Aussie Thread Round 27

[Justin]

Originally Posted by Wrothy

Babylon 5 - a science fiction TV series from the mid to late 1990s, and a show that brought J Michael Straczynski to the forefront as a writer.

Early word was that JMS, Bruce Boxleitner, Mira Furlan, Claudia Christian and Patrica Tallman would all be coming over to Melbourne for Armageddon Expo. So far the only one officially announced has been Bruce, although the Facebook page has indicated that the "B5 group" will be announced this coming week.

Shanan and I have already booked our airline tickets and accommodation, so hopefully everything goes according to plan!

Ahhh, rightio! I know the show but didn't watch it, JMS would be a nice edition, would love to get a few books signed by him!

[blink90210]

aw, I missed out on all this artist talk?
I think the Layton $500 is a pretty decent price, I just have to think what might be appropriate. Any ideas or suggestions? I was told that it'd be for "cover recreations", does that mean it has to mimic a cover he's already done?
Apparently he had a hand in co-creating the Helena Wayne Huntress, so THAT is very interesting.

[blink90210]

Re: Ian Churchill, "up to 2 figures" inked is $1000...
I think if I got this -

or this -

- it just MIGHT be worth it. I think that 1G is a big ask though and he doesn't quite have the same cache as a Dave Finch for example. He's still a great artist in my opinion, and it's a heroic style which I really like.

[Wrothy]

Originally Posted by blink90210

aw, I missed out on all this artist talk?
I think the Layton $500 is a pretty decent price, I just have to think what might be appropriate. Any ideas or suggestions? I was told that it'd be for "cover recreations", does that mean it has to mimic a cover he's already done?
Apparently he had a hand in co-creating the Helena Wayne Huntress, so THAT is very interesting.

Ken!

The message I got from Bob through Facebook just mentioned cover-quality, not specifically cover recreations, although he does a lot of those.

I imagine something like this would fall into the $500 category:

[blink90210]

On CAF, he does say that it is "cover quality", so maybe I was putting my own interpretation into things.

[mwf6171]

Originally Posted by blink90210

Re: Ian Churchill, "up to 2 figures" inked is $1000...
I think if I got this -

or this -

- it just MIGHT be worth it. I think that 1G is a big ask though and he doesn't quite have the same cache as a Dave Finch for example. He's still a great artist in my opinion, and it's a heroic style which I really like.

Too rich for my blood.

[mwf6171]

Originally Posted by Wrothy

Holy crap! I'd sent Ian an initial message through Facebook, but hadn't followed up yet on his suggestion to contact a particular email address for commission details.

Have you spoken to Bob Layton? His rates are far more reasonable. $100 for a single figure 9x12 at the con with pre-con commission rates of $200 for a single figure 11x17 and $500 for a cover quality piece with up to 5 characters. Just trying to decide what I want to get.

I need to get something from him, maybe a Bat Family or Invaders piece.

[Justin]

Originally Posted by blink90210

Re: Ian Churchill, "up to 2 figures" inked is $1000...
I think if I got this -

or this -

- it just MIGHT be worth it. I think that 1G is a big ask though and he doesn't quite have the same cache as a Dave Finch for example. He's still a great artist in my opinion, and it's a heroic style which I really like.

Very nice, just not 1K nice IMO

[Justin]

Originally Posted by mwf6171

I need to get something from him, maybe a Bat Family or Invaders piece.

I like those ideas!

[Justin]

Morning Aussie Thread