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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.
I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long
"It is the great irony of the Legiones Astartes: engineered to kill to achieve a victory of peace that they can then be no part of." - Roboute Guilliman
"As I recall, your face was tortured. Imagine that - the Master of the Wolves, his ferocity twisted into grief. And yet you still carried out your duty. You always did what was asked of you. So loyal. So tenacious. Truly you were the attack dog of the Emperor. You took no pleasure in what you did. I knew that then, and I know it now. But all things change, my brother. I'm not the same as I was, and you're... well, let us not mention where you are now." - Magnus the Red, to a statue of Leman Russ
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.
"Did you ever notice how in the Bible, when ever God needed to punish someone, or make an example, or whenever God needed a killing, he sent an angel? Did you ever wonder what a creature like that must be like? A whole existence spent praising your God, but always with one wing dipped in blood. Would you ever really want to see an angel?"
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.
Some more Sister spam:
And some non sister stuff:
Spoiler:
I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long
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:
Fixed!
4500 Points
3500 (1500 painting, using Lizardmen models) http://imgur.com/a/Y28Fw#0 3000 Points of Heralds of Arcadia (Space Marines)
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!
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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.
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More than 7pts, less than 7000...just 
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4500 Points
3500 (1500 painting, using Lizardmen models) 
3000 Points of Heralds of Arcadia (Space Marines) 
I would have NEVER seen that, 
