Whilst searching for ‘backdrops’ as a means to pimp the con playtest kit I bring along, I stumbled across Mister Mourao. This guy’s stuff is so amazingly ‘out there’ but applicable for Blades.
The crazy framing and Escher-esque design elements give a strange zoomed in effect, that dare you to dive right in. Like choosing what sort of heist the next score will be and then rolling engagement and going for it!
The possibilities for washes and colour are obvious, and I plan to print a few off and just have them lying on the table with some colour pencils for folks to doodle with whilst playing – if not to choose as a scene framing tool or narrative positioning as we ‘make maps like crazy’.
I Love this stuff, hope its of help to someone.
http://mistermourao.com/#/daily-drawings/
Some more weird ones. With Balloons!
noice!
So cool!
Great find!
First, it reminds me of the SDF-1 from Robotech, which is cool automatically. Second, I gotta wonder what spirit essences are bound to the corners of the building to keep it from collapsing. Could totally be theĀ Thieves’ House of Lankhmar, er Duskvol š