Razrhaghul Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 partly created this out of motivation to stay in the hobby, and i guess also as a way to flex my mind in the event that i return to chaos as it is, over the past few months i haven't been as actively interested in 40k i have been in the past. While i haven't really modeled much (aside from a perpetual WIP Abbadabbadon) i've been sketching. A Lot. and recently i finally purchased a tablet ( now i wish i had more more money as i'd like to contribute to the site). so i've been trying to re-invent some of the standard chaos legions, to better portray them as they are hinted at being in fluff, but rather than how they keep getting represented in most modern artwork and models. the first one is a possessed black legionnaire (as was the original thread title) i tried to go for sinister without all those darn arrows or blatant mutations, as Black Legion are supposed to be the baddest of the bad, but in recent years they just feel like dark smurfs. so this is a WIP possessed legionnaire http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c232/Raz...ded/touch4d.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159776-wip-legions-of-chaos-artwork/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Too True about the dark UM's comment. Although they fill the same roles at opposite ends of the spectrum I have always felt like Chaos Marines should be Viking in nature. Not name or theme, but the idea. Your life has been ruined, so in return you want to burn the galaxy down. Your pic captures that right on. He isnt "Imperial+Spikes" he is dark and sinister like Frank Frazetta's(sp?) Death Dealer. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159776-wip-legions-of-chaos-artwork/#findComment-1874316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razrhaghul Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 thanks, yeah he does kinda have the Death Dealer feel I made a few refinements to the feet and axe details, though i'm not sure what to do with the arms? i had considered bound in chains, but the glow was a bit much, and plain ones just created this confusing grey area or making it too busy. though to be honest i kind of like the ether-floating hands. http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c232/Raz...ded/touchdf.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159776-wip-legions-of-chaos-artwork/#findComment-1874872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Bare Arms maybe, with some tribal tattoos. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159776-wip-legions-of-chaos-artwork/#findComment-1875312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razrhaghul Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 i had considered bare arms, but it was kind of contrary to the rest of the figure and color scheme, who is mostly shadowy-chain bound armor. though i tried the tattoos which fit with the glowi8ng ruins all over, and ran them in such a way that they hint at musculature, adding a few shadows on the one arm to shape it.. http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c232/Raz.../touchedfrm.jpg edit: i need to fix his left arm with under the shoulder pad area also: i might change the title of this thread to be an ongoing "log-o-chaos [artwork]", i think i might try each of the legions. the next one either being Night Lords or possibly Word Bearers... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159776-wip-legions-of-chaos-artwork/#findComment-1876419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razrhaghul Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 in the meantime... he sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake... hmm, I need to take ‘jolliness’ out of right face, and add a spacial context, deeper darkness, or perhaps some rear-lit objects to add atmosphere, like a room…had a surrealist moment tonight when the lights burned out while making this.. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c232/Raz...ent=nilorde.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159776-wip-legions-of-chaos-artwork/#findComment-1878174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Disciple Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 He looks suitably sinister. I like the way you have just used runes for his arms. I agree about the jolliness in the Night Lords. They look like they are laughing and saying "you should have seen your face when we jumped out" :lol: My bad jokes aside though these are fanstastic! Cant wait to see more. Disicple Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159776-wip-legions-of-chaos-artwork/#findComment-1878185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razrhaghul Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 ok it's been awhile: http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c232/Raz...ded/repo_IL.jpg first of many planned ongoing character study of iron warriors. i'll post some notes later on as i go, covering the various observed personality traits of Iron Warriors, from the conservative siege masters, to the wacky cult units, as well as the aspiring warsmiths. the guy he's clutching might either be a captured guardsmen, or possibly the disciplining of disobedient serf-soldier Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159776-wip-legions-of-chaos-artwork/#findComment-1908560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyner Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Loving the Iron Warrior, your study sounds really interesting too :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159776-wip-legions-of-chaos-artwork/#findComment-1908628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRhino Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 ok it's been awhile: http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c232/Raz...ded/repo_IL.jpg first of many planned ongoing character study of iron warriors. i'll post some notes later on as i go, covering the various observed personality traits of Iron Warriors, from the conservative siege masters, to the wacky cult units, as well as the aspiring warsmiths. the guy he's clutching might either be a captured guardsmen, or possibly the disciplining of disobedient serf-soldier From the name of the file, I thought it would be an Iron Warrior "repossessing" someone's bionics. Maybe it's a dead guardsman, and the Warrior is stealing his powerfist or bionic arm for parts? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159776-wip-legions-of-chaos-artwork/#findComment-1908689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razrhaghul Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 oh that, no, the original file name was IronLord, this one was a repositioning of the original; hence repo_IL. interesting idea, though i'd imagine a human-scaled power fist would be little more than an exaggerated gauntlet for a marine. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159776-wip-legions-of-chaos-artwork/#findComment-1909098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razrhaghul Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 more refinement http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c232/Raz...divided/IL2.jpg i was stuck for what i wanted to do with the guys head, either slumped down, almost deadlike, or back and face in agony. now i think i'll simply remove it, with bloodied stump of a neck and blood staining the tattered and soon muddied uniform of his arm. i'll sample some of the yellows from the guys shoulder pad to use on the IW heraldry as it is a bit bright at the moment; and then remove the slaves shoulder pad, as it's too much armor for a slave. i was thinking of a more organic, mandible jaw (like predator) for the servo arm, and to have the man's severed head clutched within. gruesome i know, but in the grim dark future there is only - BLOOD For The BLOOD GOD! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159776-wip-legions-of-chaos-artwork/#findComment-1909281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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