#Imperial Warlords

[legends-expo]

Panel Announcement: In Conversation with Abel Peña

From the Sith to the Mandalorians, Abel Peña’s extensive publications have covered it all! Join us for a discussion of his works for Star Wars Insider, Hyperspace, RPGs and more!

Full Schedule: https://legends-con.com/guests-programming/

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[wh40kartwork]

Titans

by KoBOng

[empressofmankind]

Lemme, lemme help you with that *pulls out napkin* 😘

Tumblr stole my 2023 send off, so here's a hello 2024. The gold and texture has me.

[alphamecha-mkii]

Warlord Titan by Kev Walker

[merrymorningofmay]

kind of weird to realise everybody in my immediate family except me was baptised in the name of russian saints specifically

[star-wars-forever]

Moff Gideon

by Devin Doty

[cuteasspapaya]

all i got out of tales of the empire was that barriss is the baddest bitch in the universe and morgan elsbeth is still boring

[kariachi]

Went to bed, brain went 'remember that one au', got the fuck back up to make a post about it because while I'm pretty sure I never posted any of what I wrote for it I did enjoy it as a concept.

Basic idea was a middleground between UAF canon and OV canon. Kevin is an Ossy, the Rooters still happened, a lot of his life is a lie, and shit starts coming into the light after the Ultimate Kevin Arc. Because somebody has the foresight to call in the Empire about the rampaging chick.

In the distance, you can just about hear Servantis cursing.

Because the Empire getting involved means the Empire investigating shit, such as why the fuck there's a lone Osmosian chick out in the middle of nowhere and why he's involved in all this mess in the first place to end up in this situation. And of course the Tennysons tell them what they know- son of Devin Levin, Imperial Ossy who joined the Plumbers and died several years back, sure here's the paperwork but we don't see why this is such a big deal, on and on. And of course the Empire has even more questions because they can't find proof outside of Plumber systems that this guy ever existed.

Because the thing is as I write them the Empire, when they show up to shit like this, needs and wants to know your clan. That's where they're going to turn you over is to your clan or to your Packhead and Kevin has no pack. And wherever they turn they're finding no clan either. Alerts get sent out looking for any clan that had a member die in the Sol System in the past couple decades, and they do find one.

Their member died when Kevin would have been smaller than the reports say, and they've never heard of any 'Devin Levin', but it's the only evidence they have of any Osmosian having been in the System in that time period. Even when they extend it to 'if you've had a member in the Sol System in this time frame', they only get the one hit.

And the investigators haven't been slacking- the more they look that more important getting answers becomes because between the story of 'Devin's death and the situation with Kevin there's the very real chance of an active threat to any Osmosians who may or may not be in the System. So they're asking around for information. For any sort of evidence of who this guy was, where he was from, did he ever mention kin. Nobody is giving a real answer- it's been a long time, memories fade, there's nothign concrete except for paperwork. So, turn to the former mate, surely if anyone would have information it would be her.

She's gone. Not only has the 'former mate' vanished off the face of the planet, but so has a host of items from around her house, including every picture of Kevin, of Devin, the linens and toothbrushes are gone, the house has been scrubbed clean. Kevin's own apartment has been raided of pictures and various other items. The storage has been picked clean. The stepfather? Can't find hide nor hair of his either. Fuckers have to turn to Argit to try to find any personal affects of Kevin's that could contain clues, even though at this point they're more looking for evidence of the foul play the evidence is pointing to..

Attempts to see if Ragnaroc ever discussed his victim in prison, maybe there's some proof there, only turn up statement after statement that he'd only been in Incarcecon for a month or so before he broke out, not the years the reports say.

So by this point of course the investigation is digging into Kevin, because he's who they've got and his supposed father doesn't seem to exist outside of Plumber files, his supposed mother has grabbed a load of seemingly random shit and skipped town. Kevin who was in Incarcecon for months before escaping. Kevin who committed several crimes while traveling the galaxy and yet upon his last arrest was quickly given parole and seemingly immediately went back to his homeworld. Quickly reconnected with the mother who's vanished into the aether. Who's described by Argit as having 'suddenly' decided to become a Plumber. Who was confronted a year after returning to Earth with his father's killer, who wasn't in prison for a fraction the time the Plumbers say he was.

Who the younger Tennysons admit seeing as part of a team of kids causing trouble the year after he escaped from Incarcecon, an event he denies any knowledge of.

And wow, now they think about it, a few of the other hybrid kids they know also look familiar from back then, and they deny any knowledge of the event as well. All children of Plumbers, most with no evidence outside Plumber files. And the one who does have an actual existing person to back matters up has Ossy powers he really shouldn't from his 'parents'' backgrounds.

And lo but you get an entire AU centered half around the Osmosian Empire closing in around the Plumbers in a bid to figure out wtf is going on, why, and whether and who they need to have killed, and half around finding Kevin, Alan, Manny, Helen, and Pierce's families, restoring relevant memories, and reuniting them if at all possible. All wrapped up in a really traumatic case of 'hey your life is a lie', with bonus 'we're taking the lot of you into protective custody until we know wtf is going on and that you children are safe'.

[weathernerdmando]

just. look. look. 

regardless of what i didn’t like about how they got to this episode at times (my main gripe is that i still think the saber handover was stupid. 

but yknow what bo did earn it in the end for me, not bc of combat bc she’s become someone who isn’t just the person we knew from rebels and clone wars running off spite and anger and some level of pride, she’s someone who’s seen the worst, learned her faults and worked to change for the better in the best interest of her people, not becuase she thinks she needs to lead them, but because they deserve better regardless of who gives it to them. Enough blood has been shed by their own and she’s tired of it and if that means she has to work to get it to stop, then she will. and she’s not alone anymore in that goal!!!!!) 

just. just. 

the mandalorians getting to go home at the end. that’s a diaspora coming home. that’s a diaspora who’d been driven out and hunted getting to go home. finally, after giving up all hope of a return, they got it back!!!!!! 

they got to relight their Forge - the Heart of their culture. They got to take their Creed in the Water. They have their home back and they’re there as one group (the Old and New Ways and the Choice to follow one or the other, whichever the person in question feels is right for them!!!!!!), and they’re about to be able to teach their kids their ways in peace, and safety, they’re going to be able to stop worrying about having to hide - they’re home. 

they’re home!!!!!!! they’ve retaken their planet. they’ve gotten it back. and it’s got green!!! it’s got green! outside the domes! they’ve only managed green again when they’ve stopped trying to kill each other, stopped trying to spread conquest, but instead they were together, working for a mutual goal of survival. working towards unity. they got to go home!! and they’re going to encourage the planet to thrive, they’re going to raise kids (and warriors!!) there! 

the planet got a cin vhetin!! and din! and bo! and the Armorer!! are going to be the ones to ensure that they get to keep it!! 

din’s back to being able to be a provider for his people and his kid!!!!! and he won’t be the only one anymore!!!!! because they have so many of them and they don’t have to hide anymore!!! 

the amorerer is going to hear the sound of the forges manned by many hands once more. there are going to be foundlings who get to learn the art of forging their armor on the Great Forge itself!!!!! 

The kids are going to get to train in their ancestoral homelands and they’re going to get to hear the sound of armor in the halls it was forged in!!! the food is going to be cooked from it’s native ingredients!! not just rations anymore but feasts full of the various foods that Mandalore is known for! they’re going to get to sing their songs and dance their dances in the halls of Mandalore!!!

Mandalorians are stronger together!!!!!!!!! 

[agentscamander-romanoff]

Both Din and Ragnar have the same horrible type of luck

[empressofmankind]

Some inking was had - the purple on green is definitely A Look TM

I can't stop staring. He's such a unit; and I love him

EDIT: FINISHED IT

[alphamecha-mkii]

Titanicus by Mauro Dal Bo

[beware-the-owlman]

//Have we ever discussed the fact that given Alfred Pennyworth's age and past as an actor, it's entirely likely he appeared in at least one episode of Doctor Who?

[tzekkaz]

WIP Wednesday: Early Imperial Romans

I have had some early Imperial Romans waiting to be painted for a few years now, they come from the Hail Caesar 1st edition starter set 'the Invasion of Britain'. I wanted to get them painted quickly and to a decent tabletop standard, time to have another go with the Speedpaints so once the Romans had been undercoated white I began. Once again I was impressed with the metallics and skin tones, this time I knew it would not be a one coat solution and after initially using just Speedpaints, I decided to combine them with standard Vallejo and The Army Painter paints. I planned to basecoat them with Speedpaints and standard paints them give them a vallejo Umber wash and finally a white drybrush.

Hopefully the end result will be satisfactory. Knowing the number of Early Imperial Romans I have to paint I hope this method will bee fairly quick.

anyway that is all from this weeks Work In Progress Wednesday

Until next time

Happy hobbying!