Quote Originally Posted by keravnos
Taranaich, anything you are modelling/skinning at a moment?
At the moment I'm working on the Shemites, who I'm pretty pleased with armour and clothing-wise. The only thing they're really missing are the distinctive Shemite beards, which will be done when I get Milkshape sorted out (or figure out a way to import M2 models into Lightwave). They look alright at the moment, but it's just not the same without the mighty bushes on their chins.

I have to agree with Taranaich that if you want to read and know Conan read ONLY stuff that Robert E. Howard wrote. I did try to read some others' stuff with an open mind, but something felt very, VERY wrong in an indescribable way. It may just be me, I dunno.
There have been some very good pasticheurs like Karl Edward Wagner and John Maddox Roberts, whose Conan stories are pretty effective, if not on Howard's own level. However, some of them are not just poorly written, but actively kind of offensive in their mediocrity: Roland Green, Steve Perry and Harry Turtledove's attempts are best ignored IMHO.