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RSLancastr wrote:utiful, thanks for sharing her with us!

What is she holding in her left hand (on our right)?

It looks like the symbol for Woman, but with a triangular head - and I'm not quite sure what to make of that...

Several of the courts are holding alchemy symbology in their hands. Not sure what this one represents.

Edit: looked it up. I think it's the alchemical symbol for sulphur.

Eoghann wrote:

RSLancastr wrote:utiful, thanks for sharing her with us!

What is she holding in her left hand (on our right)?

It looks like the symbol for Woman, but with a triangular head - and I'm not quite sure what to make of that...

Several of the courts are holding alchemy symbology in their hands. Not sure what this one represents.

Edit: looked it up. I think it's the alchemical symbol for sulphur.

So, in wine there is truth along with sulfur. Soooo, in wine there is truth, and it often stinks? Or are we talking about the sulfites that are used in wine making to prevent oxidation?

Dunno man. I'm a rum and whiskey guy.

Reading more on it, Sulphur is the "omnipresent spirit of life".

Designkiller wrote:Hi again

I´ll be off for one week, so I leave you with the queen of Hearts

Enjoy your trip, buddy! Keep in touch, we'll be guarding the fort for you...

Eoghann wrote:

RSLancastr wrote:utiful, thanks for sharing her with us!

What is she holding in her left hand (on our right)?

It looks like the symbol for Woman, but with a triangular head - and I'm not quite sure what to make of that...

Several of the courts are holding alchemy symbology in their hands. Not sure what this one represents.

Edit: looked it up. I think it's the alchemical symbol for sulphur.

I see - thanks!

chach wrote:So, in wine there is truth along with sulfur. Soooo, in wine there is truth, and it often stinks? Or are we talking about the sulfites that are used in wine making to prevent oxidation?

Or perhaps it is the truth in wine that prevents oxidation?

By the way, chach, your sig line (aka "el Guapo") always makes mr think of my first wife's father, a wonderful man known to all his grandchildren (and so, to his children and their spouses) as Papa.

Papa was at our house one night when we we all watched the film "The Three Amigos" on television.

When the actor portraying the character in the film who was called "El Guapo" first came on screen, Papa - whose first language was Spanish - about fell out his chair laughing!

I do not speak Spanish, so he had to explain the joke to me:

For the other non-speakers-of-Spanish, the Spanish word Guapo is an adjective roughly the equivalent tothe English slang words "hunky" or "studly", meaning very sexually attractive, in a masculine way ("Guapa" is the feminine equivalent in Spanish). And, for a character to be named El Guapo implies that he is the very epitome of a hunk or stud.

So, when we finally see the man everyone has been referring to as "El Guapo" in the film, only to find that he is this short, scruffy & stout middle-aged man, Papa found it absolutely hilarious.

A few years later, when I worked at a place where three of the other programmers referred to themselves, collectively, as "The Three Amigos", I insisted that they call me "El Guapo", which made them laugh almost as much as Papa had when we had watched the the film that night.

LOL. Yep that's exactly why I have that in my sig line, I have zero game and am about as handsome as Clint Howard. That and I'm a fan of The Three Amigos. One of my favorite movies as a kid.

chach wrote:LOL. Yep that's exactly why I have that in my sig line, I have zero game and am about as handsome as Clint Howard.

Ouch!

Clint Howard?! Come on, you can't be that bad!

I mean, I'm middle-aged, scruffy and stout (although I'm not short), but I'm NOT Clint-Howard-ugly!

That and I'm a fan of The Three Amigos. One of my favorite movies as a kid.

I'm guessing you're around the same age as my kids (29,31 & 32), because it was one of theirs too, back in the day (That, The Care Bears Movie and Pee-Wee's Big Adventure were always on, and the VHS copies worn to a frazzle).

"Guapo" in Tagalog also means "handsome." Though I guess that's not surprising as the language was heavily influenced by the Spanish. "Guapa" also means beautiful, but I think the term, "maganda" is used more often (as far as I know, "maganda" isn't a Spanish word... Or is it?).

Nope. We have quite a repertoire on how to address a lady, ranging from sweet to slap on the face. Maganda is definitely not in there though.

Eoghann wrote:Nope. We have quite a repertoire on how to address a lady, ranging from sweet to slap on the face. Maganda is definitely not in there though.

...says the man who recently called Futbol "soccer".

Loving all the courts! Great work!

As Requiem gets closer to shipping, Heretic is soon to launch!

The latest from Lorenzo: (Diamonds are a girls best friend!)

Ooooh! Aaaah!

Any chance the Noctis will have matching dark courts as well?

MagikFingerz wrote:Ooooh! Aaaah!

Any chance the Noctis will have matching dark courts as well?

Just getting better and better, isn't it? I can't wait until Lorenzo hits the big green button: he's hard at work and I'm picking the gnats off one at a time.

That s looking sweet! Thanks for the pics Mike.

Since many have already seen it, and I was supposed to do the spade courts, we'll do those as well: (Lorenzo can kick my arse tomorrow)

Amazing! Love every bit of it!

Eoghann wrote:Amazing! Love every bit of it!

Me, too - I've got the other suits, but Lorenzo wants to take his time. I was only supposed to show the spades and I misinterpreted what he wrote before he dozed off to sleep. Oh, well - it's not like I haven't screwed up before. Check your private mail in a few, buddy!

Mike Ratledge wrote:As Requiem gets closer to shipping, Heretic is soon to launch!

The latest from Lorenzo: (Diamonds are a girls best friend!)

A one-eyed King of Diamonds = A Good Thing

A one-eyed Jack of Diamonds = A Not-so-good Thing.

Nice nonetheless!

Simply amazing. Another project I will be getting a brick of. Not to mention an Uncut sheet.

PS... If Jackson Robinson, Paul Carpenter, Alexander Chin, RJ Tomlinson and the other great designers don't stop with all of these beautiful cards someone is going to have to replace my drool damaged keyboard!

This has got to be one of my favourite decks for the year, and there are really so many great deck releases this year. This works the theme to perfection. Brilliant work Lorenzo !

RSLancastr wrote:

Mike Ratledge wrote:As Requiem gets closer to shipping, Heretic is soon to launch!

The latest from Lorenzo: (Diamonds are a girls best friend!)

A one-eyed King of Diamonds = A Good Thing

A one-eyed Jack of Diamonds = A Not-so-good Thing.

Nice nonetheless!

Heresy, we both say! There's no "Suicide King", the Jacks are all Jills, the KoD & KoH switched weapons and all sorts of goodies we haven't detailed yet - exactly, but - you ain't seen nothing yet. There's a reason he picked that name!

hi guys!
thank you so much, glad that you like my HERESY! eheh

update from USPCC: Requiem ready on friday, then shipping to the distributor and then to you and to me (gran riserva and uncut sheets).
update from Stockholm: Heretic Campaign almost ready, video missing...working on it. Heretic Noctis is not just the same deck with different backside.



and remember: heresy!
thank you so much

Designkiller wrote:Heretic Noctis is not just the same deck with different backside.

So exciting...

I'll probably get an uncut of these.

Yashi wrote:I'll probably get an uncut of these.

spoiler alert: you might get 2

Damn. I step away for a few weeks, and this happens.
Maybe I should stay away more often.

since I do not design the deck during the campaign, I´m already on the 3rd one... even if it´s just in the concept-phase

spoiler alert: the 55th card will be decided by the backers (gaff card of course, if blank or double black or something else)
spoiler alert: there is more ahah

Designkiller wrote:

Yashi wrote:I'll probably get an uncut of these.

spoiler alert: you might get 2

Shhhh... Let them guess a little. We're going to set the Playing Cards world on its heels!

There's a key element here everyone is missing. Let's see, in Asia it's Chi, here it's Key, maybe in Europe it's XI? Oh, damn - that was Rome...

i'm in, these look utterly amazing. The artwork is stunning as always Lorenzo.