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LOTR:LCG Alt Art Ally: Naith Guide - by Magali Villeneuve
A full card, full bleed variant of the Naith Guide by Magali Villeneuve.
*** Flavor Text
Many may not know what "Naith" means. Is it a descriptive adjective of personality? A race or tribe of elves? A place?
I substituted the original flavor text of this card with a quote a few paragraphs later in Fellowship of the Ring that explains "Naith" as a geographic location between two rivers bordering Lorien.
*** Art and placement compared to official cards
As for the art itself, there have been two versions officially released by FFG. The first version introduced the world to some more excellent Magali art - with none of the under exposure/darkness of earlier FFG cards. I was so impressed with the art that I desired a Natih Guide card using more space to show off the fantastic illustration.
The Limited/Second edition did show a larger, full bleed version of the art. However, while I appreciated the full bleed, I felt the new 2nd edition Ally template was too different than the originals and didn't aesthetically fit in well with all the other previously released Ally cards - the big example being the stats moved to the lower left to allow for more uninterrupted art space.
And from an artistic standpoint, I always felt the outstretched palm/hand of Magali's card was very important in showing the "Guide" aspect of "Naith Guide", and the second edition version cut half this hand off!
My version here is something of a compromise between the two - and itself has its compromises - using some minimal 3-D overlay of the fingers over the lower stat scroll, instead of cutting the hand off again.
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Anyways, these are the challenges in getting great artwork (thank you Magali!) to fit in a frame that also has to be used for game play!
LOTR:LCG Alt Art Ally: Naith Guide - by Magali Villeneuve
A full card, full bleed variant of the Naith Guide by Magali Villeneuve.
*** Flavor Text
Many may not know what "Naith" means. Is it a descriptive adjective of personality? A race or tribe of elves? A place?
I substituted the original flavor text of this card with a quote a few paragraphs later in Fellowship of the Ring that explains "Naith" as a geographic location between two rivers bordering Lorien.
*** Art and placement compared to official cards
As for the art itself, there have been two versions officially released by FFG. The first version introduced the world to some more excellent Magali art - with none of the under exposure/darkness of earlier FFG cards. I was so impressed with the art that I desired a Natih Guide card using more space to show off the fantastic illustration.
The Limited/Second edition did show a larger, full bleed version of the art. However, while I appreciated the full bleed, I felt the new 2nd edition Ally template was too different than the originals and didn't aesthetically fit in well with all the other previously released Ally cards - the big example being the stats moved to the lower left to allow for more uninterrupted art space.
And from an artistic standpoint, I always felt the outstretched palm/hand of Magali's card was very important in showing the "Guide" aspect of "Naith Guide", and the second edition version cut half this hand off!
My version here is something of a compromise between the two - and itself has its compromises - using some minimal 3-D overlay of the fingers over the lower stat scroll, instead of cutting the hand off again.
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Anyways, these are the challenges in getting great artwork (thank you Magali!) to fit in a frame that also has to be used for game play!