First I would like to say that I love love LOVE the Mage Wars artwork and especially some of the new artwork in the expansion. But on some of the new cards the artist appears to be dialing it in.
Examples:
Dwarf Kriegsbiel: Really? I see the artist wanted him to look like he is charging and swinging hard but he appears to be laying on a couch holding his axe out to turn off the lightswitch on the wall behind him. Very unnatural looking.
Helm of Command: The proportions look very strange and nothing like the helm worn by the warlock in his photo. The bottom section looks so wide and streched like the artist just forgot how to draw perspective.
Akiro's Hammer: Looks good but it appears the card was never finished as all the textures are blurry as can be.
Goblin grunt: He appears to be at the gym in step class and pointing at someone who just came in the room.
Orc Butcher: The striking arm appears to have been moved in photoshop after it was drawn because it doesn't match the pose of the rest of the body. The face looks really silly too.
Sir Coraxin, Blademaster: WOW!! It looks like a combination of Chuck Noris and Tinker Bell from peter pan. He appears to be using his fingers to hold the blade in his left hand. Also he has the muscle definition of a 12 year old in his right arm despite his left arm showing a decent amount.
This is such a shame that these card were clearly done have @$$ because they really distract from what otherwise is an amazing add on. For example mind control, Mass Sleep, Goblin Bomber, Goblin Builder, Goblin Slinger, Mind Shield and Sniper Shot are some of the best looking cards in the entire game. :woohoo: While I have come to expect great artwork and I understand every card can't be a knockout I really wish you would make sure your artists aren't throwing out some extremely poor cards just to save time.
