Forge the Narrative - Warhammer 40k Podcast
Jun 6, 2026 · 41 min · 12 segments
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We do wanna talk about all the ones for just one second, but before we go any further, uh, we did get some news today along with the rest of the world that the world is a little bit grimmer, a little bit darker, uh, in that John Blanche has passed, and, uh, just wanna just pay some respects to the, the one that, that maybe didn't invent the grimdark words, but certainly invented the grimdark atmosphere that we have all come to love as Warhammer 40,000 and, and everything else.
I, I don't know enough to know if he was given a blank slate in which to create the grimdark aesthetic that we know and love, but I've got 10 years of his artistry and his works in books from my childhood that I pored over.
And, uh, it's, it's hard to quantify the effect that that guy's had, uh, that, that great man has had on so many lives.
Just the, the style in which, like, the, the pictures dr- draw you in, like, they're very much still the core of, like, what still hooks people to this day about this universe and this game.
These, these could be pictures that are 40 years old, you know, that, that still you could see them today and you're like, "I need to know more about that." And-
I feel like, I feel like his art style also made miniature painting a lot more approachable for a lot of people in that they were like, "Hey, this guy has a very unique aesthetic, and I also can have a unique aesthetic in how I approach Warhammer." And I think that his sort of little sketchy, almost messy kind of art style really translated well into Warhammer models, and I think that he just sort of gave people permission to play within the art space, and that's something to really be admired.
And, like, he was, you know, all the stuff about there's all dioramas, and the Necromunda stuff that the, him and his group were doing.
Are they even, are they painting in the same universe as us?" Like, yeah, that is.
Uh, well, I mean, rest in peace, godspeed, uh, all that, and I know touched a lot of people.
And, you know, again, just, uh, really want to pay our respects on this show as well, uh, just to how, just how important that person was to our hobby, is to our hobby.
We do wanna talk about all the ones for just one second, but before we go any further, uh, we did get some news today along with the rest of the world that the world is a little bit grimmer, a little bit darker, uh, in that John Blanche has passed, and, uh, just wanna just pay some respects to the, the one that, that maybe didn't invent the grimdark words, but certainly invented the grimdark atmosphere that we have all come to love as Warhammer 40,000 and, and everything else.
I, I don't know enough to know if he was given a blank slate in which to create the grimdark aesthetic that we know and love, but I've got 10 years of his artistry and his works in books from my childhood that I pored over.
And, uh, it's, it's hard to quantify the effect that that guy's had, uh, that, that great man has had on so many lives.
Just the, the style in which, like, the, the pictures dr- draw you in, like, they're very much still the core of, like, what still hooks people to this day about this universe and this game.
These, these could be pictures that are 40 years old, you know, that, that still you could see them today and you're like, "I need to know more about that." And-
I feel like, I feel like his art style also made miniature painting a lot more approachable for a lot of people in that they were like, "Hey, this guy has a very unique aesthetic, and I also can have a unique aesthetic in how I approach Warhammer." And I think that his sort of little sketchy, almost messy kind of art style really translated well into Warhammer models, and I think that he just sort of gave people permission to play within the art space, and that's something to really be admired.
And, like, he was, you know, all the stuff about there's all dioramas, and the Necromunda stuff that the, him and his group were doing.
Are they even, are they painting in the same universe as us?" Like, yeah, that is.
Uh, well, I mean, rest in peace, godspeed, uh, all that, and I know touched a lot of people.
And, you know, again, just, uh, really want to pay our respects on this show as well, uh, just to how, just how important that person was to our hobby, is to our hobby.
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