Just when I thought I had featured all of my Squat art I realize I overlooked this one. Weird, because it's one of my favorites. This one is unpublished but I think it's possible it may have appeared on this blog as part of some other post. I dunno. Anyway, here he is!
It's Monday, and here's some old art of mine. This one was published in Inquisitor Magazine #15 for their Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition army list. He was featured on the Wargear Cards page.
This is one of my favorites from the bunch even though it comes off as a bit cartoony, I dig the action and it's vibe still to this today.
Welcome back to Art Monday.
This is another Squat image that was published in Inquisitor Magazine #15 for their Squat army list issue. This one was featured in the front of the article. I was fairly pleased with it. The pose of this guy is similar to the classic pose of the White Dwarf from White Dwarf #90.
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| Ye Goode Olde days. |
Now, I didn't have this image as reference, as I have never owned this issue, but I remembered it fondly. If I had, the right hand on my image might've been a bit less awkward in the final execution. But I do have the plastic Heroquest Dwarf which was based off of the WD #90 cover.
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| Heroquest Dwarf. (Image snatched from Redit.) |
Anyway I think I captured the vibe of it. My guy's power axe was based on the traditional Rogue Trader era design that I think is very interesting and fun to draw. Heck, all of the Squat drawings were fun to do, they are a very enjoyable range of miniatures to draw and it is a total shame that they were abandoned the way they were.
It's Art Monday time again.
Greetings, sorry about missing Art Monday these past few weeks, life* happens. Anyway, here's a piece I got kick out of creating way back in the mid '90s.
I love a good action scene and I really wanted to show an Eldar Harlequin in action. This was submitted to Inquisitor Magazine but was not used. Despite my liking of the figures in it, I think the piece doesn't work how I hoped it would have. I blame the holofield effect I was going for and the lack of contrast on the image. If I were to take another stab at this I would probably half-tone the bricks in the background to help the foreground characters 'pop'. I think Tim at Inquisitor Magazine saw this too when he passed it by. Or maybe he thought it was too violent?
I started in this hobby back in '89 and the Harlequins only had the list that appeared in White Dwarf (#105?). And in that edition they were combat monsters and a single one was definitely capable of wading through a unit of Squats with little fear of them. They were nerfed in 2nd edition and marginalized in every edition after that until they became a true army in 7th Edition. But I fondly remember their formative years, and I hope this piece captures an aspect of that time.
*My 2nd child was born on 11/28; it's been a busy past few weeks!
Good day to you!
Here's another unpublished Squat. Pretty simple portrait really but I dig the vibe of this one. It's like I can imagine he has seen things he can't unsee, scarred for life and forever reliving the horrors of war but forced to go and repeat them again and again in the endless battlefields of the 41st millennium. Or maybe he's just cranky?
I can tell I was going for a vibe with this one more than accuracy. Looking back on these images, I can tell I was trying to find a style.
Greetings, and welcome back to another Art Monday. Here is another unpublished Squat piece. This one was done for Inquisitor Magazine back in the mid-'90s for their Squat army list issue. It was rejected due to being overly violent. In hindsight, yeah, I could've toned it down a bit. But was it really any more violent than some of the stuff in Realm Of Chaos: Lost And The Damned? Debatable. Yet I understood the decision. It was a bit of a bummer as it was one of favorites from the bunch.
The Tzeentchian Greater Daemon was based off of one of the original Rogue Trader-era miniatures of the Changer Of Ways as it was also still the current miniature at that time. GW would eventually settle on the name Lord Of Change for this beastie also. They couldn't think of a new name for the Squats however, so they would be left behind to die a dishonorable death by neglect...
This was a piece done for, but rejected by, Inquisitor Magazine back in the late '90s. This was intended for their Squat army list issue. Here we have an old school, Rogue Trader era, Imperial Guardsmen/Officer reacting to having some of the Guard's assets blown up. And being blown up by a Squat Blimp. It was an actual model in the Epic range called the Overlord Airship. I think I dreamt that GW would make a 40k version of one someday, you know, before they set all of our dreams on fire by essentially deleting the Squats altogether.
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Welcome back to Art Mondays. Sorry I skipped a bit this month, it's been a manic time. But anyway, here's one you might have possibly seen before: The Last Stand. It's a lone Squat gunner blasting away the nid horde that is attacking him. Note that limited ammunition... also note the mountain of spent shells behind him!
I still think it's an interesting piece. I remember inking this with pen and croquil.
This has been published before, in Inquisitor Magazine #15. It appeared on the contents page of that issue to showcase the massive 2nd edition Squat army list within it. I did a few pieces of art for this issue, all of which Squat themed. Only a few pieces I did were used, some of the unpublished ones will appear here soon.
