#Russ Marin

[wh40kartwork]

Return Of The Wolf

by Vitaly Perevoshikov

[lmadsadness]

The Emperor gave me permission to draw big buff men in dresses

Big buff men in dresses explodes

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

So the Wolves went up against the Thousand Sons in what was really a gorgeous city and therefore not an inherently defensible fortress, so home ground but not as much of an advantage as it might be. The wolves brought the SoS AND the Custodes. Given all that, do you think the Sons gave a good show?

Second part. If you were given a legion of marines and a couple banana ships full of custodians and a couple ships of Sisters of Silence, which legion would you most vs least want to go up against? (I’m assuming least is Perky or Door but hey you never know). And where would the Sons be on that list?

I think they gave a very good showing. The Wolves v Sons thing really isn’t as one-sided heehoo pubstomp as the 40k meme hivemind make it out to be. The sorcerers were sniping sisters at range and doing heavy damage to the forces arrayed against them. They significantly taxed the enemy militarily and psychically while being placed at a disadvantage.

Magnus, for that matter, also fucked Russ up. Yeah, he lost, but he was the one beating the piss out of Russ for much of the fight. He was so torqued up on psychic energy that he was able to match Russ’s swordplay with his bare hands. He punched Russ so hard in the chest that his armour imploded around Magnus’s fist and punctured one of his hearts. Magnus pinned him with one arm after having the other broken and was going to straight up kill him if not for Leman’s pet doggos sacrificing themselves.

I’m not a “Magnus did nothing wrong” person, for the record. Magnus did fuckin’ plenty wrong. He and his sons absolutely fucked shit up on that day, though, and I think it’s fairly undeniable.

As for the last part, I have no idea. Depends on exact numbers tbh.

[wolf-tail]

Some of the 40k fandom can be so lame about the concept of Astartes who happen to be girls. You're telling me that gene-seed can mutate enough that the Black Dragons have fucking bone spikes coming out of their skin, but it can't be modified just a little bit to implant it in someone with a uterus???

And even if that's true (which would still be utter BS to me) you're telling me that not ONE Space Marine found the thought of being called a Battle Sister instead of a Battle Brother appealing???

You're telling me that the Primarchs wouldn't be just as proud of their daughters as they are of their sons?

You're telling me that Leman Russ wouldn't brag about how many xenos his she-wolves killed???

For shame!

@hatefulhyena i know you'll understand me

[praetorianxxiv]

2,000pts 2nd edition Warhammer 40k at Kraken Gaming Ltd. The first Battle of the year 🎉

My Praetorian Guard XXIV v my friends Blood Angles.

A short but extremely bloody battle with no objectives being taken.

I was victorious at the Kraken.

[ns-imagines]

Marine Corps Birthday Ball

RAAHHH THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR JUST PASSED. NOVEMEBER 10TH THE MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY!!

All U.S. Marines in COD x USMC Birthday Ball

| Word Count: Not sure its a lot w/ videos| SFW

A/N: *Rips someone into two pieces with my bare hands* Shit makes me so happy that im a U.S. Marine. RAH. Keegan please be my date to the ball &lt;3 Sgt Russ and Sgt ****** <3

Context: Every year throughout the month of November we have our Marine Corps Birthday Ball. There's a ceremony and fancy dinner and of course a lot of alcohol and tabaco. Enlisted wear our Marine Corps Blues uniform and get to show off all our fancy awards and medals. The officers wear their sick uniform as well. Guests wear a formal suit or dress!! We get drunk, have cake, and dance. Its fun and one of the many traditions we have in this service. This year it was the 248th Birthday!! Let me give you the run down for todays event <3

Military Lingo Key at the end

1845 - Venue doors open

1900 - Cocktail Hour

2000 - Cocktail Hour ends all bars are closed

2005 - 5 Minute warning for the ceremony

2010 - Ceremony begins

2100 - Ceremony ends

2110 - Dinner service starts and Bars reopen

2200 - Dance floor opens / DJ starts

0130 - Venue doors close

Okay now that we have the schedule down. Lets list all the Marines in COD. Were gonna pretend everyone's alive and in the same unit for tonight. Whos going to be your date for tonight? Skip past the photo when you're ready.

All unnamed Marines <3 (damn npcs)

-MARSOC Marines, 2nd MarDiv

1st FRP (MW1) Source for info below click here and here (<- Has character pictures as well for some)

-Lt Vasquez, Cpt Pelayo, Sgt Paul Jackson, SSgt Griggs, Pvt Massey, Pvt West, Pvt Royzewicz, LCpl Lopez, and LCpl Gaines

DRT Stalker Units With Air Squadrons (All games) Information Source click here

Cpl Baker, Sgt Baker, Capt Weston, Cpt Keating, and Lt Volker

GHOSTS Platoon prior Force Recon Platoon (COD GHOSTS) Information Source click here

Sgt Keegan Russ, Sgt Alex Johnson, and Cpt Gabe Rorke

Lemme know if I forgot anyone!!

Okay, you have your date or friend group that you're going with. You as the guest are in your formal attire. Lets get this party started! (Every year and in every venue its the same setup, same ceremony, and same food)

1845-1900

You show up to the venue with your date. The ball room is set. There are about a dozen round tables draped with a beautiful white table cloth. There is a round red and gold table cloth in the center of the table. On it sits two pitchers one with water and the other with iced sweet tea. In front of each seat is a set of silverware for each course, a wine glass, a water/tea glass, a pamphlet with tonight's events, and a neatly folded napkin. Each section is sat with each other. A chair left empty next to your Marine for you of course.

Usually the Commanding Officer or Executive Officer will put money down for everyone to get one free drink. The venue offers two bars. Both the lines are a bit long but you can just chat while you wait. There plenty of people to be introduced too and everyone is saying "Happy Birthday" to each other. If you're stationed in an allied country like Japan there are guests from their military as well.

The bar has a wide variety. Wine, shots, mixed drinks, and juice if you arent drinking. They even sell cigars. You and your date get your drinks and socialize. You get to meet their peers and squad members. This is also the time to take pictures! You walk towards the entrance of the venue with your date. There is always a professional Photographer waiting. The American flag and Marine Corps flag are proudly displayed in front of a royal red backdrop. The backdrop has accents of gold.

The photographer asks if you want their pictures or just on your phone. You both pose and smile. The pictures came out amazing. Your Marine will take some photos with their shop and then you'll head back into the venue. Another drink?

2005

Man that hour went by fast! The five minute warning has just been called. You and your Marine go to your seats and wait for the ceremony to begin.

2010

The ceremony starts. Everyone is seated and quiet. There's always one rushing back to their seat from the bathroom. (You can watch a full ceremony from last year here but im going to summarize it. Im speaking from my experience overseas but the video is stateside Marine Corps)

The band does their introduction segment commencing the start of the ceremony. The march forward turn and march back. Next comes the sword detail. There are 4 pairs that walk through. There are both Enlisted Marines and Officers in the sword detail. They march in pairs to their position and once are all in place the Commanding Officer, Sergeant Major, and XO march past the sword detail to the front of the stage. Everyone stands when they walk by to show respect. Next comes the color guard with the American Flag and Marine Corps flag and two rifles march onto stage. Everyone stays standing to honor the colors are they pass. The National Anthem is played followed by Anchors Away and then the Marine Corps Hymn. Which every Marine sings!!

The cake is then marched onto stage while the band plays. A traditional speech is made. Then the CO cuts the cake with the NCO sword giving a slice to the guest speaker. The another slice to the oldest Marine. The oldest Marine takes a fork full and passes it to the youngest Marine for a fork full. This symbolizes the passing of traditions!

After that the color guard marches off stage followed by the cake detail and oldest and youngest Marine. The CO, XO, and SgtMaj exit the stage. Then the sword detail. The guest speaker will then give their speech and then the birthday message will play. I have it linked below. It was fire this year!!

2110

The ceremony ends and the bars open. Half the Marines there rush to the bathroom and the other half to the bar. The venue staff start to bring out a shrimp cocktail appetizer. After 15 minutes they bring out a salad. Then after about another 15 minutes they bring out the main course. There are four options chicken, steak, fish, and vegetarian.

2200 - 0130

The dance floor opens. You are free to leave at this time if you want. The venue service starts clearing off the tables and the DJ starts playing music. Marines go outside to smoke cigars others hit the bar for the 4-5th time. The dance floor gets crazy. The CO will even bust some moves on the dance floor. Medals come off so no one looses them (Plus they are so freaking expensive) and everyone has fun till the venue closes.

I hope you enjoyed your ball <3

Happy Birthday Marines!! Semper Fi

Military Lingo Key:

Section - who you work with basically

Sword detail - you can read about that tradition here

cake detail - you can read all about it here

[unassumingastartes]

Part 1 of Heresy Era Primarch fan casts.

I'm currently working on the remaining 15 of which I have 6 selected (3 more going up shortly). I just need to get the time to find fitting images for them all, and create the posts etc.

Part 2 is up!

[Also, please ignore any grammatical errors. I am very ill, and I'm doing this to cheer myself up]

I seem to take issue with most fancastings I come across of primarchs; in my mind must be played by someone that has that kind of special visual property to their appearance that's very eye catching but can't be placed. Primarchs have a super natural aura that makes people drawn to them but also very intimidated. So it's a very unique mix that one must have.

Here are a few I think fit the bill.

Jaghatai khan-

Baljinnyamyn Amarsaikhan.

Mongolian actors are very unrepresented in cinema, I believe that for a character completely inspired by mongol culture, casting anyone outside of that would be a shame. Just like the Khan, he has a strong, very intimidating aura but also has an equally strong charisma and powerful appearance that demands respect. His performance in Marco polo was great. The Khan is full of contradictions in his character he's jovial yet serious, he's just as quick to laughter as he is to rage, he doesn't take himself seriously but if you do something against him he'll never forget it, he's logical yet impulsive.

Leman Russ-

Travis Fimmel.

No fan of both Viking and Warhammer will be surprised by this casting. You'll know it doesn't even need an explanation as to why this role is perfect for Travis. Travis' performance as Ragnar in vikings was legendary. His feral but caring nature, like a wolf that wishes to be tamed but fights back when it happens. Just like Leman. A quick-witted, silly, carefree but battle crazed berserker. I talked about outstanding physical appearance being a must, and Travis' eyes are one of a kind. No description can do them justice.

Angron-

Manu Bennett.

Angron is a very misunderstood character in the fandom. He was forced to become a gladiator as a child, he never knew love, his aura was stolen from him due to the butchers nails, which drove him insane and made me bloodlusted craving violence just for a moments relief. He was denied an honourable death with his loved ones, then again, and is still forcibly kept alive as a Daemon. Even his own sons were terrified of him and hated him. Being around Angron was like being caged in with a starved and injured apex predator. Manu's experience with playing a gladiator previously is fitting along with his ability to tap into that hyper intimating mode, where even tho he is extremely handsome, it's not welcoming. It's the lure of the beauty in a tigers stripes where you want to admire, but you know you must run.

[farsight-the-char]

I am predicting Abaddon and Vashtorr are going to find a big Chaos Weapon to annihilate the Leviathan assault on Terra, so they can claim the planet.

Russ returns to save the Terra with some Imperial Warp Manifestation Fuckery. Russ will be "Odin"-like.

....

11th edition starter box Space Wolves (but like, more ''magical'') vs Dark Mechanicum (mix of custode equivalent chaos androids, new demon engines, and cultist rabble).

....

It came to me in a dream.

[tokillamockingbird427]

Flying is boring with how easy it is... simply find a willing mount with wings. Saddle it. Hop on. Steer. And sit there until you get where you want to go.

Logan however, this "marine sergeant" from "the United states" had seemed endlessly fascinated however. Even when they were in the stables, when is stunk of gryphon manure, he'd been enraptured even watching the simple task that saddling their mount was.

And even now, with the world passing beneath their feet he seems enchanted... Bewitched by nothing more than trees, hills, and rarely the light from some fire. Man-made or otherwise.

"I thought you said you flew before..." The imp asks, when the blonde behind him leans to the side again, like the view from the left and right side of the dust-brown gryphon are different.

"I have!" The marine replies, enthusiastically. "But that was inside an aircraft, not riding it!"

Keegan sighs softly, it's lost in the wind, and Logan continues to hum and chitter to himself.

"Go higher." He orders suddenly, and Keegan considers complaining, but decides the marines thick skull won't yield. He pulls the reigns back and after a couple dozen feet, right under the clouds, he lets the animal even out.

He doesn't like flying through clouds... they're very wet.

He can feel Logan shift around behind him, a hand and weight on his shoulder, and turns his head to see the blonde reaching up and dragging his fingers through the underside of the mist.

The cloud lights up, bright blue-green, and Logan grins wide, laughing to himself.

Keegan's not sure what's special... they're everywhere, if only very visible on dark nights, and the only reason they light up is because the little animals in them. It's not magic.

The thought strikes him that someone below might see them, and his hands tighten on the reigns in worry... but what does he have to fear? An archer can't reach them. A ballast would need time to aim and they'd be out of the bolts reach in a few moments.

He looks back at Logan, who's raised both hands and continues to stare at the light, the thin twin trails of blue light dragging behind them and reflecting in his eyes.

Keegan pulls the reigns back, and they ascend again, passing through the bottom of the cloud and swamped in bright blue light until they breach the top.

Logan whoops when they do, laughing and grinning, spreading his arms out to touch more of the clouds and widening their trail. Though the gryphons wings reach farther than his arms ever could, they cut through below the top surface, and the light isn't as bright as where Logan touches it.

Keegan looks across the rolling sea of clouds around them, mostly grey-dark mist, but lighting gently wherever the wind pushes... he's seen a view like it a million times, he's used to flying but... he'd forgotten what if felt like the first time he found one of these clouds, without knowing it.

A flying ocean, one that breathed and lived, glowing wherever he touched it. Breathtakingly beautiful, wondrous and new, something strange to be learned and understood.

Keegan reaches out a hand and dips his fingers into the mist, feeling the cold wet mist on his skin and watching the glow spring to life under his fingers. He releases the reigns, sure that the gryphon will keep it's current path, to reach out his other hand. Copying Logan, watching the light spread out behind them, and smiling... a little.

He turns to see what else the marine might be doing, only to see he's been staring at Keegan, grinning still.

The light in his eyes aren't just from the clouds now, not when he looks at Keegan.

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Posted on AO3 as well

[moodymisty]

konrad licks data pads, guilliman gives them a kiss and lion spits on them??

Wow that’s so.. that’s so strange. Weird that they do that huh. Isn’t that just so unusual and bizarre-*starts animorphing into a data pad*

People will look upon this ask in 300 years and it’ll be subject to intense historical debate as they desperately try to figure out what the fuck we were talking about.

Also get that spit dataslate homie I believe in you

[wh40kartwork]

Leman Russ Vs Magnus The Red

by Mario Del Pennino

[darkponymod]

Only yesterday learned what happened with Corvus Corax and wondered "What if Russ?"

[tagedeszorns]

If you’d please: leman russ doing those stupid sexy iceworlder things or alternately, leman russ but bear-mode for the winter 😉😉😉

Since I just drew Leman-being-all-sexy (or werewolf-y, same-same), I decided on cute Leman doing the "bears in winter"-thing and taking an extended nap.

[carbone14]

Cuirassé Sebastopol de la marine impériale russe – Helsinki – Finlande – 27 juin 1915

Après avoir prit part à la Première Guerre mondiale dans la flotte de la Baltique, le Sebastopol fut transféré dans la flotte de la Mer Noire de la marine soviétique, sous le nom de Commune de Paris (Parizhskaya Kommuna) pour participer à la défense de la ville de Sébastopol (1941-1942).

[crippledgiraff]

I HAVE AWOKEN

[barrycoganart]

The Wolf's right hand. Before his interment into a blessed shell and becoming a Dreadnaught, Bjorn the Fellhanded was a Battle Brother of the Great Wolf Leman Russ’s space wolves Legion. Here he is in all his glory, armoured up in a mishmash of Battle plate on the wastes of Prospero. Bring the Emperor's wrath to the Thousand Sons legion after breaking the edicts of the Nikaea. Enjoy!