HereticMarine1 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Because that’s not actually the Emperor Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywire Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 I would say artistic license. Rather than being a literal representation, the artist has upscaled the Emperor in an attempt to better convey his divinity. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereticMarine1 Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 Ah yes, artistic licence by some 41st millennium imperial artist rather than reality, dunno why i didn't think of that. Malcador must have struggled if the throne was actually that big. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctus Cornix Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 That or it's supposed to be a statue. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sete Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Why are the crowds so small in this blanche pic? :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Centurion Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Like another buddy says, i asume its a statue an not the actual Emperator. The guy looking at us in the corner, masterpiece, normally we look at 40k, but this time, 40k its looking at us, and probably dont like what he see. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Mebbe those are some imperial munchkins. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARK0SIAN Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 The emperor could control the size at which he was perceived when alive, maybe he’s doing that here :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 The emperor is close, the crowds are far away. Dont ask how. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephaniah Adriyen Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Statue. The Emperor's yuge, but not that yuge. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereticMarine1 Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 The emperor could control the size at which he was perceived when alive, maybe he’s doing that here Don't very few people actually get to see the emperor though? bit of crowd. the chair is also massive. I like the explanation most that it is peace of art within the 40k universe, i like to think most blanche art is actually imperial artwork rather than depictions of actual events. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Why is their a skeleton jumping off his shoulder? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slitth Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Imperial propaganda Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARK0SIAN Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 The emperor could control the size at which he was perceived when alive, maybe he’s doing that here Don't very few people actually get to see the emperor though? bit of crowd. the chair is also massive. I like the explanation most that it is peace of art within the 40k universe, i like to think most blanche art is actually imperial artwork rather than depictions of actual events. Yeah, I’m only half serious :) Although in Master of Mankind, when people see the emperor on the throne it is told as a very unique/personal experience for each person so it’s possoble this visage is the artists version of their personal experience when seeing the emperor but will be totally different for everyone else. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 It's almost as if blanche art is more about giving a certain impression of a scene rather than an accurate depiction of the object. ^^ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrowmaster Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 The emperor is close, the crowds are far away. Dont ask how. I wasn't expecting "small/far away" on here Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryltar Thamior Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 To echo what others have said ... it's most likely a case of this being an exterior representation of The Emperor - rather like, in a certain sense, the Murti [or 'Temple Statue'] rather than *the* actual Emperor. Still useful for symbolic purposes; prayers and offerings made at it will still reach Him ...... but it'd be very surprising, I would have surmised, if The Emperor would *actually* have all that foot-traffic moving through in His immediate, august presence. The risk of somebody tripping over a power-cord would be ... worrying, for a start.Alternatively, it's a very very large death-masque equivalent, with the Emperor somewhere inside the gigantic sculpted Not-Quite-Dead Emperor exterior that houses Him. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereticMarine1 Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 The emperor is close, the crowds are far away. Dont ask how. I wasn't expecting "small/far away" on here Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Bearclaw Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 I like the explanation most that it is peace of art within the 40k universe, i like to think most blanche art is actually imperial artwork rather than depictions of actual events. IIRC they actually did this in the video game Vermintide 1 (Fantasy I know, not 40k, but the same principle). In one mission you go to a Wizard's mansion and there are a bunch of Blanche artworks hanging on the walls. The Witch Hunter character even comments that the artist was burned for heresy . Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
K0rtmer Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Ah yes, artistic licence by some 41st millennium imperial artist rather than reality, dunno why i didn't think of that. Malcador must have struggled if the throne was actually that big. To be fair, Malcador was struggling a lot. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of the Raven Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Exactly what sfPanzer wrote.John Blanche is an 'atmospheric' artist, so to speak. His drawings and paintings are meant to evoke precisely that, an atmosphere, to display the rotting majesty of the decaying Imperium of Mankind, the crazed faith of the ragged hordes that worship a corpse as though it held all the power of the universe in its skeleton hands, even as it writhes in agony under the shackles of a torture engine of its own making. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slitth Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 I have always treated the art from 40k to be make by "remembers" As such most of the art would probably be censure or influence from different agencies within the imperium. So the get this nice 'atmospheric' art, that seems to show the Emperor as large as a titan and with a more Mechanicum look. With would fit well with Imperial propaganda Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereticMarine1 Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 Ah yes, artistic licence by some 41st millennium imperial artist rather than reality, dunno why i didn't think of that. Malcador must have struggled if the throne was actually that big. To be fair, Malcador was struggling a lot. Is that because he couldn't take toilet breaks while on the golden throne? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5346826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Yeah, I think digging into this as though it necessarily represents something in the 40k universe rather than being a non-literal work meant to convey atmosphere and feel is maybe not a mistake - it would be a cool statue - but rather missing the point. I like the explanation most that it is peace of art within the 40k universe, i like to think most blanche art is actually imperial artwork rather than depictions of actual events. IIRC they actually did this in the video game Vermintide 1 (Fantasy I know, not 40k, but the same principle). In one mission you go to a Wizard's mansion and there are a bunch of Blanche artworks hanging on the walls. The Witch Hunter character even comments that the artist was burned for heresy . Johann the White! He featured in Liber Chaotica too, where you see the increasingly, well, Blanchian works that get him burned at the stake. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357133-why-is-the-emperor-so-huge-in-this-blanche-pic/#findComment-5347935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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