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So I'm at it again, a new batch of Imperial Propaganda posters. Meant to be shrunk and printed then pasted on terrain. Once I finish this batch I'll do an all-in-one image with them pre-shrunk. In the meantime I thought I'd share.

See these and my older efforts here:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-518-49798_Imperial%20Propaganda.html

First off some generic ones for terrain:



Know Your Enemy





Age of Sigmar


Know your enemy


"I wish I were a man"


WWII poster remixes
(originals here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-518-968_Posters-Real%20World.html)



Gathering Storm

Nice, got a good chuckle from a lot of these. Particularly liked the Celestine one. Although I normally try to keep my politics and 40k separate, that quote is spot on for her.

Thanks, I knew the Ultramarine ones were also a bit political but honestly the quotes fit Roubert so well I think it works.

And now I hear Trump every time I see him.

These are great. I lost it at the "Sick days are treason"

Huh. I always imagined imperial propaganda to look more like the black-and-red, less realistic, more idealized art more archetypical of Russia in WWII but with added gold+skulls+Aquilas (like you have going on the first spoiler) but the adapted art from game books looks surprisingly nice. You've captured the tongue in cheek nature of the Imperium very well. I would love to see more, and might make a few of my own if I have the time.

Haha, awesome stuff. You really go the extra mile for terrain huh? Gotta admit though, I couldn't stop myself from posting on this thread considering my avatar.

Edit: just noticed a weird thing in the women posters. The Imperial Guard has both all female regiments and mixed gender regiments so the "I wish I where a man" things are a tad weird. It's just a minor nitpick though.

You should check out some EvE Online stuff, some of the players there make great posters that could be used or reworked for a 40k setting

Nerak wrote:

Edit: just noticed a weird thing in the women posters. The Imperial Guard has both all female regiments and mixed gender regiments so the "I wish I where a man" things are a tad weird. It's just a minor nitpick though.

Well that's there for 2 reasons, first off while GW fluff might mention women in the IG and other Imperial branches their art and models rarely if ever reflect it (FFG's games were much better... RIP). And second it's a reply to this classic...



Which is also ironic since women could serve in the WAVES during WWII.

A friend of mine offered this reply

gnome_idea_what wrote:Huh. I always imagined imperial propaganda to look more like the black-and-red, less realistic, more idealized art more archetypical of Russia in WWII but with added gold+skulls+Aquilas (like you have going on the first spoiler) but the adapted art from game books looks surprisingly nice. You've captured the tongue in cheek nature of the Imperium very well. I would love to see more, and might make a few of my own if I have the time.

Well if anyone wants to send off to art school for a few years...

Basically my criteria on these is:
Can I do it in the hour or so I have between the girls going to bed and me going to bed?
Will it look good shrunk down 1"x1/2" or smaller?
Is it somewhat amusing?

For comparison my last batch looked like this shrunk down



So the simple 1 or 2 word ones work, the rest are just colorful blobs unless you have a great printer.

And another tranche...

Terrain rules



Age of Sigmar



Know Your Enemy


General propaganda
(mostly remixes of ones I did years ago)



Gee, I wish I were a man-Part 2




And I'm spent...

Hahahaha the terrain ones are brilliant!

Once more into the breach.

"This man is your friend"

First the inspiration



Then the 40k take(s)



Another theme in WWII posters was the health campaigns, especially the anti-VD posters.



So...



As always more here:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-518-49798_Imperial%20Propaganda.html

I should have that all-in-one version for the terrain posters done soon.

I loved the Eldar infiltrators one.
Hilarious.

 kirotheavenger wrote:
I loved the Eldar infiltrators one.
Hilarious.

I know, of all the chapters to have hang out with the Eldar...

Doesn't help that I'm reading Gods of Mars where the BTs gladly give their lives to save the eldar Farseer. The ancient Templar-Eldar brotherhood is STRONG.

And as promised....



These are the simple posters, an image, a few lines, good for terrain and can even be read at 28mm size.

Full sized versions in the gallery.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-518-49798_Imperial%20Propaganda.html

And some samples:


More to come.

Sweet! Loving those shrunken posters.

Some great work here thanks

Thanks for the kind words! I'm finishing up the 'this is your friend' posters but I may return to the simple text ones, they seem the most useful.

Any requests?

Absurd Mechanicus posters

Example:
Cell battery changing service
-------->>>>
Don't harm your remotes machine spirit by doing it by yourself!

Admech stamp

How do you "finish" these off? Do you put a coat of varnish or something on these after gluing them to terrain? Some Lahmian Medium or something tougher?

I'm building a board at the moment and will use a few of these for sure.

Only the serious ones mind. The funny ones are great but plastic spacemen scenery is serious business.

Honestly I've just been gluing them to scenery, then maybe some brown ink.

Ads would be a good way to go. What are some cool fictional products to advertise?

Soylent Green of course. Emperor's Choice beer, Tombstone brand Lho sticks, Scum Stopper Ammo...

Yeah this could be fun.

So, OK bit of a big update.

The inspiration:



The first take:



And now... 90 more...

First some normal IG posters helping troopers identify their various allies. With all those regiments and uniforms it must get a bit confusing.



Must be hard to explain where in the hierarchy you stand



And then some other allies


And then some humor


Some more here:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-518-49798_Imperial%20Propaganda.html

All in one image coming shortly!

Why does Roboute have Sangys much better locking head

the ancient wrote:
Why does Roboute have Sangys much better locking head

???

Where?

Nyeh. Some are pretty old jokes and have been beaten to death already ( Gulliman Trump, Sigmarines, the dangerous terrain ones).

As promised the all in one version, 100 images ready for cutting an d pasting to your terrain.