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I know, I know...

This isn't anything remotely close to the Little Red Riding Hood (which, by the way, is winning the Poll I posted recently and will be the subject of an upcoming illustration!), but I couldn't wait to get this one posted.

Many of you have been waiting for me to come back to the Dark Millenium and checking my Gallery, I realised that it had been indeed a lil' long since my last post regarding the grim far future.
However, I'm nowhere near as far from it as you'd think, but rather working on projects that I couldn't fully disclose until I'd finished them and the clients were satisfied. Such is the case with this commission.

I personally loved working on this piece because it threw at me a challenge that I felt was very exciting: to show The Emperor and Horus, The Warmaster, working side by side in the early days of the glory of the Impeium, while the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet was still a loyalist defender -and enforcer!- of the Imperial Truth.
There's lots of details to take in here: there's well-known characters the client requested to have (Cpt. Loken from "Horus Rising" and a previous illustration you'll surely remember from me) as well as a composition and atmosphere that create a very interesting and yet unseen aspect of these legendary warriors.
I think after seeing so many imagery of father and son fighting their last battle against one another, it's definitely original and a pleasure for me to tackle the first piece of artwork depicting their actual involvement in helping mankind out of the darkness together.
I particularly enjoy one thing above all: I like the way Horus is taking the lead in this operation and The Emperor is sort of agreeing with his Son, taking on a more soldier-like role, which I think emphasises the fact that he didn't want to be seen as a deity and had no problem stepping aside and confidently take in his Son's advice.

So, again, I hope you enjoy this return to Warhammer 40,000 and let me know what you think as usual!

Until soon and have a great weekend in case I don't see you before that!

Nic.-

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Mood: Love ~Heilelbs Feb 6, 2013   General Artist
Interesting "perspective" - i tip, that is about Importance and Spiritual greatness of persons... Like in old Egypt, Mesopotamic and so on?

ABsolutely fantastic work with Markers - do You use Copics or...? Thank you so much for advice.

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~pepea Jan 27, 2013
Loken :(
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:iconmacknightabcd:
~MacKnightABCD Dec 6, 2012
Love this picture, but I DO find one thing i do not agree with here...
Why the hell is the emperor made like a bloody giant? He was a human with Über psychic powers, but he wasent a giant :S
Hes just over 2 m tall from most accounts.
Seriously, he does not tower over the primarchs.
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~zibzero777 Nov 20, 2012
I wish all of his primarch were alive and loyal! Great Pic also!
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:iconusdreadnaught92:
Mood: Wow! ~USdreadnaught92 Nov 20, 2012
wow I had never considered the size differences of the generations. It well depicts how much more powerful each predecessor is.

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:iconmeacharn:
~Meacharn Nov 8, 2012  Hobbyist
Horus: hay could you do me a favor?

Loken: sure.

Horus: scratch my nose for me, i can't reach it in this armor.
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~Populus13 Oct 25, 2012
Spectacular!
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:iconlordhellstrom:
~LordHellstrom Oct 12, 2012
where they that big
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:iconmarconoel:
Mood: Wow! ~marconoel Jun 19, 2012
I absolutely love this masterpiece with Garviel Loken, Horus and the Emperor... I have this pic in color right above my workstation... very inspiring!
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~brecklez Apr 24, 2012
I love the imposing size of the Emperor.
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