



The subject of this piece, as is common with my commission and specialy those that have been long in the pipeline, is the Dark Millenium of Warhammer 40,000. Specifically, some of the Word Bearers Chaos Legion's most infamous members: Marduk, first acolyte to Jarulek , later becoming a Dark Apostle upon his master’s death; Commander Kol Badar and Burias Drak'Shal,



What to say of this piece, besides its scope? It may not seem like a huge size for those working in the comic field, but it is when you consider the level of detail put into the work. This illustration went through a permutation of changes until we got the characters just right and all was in place to cuase themost impact, which is why I intentionally left the background a bit vague; I wanted the focus to be completely on the characters that, with their ornate artificer armours, would be enough for the eyes to enjoy.

I particularly like the faces in this piece as well as the range of colors I managed to introduce to the different armors to make them stand out even more for each character. Marduk's fresh red stands him out from the bunch and moves him even closer to the camera, whilst Kol Badar's bulky, rusty one asserts his ancient status and experience. On Burias, I went all out daemonic, adding -incidentally- a warp presence hovering above him, which I love the textures of. His armor is more like clotted blood, darker and deeper.



So, I'm very proud of this piece and I always like to see how my evolution in lighting and other aspects of painting can improve a sketch that was old to begin with.



I hope all of my Warhammer 40,000 have a blast and those who aren't like this image too. Let me know what you think as usual and I'll go do something small for a change



See you tomorrow.



Nic.-



Icon Bearer for the 34th Host. All three belonging to the Word Bearer's trilogy by © Games Workshop Ltd. 2016

11.7 x 16.5 to be more precise.The subject of this piece, as is common with my commission and specialy those that have been long in the pipeline, is the Dark Millenium of. Specifically, some of theChaos Legion's most infamous members:

Happy Wednesday, folks!We'll be taking a small detour from the usual warm-ups to show you all yet another completed commission that's taken way too long to be delivered. Luckily though, the client's patience on top of my always absolute best effort to bring as much into the piece as possible has made this image yet another success for him and I.And when I say "small detour", I'm understating; this illustration belongs to the highest tiers of my commission canvas size offerings, being drawn and painted on an A3 paper,