Imperial Robot #2 (Art Monday)

 This is the second illustration intended for an article on Imperial Robots.  We were going to update the old Rogue Trader era program rules to work with Warhammer 40,000 Second Edition, but I don't think we ever wrote any rules prior to us deciding not to go forward with the publication of our fanzine (BMQ). 

Like the other one, this was a simple drawing, but I had a few liberties with updating the weapons to fit with those of the time. I am sure that the hammer arm was based off of the one that the Pit Slaves in  Necromunda could have. I think the crackling electricity still holds up well so I like this one more than it's companion.

And the bolter was straight off of the plastic Space Marine one from the time as well. I get a kick out of the exhaust pipe coming out of his back. The idea that this robot is burning some kind of fuel was interesting to me at the time. Imagine if it ran out of fuel mid game. Or imagine if it's fuel could explode! 

It would take another 20 years for the robots to return with the launch of the Adeptus Mechanicus range, and I think the newer models are amazing. But the old clunky ones will always have a nostalgic charm to me. 

Imperial Robot #1 (Art Monday)

 Sorry about the pause in Art Mondays, but I have returned with more BMQ art. This one was for a Imperial Robots article we were going to do. At the time Warhammer 40,000 was in it's second edition and the old Imperial Robots were simply gone from the game. Maybe if GW had ever gotten around to producing Adeptus Mechanicus miniatures and rules at this time just maybe we would've gotten updated robots back then. Maybe? I think what was eventually produced was ultimately worth the wait, but one can't help but imagined what we would've gotten back then or what their rules would've been like.

Trevor and I liked those original program rules from the Rogue Trader era and had worked up a simplified version for 2nd edition. This imagine (this is one of a pair) was for that article. I forget the name of the robot this is supposed to represent but I think I was trying to give it an auto-cannon to resemble the one from the original plastic Predator tank. It looked cool at the time anyway...