>>96381555
The middle image is the only one where the lasgun looks like it's actually flaring out some kind of light. Otherwise, all of these look like normal muzzle flashes for some kind of chemical projectile weapon. I always assumed, especially for the Guard paintings, that the lasgun being depicted as if it were just an autogun was artistic license because a bright red or blue flash wouldn't suit the painting. THe idea that lasguns were actually firing corn-yellow glowsticks is fucking retarded. What's next? They're going to have characters dodging around these long, slow rods of light in some CG animation so that they can play around with contrast and reflections for a memeable moment?

Like here; the heavy bolter and the lascannon look exactly the same, and that's because having one huge flash of bright cyan blue would've ruined the composition of the painting. But are you seriously going to say that a heavy bolter and lascannon are supposed to be indistinguishable except for the bolter's bolt being a little shorter than a lascannon's bolt? And, I guess, leaving a little trail of smoke behind it?