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This full-colour book is packed with some of the very best pieces of fantasy art produced throughout Games Workshop's long and illustrious history. Focusing on the grim world of Warhammer, this landmark collection is a must for all fans of Games Workshop and fantasy art. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)741.64The arts Graphic arts and decorative arts Drawing & drawings Graphic design, illustration, commercial art Books and book jacketsRatingAverage:
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This is a big collection of artwork of the Old World from the 90s and early 2000s that really shows that Millennium shift to the big classical battle paintings aesthetic of 5th and 6th edition that are incredibly nostalgic for me from the mora unique and weird cartoony style of the 90s. Personally, I prefer the character of the bizarre old stuff, but the skill and dynamism on display in the landscapes filled with waves of Bretonnian Knights and hordes of Lizardmen Saurus with a delightful amphibian aspect cannot be denied. The former get my imagination going about individuals and their lives, while I get lost in the beauty and detail of the latter that takes me back to picking up boxes of the squat one piece and shield Chaos Warriors and the the Beastmen who, casting my mind back, kinda looked like they were about to launch into a pole dancing routine on their halberds...
Warhammer Fantasy was my first introduction to Warhammer, but 40K really stole my heart, and I might be biased, but I do think there is something more unique and fascinating in general about the art of the Dark Millennium. Regardless, the art of the Old World and the Realms is wonderful, and at least they can be accused of doing weird artwork and in store posters that are weird fascistic propaganda pieces, like some of the return of Guilliman stuff was. The old and the future settings always look better and themselves when they are more grimy and weird.
A phenemonal collection from a stable of absolutely brilliant artists. ( )