Inspiration: White Dwarf Images from the 90's.

I grabbed a few decent pictures from some PDF scans of old White Dwarf magazines during the 90's.  I will upload more as I stumble upon them.

 Orks in Mega Armour combat Karandras and his Striking Scorpion Aspect Warriors

 Catachans and a Leman Russ Battle Tank encounter Ghazhkull Thraka and his Ork horde.

 Ultramarines allied with Imperial Guard for a battle report.

 A Thraka-led large Ork force for a White Dwarf battle report.

 Ultramarines defend a bunker from vicious Tyranids.

 An Ultramarine Dreadnought faces off with its Ork counterpart.

 Ultramarine Terminators engage Tyranids and a vicious Screamer Killer.

 Ultramarine Terminators and Imperial Guard forces run into the Orks.

Ultramarine Assault Marines defend a landing pad against the Ork menace.

Inspiration: RT and 2nd edition in living colour!

A few more high-resolution scans from the wonderful 'Eavy Metal pages of the 2nd ed. rulebook.

It was images like this which stirred my 11-12 year old brain into the setting.  The battle scenes in particular (note: the terrain collection for GW was pretty small and you'd see the same terrain in all of their promo photos and battle reports!)

 

Inspiration: RT/2nd Ed. Art

These were posted up by someone on the wonderful Oldhammer Facebook group so I decided to add them here so more people can enjoy them.  Some nice high resolution pictures of RT/2nd ed. art.

Inspiration: Steam Flunky's War in the Desert

Steamflunky over on Lead Adventure has been sharing some nicely shopped images of 40K in the desert.  Just so happens they feature mostly old Squats and some vehicle conversions.  Lovely stuff!

Steamflunky's DeviantArt Page

Inspiration: Art of 40K

Posts listed as inspiration will be just that...just a nice break from rules and hobbying to admire some of the origins of the Warhammer experience.  The following art ranges from Rogue Trader to 2nd edition.

The cover of the 2nd Edition starter box featuring Blood Angels and Orks.  Years later, the captain on the cover of this box would receive a limited edition figure and a name.

An Imperial Guard trooper and Crimson Fist apothecaries/marines pull their wounded back.  Note the Squat in the back with the autogun.

Blood Angel terminators.  Note the older design power gloves and storm bolters (RT era, not 2nd).

Dark Angel Space Marines featuring the now famous "Pacino" face.

The cover art for the Dark Millenium expansion box (which included new Psyker rules, vehicle cards, wargear, and templates for 2nd edition).

Dark Angels Deathwing terminators in a Space Hulk (note the white-armoured librarian on the right?)

Beautiful lively art from one of the Epic Space Marine box sets, an expansion.

Harlequins in all of their colourful and checkered glory!

Pretty well known Mk6 Ultramarines picture - featured on the front of a White Dwarf from the early 1990's.

A beautiful colour plate of Imperial Guard in RT era.  Note the flag reads "Necromundia".

Nice artwork for the Orks.

One of the most famous "Oldhammer" pieces of art, the Crimson Fist stand which was the cover art for the Rogue Trader book.