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Identity Crisis - II

by Frost Llamzon

Part I

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Well it won't be winning awards but I'm quite pleased with the end result of building it! xD Now just to build up the serpent (seen in the background) before I can get to painting it all.

And figuring out how to do a resin pour for this...

The unholy urge to work on a small diorama but faced with the complication of having no parts for an apsect of it and can't find any that would fit for what I have in mind.

Am I literally going to have to scratch build an archway and part of a wall? Do I have to channel the spirit of Rogal Dorn for a silly idea? The answer is probably yes...

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Well well, look what arrived today as thunder roared in the sky? Dear god these are heavy but I can't wait to dig into these! 👀

It's Dark Angels reading month, maybe Space Wolves or Blood Angels afterwards? 🤔

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Assignments sent

Assignments are out! Check the e-mail associated with your AO3 account. If you haven't received your assignment e-mail, let the mod team know as soon as possible!

(If there's some other problem with your assignment, also contact us!)

You can also find your assignment through the exchange collection page by clicking 'My Assignment' in the sidebar menu.

Assignments are due on Sunday, August 3, at 5:59pm CEST | 11:59am EDT | 8:59am PDT | 11:59pm Chinese Standard Time (deadline countdown).

Submitting your assignment: Important info and step-by-step guide 👇

A quick recap of the rules:

You have signed up to create a gift for your assigned recipient. The gift must be either a complete fanfiction of at least 500 words or a finished piece of fanart that is at minimum clean line art on unlined paper.

You only need to create ONE gift with ONE character/relationship that your recipient has requested, even if you matched on several. You can choose any character/relationship from any of your recipient's requests, even if you didn't offer it.

The gift you make must focus on one of your recipient's requested characters/relationships and be created in the requested medium (fanfiction or fanart) for that character/relationship. Please read your assignment carefully; media may vary between different requests.

The gift you make must NOT include any content your recipient has listed as Do Not Want (DNW) for that character/relationship. Please read your assignment carefully; DNWs may vary between different requests. We know it's always possible to rules-lawyer a loophole in your recipient's DNWs, but remember that your goal is to create a gift your recipient will enjoy. If your recipient's DNWs don't match up exactly with your preferences, consider this an opportunity to stretch your creative muscles. 😊

Apart from DNWs, optional details are suggestions, not requirements — but do consider them a guide to help create an awesome gift your recipient will love!

If you have questions for your recipient when you start working, please e-mail your questions to 40kfanworkexchange@gmail.com for us to pass on! This way we can preserve your anonymity and keep your recipient guessing throughout the anon period for extra fun!

How to submit your assignment

Once you have created your gift for your recipient, you need to upload it to the exchange collection.

On the exchange collection page, click 'My assignment' in the left sidebar menu. This will take you to a page listing your recipient's requests. In the top right corner, you will see two buttons:

Clicking on 'Default' means you will drop your assignment. If you feel you are unable to complete your assignment before the deadline on August 3, please default as soon as possible! This will give the mod team more time to find someone else to gift a work to your recipient. A dropped assignment is called a 'pinch hit' and will be posted to tumblr for volunteers to pick up. All participants in the exchange who have created a gift for their recipient will also receive a gift from another participant; if a pinch hit is not fulfilled before the deadline, the gift reveal will be delayed until a gift has been created.

Clicking on 'Fulfill' will lead you to a Post New Work page that is already set up with your recipient’s username and the WH40K Summer Fest collection.

Things on this page should be pretty self-explanatory. See also the AO3 tutorial for posting a work.

Exchange-specific requirements:

You must rate your work with one of the following Archive Ratings: 1) General Audiences; 2) Teen And Up Audiences; 3) Mature; 4) Explicit. Works listed as 'Not Rated' will not be approved by the exchange mods.

You must tag your work with the relevant Archive Warnings: 1) Graphic Depictions of Violence; 2) Major Character Death; 3) Rape/Non-Con; 4) Underage, 5) No Archive Warnings Apply; 6) Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings. Important! Note the difference between the two non-specific Archive Warnings: 👉 'No Archive Warnings Apply' means the work does not contain graphic depictions of violence, major character death, rape/non-con, or underage sex. However, it may still contain other potentially squicky/triggering content, which should be listed under Additional Tags. 👉 'Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings' (abbr.: CNTW) means the work may and probably does contain at least one Archive Warning, but the author won't disclose which one(s) to avoid spoilers. Only open CNTW works if you are comfortable being surprised by the content they may contain.

You must list your recipient's requested relationship(s) and/or requested character(s) that your gift focuses on. Minor/background relationships and characters, if any, go in the Additional Tags.

Your Additional Tags should list everything else someone needs to know before opening your work, including kinks, potential squicks and triggers not covered by the Archive Warnings. You can also list e.g., minor relationships ('Background Konor Guilliman/Tarasha Euten'), extra information about characters ('FtM Sigismund') or content ('Canon-Typical Violence'), genre ('Fluff', 'Angst', 'Omegaverse'), tropes ('Coming Out', 'Our Vampires Are Different'), etc. Additional tags help people avoid content they are uncomfortable engaging with and find content they really, really want to engage with, so try to include tags that broadly cover the content and theme(s) of your fic.

Make sure the exchange/recipient is tagged/added under both 'Open Assignments' and 'Post to Collections/Challenges'. These should be auto-filled; if not, add them manually.

Leave 'Gift this work to' empty (this is for posting treats, which will be explained at a later date).

When you click the 'Post' button at the bottom of the page, your work is submitted to the exchange collection and awaits moderator approval.

🤔 I submitted my assignment, now what?

Once your work has been approved by the mod team and added to the exchange collection, its status on the 'Assignment' page on your personal dashboard will change to 'Complete!'

You can then have a drink and relax by the pool until the gifts are revealed — or have a look at the other requests if you feel inspired to give someone an extra treat!

😱 "Help! I posted my gift, but it disappeared!"

As long as the collection is anonymous, you can't see your own work(s) under the 'Works' tab in your dashboard sidebar menu like usual.

You can find your assignment by clicking on 'Assignments' in your dashboard sidebar menu and locate it there.

You can find your treats for others by going into 'Works' in your dashboard sidebar menu and clicking 'Works in Collections' in the upper right corner.

💝 Have fun creating!

Please remember to follow and/or regularly check this tumblr account for news and updates during the writing period.

Defaulted assignments in need of a Pinch Hit will be posted here as well.

If you have any comments or questions (for the mod team or your recipient!), please send an e-mail to 40kfanworkexchange@gmail.com

Happy writing and drawing! 🎉

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this is the funniest thing I’ve seen in weeks

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We are born of the blood, made men by the blood, undone by the blood. Our eyes are yet to open... Fear the old blood.

Happy 10th anniversary, Bloodborne 🖤 Released March 24th, 2015

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Update: The archway is half way done and I found a use for the giant base I ordered a lot time ago! But now I'm scratch building a serpent body. We'll see how that turns out but I have a feeling I'm going to need a lot more greenstuff before its finished.

The unholy urge to work on a small diorama but faced with the complication of having no parts for an apsect of it and can't find any that would fit for what I have in mind.

Am I literally going to have to scratch build an archway and part of a wall? Do I have to channel the spirit of Rogal Dorn for a silly idea? The answer is probably yes...

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The unholy urge to work on a small diorama but faced with the complication of having no parts for an apsect of it and can't find any that would fit for what I have in mind.

Am I literally going to have to scratch build an archway and part of a wall? Do I have to channel the spirit of Rogal Dorn for a silly idea? The answer is probably yes...

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He is the most unsettling plushie I know, good job guys he's going to jumpscare me at night.

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Already know I wanna send this to people on June 1

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Very interesting stuff going on with these two (and brains for some reason) in the year of our Lord 1986

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Why are you lgbtq+? wrong answers only GO

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LEEETTT'S GOOOO!!

I'm so excited to put together my sign-up and see what everyone is doing! I hope the spreadsheet helps as well, it took a lot of work to keep it updated! qwq

Sign-up is open!

Sign-up for the 2025 WH40K Summer Fest Exchange is now open!

You must be 18+ and have an AO3 account to participate in the exchange.

You'll need to request and offer at least 3 characters or platonic/romantic relationships to sign up; you are welcome to request/offer more. You can choose to create and receive either fanfiction, fanart, or both.

Helpful links:

Exchange AO3 profile with full rules/info.

Request Summary shows other participants' requests.

Overview of nominated characters and pairings by @psi-scribe.

The sign-up deadline is Saturday, June 14, at 5:59pm CEST | 11:59am EDT | 8:59am PDT | 11:59pm Chinese Standard Time (countdown).

Signing up: Important info and step-by-step guide 👇

If you do not have an AO3 account, you can request an invitation to join the Archive here.

Note: In case the mod team needs to reach out to you, AO3 shows us the e-mail address you use to log in. If you end up unmatchable or if your creator sends us a question to forward to you, we will use this e-mail address. Be sure to be able to access it, check it regularly while the exchange is running – and, if your legal name is in it, change it if you don’t want the mod team to see it! All e-mails from the mod team will be sent from 40kfanworkexchange@gmail.com using the name Roboute Guilliman (he handles our paperwork) or through AO3.

How to sign up

Click on 'Sign Up'/'Sign-up Form' on the exchange's profile page (or click here) to fill out your requests and offers.

You must submit at least 3 requests for characters and/or relationships that you would like to receive fanfiction and/or fanart for.

Fill out Request 1, 2 and 3 with 1-20 characters or relationships from the exchange tag set. You can add extra request boxes, up to 10.

Choose whether you'd like to receive only fanfiction, only fanart, or both. You can choose different media for each request.

Linking to a 'dear creator' letter on an external website, i.e., a tumblr blog post, Google Doc, Dreamwidth page, etc. with further details about your preferences, is optional. Note: The person assigned to you is not obligated to read your letter, but may find it helpful for inspiration. Please make sure your page is publicly available; some tumblr links can only be accessed by tumblr users and not all participants are on tumblr.

You MUST include a Do Not Want (DNW) list of anything you don't want in a gift, such as squicks and triggers. The mods will check your gift to make sure it doesn't contain any of your DNWs, but we only check for those listed in this text box. Your listed DNWs should, as a minimum, state whether you wish to avoid any of the four specific AO3 Archive Warnings: 1) Graphic depictions of violence, 2) Major Character Death, 3) Rape/Non-con, 4) Underage Sex. If you would be uncomfortable receiving Mature or Explicit gifts, please also mention this in your DNWs. You can have different DNWs for different requests.

In addition to your DNWs, you can use the text box for suggestions, optional prompts, and preferences. Note: Non-DNW details are optional, so your creator is not required to stick to your suggestions. But having a general idea of whether you like fluff/action/comedy/smut, the Great Crusade/Horus Heresy/M40/M42-era, your favourite tropes, art styles, etc. is very helpful to your creator.

If you are unsure about what to include in your DNWs or optional details, you can check out other participants' requests for ideas.

You must submit at least 3 offers for characters and/or relationships that you would like to create fanfiction and/or fanart about.

Your offered characters/relationships do not have to be the same as your requests.

Add 1-20 characters or relationships from the exchange tag set for each offer. You have to fill out Offer 1, 2 and 3 with at least one character/relationship in each, but it doesn't matter how you group your offers otherwise. No one will see your offers except you and the mods. You will only be matched with one other participant and required to create one gift regardless of how many offers you submit.

Choose whether you'd like to create only fanfiction, only fanart, or both. You'll only be required to make one gift for your assignment even if you offer both.

Please return to check before the sign-up deadline that your offers match at least one request by another participant in the exchange.

If your offers don't match anyone else's requests by the time of the deadline, the mods will e-mail you to ask if you would like to add additional offers. If you do not respond to this e-mail within 12 hours or decline to add additional offers, your sign-up will be deleted.

Once you have filled out at least 3 requests and offers, hit 'Submit' at the bottom of the page. You have now signed up to participate in the exchange and your requests will be visible to other participants in the Request Summary.

You can edit/add to your requests and offers by clicking 'My Sign-up' on the exchange profile page. Note: After the sign-up deadline, only the mods will be able to edit your sign-up details.

"What if there is someone I don't want to be matched with?"

The best way to ensure a fun and enjoyable exchange experience is to keep an eye on the Request Summary and adjust your offers based on other participants' requests.

Maybe you'll see something that inspires you to offer characters or relationships you didn't consider before — or maybe someone requests something for one of your offers that you would rather not create, in which case it's perfectly fine to edit your offers so you won't risk matching on that particular character/relationship.

If there is another participant that you very strongly do not want to be matched with, please e-mail us at 40kfanworkexchange@gmail.com before the sign-up deadline and let us know:

Your AO3 username

The AO3 username of the participant you do not want to be matched with

Whether your Do Not Match request is for creating, receiving, or both

What you would like us to do if that participant offers to pick up your pinch hit

What you would like us to do if that participant creates a treat for you.

Thank you! We look forward to seeing you in the sign-ups! ❤

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If tumblr dies for real where do you think people will migrate to?

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wanted to draw biollante, but with a weird palette. so heres pinklante!

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All right so Forge of Mars is being placed back onto the shelf because I got maybe 1/3 of the way through the second book and just stopped. It is a slog to get through so I will get back to it some other time and focus on books I'm more excited to read.

That being said, next month I'm starting project Dark Angel force which means lots of DA painting. So, why not do some DA reading as well?

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survival is my identity fuck the preparing of the party