Warhammer Art: Harry the Hammer

I was at a friend's house as he hosted an Oldhammer weekend, and I was enthralled with the old Warhammer sourcebooks; Realm of Chaos and Slaves to Darkness.  I'd also come across a 25th anniversary of Warhammer piece of artwork by John Blance of "Harry the Hammer".

Harry was the original Chaos Warrior on the front cover of the 1st edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battle and has had a couple of models made in the time since which follow the archetypical Chaos Warrior formula.

I thought I'd have a go at something nicely embellished and covered in skulls so I cracked out the sketchbook as my friends played 3rd edition WFB!

A Return to Life Drawing

Unfortunately, I've been away from life drawing classes for a year or two, which has left me quite rusty not just in sketching but in imaginative work.

I joined my Dad for a session on Thursday and was rather pleased by the results.

These are soft pencil pieces on A3 / A2 sized paper, so far too big to scan.  Had to take a picture of them and edit the levels in GIMP to make them a bit more presentable.

Model was a lovely lady who was a gymnast in her youth in Russia, so had a good sense of pose and positioning.