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^^^ oh yesss

What I see above is...crap...crap...and crap.

The first one is horrible, the second is excellent, and the third is solid.

Is Horus even in that last picture?

If I didn't know what I was looking at, I would have guessed the Emperor is shoving...something through some kind of glowing purple portal.

I actually like the first two, but really do not like that 3rd one.

The 3rd picture is just...far too dynamic, like absurdly so. Also suffering painfully from pinhead syndrome on the guys in the background and CG overload. You can barely even make out Horus at all behind all the ridiculous CG effects. It also just lacks the awesome dread of Horus standing victoriously over a defeated Sanguinius, beckoning the Emperor to face him. It's a lot of flash and a big background, but misses the actual pivotal feel of the scene.

The first one is a bit wonky, but I dig the trippyness of it, and it actually looks like a miniatures diorama, something one might actually be able to relatively faithfully recreate.

The second one is a masterpiece.

Pic 1 looks odd to me, doesn't do it for me.

Pic 2 is a damn classic. Great feels, you know what is going on and it has everyone placed in such a way as to tell a story.

Pic 3 would be cool, if you could actually see Horus, and if they were in a larger-than-life stage duel.

 Pilau Rice wrote:
I would pick some of the newer CG images, a lot of them just seem to lack soul to me.

This. Ugly mostly CG stuff and the stuff that's clearly just tracing models is super-boring and terrible composition, regardless of any degree of technically decent rendering. Stuff like Blanch's sketches (on a good day) where they're about imagining stuff in the setting rather than putting models on backgrounds was what got me excited about 40k.

And yeah, most 2nd edition color was just heinous.

Regarding the static color thingies, they're super-boring and FW actually does them nicely, but I wouldn't even call them 'artwork'- they're barely illustrations, closer to just schematics.

 Vaktathi wrote:
I actually like the first two, but really do not like that 3rd one.

The 3rd picture is just...far too dynamic, like absurdly so. Also suffering painfully from pinhead syndrome on the guys in the background and CG overload. You can barely even make out Horus at all behind all the ridiculous CG effects. It also just lacks the awesome dread of Horus standing victoriously over a defeated Sanguinius, beckoning the Emperor to face him. It's a lot of flash and a big background, but misses the actual pivotal feel of the scene.

The first one is a bit wonky, but I dig the trippyness of it, and it actually looks like a miniatures diorama, something one might actually be able to relatively faithfully recreate.

The second one is a masterpiece.

This was done on several occasions actually.



I'm a bit surprised that people actually like the 2nd one...which I find to be pretty bad. Different strokes for different folks.

One of my favourite depictions of Horus.

Mine is by far the Mark Gibbons version which is maybe/maybe not actually Horus. I don't recall, but it's perfect to me. (posted the pic a few pages back so I won't regurgitate it)

 Elbows wrote:
Mine is by far the Mark Gibbons version which is maybe/maybe not actually Horus. I don't recall, but it's perfect to me. (posted the pic a few pages back so I won't regurgitate it)

This one?

I thought it could have been an early Horus, but I wasn't sure. Just looks like a generic CSM champion, really.


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Just noticed the Mark Of Khorne on his chest.

Defo not Horus. No Eye of Horus either.

Looks like you got the wrong link there Selym.

damnit, my copypasta failed


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http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/90/696815.page#8793351

there we go

Yeah, I just pictured him looking much more like that. Shame.

Selym wrote:While I don't think mods are needed here, this kind of argument IS essentially "my opinion is better than your opinion".

Anyone up for suggesting art styles that could improve 40k?

I would say the Heave Metal art they had in the 70s and 80s magazine. Then I guess that would be more for Age of Sigmar, but still I think it would have made some great 40K art as well. Funny every time I see 'eavy Metal art, I swear GW ripped off the name from Heavy Metal magazine.