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One of the things that got me into 40k like 6 years ago was how damn good and diverse the art was. Post your favorite art pieces into this thread. I'll start. These are a guideline. Keep it to actual art.







For starters. Sorry for the human centricity.

I have a few pieces of art of my character in powered armor..


The first one's armor design was based strongly off of another piece of artwork.

Also, watching my friend draw one particular piece of Pouncey in Sororitas armor, I became very aware of how complicated the Sororitas shoulder armor design is. It curves in and out in all three dimensions everywhere on it.

Neither is particularly awesome, but I figured I'd squick out the people who hate furries, or hate furries in their 40k. : D

One of my favourite 40k pics

 Pouncey wrote:
I have a few pieces of art of my character in powered armor..

Spoiler:

The first one's armor design was based strongly off of another piece of artwork.

Also, watching my friend draw one particular piece of Pouncey in Sororitas armor, I became very aware of how complicated the Sororitas shoulder armor design is. It curves in and out in all three dimensions everywhere on it.

Neither is particularly awesome, but I figured I'd squick out the people who hate furries, or hate furries in their 40k. : D

I'm trying to hold back the rage getting stronger in me threatening to burst out like a floodgate in a hurricane the size of the moon. *Please* get out of my thread with that.

 TheSaintofKilllers wrote:

 Pouncey wrote:
I have a few pieces of art of my character in powered armor..

Spoiler:

The first one's armor design was based strongly off of another piece of artwork.

Also, watching my friend draw one particular piece of Pouncey in Sororitas armor, I became very aware of how complicated the Sororitas shoulder armor design is. It curves in and out in all three dimensions everywhere on it.

Neither is particularly awesome, but I figured I'd squick out the people who hate furries, or hate furries in their 40k. : D

I'm trying to hold back the rage getting stronger in me threatening to burst out like a floodgate in a hurricane the size of the moon. *Please* get out of my thread with that.

Sorry, I must've missed the part where you specified canonical art, or high-quality art, or anything other than "your favorite WH40k art."

But I'll leave if you want, even though I wasn't planning on posting anything else.

Some more. Keep them pretty pictures flowing.

The Blood God on the Skull Throne.

EDIT: it was just posted above me.

Let's have this in as a make up.

 Pouncey wrote:

 TheSaintofKilllers wrote:

 Pouncey wrote:
I have a few pieces of art of my character in powered armor..

Spoiler:

The first one's armor design was based strongly off of another piece of artwork.

Also, watching my friend draw one particular piece of Pouncey in Sororitas armor, I became very aware of how complicated the Sororitas shoulder armor design is. It curves in and out in all three dimensions everywhere on it.

Neither is particularly awesome, but I figured I'd squick out the people who hate furries, or hate furries in their 40k. : D

I'm trying to hold back the rage getting stronger in me threatening to burst out like a floodgate in a hurricane the size of the moon. *Please* get out of my thread with that.

Sorry, I must've missed the part where you specified canonical art, or high-quality art, or anything other than "your favorite WH40k art."

But I'll leave if you want, even though I wasn't planning on posting anything else.

Hey, if the inquisition can use orangutans with lazers, anything's possible. Including a lizard... thing, with power armour.

Anyways, these always impress me.

Mk 1 terminator armour done right.


White Scars

This is like a photo summary:

Trying to define BIG:

Not being afraid to make women awesome:

 Mr Nobody wrote:
Hey, if the inquisition can use orangutans with lazers, anything's possible. Including a lizard... thing, with power armour.

Thanks. I really did need that after the unpleasant realization that the other guy's response was probably going to be typical any time I post furry-related 40k background and model photos around here.

Have a hug. :: hugs ::

Bah... 40k fan art is 40k fan art...be it furry or fuzzy butted monkies...who knows whats out if the big bad universe

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Reds8n

 Pouncey wrote:

 Mr Nobody wrote:
Hey, if the inquisition can use orangutans with lazers, anything's possible. Including a lizard... thing, with power armour.

Thanks. I really did need that after the unpleasant realization that the other guy's response was probably going to be typical any time I post furry-related 40k background and model photos around here.

Have a hug. :: hugs ::

I like you. You seem to be a happy user. We have too few of those. Don't let people get you down.



I swing back and forth with that piece. Some days I love it because of all the awesome, other days I dislike it because of the colour and shading choices.

But it is really BFG art which I think is the best that gets put out in terms of it constantly being good. I am referring to studio work mostly I think, but there is art out there that I have no idea if its fan or studio made and looks just as amazing

. . .

:: shapeshifts into a large, four-legged dragon ::

:: picks up the silly in my mouth ::

:: munches him up good, then swallows ::

One less meanie-silly out there. ^_^

Alexi wrote:
Bah... 40k fan art is 40k fan art...be it furry or fuzzy butted monkies...who knows whats out if the big bad universe

Thanks. ^^

 motyak wrote:

 Pouncey wrote:

 Mr Nobody wrote:
Hey, if the inquisition can use orangutans with lazers, anything's possible. Including a lizard... thing, with power armour.

Thanks. I really did need that after the unpleasant realization that the other guy's response was probably going to be typical any time I post furry-related 40k background and model photos around here.

Have a hug. :: hugs ::

I like you. You seem to be a happy user. We have too few of those.

Thanks. : D

:: hugs both of you ::

Pouncey is sad that she broke her promise to Master about no online violence...

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Reds8n

Try to keep personal attacks out of your posts Saint. Its an art thread.

Talizvar wrote:

That's a great picture. I like me my boobs as much as the next man (well, 9/10ths of them), but it is actually nice to see real women depicted. Every time I see a "I want to make female guardsmen" thread, I'll invariably wind up rolling my eyes. A woman in flak armor isn't going to have a special boobed-out chestpiece. She's going to look like every other faceless human being desperately trying to save her home, piled under big plates of ill-fitting armor and grittily grasping a lasgun to chest.

Another one I'd add to this theme is this one:



... and, not being covered with flak armor, this one even has boobs, but it's the last thing that matters in the picture. Just like it's the last thing that matters to the soldier being depicted. She just wants to survive. And possibly have beans a la campfire for dinner.

I like that she's recharging her power packs, cool addition to the piece.

and the 1000 yard stare. That stare into nothing on the outside while on the inside you are reliving every terrifying moment of the battle you just survived. Trying not to think about the many friends you just lost.

Also, along somewhat similar lines. This is one of my favorite bits of 40k artwork ever:

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Reds8n

 TheSaintofKilllers wrote:

 motyak wrote:
Try to keep personal attacks out of your posts Saint. Its an art thread.

Spoiler:

I'm very selective in my personal attacks. To bring the hammer of my mighty internet wrath unto the anvil of the puny insolence of the perpetrator, you must have set off some Tom and Jerry esque mechanism.
And it is an art thread. And he posted that.

Art? Pretty sure I posted art.

Here's some more art. ^^



And since it's been made clear that some people don't like some types of art, I'll warn people who don't like furry art and/or less-than-stellar art to not view the image in the next spoiler thingy. If you don't like those, then don't click. ^^



And the rest are neither furry-related nor low-quality. ^_^

 Trondheim wrote:

 Pouncey wrote:
I have a few pieces of art of my character in powered armor..

Spoiler:

The first one's armor design was based strongly off of another piece of artwork.

Also, watching my friend draw one particular piece of Pouncey in Sororitas armor, I became very aware of how complicated the Sororitas shoulder armor design is. It curves in and out in all three dimensions everywhere on it.

Neither is particularly awesome, but I figured I'd squick out the people who hate furries, or hate furries in their 40k. : D

Poor taste, and OP should not need to specify that such childish nonsen where not to be posted

Childish nonsense...

We're sitting in front of magic picture boxes showing each other pretty pictures inspired by a game we play with little plastic army men...

And you're gonna sit there and call childish nonsense like it doesn't apply to this very forum's entire existence.

You must need a hug. Have a hug. :: hugs ::

Imma post all kinds of funny 40K art up in this piece....



One of my absolute faves....

I'm boarding a plane right now heretic. Wanna guess where I'm heading.............
Get out of my thread with your sh*t art in a thread about the mastery of the penstroke in sci fi.
I couldn't have been more polite when you brought that up in a thread about art that is a testament to humanity's skill with the pen and brush.
You done rustled my jimmies.

 Psienesis wrote:
Imma post all kinds of funny 40K art up in this piece....

Spoiler:

One of my absolute faves....

Spoiler:

I'm boarding a plane right now heretic. Wanna guess where I'm heading.............
Get out of my thread with your sh*t art in a thread about the mastery of the penstroke in sci fi.
I couldn't have been more polite when you brought that up in a thread about art that is a testament to humanity's skill with the pen and brush.
You done rustled my jimmies.

Spoiler:

We will call the mods. This is an art thread and that is some serious off topic gak.

Instead of making random threats why not specify in the OP what you actually are looking for? Something like;

Hey guys, we have plenty of threads cropping up about humorous 40k stuff, why don't we make a thread for the more serious, more grimdark 40k art out there? Lets stick to in universe, more serious art, and see what we have out there!"

Something like that, rather than jumping on everyone who posts their own art/comedic art and threatening them

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Reds8n

What is the best way to save a thread? Insult the people who suggest ways to help, or just edit the OP to make things clear for those joining.

 TheSaintofKilllers wrote:

 motyak wrote:
Instead of making random threats why not specify in the OP what you actually are looking for? Something like;

Hey guys, we have plenty of threads cropping up about humorous 40k stuff, why don't we make a thread for the more serious, more grimdark 40k art out there? Lets stick to in universe, more serious art, and see what we have out there!"

Something like that, rather than jumping on everyone who posts their own art/comedic art and threatening them

Not very sharp are you.
How about stuff along the lines I posted in the OP? Dude that alone is pretty clear if you're not blind.

You mentioned the diversity of the art, and told people to post their favorite pieces.

Just because your favorite pieces of 40k art are one type, doesn't mean everyone's favorite pieces follow those lines. Personally, I don't really play favorites.

Also, I think you need to calm down and relax.