Steven Belledin's Laeral Silverhand (City of Splendors Art Gallery) [Archive] - Wizards Community

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The Simbul

06-11-05, 04:29 AM
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/cosw_gallery/90409.jpg

While its not a Mona Lisa, as far as I am concerned this image is perfect. Not so much out of aesthetics, but out of detail. The attention to realmslore details like specifically putting her circlet and the token-bearing anklets she wears into her portrait (perhaps a homage to the rumors circling around Waterdeep as to the former allegedly being a transformed Crown of Thorns, or the latter being some kind of magical device used by Khelben to keep her a prisoner or a charmed mind-slave) is quite a nice treat, especially when past portraits of another of the Seven (Alustriel in the Epic Level Handbook and Silver Marches) didnt even seem to note the common and basic fact that the sisters all have silver hair.

I was really worried about how she would be depicted, especially when other recent D&D releases have had some rather cartoonish artwork, or artwork that really didn't seem to befit it subject. When I loaded the page I was able to sigh with relief.

The only "flaw" I can really find with it is that she seems to be either shorter or out of proportion, as all of the Seven Sisters are much taller than normal human women.

Now, if only her actual stat-blocks (if any) would be equally as good....
Another Gnome

06-11-05, 05:36 AM
Yeah, the proportions are a bit off. Maybe if you stretched the image a bit...

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As a side note, there are other new galleries out as well (DMG II and Five Nations).

Hmm. Is it just me, or is there a "wardrobe malfunction" about to happen in this one: link (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/dmg2_gallery/90036.jpg)
Realmsrat

06-11-05, 09:33 PM
The only other thing in the image is some books and a bookshelf so she might be at any height dependng on how you look at it.

Is that Mialee?! (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/cosw_gallery/90447.jpg)
The Simbul

06-12-05, 02:04 AM
By height and proportion I was mainly refering to the fact that her legs are almost the same length as her arms, which is what made me think she was shorter when I first looked at it.
Slime Lord

06-12-05, 03:14 PM
Where is this link or image to view her?
Kuje31

06-12-05, 03:34 PM
Where is this link or image to view her?

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/cosw_gallery/90409.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ag/20050610b
The Simbul

06-15-05, 12:33 AM
Apparently we can add images to posts now, so I placed the image in the first post of this thread.
BrianCritchley

06-17-05, 08:37 PM
yeah I gotta say this is a GREAST peice of art and voer all the waterdeep SB is the best realms SB WOTC has put oput yet