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<blockquote data-quote="Wofano Wotanto" data-source="post: 9609735" data-attributes="member: 7044704">I think I prefer this one to issue 10's, honestly.&nbsp; Very effective color choices here, although it would feel a little like it was centered too low on the page without the White dwarf logo - so maybe not the best as a textless art print.&nbsp; I wonder if it was specifically conmissioned for WD and he was deliberately allowing for the logo?Then again, if it was painted on spec for potential use as a book cover you'd want room for a title as well.&nbsp; So maybe it's just normal to leave some low-content space at the top of an art piece when you're trying to sell to the publishing trade.Still Minifigs, still not Ral Partha.They changed the page count dramatically this issue.&nbsp; Going by other mags from the same era that did the same, that could easily throw off layout plans (which are mostly being done manually here in the pre-history of 1979) and when you find yourself scarmbling to find space, letter columns are often the first on the chopping block.Even under normal circumstances most editors treated letters as convenient page-filler material since you pick as many or as few as you like and tailor the length of your replies to neatly cover whatever space is needed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wofano Wotanto, post: 9609735, member: 7044704"] I think I prefer this one to issue 10's, honestly. Very effective color choices here, although it would feel a little like it was centered too low on the page without the White dwarf logo - so maybe not the best as a textless art print. I wonder if it was specifically conmissioned for WD and he was deliberately allowing for the logo? Then again, if it was painted on spec for potential use as a book cover you'd want room for a title as well. So maybe it's just normal to leave some low-content space at the top of an art piece when you're trying to sell to the publishing trade. Still Minifigs, still not Ral Partha. They changed the page count dramatically this issue. Going by other mags from the same era that did the same, that could easily throw off layout plans (which are mostly being done manually here in the pre-history of 1979) and when you find yourself scarmbling to find space, letter columns are often the first on the chopping block. Even under normal circumstances most editors treated letters as convenient page-filler material since you pick as many or as few as you like and tailor the length of your replies to neatly cover whatever space is needed. [/QUOTE]

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