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I've got a huge collection of appropriate fantasy art on my HD, downloaded over a handful of years, but the one thing that seems really lacking is a good assortment of decent pics of halfling characters. Sure, I keep finding fan pics of the hobbits from LotR, but they are always too recognizable. The question is, do folks know of any good fantasy-style, DCC-appropriate pics of furry-footed halflings online, please? They seem very sparse on the ground.

Colin

Try elfwood. http://www.elfwood.com/

Slim pickings, unfortunately; the concept of "halfling" seems to have been ridden over roughshod by the 3e-style microhumans. Not much worthwhile on deviantart, conceptart, CGTalk, or CGHub either.

Look for some screenshots of the Willow movie?

HackMaster's halflings are usually quite old-school too, with hairy feet.


And don't forget to check out Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.

Love that HM halfling. Who's the artist?

Colin

Colin wrote:Love that HM halfling. Who's the artist?

Colin

Brendon and Brian Fraim. They did a lot of art for HackMaster, especially for 4th edition.
http://www.brosfraim.com/

There is only ONE halfling picture in my heart...:

Awesome old pic......I can picture the guy saying
" Look, I dont want any trouble..." Lol.

I think Elmore pretty much redefined the Halfling in my books

A couple years ago, most OSR halfling were depicted as about to be eaten by a monster or lying dead at the bottom of a pit trap.

ShaggyCan wrote:I think Elmore pretty much redefined the Halfling in my books

Ugh. I love some of Elmore's older works (he does great snowy landscapes), but this particular pic is something I don't; the whole 3e-style "microelves/microhumans" redefinition of halflings in 3e was not a good thing, imo.

Colin wrote:Ugh. I love some of Elmore's older works (he does great snowy landscapes), but this particular pic is something I don't; the whole 3e-style "microelves/microhumans" redefinition of halflings in 3e was not a good thing, imo.

I'm pretty sure that was the trend before 3e -- but yes.

Check out the character avatar options on PlaybyWeb

http://www.playbyweb.com/char_port1.php ... 1.php&_b=0

They have the artists attributed at the bottom. Some cool halflings in there.

Colin wrote:

ShaggyCan wrote:I think Elmore pretty much redefined the Halfling in my books

Ugh. I love some of Elmore's older works (he does great snowy landscapes), but this particular pic is something I don't; the whole 3e-style "microelves/microhumans" redefinition of halflings in 3e was not a good thing, imo.

To the defense of one of my favorite artists: are we sure that pictures isn't a half-elf?

TheNobleDrake wrote:To the defense of one of my favorite artists: are we sure that pictures isn't a half-elf?

Perspective suggests her eyes might easily be below the windowsill...

TheNobleDrake wrote:

Colin wrote:

ShaggyCan wrote:I think Elmore pretty much redefined the Halfling in my books

Ugh. I love some of Elmore's older works (he does great snowy landscapes), but this particular pic is something I don't; the whole 3e-style "microelves/microhumans" redefinition of halflings in 3e was not a good thing, imo.

To the defense of one of my favorite artists: are we sure that pictures isn't a half-elf?

It's supposed to be Lidda, the 3e iconic halfling rogue. There was a lot of discussion about the pic when it appeared on Dragon.

Colin

I can see that perspective makes the girl pictured either quite small, or the house built for a giant...

That picture was in Dragon? Do you know which issue? I'd like to see if I can get a look at it to satisfy my curiosity as to whether it was intended as a) a half-elf sneaking into a giant's place to rob a bit of treasure, or b) Lidda with exactly zero of the descriptive details that make Lidda... well, Lidda (those being braided hair, leather armor, a pack loaded with stuff, and a dagger - the picture shown having none of those).

I swear I remember seeing that picture someone in the run of 2nd edition... I'll look around and see i I can find it.