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Post by lorddarkstorm on Mar 31, 2021 23:52:35 GMT
I've stumbled on this today: after books 29 and 30, book 31 will also have a limited edition in Italian with a slightly different cover. Somehow, I prefer this one over the original.  That's cool, it gives it a kind of satanic vibe almost. I also prefer it. |
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Post by Black Cat on Apr 20, 2021 13:46:31 GMT
More covers in French! Both books are scheduled for a June release. This is book 30, with a different take on the original cover of Alberto Dal Lago.  And this is the cover for book 1, not the original version but the one with 550 sections! Apparently, it will contain the new artwork by Nerdgore so unless Holmgard Press decides to release the Definitive Edition soon, this will be the first time we'll see he's own take on Gary Chalk's work.  |
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Post by kolinovic on Apr 20, 2021 22:10:14 GMT
Wow! That's quite the sneak peek!!
It's not the place for the conversation but I find it odd to go from the rewrite of book one to the original of book two - if you've held onto a crystal or a dagger they're no use to you in Tarnalin or anything...
Excited to see the finished article all the same!
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Post by lorddarkstorm on May 2, 2021 18:23:12 GMT
More covers in French! Both books are scheduled for a June release. This is book 30, with a different take on the original cover of Alberto Dal Lago. Looks great. Presumably Ugo Chiola again. Like the look of Vashna's army of the damned. And this is the cover for book 1, not the original version but the one with 550 sections! Apparently, it will contain the new artwork by Nerdgore so unless Holmgard Press decides to release the Definitive Edition soon, this will be the first time we'll see he's own take on Gary Chalk's work. The Vordak is quite nice, but the rest is quite a waste of space. I wonder if it's the start of a kind of unified design for the definitive edition re-releases, or just a one-off (I believe there was never a 550 section version released in french before)? I've been wondering whether the 550 section re-release will have any changes from the mongoose version. I remember being puzzled by some of the story changes that seemed to me rather unnecessary, like the change from Ulnar to Sun Eagle defeating Vashna at the maakengorge. Also the new finale was great in a vacuum, but really rather steals the thunder from "Fire on the Water" with the earlier confrontation. But no way that's changing as it'd be hard to keep 550 sections otherwise  |
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Post by Black Cat on May 2, 2021 22:38:13 GMT
The Vordak is quite nice, but the rest is quite a waste of space. I wonder if it's the start of a kind of unified design for the definitive edition re-releases, or just a one-off (I believe there was never a 550 section version released in french before)? I think it's a one-off as it will be a hardcover as Gallimard will keep on publishing the rest of the series with the similar style of cover that we saw with the previous books (books 1 to 3, 29 and 30). It's already the 5th edition of the series in French and I do hope that they will republish the full NO series this time (they haven't done it since the 2nd edition). |
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Post by Black Cat on May 13, 2021 2:25:51 GMT
Apparently, Mantikore will release book 27 in 2022 (or sooner if book 26 is coming this June) but some online shop have already a cover for it. Looks legit.  The original link: link |
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Post by bulletrider on May 13, 2021 14:10:09 GMT
A bit late to the party to say "Thank you" for your effort - it's really great to see them compared that way. And to contribute something of "knowledge" to this thread:  These four bulgarian covers all show cover artworks from various AD&D Dragonlance adventure modules depicting certain scenes found in the Dragonlance novels and adventures. They are (of course) in no way related to Lone Wolf and were plainly "stolen"  |
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Post by lorddarkstorm on May 13, 2021 19:28:47 GMT
Apparently, Mantikore will release book 27 in 2022 (or sooner if book 26 is coming this June) but some online shop have already a cover for it. Looks legit. The original link: linkCheers, looks like Slobodan Cedic again, or at least someone following the motif of an key item/theme from the book being on the cover. A bit late to the party to say "Thank you" for your effort - it's really great to see them compared that way. And to contribute something of "knowledge" to this thread: These four bulgarian covers all show cover artworks from various AD&D Dragonlance adventure modules depicting certain scenes found in the Dragonlance novels and adventures. They are (of course) in no way related to Lone Wolf and were plainly "stolen" Thanks, and that's fantastic info, cheers for that! From that I was able to track down three of them:  Flight From the Dark Artist - Jeff Easley Taken from Dragonlance Heroes Volume One - The Legend of Huma Fire on the Water Artist - Keith Parkinson Taken from Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - DL8 Dragons of War Caverns of Kalte Artist - Clyde Caldwell Taken from Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - DL10 Dragons of Dreams I have another thread about cover artist identities. I never even bothered trying for the Bulgarian ones, as I didn't expect to get anywhere due to the combination of the language barrier and the series not being popular enough to even run through the initial Kai series. But now I can give proper attribution to 3 of the 4. Don't suppose you know which dragonlance novel/supplement the fourth is from? Looked for an hour but couldn't find it. I don't mind looking further, but thought I'd check in case you know it off the top of your head. |
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Post by bulletrider on May 14, 2021 7:14:04 GMT
Don't suppose you know which dragonlance novel/supplement the fourth is from? Looked for an hour but couldn't find it. I don't mind looking further, but thought I'd check in case you know it off the top of your head. Ah, sorry - my mind tricked me. The last one was part of one of AD&D's Monstrous Compendiums. Those were released as loose pages one cut file in a binder. As some sort of "divider" there were also coloured artworks on cardboard which came with them. This artwork was part of the "Outer Realms" appendix. The scene shown is from Dragonlance though and showing the mages Raistlin and Fistandantilus in battle (and summoning creatures from the outer realms). It was painted by Jeff Easley, who happens to be one of my fave fantasy artists Here are some pics:   |
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Post by lorddarkstorm on May 14, 2021 16:58:06 GMT
Ah, sorry - my mind tricked me. The last one was part of one of AD&D's Monstrous Compendiums. Those were released as loose pages one cut file in a binder. As some sort of "divider" there were also coloured artworks on cardboard which came with them. This artwork was part of the "Outer Realms" appendix. The scene shown is from Dragonlance though and showing the mages Raistlin and Fistandantilus in battle (and summoning creatures from the outer realms). It was painted by Jeff Easley, who happens to be one of my fave fantasy artists Thanks again, I've updated the other thread.  |
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Post by lorddarkstorm on Jun 16, 2021 17:01:15 GMT
updated with Holmgard 27.
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Post by Black Cat on Jun 16, 2021 20:41:35 GMT
updated with Holmgard 27. I'm a little bit disappointed by that one... Great art but it is another of Alberto Dal Lago's cover featuring "Hero with a sword facing a bad guy". If indeed Holmgard Press is publishing the Definitive Edition with the covers made by Alberto for the Italian version of the Collector's Edition, so far, on the 27 covers he made* (1 to 20 published in Italian, 24 to 27 and 29 to 31 with Holmgard Press), I count 17 covers featuring "Hero with a sword facing a bad guy" (2 to 6, 8 to 11**, 13, 14, 16 to 18, 20, 27 and 29). Some of my favorite work he made are the ones that don't feature that same pattern of "Hero with a sword facing a bad guy": book 7, 24, 25 and 30 are among them. I wish there was more variety (although with Holmgard Press, this is only the second cover "Hero with a sword facing a bad guy" on the 7 covers he made so far). *I've made a thread somewhere else featuring all the covers he made post-Mongoose so you can check them out for yourself: link**Book 9 features "Hero with some kind of magic facing a bad guy" while book 11 features "Important NPC with a sword facing a bad guy" |
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Post by lorddarkstorm on Jun 17, 2021 12:08:51 GMT
updated with Holmgard 27. I'm a little bit disappointed by that one... Great art but it is another of Alberto Dal Lago's cover featuring "Hero with a sword facing a bad guy". If indeed Holmgard Press is publishing the Definitive Edition with the covers made by Alberto for the Italian version of the Collector's Edition, so far, on the 27 covers he made* (1 to 20 published in Italian, 24 to 27 and 29 to 31 with Holmgard Press), I count 17 covers featuring "Hero with a sword facing a bad guy" (2 to 6, 8 to 11**, 13, 14, 16 to 18, 20, 27 and 29). Some of my favorite work he made are the ones that don't feature that same pattern of "Hero with a sword facing a bad guy": book 7, 24, 25 and 30 are among them. I wish there was more variety (although with Holmgard Press, this is only the second cover "Hero with a sword facing a bad guy" on the 7 covers he made so far). *I've made a thread somewhere else featuring all the covers he made post-Mongoose so you can check them out for yourself: link**Book 9 features "Hero with some kind of magic facing a bad guy" while book 11 features "Important NPC with a sword facing a bad guy" Wow, can't unsee that now lol. Isn't this what he complained Mongoose forced him to do? Now he's just doing it on his own? Selfishly I'd like 12 to be redone because it's so different to Brian William's Gnaag illustration which is the definitive Gnaag for me, but obviously Nerdgore will be redoing that internal art for the definitive edition too - I wonder if he will sync up with Dal Lago's take? And some of the /w sword covers are a bit disappointing in terms of the subject - like for 17 where I'd have preferred another attempt at the deathlord (as none of the existing covers with it have been satisfactory), maybe at the shadow gate, or perhaps just a take on the crystal spire. |
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Post by Black Cat on Jun 17, 2021 13:25:30 GMT
Wow, can't unsee that now lol. Isn't this what he complained Mongoose forced him to do? Now he's just doing it on his own? IIRC, he complained about the fact that he was asked to put LW on the cover (not precisely fighting something). Maybe Vincent Books is also asking the same thing? Although some covers (i.e. books 12 and 15) don't feature him and are not that bad at all. |
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Post by lorddarkstorm on Jun 17, 2021 13:37:31 GMT
Wow, can't unsee that now lol. Isn't this what he complained Mongoose forced him to do? Now he's just doing it on his own? IIRC, he complained about the fact that he was asked to put LW on the cover (not precisely fighting something). Maybe Vincent Books is also asking the same thing? Although some covers (i.e. books 12 and 15) don't feature him and are not that bad at all. Yeah, rather odd. And as you mentioned, the Holmgard covers are quite varied. |
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