Specialty Deck for SCA

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This is a project I've been working on for a few years.  The 'deck' itself is fairly simple, the obstacle was my lack of artistic skill.  This project creates a suit for each 'kingdom' in the Society for Creative Anachronism.  The designs are based on established heraldry and use designs from 14th and 15th Century illumination.  Based on my experience with modern consumers (where are my index corners?) I am keeping index numbers at the corners and the cards are designed to be used in two orientations.  All designs share a common, very simple, back so players can mix and match suits as they desire.  A suit of trumps has been sketched out but I haven't started building it yet.  Some images.

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You can see this design borrows from the Trumps of the Visconti Tarot.  I really enjoy the indent work used to decorate the gold leaf backgrounds.

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Another suit sans numbers.

Layout of these cards has been very tricky as it's easy to make them too busy.  There are also limited options using the fairly small medieval color palette.  Overall I'm happy with how these are shaping up.