Sunday, 22 December 2013

Terra was not created in order to disappear - Terra will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom. Ancient Terran War Chieftain.  ++++++++++++++++++++ A commissioned piece for a much larger force of Custodes...

Monday, 16 December 2013

Of the primeval Priests assum'd power,When Eternals spurn'd back his religion;And gave him a place in the north,Obscure, shadowy, void, solitary.Eternals I hear your call gladly,Dictate swift winged words, & fear notTo unfold your dark visions of torment. The First Book Of Urizen, William Blake. [Pict Capture] Lorgar contemplation within the Holy of Holies,...

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

General. Liberator. Conquerer. First Son of the Imperium. Horus Lupercal.  (From right to left) Ezekyle Abaddon, Horus Lupercal, Garviel Loken, Torgeddon.  The Truimph of Ullanor This pict capture (recovered from a routine data sweep of Imperial records, Terra) shows the Heretical Primarch Horus leading his forces at Ullanor. The Ullanor Crusade marked...

Sunday, 8 December 2013

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Friday, 6 December 2013

The Eagle & The Serpent An Eagle swooped down upon a Serpent and seized it in his talons with the intention of carrying it off and devouring it. But the Serpent was too quick for him and had its coils round him in a moment; and then there ensued a life-and-death struggle between the two. A countryman, who was a witness of the encounter, came to the assistance of the eagle,...

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

“I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way.”  Robert Louis Stevenson. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde +++++++++++++++++  Phew...what a piece. This felt more like a battle than a painting exercise. This was a difficult piece to attempt - not only are both miniatures exceptionally...

Friday, 29 November 2013

“I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 60,000 years ago.”   Intimations on Perfection, unpublished treatise. Author Unknown. Fulgrim's character is one of intense darkness and light. On the one hand...