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What's your favourite 40k artwork?

Mine is actually the Assault Marine on the front cover of the 8th edition Blood Angels Codex.

https://warhammerart.com/shop/warhammer-40000/space-marine/blood-angels/

Although I also love this vulnerable portrait of Sanguinius by Disarmonia, 2018:
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This was really hard to decide and i am still not sure. There is so much really great artwork but ill go with these two.
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On my I-pad, so difficult to link pictures (at least for me), but I’ve always been fond of the cover of Rogue Trader - last stand of the Crimson Fists. The remade picture with Primaris versions just doesn’t quite carry the same punch, though.

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Here are my favorites.
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for obvious reasons

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Who doesn't like Squats

   
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I like a lot but this is one of my faves:
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 Stormonu wrote:
On my I-pad, so difficult to link pictures (at least for me), but I’ve always been fond of the cover of Rogue Trader - last stand of the Crimson Fists. The remade picture with Primaris versions just doesn’t quite carry the same punch, though.


Agreed.

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Biased as all things are, but the bloodpact falg squad picture is probably one of the best, ever imo.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer/comments/8n6ijp/mg_week_day_3_the_incredible_avatar_of_khaine/

This... nothing that 40k has produced since then has come close to being this good.

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 stonehorse wrote:
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This... nothing that 40k has produced since then has come close to being this good.


IMO, nothing has surpassed Jes Goodwin concept designs and Mark Gibbons artistic talent.

Pretty much every image from 2nd ed that l loved was a Jes design illustrated by Gibbons.

   
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It's not the traditional 40k look of two armies being 20ft apart from each other but instead a look of soldiers (in this case Tau) marching to the next battle. It something that gives a bit more of a grounded in reality feel than just absurdly crazy battle art.

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On my phone, so again, annoying to link. My favourite is Blood of the Martyrs. A close second would be the original last stand of the Crimson Fists. I remember it from my 2nd edition rulebook and it was what made me want to paint my Primaris Marines as CF’s.

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Anything by Jon Sullivan really.
His work is stunning imo

http://jonsullivancoverart.blogspot.com/p/wh-40k.html

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Yeah I have the problem linking mine too. The picture of Sevatar and the other Night Lords kicking dark angel buttock in the snow from the Prince of Crows audio book.
   
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Biased as all things are, but the bloodpact falg squad picture is probably one of the best, ever imo.


Oh that's just awsome.

Are these from Renegades and Heretics?

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Gotta second Mark Gibbons, notably his earlier 2nd edition work. He changed styles slowly into the early 2000's, but his initial stuff was absolutely superb.

His art plus the much better writing is essentially what makes the 2nd edition codices the treasure troves that they are. Fluff/art/writing that hasn't really been surpassed since (and in an era of Jes Goodwin and Perry sculpts).
   
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This. Kopinski's art is what got me really into the game, rather than just painting models.
   
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 vipoid wrote:
Not Online!!! wrote:
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Biased as all things are, but the bloodpact falg squad picture is probably one of the best, ever imo.


Oh that's just awsome.

Are these from Renegades and Heretics?


Bloodpact.

And partly inspired my 31. Mechanized.

The picture is normally bigger though.

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GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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 Vankraken wrote:
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It's not the traditional 40k look of two armies being 20ft apart from each other but instead a look of soldiers (in this case Tau) marching to the next battle. It something that gives a bit more of a grounded in reality feel than just absurdly crazy battle art.


I really wish there was way more art like this, love it. Would be awesome to see similar peace’s for every army, would even be amazing to see more of the daemons interacting with mortals in a setting outside of the battlefield. Scheming and enjoying what they do when not at war.
   
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 Kanluwen wrote:

This. Kopinski's art is what got me really into the game, rather than just painting models.


"the ground is the enemy man shoot him!"

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A Mostly Renegades and Heretics blog.
GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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This particular picture just creeps me the hell out:
   
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Some of my favorite art from 40k.
   
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Thanks for sharing, some awesome art here!

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Probably this piece by (I think) Karl Kopinski: LINK

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Some of my favorite art from 40k.


The 2nd one with the Fire Warriors lined up firing always reminded me of this
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Then again Fire Warriors in general remind me of Ashigaru.

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