tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post912499663846850244..comments2024-03-28T03:23:34.498-05:00Comments on Save Versus<br> All Wands: Coolest Looking RPG Product: Dungeons & Dragons Original Boxed SetOakes Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-90476671187291544882014-08-26T22:11:52.149-05:002014-08-26T22:11:52.149-05:00Thanks!
And nope. There where a number of topless...Thanks!<br /><br />And nope. There where a number of topless women seen in older TSR products — mostly OD&D and 1e AD&D — but most of them were monsters of some sort, if not Goddesses.<br /><br />Sometime around the early '80s, they get really PC with all their content to placate to special interest groups — groups who would not care about the hobby, regardless what they did with it. As a result, the books got a lot more family-friendly (including the removal of all Demons and Devils), and any picture that shows a creature or character that would normally be topless, would be covered by strategically placed arms, jewelry, "Godiva" hair, etc. I tend to find such an approach to modesty to be esthetically offensive, regardless of medium.Malcadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111796978336546944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-10291432426452069262014-08-26T16:38:39.370-05:002014-08-26T16:38:39.370-05:00"Wayne Reynolds likes to make the character&#..."Wayne Reynolds likes to make the character's faces look like dead skin stretched over old skulls..." I never heard or thought of that but you're absolutely right. I just assumed that everyone was supposed to be a Half-Elf/Tiefling or whatever.<br /><br />Nice job on the Witch/Amazon. I'm going to take a wild leap and guess that our Amazon may be the only fully shown topless gal in any TSR D&D product. Could that be true?Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-19509698797647621112014-08-25T08:03:11.574-05:002014-08-25T08:03:11.574-05:00Well, yeah, much of the art in OD&D was amateu...Well, yeah, much of the art in OD&D was amateurish. They used artists that they could find, who were ether part of a game group, or some friend's relative. The artiest Greg Bell was a teenager who coped his images form comic books. And despite that, the artworks are quite charming and different. They are really neat for having that crude, amateur look about it, but the product was a crude and amateur game for a high-concept and highly experimental play-style. Plus, this was also at a time before they established any artistic conventions to what everything would look like, so they were free to create things on their own terms (bearded Elf, anyone?).<br /><br />I totally agree with the 4e art. I fund the art to be loud and obnoxious, as if they are trying to emulate the action of 300, but without the ironic, over-the-top homoerotic edge that made the movie so enjoyable. On top of that, Wayne Reynolds likes to make the character's faces look like dead skin stretched over old skulls -- great of undead, but the heroes look like shit! To me, Reynolds is the Rob Liefeld of D&D artists.<br /><br />By the way, if you like the beautiful Witch and topless amazon, you should check out what I did for S&G (shits 'n giggles): ;p<br />http://malcadon.blogspot.com/2014/07/its-hotter-than-witchs-tit.html<br /><br />Oh, and the Wizard on the white box is using a magic wand (of Magic-Missiles or Fireballs or something). The lightsaber-beam is just the magic hitting the target. If not, than he should really seek medical help for that burning discharge! XPMalcadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111796978336546944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-81868654474188396842014-08-25T07:44:14.813-05:002014-08-25T07:44:14.813-05:00No, unfortunately it's a shot from the Wayne&#...No, unfortunately it's a shot from the Wayne's Books site at http://www.waynesbooks.net/?page=shop/post&post_id=24. They were offering it for sale in 2011.Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-45443195726163978712014-08-25T07:37:08.627-05:002014-08-25T07:37:08.627-05:00Is that your personal copy of OD&D pictured in...Is that your personal copy of OD&D pictured in the post? If so, color me jealous. :)Raul De La Garza IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13605983985028555812noreply@blogger.com