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just pop in to discuss your thoughts on codex art.
the main thing that got me to start this was the fact that I feel the DA codex art was much better, and more resembling angels of death than the more semi laid back art in SM: codex, (especially the BT art >.>
Always made me laughs, you got those fancy VTOL craft with missiles and whatnot, elite soldiers wearing advanced armor with gun that can punch through a marine, nightvision/rebreather mask and... that random guy waving a sword around and calling the charge.
I must say that, almost without exception, I have been blown away by the quality of the full-colour 6th ed stuff, Codex and BRB (the books as a whole look beautiful, not just the artwork). The new style is really cool, far more representative of what 40k is at its heart than any other 'era' of 40k art, in my opinion.
My favourite pieces would probably be the 2-page IF/UM vs IW spread in the SM codex, the RG airforce painting in the same (full page, stormtalons/eagles/ravens galore, all surrounding a thunderhawk) and the Heldrake pic in the CSM codex.
Agent_Tremolo wrote: Right now, the honor goes to the Sisters digital 'dex cover art.
Yes! Love that artwork. The Sisters in it look suitably badass, and the Holy Trinity is also represented, which is a nice touch. It also has them right in their element, a brutal fiery warzone.
Found a version without the text. by the way.
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Agent_Tremolo wrote: Right now, the honor goes to the Sisters digital 'dex cover art.
Yes! Love that artwork. The Sisters in it look suitably badass, and the Holy Trinity is also represented, which is a nice touch. It also has them right in their element, a brutal fiery warzone.
Found a version without the text. by the way.
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Speaking of, I just found a torrent of a few hundred MB of SoB art that I'm going to scroll through later tonight, see if there's anything new in there that I've not yet seen before.
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Troike wrote:Yes! Love that artwork. The Sisters in it look suitably badass, and the Holy Trinity is also represented, which is a nice touch. It also has them right in their element, a brutal fiery warzone.
Found a version without the text. by the way.
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xruslanx wrote:The 6th edition space marine cover is awesome. Genuinely put me off getting a limitted edition:
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I like it. Quite a bit, in fact.
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