Zhu Bajie":eu63c5u1 said:
Ooh. Nice to see the 40k:RT and 3rd edition posters all framed up - of and do I spy Keith Parkinsons Northern Wilderness cover? Love that!
Also, nice intercom handset between the red dragons. Seems appropriate somehow!
Thank you Zhu
I really wanted those old posters framed, they still make me happy every time I see that art.
Well spotted on the Keith Parkinson poster.
Keith was at a games convention in Germany , Essen, many years ago.
I didn't know he was supposed to be there, but when stumbling through those halls I saw this booth with all this art from Keith.
And that cover has always been my favourite piece of art from him, my heart jumped and raced I can tell you.
Keith wasn't there, I was told by the booth standee that he was sick in the hotel, I wanted to buy that poster and I did, during my ravings about how worshipped Keith's art and how much it meant to me that I was at last able to buy this print, Keith called to the booth and asked how things were going.
The Booth attendee told Keith about me and Keith was like "tell him to stay there, I will come over", and he did.
We talked a long time about his art and RPGs and fantasy art, I have the best of memories of that day,
We also talked about miniature painting, he said he was horrible at that and never understood how people were able to paint models with such details.
I also recall that we both agreed how awesome it would be if someone would make a model from that painting, to have it really in 3D.
I am working on a small diorama now to do just that.
It's such a shame he passed away, still breaks my heart when I think about it.
The intercom handset, hahaha , yes I had no clue what to do with that wall because of it, so this is what it ended up like, I had to do something, godawful things hahaha