The Answer at last!

[Guest]

I originally saw this on the HU forum, but thought it should be reposted here.

Actually, if I remember the story correctly, the Steranko cover you are referring to can be seen on Mystic China, but I would have to double check that. I seem to recall the oriental motif being a bit much for a super hero sourcebook, thus it was reserved for a later, N&SS styled book.

Well that finally answers the question of why there's an okinawan martial artist with kama, a Japanese tsuba, a Shinto priest, and a blond wearing a kimono and holding a tachi on the cover of Mystic China.

[Guest]

I never noticed that..but that you said that...that pic sucks!!!

I wouldn't say the pic sucks, it's done very well an fairly cool to look at, it just doesn't fit Mystic China all that great.

[Sentinel]

I never noticed that..but that you said that...that pic sucks!!!

I wouldn't say the pic sucks, it's done very well an fairly cool to look at, it just doesn't fit Mystic China all that great.

It fits better than it would for Villains Unlimited.

[Guest]

I never noticed that..but that you said that...that pic sucks!!!

I wouldn't say the pic sucks, it's done very well an fairly cool to look at, it just doesn't fit Mystic China all that great.

It fits better than it would for Villains Unlimited.

Maybe, but it was a better quality cover than the original VU cover (no offense Long, but that was your worst book cover).

[Sentinel]

I never noticed that..but that you said that...that pic sucks!!!

I wouldn't say the pic sucks, it's done very well an fairly cool to look at, it just doesn't fit Mystic China all that great.

It fits better than it would for Villains Unlimited.

Maybe, but it was a better quality cover than the original VU cover (no offense Long, but that was your worst book cover).

It was pretty...plain.
Almost Amish, in its' plainess.

[Guest]

It was pretty...plain.
Almost Amish, in its' plainess.

Sadly Kevin Long doesn't do Palladium artwork anymore. I'd rather see him back than see another Kent Burles or Dubisch pic that doesn't fit the book it's in. Of course, I do have to admit the original VU cover wasn't as plain as the Rifter 9.5 cover.

[Sentinel]

It was pretty...plain.
Almost Amish, in its' plainess.

Sadly Kevin Long doesn't do Palladium artwork anymore. I'd rather see him back than see another Kent Burles or Dubisch pic that doesn't fit the book it's in. Of course, I do have to admit the original VU cover wasn't as plain as the Rifter 9.5 cover.

I didn't see that one.

Burles and Dubisch don't bother me (I've seen far worse in game art).
I like Kevin Longs non-mecha stuff quite a bit, although I find I agree with Steve Trustrum about his mecha stuff, and how it seemed more inspired when it mimiced other designs from other influences.

[Guest]

It was pretty...plain.
Almost Amish, in its' plainess.

Sadly Kevin Long doesn't do Palladium artwork anymore. I'd rather see him back than see another Kent Burles or Dubisch pic that doesn't fit the book it's in. Of course, I do have to admit the original VU cover wasn't as plain as the Rifter 9.5 cover.

I didn't see that one.

Burles and Dubisch don't bother me (I've seen far worse in game art).

Ain't that the truth.

I like Kevin Longs non-mecha stuff quite a bit, although I find I agree with Steve Trustrum about his mecha stuff, and how it seemed more inspired when it mimiced other designs from other influences.

I never really cared that he basically used anime designs for his mecha, all the other artists that did so (like Newton Ewell, Apollo Okamura, Vince Martin, and a few others) had WAY better designs than the ones seen from Wayne Breaux, Kevin Siembieda, BCC and the like. Don't get me wrong, several of Wayne's designs are good, they're just not great.

Besides, the "artwork" from Secrets of the Samurai, Ninja The Invisible Assassins, Stone's weapon book (I'm not going to bother pasting the whole name in here), and other sources that Palladium uses (dating from the weapon series days, and somehow still making their way into books from N&S to Rifts Japan) without doing significant changes bothers me far more.

[Sentinel]

Fair enough. I want new art too.

[Guest]

Oops, almost forgot fictional weapons, created when the artist added their own little additions to pics, like that half-haft masakari with chains coming out of the end in WACO.

[Gomen_Nagai]

Mystic China needs an Asia pacific book... there's plenty of room to expand on MC..

[Guest]

Mystic China needs an Asia pacific book... there's plenty of room to expand on MC..

You want What N&S sourcebooks would you like to see?

[drewkitty ~..~]

And here I thought this topic would answer the questions KS posed to us in his quiz. To say that I'm dissaponted is about right.

[Slag]

Of course, I do have to admit the original VU cover wasn't as plain as the Rifter 9.5 cover.

I didn't see that one.

No one did, that's the point!