Monday, April 17, 2006

Warhammer 40k


Following my project of painting images that impressed me as a wee youngster ... here's a Warhammer 40k peice. My main concerns were composition, atmosphere, and telling a story. The horizontal format was for a cinematic feel.

The image is really huge, and unfortunately the jpg just doesn't give an indication of the clarity. Here's a close up just to prove it ...



And finally a concept sketch (unfinished) that got me thinking about 40k ... 'Beat You Man'!



Here's an image showing the steps taken in creating the 40k painting...

Rogue


Here's a quick painting ... thinking about doing a series of images based off of the comic characters that I loved as a youngster. This is a study for one of 2000AD's Rogue Trooper ... this is just a test for a larger composition. Blue skin is just too cool :)

Here's the original pencil sketch ...