Art Friday : Favourite Illustrators of Warhammer 40,000 (VI) - Kevin Chin (King Mong)
If you’re a huge fan of the imagery of the wartorn universe that is Warhammer 40,000, you probably seen or heard of Damnation Crusade, a 6 issue comic series by Boom! Studios featuring the fanatically zealous Space Marines of the Black Templars as well as some really fantastic cover art. What you may not know is that one of the artists for some of the covers - Kevin Chin - happens to hail from Singapore. 
(and incidentally is also part of Imaginary Friends Studios like Kai featured here several weeks ago)
Below are three of my favourite cover art by Kevin for Damnation Crusade, the rest available for viewing at his deviantART gallery where he’s better known as King Mong.
© Games Workshop
My favourite cover is the one for #6 (above) where Sword Brethren Gerhart and his battle brothers defiantly hold off superior numbers of Chaos Space Marines closing onto their position. View higher resolution version at deviantART.
© Games Workshop
The cover for #3 is my second favourite, as Gerhart finishes off an enemy Chaos Space Marine with his powersword. View higher resolution version at deviantART.
© Games Workshop
My third favourite is the cover art for #5 in which Gerhart advances into the fray with bolter blazing. The pose reminds me of Kev Walker’s and BrikWars art (see here). View higher resolution version at deviantART.
By the way, Warhammer Fantasy fans are not left out as Kevin’s work can be seen on the cover of Warhammer : Forge of War #2 featuring the Empire Greatsword Franz Vogel. Click here to view the illustration in the orginal resolution at deviantART.
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View Kevin’s work at deviantART.
MORE @ THE DOWNLOAD MUNKEY:
Kai - Imaginary Friends Studio Illustrator
John Gravato - Warhammer 40,000 Illustrator
Andrea Uderzo - Warhammer 40,000 Illustrator
Adrian Smith - Warhammer 40,000 Illustrator
Warhammer 40,000 Dark Millenium Card Database
A Singaporean working on Warhammer? That’s so cool.
Yep, these artwork were commissioned by either Games Workshop directly or via Boom! Studios.
I heard that Games Workshop have been outsourcing more of their artwork recently as opposed to mainly inhouse artists in the past.
Oh? Thanks for that interesting bit of information.