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Well this is ccertainly the lore, though im looking for a "behind the scenes" sort of info.
Behind the scene Info on how they were introduced into Warhammer in the 80th?Matheoryon wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:57 amWell this is ccertainly the lore, though im looking for a "behind the scenes" sort of info.
This is amazing, I didnt know this about Elric being the general origin. I am a little confused on what you mean by the 80th warhammer, what does that mean? I cant find anything named that.Glorian wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:45 amBehind the scene Info on how they were introduced into Warhammer in the 80th?Matheoryon wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:57 amWell this is ccertainly the lore, though im looking for a "behind the scenes" sort of info.
The first Elves in the early Warhammer Wolrd were a lot like the Elves from Elric of Melnibone.
The Elves of Elric were living in an Island of the Middle of the Ocean and regularly plundering and enslaving the surrounding human realms who were on a lower technological level. The Island had some kind of cave system to enter the inner realms. So they were basically sitting in Ulthuan and sometimes go on a raid to let the lesser races known who the boss is. In the first book the elves were a little inward orientated and in some kind of birth number downward spiral.
So Elric decided after a barbarian raid to turn that around. Somewhat in between when his torture master was slicing something out of the lower part of a male captured barbarian scout.
But soon afterwards **** hit the fan and his cousin or something like this took over the Throne and Melnibones Fiance who was also his sister/cousin and Elric, physically frail and mostly weak, struck a deal with a Chaos God to get everything back. Well, most of it then turned from bad to worse.
So Elric is something like Teclis who turned Maleus Darkblade style and then hit the road to find adventure and leave Melnibone behind.
So if you want to find the earliest High/Dark Elf origins, get your elric of Melnibone.
Especially the Artworks has everything what defines High Elves.
High helmet, the form of the swords, Dragon Riding, Platemail armorskirts.
Matheoryon wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:53 pmThis is amazing, I didnt know this about Elric being the general origin. I am a little confused on what you mean by the 80th warhammer, what does that mean? I cant find anything named that.Glorian wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:45 amBehind the scene Info on how they were introduced into Warhammer in the 80th?Matheoryon wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:57 am
Well this is ccertainly the lore, though im looking for a "behind the scenes" sort of info.
The first Elves in the early Warhammer Wolrd were a lot like the Elves from Elric of Melnibone.
The Elves of Elric were living in an Island of the Middle of the Ocean and regularly plundering and enslaving the surrounding human realms who were on a lower technological level. The Island had some kind of cave system to enter the inner realms. So they were basically sitting in Ulthuan and sometimes go on a raid to let the lesser races known who the boss is. In the first book the elves were a little inward orientated and in some kind of birth number downward spiral.
So Elric decided after a barbarian raid to turn that around. Somewhat in between when his torture master was slicing something out of the lower part of a male captured barbarian scout.
But soon afterwards **** hit the fan and his cousin or something like this took over the Throne and Melnibones Fiance who was also his sister/cousin and Elric, physically frail and mostly weak, struck a deal with a Chaos God to get everything back. Well, most of it then turned from bad to worse.
So Elric is something like Teclis who turned Maleus Darkblade style and then hit the road to find adventure and leave Melnibone behind.
So if you want to find the earliest High/Dark Elf origins, get your elric of Melnibone.
Especially the Artworks has everything what defines High Elves.
High helmet, the form of the swords, Dragon Riding, Platemail armorskirts.
well thanks for pointing him out to me, blanches work is certainly interesting looking at it. I dont see 80's anything in warhammer, but the rest of his work shows it, usually in a cyberpunk sort of fashion. Any other names?GodlessCrom wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:20 pm Warhammer in general is heavily influenced by 80s fantasy and scifi aesthetic (which it in part helped define).
A lot of Warhammers art direction stems directly from the work of John Blanche. He was one of the original creative masterminds behind the universe, and his work features a lot of the "big hair, big heels, big...assets" aesthetic of 80s...everything.
GodlessCrom wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:20 pm Warhammer in general is heavily influenced by 80s fantasy and scifi aesthetic (which it in part helped define).
A lot of Warhammers art direction stems directly from the work of John Blanche. He was one of the original creative masterminds behind the universe, and his work features a lot of the "big hair, big heels, big...assets" aesthetic of 80s...everything.
