View Full Version : Your favorite pieces of 40k art.
daboarder
09-01-2013, 08:11 AM
If theres one thing that drives this hobby its the artwork, it offers inspiration and a visceral image of the 40k world that test just can't capture, with that in mind, who's willing to share some of their favourite artwork for 40k here?
Here's some of mine (currently on my Desktop rotation)
http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/201/1/6/Redeemer_of_the_Lost_by_MajesticChicken.jpg
http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/151/f/8/Cruor_Angelus_by_MajesticChicken.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/115/0/f/Adepta_Sororitas_by_MajesticChicken.jpg
Katharon
09-01-2013, 08:38 AM
Majestic Chicken on DeviantArt does a really good job, doesn't he? He's very skilled at taking the old black-and-white art and adding in the color, as he did for the three you chose.
My favorite are a few of the following:
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/064/c/0/black_library__soul_drinkers_omnibus__1_by_ukitaku muki-d5x40v0.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/292/9/1/for_the_dark_gods_redux_by_majesticchicken-d4ddgdk.jpg
SotonShades
09-01-2013, 08:44 AM
I'm still a sucker for the pieces that got me into the hobby, the Dark Angels cover (though I prefer the second ed that came out soon after);
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/d/d8/Codex_Dark_Angels_FCover.jpg
and the 3rd Ed Rulebook cover
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTBpUEIon-UM0yrHBzPYAVVba78CLccOX2tOMnbK0jsyaUFbFYU
There have been numerous better pieces since, but these two just spark something off in me.
Defenestratus
09-01-2013, 08:56 AM
http://eldar.arhicks.co.uk/miniatures/eldar/craftworld/images/avatar_1_1.jpg
Gotthammer
09-01-2013, 08:59 AM
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x7IAVzX4KGg/UAq0bzxP0CI/AAAAAAAABSI/Wn3M0NgapFQ/s1600/crimson+fist+art.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nHwfRXAv6sc/UVOEqg59UgI/AAAAAAAAAHM/C5k__JLBxEQ/s1600/tumblr_m3m5qzyFsU1r1g40zo1_1280.jpg
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs22/f/2008/011/d/2/Howling_Banshee_by_Dust_989.jpg
http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic804395_lg.jpg
YorkNecromancer
09-01-2013, 09:04 AM
My favourite 40K artwork almost always comes from early 40K.
My favourites of all time are these two:
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/1stedadmech_zps966915a4.jpg
http://www.oocities.org/fabricatorgeneral/artwork/techpriests1.gif
The Jes Goodwin techpriest picture is singlehandedly responsible for my twenty-year desire for/frustration at the lack of an AdMech army.
Other artworks I really like tend to be the less obvious.
I wish they did Imperial Guard in plastic that looked like this:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zi4yYv-hW_4/TbgfrPp6IdI/AAAAAAAABHE/vbcANw6JvVo/s1600/2nd+edition+imperial+guard+greatcoat+concept+jes+g oodwin.jpg
Marines have never looked cooler than this 1st edition Rogue Trader art IMO:
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/1stedmarine_zpsedcfa647.jpg
YorkNecromancer
09-01-2013, 09:07 AM
I also like some of the 'Love Can Bloom' fan art:
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/LCB_Logo1_zpsf9f8233b.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/LCB_Headcam_zpsd1966020.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/LCB_Pursued_zps010a7e31.jpg
These's also this Dark Eldar fan art I found. I like the fact it could be the equivelant of a DE family photo:
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/86839402_zps46302669.jpg
YorkNecromancer
09-01-2013, 09:12 AM
I also like the extremely rare non-fanservicey art that shows women in the 40K universe:
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/949903133_zps658ffb6a.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/1865793097_zpse8346418.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/994334207_zps55dd7ba4.jpg
I always find the almost total lack of human female presence in 40K artwork something that makes the suspension of disbelief significantly harder to maintain, so it's nice to see some pieces where non-Eldar women are acknowledged as existing. Even (especially) when they're AdMech cyber monstrosities.
And while I've never been a fan of Chaos (and probably never will), I have always had a soft spot for this piece:
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/Worldeater-awesome_zps58211a75.gif
YorkNecromancer
09-01-2013, 09:15 AM
Finally, I love the Forge World 'realistic' interpretations of Space Marines:
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/_1209591576171_zps29fad917.png
As well as "Soulstorrm"'s Inquisitor - this is how the Inquisition should look:
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/-648556464_zps0c0d575b.jpg
daboarder
09-01-2013, 07:52 PM
Nice showing guys. What do you think? Worth making this into a repository for people's viewing pleasure?
Scion_of_Terra
09-01-2013, 08:13 PM
Because the Angry Marines are always good for a laugh
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I thought this was a great and fluffy picture
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I like a lot of Beckjann's work on DeviantArt; this one is one of my favorites
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It's rare to find a picture of the Emperor out of his armor. Here he is in his Imperial Army uniform.
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The Imperial Palace. I've always liked landscapes, and this one captures much of the spirit of 40k.
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Wolfshade
09-02-2013, 02:04 AM
Something to lighten the mood :)
http://www.wobblymodelsyndrome.com/uploads/3/3/4/2/3342427/6779526.jpg
Psychosplodge
09-02-2013, 02:39 AM
lose the demotivational box, I couldn't find the image on google without.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h86/rp252/poster40088031.jpg
Katharon
09-02-2013, 04:28 AM
Nice showing guys. What do you think? Worth making this into a repository for people's viewing pleasure?
I'm thinking that already exists...lol
http://sengokutenno.deviantart.com/favourites/40462622
^ Found this.
Skullchewer
09-02-2013, 06:29 AM
Your parasite
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Fix my trukk!
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YorkNecromancer
09-02-2013, 10:00 AM
I'm thinking that already exists...lol
http://sengokutenno.deviantart.com/favourites/40462622
^ Found this.
Superb link.
Also quite interesting to note the high number of Sororitas pictures relative to their appearance in tournaments. I wonder if it's a whole male gaze/fanservice thing, personal taste of the guy who's compiled it, or indicative that Sororitas are more well liked than the Internets would have you believe?
There's also a high number of artworks featuring female humans. Shame there will never be a model for characters like these:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/254/1/d/women_of_the_fleet_2_by_dirkloechel-d58o69e.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/202/a/b/women_of_the_fleet_1_by_dirkloechel-d581fex.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/134/4/4/Casrkin_by_Kano_kun.png
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs29/i/2008/151/1/0/Machine_Spirit_Sings_in_me_2_by_Karooz.png
Brakkart
09-02-2013, 10:14 AM
A couple of my favourite pieces are these:
http://imaginechat.com/memberpages/Brakkart/Images/Emperor%5C%27s%20Champion.jpg
http://imaginechat.com/memberpages/Brakkart/Images/Neophyte_Scout.jpg
I like the one of the Scout so much I used it as the painting guide for how my Imperial Fists Scouts should look.
Lexington
09-02-2013, 10:26 AM
Love a lot of the pieces here, especially those non-cheesecake character portraits you've found YorkN.
IMO, no "great works of 40K" thread can be complete without these two early John Blanche pieces:
http://savageheresy.wdfiles.com/local--files/into-the-void/EternityGate-lg.jpg
http://31.media.tumblr.com/244901b120c479aa290ca33136a32ce8/tumblr_mpk85oq6I41srqpdwo1_500.jpg
Gotthammer
09-02-2013, 10:40 AM
Yorky, I think the internets likes the SoB partly because of male gaze with some of the art's obvious leanings, but may also be because they're 40k as all get out with the icons, flames, skulls and giant guns. Some of my favourite 40k art is SoB art:
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/Skrakar/Retributors_by_andreauderzo.jpg
http://emperorschildren.net/wiki/images/6/66/Seraphim.jpg
Look! Someone who isn't white!
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120408064858/warhammer40k/images/0/08/Celestian_Witch_Hunters.jpg
http://media.moddb.com/cache/images/groups/1/3/2055/thumb_620x2000/4b0170f53faf538a9675f72c3c254e78bc0d1450.jpg
Gotthammer
09-02-2013, 10:46 AM
And I freaking love the art for Captain Sylvia Locke from the Rogue Trader RPG:
http://fantasyinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/N-ossandon-Nezt-2.jpg
And Paul Bonner's work, especially his Orks:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4caJYHTOD6E/TlJBRPkU0tI/AAAAAAAAAoY/QM9i0WEra1Q/s1600/mektown500.jpg
http://wh40k.lexicanum.de/mediawiki/images/c/c3/WeirdboyMeinderz.jpg
and Guard:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__AXu0AKVtpM/TD0IyxEjRTI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/Z7ZkxgtPJtM/s1600/1109_md-Copyright+Games+Workshop,+Imperial+Guard,+Jump+Pac k,+Retro+Review,+Rogue+Trader,+White+Dwarf.jpg
daboarder
09-02-2013, 02:48 PM
http://www.clintlangley.com/_images/galleries/g12_01.jpg
http://24.media.tumblr.com/6b2f6bacf398874c601f5e46439cf976/tumblr_mm8clwNQI81r3ejfmo4_1280.jpg
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121005170414/warhammer40k/images/4/4f/Blades_of_The_Traitor.jpg
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120323201527/warhammer40k/images/7/78/High_Lords_of_Terra_by_MajesticChicken.jpg
Mr Mystery
09-02-2013, 02:58 PM
http://planetasymazmorras.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/kharn2minioi1.jpg
Psychosplodge
09-03-2013, 01:38 AM
That old Codex imperialis stuff is good. Think some of the black and white stuff is GW's best art.
Then there's these
http://i44.tinypic.com/jzcr5y.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/nmktj9.jpg
Psychosplodge
09-09-2013, 08:54 AM
http://i43.tinypic.com/2w50y2p.jpg
knas ser
09-17-2013, 12:59 PM
This is a lovely piece, very detailed:
http://media.desura.com/cache/images/groups/1/3/2055/thumb_940x3000/EldarWoman.jpg
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Patrick Boyle
09-17-2013, 02:15 PM
Finally, I love the Forge World 'realistic' interpretations of Space Marines:
As well as "Soulstorrm"'s Inquisitor - this is how the Inquisition should look:
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/40K%20artwork/-648556464_zps0c0d575b.jpg
Ahem, Soulstorm? Sergeant Cyrus even points out we don't talk about Kaurava Campaign anymore. That's Inquisitor Adrastia from Dawn of War 2 Retribution. I've been wanting to try to kitbash these (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1140003&prodId=prod1140026a) two (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1140003&prodId=prod1630024a) minis to make her for a while(remove the arms, cloak, and top of the crazy hair from the lady + take the hat off the guy's head and cut the body and legs out of the coat + ??? = Adrastia), but for one, ugh at the thought of dealing with that much converting on a metal model as I'd have to reposition the legs, and two, that face...
I like the FW marine art though. Need to go through this and a few of the links at home for wallpapers...
interrogator_chaplain
09-17-2013, 07:55 PM
This is a lovely piece, very detailed:
http://media.desura.com/cache/images/groups/1/3/2055/thumb_940x3000/EldarWoman.jpg
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Ahh, Meh'lindi a fine assassin if ever there was one. I can understand why Draco wanted to resurrect her.
I've always loved this piece of Kharn the Betrayer.
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And I've adored this scene from the first Apocalypse book from the moment I clapped eyes upon it.
(The pic is too big so it needs to be linked, unless you know a way to make it bigger that I don't, let me know if there is.)
http://api.ning.com/files/vwnVBwyp1iR3be6Ctcv-TYbaWTjJLwTV2cz3cT9cHCND*eKcoWrkWADbL7RPS2Ty/apoc8_large.jpg
daboarder
09-17-2013, 10:41 PM
I don't think thats meh'lindi, for one thing its an eldar dire avenger exarch and another meh'lindi lost her polymorph abilities when she was changed to a genestealer spy......
Deadlift
09-18-2013, 12:19 AM
The new codex cover art we have been seeing, I think are fantastic. They really have improved the artwork within these books over the last 12 months. I tend to favour whatever army I'm working on at the time. So at the moment it's this piece that grabbed my attention.
http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab3/joenortonjones/d438d9c0757950ddb8c67b12aca88917.jpg
Sorry it's at an angle, I can't figure how to rotate it :o
Psychosplodge
09-18-2013, 01:40 AM
There you go DL
http://i41.tinypic.com/8zn2na.jpg
knas ser
09-18-2013, 04:05 AM
Ahh, Meh'lindi a fine assassin if ever there was one. I can understand why Draco wanted to resurrect her.
I've always loved this piece of Kharn the Betrayer.
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And I've adored this scene from the first Apocalypse book from the moment I clapped eyes upon it.
(The pic is too big so it needs to be linked, unless you know a way to make it bigger that I don't, let me know if there is.)
http://api.ning.com/files/vwnVBwyp1iR3be6Ctcv-TYbaWTjJLwTV2cz3cT9cHCND*eKcoWrkWADbL7RPS2Ty/apoc8_large.jpg
Who is Meh'lindi? I never knew this picture was of a named character. It's used in a Dark Heresy supplement just to how off Dire Avengers.
knas ser
09-18-2013, 04:08 AM
There you go DL
http://i41.tinypic.com/8zn2na.jpg
That's a beautiful piece. I really do like how the wraithguard and their kin have no eyes. I never really thought about it previously but this artwork really lends them a lovely creepiness and they look a little like the Aliens, too. (capital 'A')
Deadlift
09-18-2013, 04:12 AM
There you go DL
Thank you ;)
Psychosplodge
09-18-2013, 04:25 AM
Thank you ;)
No problem :D
daboarder
09-18-2013, 06:58 AM
Who is Meh'lindi? I never knew this picture was of a named character. It's used in a Dark Heresy supplement just to how off Dire Avengers.
Its a piece of clint langley art that was the publication cover of the book "harlequin" from the first trilogoy of books published by BL, its by the guy that wrote space marine and features very old background such as the god emperor talking and the like.
Be warned, the ending.....yeah things escalate quickly, go off track and I don't think ANY of the major plot points in the story are ever resolved....still a good read.
Psychosplodge
09-19-2013, 02:22 AM
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/274/b/4/the_fluttershy_chapter_by_laaseensld-d4bhyr2.jpg
Gotthammer
09-19-2013, 03:59 AM
Was playing Chivalry earlier and thought of you Psycho - mostly because I kept getting stabbinated by "Applejack the Great"
Psychosplodge
09-19-2013, 04:15 AM
lol, see shining example of love and tolerance...
Arkhan Land
09-19-2013, 08:44 AM
doeas anyone have that old rogue trader picture of the marines putting the gangers in cuffs against a wall?
story of my life
Dlatrex
09-19-2013, 08:59 AM
To give the Xenos some love
http://wh40kart.im/_images/804649a3abbd0316e1ddd6360a77dca6.jpg
http://images.alphacoders.com/192/192473.jpg
For the primarchs I love this take on Sanguinius by Colrouphobia
http://studiocolrouphobia.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/sanguinius-web.jpg
I really like the 'feel' the the Rogue Trader cover conveyed
http://images.wikia.com/warhammer40k/images/7/7a/Rogue_Trader_RPG_Cover.jpg
Dlatrex
09-19-2013, 09:01 AM
http://i43.tinypic.com/2w50y2p.jpg
This is a new one to me. Is it from Necromunda?
Wolfshade
09-19-2013, 09:11 AM
Where is that Sanguinius from?
Also love the fact that he has a helmet on. Someone sensible at last
Dlatrex
09-19-2013, 09:16 AM
The Artist is Colrouphobia
http://cghub.com/images/view/22199/
Psychosplodge
09-19-2013, 09:16 AM
This is a new one to me. Is it from Necromunda?
It's an Escher ganger I believe. Can't think for the life of me where it appears originally. But I'm sure I've seen it on paper before.
Lykos
09-30-2013, 10:46 PM
It first appeared on the cover of Inferno magazine. It was the artist girlfriend at the time.
Psychosplodge
10-01-2013, 02:03 AM
It first appeared on the cover of Inferno magazine. It was the artist girlfriend at the time.
Really? Cool...
Psychosplodge
10-01-2013, 02:04 AM
It first appeared on the cover of Inferno magazine. It was the artist girlfriend at the time.
Really? Cool...
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