Femmes Imperum WIP

Third one emerges -  Graceful, Slender, Sophisticated, Nobel.... Deadly

Yet again based on JB artwork (sorry no pics) An elderly servant of Immortal Emperor this time.

Many things are still searching their places but you get the point.

(290 followers!!! We Are Legion!!! the big 3 is so close =)

Lets Paint Weathered Walls

The Caterpillar phase of the Punk Moth scenario is rolling on again. All the buildings are now primed and waiting for the painting phase. There's a lot of surface to cover so I need to plan the whole painting process with care...

Before assailing any of my undercoated structures with paint I decided to make a test piece with the colour scheme that I had thought to use in the Punk Moth scenario. My plan is to paint most of the surfaces with dirty and worn white and coat the trims of the walls with beutifully patinated copper. The ground will have the similar tone with the bases of our gangs.

I picked up one of the extra walls and had the test piece undercoated with a nice layer of dark brown paint that I had mixed with various paints. Anxious as I was, I had to speed up the drying process with a hair drier. My wife looked at me with a hint of an amusement in her eye...

When the undercoat was dry, I applied some water here and there with a paintbrush and sprinkled table salt over the wetted areas. When the water had dried off and there was only salt left, I went outside and gave the test piece a nice layer of white paint with an airbrush. Actually my white paint was so low-quality that I had to give it not just one but three thin layers before all the areas were white. This had a dramatic impact on the salt which decided to stick on the surface even though I soaked the testpiece under warm water for over a minute. I had to help it with the paintbrush and finally got the salt off.

Now the wall had a nice weathered surface that needed to be shaded. I gave the surface a thick layer of brown wash and after it had dried, finished the effect with some minor details. Finally I painted the trim with bronze metallics and added some turquoise to make it look like patinated copper.

here's the finished test piece...

Now I just need to repeat the whole process in much larger scale...

Ambient Imperium IV

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Echo Priest by Dreambient


Entropy by Dreambient


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Thanks for the tip, FPOA!

Living Coffin

"When a great psyker dies in a battle and the bell of lost souls is tolled on Terra, the soul of the fallen psyker is returned to the immortal Emperor.

However, every hundred years or so, or when the need is dire, that soul is returned back to the earthly husk of the fallen hero.

When that forbidden ritual is completed the mummified body becomes a vessel for the binded soul. That ancient relic is then used to serve the Emperor in the battlefield once more.

These carrions are sometimes mounted to control terrifying beasts created by Adeptus Terra"

M WS BS  S T W I A Ld

5   3     3   5  5 3  3 2 10

Bound Soul - The link between the bound husk and the beast is temperamental. Roll a D6 at the beginning of each turn and on a 1. the beast will stand still doing nothing that turn - A single lightening bolt will shoot out from the Living Coffin in a random direction hitting anything in its path. 2. Move at full speed in a random direction. 3-6 acts normally.

Power Field - Psychic Test - Range - personal - User receives a 3+ invulnerable save.

Lightening Arc - Psychic Test - Range 16" - D4 Strength D6 shots -  roll to hit and wound as normal.

Immune to Psychology - except those with the Pariah gene which cause it Terror.

Never Pinned

+ To be kept in secresy until April under the supervision of Adeptus Terra +

Tears of Isstvan

Stryderre, Stalker In The Shadows

+ Stryderre +

Once a young man,

eager to serve

mankind with purpose,

enlist he did.

In proud he gave his vow

to die for the Emperor

or live in shame.

On a rebellious planet

summoned he was,

to do his bidding,

the first of them all.

Brothers of blood on his side,

armed with sword with biting teeth,

he landed down in a metal flying beast,

rushed to front with bloodlust

and wanted to feast.

Follow his orders he did.

Killed hundreds,

mangled without hesitation.

Swallowing every scream,

until there was no more left to slay.

Horrors he did,

filled his deed.

But scars very deep

It did bit.

Nightmares made him ill.

Cold sweat tearing his skin.

Insanity came, wanting to fill.

Murder he did, killed all of his kin.

He took their heads,

heard them whisper.

Tried to mute them,

sew their mouths and eyes,

but their dark thoughts

would not stop poisoning his mind.

Years passed,

thousands of them.

Nights became endless,

darkness over washed.

No longer young nor man,

he wanders between realms,

hunting careless,

Using shadow as his hide.

With blood he has to feed

his splintered soul

filled with murder and greed.

Mother, he is still there,

amusing your insatiable hunger

that can never be met
by satisfaction...

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Tears of Isstvan - Yggdrassillium

Femmes Imperum - The Beauty In Decay part II

"Nurgle shall be called with death

Aksho Nurgeth Dh'Akh"

Dames of Destruction

Crazy Mongolian Hunting Eagles

Here's a cool and evocative video about Mongolians hunting wolves(!) with eagles. I've seen trained hawks hunt rabbits and rodents but the idea of eagles hunting such predators like wolves felt pretty surreal concept... Well, after seeing this video my skin had goose bumps.

The video is macabre, primitive in a way but very inspiring...