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For RT Appreciation Week... Esther could easily recruit me into the Imperial army. She is sooooooo badass. I love everything I see of her.

And you! Your art of Heinrix has done things to my brain. The study of all the things he wears... among my top favorites!

Thank you so much for such sweet words!! I’m so incredibly happy to know my pieces make someone feel things ;-;❤️ melts into a puddle

Also thank you for appreciating my girl!! please join the Imperial army💀

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Hey! Here's the video process timelapse of the recent W40k Imperial poster fanart that I shared (sorry it took so long, I had unexpectedly much work these past two weeks and this took some editing to make it concise).

You may notice a few minor jumpcuts and missing bits (like the draft sketch for text position/proportions, and the overall final assembly) because I've been jumping between various apps a lot and I only have recordings from Procreate and one small bit from Heavypaint. But all in all I think it should be a pretty understandable experience.

Hope it's not too fast nor too slow to grasp, and probably be aware there may be some flickering seen in case of epilepsy or something.

Hope you like it!!

UPD: ow, tumblr compressed it some, I'm sorry it's a bit blurry 😔

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OMG I can not wait for the process video! The painting looks amazing!!!!!

Oh hey thank you so much!! I’m really happy it got so much positive attention🥹 If I don’t get any more urgent work coming up I’ll try to put together the video over the course of the coming week. Thanks for the interest!!

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For the Glory of the Imperium! I’ve finished an artwork of my Rogue Trader Esther I started a few months ago! It even feels weird parting with it after all this time.

Context: She's a Commissar with Illustrious Glory triumph which is a background as an Imperial propaganda posters legend. So I've been wondering for the longest time how those posters could look considering W40k aesthetics. I imagine clear and blunt wartime posters pushed in the direction of nearly religious imagery with fervent detailing but still looking like something that was painted.

Also I dusted off my calligraphy skills for this one, so every bit of text here is hand-lettered over a span of a few nights because clearly only through pointless toil and solemn misery can I capture the spirit of 40k💀 Consider me contractually obliged to bring attention to it every time I post because I spent so much time doing it lol. I could be your autoquill equipped servoskull anytime

PS: I'll try to put together a process video sometime soon! Check out the art process video 🔥

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Hi hi sorry for no updates for so long! Just busy with this and that, started on the DLC just a little while ago.

Today I bring meticulous military uniform reverse-engineering via Heinrix in various stages of undress :] Happy Valentine’s Day💝

I should’ve done this in reverse, shouldn’t I

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9 People You Want to Know Better

Hey, thanks for tagging me @cawyden! Here's some personal info (which should've been some nice RT fanart instead but I've been slacking off, I'm sorry!)

Three Ships: Tough. To be frank I mostly obsess over particular characters but not so much ship anyone. I often really love frenemy-type dynamics or unlikely-work-partners situationships more than anything though, but I don’t see them romantically most of the time unless it’s explicitly canon. Still may be worth listing some of my faves since there’s heavy chemistry involved: Phoenix Wright / Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney), Harrier / Kim (Disco Elysium) ��� I'd bite off my leg if I must to not disappoint Kim. Zagreus / Thanatos (Hades) — this one I ship in every sense alongside the other two available ships from Hades.

First Ship: The first one I was legit getting weak in the knees over was Hibari Kyouya / Rokudou Mukuro from Katekyo Hitman Reborn (I feel old)

Last Movie: I believe it was “Kung Fu Hustle” that was leaving Netflix a couple of weeks ago and it was stupidly hilarious

Last Song: I’ve been weirdly obsessed with “Herald of Darkness” from Alan Wake 2, I’ve rewatched the music video waaay more times than I deem healthy

Currently Reading: “Quackery” by Lydia Kang & Nate Pedersen and “Eloquent JavaScript” by Marijn Haverbeke (boy I’m so bad at finding time for books you could probably ask me again in a couple of years and I would still be reading these exact same ones)

Currently Watching: Dungeon Meshi, Dimension 20: Never Stop Blowing Up, my regular true crime fix, and soothing ASMR item restoration videos

Currently Eating: just having a cup of mint tea

Currently Craving: To pet some cats 🥺

Tagging:  I’m so sorry for breaking the rules but I’ll pass on tagging by name this time, I’m pretty sure everyone I know has been tagged already and I get really socially anxious thinking about this too hard! If you’re seeing this and want to have a go you’re absolutely welcome!!

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Anon ask because I don't want to dox myself, but I want to let you know that IRL I have short black hair, dark eyes, & am named Esther. I always give my video game characters my name & try to make them look as much like me as possible. I also just so happen to be a massive Heinrix simp. My poor cat was incredibly startled when I spit my coffee out on her when I saw your ship art.

Anyways 10/10 drawings, keep cooking

Hey wow that's such a cool coincidence actually, thanks for letting me know!! So glad my drawings must feel more relatable to you, have fun😄 Sorry about the cat being frightened, give it a pet from me❤️ I'm guessing our Lord Captains must have a lot in common (I'd be surprised if yours is rocking the metal nose too, that was one unhinged choice haha, but she likely isn't if she's made after you (I sure hope your nose is intact!). Btw my girlie looks nothing like me, I'm really jealous if you have hair like that, also Esther is such a beautiful name❤️

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Actually here's another art of my Lord Captain Esther + a few steps. I believe that's the official Commissar uniform design from the Owlcat concept artworks that I borrowed.

Just mostly reposting stuff from my other platforms for now, didn't get to paint anything fresh but I hope I will sometime soon!

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Creator vs Creation

Oh that's cute! Thanks for tagging me @cawyden-gaming 🖤

Me (sorta) and my Rogue Trader OC Esther von Valancius

This is very flattering lol. I need to point out the editor lacks settings for the primary feature of my character --THE NOSE--, so let's just assume this is her pre-incident.

I think most of the people I know have already been tagged 🥲 I'll tag @annahenriart @natchart if you find this entertaining, if not I'm so sorry feel free to ignore!! Anyone else who's willing to join is very welcome!

Creator vs. Creation picrew!

tagged by @holylustration

me and my current blorbo Eltura

uhhh I'm sure some of these will be double tags but whatevs! @aylinvail @maggotknight @pycnolite @vossn @illitra @indigo-scribbles

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DO you commissions? Must know? ;) I love your recent Heinrix(es) something good.

Oh hey, thanks so much for taking interest!! Unfortunately as of right now I don't, haven't got anything set up for taking commissions (payment methods, pricing, work examples etc.) But I may actually start looking into it because a few people have been asking and that's new 😳💗🥹 I'll make sure to announce if I open them!

Btw huge thanks to everyone who's been asking, this has me absolutely floored and very happy. Also thanks to the members of the Holy Ordos for sponsoring my rise to fame (��� ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄

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Heinrix sketches pt.2 Made these after exploring the Inquisition Shipwreck. Tried to give him a sad expression as per the heartfelt descriptions in the text but not too puppy eyed (hopefully, heh).

I feel like he looks different each time I draw him ("ಠ_ಠ)

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Her key stat is Coersion >:з

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Wow, I haven't been here for so long and yet there's been so much attention to the latest fanarts I posted and to my dear Lord Captain's background. I'm so overwhelmed, thank you so much for such a warm welcome!😭❤️ And a few people followed, very happy and excited to have you❤️

Also I love the sneaky little comments people add to hashtags on reblogs, made me giggle a lot (boy I haven't been here for years, completely forgotten what the general culture was ahhh)

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The Golden Throne's Heavy Gaze ===== The Interrogator stands on the bridge scowling, watches your every move intently as you walk by, takes note of every detail past protocol. UPD: For those who have previously seen this posted by me somewhere else a few months ago: I'm now atoning for my sins committed against his majestic jawline and have considerably reworked the face (giving him some extra 15 or so years of age lol). That face has been bothering me for a while now, I'm finally at the point where I've been staring at his in-game portrait long enough to be able to embrace the immeasurable vastness of his jaw and introduce some changes. That's alright if you like the previous one better but I do think this version looks more like him, my job here is done🌹

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Speaking of that nose I've been getting some witty (dirty) comments about that augmetic so those are part of the story now lol. She probably gets that a lot. But she's a strong woman, she normally handles that (imaginary) composure check just fine. Normally

Two consenting adults having an important convo

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Can I ask what happened to your Lord Captain's nose?

Hey thanks for asking! If there's one thing I have sorted out regarding her background it's probably this. In my head her nose augmetic is tied both to her Illustrious Glory Triumph (i.e. being a propaganda posters legend) and to the Shadow of Torment Darkest Hour (i.e. surviving a brutal renegades attack). She was left for dead during an insurgency having endured a continued and very personal violent beating to the face by one of the subordinates who despised the strict discipline she enforced, thought to have been treated unfairly and by a stretch of imagination had grown to associate her face reproaching him from the posters around their precinct with all the cracks showing in the glorious facade of the Imperium. Despite sustaining grave injuries, by the Emperor’s grace she was found timely and rescued, however she lost her nose as the result of the ordeal. Following her recovery from the attack with newfound disdain towards anarchy and chaos she had fallen victim to, she was determined to serve as the face of the Officio Prefectus’ authority and persistence even more fervently, her renown now starting to spread further across the worlds of the Imperium. The freshly installed signature nose augmetic colloquially gained her a number of lousy nicknames the most common being Commissar Iron Prow — which albeit was not completely devoid of mockery was ultimately uttered with fear and trembling. Years after the horror and injuries she endured never fully left her coming back as occasional aches, shortness of breath, and vertigo, handicapping her athletic performance and sometimes waking her up at nights drenched in cold sweat. (Please pardon me the purple prose) I joke to myself that her Analytics System (Forge World origin talent) is primarily located in the nose augmetic lol (probably not how it works in 40k but hey I'm just here to have fun)

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My Heinrix van Calox doodles pt.1 (man I made these a few months ago as I was finishing Chapter one and they already feel somewhat wrong haha)