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The Sketch process for this piece was very extensive and rather arduous, but not in a bad way. I was originally dreading it, being very unsure about the overall result and if it was going to turn up ok, and a long list of etceteras that I’d rather skip for you guys.  
In the end, I was super glad this was a commission because otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to finish it. Towards the end I entered in what I call “scribbling myself ‘til I die” stage, where all I do is scribble details here and there in an attempt to reach that so miscalled “perfection”. I have to internalize that, once the shading of a piece is set, there’s little that can be done to fix whatever mistakes have been left behind in prior steps.
 
It was a fun and rather introspective piece to work on, and in the process I’ve polished a couple of tricks here and there, which means I’ve gotten a little bit better at being a filthy cheater and a total hack, hehehehe.
 
I’ve been sharing the WiPs for this piece over the past couple of days, so if you want a more detailed look at the process you can check the older posts on my Tumblr blog.

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@chaotic-7
Oh the beardy types have shrieking about that at least once per edition, it’s just that this go-round they’re even more unhappy because Warhammer is ‘cool’ for once combined with the fact that GW can’t -or won’t- balance their stuff for beans, so now the active players need new edition books and models at a pace that is starting to rival MTG blocks. The dork side will exact a high price, sooner or later.
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@chaotic-7  
That’s exactly what they were going for with Grey Knights; uber-paladins so powerful and incorruptible that Chaos itself quails at their presence. And yes, the good ol’ Deldar do draw inspiration from the Cenobites, among other things.
 
Sorry to butt in again, fellas, I just like to talk about 40k somewhere that isn’t so…hostile.
chaotic-7

@Communist Starlight  
I think they were trying to go with a style that was reminiscent of the traditional paladins of old when Games Workshop first introduced them.  
Speaking of factions though, is it me or do the Dark Eldar (or Drukahri) look like something from the Hellraiser serires, y’know the Cennobites?
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@chaotic-7  
Oh yeah, they die so fast, but if you manage to rush them across the board into melee range they destroy anything and everything, even with just the basic boyz.  
Rolling high is pretty much necesary, so re-rolls are a blessing.
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@Nittany Discord  
I’ve seen it too. Hard to beleive it was all done by one guy. But yeah, they just released the first issue last month, I only know that because I saw issue 2 this month on the stands at my local comic shop. And yes they do cater to Warhammer fans both 40k and fantasy. I don’t visit as often as I like mostly because 1. my work schedule and 2. because I could just spend HOURS reading omnibuses and graphic novels.
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@chaotic-7  
I was lucky to be able to afford the tabletop. I also don’t think you can compare the games to the main tabletop because the main tabletop plays differently than many of the games.
 
I haven’t seen the Marvel comic, but I have seen the Astartes series, which I feel really encapsulates what space marines are like.
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@Nittany Discord  
Your at least able to afford tabletop though, the closest I’ve gotten to Warhammer is just the videogames I dont regret it either, it’s just that I know some poeople out there consider those a pale comparison to the real thing. Also have seen the 40k comic from Marvel? It looks really well drawn and I feel it captivates what battles in 40k are like.
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@chaotic-7  
Yeah. I don’t hate the Ultrasmurfs, and I love the scale of 40k. I also just started with the faction I love and I don’t regret it despite Tyranids being one of the more expensive factions to collect (and I get a lot of used models to save money there). I think it’s more fun to play a faction that you love than to play a meta faction that you’re not really into.
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Me personaly, I got no bias against the Ultra’s; I mean they did give us 40k Space Marine which I might add showed people what all Space Marines are actually capable of in terms of physical abilities. It’s funny too because for the longest time I thought 40k space marines were just a bunch of dudes in suped up power armor kinda like the Brotherhood of Steel from Fallout lore, but then I started to get into the lore and I was like holy nut-balls! These guys are insane! And these guy’s are basically “genetic copies” of their big daddy Primarchs?!?! (I know they aren’t clones and that they carry the genetic makeup of their Primarchs known as the gene-seed) Not to mention they utilize the most brutally overkill hardware around like the Bolter. A weapon that shoots explosive bullets that are the size of a 20oz Coke bottle at around 100 rounds per minuite.
 
Like I mentioned before, the term overkill does not apply in the 40k universe which is what I love about it.
 
But I’m getting off track.
 
I don’t think there is a supperior or inferior chapter of Space Marines, like YouTuber Bricky once said, play whatever chapter or faction you love. As for me? I kinda dig the Grey Knights only because they function like the Iscariots from Hellsing.