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Dave Gallagher
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Dave Gallagher is an artist for Games Workshop. His bio on the Black Library website states -
"David Gallagher is one of Games Workshop's most long-standing and talented artists who's work has been used on more game and publication covers than any other. He has rendered some of the most action-packed and visually striking representations of the warriors of the never-ending war of the far future and the conflict-torn fantasy world and now these illustrations have been collected into one awesome full-colour volume. " [3] |
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Background
Hailing from Scotland, Dave Gallagher was trained at the Dundee College from Art. He honed his painting skills with studies of wildlife, natural history and the human form. Working for Games Workshop since the 1980s, Dave has continued to be one of the companies most prolific artists, creating many iconic images used on games, books, White Dwarf covers and more.[2]
Works

Dave Gallagher c.1989 [2]
Selected works include -
- Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
- Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook
- Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook
- Warhammer 40,000: Compilation
- Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition Rulebook
- Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
- Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition)
- Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)
- Codex: Dark Angels (3rd Edition)
- Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)
- Codex: Space Wolves (2nd Edition)
- Codex: Chaos (2nd Edition)
- Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)
- Codex: Assassins (3rd Edition)
- Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)
- Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition)
- Cities of Death
- Codex Imperialis (Background Book)
- Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)
- Apocalypse
- Apocalypse Reload
- Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)
- Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)
- Codex Titanicus (2nd Edition)
- Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition)
- Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)
- Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)
- Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition)
- Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition)
- Warhammer Siege
- White Dwarf 138 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 141 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 143 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 146 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 147 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 148 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 149 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 151 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 155 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 159 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 154 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 161 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 163 (UK) cover
- White Dwarf 165 (UK) cover
See Also
- Brother Illuminator Gallagher, Dave Gallagher's in-universe character
Sources
- 1: Inquis Exterminatus, pg. 3
- 2: White Dwarf 107 (UK) [Needs Citation]
- 3: http://www.blacklibrary.com/Authors/David-Gallagher.html