Sneak peek of Hand of Glory cover.

[Susan Boulton]

Up on the Penmore Press facebook page.

Hand of Glory

 

[The Judge]

Ooh, very reminiscent of Paul Nash with those fractured lines.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Nice!

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Very striking!

 

[Boneman]

So excited about this! Love the cover.

 

[Brian G Turner]

Fine to repost it here?

 

[Susan Boulton]

Ooh, very reminiscent of Paul Nash with those fractured lines.

You spotted it! Taken a while to get this sorted out. So many ideas, but in the end the style and harsh lines fit the story far better than any other art, or even photos.

 

[Susan Boulton]

Thanks everyone.

So pleased with it and so excited!

 

[Ursa major]

Love the cover.

 

[crystal haven]

Really good.

 

[Droflet]

Great. Time to drug those butterflies with Scotch. Works for me, although I prefer beer.

 

[HareBrain]

Great cover.

Ooh, very reminiscent of Paul Nash with those fractured lines.

It's actually "La Mitrailleuse" by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevison.

Fantasy connection, possibly: the soldier on the left looks very similar to some of artist Ian Miller's orcs, and I wonder if he was inspired by it.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

That's a super cover.
Susan, your author name is small. Too small…?

 

[Susan Boulton]

Great cover.

It's actually "La Mitrailleuse" by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevison.

Fantasy connection, possibly: the soldier on the left looks very similar to some of artist Ian Miller's orcs, and I wonder if he was inspired by it.

You are correct, HereBrain. I knew both the work of Nevison and Nash were being considered, and wrongly assumed it was by Nash. Same school I believe and painting at the same time.

That's a super cover.
Susan, your author name is small. Too small…?

Not my call, Stephen.

 

[The Judge]

It's actually "La Mitrailleuse" by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevison.

Bugger, I should have known that. It's actually one of the illustrations in a book of WWI poetry I've got. (Though the colours are considerably more subdued in the book.) There's a detail of his Troops Resting, too, which has exactly the same feel and style. Anyway, good find!

 

[Ursa major]

Not my call, Stephen.

I wondered what it would look like as a thumbnail, so here it is (and it still looks good IMHO**):




** - I, for one, can live with the "of" being nigh on invisible: it's hardly the most important word in the title.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

IMO Susan's name is way too small. Susan, I'd definitely mention this to Penmore.

 

[Susan Boulton]

Just received this from Penmore Press. Final version.
AND, big announcement coming soon......

 

[SilentRoamer]

I think it looks cool.

It kind of reminds me of a corny old game cover - I mean that with all due respect as I like corny old game covers.