Aerion the Faithful Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Hello brothers... It's been certainly long since my last update here and I truly hope you haven't forgotten this fellow. I've been very busy with lots of artwork, particularly concerning the Dark Millenium, but none of them I deemed epic enough to post here. This one, however, I think is somewhat up to the standard I'd expect here on the B&C. http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d61/aerion_the_faithful/TheBattleofEvermore.jpg This illustration is exactly A3 in size, which is more or less two times the size I regularly work with. It took me four days to get this one finished, but I think it was worth it. The characters are requests by the client, based upon a game he played in which his two Captains (The Utramarine and Salamander veterans) managed to obliterate the Ork Warboss Krabs and his ride "Matilda". Of course, before that, Krabs had already beaten a powerful Grey Knights dreadnought, which you see in the background. The landscape is as usual, a torn city, because if I remember correctly they were playing a bit of Cityfight (don't quote me on that, though). Besides the obvious challenge of rendering such an oversized piece, i also found myself trying to get certain details right, like the armour colour of the Ultramarine as well as the skin tone of the Salamander. I'm working on Vulkan right now and I've tried to ammend the big schism about the Chapter's heritage by acknowledging them as african in features, but with the jet black skin quoted in the 5th Ed. rulebook. What do you think? So, as usual C&C are most welcome and I hope this helps bring me back rom the dead a bit, before diving right into the Primarchs again. Until soon! Aerion.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midas Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 You have no need to worry about not coming back with a bang with something like that! Nice Job as always! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legio Draconis Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Very nice. My only slight criticism is the black of the salamander face looks like a mask instead of skin. It must be a pain trying to get that ever changing skin of the sallies done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GI Joker Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Freakin' epic, as always. only minor nit pick is the sallie's face. It is hard to pick out the features, but it may be my monitor here at work. That is tough anyhow now that the Salamanders are drow. Aside from that one (very) minor quibble, awesome work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Kaelgrim Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Very nice. I always like your renditions Aerion, as evidenced by the Eisenhorn picture I'm using as my background. Any chance we will see some grey knights soon? (Really love the Primarchs btw, I can't help but think of your Ferrus Manus anytime I think of the character) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Runner Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Nice piece. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onipunk Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Astounding piece, mate. I really like your style. Would I be right in uessing that Mike Mignola was an influence of yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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