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Published: 2004-07-02 01:59:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 9578; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 2577
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"For the Emperor and Sanguinius! Bring death to the aliens!" - Chaplain Lemartes, guardian of the lost.Its finally finished 19 days after I started. This took a total of 20 hours on and off over these last few weeks and Im immensly proud of the atmosphere Ive created in this.
In Order:
5 hours on the center chap (Chaplain Lemartes)
3 hours on the chap on the right.
4 hours on the chap on the left.
4 hours on the Building.
4 hours on the star field and planets.
This makes it the longest Ive ever spent on a single image by 5 fold.
The referances I used was a photo of some run down gothic church in Europe. [link]
And the characters are based on my own minitures.
Shame that compressing it and saving as a Jpeg blurrs all the stars, they look quite good at full resolution.
Origional painting is A3 size, the *.psd file is 335mg and there are too many layers to count. It takes about 10 mins just to save.
For those of you who dont recognise the characters, they are Space marines from the GamesWorkshop 40k universe. These guys are members of an elite group of insane fanatics who wish to die on the battle field no matter what. They are part of the Blood Angel chapter.
Photoshop CS - 20hours
Paintbrush and smudge tool for the most part.
I need to work on my planets.
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hah, thanks for scrounging through my gallery
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AWESOME! All that hard work really payed off, Blood Angels and Death Company rule!
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good. only one thing. torso on third marine looks too big, or atleast too big for lower half. Really good , though. much improvement since the chaplian by himself. Necrons could render them as dangerous as a kitten, though.
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I haven't played since v3 of the rules were released, I haven't looked at the new codexes or anything. But when I did play in ed2, he used to rock everything. Always used to be my mainstay of my force.
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Waesome Death Company man...I like the Priest guy in particular. Not Techpreist...gosh I forgot what theyre called in the Dark Angels...
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The main guy is a Blood Angel character named Chaplain lemartes. Chaplains do have a special name in the Blood Angels... but I've forgotten it too
Glad you like it.
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im sure ive already commented on this
But anyways.....
Like the colors and the kind of twilight feelling to it
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Oh, whoops, haha
Thanks anyway
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Wooo~ This ish really cool! Like the layout and the colors. ^_^
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omg, looks so scary O_O;;;; but excellently done! I love it! ^___^! green glowing eyes look scary >_👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thats the idea
Glad you like it.
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Cool. My housemate has alot of death company. They cant quite stand up to all my battle cannons though. i play an armoured company
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Damn IG, very annoying to play against an amoured company need a whole heap of cover to be able to win. Things like a callidus assasin also helps immensly, tell your friend to invest in one.
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I saw your post in the ThumbShare Forum and thought I'd comment.
Ah, another person who likes Games workshop's games.
I was intrigued when I first saw this and read the description, 20 hours, that's an awful lot of work and I must say it certainly shows.
Still if I might make a few suggestions for consideration?
The guy on the far left seems to be floating, now I acknowledge that he's probably using his boosters but it doesn't look like it here, you might have been better putting him on something solid like the guy in the middle.
I would have avoided using a green planet in the background, it's rather saturated and draws the eye towards it pulling the focus off the commandos, perhaps they could have benefited from more saturated colors themselves?
I love the ruined church it looks nice and solid, and the star scape is well done, though with how clear the sky is, I would have liked to see some nebula as well, it's obvious you have the skills to do that from the ground fog.
Nice composition on the guys, they work well as a group and the glowing staff is very well done though I would have considered having it highlight some of their armour.
I hope my critique helps you.
~Subversive-imaginati of the Critiquers~
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Thanks for the great comment and critique!
I had never thought before now about the effect the green planet had on things, but I understand you entirely, it does seem to dtract the eyes. I think my goal in making it green was to supplement his eye's green glow as to not make it look out of place. But I think your right.
Nebulae, hmm good idea. It was my very first star field, so I diddnt really think too much about it.
Yup, more highlighting on their armour is the most common critique Ive got, and I agree. Origionally there was more highlight, but when I added lighting effects to the entire picture, they seem to have got lost.
Thanks alot
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Whooti Tooti Pooti!!!, eh. thats all i can think of cept its amazing and... Death to the False Emperor
Yes, i loke Chaos.... a lot.....
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Yeah, I like fighting on the 'good' side in anything I do, but I still like the idea of being completely insane, so hence I play Blood Angels
They are really just Khorne followers in denial, heh.
Glad you like it.
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Ahhh, cant not love it, its amazing!
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Hey! Thanks heaps for the fav! Glad you like it
Just out of interest, did you hear of this from *thedarkbanditking ?
Just seems odd to get 2 favs in one day 
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Indeed i did, i was looking on his page and i say it under faves, im glad i did check it out
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WOW!! I love this. Warhammer is cool so I think this is awesome. I like the colour choices you made and the action look's good. Exellent work overall in my opinion.
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Hey, thanks alot! 
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This is awesome. The time you spent on it is obvious in it's quality.
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Great pic man now make some more with completly original charecters patent them and send them off to gameing companies and say hey need some villians???
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hah, each time I do that, they steal the idea before I get the chance
Glad you like it.
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wooow this is great work - thanks for visiting
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i find a VERY serious challenger for the Contest! you're art is simply wonderful!!
i also put an entrie but i think you can have my vote!!
the light effect on the chaplain and on the planet are great!!
really wonderfull!!
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heh, cheers mate
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Very cool. I was a fan of the Dark Angels myself
I really like the armour especially the shoulder-plates. They look awesome!
Well Done.
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ehhh, Darkangles rely on vehicles and their armour too much, too much luck involved in a game.
Thanks for the comment, glad you like it.
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a lot of time with this one!! It looks really good, the shadow are awesome and there are lot of details!!
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Awesome! This one is very sweet... the attention to detail and coloring make this piece stand WAY out among the thousands here at DevArt
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you put a lot of work in this pic and you can see that. Nice work, I think all that hard work is paid off with the favs an the comments (also my comment
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First of all 
THIS KICKS ASS!!!
I salute you for your long hard work and the wonderful piece of art you've created from that work.
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Hey! thanks alot, really appreciated!
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Very nice. All that time and effort was really really worth it. This is so good. Such great detail and colouring. Gosh its freakin awesome. Very nice.
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Glad you like it
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Glad you like it
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