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Mastering Fantasy Art – Drawing Dynamic Characters: People, Poses, Creatures and More

Great fantasy art transports viewers to a realm where the impossible becomes less so, and all manner of strange beasts and beings dwell. It takes more than fierce imagination to create these worlds. Great reference photos make it easier to draw what you actually see, providing that all-important link to reality that allows fantasy art to take flight.

Mastering Fantasy Art shows you how to use photo references of models and props to create more accurate, interesting and unique characters and drawings. Start by learning the dos and don’ts of working with a model, how to set up your lighting, and what makes a strong reference photos versus a bad one. Then follow along with 16 step-by-step demonstrations as master gaming artist John Stanko brings to life wizards, sorceresses, barbarians, elves, vampires, dragons and more.

Starting with individual characters and working toward compositions with multiple figures and action poses, you’ll learn how to go beyond the reference to create bold and original fantasy scenes of your own imagining!

$14.99

The Disciples

So, you think you know the truth about magic? Wicca, Voodoo, Chaos, Tarot…call it what you will…but it is much different than believed. There are fundamental elements at work on our everyday lives so powerful, so dangerous and cosmic, and they threaten to tear the very fabric of reality asunder. But who guards us against this impending onslaught?

The Disciples, a misfit group of old and new school seers, magicians, and wielders of the Black Arts whose own internal politics pose as great a threat to their survival as any outside influence.

The Disciples are in the front line as their magic can be perceived on two distinct levels – in the human world they can effect change, control probability, perform conjuring tricks, etc. – but in the astral plane, the ether of magic, they can be very powerful weapons.  And they are the only ones with this ability. And the Knights Templar want it in order to ressurect a god and dominate this world.

$6.99

Harbinger #24

One of the Renegades is dead…but the battle isn’t over yet.

The penultimate issue of the most important Harbinger story ever told is almost here, and the countdown to the “EVERYTHING CHANGES,” mind-shattering spectacular of Harbinger #25 is heading toward you like a freight train.

Hold on tight!

$2.99

The Legend of Isis: Omnibus Volume 3

Volume 3 of the hit comic book series. Horus steals The Staff of Luxor and goes to unsavory extremes to find and annihilate Isis’ soul.

This treachory-ridden issue is utterly devoid of family values and is filled, start to finish, with depraved violence. The edition also has crossovers with 10th Muse and more!

Collects 10th Muse and The Legend of Isis crossovers #1 and #2, God War #1 and #2, The Legend of Isis and Black Scorpion crossover, The Legend of Isis: Flight of Horus #1-#3, and The Legend of Isis Manga, and Cover Galleries #3 and #4.

$14.99

Pick of the Week

Shadowman Volume 1: Birth Rites
by Valiant Comics

There are a million dreams in the Big Easy. But now its worst nightmare is about to come true.

As the forces of darkness prepare to claim New Orleans as their own, Jack Boniface must embrace the legacy he was born to uphold. As Shadowman, Jack is about to become the only thing that stands between his city and an army of unspeakable monstrosities from beyond the night.

But is the mantle of Shadowman a blessing or a curse? And what is the true cost of his otherworldly power?

Collects #1 – #4 and includes a cover art gallery.

Intended for readers 12+

$9.99

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War Stories

War is everywhere. Not only among the firefights, in the sweat dripping from heavy armor and the clenching grip on your weapon, but also wedging itself deep into families, infiltrating our love letters, hovering in the air above our heads. It’s in our dreams and our text messages. At times it roars with adrenaline, while at others it slips in silently so it can sit beside you until you forget it’s there.

Join Joe Haldeman, Linda Nagata, Karin Lowachee, Ken Liu, Jay Posey, and more as they take you on a tour of the battlefields, from those hurtling through space in spaceships and winding along trails deep in the jungle with bullets whizzing overhead, to the ones hiding behind calm smiles, waiting patiently to reveal itself in those quiet moments when we feel safest. War Stories brings us 23 stories of the impacts of war, showcasing the systems, combat, armor, and aftermath without condemnation or glorification.

Instead, War Stories reveals the truth.

War is what we are.

$4.99

This special edition with never before seen images! Introducing a new story from the cult film WARLOCK from Lionsgate. The Warlock is on a mission to destroy a book that contains a spell which imprisoned six other Warlocks. If the book manages to be destr…

Ages ago at the beginning of time, Lord Vishnu was in deep slumber dreaming of creating the universe. From Vishnu’s naval took birth Lord Bramha, seated on a lotus to fulfill dream of creation. He began the colossal process of creating the universe,…

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Murdered by an unknown assailant, John Travis finds himself in Inferno, a Hell not of fiery demons and satanic majesty, but an endless city seething with corruption, intrigue and despair. Yet death is the least of Travis’ problems; he is accused of …

Wrapping up the rebooted Deadworld story arc, the battle for the humans on the boats plunges the humans into a desperate race against the ever increasing horde of zombies. When a last minute rescue from the Safe Haven community arrives to continue the fig…

The end times are now! Master storyteller Peter Milligan is pushing Shadowman to the edge – but can Jack Boniface survive the plunge? Jack thought he’d finally fixed his life — and the source of his dark power. But when a figure from …

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars (from Megan Robertson)

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A fascinating glimpse into an early superhero – ‘the most marvelous woman ever known’ – who despite living in a jungle was more of a superhero than a ‘jungle girl’, at least in early issues.

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars (from Alexander Lucard)

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Originally published at: http://diehardgamefan.com/2014/08/21/tabletop-review-newshounds-1-d6xd6-core/

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars (from Alexander Lucard)

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Originally posted at: http://diehardgamefan.com/2014/07/24/tabletop-review-valiant-universe-the-roleplaying-game/

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