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October 30, 2012
The Raid by ~Hyoga1988
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Suggested by DalSifoDyas
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The Raid

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Finally it is done took me some time and now I do not know what to write or what would go as a good title for the image ^^

It was a huge pain the last 2 days fixing the sky since i kept redoing it over and over again and it always looked a little bit off. But in the end i found something that i liked. The problem was that in the early stages people who saw the work in progress images saw more of a Dawn/Sunset setting than what i intended to.
I intended to have an rather ominous, eerie light effect coming from the horizon distracting the guards giving the Skaven the ambush.

Initially i wanted to have everything look like a night image except for the light from the well and horizon, but it looked way to dark and the idea of the Skaven having to run threw passages of light gave the image some sort of tension for the viewer whether or not they are being spotted before they can take down the guards.

Anyway I'm done for now, but I got already ideas and sketches for more images, some related to this and some not :)

There's still an older image I haven't uploaded yet featuring the city Skavenblight and the surrounding area

Textures used (but heavily overpainted) came from:
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This Image is at 33.3% of it's original resolution

Edit: Just came online and was wondering about an exploding inbox, checking what the is happening, I'm DD.
I'm so thankful for every who supported me and this image and can't describe how overwhelmed I am right now especially after the set backs I had , Thank you all ! :)
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KarakNornClansman's avatar
Marvellous. No wonder this won you a daily Deviation! Your style is deft and lovely detailed, and here the shading and colourwork is just superb.

Please pardon me asking, but would you by any chance be interested in helping out the volunteer project known as the Ninth Age (T9A for short: www.the-ninth-age.com/ )? It is the spiritual successor of Warhammer Fantasy, run by 300+ volunteer contributors all tinkering in their spare time, and it aims to go even further than Warhammer did along the paths of historically based dark fantasy smΓΆrgΓ₯sbord setting: i.imgur.com/dlmQkB6.jpg

For one thing, T9A is the perfect way for what used to be Warhammer fantasy fanart to instead become official artwork for an emerging setting, and thus gain much more widespread exposure.

Moreover, T9A is always welcoming artists who want to join their art team, and your skill and distinctive designs would be great to have on board, should you ever be interested in joining and help develop this setting by putting your own distinctive mark upon its art pool. If you would by any chance be interested in donating old artworks of yours, then here is a quick guide for T9A gallery upload of art contributions: i.imgur.com/ORLCncV.jpg

I can get you in E-mail contact with the head of their art team, if ever you're interested.

At any rate, splendid artworks! Evocative to boot, and painted like a dream. Have a nice day. :)