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'Cleanse and Burn'

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Imperial Stormtroops descend on a Tau colony expecting a soft target, but as they fast-rope in, resistance quickly stiffens, For the Greater Good!

Having a hard time deciding whether it's finished, so please crit freely.

EDIT 09/12/08
I am REALLY fed up of 40K geeks saying that my art is "wrong" cos it doesn't meet their understanding of canon.

I have been into 40K since 1990, I've seen 5 editions, read most of the background in that time and been influenced by art from every era.

I put a lot of work and thought into my artwork, and while I'm happy to politely debate the philosophical choices behind it, I will not be flamed by people who don't paint themselves and have a 12 year old's understanding of the source material, and sci-fi in general. Any such posts will be deleted without reply, from now on.
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KarakNornClansman's avatar
Magnificient vision! Your style is deft and quite lovely coloured. I see great potential in you, and as a fan of Fire Warrior this cleanse and burn scene is stellar material! Of course, it's always great to see artists take their own interpretation of a setting to the party, instead of just slavishly following current studio trends. This is 40k brutality as it should be!

Are you into WHFB as well? Please pardon me asking, but would you by any chance be interested in helping out the volunteer project known as the Ninth Age (T9A for short: www.the-ninth-age.com/ )? It is the spiritual successor of Warhammer Fantasy, run by 300+ volunteer contributors all tinkering in their spare time, and it aims to go even further than Warhammer did along the paths of historically based dark fantasy smörgåsbord setting: i.imgur.com/dlmQkB6.jpg

For one thing, T9A is the perfect way for what used to be Warhammer fantasy fanart to instead become official artwork for an emerging setting, and thus gain much more widespread exposure.

Moreover, T9A is always welcoming artists who want to join their art team, and your skill and distinctive designs would be great to have on board, should you ever be interested in joining and help develop this setting by putting your own distinctive mark upon its art pool. If you would by any chance be interested in donating old artworks of yours, then here is a quick guide for T9A gallery upload of art contributions: i.imgur.com/ORLCncV.jpg

I can get you in E-mail contact with the head of their art team, if ever you're interested.

At any rate, splendid artworks! Evocative to boot, and detailed like a dream. Have a nice day. :)