Tenkar's Tavern: Tenkar's Tavern Tankard

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Tenkar's Tavern Tankard - Currently One of a Kind

I must say that +Eric Quigley 's art looks damn nice on a beer stein!

Would there be an interest in me getting these up for sale via Cafe Press or the like?

I know I'll be ordering a few more for myself ;)

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Raging OwlbearMarch 26, 2015 at 10:25 PM
That's pretty darn cool. It's one of those things that I think I'd like, but at the same time, when money is tight, cool knick-knacks generally are the first thing to get crossed of one's want list.
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Raging OwlbearMarch 26, 2015 at 10:26 PM
That's pretty darn cool. It's one of those things that I think I'd like, but at the same time, when money is tight, cool knick-knacks generally are the first thing to get crossed of one's want list.
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Evan EdwardsMarch 27, 2015 at 1:12 AM
If you'd like, I isolated the sign, so I would have an icon for your site. I could clean it up a bit for use in things like this. It was a quick and dirty isolation because the icon I needed was fairly small (but I also tilted the sign so it is face on to the viewer rather than tilted away). For the best quality, you could also go back to the original artist, as it's probably layered:

http://www.cheshirehall.net/link/a/15.03.27.00.10.39.png
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AnonymousMarch 27, 2015 at 8:43 PM
I'd buy a stein... depending on the gold pieces it would take.
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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Tenkar's Tavern Tankard - Currently One of a Kind

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