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Remembering John Blanche, The Man Who Made Us Love Warhammer

There aren’t enough superlatives to begin describing John Blanche’s impact on Warhammer, or even all of tabletop gaming. One of the founding fathers of Warhammer 40k, Blanche’s iconic artwork defined the mood and setting of Games Workshop’s lineage of games. He put pencil and ink to everything from Fantasy Battle to Ne...

There aren’t enough superlatives to begin describing John Blanche’s impact on Warhammer, or even all of tabletop gaming. One of the founding fathers of Warhammer 40k, Blanche’s iconic artwork defined the mood and setting of Games Workshop’s lineage of games. He put pencil and ink to everything from Fantasy Battle to Necromunda, but is most famous for his work in the 41st millennium.

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