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I thought that the most difficult part of creating this little story would be re-posing and re-adjusting all the junk that Marazhai carries around on him in each new scene. However, it turns out that the hardest thing was setting aside all of the finished artworks so I could share multiple of them at once later. Sooo… my willpower cracked a little bit and I decided to give you a sneak peek at what's coming!

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Tzeentch, baby, this one is for you! Never before have I shoved so many number Nine references (the Number of Tzeentch) into one scene. More than once I've caught myself thinking that when I finish this artwork a portal leading straight into the Warp will open behind me :D

While the Scene in the Hall is set, the Great Game is only beginning! All we are missing now is our Chosen guest star - Marazhai...

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As soon as I started working on Tzeentch themed series of artworks, Change entered my real life. In March, I had almost no free time for anything, let alone hobbies, due to moving to a new place. Work on the project progressed at the speed with which human movement is probably perceived by the Eldar (slow and inefficient), but I was able to completely finish the "uncorrupted" version of the Hall, and now I can't wait to start twisting and turning it into a Chaotic one.

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I know this update is kinda boring, but I figured I should post something to let you know that work on the project is in progress. At the moment I'm remaking some of the game assets into more high-poly versions, so that later I can recreate the environment in which our RTs have been dozens of times - a corridor with trophies and a painting. 70% of the interior is already finished, I'm trying to completely replicate its appearance, but for certain reasons it will look a little different from what you might have seen in the game…

*laughs, praises Tzeentch and mutters something about Fate*

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My favorite ending for Marazhai is the one in which he becomes an Archon. But I really needed a break from my previous artwork with him and his armor before moving on to upgrading it to something more fitting his high Archon status.

So, in the meantime, I decided to do an artwork of two beautiful monsters and began working on a quick art focusing on Marazhai's romance with Rogue Trader who ascended to Demonhood. As a result, when 50% of the work was already finished, my imagination was already running so wild with that premise that I decided to make a sequence of images instead of a single one, telling a little story. Naturally, this will take longer than I initially anticipated, so here's WIP of a little Chaos nugget that is a part of a future mini-series :3

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"Marazhai Aezyrraesh" (Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Fanart)

I can't believe I'm finally done with my little project. It was "slow and painful" just like Marazhai likes it.

Software used: DAZ Studio, Blender (Cycles)

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Not finished yet but I just wanted to share what I've been working on over the past week. An image from official artbook was used as a reference for Marazhai's armor. Soon real drukhari torture awaits me in a form of retopology.

(At the moment proportions of the "mannequin" are human, it’s a necessity ;)

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"A trap for two" (Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Fanart)

What could be better than starting a new blog with bare ass drukhari after 2 years of creative burnout? I swear I tried to put pants or underwear on Marazhai, but it looked ridiculous. Well… maybe the real reason is that part of me didn't want to hide his delicious pale butt cheeks… hehe…

I had extremely low expectations for the drukhari romance because I've read everything I could find about their lore before playing the game. Also I've played a lot of other games set in 40k Universe in the past and read even more books and novels since then (of which I consider only the Ahriman series worthy of any sort of attention). I thought that the paths of MC (Main Character) and Marazhai would certainly diverge forever at the end of the story. If he does not kill her in the epilogue, this already will be a "good" ending to their "relationship". The game actually surprised me with a relatively good ending (good for MC and Marazhai, not so good for everyone else around them), which also felt natural and not like some sweaty fanfiction.

So, the story of my Rogue Trader is quite banal. She was the embodiment of goodness, unusual for the 40k Universe: she kissed babies on the forehead, she fed the hungry, helped the poor and, whenever possible, tried to solve problems in a peacefull manner. She resisted the temptations of ALL the Chaotic Gods, but as soon as Marazhai opened his mouth, I realized that my heroine was doomed. His VA took this character to another level. If Marazhai wasn't romanceable and they had nothing better to do in privacy of her quarters, I would imagine that my Rogue Trader makes him read books out loud to her :D Under the corrupting influence of this drukhari, my heroine turned into a typical noble who does charity and plays a saint to keep a facade, at the same time trying to keep her bloody entertainment a secret.

If you came across this post by accident and do not understand, in the name of the Emperor, what kind of heresy is in front of your eyes, than you can direct this question to "Owlcat Studios". This is not a fanfiction. In the game "Rogue Trader" there is an actual romance with drukhari with the elements of BDSM… And I am grateful for all of the unlikely causes and conditions that this romance actually became a reality and that Marazhai is male.

Nudity and a wall of text. All the things that social media algorithms "love" so much these days, oh…

Software used: DAZ Studio, Blender (Cycles)