"Does Some Book COVER ART Inspire Your SF Games?" Topic
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| Cacique Caribe | 17 Dec 2009 11:29 a.m. PST |
Example -
I'm not necessarily interested in reading this book:
link However, check out the details on the cover art:
link When I saw that book cover, I was inspired to buy PA figures (scavenger and desert types) and all sorts of other goodies. Also, the idea of a "Children of the Second Revelation" immediately made me think of GW Tallarn (for 28mm) and Rebel Minis' Sahadeen (for 15mm), even though one thing doesn't really have to do with the other: link
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link What about you guys? Has the same thing happened to you? Dan |
 Dances With Words   | 17 Dec 2009 1:59 p.m. PST |
absolutely! The Michael Whelan artwork for 'John Carter' series by ERB got me back into VSF, even though the stories are a bit 'dated'…and yet I've picked up other paperback books, comics and even CD's/movies based on the 'cover art/images'… They have to have really cool spaceships, robots, alien beasties and/or sexy/clothing-challenged babes with HUGE 'tracts of land' etc…. Surprisingly…I have actually run into some older 'pulp sf' that has cover art RELATED to the story inside the book but un-suprisingly, usually NOT a major plot point! Still, whatever 'inspires' and with GOOGLING…you can find a lot of pulp sf&f comic and book covers to 'inspire' and get ideas for figures or even plot lines from (especially if you get both the front and BACK cover with 'summery/teaser').. Slish!
Sgt DWW-btod |
| darthfozzywig | 17 Dec 2009 2:06 p.m. PST |
Hahaha at first I thought that was some sort of sci-fi Gulliver's Travels. Look out – GIANT WOMAN WITH A RIFLE! |
| Cacique Caribe | 17 Dec 2009 5:26 p.m. PST |
Darthfozzywig, LOL. I had to open up the link to see what you were talking about. But then I could not stop laughing. Dude, you've ruined it for me. Now I can't look at it the same way ever again. Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 17 Dec 2009 6:35 p.m. PST |
Yep. You've ruined it for me alright: link Attack of the 100-foot woman! Dan |
| 28mmMan | 17 Dec 2009 6:40 p.m. PST |
I don't know Dan, a rough measure shows her to be closer to 65-70' :) |
| Cacique Caribe | 17 Dec 2009 6:46 p.m. PST |
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| StarfuryXL5 | 17 Dec 2009 10:56 p.m. PST |
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