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ratgrrrl's review
adventurous
dark
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
This is a truly breathtaking collection of that covers a number of Warhammer epochs, from the gloriously bizarre and bulbous early days of Warhammer 40K through numerous editions and iterations of Warhammer Fantasy and 40K.
Regardless of medium or colour, Smith's work oozes drama, tension, action, and menace (and with some of the Nurgle images it feels like the pages themselves are oozing Grandfather knows what. The details, density, and atmosphere are absolutely breathtaking. If Blanche is the imaginary skeleton and fever dream imagineer of Warhammer, Smith is the foetid meat on its bones and profane portrait master.
I might actually feel more giddy as an old lady paging though this than I did as a wee bairn when I first saw it, especially with the waves of nostalgia from army book, codices, and novel covers, box art from the models, and more from all over the years.
John Blanche, Adrian Smith, and Clint Langley have always been my Chaos Godhead of Warhammer art and this book a powerful testament. Smith's rendition of the Vengeful Spirit's strategium with Horus and the Emperor facing off over the broken body of Sanguinius is as exquisite as it is iconic.
I can't recommend it more strenuously for anyone who wants to Baskin the awful majesty and marinate in the charnel stew of the Old World and Dark Millennium.
Regardless of medium or colour, Smith's work oozes drama, tension, action, and menace (and with some of the Nurgle images it feels like the pages themselves are oozing Grandfather knows what. The details, density, and atmosphere are absolutely breathtaking. If Blanche is the imaginary skeleton and fever dream imagineer of Warhammer, Smith is the foetid meat on its bones and profane portrait master.
I might actually feel more giddy as an old lady paging though this than I did as a wee bairn when I first saw it, especially with the waves of nostalgia from army book, codices, and novel covers, box art from the models, and more from all over the years.
John Blanche, Adrian Smith, and Clint Langley have always been my Chaos Godhead of Warhammer art and this book a powerful testament. Smith's rendition of the Vengeful Spirit's strategium with Horus and the Emperor facing off over the broken body of Sanguinius is as exquisite as it is iconic.
I can't recommend it more strenuously for anyone who wants to Baskin the awful majesty and marinate in the charnel stew of the Old World and Dark Millennium.
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