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Illustration for West End Games: Star Wars RPG...Operation: Elrood. This is scanned directly from the book. The original was sold long ago. I did my best to clean it up and make it presentable.Related content
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Yeah, Simon...this was a fun full-pager. I especially like the 3PO head bouncing into the frame. Sure was nice to depict the Stormies getting the upper hand for a change!
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Yes very true buddy. Not often Stormies come out on top 
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Actually, Kayla, I did illustrations for roleplaying game books.Β The West End Games line of Star Wars books was one of several clients that kept me busy throughout the 1990's.Β Β It was a fun time!
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Oh I was wondering because I like your art. And I found some star wars comic books from the 80s and I was wondering if any of your stuff was in it.
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Doing effective sequential artwork is a very difficult thing to do. I certainly enjoyed comics as a kid...and I still do...but I never seemed to have the drive to create comics.Β
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Such a cool piece! Very old-school comic feel! And very well done!Β
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Old-school is as old-school does. That's me! *smile* Glad you like it, Adam.
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No one more than I, Baron.Β No one more than I!
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check out my gallery, "Art I have Commissioned", and you will see all the Star Wars pics are from my old WEG gaming days
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I checked it out. Cool stuff!
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I Love These! I have a nearly complete WEG Star Wars RPG collections.
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Thank you, Fallen! I had alot of fun working for the Star Wars line...and I think it shows in my work. It's gratifying to hear that others found some inspiration in them!
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I'm pleased to hear that such great memories are connected to my work.
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Hee hee! Go Stormies!
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Operation Elrood was a birthday present from my wife after she found it in a bargain bin in an old comic shop some years ago. I love this book. You have a lot of cool pieces in it.
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Fun times, Khairul. Fun times!
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I just HAD to do something to elevate the reputation of the much-maligned Imperial Stormtrooper. Let somebody else be the blaster-fodder for a change!
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Ahhh...the much maligned Imperial Stormtrooper. Sometimes...they really do kick ass!
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Sometimes?? I say most of the time if not always
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This is incredible! I haven't seen an official Illustration this well perserved in Dubtone paper that it actually brings a tear to my eye! As unfortuante it is that the digital age brought an end to this glorious era of printed press. Such is the way of technology. In any case with your premission I'd like to give this a splash of digital color. I would print it and do it manually but my entire supply of colored Prisma colored pencils and copic markers were stolen.
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Awesome! I can tell you, when I was a kid and still had an RPG group, nothing sparked my imagination like those illustrations. I still love to look at those old books and admire the art in them.
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Kind words, Millennium. It's always gratifying to hear that my efforts paid off in better adventure-creation...and thus...more FUN!
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Indeed! 
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The processs? Alas, Mill...the special paper I used to do my West End work is no longer being produced. So THAT part of the process is beyond your reach. But I'm sure you can lay in similar shading patterns using digital tools. At any rate, the rest of the process is standard: visualize the scene...put pencil to paper...inks with pen and brush...WHAMMO! There it is. *smile*
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Hmm. I greatly prefer traditional methods to digital, but I suppose I could try it in Inkscape or Paint.NET. Out of curiosity, is there a paper similar to what you used to use for these drawings? And did you really lay out all those lines, or was there a template?
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All the major shading...is actually the paper itself, Mill. It was called Unishade paper. The shading pattern is imbedded in the paper's surface, and is "developed" by applying a chemical fluid. Using a brush, I simply developed the shading pattern only where I wanted it to be.
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Huh! Pretty cool! Now I *really* wish they still made that paper. That explains why the lines were always so even; I assumed it was a practiced hand. But I suppose it would have taken far longer to complete a drawing, holding production back, if that were the case.
Lol, all this talk is making me want to go dig through my "closet 'o doom" and find my old books, then hit up Amazon and eBay for the ones I never got around to buying (still kicking myself for missing the Darkstryder Campaign; I heard that was a really cool adventure).
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Cool cool
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Good times indeed, John. I reeeally enjoyed my West End days!
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Same here, and I didn't even have a Force user... ok, well one, but that's almost mandatory
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My question shall always be - how come the old Stormtroopers can only blast protocol droids and jawas - they must have some reservations about hitting humans. Great piece - is the shading called letra-tone or something like that, Michael? I remember buying some back in the early 90s to experiment on some comic art at the time. They basically were transfers that you applied to the image.
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I believe you're thinking of zip-tone. A peel-and-stick shading film. I used that stuff quite a bit in my early work for West End, but it was so time consuming to apply that I decided to lay out a little more cash and buy Unishade and Duotone paper from a place in Ohio. The paper was imprinted with a dot or line pattern that was almost invisible to the eye. A developing liquid was applied to the areas you wanted the pattern to show...and voila. Instant shading! Fast...and total control. It was cutting edge at that time. A time before digital programs.
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That sounds right, though here in Australia it was called something else.
I've never used Unishade or Duotone, sounds like a good product.
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You're right, David. Unishade and Duotone paper WAS a good product. Sadly it is no longer being produced. The advent of digital programs that can give the same effect spelled the inevitable end of these cool papers.
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Yes, the digital age is truly upon the artist these days.
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This is from a book I don't have. Excellent work. Great trooper action.
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Freeze? You really think they took the time to yell "Freeze, Rebel scum"? If they did...it wasn't until everyone was dead!
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Yes, exactly. Afterwards!
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Very nice, very dynamic. Great illustration!
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Thanks, Julie! One of the few illos depicting stormtroopers getting the upper-hand.
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With C3P0's head bouncing in, it should be "White OOPS"
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