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Tome of Corruption by *RalphHorsley:iconRalphHorsley:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Fantasy

©2007-2009 *RalphHorsley
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WFRP; Tome of Corruption.

Acrylic. 25" x 15"

This painting was commissioned by Games Workshop for the cover of this Warhammer Fantasy Role Play supplement.

Original artwork for sale; UK£1250.

It shows Slaneesh cultists summoning up a Daemonette. Each cultist is meant to show a different aspect of the Chaos God.

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~Sheblackdragon Mar 8, 2007, 7:43:50 AM
Again brilliant! How long did it take you to do this? I love the dark cult feel and there is so much fab detail to look at. Its one of thoughs paintings you could keep coming back to look at and seeing something else in the detail that you missed before brilliant! :)
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*RalphHorsley Mar 8, 2007, 8:24:18 AM
This was a companion piece to Realms of Sorcery - it is meant to be the same place but some time later. One of the characters appears in both images.

It took several days to sketch and about 7-10 days to paint, probably a fortnight all in.

I do like to reward viewers coming back for repeat looks. Hopefully there is the initial punch then your eye can get to wander a bit more and seek things out.
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~MoNyOh Mar 8, 2007, 10:23:16 AM
now this is gorgeus :faint:
7-10 days to paint it!! wow!!

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"Good artists are the crappy artists that never gave up."
-Frzdragon.
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*rachaelm5 Mar 8, 2007, 10:33:07 AM
I don't think I've seen many people use this particularly cool, sharp violet as a unifying color. It works superbly in this painting. I really like that daemonette as the center of attention. Such a wicked grin! :D

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"What we do in life echoes in eternity." -Maximus
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~Yami-Tsuki Mar 8, 2007, 10:51:42 AM
i see evil stuff happening XD i see also evil people in there O__o (sharp am i? XD) kidding ^^
i love the purple colour palette! amazing pic!
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*RalphHorsley Mar 8, 2007, 11:14:44 AM
It turned out to be a lot more limited palette than i initially intended. It is also unusual for me to use so much purple - but suits the evilness :)
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*RalphHorsley Mar 8, 2007, 11:17:01 AM
Yes, it was a n unusual colour palette for me too. Glad you feel it works.
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*RalphHorsley Mar 8, 2007, 11:19:59 AM
Thanks. That is a long time for me. Plus my work days are often about 10 hours long.
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~Sheblackdragon Mar 8, 2007, 12:41:35 PM
You compleated this painting really quickly considering the amount of detail and dedication you put into it! I love being able to look deep into a painting and keep seeing something new. :floating:
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*RalphHorsley Mar 8, 2007, 2:11:11 PM
Painting with such a limited palette helped the speed side and some of the image is quite loose in places (intentionally of course ;) )
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