This stunning art and background book brings each of the First Founding Chapters to life with in depth lore and phenomenal new illustrations. First Founding: Art and Background (Hardback) (Anglais) is a Warhammer 40,000 background and art book written by Guy Haley, Nick Kyme, John French, David Guymer and Callum Davis.

Take a deep dive into the background of the nine loyalist Chapters of the First Founding, legendary heroes who have remained true to the Emperor for 10,000 years.

Following the Age of Strife, with Humanity teetering on the brink of annihilation, the Emperor of Mankind unleashed a weapon of unimaginable power: His Space Marines. These mighty warriors, forged in the furnace of war, were marshalled together into the twenty Legions known as the First Founding. In the Era Indomitus, nine of the warrior brotherhoods remain true. Once Legions, now Chapters, they stand defiant as mankind’s bulwark against the heretic, the xenos and the daemon. This book explores these iconic loyalist Chapters in depth, bringing to life their distinct identities, cultures and doctrines of warfare through more than thirty specially commissioned illustrations, including nine phenomenal double page artworks. A must have for every Space Marine collector, painter and lore enthusiast.

Each Chapter is presented with its history, its homeworld, its traditions and its way of war, making this hardback a precious source of inspiration for painting your own Space Marines and for building your armies around their legends. A superb book to display on the shelf of any Warhammer 40,000 fan.

Book specifications:

• Title: First Founding: Art and Background
• Authors: Guy Haley, Nick Kyme, John French, David Guymer, Callum Davis
• Format: Hardback
• Language: English
• Publisher: Black Library
• Setting: Warhammer 40,000
• Illustrations: More than thirty commissioned artworks, including nine double page spreads

Contents:

• Dark Angels
• White Scars
• Space Wolves
• Imperial Fists
• Blood Angels
• Iron Hands
• Ultramarines
• Salamanders
• Raven Guard

Discover the history, culture and heraldry of the nine loyalist Chapters of the First Founding with First Founding: Art and Background (Hardback) (Anglais).