I like the anti-paladin better for some reason. His armour is sexy!

Is this one of the older pictures you were talking about going back and adding color to?

Yep! There's a few more. They could be better but it seems like a pity to just let them sit there.

:D

Oh,the designing is so nice = )

Thanks!

Digging those cherubim wing boots...

WAYDAMINUTE

If he's the 'good guy', what poor cherubim out there has no wings because of him?

Whenever you gain over 400 XP from fighting Chaotic Evil, a cherub gets its wings.

Dang, this is pretty cool. And it's epic. Good vs evil.

That is definitely an interesting aerial-combat scenario. Lots of potential for a good set-piece in it.

See, this is the kind of image I had in my head when I got excited about D&D. I'd love to play that paladin. Technically brilliant as the new art is, I find a lot of it just doesn't draw me in.

Love the armour as usual :D

Yeah, I don't like a lot of the new art which is good, but so much seems like generic fantasy - really self referential. The guys in the 800s or 1300s or whatever, their outfits weren't intended to be "I AM A HOT BABE" or "I AM A BADASSED ANTIHERO" and so on, they wore clothing and armor intended to not bind up under their arms or leave their chest wide open or whatever. I think it's possible to have more historical looking stuff, and still have strong character design -- even though I'm not that good at it.

When I was a kid, D&D got me interested in so much history and architecture. I kinda wish the art style helped encourage that.

Yeah, your last comment is right on. I've been thinking the same thing for a while now - I got into so many things through D&D. I was really encouraged by a lot of the articles in Dragon which pushed a historical take on things like castles.

Heh, remember the "Great Stoney" cardboard castle? I was fascinated by that - went out and read all kinds of books on medieval castlebuilding...

Kinda sorta. "Great Stoney" was before my time but because I really like old Dragon magazines I found out about that not so long ago.

Great, now I feel old. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold

:3