Where are you guys seeing the "Black Arrow" card?

Edit: Found it: http://fantasyflightgames.com/edge_npm_sec.asp?eidm=167&esem=1&epmi=s

Narsil0420 said:

Looks like we'll have different versions of him here too, since the Smaug in the newsreel is called Smaug the Magnificent.

 I gotta be honest I was hoping for an entire cycle of 6 chapter packs.  BUT I am in no way less excited about this box, it look F*****g amazing.  I love Smaug can't wait to go toe to toe with him.

Style75 said:

this is correct and is in keeping with the fact is has to be moved to the victory pile after use

rich

 But the artwork is still ugly - kitsch. Pity 

alex.nem. said:

the arrow or in general? becuase the arrow, with the exception of the box art, was about the only one i actually liked

rich

The new Bilbo looks like a guy I was in school with, so I don't know if I'm going to be able to take this one seriously, but I'm still faint with excitement for it! Six new treasures! Oh, beloved Arkenstone…soon you shall be mine… Looks like we're going to avoid all the Laketown thing then, from the description page's list of stuff we'll be doing this time. I wonder if the rules for stringing all the quests together will make reference to the Battle for Laketown scenario that will hopefully appear as PoD sometime in the coming weeks, so altogether there will be seven Hobbit scenarios to get through…

spalanzani said:

Did you go to Hogwart's?

its a real shame that i dislike the bilbo art for this entire two packs, as its obviously the same portrayal throughout the cards….so its not just one thats screwed

the depiction couldnt be further from how i imagined bilbo…..

on the positive side though, i have a feeling the location art for this box is going to surpass even the first one- quite an achievement in my eyes if it does

richsabre said:

Well it certainly doesn't mesh well with Tony Fati's Bilbo in THFG

John85 said:

i prefer that one orders of magnitude more

richsabre said:

Me too, I always imagined the bushy curly hair (probably Jackson's fault), and more brown than black. I'm not unhappy with Magali's work though, it's just not what I pictured.

ive looked for quite a while and the best i can come up with that closely represents who i see as bilbo is this person's art

probably comes from the fact of reading the hobbit when i was 10, so had something like this in mind, but i guess i young ian holm would probably be close so i think jackson did well there

rich

richsabre said:

I hear you on that, and on that topic, I think the guy that they've cast for the film looks the part (martin freeman [or Dr. Watson], see below). Maybe Magali had to dodge the real Bilbo look because FFG doesn't have film content rights.

The one in OHaUH and OtD actually reminds me of one of my professors.

yeah, i guess he's not a bad choice, but im just not feeling it with him

as for the avoiding film-like characters that is indeed what the artists are instructed (i remember one talking about it), however her thorin looks awefully familiar…….

PS- i apologise - im probably putting a negative spin on this thread, ironic given the exitment i put into the title, but i am actually much looking forward to the pack, and im sure the art will be amazing (and hopefully varied) as usual