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Card art for the Talisman of Gaki-do for the Legend of the Five Rings set called Path of the Destroyer.

Lots of interesting background for this piece.

The card is a result of a tournament win by Chris Nicoll, Straw Dog teammate and scene kid extraordinare. (You can see his hair/bandana combo on my Crane dude here: [link])

Chris got to choose both the design of the Talisman (a "big badass obi" that looks like the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship belt, to be precise) and the character to receive it in the story. (He chose Kakita Hideshi, the brooding tainted Crane you can see elsewhere in my gallery).

So this assignment was perfect for me. We see Hideshi having killed some fool in a duel and now the Obi is unwrapping and raising the corpse back up as a Shadow Samurai.

I also let my 4 year old nephew, Korbin, paint the background sky. So he got credit down the in the signature as well=)

Pretty happy with this one and it was H377 trying to get a copy at GenCon when the set was released.

Talisman of Gaki-do is ©Alderac Entertainment Group
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~TranquilDragon86 Jun 16, 2010
I love how his haori looks vaguely trench coat-ish giving him a kind of mobster/yakuza evil bad guy feel.
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~Noritoshi Oct 12, 2009
I think that this work perfectly represents Hideshi's dark side. Excellent!
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~Cryllia Oct 11, 2009
The thing with your nephew is awesome! So sweet! And I think you got the belt just right for the description.
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~Koshindou Oct 10, 2009
As always, excellent design work. I especially like how Hideshi's haori turned out. :)
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