Who can illustrate an epic battle?

[RangerWickett]

For the upcoming War of the Burning Sky adventure The Mad King's Banquet, I need an illustration of a large combat between armies, like something out of Braveheart. To this date I have never commissioned such an illustration, so I don't know who from the stable of my favorite artists would be best suited to this, or if I should put my trust in someone I've not worked with before. I need a half-page, somewhat detailed (but not "slick sweat on the horses' necks" detailed) illustration depicting such a battle, however the artist thinks he can best do it.

So, who should I get to do this?

Todd Schumacher?

Leo Lingas?

Claudio Pozas?

Darren "DMAC" Calvert?

Someone from Empty Room Studios? Such as:

• Linda Luksic?
• Ian Mullen?
• Rick Hershey?
• or Jeremy Mohler?

You?

 

[el-remmen]

Mohler. Definitely. Wow.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Rich Burlew!

 

[Asmor]

Rich Burlew!

Seconded!

 

[Hussar]

Cool artists all. Will have to look at them more closely. Although Pozas is always tops in my list.

 

[Yair]

Mohler. Definitely. Wow.

QFT

 

[Drowbane]

Of those listed, I like Pozas, "DMAC", and Mohler.

I've long been a huge fan of Todd Lockwood, is he available?

 

[Nifft]

There's this Wayne Reynolds guy you may have heard of...

-- N

 

[Soel]

Of the above, I think Mohler's the most suited for this judging from his work.

I also suggest Kieran Yanner who I'm pretty sure has done such a piece before--
http://edenstudios.net/odyssey/7005large.jpg

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

For all that it doesn't get much respect there are quite a few very good professional artists who post on DeviantArt that could do the job. You might flip through the links and see if you think their artistic style is what you're looking for.

Hideyoshi http://hideyoshi.deviantart.com/
UdonCrew http://udoncrew.deviantart.com/
Keun-Chul http://keun-chul.deviantart.com/
poisondlo http://poisondlo.deviantart.com/
kingmong http://kingmong.deviantart.com/
hibbary http://hibbary.deviantart.com/
drakhenliche http://drakhenliche.deviantart.com/
ultravioletbat http://ultravioletbat.deviantart.com/
Nambroth http://nambroth.deviantart.com/
Shinerai http://shinerai.deviantart.com/
trenchmaker http://trenchmaker.deviantart.com/
Hagge http://hagge.deviantart.com/
KLSADAKO http://klsadako.deviantart.com/
nebezial http://nebezial.deviantart.com/
Radojavor http://radojavor.deviantart.com/

These are all very talented artists and they all do commissions but of them all I think kingmong, Nambroth, and Radojavor are probably the best for your purposes. Kingmong's WH40K art is unbelievable, Nambroth has a traditional fantastic atmosphere, and Radojavor does very good battle scenes.