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#1 mcsekar

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 03:28 AM

Anyone notice that a ship is present in all the covers. Somebody seems to have a fascination with ships. They looks quite similar to me, except for the viewpoint and the background, which sometimes has buildings.

Below, I have converted them all to grayscale so that the similarity is enchanced even more. What are your thoughts?

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 03:34 AM

The last ICE book about Assail will feature a setpiece in a hitherto unmentioned desert. The cover will feature men on horseback riding out of a dust storm with ships in the background, snarling viciously. It'll be called Deadship Gates.

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 03:58 AM

Did anyone notice the ocean?

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 04:07 AM

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It's a schooner!

Ha! It's a boat!

A schooner is a boat!

The Assail book will feature a cover with a boat made out of T'lan Imass bones, being crewed by bhokarala.

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Trouble arrives when the opponents to such a system institute its extreme opposite, where individualism becomes godlike and sacrosanct, and no greater service to any other ideal (including community) is possible. In such a system rapacious greed thrives behind the guise of freedom, and the worst aspects of human nature come to the fore....

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 04:13 AM

It will be subtitled 'Gardens of the Gates of Icy Memorabilia to the House of Tides and Knives while Hunting for Bones and Reaping Tolls as well as Dreaming of Dust and Crippled Gods and Returning Guards Wielding Stone: Electric Boogaloo 2'.

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 04:36 AM

I wonder how he'll pull off a boat on the Darujhistan novel. Ship on Lake Azur? Or perhaps a ship around the Seguleh island, as those crazy swordsman are supposed to play a pretty big role.

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 04:46 AM

I think we're going to need a bigger boat. Maybe. Probably.

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 05:03 AM

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 06:43 AM

All three covers are by Steve Stone, who also did this cover:

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 06:49 AM

Salt-Man Z, on 05 December 2010 - 06:43 AM, said:

All three covers are by Steve Stone, who also did this cover:

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LOL

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 06:52 AM

Oh God, I can see the 'Going Assailing' puns already...

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 11:12 AM

It's by Steve Stone, the guy LOVES re-using the ten or so images he's got, apparently, which consist of either ships or dudes with shields. And he about overdid himself by combining the two for Stonewielder. One can only jump in expectant joy of what the next ICE cover will sport. Al least we don't need to worry about the colour scheme.

I'd bet there's a conspiracy going on.

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Posted 07 December 2010 - 03:56 PM

HoosierDaddy, on 05 December 2010 - 04:07 AM, said:

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It's a schooner!

Ha! It's a boat!

A schooner is a boat!

Mallrats rules!

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Interesting to see if he can get a ship on the Darujhistan novel cover...

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Posted 07 December 2010 - 05:12 PM

That figure on the back of the ship on the RotCG cover looks way too big? Unless it's Ereko, but I didn't realise their boat was that big in the first place.

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Posted 07 December 2010 - 07:54 PM

Traveller, on 07 December 2010 - 05:12 PM, said:

That figure on the back of the ship on the RotCG cover looks way too big? Unless it's Ereko, but I didn't realise their boat was that big in the first place.

Yeah, that's always bugged me.

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Posted 07 December 2010 - 08:46 PM

Puck, on 05 December 2010 - 11:12 AM, said:

Al least we don't need to worry about the colour scheme.

Not true, Steve Stone uses anything from an overpowering red tint to overpowering purple tints!

Seriously, the guy loves his monochramticism. If the 3 ICE covers and all the new SE covers aren't proof enough, go here and trying finding an image that has 2 colours that aren't blue and orange.

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worrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:

I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.

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Posted 08 December 2010 - 03:55 AM

Salt-Man Z, on 07 December 2010 - 07:54 PM, said:

Traveller, on 07 December 2010 - 05:12 PM, said:

That figure on the back of the ship on the RotCG cover looks way too big? Unless it's Ereko, but I didn't realise their boat was that big in the first place.

Yeah, that's always bugged me.

Me too. I mean, it's not stocky enough to be Ereko, and too tall to be Traveller. Unless it's the Kestral, but I don't think there are Avowed seven or eight feet tall.

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Posted 17 December 2010 - 07:51 PM

D, on 07 December 2010 - 08:46 PM, said:

Puck, on 05 December 2010 - 11:12 AM, said:

Al least we don't need to worry about the colour scheme.

This is relevant.

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Posted 08 January 2011 - 02:58 PM

I don't like the fact that the dust cover isn't one continuous piece that wraps around the book... the lines separating the front and back covers from the spine is rather jarring...

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