I agree with the one showing Bjorn the Fell–Handed. I generally like Neil Roberts’ and Jon Sullivan’s work on 40K. One of my absolute favourites, and the one that fascinated me utterly when I first discovered 40K was this by Clint Langley:
Kodanshi wrote:I agree with the one showing Bjorn the Fell–Handed. I generally like Neil Roberts’ and Jon Sullivan’s work on 40K. One of my absolute favourites, and the one that fascinated me utterly when I first discovered 40K was this by Clint Langley:
Kodanshi wrote:I agree with the one showing Bjorn the Fell–Handed. I generally like Neil Roberts’ and Jon Sullivan’s work on 40K. One of my absolute favourites, and the one that fascinated me utterly when I first discovered 40K was this by Clint Langley:
I love any that display the Emperor in his Carrion Lord capacity, including the John Blanche one. The images they set off in my mind… Imagine that, a complete god of a person brought so low that his body can’t take it anymore and ends up as a decaying corpse. Yet still alive. Amazing.
IcedAnimals wrote:I love this one, it causes emotions other than just "thats bad ass"
Aye thats a good point, Two others I really like, not quite faves, but due to the artist having a moment that you know must exist for the 40K universe to survive, but for obvious reasons GW doesn't touch with a 100ft barge pole, is kids in the setting.
Nothing sinister though, can't get them at work, will post later when I get home. The pics are the kids playing by a wrecked titan, one kid pretending to be Yarrick, another Ghaz. Also a Little girl and her mother walking home, passing a Blood Angel. Both are great thought invokers for me.
Thanks for finding the Blood Angel pic FM Ninja, also like your pic, as a Dark Angel player, and having my eldest son making increasing glances towards the Space Wolves, it means that may become the norm around my place sooner than later.
Seem to have lost the other one atm, so will need to dig it up again via the net. Will post once I find it.
Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:Thanks to the Grey Knight codex, I always want to put that last pic in a Motivational box, with just the line 'Its a trap!'
I lol'd.
I've got a few to post:
This first one is a triage tag. Credits to BornInMoradel on DeviantArt.
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Farseer Idranel - Cartoony. Credits to YuliaPW on DeviantArt. *Be forewarned, NSFW content on his page.
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My all-time favorite. A bit heretical, so I apologize. It's Celestia from My Little Pony. Humanized. As the Emperor. Credit to John Joseco on DA or Tumblr. I actually requested this on his livestream.*His page is both NSFW AND covered in ponies.
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This one has always stood out to me. Credits to Rocktopus64 on DA.
LORD_PANTERA wrote:There are some mean as pictures of 40k here. Where were all of these pictures found?
I get most of mine, and have seen most of these on /tg/ (4chan). though if you trawl through DeviantArt or google you should, be able to find some gems
another by the guy who did the SW vs. DA, I'd love to find out who does these, but can't find anything
This one hals always looked very nice to me. Possibly NSFW so I'll put on some spoiler tags.
Yes.. sign me up to be a dreadnaught anytime huhuhuhu
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Just for honorable mention though I actually don't care that much for the picture, this is how I found wh40k in the first place so I'll always be in my memories.
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also deserves honorable mention as it actually sent a shiver up my wife's back looking at it the first time and I thought that must mean it is good art.
I spent about a minute looking for that guy's face around his collarbone before I realised his head was way, way higher than I thought (brain had mistaken it for a banner).
Ah, the days of SMs whose heads aren't dwarfed by their shoulderpads.
TheSinheizer wrote:My favourite 40k picture is actually the image in my avatar...
Unfortunately I have absolutely no idea what picture it is, or where I can find it in full-size, or any artist info...
I found it on a Dark Eldar video. Tha's all ah know.. :(
If anyone actually recognises the pic in my avvy, I'd appreciate anything you know!
here you go. It's a banshee (you can tell from the helmet and hair sticking out the side) Though this particular picture seems to have suppressed the boobs. The green color makes it seem like a striking scorpion but there's no mandible laser so hope you enjoy She just happens to be killing on a dark eldar planet so I think it got mislabeled as DE
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ZeroSamurai wrote: A light hearted one which I always like
I hope they drive through a space mall with their craft and cause a couple hundred Arbite speeders to all wreck into each other, and then speak to Emperor before getting arrested so that they can cash a check to save a building of the Ecclesiarchy.
And then jam out to hymns of praise in prison.
(I hope SOMEONE gets what the pic is a reference from, lest I look like an even bigger fool than usual)
Actinium wrote:Who could forget such timely classic tunes as 'Sweet Home Cadia', 'Shake a Tred Fether', 'Theme from Squighide', and 'Mortarion the Moocher'.
Those are alright, I'm a bigger fan of 'Cellblock A472 Rock'
Now I want to do a themed army off of that movie... 70's blues / Slaanesh themed IG?
I hope they drive through a space mall with their craft and cause a couple hundred Arbite speeders to all wreck into each other, and then speak to Emperor before getting arrested so that they can cash a check to save a building of the Ecclesiarchy.
And then jam out to hymns of praise in prison.
(I hope SOMEONE gets what the pic is a reference from, lest I look like an even bigger fool than usual)
Oh by all the gods of Chaos this would be so awesome.
Google IS brilliant for that. It would have been quicker simply to drag the image from the avatar into Google Image search. It brings up ‘matching images’, and shows the full–length versions there.
I love Sisters artwork. I've always wanted to collect them but the lack of a real codex and available models isn't worth it yet. Anyway, here's one of my favs.
Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:Thanks to the Grey Knight codex, I always want to put that last pic in a Motivational box, with just the line 'Its a trap!'
I lol'd.
I've got a few to post:
This first one is a triage tag. Credits to BornInMoradel on DeviantArt.
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Wow, thanks for the shout out here Croaker, much appreciated
I have tons of them, but for the sake of picking one, and not searching endlessly through my folder, here is this great picture of Russ from deviantart.
There seems to be quite a collection of exquisite imagery accumulating upon this forum, some of which, I have never seen before! I am an Imperial Guard collector so, of course a lot of art work out their appeals to me, but I would have to say that these are among my favourites:
There is a distinct lack of classic artwork on this thread! To re-address that balance, some of the more technically impressive pieces from over the years..
I enjoy this guys stuff as well, even if the artist is a complete tool.
I like Guard art a lot, and Traitor Guard do not get much attention, but I think this guy does it well.
This is the single most ballsy man in the Imperium. Stood up to Hours and gave the Emperor enough time to kill him. http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Ollanius_Pius
There's a lot of already great 40k art posted in here, but much of my favorite stuff is from RT and 2nd edition and 3rd. I love John Blanche stuff and a lot of the 3E "Grimdark" artwork.
A lot of the newer stuff, in particular SM stuff, is too....heroic, too "good guys", too much fur, bling, olive wreaths, medieval knight type armor, etc...or just wayyy too "300"-ey. Too much demi-god-ery, not enough "psycho-indoctrinated, xenocidal super soldier fanatic warrior-monk in high tech power armor".
Personally, I love pictures like this, where you get a sense of brutality and "heavy metal" if you will.
Because the artist is blowing GW's "SPESS MAHRENS ARE GODS" trumpet. Or he is trying to make that... daemonette? ...look small and insignificant compared to said Nator
I simply cannot pick my all time favourite piece of 40K art, but I will pick my favourite all time 40k artist, who is also one of my favourite artists of all time:
Mark Gibbons.
His artwork was what filled all the 2nd ed Codexes. I even studied Gibbons' work for my Art GCSE and A-Level. The Artwork inspired me to start wargaming more than any other reason.
I met the guy when I worked at GW in Lenton and I was just shocked as he is one of my heroes.
That kill off commissars that annoy them, love going places that are as likely to kill them as the enemy they're fighting, and have a delightfully sick sense of humor according to the book Death World, one of the guys has the nickname "Shark Bait" after he was gnawed on by a shark.
They're also so tough that their tank tops and headbands give them as good an armor save as Cadian full armor and helmet apparently haha.
Its pictures like these that make me love Space wolves. They just look like they take a personal interest in kicking ass. It also helps that the pics reinforce the idea of vikings in space, the one thing that has made me actually like an SM chapter.
But for ultimate kicks and giggles, I love this pic.
I hope they drive through a space mall with their craft and cause a couple hundred Arbite speeders to all wreck into each other, and then speak to Emperor before getting arrested so that they can cash a check to save a building of the Ecclesiarchy.
And then jam out to hymns of praise in prison.
(I hope SOMEONE gets what the pic is a reference from, lest I look like an even bigger fool than usual)
I got it.
My nephew thought it was men in black. Kinda funny when i was watching him and he keep asking where all the aliens where.
Im shocked. How has no one posted either of these yet.
The Crimson Fist with the giant powerfist is my all time favourite piece of 40k artwork. Followed closely by the CF last stand.
Also anything to do with Angry Marines. The Angry marines amuse that childish voice within. Crude words scrawled on armour and humourous improvised weapons. (spoilered just in case...)
My personal favorite and current background, it's a little more understated then the more epic art... but it's simplicity is what gives it the "edge" I think.
Snrub wrote:Im shocked. How has no one posted either of these yet.
The Crimson Fist with the giant powerfist is my all time favourite piece of 40k artwork. Followed closely by the CF last stand.
It's OK, but I don't think a patch on the original piece that influenced it
Crimson wrote:Few excellent pieces by the amazing John Blanche, the man whose art has defined 40K:
By "defined" do you mean "inspired the rest of the art team to do better"?
Wow... just deleted a massive rant about my hatred for Blanche...
Nope. He means 'defined'. Without Blanche as the artistic director, 40K would just be another boring sci-fi cliche. His vision, and ability to convey that vision to the viewer, is amazing.
Boggy79 wrote:Loving that SoB pic KalashnikovMarine....
If it wasn't for the Sisters all coming in pewter I'd totally be doing a conversion based on that model somehow or another, probably just drop in the Cadian guard power sword that looks a lot like that and call it a day. or just rip up power piping in general.
On a side note if any of my fellow Sisters players have mastered the art of putting the Fleur de Lis tattoos on the faces of actual minis A. share your secret with me and B. I hope your arm's recovering well from the bone shattering high five the Emphrah must have traveled back in time to give you.
Pacific wrote:There is a distinct lack of classic artwork on this thread! To re-address that balance, some of the more technically impressive pieces from over the years..
I recall the book which had this as a cover. It always bugged me, and it took me a long time to realise why:
Pacific wrote:There is a distinct lack of classic artwork on this thread! To re-address that balance, some of the more technically impressive pieces from over the years..
I recall the book which had this as a cover. It always bugged me, and it took me a long time to realise why:
It's amazing how many people dislike that piece of artwork because of its influence from Scarface, and I really can't understand it. IMO it craps on the 2 previous SM codecies, and the current Blood Angels one, by a country mile.
80's ultra-realistic airbrushed sci-fi art for the win!
Crimson wrote:Few excellent pieces by the amazing John Blanche, the man whose art has defined 40K:
By "defined" do you mean "inspired the rest of the art team to do better"?
Wow... just deleted a massive rant about my hatred for Blanche...
Nope. He means 'defined'. Without Blanche as the artistic director, 40K would just be another boring sci-fi cliche. His vision, and ability to convey that vision to the viewer, is amazing.
Then I think we'll have to agree to disagree. 40k would have probably been better off without him. He basically brainstorms with the other guys in the studio. He just brings his super limited pallet of red, black and yellow and scribbles things that come to mind. Nothing is more iconic to the imagery of 40k than Jes Goodwins work. Blanche can't even draw a space marine without its legs coming out of the chest cavity. Almost nothing Blanche has put to paper has been rendered in model or imagery form. Half of everything he sketches up is plastered end to end with belt-buckles, spikes, skulls and high-heels. That leads to things like the Death Cult Assassins and Doomrider. Luckily for us the Necrons never ended up looking the way he envisioned... otherwise they would just be the Phalanx from the Marvel comic universe.
Or his SoB which would BE dominatrixes with flamers (instead of nuns with flamers).
I'm not saying anyone is stupid or uncreative for enjoying his art. I just can't look at it without wanting to do it better.
Forgive me if somebody already posted this one, I only looked through the last four or so pages. But it was kinda the defining image of 40k for me when I was first starting out.
Eldar Vampire Hunter wrote:Forgive me if somebody already posted this one, I only looked through the last four or so pages. But it was kinda the defining image of 40k for me when I was first starting out.
You can't link straight from 4chan for a lot of us. I am glad =) but if you have it somewhere else post it!
There was a 2nd edition picture that showed an Avatar and a Bloodthirster squaring off with a river between them IIRC. I just remember it being so badass.
It led me to start an Eldar army with an Avatar (who was a beast back then) and my friend bought a Chaos army complete with a Bloodthirster (who as always, was even beastlier).
It may have been from an Epic book, I'm really not sure. Unfortunately I have never been able to find it on the internets.
DeffDred wrote:Almost nothing Blanche has put to paper has been rendered in model or imagery form.
Almost everything rendered in model or imagery form, for 40K, owes it's image to Blanche's vision.
Even the skull-faced, parchment draped Chaplain you're using as your avatar.
Um... no.
My avatar is a terminator. Blanche has never drawn one. Jes Goodwin on the other hand (you know the guy who created the look of... Skaven, High Elves, Dark Eldar, Space Marines, Chaos Marines, Titans, Battle Fleet Gothic, Eldar, Siste of Battle, ect) He created the terminator suit. It was originaly MKVIII power armour.
Blanche doesn't create anything for the game. He brainstorms. He comes up with a few minor ideas that the rest of the design team runs with.
40k owes it's image to the sci-fi/fantasy community as a whole. Things like Judge Dredd, Dune, Starship Troopers, ect.
DeffDred wrote:40k owes it's image to the sci-fi/fantasy community as a whole. Things like Judge Dredd, Dune, Starship Troopers, ect.
No, the boring generic sci-fi tropes are not where 40K draws its inspiration.
You give Blanches scribbles way to much credit.
Not at all. Where do you think the imagery for your Avatar came from? Jes Goodwin came up with some armour. Real original. Who came up with the idea of skull-faced warriors, covered in parchment and wielding a weaponised 'crozius'?
DeffDred wrote:40k owes it's image to the sci-fi/fantasy community as a whole. Things like Judge Dredd, Dune, Starship Troopers, ect.
No, the boring generic sci-fi tropes are not where 40K draws its inspiration.
Yeah it does. 40K draws directly from movies likes Aliens, and books like Starship troopers. Not sure about the others though, never seen them.
But it's not a clone of any of them. It's visual style and over-all theme has morphed over the years into something unique. The only thing that Tyranids have in common with Aliens is that they're both aliens. The only thing Astartes have in common with Starship Troopers is that their both humans in armour.
The 'image of 40K' comes from the artistic and design team at GW, and owes much of it's fundamental imagery to John Blanche. Other artists will have taken that imagery and illustrated it, put their own spin on it, managed to slot it into the 40K universe, and Blanche isn't the only creative person on the team, but he is directly responsible for much of the imagery we associate with 40K.
DeffDred wrote:40k owes it's image to the sci-fi/fantasy community as a whole. Things like Judge Dredd, Dune, Starship Troopers, ect.
No, the boring generic sci-fi tropes are not where 40K draws its inspiration.
Yeah it does. 40K draws directly from movies likes Aliens, and books like Starship troopers. Not sure about the others though, never seen them.
But it's not a clone of any of them. It's visual style and over-all theme has morphed over the years into something unique. The only thing that Tyranids have in common with Aliens is that they're both aliens. The only thing Astartes have in common with Starship Troopers is that their both humans in armour.
The 'image of 40K' comes from the artistic and design team at GW, and owes much of it's fundamental imagery to John Blanche. Other artists will have taken that imagery and illustrated it, put their own spin on it, managed to slot it into the 40K universe, and Blanche isn't the only creative person on the team, but he is directly responsible for much of the imagery we associate with 40K.
You are kidding yourself.
Tyranids first copied Giger's alien for a whole generation then proceeds to copy zergs for the next.
Even the Raveners and Trygon still lingers with the same scent.
The part I highlighted in large text, dont make me waste time proving you wrong. Because I can if I must.
DeffDred wrote:40k owes it's image to the sci-fi/fantasy community as a whole. Things like Judge Dredd, Dune, Starship Troopers, ect.
No, the boring generic sci-fi tropes are not where 40K draws its inspiration.
Yeah it does. 40K draws directly from movies likes Aliens, and books like Starship troopers. Not sure about the others though, never seen them.
But it's not a clone of any of them. It's visual style and over-all theme has morphed over the years into something unique. The only thing that Tyranids have in common with Aliens is that they're both aliens. The only thing Astartes have in common with Starship Troopers is that their both humans in armour.
The 'image of 40K' comes from the artistic and design team at GW, and owes much of it's fundamental imagery to John Blanche. Other artists will have taken that imagery and illustrated it, put their own spin on it, managed to slot it into the 40K universe, and Blanche isn't the only creative person on the team, but he is directly responsible for much of the imagery we associate with 40K.
Tyranids first copied Giger's alien for a whole generation then proceeds to copy zergs for the next.
Even the Raveners and Trygon still lingers with the same scent.
The part I highlighted in large text, dont make me waste time proving you wrong. Because I can if I must.
Originally, yeah. But they moved away from that a long time ago. Tyranids have next to nothing in common with the xenomorph now.
Also, nids predate starcraft. Zergs copied nids, not the other way around.
Tyranids first copied Giger's alien for a whole generation then proceeds to copy zergs for the next.
Even the Raveners and Trygon still lingers with the same scent.
The part I highlighted in large text, dont make me waste time proving you wrong. Because I can if I must.
Originally, yeah. But they moved away from that a long time ago. Tyranids have next to nothing in common with the xenomorph now.
Also, nids predate starcraft. Zergs copied nids, not the other way around.
Correction Kaldor. Both Nids and Zergs copied SST.
However.
Nids then Copied the aesthetic serpentine designs, carapace design, torso scyth designs of Hydralisk.
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LunaHound wrote:
for a whole generation then proceeds to copy zergs for the next.
Wait......what.....are you trolling?
Let me guess. You are going to tell me " of course Luna is trolling, since GW predates Starcraft!
LOOK AT THIS fething GUARDSMAN.
He's spent months fighting a grueling war in which his enemies are demigods allied with daemons, and now he's found himself in the closest thing to Hell he's ever known. He probably wasn't even supposed to get teleported up to the arch-traitor's battle barge in the first place, and just ended up in the wrong place at the worst possible time.
Somehow he's survived horrors beyond comprehension to make his way to the very bridge of Horus' flagship. He saw a veritable angel call upon Horus to answer for his crimes, and he saw that angel die as messily as any guardsman. His Emperor - who he fervently believes is a god incarnate, even if he's not supposed to - lies mortally wounded, and Horus, perhaps, has taken a moment to gloat before he strikes the killing blow.
His armor is slightly more effective than tissue paper, his weapon is slightly more powerful than a flashlight, and Horus' power claw is bigger than his entire body. He stands before a being infused by the dark gods with incalculable power, that can and will obliterate his soul with no more effort than it would take him to swat a gnat. Nothing he can do could possibly make a difference.
He could run. He could turn his weapon on himself. He could give in to the insidious whispers that echo from the ship's corridors into his mind.
Ollanius Pius does the duty his Emperor requires of him. He dies standing, and holding the fething line.
LOOK AT THIS fething GUARDSMAN. He's spent months fighting a grueling war in which his enemies are demigods allied with daemons, and now he's found himself in the closest thing to Hell he's ever known. He probably wasn't even supposed to get teleported up to the arch-traitor's battle barge in the first place, and just ended up in the wrong place at the worst possible time. Somehow he's survived horrors beyond comprehension to make his way to the very bridge of Horus' flagship. He saw a veritable angel call upon Horus to answer for his crimes, and he saw that angel die as messily as any guardsman. His Emperor - who he fervently believes is a god incarnate, even if he's not supposed to - lies mortally wounded, and Horus, perhaps, has taken a moment to gloat before he strikes the killing blow. His armor is slightly more effective than tissue paper, his weapon is slightly more powerful than a flashlight, and Horus' power claw is bigger than his entire body. He stands before a being infused by the dark gods with incalculable power, that can and will obliterate his soul with no more effort than it would take him to swat a gnat. Nothing he can do could possibly make a difference. He could run. He could turn his weapon on himself. He could give in to the insidious whispers that echo from the ship's corridors into his mind. Ollanius Pius does the duty his Emperor requires of him. He dies standing, and holding the fething line.
....Suddenly I want to start getting more Imperial Guard, this is what the Imperial guard is about, and the horrors they see compared to what others would.
There was a pic in the old instruction book for the Epic Space Marine game....if I remember correctly, it was a two page pic that showed
dead marines strung up to pillars at the top of a dias...there was a short fluff piece underneath describing the Ultramarine squad
that found them and wondering how formerly loyal marines could treat dead loyalist marines so callously. I don't have the book any longer
and I've never been able to find it online.
Here are some of my favorites that I've not seen previously posted:
DeffDred wrote:40k owes it's image to the sci-fi/fantasy community as a whole. Things like Judge Dredd, Dune, Starship Troopers, ect.
No, the boring generic sci-fi tropes are not where 40K draws its inspiration.
You give Blanches scribbles way to much credit.
Not at all. Where do you think the imagery for your Avatar came from? Jes Goodwin came up with some armour. Real original. Who came up with the idea of skull-faced warriors, covered in parchment and wielding a weaponised 'crozius'?
Sigh...
Dune provided: Starships powered via a genetically specific form of human that uses their mind and mutation to travel through space.
Dune also provided: A galaxy spanning empire, planetary governors, and an in-depth multi-planetary culture (without portraying Valleo style artwork characters).
Dune also started: A form of putting "in story" history before each chapter... a writting form GW and countless others copy to this day.
Starship Troopers provided: Giant bug monsters that attack in swarms, POWER ARMOUR, and mechs.
Aliens provided: Genestealers, 3rd editon Hive Tyrant (no greater example of a rip off in all of 40k).
Starcraft provided: The current form of Tyranid.
I, Robot provided: The iron men and humanities fear of AI in the 40k universe.
J. R. R. Tolkeen crated what you think of as Elves, Dwarves and Orcs. Orcs were his brain child. Thus Tolkeen provided: Eldar, Dark Eldar, Squats and Orks.
That's just a few thing off the top of my head and I'm sure there are countless forums with countless threads on these subjects.
Oh yeah and my avatar... So you think John Blanche crated Death Masks and prayer papers?
LOOK AT THIS fething GUARDSMAN.
He's spent months fighting a grueling war in which his enemies are demigods allied with daemons, and now he's found himself in the closest thing to Hell he's ever known. He probably wasn't even supposed to get teleported up to the arch-traitor's battle barge in the first place, and just ended up in the wrong place at the worst possible time.
Somehow he's survived horrors beyond comprehension to make his way to the very bridge of Horus' flagship. He saw a veritable angel call upon Horus to answer for his crimes, and he saw that angel die as messily as any guardsman. His Emperor - who he fervently believes is a god incarnate, even if he's not supposed to - lies mortally wounded, and Horus, perhaps, has taken a moment to gloat before he strikes the killing blow.
His armor is slightly more effective than tissue paper, his weapon is slightly more powerful than a flashlight, and Horus' power claw is bigger than his entire body. He stands before a being infused by the dark gods with incalculable power, that can and will obliterate his soul with no more effort than it would take him to swat a gnat. Nothing he can do could possibly make a difference.
He could run. He could turn his weapon on himself. He could give in to the insidious whispers that echo from the ship's corridors into his mind.
Ollanius Pius does the duty his Emperor requires of him. He dies standing, and holding the fething line.
....Suddenly I want to start getting more Imperial Guard, this is what the Imperial guard is about, and the horrors they see compared to what others would.
You've earned an exalt my good sir.
But they have sadly changed the fluff. So that it was some random adeptus custodes that ran into the room last minute, and got killed as soon as he entered the room.
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DeffDred wrote:
Kaldor wrote:
DeffDred wrote:40k owes it's image to the sci-fi/fantasy community as a whole. Things like Judge Dredd, Dune, Starship Troopers, ect.
No, the boring generic sci-fi tropes are not where 40K draws its inspiration.
You give Blanches scribbles way to much credit.
Not at all. Where do you think the imagery for your Avatar came from? Jes Goodwin came up with some armour. Real original. Who came up with the idea of skull-faced warriors, covered in parchment and wielding a weaponised 'crozius'?
Sigh...
Dune provided: Starships powered via a genetically specific form of human that uses their mind and mutation to travel through space.
Dune also provided: A galaxy spanning empire, planetary governors, and an in-depth multi-planetary culture (without portraying Valleo style artwork characters).
Dune also started: A form of putting "in story" history before each chapter... a writting form GW and countless others copy to this day.
Starship Troopers provided: Giant bug monsters that attack in swarms, POWER ARMOUR, and mechs.
Aliens provided: Genestealers, 3rd editon Hive Tyrant (no greater example of a rip off in all of 40k).
Starcraft provided: The current form of Tyranid.
I, Robot provided: The iron men and humanities fear of AI in the 40k universe.
J. R. R. Tolkeen crated what you think of as Elves, Dwarves and Orcs. Orcs were his brain child. Thus Tolkeen provided: Eldar, Dark Eldar, Squats and Orks.
That's just a few thing off the top of my head and I'm sure there are countless forums with countless threads on these subjects.
Oh yeah and my avatar... So you think John Blanche crated Death Masks and prayer papers?
Don't forget that Aliens created Spaces Marines with the United States Colonial Marines.
Makarov wrote:Don't forget that Aliens created Spaces Marines with the United States Colonial Marines.
Okay, now that's trolling.
Where were there Marines in space before this? In Starship troopers they were Army. I honestly cannot think of any form of "Marines in space" before Aliens.
Makarov wrote:Don't forget that Aliens created Spaces Marines with the United States Colonial Marines.
Okay, now that's trolling.
Where were there Marines in space before this? In Starship troopers they were Army. I honestly cannot think of any form of "Marines in space" before Aliens.
Oh I see what you mean. I don't know? I never thought of that.
Everything is influenced by something. Creating new is combining existing things in manner that creates something unique.
As an artist, I really admire Blanche's ability to conjure really compelling, bizarre characters. Some might not like his technique, but I really like his style. Reminds me of such great renaissance artists as Grünewald, Bruegel and Bosch. It is obvious that Blanche has been influenced them, and as him they were masters in portraying hellish and bizarre things.
blood guard26 wrote:What do you mean "better than the current blood angels codex" the 2nd and3rd maybe but current, nooooooo...
Are my rose-tinted spectacles really that thick?
I think the old Space Marine cover art absolutely stomps the new BA codex:
Don't get me wrong, its a hundred times better than I could do. But.. I don't know, something just seems 'wrong' about the angles and positioning of the people in the painting. It's almost like it was a candid shot of a bunch of blood angels, if you can imagine that, rather than a framed and carefully positioned drawing. I agree it's definitely better than some of the 3rd/4th edition codex artwork (the space marine/blood angel/dark eldar covers in particular), but then there was a general drop in quality when GW stopped using freelancers and started employing in-house artists, even as the overall image of the 40k universe began to become more conducive. I would argue that technically a lot of the artwork is still tailing behind some of the stuff that was produced by the 'big names' at the time, in the early 90's; Les Edwards, people like that.
In fact, I think the old 40k Compilation cover is better than the new one, this is a cropped version of that but you can spend ages looking at it and still seeing new things:
LOOK AT THIS fething GUARDSMAN.
He's spent months fighting a grueling war in which his enemies are demigods allied with daemons, and now he's found himself in the closest thing to Hell he's ever known. He probably wasn't even supposed to get teleported up to the arch-traitor's battle barge in the first place, and just ended up in the wrong place at the worst possible time.
Somehow he's survived horrors beyond comprehension to make his way to the very bridge of Horus' flagship. He saw a veritable angel call upon Horus to answer for his crimes, and he saw that angel die as messily as any guardsman. His Emperor - who he fervently believes is a god incarnate, even if he's not supposed to - lies mortally wounded, and Horus, perhaps, has taken a moment to gloat before he strikes the killing blow.
His armor is slightly more effective than tissue paper, his weapon is slightly more powerful than a flashlight, and Horus' power claw is bigger than his entire body. He stands before a being infused by the dark gods with incalculable power, that can and will obliterate his soul with no more effort than it would take him to swat a gnat. Nothing he can do could possibly make a difference.
He could run. He could turn his weapon on himself. He could give in to the insidious whispers that echo from the ship's corridors into his mind.
Ollanius Pius does the duty his Emperor requires of him. He dies standing, and holding the fething line.
Wait, is that really supposed to be Ollanius Pius? I wasn't around in the game for all the old background but he was in Know No Fear
Spoiler:
as a known agent of the Cabal
and I've tried to find more info about him, but failed. Do you have any more info about him? Or John Grammaticus while we're at it.
EDIT: Woops never mind, that was Ollanius Perrsson. Never thought I'd have to differentiate between two different Ollaniuses haha.
Well, since it's this thread again, I'd like to simply show the image that made me decide to play the game.
Specifically, what made me play the game is the sarge to the left. Here we have the largest warboss to ever live, leading the largest Waaagh ever, meganobs and nobs all charging toward his panicking gunline, shootas blazing. And his response is "Chill out guys. This looks like a job for my bolt pistol!"
I just remembered this image from the 5th edition rulebook, I love its depiction of Commorragh - the madness and incomprehensibility of it all. At least, that's how I interpret it.
I am an Imperial Guard collector so, of course a lot of art work out their appeals to me, but I would have to say that these are among my favourites:
I would have NEVER seen that, 
