The last Furia Lamenters Chapter Novice Parody/Fan
- Tweets 24,032
- Following 557
- Followers 722
- Likes 63,920
Urban Warfare
#warhammer40k #warhammer #warhammerfanart #warhammerart #warhammer4000 #ultramarines #grimdark #artistsoninstagram #artist #characterart #conceptart
24
208
2,201
Actually gonna repost my own post on main because it's interesting into my headcanon
Some ruminations on 40k where names are power, which we know for a fact affects Chaos with true names affecting deamons. But naming yourself after something that we know is mythology (but which they don't know, or only have a certain rudimentary "idea" of it) grants you some level of ancestral protection, or a similar path, because of warp logic/fate/superstition. It makes people named after such more likely to be fated to do interesting things or heroic feats in WH40k
Though the real reason is it makes the characters sound cooler, still, it's kind of fitting though? Dante of the Blood Angels being stuck in his own personal hell? Watch Captain Artemis forever on the hunt (for aliens). Ra the Custodian who is both illuminated and gets Drach'nyen implanted in him to confront the "ultimate darkness" and runs into the webway. The main Fortress of Ultramar and Guilliman's "home" being named after Hera = the whole Imperium Secundus thing happening in a similar vein to when Hera tried to overthrow Zeus in mythology? Prospero of the Thousand Sons being named after a Shakespearean character that happened to be a sorcerer? Space Wolves calling Big E the Allfather (Odin). Dark Angels and Lion El named after.. yeah you probably know that one.
Hel is used by the Imperium at large to refer to the warp as of Darktide
But likely the meaning behind it (Helheim and the goddess Hel) is lost
However Imperials do name themselves after mythologics. I've seen a few Freya's, Sigurd's and Sigrid's on the side of Chaos as Traitor Captains/Lieutenants in Darktide. On Ultramar they have the "Fortress of Hera" with a former Baneblade called "Pride of Hera" (before being trashed by the Tyranids). Deathwatch has Watch Captain Artemis, even though technically this is going by the modern unisex version because he's an Astartes. I know there was a knight pilot named after the goddess Artemis in the Pariah Nexus
Ra the Custodian (named after Egyptian mythos) straight up names the old Greek deities but under "the old legends" as "Zoas Lightningfather" (Zeus) "Avena Warbringer" (Athena) "Hermios Swiftrunner" (Hermes) and "Heraklus Halfgod" (Heracles).
Then Lorgar straight up mentions Odysseus ("Odyssion") and other legends under euhemerisms i.e. "Orfeus" (Orpheus) and so on when he wanted to find the truth between mythology and reality
My theory is mythology as a naming convention is just hard baked into 40k because it sounds cool, though my other notion that makes it cooler is names also have power and meaning in 40k because of the warp and superstition being real defence or power. So it might be a sort of ancestral defence, charm, power, etc to whoever is named such, or makes them more likely to be fated (i.e. Dante of the Blood Angels, where that wasn't his original name at all, but he's been stuck in his own personal hell for 1500 years fighting)
1
1
13
603
Ok I would actually play a game like this
PetracoreProxy modded Forza Horizon 4 into an Uma game
Something about an open world running game at 300 KM/H with the Uma girls is making my neurons want it and it sounds so simple as a concept
1
296
One thing I noticed in the new Codexes is that they're intentionally squeezing out all the pages in corporate bullshit which btw, kills the aura of 40k.
All the units in the Codex used to have a badass picture in them, with some badass lore, some quotes, and of course the stat line, this was from 5th edition. The actual models were positioned a bit further up near the end in various displays.
In 10th you barely got a few sentences giving a bit of a history to the unit, some of its soul and flavor.
In 11th you get none of that at all. Sheets with doctrines on them look as if they were made to be spliced in the app online to save costs with a gross typewriter font.
How is anyone new supposed to get hype about the units they're collecting and personalizing now? A paper sheet of any unit only has stats, abilities and a picture of the model. That's all.
That's fucking tragic, man.
Someone should start lining up all the Codexes and then list methodically where enshittification started and where content was forcibly removed in each edition up to the present day.
24
16
167
7,531
I would take 1 billion trillion Iron Men over the Tau Empire
The closest we'll ever get to see actual Iron Men in 40k outside of that one robot on a Blackstone Fortress
Pictures from Pax Imperialis: Solitude
2
16
203
9,379
As it's a banger tweet I credit Foxgear who made the video source:
youtu.be/R09y83XJJJU?si=Vh_t…
9
742
Anyone wondering "How could Games Workshop lose $450 million off their current value!?"
They lie
They lie through their fucking teeth and hope you're naïve enough to ignore them, as I called it in July, if not earlier
A private firm did some actual groundwork and realised the numbers weren't adding up and yes, they were cooking the books
In future do not listen to Games Workshop when it comes to financial reports and advice
"GW doesn't use AI"
Yet in their statement they admit they allow seniors access to using AI in "an exploratory manner"
"We have found internally on our inspection that we doesn't use AI"
But they hire people that do.
From LinkedIn, M2 Animation that does Tithes and Age of Sigmar video content for GW, the lass on the far left is an AI Specialist.
1
2
26
578
Games Workshop trying to copy Space King
With 1/1000th of the budget which is funnier considering they killed Emperor TTS
This is straight up a "how do you do fellow kids" moment they have no idea how to interact with humans anymore
Well, i didn't anticipate this 🤣
Games Workshop indirectly responds to SPACE KING.
"Only in Death: 40,000 Ways to Die"
3
12
134
1,989
Me just going about everything as normal and then returned to find it took over the whole internet:
what the hell happened here
My TL is 70% Malfoid and 30% Warhammer.... I'll admit I didn't think this would become this big of a thing.
Not complaining just fascinating to see, better than the relentless knife ear art
REPENT xenos lovers!
3
19
1,709