Memorabilia survivors (just) :o)

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[Roz]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I think if anyone wanted to do that they would have to email Warren and ask if there's going to be time. He's sketching for the Robots set over Christmas so he may not be in much of a Christmassy mood


Top notch idea though

[Ed... Van Halen]

OK, I've decided that I'm going to get something quite cool done....I'm buying two sketch cards so Warren can do a sketch across the two of them of Gandalf creating his forcefield on the Bridge of Khazzad-Dum with the Balrog dominating the background!!
Can't wait!
EVH

[savage727]

Now that sounds awsome Ed!!    

[MartineckArt]

Hi all,
 (Thanks for the link Roz)
Just wanted to say hi and thanks to all for all the nice compliments. I had a great time at the show even though I didnt get a chance to wander around and spend some $. It would have been nice but I was a trifle busy. You can see the "I was up till 3 in the morning sketching" look on my face in the above pic. Thanks Roz for not posting the pic of me standing between the 2 towers. Even though I was on my tippy toes, you guys are tall.
 As far as commisions, I am accepting them now but my schedule is heavy with loose ends and prepwork for the Robots set that starts late next week so I cant garentee any thing for Christmas. It looks more like mid - January.
 Later
WM

[Ed... Van Halen]

Hi Warren,
Thanks for posting!! Got my Wolverine card by my monitor (Blood still looks cool)!!! looking forward to your Robots stuff, not surprised your schedule is packed....my balrog duo-card will ahve to wait!
EVH

[savage727]

Hello Warren:

Welcome!  I will be contacting you mid January to do a few commission pieces for me.  I like Mark love Spiderman and Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings so those are the two cards I will be talking to you about.

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  

[mcgonagall]

Hi Warren from Perth Australia,
                                                 I too will be contacting you in mid january my eldest daughter is a spiderman fans so I would love a sketch i can give her for her birthday .
Love all the sketches i have seen
Hope you have a great christmas and a happy new year
Marcia ( mcgonagall )

[Goofyjas]

thanks for stopping in!
I have sent you an email already and will be placing an order for what I want to be 9 cards

Just need to finish up the ideas I had

[Roz]

I wonder guys, if (when you are ready) it would be wise to put in your order as soon as possible and email with a description of what you would like.

If it's something new to Warren (as I think many of these things might be) what about including a link to a picture of what he is to draw in the email. I am not sure how big his inbox is so where possible try to send a web link to a picture, if there are any problems with doing this (you don't have a image host etc) then send them to me and I'll sort them out).

Otherwise by mid January you might be in his "mid Feb" pile.

Just a suggestion  

[savage727]

Good thought Roz!  

Jason:

Me thinks you are looking to have Warren sketch maybe The Fellowship characters for your 9 card order?
 

[Roz]

lol - not necesarrily - what about this... the whole of the LOTR in a single 9 pocket page

1) The finding of the ring

2) Wraiths chase teeny Hobbits with ring & stab Frodo

3) Council of Elrond sends Hobbits, Elves, Dwarfs, Wizards and Men to destroy ring

4) Frodo and Sam go off alone... meet the rather shady Gollum character

5) Battle of Helms Deep at it's most desperate

6) Picture of Rohirrim plus Gandalf saving the day at HD

7) Oliphants arrive at the great Battle of the Pelennor Fields

8) Ring is destroyed - (Frodo holding and dropping ring into Mount Doom)

9) Boats sailing into the west with 2 tiny Hobbits on board

I think it would rock... but it smashes through his limit of 2 characters a card somewhat... I believe the battle of Helms Deep had more than 2 people involved... although we know Aragorn and Gimli did all the hard work :P

[MakTheYak]

Either of those options sounds well cool!

Warren - just out of interest, would you be prepared to divulge to secret* identity of where you get your cards printed that you sketch on?

*May in fact not be secret

[Roz]

lol just in case Warren you are thinking anyone is going to make fake WM sketches then no

Mark draws this:

http://www.theyakshack.co.uk/images/comics/pirates/pirates20040714.gif

and Jason (Goofyjas) is meeting Alan Lee in a couple of weeks and would like him to do a small sketch if possible. The great thing about sketchcards are that they aren't a huge space to fill and the detail from then on depends on the mood of the artist

(Knowing Alan Lee he'll fit a very detailed Osiliath on a sketchcard).

[MartineckArt]

OK, maybe this will take some of the guess work out of this for you guys.
 Send in sketch requests at anytime. Orders will be taken and drawn in the order they are received. (So yes,  Mid-Jan may become Mid-Feb fast.) Timeline also depends on Official work load which takes priority over commissions. I can Google just about any character reference myself, but send images if you want a specific drawing/look or if they are family members. Dont worry about my bandwith.  Dont be afraid to order something weird, Ive seen it all. The person that ordered a card of Yoda cutting Jar Jar in half with a lightsaber needless to say didnt have reference but I didnt have any problems. If you know what character but your having a hard time thinking of a pose or scene, no problem, I will come up with something really Kick-ass... thats my job. For the entire LOTRs story on a 9 card  page, as cool as that would be, I may have to reconsider my prices for something like that.....
 My printed cards, Ancient Chinese Secret.
Find a paper stock you like to work on and just bring it, with a file of what you want printed, to a printer. The printer should help you out. Its "basically" that easy. I suggest not adding a coating. Too many chances of screwing up.
 Later
WM

[Roz]

LOL I was thinking of asking for a quote (for the LOTR in 9 cards) in the new year... since there's *rather* a lot of detail in it. But in the meantime if you guys (LOTR experts) could help me whittle down to 9 key scenes that would be great - as it stands now Helms Deep merges into Pelennor  

Thanks for checking back WM

[Kay]

This is the very cool sketch card Olly got for me at the weekend.
Now i have a list of characters i would like to add along side this one.  

 

 

[Nienna]

What a luvverly card Kay!
Hee hee looks like Olly won't know what he's started getting you this one!

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I just wanted to say "Hi" to Warren too.

I feel sure I'll be emailing you in the not-too-distant future to see if you'll quote me for a sketch or two.
Like Roz, I'm finding it hard to choose what to get you to draw considering the wealth of images there are available.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this Forum ... and try not to work yourself to death!

[MartineckArt]

This post is to anyone in the UK waiting on leftover Sketches by me that you ordered at the Memoribilia show. Just to let you know, all sketches are getting shipped out tomorrow. I dont know how long it will take for shipping, but email me upon receipt if you like to let me know they made it safely.
Thanks for waiting.
Warren Martineck

[MakTheYak]

a card of Yoda cutting Jar Jar in half with a lightsaber

Awesome! Jar Jar so had it coming... seriously!

[Roz]

Did you guys see this?

Jas/Goofyjas met Alan Lee - ALAN LEE and had him draw this



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