Pete Knifton is an illustrator of fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 novels and a member of the Knifton Heritage.

Pete Knifton created the cover for the Bolt Thrower album »War Master

War Master

War Master is a Bolt Thrower album, recorded at Slaughterhouse studios in September 1990, produced by Bolt Thrower and Colin Richardson. It was released on Earache Records: Mosh 29 in 1991....

« in 1991.

He also provided illustrations for Blood Bowl

Blood Bowl

Blood Bowl is a Fantasy Football game created by Jervis Johnson for the British games company Games Workshop as a parody of American Football. The game was first released in 1987 and has been re-released in new editions since...

, and The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a single-player adventure gamebook written by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, and illustrated by Russ Nicholson. Originally published by Puffin Books in 1982, the title is the first gamebook in the Fighting Fantasy series. It was later republished by Wizard...

 series of games by Games Workshop

Games Workshop

Games Workshop Group plc is a British game production and retailing company. Games Workshop has published the tabletop wargames Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000...

. For the Fighting Fantasy

Fighting Fantasy

Fighting Fantasy is a series of single-player fantasy roleplay gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. The first volumes in the series were published by Puffin in 1982, with the rights to the franchise eventually being purchased by Wizard Books in 2002...

 Gamebook

Gamebook

A gamebook is a work of fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making effective choices. The narrative branches along various paths through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages...

 series he illustrated Tower of Destruction and Siege of Sardath.

From 1990 to 1997 he worked closely with Mac Coxhead of Alternative Armies

Alternative Armies

Alternative Armies is a miniature gaming and modeling company located in Scotland. It produces a range of different games and model ranges, the most famous of which is the game of Flintloque.-Games Based in The World Of Valon:...

, illustrating the games: Firefight

Firefight

Firefight may refer to:* firefight, a large exchange of bullets between two sides * Firefighting, process of extinguishing destructive flames* A game mode in Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach video games...

, The Duel

The Duel

The Duel can refer to:In literature:* "The Duel" , short story by Giacomo Casanova* "The Duel" , poem by Eugene Field* "The Duel" , short story by Anton Chekhov...

, Perineum Palace, Flintloque, Deadloque, and Dresda. After Coxhead sold the company in 1997, they continued to work together with Steve Blease producing Grapeshotte, Sharkes Victory and Lady Wintermores Fangs.