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Decided to draw character designs for some Horus Heresy girlies. So here they all are!

Design notes below the cut:

Bequa Kynska: I decided to base her whole vibe slightly off Carla Rockmore. The patterns on the sleeve cuffs are inspired by this piece of 13th century Lebanese embroidery.

Cyrene Valantion: Her outfit is inspired by traditional Georgian and Azerbaijanian women’s dress, also some (indirect) inspiration from the works of Michael Nesterov and orthodox saint icons in general.

Lotara Sarrin: Her design didn’t change much because she’s already perfect. But I did make her look a bit like Amrita Sher-Gil’s “Three Girls” painting.

Amar Astarte: Based off the irl statuette of (possibly) the goddess Astarte that was found in the necropolis of Hillah, near Babylon. I also gave her a lab coat because cmon, evil scientist gotta evil science. (Statue pictured below)

Mersadie Oliton: Her clothes and jewellery are based off art from the 17th century Ottoman Empire, specifically from the Rålamb book of costumes.

Tarasha Euten: Clothing and hairstyle are inspired by statues from the Roman Empire, while the accessories are inspired by the Indus River Valley civilisation.

Euphrati Keeler: her clothing is inspired by a mix of fanart I’ve seen of her and this photo of a person from Elmali in traditional clothing (from the 1873 Vienna world fair)

This started off as a fun design thing and ended up with me doing hours of historical clothing research lmao 💀

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old trazyn the infinite doodle, when i was stressing about college letter of recommendation emails

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Ok, I wonder... would Fulgrim legit try and changehimself to make the most complex hairstyles know to man and go out... fight and make sure that his hair is still good?

(And no this is not an excuse to ask for Fulgrim in neat hairstyles)

I don't think so.

It's mentioned a few times that he has braided hair sometimes, but it's more of a practical thing. He inspires by charisma and presence as much as by his flawless fighting style.

If his hair is perfect, it's just the way it is. He wouldn't go out of his way to make a point with it, if he can do it with his fighting.

A lot of people reduce Fulgrim and his sons to their looks, but that's more of a fandom thing. In the books it's mostly their fighting prowess and their tactics and discipline. So it's more of a contrast when they gradually lose said discipline after Laer.

It's a shift of aesthetics.

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Leman Russ DM by Relithel

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the worst part of being a lore nerd is that your friends will talk up a storm about their favorite faction and then you want to read that faction's books, but also you already have your own list of books to read...how are you supposed to decide what to read?? where are you supposed to find the time to read them??? are you really going to throw away hundreds of dollars on a zillion warhammer forty kay books???? @tagedeszorns keeps singing the praises of the Fabius Bile trilogy, @ghostinthegallery won't stop talking about Necrons, and now @ladymirdan is vibing hard with Perturabo on my dash. I haven't even finished the Cato Sicarius omnibus. stop it, all of you, stop it.

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hi yes

im doin fine

why do you ask?

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Mochica Mortarion Mural, because he deserves it 😇💚💀

Another piece from 2023. One of my top favs. The color cheme is just 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

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last year's inktober piece of Magnus, edited to be both with and without tusks

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Powerwash your Wolves

piece I made awhile ago when the powerwash simulator DLC was first announced. Headcanon that SW get powerwashed after battle/training and then proceed to have zoomies

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Krysithius, tying his hair.

Could be both Warhammer-Krysithius (Lucius' very ambitious Lieutenant and fellow Palatine Blade) AND Elder Scrolls Online-Krysithius. But it's the latter.

Emperor's Children: Beautiful in any setting!

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i dont like them i dont like them i dont like them i don

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Erda and the Emperor

Private commission

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And bonus...

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Would Bile be more a scotch drinker?

The Chief Apothecary is a man of very specific tastes. And when it comes to being pretentious he sometimes knows absolutely no bounds.

Someone who collects terran artifacts, only to discard them whenever, surely also collects ancient alcoholica.

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Another fanfic!!!

So. Erm.

This one is. A NSFW Eidolon/Fabius wound fucking fic?

Yay???

Please read the tags, and I am sorry???

#warhammer 40k #warhammer #wh40k #emperor's children #fabius bile #eidolon #my fics #my fanfic

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Stained Glass Primarchs: Perturabo

It took me quite a while to return to the "Stained Glass Primarchs"-series.

Only two remaining, though. And here's one of them.