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Add more Blanche art to this thread. I'll properly organize it eventually. This is a tribute to the late, great John Blanche.

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[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 5 points 1 week ago

Oh wow, I didn't know Blanche was the creator of that image of Big E on the golden throne

[–] BrowseMan@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah these are the ones I had in kind as well, especially the first one!

Started with the third edition.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Hey that's Harry the Hammer right? I have that minifig

[–] Egonallanon@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago
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[–] pleb_maximus@piefed.zip 5 points 1 week ago

That knight panther of his always was a favourite of mine.

Anyways, I scrounged up some more good stuff of his. I felt it wasn't easy getting actually good pictures of his paintings on the net for some parts.

The Emperors Palace
The Emperors Palace by John Blanche

The box art for Epic 40k is just… epic
Box Art for Epic 40k by John Blanche

And so is this wonderful Battle barge for Battlefleet Gothic
Imperial Battle Barge for Battlefleet Gothic by John Blanche

Speaking of flying ships: here are some Air Galleys. As far as I know this wasn't specifically made for Warhammer, but nevertheless appeared on some book back in the '80s.
Air Galleys between flying islands by John Blanche

Some more flying ship, this time absolutely Warhammer with the Evil Sunz logo on the sail. I don't know the name of this piece though.
Flying ships above a landscape by John Blanche

No Warhammer is complete without a Wizards Tower! According to this blogpost I found it was apparently a depiction of Hrothyogg's Tower from the WFRP rulebook.
depiction of Hrothyogg's Tower by John Blanche

Last but not least the box art for the skeleton horde. A fantastic piece in general and the box art for the skeleton horde. One of the first sets of GWs plastic miniatures!
box art of a skeleton horde by John Blanche