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Published: 2016-03-16 21:52:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 37380; Favourites: 1617; Downloads: 0
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Failed games workshop art test, but still pretty fun to paint space marines... Definitely gonna try more 40k stuff in the future
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Nice work and nothing wrong with the style, seen plenty of different ones across GW's stuff and some are quite unusual.
I'd hope they gave some indication as to what the issue or issues were, but if I were guessing, and I am, it may be less ability than scene?Β Judging by the orks position and reaction, the old boy in blue there kinda looks as if he literally popped out of thin air among them as they sat around.Β Even teleporting in would give them more warning than they seem to have mustered.
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Yea it could be that. Never really thought about the logic of the scene when i made this so i'm paying a little more attention to the story when i make these kind of scenes now
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It's a bit poor form if GW didn't indicate why they passed on your work, how are you supposed to address what GW thinks is wrong if you don't know what it is?
Anyhoo, glad to be of any small assistance and best of luck with any future submissions.
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Oh, yea they did tell me why they passed on my work. Mostly it was a clash of artstyle. I'll work at it and get in eventually
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It probably failed because the pauldrons are not big enough. I mean, your character still has peripheral vision? Do you even Spehss Mehreen bro?
Seriously now though, this is a very nice piece. Favorited.
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haha thanks man. Yea i dont think i spehss mehreen'ed hard enough on this piece
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the title is inappropriate, you're fighting orks, not cultist
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ANYTHING THAT DEFIES THE EMPERORS GLORY IS HERESY! This just happens to be the foul Xenos flavor of heresy.
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i though you know that game workshop are dicks in the first place, example: craft world eldar 7th edi (or 7th edition in general), Matt Ward and his grey knights, removing DE characters in 7th, etc. And don't get me started on SOB (they still at 5th?)
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your paint style is awesome mate. I'm no expert, but to be honest i find when things are too polished and finished it takes a lot of the character away from the piece. keep it rough i say!!
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thanks! yea i feel like things that look a little too perfect usually dont have much 'soul' to them. doesnt mean i dont want to have a little more polish to my work though 
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This + "Failed" = heresy
GW is probably infiltrated by lacrymoles and chaos trying to censored the emprah's glory
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Failed? GW must just be yanking the chains now. Β
I'm imagining how old he must really be, to look mid 60's. Β 
LIke your execution of said orks as well! Β
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Thanks! haha im trying to not let it get to me. Maybe i'll pass next year. But yea, old space marines are the best!Β
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How does one go about submitting artwork to GW? Just curious.
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They have an email dedicated to freelance submissions on their job listings page that puts you into contact with the art team
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ALL HAIL THE EMPEROR, BURN ALL THE HERETICS, EXTERMINATUS ( in english, it is exterminate, thus making humans no different than the daleks, another genocidal race)
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And now I'm having images of Adeptus Mechanicus finding an STC of salt-shaker-shaped infantry power-suits and outfitting a good deal of the Imperial Guard with them. The suits are called Daltonian Armatures of Extermination (named after John Dalton in relation to his work on atomic theory and the tiny nuclear reactors that power the suits). So, of course, the Guardsmen shorten the name to "Dal-X", which gets corrupted into "Daleks". Oh, and the Mechanicus is wary of altering the designs in STCs, so they leave the part where the weapons only work when the operator of the suit yells "EXTERMINATE" at regular intervals, which ends up being rough on the operators' throats. Flash-forward a couple of millennia and a couple of freak warp-storms, and a bunch of horribly mutated Dalek Guardsmen end up in a brand new universe, having completely lost their sense of humanity but gained greatly increased intellect. All that remains of their former culture are a few cheerful Imperial teachings such as: "The Emperor asks only that you hate", "The dissident invites only retribution", "Suffer not the xenos to live", "Kill the alien, burn the heretic, purge the unclean", "To admit defeat is to blaspheme against the Emperor", etc. They no longer remember who this "Emperor" is but think of him as the source of all wisdom. Eventually they get in a big fight with the Time Lords.
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This looks soo good though! :0 Sad to hear it didn't make it in, was it because it's kind of another style than most Warhammer illustrations?
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Yea it was more because my style was a little more messy and painterly than they wouldve liked
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I dunno, I think this would look fantastic hanging in a hall somewhere on Ultramar.
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Yeah, that makes sense ^_^ Still, really cool and keep doing your thing!
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well i have to say that this is probably the first time that i see a combination of these 3 ages or styles all in a single character,
which if i haven't missed anything are as follows : skeletons and light above or around the head and the falcon along with the spell or magic signs are for occult
heavy steel armor and the sword is for the iron age
and the gun, the pipes and grenades is for a futuristic age perhaps or maybe even bio tech or robots
and that just makes this art piece amazing.
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woah, you just got me to look at this from the point of view of someone who doesnt know what Warhammer 40k is. damn, I havent appreciated 40k art like this in a long long time.
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ive been hearing alot about this warhammer game maybe i should try it out
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OMG! Amazing warhammer 40k art work dude, the ultramarine looks badass, congratulations!
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Honestly this is way better than a lot of book covers from official GW books. You got the "grim dark future" really well, specially with all that dirt.
But who am I to judge their judgment, lol. Just keep doing the awesome stuff you always do man, you are a great inspiration to me and a lot of people out there.
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thanks man! i must say though, their recent covers are pretty badass though
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If i can give my personal opinion and then recieve my beating from the comments. yeah if i compare this to other art of the game it looks dirty. Really wish i could actually know what exactly is wrong since i draw with freaking crayola, just wanted to find some way to help you. Love your work and if there's anything that I could do to help you improve I'll do it. Good luck with futur attemps.
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no worries man, i value everyones opinion. Yea being a long time fan of warhammer i can definitely see how GW's critique is justified so hopefully i can get it next time
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He really looks like he doesn't want to deal with this shit anymore. A short break to reload and get a better grip on the sword before slaying the rest of the mob... awesome piece!
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They turn you down?! This is a great piece, I would love to see artwork like this in one of my CodexsΒ
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He looks so casual, like he's barely even acknowledging the orks. "Brothers, the Codex Astartes dictates that we-" "WAAAA-!" BLAM! "Don't interrupt."
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Excellent Ultramarine, and, do not, listen to the heretics. Β Β
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Overloard. Quite the good show i would love to see the second season.
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haha when i settle in an office somewhere i'll consider it
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More 40K you say? I've been waiting this day for far too long....
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Looks totally awesome, clearly they didn't deserve you !
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Follow the lord of change for the greater good...
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You failed the GW art test?Β
They really do have utterly no idea how to Life.
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haha i respect their choice, so hopefully i'll do better next time
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Not bad. My sister pointed me to this, I like.
Nice work surviving so long SMurf
Sorry, had to say it...
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