# The artwork for the Silvermaiden really bothers me **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (General)\ **Created:** [August 17, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047 "2017-08-17T23:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![EmsDad15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/emsdad15/32/31654_2.png) [@EmsDad15](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/EmsDad15)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/63 "2017-08-27T15:55:04Z")
Really? I believe Contrast is one of the biggest issues. ---
**Author:** ![Alkali](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/alkali/32/16151_2.png) [@Alkali](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Alkali)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/64 "2017-08-27T15:55:21Z")
Looks to me like the hole for the horn. Since it is an unicorn. ---
**Author:** ![Theicla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/theicla/32/3624_2.png) [@Theicla](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Theicla)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/65 "2017-08-28T15:04:14Z")
I noticed yesterday that the misplaced, smoking Volcano mystery that was _formerly_ on Broken Spire isle has disappeared from the World Map. Sad to see the Volcano gone. Poofed into the ether. I’m sure there was an interesting backstory to it at some point… ---
**Author:** ![Vangor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/vangor/32/31404_2.png) [@Vangor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Vangor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/66 "2017-08-28T15:09:39Z")
> [@Theicla](#): > > . I’m sure there was an interesting backstory to it at some point Yup! It buried an Italian city many years ago… ---
**Author:** ![Theicla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/theicla/32/3624_2.png) [@Theicla](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Theicla)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/67 "2017-08-28T15:33:34Z")
> [@Vangor](#): > > > [@Theicla](#): > > > > . I’m sure there was an interesting backstory to it at some point > > Yup! It buried an Italian city many years ago… Wha…?! Whoa. Mount Stromboli has never buried a city lol. Although it’s active enough that its other name is “Lighthouse of the Mediterranean.” Speaking of islands and volcanoes… Should the Devs ever kindly choose to put Aussieland on the map, I want it to harken back to ancient Ozzie times complete with giant volcanic eruptions from the netherworld. After all, where else could Tasmanian Devils have come from? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Vangor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/vangor/32/31404_2.png) [@Vangor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Vangor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/68 "2017-08-28T15:35:56Z")
> [@Theicla](#): > > Mount Stromboli has never buried a city lol Of course not! Thats where FSM lives! ---
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/69 "2017-08-28T15:38:55Z")
I’m pretty sure he was referring to [Mount Vesuvius](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius), which did in fact destroy not [one](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii) but [two](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum) ancient cities. ---
**Author:** ![Theicla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/theicla/32/3624_2.png) [@Theicla](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Theicla)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/70 "2017-08-28T15:57:43Z")
Yep, I know he was referring to Vesuvius. 😛 I just wanted to throw a spanner into the works since Italy has three active volcanoes, but only one of them is on an island. Stromboli is the volcano that JRR Tolkien used to model Mount Doom. It’s similar to the former island volcano on Broken Spire island, for which I was originally requesting a backstory. :)) > [@Vangor](#): > > > [@Theicla](#): > > > > Mount Stromboli has never buried a city lol > > Of course not! Thats where FSM lives! Lol. Unfortunately I have no idea who or what FSM is. Unless we’re indirectly referencing Italy, pasta, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster (or at least that’s how _my_ brain interpreted it; your mileage may vary). 🦄 😝😝 ---
**Author:** ![Vangor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/vangor/32/31404_2.png) [@Vangor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Vangor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/71 "2017-08-28T15:59:17Z")
> [@Theicla](#): > > Unfortunately I have no idea who or what FSM is Yup! > **[Flying Spaghetti Monster](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster)** > > The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism, a parodic new religious movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion. It originated in opposition to the teaching of intelligent design in public schools in the United States. According to adherents, Pastafarianism (a portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarianism) is a "real, legitimate religion, as much as any other". It has received some limited recognition as such. The "F... Isnt stromboli also a pasta dish? Edit: i am a pastafarian🍝 ---
**Author:** ![Stan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/stan/32/29888_2.png) [@Stan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/72 "2017-08-28T16:09:46Z")
> [@Vangor](#): > > Isnt stromboli also a pasta dish? Around here, a stromboli is a sort-of pizza pocket: dough filled with sauce cheese and other fillings, then folded over, brushed with butter and baked. So as not to derail the thread, let me also say that the alignment of the Silvermaiden’s mount’s horn is less bothersome to me when I look at the actual troop card, but on the loading screen, the elements just don’t seem to fit together (horn, mane and helmet). ---
**Author:** ![Vangor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/vangor/32/31404_2.png) [@Vangor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Vangor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/73 "2017-08-28T16:13:42Z")
> [@Stan](#): > > Around here, a stromboli is a sort-of pizza pocket: dough filled with sauce cheese and other fillings, then folded over, brushed with butter and baked We call that a calzone in chiraq brudda😎 i didnt know it was the same thing. I should do a bit of google-fu lol ---
**Author:** ![Vangor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/vangor/32/31404_2.png) [@Vangor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Vangor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/74 "2017-08-28T16:25:05Z")
Ok so after a bit of google-fu it seems i was wrong… Calzone and stromboli are very different…stromboli is more like a sandwich that has been baked and a calzone is like a folded in half pizza and baked… Either way now i am hungry… ---
**Author:** ![KelpTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/87869e/32.png) [@KelpTheGreat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KelpTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/75 "2017-08-28T18:50:57Z")
> So as not to derail the thread, Pretty sure that already happened about the time people brought up ancient volcanos and fictional pasta monsters. =P ---
**Author:** ![Griswald](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/griswald/32/27385_2.png) [@Griswald](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Griswald)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/76 "2017-09-19T22:59:35Z")
Every time I see the Silvermaiden graphic loading screen I thnk of this thread. Just have to comment: To me, the offset horn adds depth to the picture- the horn is perfectly aligned with the hole, but it’s further in the background. Looks great. ---
**Author:** ![KelpTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/87869e/32.png) [@KelpTheGreat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KelpTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 10:04am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047/77 "2018-01-02T10:04:05Z")
> [@Griswald](#): > > Every time I see the Silvermaiden graphic loading screen I thnk of this thread. Just have to comment: To me, the offset horn adds depth to the picture- the horn is perfectly aligned with the hole, but it’s further in the background. Looks great. But it’s _not_ perfectly aligned with the hole. Look at the point of the horn, and then mentally draw a line straight down through the middle. It’s more aligned with the unicorn’s eye. Also, even if it _was_ perfectly aligned, the more pressing problem is the unicorn’s mane. If the hole is visible, where the base of the horn should be, then the base of the horn should be visible. Since the base of the horn is obscured by the mane, you shouldn’t be able to see the hole, either. The way it is, the horn is clearly disembodied and floating in the mane. Compare the Silvermaiden’s unicorn mount to Queen Aurora. Queen Aurora has her horn in the hole, and it’s not obscured by the mane, so it looks great. The Silvermaiden… doesn’t. [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-artwork-for-the-silvermaiden-really-bothers-me/29047.md?page=3)