I can almost remember the colors I used before giving up. posted by ES Mom at 7:47 PM on October 19, 2011
Oh crap. I had this. In the same series there was a coloring album of illustrations from famous Sci-Fi stories. Off the top of my head I remember Dune and Brave New World. posted by murphy slaw at 8:06 PM on October 19, 2011
Bad ass.
Yeah I agree about the stained glass. It's a must-have for my dream house. posted by BigSky at 8:07 PM on October 19, 2011
I had this; knowing how much the original is worth on Amazon is kinda killing me-- I don't think I even colored it! The bajillion books and comics I've owned since the mid 70s never came close to this, as far as I know. Urgh. posted by kimota at 8:10 PM on October 19, 2011
Ah, the other one was the Troubadour Science Fiction Anthology coloring album. Can't find any scans of the interior, but I definitely recall that cover. posted by murphy slaw at 8:10 PM on October 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
DUNE illustration from the Science Fiction Anthology. posted by murphy slaw at 8:24 PM on October 19, 2011
Oh yeah I remember coloring that beholder eye a neon yellow. It got scary to look at. I flipped past that page quickly after that. posted by fleacircus at 8:27 PM on October 19, 2011
I had a copy of this when I was a kid. Parents got it for me from the Whole Earth store in Austin. It's one of the few D&D items from my youth that I don't still own.
To this day I'd still love to have a hardcopy again. posted by vuron at 8:31 PM on October 19, 2011
I had this too. I love how the scene descriptions were so specific on colours. "Sertern the cleric, like his deity St. Cuthbert, favours blue for garb and silver for decoration". And you better not colour outside the lines! posted by Nelson at 8:48 PM on October 19, 2011
Yep, I also had this. I can't remember if I colored it or not. I got the same feeling seeing these pages that I do when I read any of the old RPG books that I used to have... the most amazing nostalgia - not for the game but for the sense of awesomeness that I felt then, when I was eight or whatever, reading all about the cool spells or weapons or monsters that I might use or encounter in an upcoming game.
I have bought very old RPG books on ebay mostly just for this sensation. Tunnels and Trolls, Advanced Melee. I'd love to get my hands on a copy of Mechwarrior. And Gamma World. Really I just want to horde the books. I loved the illustrations so much. posted by dammitjim at 9:03 PM on October 19, 2011 [3 favorites]
I had this too. I think the endless battle pic inspired a similarly composed shot in the Richard Corben segment of the Heavy Metal movie... Great artwork, really brings me back.
Yay! Child indoctrination materials! posted by Artw at 11:07 PM on October 19, 2011
No Emrikol the Chaotic? posted by Ironmouth at 11:14 PM on October 19, 2011
Interesting. I have a used copy of the AD&D Monster Manual which suggests its prior owner did not know a coloring book was available, so s/he went ahead and just colored the sourcebooks instead. posted by NoraReed at 12:01 AM on October 20, 2011
I was killed by an elf. posted by bardic at 12:18 AM on October 20, 2011
Fantastic! I remember having several D&D related coloring books as a kid. I plan on using these in upcoming games. posted by absalom at 5:10 AM on October 20, 2011
I think that I have a somewhat-dogeared copy of Gamma World somewhere in the house. If only the boy knew how to work the scanner... posted by wintermind at 7:18 AM on October 20, 2011
(No succubus? Color teenage-me disappointed.) posted by nicepersonality at 7:37 AM on October 20, 2011
I had this as well. I wish I had kept it, along with all the gear, the dice, the pewter characters I spent hours painting . . . fun times. posted by tr33hggr at 7:53 AM on October 20, 2011
When I was a kid, a friend of mine who was our local DM had a copy of this coloring book. As an adult, I have a copy now...somewhere...thanks to Ebay.
Oh man I still have phantom remembrances of this, that pic of the beholder and the bulette, such good times. I was raised nerd from birth, it's in the BLOOD.
There was also, released a few years later, a coloring/drawing book thing that was a sketchpad type deal, that came with a cassette tape. You'd play the tape, and it would describe a fantastical quest, and a scene with a castle, or a cavern full of crystals, or a horrid dragon or the like, and then ask you to pause the tape and draw out the scene they described. If someone found an mp3 of THAT golden oldie, they would instantly become dubbed The Bee's Tits and would receive a king's bounty in MY LOVE FOREVER. posted by FatherDagon at 8:44 AM on October 20, 2011
Ok, returning to the thread in slightly more even temper, let me just say that I did not know of the existence of this, but while I am disappointed that childhood me didn't get to experience these, I will get to, gleefully, now! posted by Durn Bronzefist at 9:28 AM on October 20, 2011
Oh man and that pic of Demogorgon! My mom would come in like 'what are you doing honey' and I'd be all 'coloring in Demogorgon, Mom!' and she'd say 'Oh that's adorable, sweetpea! Remember, that duke of hell has blue on his face, like a mandrill. See?' posted by FatherDagon at 10:08 AM on October 20, 2011
Oh hell yes. I've been searching for this for ages!
Firstly for nostalgia's sake.
Secondly for my daughter.
Thirdly because I'm a huge fan of Greg Iron's underground comix.
Fourthly because FUCK YEAH!
Fave'd so goddamned hard. posted by lekvar at 10:36 AM on October 20, 2011
I own a copy. Which I colored in, so I can't sell it for a fortune. I'm pretty sure my copy isn't thrown away or lost, just hard to find. posted by sotonohito at 11:06 AM on October 20, 2011
My mother compromised and merely coloured in the black and white illustrations in her first edition D&D handbooks. posted by Phalene at 11:35 AM on October 20, 2011
The link is blocked at work, but I'm pretty sure my brother and I used to own this. I don't even know if we ever colored it, but then again I have no idea where it'd be now (though I still have my Basic Set and first edition stuff). posted by Gelatin at 1:03 PM on October 20, 2011
Disappointed there is no Dread Gazebo. posted by Celsius1414 at 2:54 PM on October 20, 2011
I had this when I was a kid. I loved it. Then one day, my brother swiped it, and colored it in a way I didn't like. Then we had an argument:
ME: You ruined my book! An ettin's skin does not look like that. THAT'S TOTALLY UNREALISTIC!!!!
It strikes me that all you really need, here in the 21st century, is a paint program with a palette and bucket tool.... posted by Sparx at 8:25 PM on October 20, 2011
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