean this link for Regdar: Regdar . The other one didn't work.

 

[occam]

Agreed. That [The Caves of Chaos] and Heroes at Rest are already two of my favorite pieces of D&D art, and almost worth the price of the book by themselves. They make the D&D adventuring experience seem almost real.

100% agree. Instantly up there with Emirikol the Chaotic and a Paladin in Hell.

It's the Hudson River School meets Dungeons and Dragons.

That's a great description, and is probably part of the reason I like them so much.

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

I'd REALLY like to see Caves of Chaos and Heroes at Rest turned into wallpaper. Heck, I'd like to have them as posters for my game room too.

 

[Klaus]

I'd REALLY like to see Caves of Chaos and Heroes at Rest turned into wallpaper. Heck, I'd like to have them as posters for my game room too.

And THIS is why RPG illustrations need more landscape!

As for Mialee: http://www.enworld.org/Pozas/Pictures/Iconics/mialee.jpg

 

[Glyfair]

Of course, my favorite thing about "the Caves of Chaos" is that it's an Easter Egg. I saw the picture in the PHB II and it has a caption that doesn't mention the caves. If the gallery hadn't mentioned it, I would have had no idea.

Did anyone suspect that's what it was on seeing it in the book?

 

[Piratecat]

As for Mialee: http://www.enworld.org/Pozas/Pictures/Iconics/mialee.jpg

Actually, I think I'm in love with Lidda; and Alhandra the paladin has never looked better than in your illustration. Krusk, too!

But Hennet's still a dweeb. And you didn't even try Jozan.

 

[Ruined]

Actually, I think I'm in love with Lidda; and Alhandra the paladin has never looked better than in your illustration. Krusk, too!

Quoted for truth. None of those PHB2 pics will end up as a background for my computer, but Pozas' version of Alhandra did for a while.

 

[Firebird]

Lady Sorra

Also, looking through the book, it shows a pic of Lady Sorra and then stats her as a completely different race than the art! Bad editing for sure.

 

[Klaus]

Actually, I think I'm in love with Lidda; and Alhandra the paladin has never looked better than in your illustration. Krusk, too!

But Hennet's still a dweeb. And you didn't even try Jozan.

'Cause I ran outta time!



Be sure to drop by the "Cast the Iconics" thread over at the Media Lounge. I stand by my cast of Camilla Belle as Lidda, Kristin Kreuk as Mialee and Erica Durance as Alhandra.