A few months ago I posted a cover for Gauntlgrym by R.A. Salvatore, the 7,345th volume in the Drizzt Do’Urden Saga. Turns out that was just placeholder art (likely for a catalog) and Wizards of the Coast was still working on the real cover.
It’s not my favourite artwork from Todd Lockwood, but it’ll surely appeal to its audience. For some reason, I get no sense of inertia or energy from the painting, it all just seems so static and lifeless to me, like a piece of sports photography shot at too high a shutter speed.
On the plus side, that title still makes me laugh, and I liked Neverwinter Nights when I played it years ago, so the setting might be cool. Still, I left Drizzt and co. behind many, many volumes ago.
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What the hell kind of weapon is that bald chick using?
It looks like an unwound paper clip.
Perhaps she’s meant to poke it in the little hole on Drizzt back. That resets him to his factory default.
the author of the above art review who said he left the series missed out big time. The gohst king was one of the best stories yet.
@Black Matt, it’s a three sectioned staff
Still looks like a stretched-out paper clip. And equally deadly.
looks like nunchucks
Her weapon is called sān jié gùn in chinese… Jet Li uses it in Fearless. It is pretty bad@$$. All Salvatores novels are amazing. Can’t wait for The Reckoning PC game he’s doing with Todd McFarlane and the lead programmer of Oblivion!
LOL. It still gets me every time how artists portray women in such a regressive light.
Oddly enough, the artist had nothing to do with the portrayal. It’s pretty much straight out of the book.