So this is my art thread for 40k stuff I do.


http://galefire.com/2013/05/trials-of-draigo-whispers-of-corruption/


http://galefire.com/2013/05/trials-of-draigo-nurgles-garden/


http://galefire.com/2012/12/dh-commission-bloody-ruins/


http://galefire.com/2012/09/trials-of-draigo-the-reforged-titansword/


http://galefire.com/2012/08/trials-of-draigo-reforging-the-titansword/


http://galefire.com/2012/09/brothers-of-the-crimson-flame/


http://galefire.com/2012/07/40k-commission-ultramarines-vs-tyranids/


http://galefire.com/2012/07/40k-commission-vindicare-sniper-lady/


Commission for Lelith and a friend
http://galefire.com/2012/05/40k-commission-lilith-and-a-space-wolf/



source: http://galefire.com/2011/04/40k-an-inquisitor-vindicare-assassin-and-grey-knight-brother-captain-walk-into-a-space-hulk/

Mascot for DoW2 group, Dreaded Dreadnought


Draigo and pals

EPIC size available here...
http://galefire.com/2011/06/kaldor-draigo-and-friends/

Inquisitoress ice-planet

http://galefire.com/2011/07/40k-commission-piece-iceworld-inquisitoress/

Imperial Assassin

http://galefire.com/2011/08/death-cult-assassin/

Damn that's shiny...

Very nice work!

You have the 'uber-ominous' meter pegged at a mere 10 though, to achieve 11 you need to add black cloaks with semi-visible faces and more crackling blue energy arcing from eyes, hands etc...

Pauldron-osity has reached an al time high however with the only higher recorded level being from paid GW artists... or 4Chan.

This is very nice art work you obviously have quite a bit of talent. Nice lighting and detail.

One thing though, did the Space Marine get those scars fighting the infamous space kittens of Howzcatus Felinis III?

That is AWESOME!

Needs more skulls.

I love the Vindicaire, looks like a boss.

Thanks guys, glad you like it.

Uhlan wrote:This is very nice art work you obviously have quite a bit of talent. Nice lighting and detail.

One thing though, did the Space Marine get those scars fighting the infamous space kittens of Howzcatus Felinis III?

You shouldn't speak to Brother Captain Andros of the space kittens of Howzcatus Felinis III...

Very well done, well done indeed.

Yikes. Looks good, but that GK is about a solid foot too tall.

Very nice.

The little sheild thing on the gray knight looks crooked though.

Damn! good lord you have got talent. The picture is beautiful. Well done.

Sharp, very sharp.

Very nice

daedalus-templarius wrote:

Uhlan wrote:This is very nice art work you obviously have quite a bit of talent. Nice lighting and detail.

One thing though, did the Space Marine get those scars fighting the infamous space kittens of Howzcatus Felinis III?

You shouldn't speak to Brother Captain Andros of the space kittens of Howzcatus Felinis III...

The space kittens can make even a space marine have nightmares.

Awesome piece of work.

Too cool.

I'm getting a definite Starcraft Ghost/Sam Fisher vibe from the assassin though.

And that's definitely a good thing.

ph34r wrote:Yikes. Looks good, but that GK is about a solid foot too tall.

Really? I thought Space Marines were actually twice as tall as humans...

Anyways, are you some kind of professional concept artist or something? Because that is FRICKIN awesome... I'd love to be able to draw like that.

Commander Jimbob wrote:

ph34r wrote:Yikes. Looks good, but that GK is about a solid foot too tall.

Really? I thought Space Marines were actually twice as tall as humans...

Anyways, are you some kind of professional concept artist or something? Because that is FRICKIN awesome... I'd love to be able to draw like that.

They're about seven to eight feet.

Lovely work, I especially like the look of the Vindicare. Really evocative characters.

Very nice

Very nice .

Nice, very nice!

Excellent. I especially love the laser range finder coming from the vindicare's bionic eye. It looks science fictiony without being cartoony

Commander Jimbob wrote:
Anyways, are you some kind of professional concept artist or something? Because that is FRICKIN awesome... I'd love to be able to draw like that.

Maybe one of these days... I can only hope

Amazing, this is epic. The only thing I would have changed is make the Grey Knight a tad smaller, and the halberd a bit shorter so you can see the blade.

Not like I have any basis for criticizing this amazing work, though. Great job, I hope to see more like this.

that is pretty cool

How did you make that, oil pastels, paint, i mean what?

That = epicness condensed

that slapping sound you're hearing is what.. yeah.. you're awesome!

Very excellent. If you did something similar in black & white, I would expect to find it in a codex.

Simply awesome.

What medium did you use for this?

I know a few of you have asked, and this image was all done in photoshop with a tablet (a cintiq 12wx to be precise).

Also, thanks for all the praise I'll be sure to post future 40k stuff that I do here.

Photoshop!?!??! wow I thought you drew it!

I wish i had photoshop skills like that :( could you give us the details on like how you did it exactly?

Jaon wrote:Photoshop!?!??! wow I thought you drew it!

He DID. That's what a tablet does, it lets you draw on the computer.

Very well done.

Jaon wrote:Photoshop!?!??! wow I thought you drew it!

I wish i had photoshop skills like that :( could you give us the details on like how you did it exactly?

I did draw it

just, on the computer with a tablet



Occasionally I will draw on paper, scan in, and then paint on top of that as well. However, I generally work better starting with large masses and shapes and working detail into them.

I think the Gk is the right size.


that is Terminator armor afterall and it tends to add a good foot to their height.

Allow me for not apologizing for not replying to this thread when I first saw it (ie when it was first posted).

That artwork is seriously good dude! I implore you to do more!

Bravo , new desktop background . . . only one request . . . give us MOAR please

Great ! Love it.

The style is very good, and the scene choice also !

You should do some sort of battle scene.

perhaps the GKs banishing Angron?

Grey Templar wrote:perhaps the GKs banishing Angron?

That fluff is stupid. I wholeheartedly disagree with it.

I am not talking about Kaldor "kick primarch butt and then give him a tattoo to remember me by" Draigo, but rather 100 GKTs banishing Angron together at the 1st War for Armegeddon.

even a deamon primarch can't last forever

Grey Templar wrote:I am not talking about Kaldor "kick primarch butt and then give him a tattoo to remember me by" Draigo, but rather 100 GKTs banishing Angron together at the 1st War for Armegeddon.

even a deamon primarch can't last forever

I've read the fluff on it; even the actual short story that includes the fight between the GKGM or Brotherhood captain (it's one or the other) and Angron. Sure, it fits with the GK fluff and their current rules (and also Angron's terribad WD rules.. dear lord they sucked).. but it was literally the GK's leader going mano a mano with a Daemon Primarch.

Totally just scribbled down a layout/idea for GKs vs Angron. @Darkvoidof40k, there are 4 GKs in the shot that I've scribbled down, maybe the implication of more.

But I have a commission piece to do for someone on the board first

daedalus-templarius wrote:Totally just scribbled down a layout/idea for GKs vs Angron. @Darkvoidof40k, there are 4 GKs in the shot that I've scribbled down, maybe the implication of more.

But I have a commission piece to do for someone on the board first

Either way, sounds good! But.. Angron will be very hard to do. Not to mention the necessity of throwing in a few Bloodthirsters.

I can imagine it now; a forward-view on Angron, similar to below image but greatly expanded on, with the back of the GKGM and his companions shown as they charge the Daemons, Nemesis Force Weapons held high.



Also, I'll see if I can dig up the old WD with the story in, and find out what weapons the GKs had and any other important details.

Indeed very impressive work. Great job.

Very nicely drawn. The shoulder pads, though... eeesh...

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:Very nicely drawn. The shoulder pads, though... eeesh...

My thoughts exactly.

Why is the Inquisitor only 4 feet tall? I'd think the Imperium would select for impressiveness in all ways.

Glad we're in agreement.

Its not that he is short, its just that I thought terminator armor made a Space Marines stature quite exaggerated and tall. Terminator armor 8.5ft-9ft tall or taller? I am not totally sure.

I'd have to look through my codicies to see if I can find a puny regular human, albeit a powerful inquisitor, standing next to a Space Marine in terminator armor.

daedalus-templarius wrote:Its not that he is short, its just that I thought terminator armor made a Space Marines stature quite exaggerated and tall. Terminator armor 8.5ft-9ft tall or taller? I am not totally sure.

I'd have to look through my codicies to see if I can find a puny regular human, albeit a powerful inquisitor, standing next to a Space Marine in terminator armor.

Alaric, in Grey Knights, is at least 10ft, and he's just wearing normal power armor. Scale from this.

Edit: Yeah, Terminator armor* makes the Space Marine about 11-12ft tall.

* edit #2

Again, other than the pads, proportions are good. Very good.

*faints*

daedalus-templarius wrote:Its not that he is short, its just that I thought terminator armor made a Space Marines stature quite exaggerated and tall. Terminator armor 8.5ft-9ft tall or taller? I am not totally sure.

I'd have to look through my codicies to see if I can find a puny regular human, albeit a powerful inquisitor, standing next to a Space Marine in terminator armor.

Inquisitors arn't always impressive physically. its entirely permissable to have a 98-lb weakling inquisitor, that just happens to be a potent psyker.


Naked, space marines vary from anywhere between 6-7.5 feet tall with 6 being the absolute minimum.

add PA for another 6" or so, and Terminator armor for another foot or so.

Grey Templar wrote:
Naked, space marines vary from anywhere between 6-7.5 feet tall with 6 being the absolute minimum.

Space Marines are canonically 7 feet tall in their power armor very little variation between them.

Terminator armor also does not add 5 feet to their heights, mr Terminators are 12 feet tall. Honestly, I'm doubting your ability to correctly judge how big something 12 feet tall is if you say that.

@ Grey Knight- Why are you looking at naked space marines?

Why is it people always get my name wrong

Grey Templar wrote:Why is it people always get my name wrong

He wasn't actually talking to you; he was asking why Draigo takes pictures of all the Neophytes.

My bad, dude... I was seriously down with the flu when Iposted it... (now, I've seen it both ways- grey, or gray? I think the seconds just a common misspelling...)

in the US its usually spelled with an E, but oddly enough, its correct either way in most places.

Cool, didn't know that...

Oh, and you might want to condense your sig, can't read it all... but clever, though.

ph34r wrote:Yikes. Looks good, but that GK is about a solid foot too tall.

No, he is just the right height.

The Shoulder pads are just too over the top though, I mean this is just over the top.

I love the Inquisitor.

The vindicare is shmexy

You should draw an eversor though. They're are just too cool.



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Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:My bad, dude... I was seriously down with the flu when Iposted it... (now, I've seen it both ways- grey, or gray? I think the seconds just a common misspelling...)

Gray is technically correct.

both are correct,

Grey is the accepted spelling here in the US, but Gray is also acceptable.

Grey Templar wrote:both are correct,

Grey is the accepted spelling here in the US, but Gray is also acceptable.

I don't think I have seen it spelled "grey" by anyone who isn't american. Now excuse me while I go put on my Armour, and visit my community centre to honour my comrades.

im2randomghgh wrote:I don't think I have seen it spelled "grey" by anyone who isn't american.

GW uses the e spelling. They're British.

Platuan4th wrote:

im2randomghgh wrote:I don't think I have seen it spelled "grey" by anyone who isn't american.

GW uses the e spelling. They're British.

They also use inches though...

im2randomghgh wrote:

Platuan4th wrote:

im2randomghgh wrote:I don't think I have seen it spelled "grey" by anyone who isn't american.

GW uses the e spelling. They're British.

They also use inches though...

And? That has no bearing on what you said. As well, BFG is in Metric.

im2randomghgh wrote:

Platuan4th wrote:

im2randomghgh wrote:I don't think I have seen it spelled "grey" by anyone who isn't american.

GW uses the e spelling. They're British.

They also use inches though...

Yeah the whole measurements thing is a mixed bag in Britain.
People use both.

Platuan4th wrote: BFG is in Metric.

I know. It just makes it that much sweeter when my Kor'vattra smashes aside Battle Barges.

It's spelled grey in the SW codex, but really, I've seen it both ways...

Us Brits spell it Grey, and frown upon you American degenerates who dare defile the word with an 'a'.

Umm... I don't think I spell it gray...

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:Umm... I don't think I spell it gray...

You just did .

Just to elaborate on my point; a lot of American's (and literature by said American's) spell it with an 'a'. It is annoying.

Hell, the only reason so many words in American-English differ from the original language is that America wanted to differentiate itself in every-single-damned-way-possible when it gained independence. Or something along those lines..

Oh... point. I believe the spelling of grey as "gray" is not a staple of american society (tho it does crop up a bit). ANd lots of our language comes from a different time period, some rednecks, and some druggies. Incidentilly, we still use Teddy Roosevelt's spelling of through, thru.

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:Oh... point. I believe the spelling of grey as "gray" is not a staple of american society (tho it does crop up a bit). ANd lots of our language comes from a different time period, some rednecks, and some druggies. Incidentilly, we still use Teddy Roosevelt's spelling of through, thru.

Goddamned Roosevelt. 'Thru' annoys me, especially because it's invading our country via our crappy restaurant chains.

Hmm... I have to say, I do like Great Britain form my few visits there, but some things should stay american. Like 'color' 'honor' and 'center'. I just like those spellings better.

And sir, I do belive we've hijacked this thread.

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:Hmm... I have to say, I do like Great Britain form my few visits there, but some things should stay american. Like 'color' 'honor' and 'center'. I just like those spellings better.

And sir, I do belive we've hijacked this thread.

*shrug*. Tends to happen with me.

As for colour, honour and centre - we invented those words; so you can put your false spellings where the sun doesn't shine . Then you can prepare for the literary crusade that I predict will happen, and you shall be impaled upon sharpened pencils of the finest British Oak and beaten to death with our largest books that serve no purpose other than impromptu weaponry.

I don't spell it Gray, I spell it Grey.

Grey Templar wrote:I don't spell it Gray, I spell it Grey.

*Pets Grey Templar's head*

Good boy. Now sit! Good boy! Have a doggie treat!

I am insinuating nothing. Keep your misinformed and incorrect assumptions to yourself. I am not insane.

Well, maybe today..

I have saved your picture because i like it sooo much! This is insane! i would kill seventeen midgets to get these art skills!

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:Hmm... I have to say, I do like Great Britain form my few visits there, but some things should stay american. Like 'color' 'honor' and 'center'. I just like those spellings better.

And sir, I do belive we've hijacked this thread.

I shall don my armour and challenge you to an honour duel, and I shall colour the soil red with your blood. Centre your thoughts, because I am about to run you through!

im2randomghgh wrote:

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:Hmm... I have to say, I do like Great Britain form my few visits there, but some things should stay american. Like 'color' 'honor' and 'center'. I just like those spellings better.

And sir, I do belive we've hijacked this thread.

I shall don my armour and challenge you to an honour duel, and I shall colour the soil red with your blood. Centre your thoughts, because I am about to run you through!

It seems I am not alone in my fight against American grammar. Advance, good sir!

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

im2randomghgh wrote:

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:Hmm... I have to say, I do like Great Britain form my few visits there, but some things should stay american. Like 'color' 'honor' and 'center'. I just like those spellings better.

And sir, I do belive we've hijacked this thread.

I shall don my armour and challenge you to an honour duel, and I shall colour the soil red with your blood. Centre your thoughts, because I am about to run you through!

It seems I am not alone in my fight against American grammar. Advance, good sir!

*salutes* Canadians and Brits unite!

Now, TBH, American grammar disguists even me. As someone who once lived (yes, I did) in England (near wales) and in Croatia (where they use British spellings), I am known to occasionally use the british spellings, but for the most part I use the good young American. My conclusion as to why the spellings are different is much more complex than yours:

Americans use unorthodox spellings of certain words because:

In the busy American world of TV programs (I believe there is an alt. spelling fro this too?) where bin Laden was only killed when the PSN was down, there is no time for extra vowels and such! Besides, our attention span is was too sh- ooh, hey, House is on!

Now the British, what with their miserable (mostly) rainy weather, have time to add these letters, and be productive on a regular basis. How else did we get the internet and the computer? Britain of course! (MY explanation to the internet: An English weapon of mass distraction to counter American Productivity).

And THAT, good sirs, is the reason why im2 and Dark should, in America,

"Don their armor and challenge me to an honor duel, and shall color the soil red with my blood. Center your thoughts, because you are about to run me thru! (fixed it for ya!).

Whew, what a mouthful.

*stares blankly at Asgeirr's speech*

"im2random, get the shotguns. This just got personal."

Darkvoidof40k wrote:*stares blankly at Asgeirr's speech*

"im2random, get the shotguns. This just got personal."

Shotguns aren't manly enough; chainsaws! Americans seem to think Canadians are all lumberjacks anyways so at least they'll know we aren't british when we yell about the whole grammar thing.

P.S., yes, about, not aBOOT

P.P.S. Darkvoid, we need to unite everyone who actually knows how to spell!

P.P.P.S. http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_293638&v=XjiwBwBL4Qo&feature=iv

Thought I was complimenting the British...

Asgeirr: "Wait... No... no... stay away from me... NOOOOOOO "

Darkvoid: "Our work here is done." *Turns away*

Im2: "Yays! Ooops... Dark, what a lovely red colour you've left on my shirt... Dark? DARK?"

*Dark Rises up as a Zombie*

Im2: "Wait... you're a zombie now, and you were a grammar nazi before, so... are you a grammar nazi zombie?"

Asgierr: *opens eyes* "Is that really worse than a regular zombie?"

Dark: "Braaaaaaiiiins...."

Im2: "I dunno... but is he a grammar nazi turned zombie, or a zombie turned grammar nazi?"

Asgeirr: "Only one way to find out. YO FOO! Come ovah heyah so's I can avenge mah HONOR! You ain't being acorrecting me no more!"

Dark: "Eat...American..."

Asgeirr: "Definitely the second. Oh shi-" *eaten by Dark*

Dark: "I've wanted to do that for a long time..."

To understand part of this, you need to watch this College Humor (or College Humour)...:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90TW-p3rkQk

Not quite the same, but close enuff (and yes, I do know it's spelled enough).

That's not how it happened.

We are all about to charge the zombies. They are breaking down the barricades. We are checking our weapons.

Im2: Alright people. Into position. We need to kill the necromancer controlling all the zombies (Melissia). He is in the middle of the horde. 10 seconds to go-time.

Asgeirr: I am NOT waiting ten seconds! LEEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOY JEEEEENKINSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

DarkVoid: ARGGGGH! You Stupid D***** bag!

Im2: It's okay, he made a distraction, time to kill the 'mancer!

DarkVoid: Feth that, I'm going to go kill Asgeirr!

Asgeirr: Run Run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the Leeroy Jenkins man!

DarkVoid: *fires his gun at mob of zombies, hits only Asgeirr*

Asgeirr: FUUUUUUUUUUUU! You blew me leg off! *fires back*

DarkVoid: ARGGGGGGH! You blew ME leg off too!

Im2: *sigh* idiots...IMA GO KILL ME A NECROMANCER!

*Asgeirr and DarkVoid keep firing at each other*

*All the zombies suddenly die*

Asgeirr: we're...we're safe?

DarkVoid: *keeps firing at Asgeirr*

Asgeirr: Stop frickin' betrayin' me!

Im2: *takes the necromancers head, puts grenade inside, lobs at the idiots* teeheehee...

You shall fall before the inevitability of the American dialect,

even now, out culture spreads throughout the world.

who do we have to thank


why its the british

Thanks for conq-er-i mean colonizing all those different countries so they speak English.

now our ways of spelling shall slowly infect their everyday lives through the power of our media and marketing

Post-colonialism is a ...

yeah, we Americans got the good stuff.

everyone else got shafted.

Grey Templar wrote:You shall fall before the inevitability of the American dialect,

even now, out culture spreads throughout the world.

who do we have to thank


why its the british

Thanks for conq-er-i mean colonizing all those different countries so they speak English.

now our ways of spelling shall slowly infect their everyday lives through the power of our media and marketing

No.

We Canadians shall team up with the British, and spread it everywhere!

Then, the Americans will retaliate by firing nukes, and will fail CF style.

Do you think the Russians will let us borrow their time machine?
We can go back and kill Einstein...

Very nice work

Very good. Very good indeed.

I like IM2's version better... great work, mate! And yeah, the post colonial countries are getting more American... except for india and Canada.


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Oh, and Grey? You're wrong. The American Dialect spreads through the empire of evil- McDonald's!

I did say marketing

True enough. ANd you really do need to condense your sig, I can't read the last line.

funny, i can see the whole thing.

The last line is cut in half, so you can barely make it out.

@Gray Tampler

Yeah, I can't read the last line either. Must be your inane Americanisms...

I guess I should be glad you guys keep bumping my art for more people to see, lol.

Should have something new here in a while, but obviously have a few other non-40k projects going on as well.

@ Asgeirr, We only have our versions of the zombie apocalypse, we still need to see Grey Templar and DarkVoid write their...points of view...on the matter

Grey Templar declares that all vegetarians be strung up by their heels and force fed Big Macs.

When nicely fattened up, they shall then be used as zombie bait to lure them into Saudi Arabia.

all oil wells there will have the lids blown so the desert becomes saturated with oil.

once the zombies are there the oil shall be lit on fire to rid us of the zombie threat. we shall then drill more wells in Russia and the arctic to keep our chainsaws running and have a nice big wienie roast out in the desert. the cloud from the oil burning shall lead to a new period of global cooling as it shields the earth from the sun.

Grey Templar wrote:Grey Templar declares that all vegetarians be strung up by their heels and force fed Big Macs.

When nicely fattened up, they shall then be used as zombie bait to lure them into Saudi Arabia.

all oil wells there will have the lids blown so the desert becomes saturated with oil.

once the zombies are there the oil shall be lit on fire to rid us of the zombie threat. we shall then drill more wells in Russia and the arctic to keep our chainsaws running and have a nice big wienie roast out in the desert. the cloud from the oil burning shall lead to a new period of global cooling as it shields the earth from the sun.

*jaw drops...off*

That may be the smartest thing I have ever heard anyone say, ever.

Grey Templar wrote:Grey Templar declares that all vegetarians be strung up by their heels and force fed Big Macs.

Would you really do that to me?

*grabs shotgun cannon*

@ DarkVoidof40k,

Also, I have read your signature and I am of the opinion that we fascist grammar enforcers must unite.

P.S., you misspelled grammar in your signature.

I think that may have been intentional...

However, GT said alot of smart solutions to our problems- global warming and war in the middle east- over at once!

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:I think that may have been intentional...

However, GT said alot of smart solutions to our problems- global warming and war in the middle east- over at once!

Semi-unrelated, I think the only way to bring about world peace are the angry marines. When Obama sees how angry they are, he'll be like "wow, and I thought I was angry (at the terrorists)" then all the world leaders will try to calm them down and when they listen to themselves, there will be peace.

When that fails, the AM will kill all of our leaders, and will rule our planet. They will be too angry for war, and will only be able to express themselves in blood showers (exactly what you think it is), powerfist-duels, screaming, and rage-gasms (where they fap so angrily that they "spray" pure anger [acid]).

I LIKE IT! ONly they shall be opposed by their arch enemies... the PRETTY MARINES!

Oh, and I just notived that in your version of the apocalypse, I am Leroy Jenkins. Pure Awesomesauce.

im2randomghgh wrote:@ DarkVoidof40k,

Also, I have read your signature and I am of the opinion that we fascist grammar enforcers must unite.

P.S., you misspelled grammar in your signature.

Indeed, we must.

As for spelling 'grammar' wrong - I didn't write that, it's a quote from Scrazza. *goes off to teach signature a lesson*

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:I LIKE IT! ONly they shall be opposed by their arch enemies... the PRETTY MARINES!

Oh, and I just notived that in your version of the apocalypse, I am Leroy Jenkins. Pure Awesomesauce.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU

1:23

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH7s2BYbUAo&feature=related


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If you want to experience my version of the apocalypse to the fullest, click the link and listen to every sound, in order, while reading my version.

http://www.instantsfun.es/

Oh, I've seen Leroy before... but I'll watch 'em later.

I notice that Darkvoid fixed his sig... and hopefully Scrazza, too.

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:I notice that Darkvoid fixed his sig... and hopefully Scrazza, too.

He won't walk straight for a week. Not after what I did to him.. ah, praise the Lord that is me for the Spadegun.

I prefer applying a taser up where the sun don't shine, myself.

Scrazza? What/Who?

im2randomghgh wrote:Scrazza? What/Who?

He posts on Dakka.

Yep. You will hear form him sometime, for better or for worse...

So here is a preview of the goofy/ridiculous thing I am doing for my DoW2 group...

Color coming soon

"DREADED DREADNOUGHT"

http://galefire.com/2011/06/dreaded-dreadnought/

Next picture will be srs, promise.

I don't particularly understand it, but whatever it is, it's sexy.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:I don't particularly understand it, but whatever it is, it's sexy.

Yea, i forgot to put my title in "Dreaded Dreadnought"... because my group leader has dreadlocks... or something. So its a dreadnought, with dreadlocks. He is so clever.

Its just silly.

Ima lurvvvvvvving it.

Nice drawing(s).

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:I notice that Darkvoid fixed his sig... and hopefully Scrazza, too.

He won't walk straight for a week. Not after what I did to him..

Devastator wrote:Nice drawing(s).

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:I notice that Darkvoid fixed his sig... and hopefully Scrazza, too.

He won't walk straight for a week. Not after what I did to him..

Spoiler:

An old, short-lived inside joke.

Yeah, this thread is really old... I like the new drawing, though. May want to change the thread title!

I like the thread title, I guess I could add an addendum saying "Galefire Artwork Thread" though, kinda long as it is heh.

That's okay. It's just nice to update.

Finished!

"The Legion of Lokgar Dreaded Dreadnought"

http://galefire.com/2011/06/dreaded-dreadnought/

Also will update original post and title.

Awesome job!

Someone needs to make that dread. And mount a speaker in the base contantly playing Bob Marley

TrollPie wrote:Someone needs to make that dread. And mount a speaker in the base contantly playing Bob Marley

I'll tell him he should do that if he ever gets an army.

daedalus-templarius wrote:

"The Legion of Lokgar Dreaded Dreadnought"

http://galefire.com/2011/06/dreaded-dreadnought/

Pure win!

Lovin the vindicare there man.
Reminds me of what I'd think Sam Fisher would look like in the year 40,000

Next thing I might finish...

http://twitgoo.com/2d0we9

Also have some GKs fighting Angron(from Armageddon) as a book cover of sorts, have reworked it a few times, still not satisfied.

Oh, and another of my crew from the first picture in the Inquisitor's home base/office... might be a good enviromental piece.

Shiny...
Very shiny...

Agreed, very shiny. Just watch out for those evil shoulder pads being too big!

Y'know what Daedalus, you should set up a business, doing commission drawing and selling them off at a reasonable price.

Galefire - Illustration & Concept Design Portfolio - ask me about commissioned pieces for you

It's in my Sig
I'd love to get more commission work.

I actually might do if things turn out shiny...

daedalus-templarius wrote:Galefire - Illustration & Concept Design Portfolio - ask me about commissioned pieces for you

It's in my Sig
I'd love to get more commission work.

Crazy fool, nobody will see it there! You need BIG colourful writing to get people's attention!

Maybe not that big, but what is the code to increase the font size... maybe I can make it slightly larger.

And then I have an idea as well. Like... a banner of some sort for my sig.

htj wrote:

Commander Jimbob wrote:

ph34r wrote:Yikes. Looks good, but that GK is about a solid foot too tall.

Really? I thought Space Marines were actually twice as tall as humans...

Anyways, are you some kind of professional concept artist or something? Because that is FRICKIN awesome... I'd love to be able to draw like that.

They're about seven to eight feet.

Lovely work, I especially like the look of the Vindicare. Really evocative characters.

7-8 feet out of armor. That looks like a suit of tactical dreadnought armor, so the height is probably accurate.

There, maybe that is sufficiently obnoxious enough.

I'll probably update it with that fancy picture above once I finish it.

daedalus-templarius wrote:There, maybe that is sufficiently obnoxious enough.

I'll probably update it with that fancy picture above once I finish it.

It's an improvement, but still not big enough, and I suggest you change your avatar to the Inquisitor or Vindicare, as the duplicate image of the GK Brother Captain is.. off putting. Can't particularly explain why, it's just one of those things that is. Y'know?

I suppose having the inquisitor as my avatar is fitting since I am a "Member of the Malleus"

I could make it longer, but not taller, as the forum automatically resizes anything taller than 150 (it might be a bit under that though). Much bigger than that tho... I feel would be in bad taste

Wow! That is amazing! Keep up the good work.

http://galefire.com/2011/06/kaldor-draigo-and-friends/

A slightly less awful preview.

Time to move onto painting!... as soon as I get rid of this headache, so probably not tonight.

So, I finished it. It took a very long time, but I think it was worth it.



EPIC size available here...
http://galefire.com/2011/06/kaldor-draigo-and-friends/

Very good! Love that piece, except for one thing (well, this doesn't really detract from the piece, but perhaps the intention of it) - Draigo just looks like a Justicar.

But other than that I love all the little details. Hell, I love all of it.

Well I mostly drew Draigo from the model, but with a helmet on he looks more like a regular Justicar, I agree. But I can't stand my GKs without helmets!

Glad you like it

Great work! Only nitpick I can offer is the perspective on Draigo's sword seems off, but I assume that's just Finecast warping.

Yea, I might rework that a bit. Got some feedback from my art forum so there are a few changes I'll be making. I kind of shoehorned in the demons on the edges and I think they are weakening the overall composition. I was drawing it as a pose piece, then I was like... I'LL ADD SOME DAEMONS, YEA! Silly me. That needs to be planned in beforehand!

So, we'll see. I'll make sure to leave this piece up though.

Also, don't most people know what a commission is? I've got people on another forum asking me to make them pictures for free.

@Hazzer
Well, its a bit more complicated than that, but that is a simple way of describing my process. However for this I did my linework in photoshop, not to mention all the painting as well.

Nice!How do you do that?
Is it....

...Just thought...

Looks cool, man. I wish you'd do a GK versus Daemon Prince sometime.

Asgeirr,
I actually want to do a sort of novel cover with GKs fighting Angron "The Fall of Angron", or something like that. I haven't managed to get a composition I feel that works though, maybe soon!

awwwww monies? Sorry my man, im not willing to pay money for an image, no matter how awesome :/

From a different forum. Damn people make me sad.

Dude, You should totally do that. Make sure to include the other forces at Armageddon- SW, SM, and others. Hey, maybe GW could hire you- Your work is better than theirs.

Oh, I wouldn't say I'm better than the GW cover guys, I like a lot of their stuff!

Hopefully after a few more 40k pieces, I'll feel like I should submit to Black Library, might get to do some covers or something.

Make Angron and the GK grandmaster who slew him (The great grandmaster, right?) In the center, with daemons on Angrons side and SM allies on the GK side.

Wasn't he already planning to do that anyway? /bad memory

Eh, something like that

daedalus-templarius wrote:Eh, something like that

Personally, I think it'll be very challenging to accurately portray the events in that short story - hit and miss, if you know what I mean. Even if it doesn't quite capture the feel of it, it'll still be awesome.

Do it soonish- though I know it takes a long time. Hell, I can't even paint my army!

Yea we'll see, I actually have a few commissions I am working on... but I'm always open for more

Cue the shameless promotion!

Yes, its shameless because I don't have enough clients to work with. Once I have more, I might be less shameless...
maybe.

You should use as many art sites as possible, as shamelessly as possible.

I already use a few, except for deviantart; not really a fan of that place.

Also, I post in quite a few other places beside dakka, but I still had people pestering me to do their art for nothing earlier today

That's... sad.

The final battle was a full company of Grey Knight terminators vs. Angron and a score of Bloodthirsters. That would be a hell of an image to compose. I wish you the best of luck in that endeavor! It would definitely make my desktop background.

That kind of an image wouldn't really be a book cover, that would be like a fold-out image in a giant hard-back rulebook

Undoubtedly cool, that would be crazy to do and take quite a long time... maybe I'd do it more as a conceptual piece rather than an illustration.

Okay, just do a GK grandmaster stabbing Angron.

So I did a bit of a small update to fix a few thing and improve the overall composition in my opinion.


Epic size is still available here...http://galefire.com/2011/06/kaldor-draigo-and-friends/

Wow... it actually looks better without the Daemons. Kudos!

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:Wow... it actually looks better without the Daemons. Kudos!

Agreed. My only real issue is that they all have Psycannons. It's off-putting for some reason.

As much as I don't like Grey Knights, those guys look AWESOME!

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:Wow... it actually looks better without the Daemons. Kudos!

Agreed. My only real issue is that they all have Psycannons. It's off-putting for some reason.

No way, that's the best part!

Its actually how I run my 10 man squad
I guess you could think of this as the front ranks, where all my psycannons usually are to be in range.

They all have psycannons? The guy on the left has the most distinct weapon, with some kind of projection device rather than a barrel. The two guys on the right have a similar ammo-feed system to the guy on the left, but actual barrels (albeit oval). The guy to the left of Draigo has a unique configuration, wielding a sharp rectangular box with a big round barrel and no ammo feed system. Draigo himself has a weeny storm bolter.

Anyway, yeah, the picture does look better without the daemons. The sword still needs to be shaved down a bit on the top. I know the intent was to have him pointing it at the opponent, but the way the handle is drawn, he is either simply holding it, is giving it to someone, or is showing it to the viewer "hey, check out my kewl sword ^_^".

I'm not really a fan of the new psycannon design, I like the old one a bit better, but I tried to make the one on the left look a bit like the new one.

Yea Draigo's sword didn't exactly come out how I wanted it.

Omegus wrote:They all have psycannons? The guy on the left has the most distinct weapon, with some kind of projection device rather than a barrel. The two guys on the right have a similar ammo-feed system to the guy on the left, but actual barrels (albeit oval). The guy to the left of Draigo has a unique configuration, wielding a sharp rectangular box with a big round barrel and no ammo feed system. Draigo himself has a weeny storm bolter.

Anyway, yeah, the picture does look better without the daemons. The sword still needs to be shaved down a bit on the top. I know the intent was to have him pointing it at the opponent, but the way the handle is drawn, he is either simply holding it, is giving it to someone, or is showing it to the viewer "hey, check out my kewl sword ^_^".

To me it looks like he is bringing it down, like when people would point a sword and yell "CHAAARGE!".

daedalus-templarius wrote:I'm not really a fan of the new psycannon design, I like the old one a bit better, but I tried to make the one on the left look a bit like the new one.

Yea Draigo's sword didn't exactly come out how I wanted it.

It still looks fething awesome. It's currently my desktop background.

At least until you get off your lazy ass and do that Angron vs. GK image we talked about earlier. Slacker.

Well, I did a few compositions while I was at the fireworks show last night for the Angron vs GK picture, we'll see if any of those work out

So I might have started playing a bit of Dark Heresy

Drew this real quick because I couldn't stand not knowing what my characters looked like.

http://galefire.com/2011/07/quick-dark-heresy-acolytes/

Fantastic work!

I would love to see what you could do with Sanguinary Guard and Blood Angels!

The womans face seems a little pinched... otherwise, quite good.

You should draw Lysander riding a giant fist into battle o.0

Either way, nice picture of the GKs (Y)

Nice Work!

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:The womans face seems a little pinched... otherwise, quite good.

They both look like they really have to poop, but can't because they have to pose cool for the picture. Other than the faces, though, the work is excellent, especially for something done "real quick".

Omegus wrote:

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:The womans face seems a little pinched... otherwise, quite good.

They both look like they really have to poop, but can't because they have to pose cool for the picture. Other than the faces, though, the work is excellent, especially for something done "real quick".

I like the artwork but....
I agree with the statement above.

They do seem like they're rather... constipated.

Yea I am redoing the image proper, so I'll be replacing it soon. I am not satisfied with how it turned out.

Heh, don't think I'll finish out pictures that started on sticky notes in the future. In my defense, it was pretty quick, but that's probably not the stuff I should post anywhere but my blog

So here is a WIP to replace that terrible previous image


http://galefire.com/2011/07/quick-dark-heresy-acolytes/

Still got a bit more to do, but this should give you an idea.

I like the darker tone so far... put a little more shadow on the womans face, though, it looks too open.

Oh don't read into the values too much right now, they will still get a lot of adjustment. What I have now is just a super-basic map for doing it.

But the woman's face will have more shadow on it

Edit: Updated all the values.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
first color pass, next up is all the detail work.

Very nice. Maybe make the light from the gun fade off a little more?

zounds this is finished.

Getting my wife to model for females next time... didn't come out right :( also, background was a mistake, as trained acolytes wouldn't be standing in the light in a darkened city; must write narrative for pieces before I draw them...



http://galefire.com/2011/07/quick-dark-heresy-acolytes/

Wow... that's actually really cool. I would like to see a bit more background in the background- right now, it looks like a light box.

Great work, as usual.

Although with the symmetrical leg positions, they look like they're about to start a dance number. Top rated show in the 41st Milleninum: Dancing With the Inquisitorial Henchmen!

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:Wow... that's actually really cool. I would like to see a bit more background in the background- right now, it looks like a light box.

Well a background would have been cool, but it didn't have the narrative to support, so I just wanted it to be a couple characters. Although these characters don't even look like our characters anymore, sheesh!

Haha, dance number ftw. Didn't really think about that

Here is the next one I am working on http://galefire.com/2011/07/40k-commission-piece-iceworld-inquisitoress/ actually has narrative for a background
This is actually a commissioned piece, might get it done today we'll see.

daedalus-templarius wrote:So I did a bit of a small update to fix a few thing and improve the overall composition in my opinion.


Epic size is still available here...http://galefire.com/2011/06/kaldor-draigo-and-friends/

Stop making me want a Grey Knight army. Seriously, stop it RIGHT now.

With the picture quoted in the post above, I think that the sword should have a more ornate hilt, because the top is like a force-relic sword, and the hilt is fair plain and cut at right angles...otherwise very good tho

This Inquisitor needs a fur-lined hat I think, especially if she is going to stay out in this.


http://galefire.com/2011/07/40k-commission-piece-iceworld-inquisitoress/

this is a Commission piece I did for someone for their character in Dark Heresy.

Nice work.

The blurred claws works well.

Nice work but Genestealers usually dont have the carapace piece on their head, its kinda "smooth" but ne ways great so far

Commissar Typhus wrote:Nice work but Genestealers usually dont have the carapace piece on their head, its kinda "smooth" but ne ways great so far

This one does, and we all know that the hive-mind is pretty fickle about making all sorts of different versions of the same thing, maybe it didn't want as many of its genestealers getting headshotted by trigger-happy Inquisitors with their bolt pistols

daedalus-templarius wrote:

Commissar Typhus wrote:Nice work but Genestealers usually dont have the carapace piece on their head, its kinda "smooth" but ne ways great so far

This one does, and we all know that the hive-mind is pretty fickle about making all sorts of different versions of the same thing, maybe it didn't want as many of its genestealers getting headshotted by trigger-happy Inquisitors with their bolt pistols

Nice save...

daedalus-templarius wrote:This Inquisitor needs a fur-lined hat I think, especially if she is going to stay out in this.


http://galefire.com/2011/07/40k-commission-piece-iceworld-inquisitoress/

this is a Commission piece I did for someone for their character in Dark Heresy.

Love the piece, have another small nitpick.

I would recommend changing the boltgun perspective a tad to make it point slightly to the viewer. The Genestealer has a real sense of coming at an oblique angle, so the way the boltpistol is pointed it looks like the Inquisitor is shooting at something to its right. Maybe that's what you were going for.

Oh, and you really like that ballet stance, don't ya?

Yea, the next female I do, I am making my wife do a lot of modeling for me beforehand... with guns and swords.

As a different angle on the boltgun would probably look more dynamic, I think you aren't considering how much reworking it would take I should have done that in the first place.

Actually i think it works pretty well as it is.
Genestealers are quick so them side-stepping to avoid a bolt shell makes sense.
In fact when taken like that things are about to poorly for the good inquisitor.

daedalus-templarius wrote:Yea, the next female I do, I am making my wife do a lot of modeling for me beforehand... with guns and swords.

As a different angle on the boltgun would probably look more dynamic, I think you aren't considering how much reworking it would take I should have done that in the first place.

I don't know, the only erasing needed would be just the lip of the barrel to make it slightly more oval (like a cat's eye). Then you just trace the line of the pistol like 2mm to the left, and viola it's now pointed to our left and a bit behind, right at the stealer. The Inquisitor's arm is fine as is. But I may be approaching this from the mentality of a pencil sketch, I have no idea how much inking/computer work/et al goes into your pieces. Great work as always, in any case, and if my nitpicks are getting annoying, please feel free to tell me to STFU. I probably deserve it.

purplefood wrote:Actually i think it works pretty well as it is.
Genestealers are quick so them side-stepping to avoid a bolt shell makes sense.
In fact when taken like that things are about to poorly for the good inquisitor.

It's mid-lunge, though.

If the tip of the barrel changed, the whole gun would also have to change, and her arm; at least that is what I'd feel I would have to do. Also, I'd feel like I'd have to tilt her head in the direction of the barrel as well.

However, you are correct in that I think that would probably be a more dynamic shot. Maybe if I had of posted a WIP you would have said that earlier but I try not to post too many WIPs, people don't want to look at those (most of the time)!

Omegus wrote:

daedalus-templarius wrote:Yea, the next female I do, I am making my wife do a lot of modeling for me beforehand... with guns and swords.

As a different angle on the boltgun would probably look more dynamic, I think you aren't considering how much reworking it would take I should have done that in the first place.

I don't know, the only erasing needed would be just the lip of the barrel to make it slightly more oval (like a cat's eye). Then you just trace the line of the pistol like 2mm to the left, and viola it's now pointed to our left and a bit behind, right at the stealer. The Inquisitor's arm is fine as is. But I may be approaching this from the mentality of a pencil sketch, I have no idea how much inking/computer work/et al goes into your pieces. Great work as always, in any case, and if my nitpicks are getting annoying, please feel free to tell me to STFU. I probably deserve it.

purplefood wrote:Actually i think it works pretty well as it is.
Genestealers are quick so them side-stepping to avoid a bolt shell makes sense.
In fact when taken like that things are about to poorly for the good inquisitor.

It's mid-lunge, though.

Really quick then.

Nice piece! Gotta agree with the Bolt pistol advice though.

Also, I see.. a crashed shuttle, and what I'm guessing is a spore pod.. I also like the little foot marks in the snow.

But what is that small object/thing next to the spore pod?

purplefood wrote:

daedalus-templarius wrote:

Commissar Typhus wrote:Nice work but Genestealers usually dont have the carapace piece on their head, its kinda "smooth" but ne ways great so far

This one does, and we all know that the hive-mind is pretty fickle about making all sorts of different versions of the same thing, maybe it didn't want as many of its genestealers getting headshotted by trigger-happy Inquisitors with their bolt pistols

Nice save...

Well played OP, well played

OMG... Pure Awesomesauce, again. I love it!

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Nice piece! Gotta agree with the Bolt pistol advice though.

Also, I see.. a crashed shuttle, and what I'm guessing is a spore pod.. I also like the little foot marks in the snow.

But what is that small object/thing next to the spore pod?

Spore pod/random larger tyranid creature, small object is probably another, dead, tyranid creature left in the wake of our Inquisitoress' flight from her downed lander.

You guys should exalt this post

If you start taking suggestions, I've got an awesome idea.

Nice Work btw.

Goddard wrote:If you start taking suggestions, I've got an awesome idea.

Nice Work btw.

This is a commissioned piece, and I'm always taking those

Well, I don't have the funds for a commission, I just want to see my idea in art somewhere.

It's an artistic opportunity!

But commisions are better for artists... Personally, I would commission pieces if I had the funds. Unfortunately, I play 40k.

How much is a commission?

Depends on complexity really, pm me and we can discuss if you want

PM'ed

See? I just got you a customer! I'm great for business!

daedalus-templarius wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Nice piece! Gotta agree with the Bolt pistol advice though.

Also, I see.. a crashed shuttle, and what I'm guessing is a spore pod.. I also like the little foot marks in the snow.

But what is that small object/thing next to the spore pod?

Spore pod/random larger tyranid creature, small object is probably another, dead, tyranid creature left in the wake of our Inquisitoress' flight from her downed lander.

You guys should exalt this post

No way am I exalting that post. I've just exalted the thread though.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

daedalus-templarius wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Nice piece! Gotta agree with the Bolt pistol advice though.

Also, I see.. a crashed shuttle, and what I'm guessing is a spore pod.. I also like the little foot marks in the snow.

But what is that small object/thing next to the spore pod?

Spore pod/random larger tyranid creature, small object is probably another, dead, tyranid creature left in the wake of our Inquisitoress' flight from her downed lander.

You guys should exalt this post

No way am I exalting that post. I've just exalted the thread though.

Same...
Though exalting the post doesnt do anyhing. Exalting a thread does.

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:But commisions are better for artists... Personally, I would commission pieces if I had the funds. Unfortunately, I play 40k.

That post just blew my mind with it's awesomeness.

Thank you. It also spawned my 'But I play 40K' thread.

http://galefire.com/2011/08/death-cult-assassin/

Yar

Very nice. Looks great.

That soldier look very odd. I would suggest changing his pose.

Fantastic piece, not very imperial though.

Where is the gothic and the grimdark?

Looks more like a Halo universe setting, especially the soldier and city in the background.

Well the setting I had in mind was more of a pleasure world instead of the heart of the imperium, where more gothic architecture probably would be (this is actually where I am running a scenario in Dark Heresy right now).

The Assassin is wearing some =][= symbols though

The upward camera angle didn't turn out EXACTLY how I wanted, but I liked it well enough; probably should have shot a pic of myself with my nerfgun

BATMAN!!!!

I WANT THIS AS A VIDEO GAME. Seriously, Combine 40k, Assassin's Creed, Halo, and Arkham Asylum, and I can't see how you could possibly go wrong.

I think this is one of your stronger pieces on this thread.

Maybe if the guard looked more like he is at ease and less like he is about to turn around and double shot the assassin in mid air.

as it is, he looks like he knows whats coming.

maybe turn his eyeballs to face forwards and less of a silly smirk on his face.

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:I WANT THIS AS A VIDEO GAME. Seriously, Combine 40k, Assassin's Creed, Halo, and Arkham Asylum, and I can't see how you could possibly go wrong.

I think this is one of your stronger pieces on this thread.

agreed, though Not sure how halo got on that list, it's a good game and all, but it's too different from assassins creed and Arkham Asylum. Especially the first-person part.

I reiterate: BATMAN

Halo more of the laser/ futuristic technology of 40k. Plus, as mentioned before, the cityscape.

Grey Templar wrote:Maybe if the guard looked more like he is at ease and less like he is about to turn around and double shot the assassin in mid air.

as it is, he looks like he knows whats coming.

maybe turn his eyeballs to face forwards and less of a silly smirk on his face.

That was kind of the idea, he has his pistols out because maybe he heard something.

Need to tone down that cig though, it could possibly be on fire.

All these are really great. I do thin the terminator GK in the first pic is a bit too tall though. You make everyone here jealous....

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:Halo more of the laser/ futuristic technology of 40k. Plus, as mentioned before, the cityscape.

But for the technology part you alright said to add 40k to the mix o.0

Maybe I'll do a space marine piece in honor of it getting released next.

daedalus-templarius wrote:Maybe I'll do a space marine piece in honor of it getting released next.

Which chapters? *Whispering, crossing fingers* not ultrasmurfs, not ultrasmurfs...

Maybe an Imperial Fist holding the line against unseen foes that are off frame.

I think something about the Seige of the Emperor's Palace would be cool. something grand in scale showing a large section of the walls being attacked by waves of enemies.

^Agreed. IF are awesome.

Another thing you can do (kinda clichéd, but still) IF stand atop a mound of conquered foes, holding a flag/banner

Nice job Daedalus.

Also, a piece to celebrate Space Marine (and its accursed broken demo) would be great!

I think something in the spirit of the game would be best.. I'm thinking a large picture showing a still of a multiplayer game.

For example, you have an Assault Marine and Raptor dueling it out over an objective point whilst other battles take place all around, further and further into the background. Of course everyone is a different chapter with a bunch of mixed up armour sets.

As a little joke, you could have gamertags above each marine, representing people you know on Dakka or perhaps on steam.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Nice job Daedalus.

Also, a piece to celebrate Space Marine (and its accursed broken demo) would be great!

I think something in the spirit of the game would be best.. I'm thinking a large picture showing a still of a multiplayer game.

For example, you have an Assault Marine and Raptor dueling it out over an objective point whilst other battles take place all around, further and further into the background. Of course everyone is a different chapter with a bunch of mixed up armour sets.

As a little joke, you could have gamertags above each marine, representing people you know on Dakka or perhaps on steam.

Ooh, I like this idea... I was working on Titus facing down a Nob; but maybe I will switch it up.

Do the finishing move where he rips the Nob's head in half with his bare hands

Grey Templar wrote:Do the finishing move where he rips the Nob's head in half with his bare hands

While I think that is super awesome, would rather keep a bit more high-brow than a huge blast of gore everywhere

daedalus-templarius wrote:

Grey Templar wrote:Do the finishing move where he rips the Nob's head in half with his bare hands

While I think that is super awesome, would rather keep a bit more high-brow than a huge blast of gore everywhere

High-brow 40k? This just got interesting

Ok, how about just burying the power axe into the Nobs skull.

im2randomghgh wrote:

daedalus-templarius wrote:

Grey Templar wrote:Do the finishing move where he rips the Nob's head in half with his bare hands

While I think that is super awesome, would rather keep a bit more high-brow than a huge blast of gore everywhere

High-brow 40k? This just got interesting

What, you've never seen Orks sitting around, playing poker whilst sipping tea in a very British manner? They are masters of etiquette I say, masters!

I mostly just meant no buckets of blood.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

im2randomghgh wrote:

daedalus-templarius wrote:

Grey Templar wrote:Do the finishing move where he rips the Nob's head in half with his bare hands

While I think that is super awesome, would rather keep a bit more high-brow than a huge blast of gore everywhere

High-brow 40k? This just got interesting

What, you've never seen Orks sitting around, playing poker whilst sipping tea in a very British manner? They are masters of etiquette I say, masters!

Yes, quite. Haven't you ever seen an ork wearing little white gloves, duelling for honour, and stifling gas?

Nice stuff MORE!

I like them all. I, personally, don't think the cityscape really breaks me out of the 40k mood. Great work.

Zounds an update!


http://galefire.com/2011/09/slayde-templus-crimson-turnabout/

A baller Inquisitor from my Dark Heresy scenario, he is in charge of those silly acolytes... this is specifically a turnabout/character design, so no background. However, now that the design is set, it should be easy to put him into a cool situation.


http://galefire.com/2011/08/heretek-scalpel-constructs/

And some scary things we fought last time, but they ended up dying WAY too easily... they will be much tougher in the next go around! This image was a bit off the cuff and pretty quick, but I felt it came across pretty well to show what was going on

I was working on a bit scene with a bunch of Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines punching each other (with guns) but... it just wasn't coming together well. Maybe after this next commission, which is of a sassy female vindicare assassin perched in a tree with a Eldar Long Rifle AND an Exitus rifle...

I'd like to see your take on a duel between an Eldar and a Dark Eldar. Nothing fancy, but it seems your tallents would be perfect for the job.

I suppose I should take some insperation from you. You get complaints about height of marines. I get complaints about "grimdark".

Dude your art rocks.

If I had money, I'd probably commission some DKoK stuff off of you. Unfortunately, poor.

~scrambles for money~

DeffDred wrote:I'd like to see your take on a duel between an Eldar and a Dark Eldar. Nothing fancy, but it seems your tallents would be perfect for the job.

I suppose I should take some insperation from you. You get complaints about height of marines. I get complaints about "grimdark".

Maybe if they are both sexy ladies... Farseer vs Bloodbride(not even sure if this is a unit)? Could be some good practice.

So... someone said something about the hair... and Slayde got a haircut.

Should update my avatar.

Hey guys, long time no 40k art; but fear not, I come bearing new art from a commission!


http://galefire.com/2012/05/40k-commission-lilith-and-a-space-wolf/

Lelith and an ally of convenience fight some 'nids!

Common enemies make strange bedfellows!

Speaking of which, only a Marine's accelerated coagulation would let him get anywhere near her without fainting from blood loss.

Gearhead wrote:Common enemies make strange bedfellows!

Speaking of which, only a Marine's accelerated coagulation would let him get anywhere near her without fainting from blood loss.

Nice piece there, it'd be good to see some more of your work.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Nice piece there, it'd be good to see some more of your work.

Well, I try not to post too much non-40k stuff, since this is the 40k forum and all.

But here is something I just finished,



The rest of my portfolio is right here: http://www.galefire.com


...looking for RPG book companies to submit to and freelance to work on too

That's a nice piece.. lots of contrast. What's the setting?

Darkvoidof40k wrote:That's a nice piece.. lots of contrast. What's the setting?

Thanks

Just my own sci-fi/fantasy setting I use to showcase stuff. Has a bit of everything, heh.

Doubly impressive then.

Grey Templar wrote:I think the Gk is the right size.


that is Terminator armor afterall and it tends to add a good foot to their height.

How? Do they wear heels?

Another commission dakka-bros


http://galefire.com/2012/07/40k-commission-vindicare-sniper-lady/

Next one has an inquisitor, some SPEHHSS MARINES and a Librarian about to get eaten by Tyranids.

Now if only I could get the AD at Fantasy Flight games to notice me...

Here is another one I did to warm-up one day
Couple DH characters

Kaldor wrote:
How? Do they wear heels?

Mine do

Those are looking good dude, although the sniper (female vindicare?) just looks a bit weird, the gun seems too big is all. Gives a very bulky feel, rather than the svelte, athletic being poised to strike from the shadows I envisage a vindicare to be. The pose also looks a bit weird.

Hopefully my two cents is helpful.

The bottom one looks pretty sweet too.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Those are looking good dude, although the sniper (female vindicare?) just looks a bit weird, the gun seems too big is all. Gives a very bulky feel, rather than the svelte, athletic being poised to strike from the shadows I envisage a vindicare to be. The pose also looks a bit weird.

Hopefully my two cents is helpful.

The bottom one looks pretty sweet too.

I was looking at a vindicare model when I was drawing the gun, maybe the heroic scale of the models doesn't translate as well to a picture; it is very large. Although it is supposed to be the most amazing sniper rifle evar, so I guess it needs to be. I mean, look how big this m95 is compared to her!

Twisting around in a tree may not have been the best pose, but I had to show the front of her for the client but also wanted her looking into the piece to draw your eyes to the advancing eldar. Those were my design decisions

Also here is a preview of the next commission I am working on:

http://galefire.com/2012/07/40k-commission-ultramarines-vs-tyranids/

Bout to get started on the painting/rendering part of this as the client really liked how it looks so far.

daedalus-templarius wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Those are looking good dude, although the sniper (female vindicare?) just looks a bit weird, the gun seems too big is all. Gives a very bulky feel, rather than the svelte, athletic being poised to strike from the shadows I envisage a vindicare to be. The pose also looks a bit weird.

Hopefully my two cents is helpful.

The bottom one looks pretty sweet too.

I was looking at a vindicare model when I was drawing the gun, maybe the heroic scale of the models doesn't translate as well to a picture; it is very large. Although it is supposed to be the most amazing sniper rifle evar, so I guess it needs to be. I mean, look how big this m95 is compared to her!

Twisting around in a tree may not have been the best pose, but I had to show the front of her for the client but also wanted her looking into the piece to draw your eyes to the advancing eldar. Those were my design decisions

True enough on the vindicare's rifle and indeed the most powerful real life sniper's.

As for the vindicare's pose, I was and still am drawn the the wraithlord and the bright sky in the background before the vindicare. Probably because I read left to right.

Second one's looking really good though, look forward to seeing it complete.

Sup guys


http://galefire.com/2012/07/40k-commission-ultramarines-vs-tyranids/

This one is done

Was toying with the idea of a 'Trials of Draigo' piece next.

Nice, although the Librarians robe looks a little odd accross the chest. It looks painted onto his armor.

Grey Templar wrote:Nice, although the Librarians robe looks a little odd accross the chest. It looks painted onto his armor.

Hmm, you're the first person who has mentioned that.

Maybe it is painted on, you never know with those ultramarines

Stupid DAs. Taking all the robes. We UMs have to paint them on

Oh man, you gotta do a trials of Draigo piece.

That SM/Tyranid piece looks really good, except the Inquisitor looks so small..

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Oh man, you gotta do a trials of Draigo piece.

That SM/Tyranid piece looks really good, except the Inquisitor looks so small..

Humans are small in comparison to Carnifexen and Space Marines? No wai!

AlmightyWalrus wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Oh man, you gotta do a trials of Draigo piece.

That SM/Tyranid piece looks really good, except the Inquisitor looks so small..

Humans are small in comparison to Carnifexen and Space Marines? No wai!

I know that, but in 40k most humans are at least 6ft with the marines at 7ft or so, and the inquisitor looks miniscule.

Eh, looking at it again it seems more proportional than the first glance I took.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

AlmightyWalrus wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Oh man, you gotta do a trials of Draigo piece.

That SM/Tyranid piece looks really good, except the Inquisitor looks so small..

Humans are small in comparison to Carnifexen and Space Marines? No wai!

I know that, but in 40k most humans are at least 6ft with the marines at 7ft or so, and the inquisitor looks miniscule.

Eh, looking at it again it seems more proportional than the first glance I took.

The Inquisitor obviously needs to work out more

Will probably mess with the Draigo piece after I get everything ready for Gencon.

Also, here's a gif of the piece:

Its an... Inquisitor!

Yea, that's the ticket. It's my story and I'm stickin' to it.


http://galefire.com/2012/08/business-card-illustration/

Blood for the Blood God! Draigo's skull for the Skull Throne!

“Atop the Blood Falls, where the acrid ichor of Khorn’e fallen champions tumbles endlessly into the void, Draigo slew the great Bloodthirster Kar’Voth. With cleansing fire he drove the demonic taint from the beast’s great axe, and used the molten remains to reforge his sword, sundered in battle with M’Kar the Reborn so long ago.”



http://galefire.com/2012/08/trials-of-draigo-reforging-the-titansword/

I think a space marine falling valiantly in battle would be an awesome pic, its one I have never seen anywhere.

That draigo work is my favorite piece I have seen in this thread. Great job with it. If you are accepting requests I would love to see how you draw sisters of battle.

I do want to add, you should probably be hired by GW, your artwork is so far better then most of the stuff they put out(I mean leagues better.)

Wardragoon wrote:I do want to add, you should probably be hired by GW, your artwork is so far better then most of the stuff they put out(I mean leagues better.)

Oh I don't know about that

IcedAnimals wrote:That draigo work is my favorite piece I have seen in this thread. Great job with it. If you are accepting requests I would love to see how you draw sisters of battle.

Glad you like it, and I am always accepting commissions; however if its not a paid piece I'll probably just do something I want to do like Draigo in the garden of Nurgle next


So Aaron Dembski-Bowden told me "I like a lot of things. I absolutely love this."

Yea, pretty f'ing rad right there.

daedalus-templarius wrote:

Wardragoon wrote:I do want to add, you should probably be hired by GW, your artwork is so far better then most of the stuff they put out(I mean leagues better.)

Oh I don't know about that

IcedAnimals wrote:That draigo work is my favorite piece I have seen in this thread. Great job with it. If you are accepting requests I would love to see how you draw sisters of battle.

Glad you like it, and I am always accepting commissions; however if its not a paid piece I'll probably just do something I want to do like Draigo in the garden of Nurgle next


So Aaron Dembski-Bowden told me "I like a lot of things. I absolutely love this."

Yea, pretty f'ing rad right there.

ADB liked your picture.....you should be considered a diety amongst dakka.

One of your finest pieces yet, I especially like how you drew something from an established piece of background.. a first for your 40k themed art, I think.

Regardless, very nice piece there.

Holy feth! This whole thread is amazing!

Darkvoidof40k wrote:One of your finest pieces yet, I especially like how you drew something from an established piece of background.. a first for your 40k themed art, I think.

Regardless, very nice piece there.

I think you're right about it coming from established background... as established as the absolutely ridiculous Draigo fluff is anyway

Glad you like it though, it certainly makes for epic art.

KalashnikovMarine wrote:Holy feth! This whole thread is amazing!

Glad you like it, I'll try to keep it up

You know what I suddenly realised you should do for the sheer awesome fun of it?

First war for Armageddon. If anything's more awesome than Draigo's insane Daemon killing fluff then it's that.

Picture it.. The Daemon Primarch Angron flanked by 12 Bloodthirsters, thousands of Bloodletters/crushers, Khorne Berzerkers, renegades, Daemon engines.. meanwhile Logan Grimnar alongside Ulrik the Slayer whilst he was still a Wolf Guard and he avenged his fallen charge, Wolf Lord Kruger in combat with the berzerkers.. whilst valiant Steel Legion Imperial Guard fight in the trenches against the horrors of the warp. To top it all off, Taremar Aurellion and 100 Grey Knight Terminators giving their lives so that their Brother-Captain may banish the Primarch, even though it is at the cost of his own life.

Doesn't get much cooler than that, and I reckon you could do it wonders.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:You know what I suddenly realised you should do for the sheer awesome fun of it?

First war for Armageddon. If anything's more awesome than Draigo's insane Daemon killing fluff then it's that.

Picture it.. The Daemon Primarch Angron flanked by 12 Bloodthirsters, thousands of Bloodletters/crushers, Khorne Berzerkers, renegades, Daemon engines.. meanwhile Logan Grimnar alongside Ulrik the Slayer whilst he was still a Wolf Guard and he avenged his fallen charge, Wolf Lord Kruger in combat with the berzerkers.. whilst valiant Steel Legion Imperial Guard fight in the trenches against the horrors of the warp. To top it all off, Taremar Aurellion and 100 Grey Knight Terminators giving their lives so that their Brother-Captain may banish the Primarch, even though it is at the cost of his own life.

Doesn't get much cooler than that, and I reckon you could do it wonders.

Maybe after the 5 piece Draigo-series and some other commissions I have

But wow, that would take SOOOO long to do. Totally awesome tho; would probably have to break it up, your eye would be totally at a loss as to where to go if there was that much 'stuff' going on.

You could make it a Panorama.. so that viewers could scroll across.. or.. something. Maybe paint it in sections and join them together.. eh, you'll think of something.

Whatever you create, it'll exude badass.

Do you do commissions then? Are you taking them now? Rates?

KalashnikovMarine wrote:Do you do commissions then? Are you taking them now? Rates?

Yes, yes, and depends on complexity

PM me with your piece details and I can give you a quote.

That Draigo piece is awsome.

One suggestion I have is if you made a version of that piece with

“Atop the Blood Falls, where the acrid ichor of Khorn’e fallen champions tumbles endlessly into the void, Draigo slew the great Bloodthirster Kar’Voth. With cleansing fire he drove the demonic taint from the beast’s great axe, and used the molten remains to reforge his sword, sundered in battle with M’Kar the Reborn so long ago.”

as sort of a title. Maybe on a scroll accross the very top of the page in small writing so it doesn't distract.