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Sorry I can't say I'm a fan of this cover I'm afraid. I saw it on your blog and commented there, however the comment hasn't appeared.

Anyway my criticism was it's not very medieval in feeling beyond the typeface for the Lion and Dragon element. It looks like a bit of bad pop art from the 60/70s (in my opinion) and is totally out of kilter with Dark Albion. While Dark Albion uses modern desktop layout and a more modern structure to it, it still feels it fits with the subject matter. This does not. The dragon and Lion emblems seem tacked on in whatever space was available.

Anyway as promised in my comment on your blog, here is something I knocked up this evening which is aimed to be modern but with some connection to the source material. For some background I'm a graphic designer...

Anyway you may hate it or love it... it's to some degree subjective... so take what I say in those terms, one random internet dudes opinion!

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Oh and just to clarify, I'll be getting this whatever the cover! If it only half lives up to Dark Albion (which I am sure won't be the case), it'll be awesome!

Stoked! This is a great idea

I like the planned / preview cover. I would also consider buying an alternate covered It was all a mistake version as well, if it were offered. Looking forward to seeing L&D released.

The preview cover certainly jumps out at you.  I kind of like it.

Looks like he's cooking one of those omelets with picante  sauce

Is that supposed to be fire? Because it doesn't look like. That's more orange

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There is something off with this cover.

Maybe it's the placement of the dragon. The lion is in the middle atop the title, the dragon should be in the middle below it.
The lines "Medieval Authentic OSR Roleplaying" and "by RPGPundit" should be at the foot of the page, and smaller.

Up there they are way too distractive. It took me three looks to even notice the lion, because the "fight" between the dragon and the subtitle caught (and held firmly) my attention.

The alternate cover is quite stylish. A bit subdued but classy.
L&D can afford this, as it doesn't have to compete for awareness on a cramped shop shelf.

I like the high contrast, coloured shadows. The typography needs some work, but other than that, it's something different.

Looks nice to me. I like the old-times lettering and dragon and lion. It's very orange. Should stand out on the shelf.

For what its worth I like the alternate version offered by "It was all a mistake"

The lion and dragon look tacked on.

The orange image and mailed fist is striking.

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First of all, thanks for your opinion and your alternate cover.

Apparently some people like the cover, others don't. So it's hard to decide anything. Then, if the book is to be available for Christmas, there isn't anymore enough time to go through the process of uploading new files, ordering again proof copies and waiting for weeks they be delievered. NONETHELESS: for those who bought Dark Albion on lulu, you may remember that the book had an alternate cover available. So, I could do that too on lulu with the hardcover version of L&D, proposing it with both the orange and alternate cover. I am okay proposing the image you created (though not with this logo). I just would like to know where you found the knight picture (I guess it's a public domain photo reworked through photoshop?), if you had money in mind, etc.

Anyway thanks.

The first cover doesn't look all that authentic to me, by the time that sort of gauntlet had been designed with the armour, the one handed knightly sword had mostly fallen into disuse because you needed a heavier, typically hand and half or outright two handed bladed between the 4-5 feet in total length (From pommel to tip), so that distracted me from the get go.  The fanart cover on the other hand, does a better job of hiding the type of sword by covering the hilt so we can at least pretend it's authentic.

My two cents as a very, very, very amateur medieval weapons fan.

Not really a fan of either one. The first is too orange; the second too boring.