Glad's drawings of the adventuring life.....

Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:02 am

Thanks, buddy! Glad you like it.

Wulfgarn · Post by **Wulfgarn** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:50 pm

Glad You know I love your work - and if you dont - I really do ....

I want to offer a bit of critism that might help you in the future.

the dwarf vs. Lizardman---

look at the weapon hand and weapon of the LM. The Perspective of the weapon head to Hand to shaft of the weapon is askew....

Agin I really like your art

Martin

Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:31 pm

Wulfgarn wrote:
Glad You know I love your work - and if you dont - I really do ....

I want to offer a bit of critism that might help you in the future.

the dwarf vs. Lizardman---

look at the weapon hand and weapon of the LM. The Perspective of the weapon head to Hand to shaft of the weapon is askew....

Agin I really like your art

Martin

It's those damn Lizardmen blacksmiths, I tell ya'! All their weapons come out askewed and I've talked to them numerous times about it....but you know Lizardmen, they never listen to us ssssstupid humansssss.

In all seriousness, you're exactly right...it is a bit off. I guess all of us are allowed a slip up now and again.
But thanks for the kind words, as well. I'm glad you like my art. It makes the doodling all worth while when others like it a little bit too.

gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:11 pm

As my art instructors always said. "The last picture is practice for the next one."
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Wulfgarn · Post by **Wulfgarn** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:29 am

Gee mine always just hit with a stick

Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Thu May 01, 2008 12:54 am

Old school Hook Horror....

dachda · Post by **dachda** » Thu May 01, 2008 1:01 am

Gladiator27 wrote:
Old school Hook Horror....

OMG, that is one brave halfling! Great drawing.

Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Thu May 01, 2008 1:20 am

dachda wrote:
OMG, that is one brave halfling! Great drawing.

Thanks!

And yeah, I tend to either have my halflings in scenes where they're totally wussified or brave to the point of being stupid. This one happens to be the latter.

Who knows, maybe the halfling rolled a natural 20 and puts the horn on his helmut right into the Hook Horror's eye! First hit, dead Hook Horror! LOL!

As the dwarf walks off mumbling, "damn halflings."

dachda · Post by **dachda** » Thu May 01, 2008 1:33 am

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nd yeah, I tend to either have my halflings in scenes where they're totally wussified or brave to the point of being stupid. This one happens to be the latter.

one of my first ever AD&D characters (back in the day) was a halfling thief named Fred, the Fearful/less. The party never knew if he would be brave to the point of suicide or simply run for his life. Sometimes I would roll a die to decide which way to go. Led to much fun. Fred created a great story line, by deciding to be fearless, when the party was faced by an assassin demon. Fred stabbed the thing, was knocked across the room, picked up the party who all ran. Ever after, whenever the party was down and out, sure enough, up would pop that assassin demon again seeking revenge for the limp Fred gave it. ahh, fun times...

Davaris · Post by **Davaris** » Thu May 01, 2008 2:27 pm

These pictures are great. They remind me of the art in the Tunnels and Trolls modules I bought second hand back in the early 1980s when I first discovered role playing. Good memories.

Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:00 pm

Thanks Davaris...glad I could bring back some fond memories for ya'.

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:23 pm

Those are some really nice looking pieces. I especially like your Gnoll, though I think he's in for a kicking in the first round of combat with such a small melee weapon... maybe it's a trick to get adventurers to heedlessly charge him!?
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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:53 am

Matthew wrote:
Those are some really nice looking pieces. I especially like your Gnoll, though I think he's in for a kicking in the first round of combat with such a small melee weapon... maybe it's a trick to get adventurers to heedlessly charge him!?

Thanks, Matthew!

A gnoll is so big compared to most other humanoid characters that his smallish weapon would still do a fair amount of damage, I would guess. His shield is designed as a slashing weapon, as well. The two working in tandem would be a deadly combo from an 8 foot gnoll.

And don't overlook his third and most deadly weapon in close quarters combat.....dog breath.

Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:06 am

Good ol' Bullywugs......they're worse than cockaroaches!

jaybird216 · Post by **jaybird216** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:24 pm

Excellente! *snatched*
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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:07 pm

jaybird216 wrote:
Excellente! *snatched*

Good man....and thanks!

ATOM · Post by **ATOM** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:51 pm

Gladiator27 wrote:
Good ol' Bullywugs......they're worse than cockaroaches!

Great picture Glad! It definately makes you think about what is going to happen next! Will the Elf get speared? Or will the Dwarf Spearman be quicker off the mark and harpoon the leaping Bullywug? And will ol Stuntytoes the Halfling be able to remove his underwear from his ars_crack after that hyper wedgy from the other Wug? Only time will tell?

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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:23 pm

ATOM wrote:
Great picture Glad! It definately makes you think about what is going to happen next! Will the Elf get speared? Or will the Dwarf Spearman be quicker off the mark and harpoon the leaping Bullywug? And will ol Stuntytoes the Halfling be able to remove his underwear from his ars_crack after that hyper wedgy from the other Wug? Only time will tell?

Damn, Andy....you see more than I do in my OWN doodles! I need you to write a synopsis after each of my drawings. You make them waaaay more interesting than I ever had intentions for them to be.

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:48 pm

Gladiator27 wrote:
A gnoll is so big compared to most other humanoid characters that his smallish weapon would still do a fair amount of damage, I would guess. His shield is designed as a slashing weapon, as well. The two working in tandem would be a deadly combo from an 8 foot gnoll.

I might have wandered off on an AD&D 1e tangent (where weapon length determines first strike during a charge).
Nice looking Bullywug picture! (or should I say 'generic frogman', stupid Wizard's IP).
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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Fri May 09, 2008 11:27 am

Thanks, Matthew....glad you like it!

And at your 1e reference.

Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:59 pm

Ye' Old Troglodyte...

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:20 pm

Nice. Very vicious looking. Poor old Troglodytes, I don't think they win very many battles.
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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Tue May 13, 2008 10:19 am

Thanks, Matthew...glad you like it.
I always thought of Trogs as stinky, smaller cousins of Lizardmen. Good cannon fodder once a party got tired of fighting the traditional 1 hd creatures like goblins, orcs and Bullywugs.

Howietzer · Post by **Howietzer** » Tue May 13, 2008 3:06 pm

These are great illustrations. Gaming art is so cool.

Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Tue May 13, 2008 3:48 pm

Thanks, Howietzer...glad you like em'.

You have some great art work yourself!

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:28 pm

Gladiator27 wrote:
I always thought of Trogs as stinky, smaller cousins of Lizardmen. Good cannon fodder once a party got tired of fighting the traditional 1 hd creatures like goblins, orcs and Bullywugs.

Aye. I think the work you did on the face is really cool. I think it is pretty difficult to conceptually differentiate Troglodytes from Lizard Men, but I think you've done a good job with this. This guy feels as though he's somewhere between a Bullywug and a Lizard Man (reminds me a bit of an iguana with that fin and smallish maw).

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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:56 pm

The Trog I drew was based on a description over at Dragonsfoot. Chris, who wanted the illo, described them as between 5 and 6 feet tall, with a finned crown, legs and arms. Unlike the original 1e description, I don't think they had fins on their legs or arms. Lizardmen (at least the ones I draw) compared to Troglodytes are a bit more muscular in their builds, taller, and don't necessarily have the finned crowns anywhere on their bodies. I draw the muzzles a bit different, as well.

I would not want to draw a gaggle of Lizardmen, Troglodytes and Yuan-ti all intermingling with one another...talk about very subtle differences amongst them, especially from the waist up.

jaybird216 · Post by **jaybird216** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:12 pm

And they all taste like chicken!
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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:42 pm

jaybird216 wrote:
And they all taste like chicken!

Mmmm, mmmmm....that's some good eaten!

jaybird216 · Post by **jaybird216** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:25 pm

*nabbed*
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