MTG Salvation

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Hey guys,
here are the results for the Rock PnP:

4horsemen

dr.stockholm

hakiza

poxy14


deitzman

Holy ☺☺☺☺, I want the dark rituals so bad!!!

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Working on a Terminator alter right now - I'd personally love to see a bunch of Alien/Predator/Terminator alters for a pnp. I've seen a lot on this thread so they seem to be popular.

I'd kinda like a classic sci-fi PnP (maybe after nintendo?). There's been a lot of various Star Wars alters plus a couple of Trek and Predator alters, and I'd like to see more. We've had one Blade Runner alter, one Stargate reference (very awesomely done), a Metropolis tribute, a couple of the Matrix, and I think one or two of Planet of the Apes. We've barely scratched the surface.

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Me and my roommate just finished our first altered cards. Here they are.

He did the Duelist, and I did the Steppe Lynx. Thoughts?

Paints thick, but I like it =]

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Me and my roommate just finished our first altered cards. Here they are.

He did the Duelist, and I did the Steppe Lynx. Thoughts?

Keep at it. Those are better than some cards I've seen people on other sites peddling for actual moneys (there was a bitterblossom that made me want to cry). You did a pretty decent job at getting the colors down on that kor.



By the by... here are two I finished today.

The first pic came out way to blurry, but I'm too lazy to reshoot.

And because I saw one on here and had the urge to do another...

I am a noob at this, but heres some of my latest. Let me know what you guys think

Llanowar Elves starting out simple

Ravanous- Ive smashed more people with this guy than any other

Fastbond- This is a throwback to my taiga kird ape days

Dark Ritual- Put this one on ebay since I just picked up a signed one ill do up

Recent commission; the mountain is of Lake Louise in Alberta, and painting around the unglued land frame is very tedious.

In between other peoples' cards I was able to finish a couple for myself. First is one of the 8 tutors in my EDH deck:
And next, I finally caved in and did a naked cartoon on a basic land. Somehow it feels less ridiculous than some of the ones I have seen.
Go Team Venture!
(starting to regret this project more and more; it's so time consuming)

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And next, I finally caved in and did a naked cartoon on a basic land.

Seriously, a lot of us were wondering when you'd quit messin' around and start doing, y'know, a work of 'substance'.

I think this should really open a lot of doors for you, commission-wise.

Have fun with that.

New One:

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This if full of win

Also I just finished this commission (dots are on sleeve not card)

IMO, the bit that reaches over the text box needs more. It should be slightly brighter at the very least. Right now, it looks kind of sloppy. But the rest of the card is absolutely fantastic.

Another recent commission for EDH generals:

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New One:

Very nicely done KLUG! every detail of it is jawdroppin!

Here's a few proxies I whipped up quick to try out in EDH:

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In between other peoples' cards I was able to finish a couple for myself. First is one of the 8 tutors in my EDH deck:

And next, I finally caved in and did a naked cartoon on a basic land. Somehow it feels less ridiculous than some of the ones I have seen.

Go Team Venture!
(starting to regret this project more and more; it's so time consuming)

I was cracking up when I saw the Monarch Land. The Venture Brothers is such an amazing show.

@Zodiac McMonkey: Those proxies are pretty hilarious as well. I love the Demonic Tutor.

wow, love all the updates! looks really good, and I <3 the fastbond!

Couple more:

Great work, everybody! These last pages have been amazing.

To everyone who has commissioned me, I can't do any work for a week or so due to finals week out here in Athens. I'll try to make time, but it's hard to do with 4 paintings due by next Monday that are each 12 times the size of the magic card commissions...

@Zodiac: I'm in ur thred fyndin ur proxeez kwite compellin.

Seriously, an entire EDH comprised of those would be pretty damn funny. If your group allows it, that is.

I just read the alterations guide on the homepage.

Can somebody explain to me why a normal border extension like that nicol bolas plainswalker is not legal, but some of the others that cover up half the text are?

It says that the card must retain its original border? does anyone know more about this?

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yeah someone just mentioned that apparently there are ways to cheat if you dont have al white and black borders, maybe being able to see cards when shuffling etc...

Ahh I can see that, because the paint on the sides of the cards can be seen when your not playing in sleeves.

I wonder if its legal if you play in black backed sleeves or something that doesnt show the sides.

you can still spot white-bordered (or other variations) cards in sleeves as you shuffle. Always go to the head judge to check your alters. Most of the time it's not a problem, but better that than have a nit-picky opponent try and call you out.

Foils have a problem with being bendy as well. I try to avoid foil cards for my tournament decks for the same reason unless I can get enough of them to make the distribution relatively random.

One other thing..

You can spot where paint/ink pools over the face of the card onto the 'edge' of the card.

While back, I did a large # of sharpie'd lands (blacking out everything but the art box & the text box) and you can very much see tiny black spots where I occasionally knicked the edge as I was doing them. Looking along the continuous 60-card 'edge' of a stacked (unsleeved) library full of these lands, they're OBVIOUS. Sleeved, it's a little better, but you can still see it if you look closely into the open side of the sleeve.

Now, on a completely extended-art card, if any paint ever goes over the edge, some of it would dry there in similar fashion. And then you basically have yourself a marked card.

If you are playing with sleeved cards, this should be a non-issue. I don't know what sleeves you all are using, but unless I'm staring directly down into the top of the cards I'm shuffling, which would honestly be somewhat suspicious behavior in my opinion, I cannot see the top edge of my altered cards...

Just finished...
The flash washed out the painted colors a bit.

Same here... all the purples look blue.