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Margenal — Playin' in the 70's Fallout 1

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Description This time, turn for the greatest RPG series of al time to be redesigned in the 70's way with a big focus on the game background: a big wastleand drowning a lone vault dweller and the ghost of the nuclear radiations; no less no more.

With the recent rebranding people would tend to consider this universe as a "funny wasteland" playground while the classical opuses were more dark and desperate (even if New Vegas was fantastic with it's dark social view on game story) A little what i tried to show with this cover...

Advices and opinions are welcomed, enjoy!!!
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Comments: 34

BrutalityInc [2014-08-10 15:57:25 +0000 UTC]

War... War never changes. 

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Margenal In reply to BrutalityInc [2014-08-12 13:41:00 +0000 UTC]

neither this good ol ron perlman

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Nukechaser24 [2014-05-14 22:12:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh christ this is beautiful. This is so goddamn beautiful. If they ever make a fallout 1 remake or movie, I want this to be the cover, it sets the atmosphere of the game so well. 

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Margenal In reply to Nukechaser24 [2014-05-26 11:10:20 +0000 UTC]

oh well, thanks!

i admit the fallout 1/2 are my favourite covers so far, am glad you like them this much

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jonborg123 [2013-08-26 23:53:20 +0000 UTC]

AL BROUGHT ME HERE

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Margenal In reply to jonborg123 [2013-08-27 16:12:06 +0000 UTC]

I fear i forgot a step... AL?

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jonborg123 In reply to Margenal [2013-08-27 18:20:51 +0000 UTC]

youtu.be/0PTcAKFIjQw

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Margenal In reply to jonborg123 [2013-09-15 00:23:03 +0000 UTC]

oho, this logo reminds me the picture

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jonborg123 In reply to Margenal [2013-09-16 03:18:12 +0000 UTC]

yea

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MaskedTSAR [2013-08-26 19:26:23 +0000 UTC]

noice...

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Margenal In reply to MaskedTSAR [2013-08-27 16:12:24 +0000 UTC]

eh, thanks, glad you liked it

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Minority119 [2012-08-27 14:25:53 +0000 UTC]

say, do you have a 1920x1080 version?
this is so gonna be my wallpaper

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Margenal In reply to Minority119 [2012-08-27 14:50:48 +0000 UTC]

Glad you liked it this much... yes it could be possible to resize it, i'll have a look

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Minority119 In reply to Margenal [2012-08-27 15:25:28 +0000 UTC]

np
your whole "Playing in the 70s" series is pretty awesome, great work

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Margenal In reply to Minority119 [2012-09-02 20:29:49 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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CitizenWolfie [2012-08-10 13:32:38 +0000 UTC]

This would make a brilliant A3 (ish) size matte poster! Your subdued colour use is great, the yellow really plays nicely against the cool blue.

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Margenal In reply to CitizenWolfie [2012-08-13 19:19:58 +0000 UTC]

Well i could send you a big file, it's large enough for a printing, thanks!

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blameHer [2012-04-10 01:53:21 +0000 UTC]

this thing is great.

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Margenal In reply to blameHer [2012-04-10 15:30:46 +0000 UTC]

Many thanks, glad you apreciated it

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RevoLeGnever [2011-09-12 21:41:55 +0000 UTC]

The kerning for the word "Fallout" looks weird... might want to fix it up a bit. Awesome job though!

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Margenal In reply to RevoLeGnever [2011-12-01 16:26:53 +0000 UTC]

kernning, you mean the serif or the letter spacing?

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RevoLeGnever In reply to Margenal [2011-12-04 18:43:01 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, the letter spacing

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TehWritingGenie [2011-08-07 03:28:49 +0000 UTC]

Wow, man. I love this poster. All that dull, washed-out blue just makes the more vibrant yellow even more striking. Makes me want to play the first game again! Great work.

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Margenal In reply to TehWritingGenie [2011-08-25 21:13:58 +0000 UTC]

You lucky it was initially red

thanks a lot!

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Dib9394 [2011-08-06 20:31:05 +0000 UTC]

Heh, needs Dogmeat.

But beautifully done and makes the cover nicely fit with the 70's.

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Margenal In reply to Dib9394 [2011-08-13 16:55:18 +0000 UTC]

Aaaaaah but dogmeat is just a companion in fallout 1, and as any of these guys the death is permanent ^^

No kidding i mostly aimed to give the initial feeling of the game start, when the vault dweller faces the wasteland and the light of the sun for the first time...

However, all my thanks, glad you apreciated

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Dib9394 In reply to Margenal [2011-08-14 22:35:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh I see, I suppose that's better than showing what happens middle into the game.


And you're welcome!

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Dualmask [2011-08-06 03:49:53 +0000 UTC]

It's design at it's finest--gives its message directly and opens the door to the imagination without bombarding you with information the player is better off figuring out on his/her own. Well done.

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Margenal In reply to Dualmask [2011-08-13 16:49:03 +0000 UTC]

THanks!!!

I tried to remain simle but very explainative about the plot and setting, however i hesitated btween the radiation logo and the atomic mushroom ...

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grossmandesign [2011-08-05 14:03:07 +0000 UTC]

As a designer, I'm in love with it - you've done a beautiful job! As a gamer, I'd like to point out that I found the earlier games to be a lot more goofy and funny than the newer ones - although that darkness was perhaps a little more poignant as well. They were very rich games to be sure! In general though, I thought Fallout 2 was the funniest game I've ever played (never played the first one ) but again - this poster is gorgeous and it's going in my faves.

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Margenal In reply to grossmandesign [2011-08-05 15:03:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it

That's true Fallout 1 & 2 were really unique in the fact you could burst in laughs even in the worst situations, this mix between tragic background and dark humour set up the soul of the game. I thnk it's one of the main reasosn i so much loved these games, and the one i still consider new vegas as the "true" fallout 3...
However as a cover has to aim on the main aspects i focused myself on the wasteland, as fallout 1 was more the introduction opus.

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grossmandesign In reply to Margenal [2011-08-05 21:46:31 +0000 UTC]

And you nailed it - The poster wouldn't be the same if you had tried to incorporate humor.

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Verbenus [2011-08-05 13:15:28 +0000 UTC]

Keep it up margie!

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Margenal In reply to Verbenus [2011-08-05 14:15:28 +0000 UTC]

Hell yeah!!!

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