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I haven't posted on here for quite some time. So here's an art spam

Part of the 501st legion's Clastartes, Alad is a high ranking clastartes and part of the required cataphractii guard for their jedi general, Anakin Skywalker. Wearing cataphractii Commando armor, Alad wields a terrifying Grevious Claw and a single hand Heavy Boltblaster. Alad is silent, deadly, and has faced various foes in service of the Republic.

Yup yup! Each Jedi general in this au have a group of cataphractii guards and this is a member of Anakin Skywalker's. Having a very small bit of Naboo-inspired decor and demeanor, these lads are just as unorthodox as their general lol.

Ah yes. I come out of stasis to yeet you... the Clastartes! (name is still a work in progress htf does one mix CLONE TROOPERS with ADEPTUS ASTARTES?) Essentially, they're my take on a 40k Star Was Crossover. Pls take this with a grain of silliness. This is all in good fun.

Any type of Astartes Armor

Dreadnoughts are voluntary services and come in all Frames

Weapons are called Bolt Blasters (Heavy Boltblaster for example)

Geneseed is derived from their Jedi Generals

Jedi’s personality and culture rubs off on the Clastartes

Clastartes make up about ⅓ of every Clone Trooper force

Clastartes are made from an early cadet

Grown Clones can’t become Clastartes due to the enhanced aging

Clastartes organs and modifications slow down aging and shut down the Inhibitor chips

Honor Guards are built for each Jedi General

Coruscant Guard are more connected to the Jedi due to the rules of the Geneseed, thus are connected to Cin Drallig

Order 66 fails solely because of the Clastartes, who stop the Jedi Massacre all over the galaxy and at the Temple. 

Palpatine is butchered by the Clastartes 501st and Coruscant Guard 

Wild Space includes planets/characters from 40k (because I said so)

The Inquisitors are a mix of what they are in 40k as well as Star Wars

Other species from other franchises could make an appearance (Halo, 40k, Predators, Xenomorphs, etc etc)

Republic does its own “Great Crusade”

Battle Droids are converted into security forces

Dreadnoughts are essentially mobile bacta-tanks

Clastartes that become force sensitive are trained by their generals

Star Wars Templates made by XVelken and Madskillz793 on Deviantart (struggled to find them for some fucking reason dear god) Warhammer Templates made by Games Workshop

I come to you all with memes. And no you can't change my mind.

The Tryanids have found a new host... and there will be blood.

Just a little thing, nothing too crazy :3

Cipher Heresy MAJOR art spam. Yall are welcome to put who to who here. BUT ANYWAYS!!! YEAH! LOTS of art lol.

Is this a post to try and find people like this? Yes, yes it is. Am I expecting anything to come from it? Nah, not really. Regardless, enjoy these memes!

I wrote a thing. Pls read lol

It's one thing to say: "Hey this is kinda not great" and another thing to say "You're doing a shitty thing now go and start over." Let people have their fun with their homebrews. Warhammer 40k is wacky as it is grimdark. Deal with it, please for the love of the Emperor.

Some recent Warhammer 40k Art. 1. My 40k-Sona. Yeah I'm tired of Tzeentch's bullshit XD 2. A scene from my Alternate Heresy, the Cipher Heresy >:3 3 and 4. Members of my custom Warband the Oil Weavers!

(First Time of doing this so uh MISTAKES are to be found lol) THE BASICS- Chapter Name: The Fading Blades

Founding: Ultima Founding

Homeworld: Lorevian, a dark planet covered with beautiful swamps and toxic mountain landscapes. It’s thanks to these lands that the Fading Blades have a better resilience to diseases and plagues. 

Genesire: Dark Angel Successors

Fighting Style: Heavy focus on Melee, using Chainblades, Power Blades, and their own Power Katannas. Though there are a few that use sniper rounds for their Bolters. The Fading Blades are deadly field operatives, rushing onto the battlefield with little to no fear for themselves. They aid guardsmen and other Space Marines in combat and are skilled with indoor melee combat, making them perfect for liberating cities and citadels. 

Defining Armor Traits: Typically wearing robes and hoods, The Fading Blade also typically wear chains and spikes around their armor. Though plenty still wear the basic Primiris Armor without any add-ons. Captains and Sergeants though DO have large makeshift horns built into their armor.

Ritual Markings: Every Fading Blade is permitted to give themselves a tattoo of anything they desire, whether that be a name, a face, or a symbol. This tattoo is what connects them to their humanity and mortality. 

Special Rituals: When becoming a Fading Blade, the newcomer must work with a selected guardsman and use only a standard chainblade in combat as the guardsman’s personal guardian. They will be protected by a fellow Fading Blades. Only when they prove themselves, which can take months or even years, can they ever wear their sacred power armor. 

Beliefs: The Fading Blades follow the belief that Humanity is something to protect with every last fiber in their bodies, but also that even if someone falls to Chaos, their past should not be forgotten. To the Fading Blades, MEMORIES of one’s Humanity is what makes them human. It’s why they try to have civil interactions with any Space Marine that is not a fellow Fading Blade. They want to learn about them.

Purpose: The Fading Blades were formed to fight the forces of Chaos, mainly Chaos Cults. The Fading Blades are trained to combat every Chaos Warband with incredible precision. 

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Chapter Master: Volux Axar is a quiet and intimidating Space Marine, his helmet sprouting two massive horns and instead of their classic neon green eye optics, he wears pitch black ones similar to those of the Minotaurs. Volux keeps the Legion united, gathering recruits who succeeded in their guard duties and telling them the duty they now hold, while also revealing great secrets and untold stories. He wields the chapter’s first Power Katana, which was found deep in the belly of a fallen titan, alongside main other relics they keep. Volux shows these Relics to the recruits, telling them their theories and ideas of the relics. Volux is a kind soul, and will protect his Marines with an uttermost ferocity that only a World Eater and/or demon of Khorne could match. 

Champion: Orion Venatorius is actually a Dreadnaught, but a very talented one at that, and was the first Chapter Master. When the Fading Blades were founded and sent on their first mission to take down a Thousand Sons stronghold on the planet Gregak III. During this mission, Orion faced down a Greater Daemon of Tzeetch. While he didn’t kill the beast, Orion was such a vicious opponent on the field the demon was constantly being forced back. Eventually Orion was facing down demons left and right, being the single Marine in the Chapter with the most Demon Kills. Even when he was placed inside his Dreadnaught (why, no one knows. He was just found beyond saving, surrounded by hoards of traitors and demons), Orion kept killing demons. He values his relationship with his fellow marines and like Volux will defend them vigorously. 

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Primary Relationships with other Chapters/Legions:

Salamanders: The Fading Blades are a lot like the Salamanders in the sense that they value human life over practically anything else. Thus the Salamanders and Fading Blades actually get along quite well.

Lamenters: Unlike (probably) most of the Imperium, the Fading Blades see the Lamenters as Space Marines that deserve a massive break. Thus whenever they are working together, the Fading Blades treat the Lamenters with respect. 

Space Sharks: To put it simply, the Fading Blades are afraid of the Space Sharks. For obvious reasons. They’d rather fight Angron than a single Space Shark.

Dark Angels: As the apparent founding legion of the Fading Blades, one would think they’d have at least a LITTLE respect for the Dark Angels. But no. The Fading Blades despise their secret keeping and the measures they go to keep them. 

Black Templars: While the Black Templars are perplexed by the Fading Blades, they work well in unison. The Fading Blades themselves are neutral overall about the Black Templars but do show interest in their virtues and skills. 

Ultramarines: HO-BOY. The Ultramarines. The Fading Blades DESPISE the Ultramarines. Their rulebook following ways and views of Humanity as a whole and more and more make the Fading Blades DESPISE working with the Ultramarines. When a Captain of the Ultramarines began to talk shit to the Fading Blades, they shot back. A Salamander and Dark Kraken there had to separate the two when a brawl started. So yeah, not positive.

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Other Basic Facts to Know:

Their flagship is called the Fallen Warhead. It holds many of the Fading Blades’s most powerful weapons and figures.

Their monastery on Lorevian is called Fortress Dusklight. This is where all their relics are held. 

One of their relics is a suit of Space Marine Armor that dates back all the way to the Horus Heresy but they can’t tell what model or Legion it belonged to. But it is written all over in an ancient tongue that the Fading Blades Scholars and Psychers are constantly trying to figure out.

While the use of Bolters are rare for the Fading Blades, they aren’t strangers to them. Small squads of Marines may use them solely as distraction so the main force can go in to attack.

Volux Axar once faced down a Thousand Sons leader, and the Thousand Sons would state later that the mere presence of Volux triggered some deep fear they had. Something dating back all the way to BEFORE the Heresy. 

Warhammer wtf did you do to me. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME YOU MASSIVE UNIVERSE FILLED WITH LORE AND STORIES I CAN JUST MESS WITH WITH MY GRUBBY LITTLE FINGERS?!

(Also with the whole Star Wars VS Warhammer pls don't get mad I have an actual reason than just "The Death Star." So pls if you REALLY wanna just dm or something.)

The Lords of Order (Warhammer 40K Concept/AU)

Chaos. Destruction. Death. War. These all are descriptions of the Warhammer 40K universe. There is no hope for any civilization there, especially when the forces of Chaos keep growing in masses. But what if… what if there were new factions that came to help establish order across the universe? Powered by the magic of new gods? Gods of not war, chaos, death, or tyranny? But Gods of Order?

These are the Lords of Order. And these are their Hordes. Their Factions. Their Armies.

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The Lord of Tactics: Boreus

Boreus is the Lord of Tactics, Logic, and Planning. Thus she strategizes her every move. And there is no greater tactician. She is the opposite of Khorne in almost every way except for her incredible strength and power. Let none be deceived, she is a fighter and a warrior. Her many champions wield her greatest weapon, that of a Battle Axe. Her personal faction is simply called the Tacticians. Any Space Marine who comes to serve her is filled with the knowledge of every battle ever witnessed within their universe. Thus they are deadly on the field not for sheer power, but sheer intellect. They can plot every blow, every shot, every shout within milliseconds of stepping onto the battlefield. Their weapons of choice are battle axes and long ranged bolter.

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The Lord of Alliances: Negis

Negis is the Lord of Alliances, Community, and Protection. She cares deeply for every single living life in the universe, and thus makes every move she can to protect the innocent. But like every god, she is a powerful foe to face. Negis’s magic is unparalleled, capable of ripping entire landscapes apart with a single swish of her hand. But seemingly her greatest form of magic is the curing of those who have fallen to Chaos. No matter how lost their soul, Negis’s magic is far greater. She can’t reverse the mutations, but she gives those mutations new meaning and new power. Her personal horde is called the Order of Redemption. Every servant of Chaos she cures becomes a part of this horde. They are given a new life, a new name, and a kind new leader to follow. These soldiers mainly come in the form of Space Marines. These soldiers of her horde are very advanced for how diverse they are. Negis’s troops all have the incredible gift of Regeneration, so things like the loss of limbs and even their heads mean NOTHING to them.

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The Lord of  Protection: Vesskix

Vesskix is the god of Protection, Defense, and Leadership. She is the most outspoken of the Lords of Order, and has a bad temper. But Vesskix is an incredible leader, capable of leading incredibly successful campaigns to defeat the forces of Chaos. To take it up a notch she is a master of siege warfare and technology. She is vastly more intelligent than her fellow Lords of Order, and is capable of devising incredibly unorthodox plans that not even the best Necron tacticians can understand. Her personal army is called the Siege Masters, and she convinces members of the Iron Hands, Iron Warriors, Imperial Fists, and Salamanders to join her legion. They are gifted with incredible technology to help them build and advance their weapons and armors. The Siege Masters have more vehicles, Dreadnaughts, and just weapons in general. 

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The Lord of Honor: Kel

Vel is the god of Honor, Valor, and Trust. Kel is seen as the weakest of all her fellow Lords of Order, but in truth she is the most powerful, preferring to keep quiet and only speaking when she feels like something must be done and must be done fast. Kel has no quarrel with being a bit sassy as well, willing to go off on anyone. She is the only Lord of Order who had a face to face interaction with one of the Chaos Lords, that being Khorne. A World Eater marine present to witness states that even Khorne seemed uneasy at seeing Kel. Kel’s legion is called the Honorbound. The marines here are hand picked by Kel and her chosen “Primarch.” They are the most honorable and respectful Space Marines from across all the legions. When they join her legion, they gain enhanced sense of their previous ones. Runes and Glyphs form on their armor and weapons, giving each Marine a unique playstyle compatible with their personality and skills!

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Say hello to Roughous Artillieus. My very own Warhammer 40K OC!! And yes, he's a Primarch.

He is the Primarch of the Rougher Days legion and their successors. He is a master at melee combat but loves to use Bolters as well, commonly using them in pairs because as he says, "He loves the aesthetic." But like many, if not all, in the 40K universe, he is shrouded with misery and above all... Chaos. But maybe not in the way that one would think.

You see, disregarding any reasonable lore (as I like to do), before the Horus Heresy, Roughous actually had an encounter with Slaneesh AND Nurgle. Both of which tried to convince him to turn himself over to Chaos, to which both he refused. But since he had such a DIRECT encounter with them, he was targeted by powerful deamons left and right. One such encounter was with a higher deamon that inflicted him with a virus made by Nurgle with Slaneesh's help. Literal Chaos began to flow from his eyes, and his Marines began to worry that they may have to put done their beloved Primarch. But Roughous wasn't going down easy. He slayed the deamon and returned home, a bolter always pointed at his head just in case. He built a mask that helped him recovcer from the virus, permanently forging it into his face.

Now the mark of the Chaos Virus marks his face, the tears that fell last marking his skin, and his eyes blacked with a pure neon green glow. And he begins to think about the Crusade, the War, and eventually, the Horus Heresy... and wondered...

Was Humanity just as horrible a force of Chaos as were the Chaos Lords?

You're welcome, Warhammer 40K community. I hope you like me. BECAUSE I AM BOUTA GO FULL ORK AND BURN YOUR LORE TO THE GODDAMN GROUND!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!

The Deliverer

Preparations for the Lion’s arrival continue

Small bit of Kitty lore: her mother was a retired serf from a whole line of serfs running back to the start of the Great Crusade, so her ineptitude is more than a little personally embarrassing

Also-forgot to include her tooth gap in the last panel. Whoops

It’s not a joke, but enjoy a fool for this April fools day!

This is in the far future of the Lion’s Jester timeline, once Lion actually gets back to the Rock

I continue to progress with both watercolor and bizarre times. Happy April fools for the three people still awake

Work-in-progress

This takes place far in the future of the funky little story I’ve been telling with these characters, but I don’t really count it as a spoiler tho lol. It’s called the lion’s jester. It’s about Lion’s jester. Truly, I am master of subtlety

I imagine at least some dark angels would like watching her perform. The serfs certainly would. Asmodai of course is allergic to fun of all kinds and hates it lol

The perils of ticking off the immortal jester who lives in your house

Local Astartes accidentally induces transhuman dread in innocent serf by demonstrating something she definitely didn’t ask him to demonstrate

The cartwheel post

Bit messy cause I was tired when I inked it and kept moving my hand over wet ink. Enjoy

Not the cartwheel post.

And here we come to the end of our little intro into this story. From here on out it’s basically gonna be little episodes of whatever I find funny and fun to draw. I hope y’all enjoy Kitty-she has consumed like thirty sketchbook pages so far and shows no sign of slowing down lol.

Completely serious question to any warhammer 40k fans out there in the ether: could a space marine physically do a cartwheel? Asking for making a little fan comic reasons

That unfortunate feeling when you thought you were freeing some poor human but turns out she’s an honest to god chapter relic and so now she’s sneaking around like a horror movie villain into your office

The second installment of my ongoing little warhammer project. I’ve decided the armor is like the anatomy-whatever I think works that day. I forgot my brush pen at home unfortunately, so I inked this in a random school pen.

Behold, the project I’ve been working on all week. Turns out drawing a beat up church is exactly what I needed to stay calm about midterms. Enjoy part one of whatever this is

Some OC designs for my little Dark Angels warhammer comic project. Don’t get used to the reasonable anatomy here tho lol, noodle arms and comedic stylization are the name of the game for the real thing. As fun as grimdark may be to read, I cannot write it, and the art’s gonna reflect that

One of these characters I put a ton of thought and consideration in. The other is a bit background character whose outfit I threw together from vague memories and one History Hit video and I am becoming rapidly overstretched to. Guess which one is which

The names got cut off but leftie is Catherine and the one on the right is Evangeline

More messy practice for the little warhammer oc project. I’m gonna have to figure out what space marines wear in the day to day soon cuz I am not drawing all that armor on a regular basis. And why is Ezekiel blue??? Asmodai is really fun to draw tho

Goodness gracious primarch armor is complicated

Currently working on my thesis this term, so fanfic is coming slowly. So for now I’m doing a lot of fan art, and am planning a silly little war hammer oc project to keep my spirits up. For now enjoy me practicing dark angels and associated stuff in preparation. :)

Tau Sangheili auxiliary

Art by WolfdawgArt