Reflections Of Myth & Valor: A Portrait Pack by Mike Sass Releasing April 29th
JuliusBorisov
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This year we're celebrating the 25th anniversary of Baldur’s Gate, a game by BioWare that is so dear to all of us at Beamdog! In 1998, a legend was born, and this legend continues to live today thanks to an amazing community of Baldur’s Gate players.
And just this past November we celebrated our own small anniversary – 10 years since the release of Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition. All these years YOU (yes, YOU) have been with us, sharing stories about your adventures on the Sword Coast, providing feedback, and showing how much Baldur’s Gate means to you. We want to give you something special in return, and at the same time pay respect to the original game.
We reached out to Mike Sass, the original artist who had created all the portraits of your beloved Baldur’s Gate companions: Minsc, Dynaheir, Jaheira, Khalid, Edwin, Viconia, the list can only go on! Mike kindly agreed, and now we want to give back to you, the players. We want you to define and be the Faces of Baldur’s Gate I & II: Enhanced Editions. Our community members are the true faces of the Baldur's Gate world and we want to honor that.
Starting TODAY, we'd love it if you submitted your Photo to social@beamdog.com for a chance to be selected as one of two community members immortalized in a character portrait by Mike Sass. He will create your portrait in the original Baldur’s Gate style and your face could be added to the games!
The submission period is from February 13 to March 06.
Please check out the contest rules here.
Good luck to you all!
And just this past November we celebrated our own small anniversary – 10 years since the release of Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition. All these years YOU (yes, YOU) have been with us, sharing stories about your adventures on the Sword Coast, providing feedback, and showing how much Baldur’s Gate means to you. We want to give you something special in return, and at the same time pay respect to the original game.
We reached out to Mike Sass, the original artist who had created all the portraits of your beloved Baldur’s Gate companions: Minsc, Dynaheir, Jaheira, Khalid, Edwin, Viconia, the list can only go on! Mike kindly agreed, and now we want to give back to you, the players. We want you to define and be the Faces of Baldur’s Gate I & II: Enhanced Editions. Our community members are the true faces of the Baldur's Gate world and we want to honor that.
Starting TODAY, we'd love it if you submitted your Photo to social@beamdog.com for a chance to be selected as one of two community members immortalized in a character portrait by Mike Sass. He will create your portrait in the original Baldur’s Gate style and your face could be added to the games!
The submission period is from February 13 to March 06.
Please check out the contest rules here.
Good luck to you all!
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Blog post with Mike's letter.
I also find it fascinating that so many years have gone by we have players from a huge variety of stages of life, experiencing the game from a huge variety of angles and perspectives. I see the same things with World of Warcraft and the Civilization series.
'24 is almost over. These negotiations weren't short.
To celebrate Baldur’s Gate's 25th anniversary a while ago in 2023, we organized a Community Contest with O.G. artist Mike Sass to give our players the chance of a lifetime: to have their portraits transformed into the art style of Baldur’s Gate and added to the game.
A lot of fans participated in the Contest, and all of you wanted Mike to draw more than just 2 portraits. We summoned a Djinni, and it granted your Wish (although the Djinni certainly took their time), with the Reflections Of Myth & Valor portrait pack coming to Steam, GOG, and Epic Games Store on April 29th alongside free community portraits of the two Contest winners (separate download).
Reflections Of Myth & Valor will allow you to customize your character’s look and feel with sixteen brand new portraits representing a huge variety of classes, subclasses, races, and alignments that the Baldur’s Gate games are known for.
Please Wishlist the Portrait Pack:
Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2488970/Baldurs_Gate_Reflections_Of_Myth__Valor/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2489050/Baldurs_Gate_II_Reflections_Of_Myth__Valor/
GOG
https://www.gog.com/game/baldurs_gate_reflections_of_myth_valor
https://www.gog.com/game/baldurs_gate_ii_reflections_of_myth_valor
EGS:
https://store.epicgames.com/p/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-baldurs-gate-reflections-of-myth-and-valor-98c70d
https://store.epicgames.com/p/baldurs-gate-2-enhanced-edition-baldurs-gate-ii-reflections-of-myth-and-valor-477d79
To give you a glimpse of the quality level of Mike Sass’s portraits, here are the two Contest winners:
We look forward to seeing your new CHARNAMEs! Tell us what you think below.
Human (Fighter Barbarian)
Human (Ranger Beast Master)
Half Orc (Shaman)
Elf (Sorcerer Dragon Disciple)
Elf (Range Archer)
Half Elf (Bard Jester)
Gnome (Cleric Priest of Talos)
Halfling (Thief Assassin)
Dwarf (Fighter Berserker)
Human Female (Paladin - Blackguard)
Half Orc Female (Thief - Swashbuckler)
Elf Female (Cleric - Priest of Tyr)
Half Elf Female (Totemic Druid)
Gnome Female (Fighter - Wizard Slayer)
Halfling Female (Thief - Shadowdancer)
Dwarf Female (Fighter - Dwarven Defender)