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Posted by: Dr. Funkenstein Aug 17 2009, 03:51 PM

Hi! I wasn't really sure where to post this, so I hope this forum works okay.

Quite a few years ago there was a game called Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. I never really played it myself as I didn't care much for video games at the time, but I remember seeing an advertisement in (I think) Dragon Magazine or Dungeon Magazine. It was a picture of an orcish looking fellow sitting in a chair with a shotgun on one shoulder and a faerie dragon familiar on his other one. To be honest, I'm not even 100% sure it was for Arcanum but I do believe it was.

This picture fits perfectly with a character I'm working on and I would absolutely love to find it again. The only problem is that my GoogleFu is extremely weak and I haven't had any luck finding it, if it even exists outside of that one ad I saw. I've looked through what few issues of the aforementioned magazines that I still have with no luck.

Any chance someone out there either knows which advertisement I'm talking about or where I could get my hands on a copy of it. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated as I like having pictures on hand to help inspire me as I create.

Posted by: Critias Aug 18 2009, 12:23 AM

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/other/pc/arcanum/art/arcanum028.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/other/pc/arcanum/arcanumart.html&usg=__LHS01RDnVDNvczDoOPJbsQmWiTY=&h=480&w=640&sz=63&hl=en&start=170&um=1&tbnid=Hem605xTQS97RM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3DArcanum:%2BOf%2BSteamworks%2Band%2BMagick%2BObscura%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D162%26um%3D1

Posted by: Dr. Funkenstein Aug 18 2009, 02:45 PM

That's pretty cool, thanks! Not the one I was looking for specifically, but there's definitely some cool things there.

The picture I remember was a full-page full-color ad. The orc was sitting an angle and he had a gunslinger vibe going with him. I'd kill to be able to find it again but I have never seen it beyond that one ad.

Posted by: Critias Aug 19 2009, 02:44 AM

My bad. Just saw orcish looking guy in a chair with a shotgun, from that game, and figured that must be it. Oh well.

Posted by: SeriousPaul Aug 19 2009, 02:04 PM

Damn I know just what you're talking about. I'll have to start looking through my pile of stuff, and add my efforts to the Google.

Posted by: Dr. Funkenstein Aug 25 2009, 09:08 AM

Oh thank God, I was beginning to think I was the only person who ever saw it. XD