Xenos Loving Heretic

somewhere to post about my plastic crack addiction. - - - Discourse Free Zone - - - No opinions, no arguments. I post art I like, interesting lore, cool minis. it's supposed to be fun.

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Pinned post, because if we're going to do this, then we're going to do it properly.

AO3 account: Archivist_Xero

https://archiveofourown.org/users/Archivist_Xero

40k OC'S

Sister Catherine - heretic, former sister of battle

Shas'la Dal'yth Rais - fugitive t'au fire warrior

Louisa Mandragora - genestealer hybrid

Arlana Meridia - imperial guard

Theta Sigma three of eighteen - mechanicus

Current works in progress

A primarch on t'au

Bath culture amongst the t'au

Ciaphas Cain short story

For information, if your interested

Liber Xenologis • Community on Tumblr

A community for the xenos fans. T'au, Orks, Eldar, Necrons, Tyranids, Leagues of votann, Zoat, Tallerian, and probably a thousand more besid

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by John Blanche

(via Warhammer Community)

[sandmandaddy69]

John Blanche

[alphamecha-mkii]

Battlefleet Gothic Box Art by John Blanche

[tomoleary]

John Blanche “Harry the Hammer” original cover artwork for the first edition of Warhammer (1983) Source

[morvarin]

finally doing portrait art for my rogue trader playthrough

[thefugitivesaint]

John Blanche, 'The Sea People' (date unknown) lifted from “Fantastic People: Magical Races of Myth and Legend” by Allen Scott & Michael Scott Rohan, 1980

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Avatar of Ynnead by John Blanche

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Art by John Blanche for Warhammer 40K

[sandmandaddy69]

John Blanche

[farsight-the-char]

Blanche's Stormcast Eternals.

[wh40kartwork]

John Blanche has died. RIP.

[farsight-the-char]

Blance passed, Rest Well you legend.His Tau art deserves some shoutout.

The top one is suggested by some as what T'au looked like before the Ethereals, sword-and-pistol of their dark age, The Mont'au.

[skullivander]

At a certain point an Admech has to get frustrated enough to employ percussive maintenance, right? There's only so much chanting over the air conditioner you can do before you start throwing hands with the machine spirit.

[moociao-after-dark]

Rest in peace, John Blanche

The father of Warhammer 40k art direction and the man that has inspired me as an artist, down to inspiring my current artstyle (and I am sure will continue to inspire me, even in death). 40k just wouldn't be 40k had it not been for the foundation of grimdark sci-fi that he laid.

Farewell, you absolute legend.

[titanomancy]

In Memoriam John Blanche October 1948 - June 2026

We're going to be doing this more often, you know.

John Blanche died this week, as reported by fellow former Games Workshop alum Trish Carden, passing away at the age of 78. Intensely private in his personal life - his birthday is observed in "late October" - details of his passing are understandably scarce. Although he retired a few years ago owing to poor health, I hope that his ultimate end was a peaceful one untroubled by sickness or infirmity.

I had the unique pleasure of meeting Blanche in a professional capacity, once, and he was precisely the sort of gregarious weirdo that one might assume from his work. Though our acquaintance was brief, it was one of the highlights of my association with Games Workshop.

In many ways, Blanche is synonymous with Warhammer - throughout much of Games Workshop's golden age in the 1990s, it was Blanche's art which formed people's first impressions of the setting and served as the initial hook to draw them into the grim darkness of the far future. It's certainly what hooked me.

His influence on the 40k aesthetic cannot be understated and is still felt, today, in ways both subtle and gross. In celebration of Blanche's life, take a moment to appreciate some of my favorite pieces of his.

Rest in peace.

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