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[AlphaJarmel]

The Jack lithos don't go for near as much as the other ones though, except Grunt and Thane. Garrus, Tali, Legion, and Miranda go for much more.

[ThrakF]

Yeah, my point wasn't the Jack litho its'self, it was purg + prag.

[Captain Crash]

I was just thinking what possibly the Cerberus base could be and then I found the picture below

If you check this page of ME wallpapers all of them shown have been released bar this one. 

Ok there are changes on a number of them. But the styles are all the same. Additionally this is the only image I can find which fits so far for it.

Then again it could be something new. Afterall we know nothing of Pragia Exterior.  Plus the below image isnt that inspiring

Just thought it was interesting to note anyway  






Edit:  Noticed that the Hugo Gernsback in there as well. So maybe not.  Point is I hope this isnt the Cerberus Base

Modifié par Captain Crash, 16 mars 2011 - 12:13 .

[cheesetogo]

Personally, I don't think that image is really very representative of Cerberus. Regardless though, I'm guessing that we won't see any more of the old concept arts as lithographs. Pragia and Purgatory Cells have been out for five months now, and they've barely sold half of them. I doubt that that image or the Hugo Gersback would sell any better.

My money is on them both being new images. Allthough I don't have the ME2 artbook -- maybe there's some cool stuff in there that would still be good. 

Modifié par cheesetogo, 16 mars 2011 - 02:14 .

[ThrakF]

Seriously doubt that that's the cerberus base. I wouldn't buy that image or hugo gernsback as a litho personally. Captain Crash, it's purgatory exterior not pragia, remember . It's doubtful that the specific image will make much difference to purgatory, it's a spaceship, which will look pretty similar from most angles, in black space, and however you make the litho look, it's still incredibly ugly. But with cerberus, yeah, I think new image too, and depending on what it is obviously, what image they choose could well make a difference.

Btw, Ms Domino has said that as soon as there's a concrete release date, she'll post it in this thread.

[Captain Crash]

Oops I meant Purgatory really. Silly me!

The Cerberus Art in the ME2 isnt representative either. So im inclined to think new art too. Just thought it was interesting as those clean shiney interiors are representative of Cerberus bases.

[DukeOfNukes]

I don't understand it...the actual concept art version of Korlus looks SOOOOO much better than that ugly blue lithograph they made. I also really like the Hugo Gernsback...but my guess is we'll get some ugly piece of pop-art or in-game image (ie Normandy, Miranda, Legion, Tali) for Cerberus instead.

[Dsurian]

DukeOfNukes wrote...

I don't understand it...the actual concept art version of Korlus looks SOOOOO much better than that ugly blue lithograph they made. I also really like the Hugo Gernsback...

Agreed - not sure why they did the whole 'blue' thing.  Most curious how something like that can get approved but then multiple attempts at DA:O related material gets denied...

DukeOfNukes wrote...

...but my guess is we'll get some ugly piece of pop-art or in-game image (ie Normandy, Miranda, Legion, Tali) for Cerberus instead.

Disagree - we'll probably get a 'pop-art' but I don't think they're ugly.  I do think they move away from the original point of the Litho's, in that they were supposed to be concept images; raw artist imaginings unimpeded by existing material.  Me thinks we'll either get a concept piece that none of us have ever seen before (unlikely) or they'll make something custom (and hopefully it won't suck).  Either/or, I'm still drawing blanks as far as what could possibly significantly portray "Cerberus".

[erik212]

I liked the blue in Korlus...

[cheesetogo]

Admiral Kahoku with an axe sticking out of his back?

[Dsurian]

cheesetogo wrote...

Admiral Kahoku with an axe sticking out of his back?

HAHAHA...nice...I took it literally for a second too long, and was thinking back wondering where an axe was involved...but yeah, nice imagery.   Hmmm...maybe those testing enclosures + Kahoku? - but that would be ME1 strictly speaking, I suppose...

[DukeOfNukes]

Tali and Legion are two of the worst looking lithos yet. Normandy isn't ugly, but it's the exact same shot I can get from in game. This is compared to the stuff that doesn't sell...Grunt and Thane are beautiful, yet still sitting in the store, while Pragia and Purgatory are pretty amazing, but never even sold out their originals.

People don't want the lithos because they are beautiful pieces of art, they want them because they have somebodies face on them...which is very sad.

[cheesetogo]

It just means that some people collect them for different reasons. A lot of people really like Tali and think the Normandy is really cool, so when they see really nice lithographs made of them, they really want them.

Also, do you have Legion? It's very well done IMO -- I like it nearly as much as Thane.

[antique_nova]

DukeOfNukes wrote...

Tali and Legion are two of the worst looking lithos yet. Normandy isn't ugly, but it's the exact same shot I can get from in game. This is compared to the stuff that doesn't sell...Grunt and Thane are beautiful, yet still sitting in the store, while Pragia and Purgatory are pretty amazing, but never even sold out their originals.

People don't want the lithos because they are beautiful pieces of art, they want them because they have somebodies face on them...which is very sad.

Tali has one of the best character looking lithos. Tali's lithograph setting was much harder to do than you think as there were two issues that the artist's must solve:
1: Meeting the demands of all the fans out their, a piece of artwork that would suit the fan base not her role (Which would probably be her personality or something significant about her like Rannoch - fan's recquirement
2: Actually getting most of her body in the lithograph, as anything less would have caused a lot of back lash - their requirement
I personally believe that they could have done little better as showing her tinkering on the Normandy was out (difficult shot to do as well), having her in combat was out, because the one they did tied itself more to her than all the options that they thought of.

Legion had by far the worst setting, as all the others were thought about far more carefully and developed far better, but Legion still has a decent lithograph.

Thane has by far the best setting, Grunt isn't bad and has an extrremely well thgought out background and Miranda's litho is all about her pose. Bioware did a very good job of the character lithos and being a uni artist myself i understand their decisions and i can't really fault them.

Modifié par antique_nova, 17 mars 2011 - 09:20 .

[antique_nova]

Captain Crash wrote...

I was just thinking what possibly the Cerberus base could be and then I found the picture below

If you check this page of ME wallpapers all of them shown have been released bar this one. 

Ok there are changes on a number of them. But the styles are all the same. Additionally this is the only image I can find which fits so far for it.

Then again it could be something new. Afterall we know nothing of Pragia Exterior.  Plus the below image isnt that inspiring

Just thought it was interesting to note anyway  






Edit:  Noticed that the Hugo Gernsback in there as well. So maybe not.  Point is I hope this isnt the Cerberus Base

what armour is Shepard wearing? i don't recognise it at all. Or is it his cerberus armour painted differently?

[ThrakF]

looks sort of like the armor from the garrus lithograph I think. Anyway, as for litho opinions, different people are going to think different things, I like korlus, I also think the character ones are all very good, they're just different to the locations ones, doesn't make them bad.

But anyway, granted, that image looks a bit cerberus base ish, but if they use that as the lithograph, they'd be lucky to get 10 sales in a year I think.

For cerberus, I don't think it would go down so well, whatever the image, doing it like the normandy and character lithos, I think it worked well doing the normandy and character lithos like that, but for an almost certainly landscape that's almost certainly not the outside of a space station, I really think that just wouldn't go with that style of doing things, I think those styles are meant for characters, and the normandy one would do spaceships alright, but anything else done like that would look a bit odd in my opinion. For cerberus, I'm hoping for a more older style litho, as in the korlus and before landscape way of doing lithos.

I wonder if we'll get a hint as to what it is when the date gets announced, somehow, I can't see that it would go down too well with litho fans not giving any idea of the image until release day.

I'm wondering a bit more seriously if a general title like cerberus refers to some sort of montage, like having several images together on one litho that would sort of sum up cerberus, get what I mean?

[Crjans]

with not even a full week left in march and no update or pictures to tease us i think these may be delayed again

[vometia]

I must admit to being rather perturbed about the lack of news. Then again, I'm not sure it's the first time; though I have a rather bad memory...

[antique_nova]

6 days to go. 4 days till the arrival release.

[antique_nova]

as a single? i don't understand and is there any new info on purgatory?

[cheesetogo]

Is Purgatory exterior cancelled or delayed? And are the character lithographs still planned for April, or are those being pushed back?

[Dsurian]

Sounds like it got scraped...which, given that interior Purgatory is still in the store, I'm honestly not surprised...still excited about Cerberus though, and so very curious. ^^

cheesetogo wrote...
And are the character lithographs still planned for April, or are those being pushed back?

I assume you're refering to the DA2 character Litho's that were mentioned on a social network? - it's possible that those are the 'villian' Lithos...and as Ms. Domino said, it's slated for sometime in April...that may change, but we'll see.

Modifié par Dsurian, 26 mars 2011 - 01:10 .

[Captain Crash]

Single it is then.  Not surprising to be honest as Dsurian just said.
Still we need see it before we consider buying it! 

[ThrakF]

Well to be perfectly honest, I couldn't care less if purgatory is scrapped, sorry for those that do care. Do we have any more specific info other than very soon, the only thing I want to know is if it will be on the 29th or not.

I'm still hoping we don't have to wait until release day to know what the litho actually is

I think character lithos may, I may be wrong, but I think that may refer to the 2 mass effect character lithos where people voted on them. I can't see them coming out as soon as april now. May, perhaps?

Edit:  Though it would be nice to know for certain if purgatory is scrapped so I can change the title of this thread if need be.

Edit 2:  Ms Domino has told me, and this is an exact quote "Purgatory exterior is not currently in production." Nothing more can be revealed right now apparently.

Modifié par ThrakF, 26 mars 2011 - 05:11 .