PathWalker
So, mine arrived this morning, and here's a thread for folks to chat about their impressions of the deck as they start to arrive across the world, and celebrate a new creation.
They are cellophane wrapped inside the box, and I found mine in order, all there and in perfect condition. The gilding is lovely, and they don't smell too strongly.
There is no title card or LWB, but the creator has written a lot online about the pack that I guess I can live with that - I might go back and seek that out again though for a refresh.
The images are pretty much as they appear online - some of them have small details which make me take off my vari-focals and peer with the naked eye
Some are slightly darker in colourtone that I might have hoped, but overall I enjoy them and respect the artisit's vision.
There is not feeling of movement in the deck, the images are all tableau, and now I come to write about it, there are no human figures either. There are paintings, statues and so on, but no living people. I wouldn't like every deck I owned to be like this, but for this deck, I think it works. You are left to wander through the rooms and gardens, looking at what's left behind, making up your own mind about certain things, reading what you will into what you see.
Each suit does have a unifying colour theme, which was present on the web views but I hadn't really noticed; you do see it when you fan them in your hand. The card stock is whippy (I don't riffle shuffle EVER, so card stock doesn't really concern me, sorry).
As with every pack there are a couple of cards I don't personally like (4 of Swords here for me for example because it felt like a modern note in an older representation) but the 'feel' of the deck is coherent and I have certainly visited properties in Great Britian and in Italy which evoke this mood.
No idea how it will read - I need to drink coffee and feed the parrots before I get to that, but I would not have missed owning this one.
Pathwalker
They are cellophane wrapped inside the box, and I found mine in order, all there and in perfect condition. The gilding is lovely, and they don't smell too strongly.
There is no title card or LWB, but the creator has written a lot online about the pack that I guess I can live with that - I might go back and seek that out again though for a refresh.
The images are pretty much as they appear online - some of them have small details which make me take off my vari-focals and peer with the naked eye
Some are slightly darker in colourtone that I might have hoped, but overall I enjoy them and respect the artisit's vision.
There is not feeling of movement in the deck, the images are all tableau, and now I come to write about it, there are no human figures either. There are paintings, statues and so on, but no living people. I wouldn't like every deck I owned to be like this, but for this deck, I think it works. You are left to wander through the rooms and gardens, looking at what's left behind, making up your own mind about certain things, reading what you will into what you see.
Each suit does have a unifying colour theme, which was present on the web views but I hadn't really noticed; you do see it when you fan them in your hand. The card stock is whippy (I don't riffle shuffle EVER, so card stock doesn't really concern me, sorry).
As with every pack there are a couple of cards I don't personally like (4 of Swords here for me for example because it felt like a modern note in an older representation) but the 'feel' of the deck is coherent and I have certainly visited properties in Great Britian and in Italy which evoke this mood.
No idea how it will read - I need to drink coffee and feed the parrots before I get to that, but I would not have missed owning this one.
Pathwalker