#skorpius

[matrim-cauthons-hat]

so i’ve seen a few folks kinda losing their mind over the rogal dorn tank having a big hole in the bottom (or they are being very funny and i am an imbecile, which we should certainly not rule out), but this isnt even the first 40k vehicle not to have a bottom. the mechanicus skorpius tank/transport has a hole in the bottom. did people react the same when that came out?

[cobalt-owl]

So if you've been following me for a while you'll know that I've been wanting to make a warhammer 40k army but with Halo Covenant models as a proxy. I was originally wanting to make them a proxy of the T'au but I found issues with figuring out Drone tokens, base sizes (specifically for elites), and invuln saves for things like shield Jackals. Well I'm happy to announce that I finally found a faction due to a new release in rules including rules that allow Imperium factions to bring deathwatch space marines. And here is my choice in faction shown by the Combat Patrol.

I chose the Adeptus mechanicus as, while there are some issues (not restricted to but including struggling to pick if Skitarii Vanguard or Rangers should be the Jackals since they both have a 5+ invuln), they by far have the best array and arguably fitting themes around them. I have a full 1500 point list that involves a deathwatch squad of elites, skorpius disintigrators as wraiths, Kastelan Robots as hunters, etc. Also I apologize for the shit photoshop

[cantrailivn45]

Srry I thought of that scene and I had to draw it it very much might be my fav out of any of the games...with the most a$$ bossfight right next to it the kraken has to be my least favourite and that's saying something when you think abt Skorpius.

Skorpius on chaos mode had me stressing so bad when you die to the tiny ones when you can't see or the terrible hitbox and have to restart again bc of instant death... my lord

[loominggaia]

Do some divines just MAKE new monsters for literally no reason other then they wanna? Like, Titania made faeries to be soldiers, Cerno made the first werewolf to defend himself (And made a plague), Erasmos made demons to boink, and Morganya made arachne to piss off Gaia, but could there be a divine who, at one time, made a species of monster and had NO intention for it beyond they thought it'd be cool if it existed and they made it exist because they're divines and Gaia lets them use her tools?

There have been plenty of monsters that existed simply because a divine said, "I think this would be cool" or "I want to make my own custom friends/spouse/pet/whatever".

Most monsters are one-of-a-kind and eventually die out, and not all of them get recorded by the World Athenaeum before they pass. These simply get lost to history. Only a very small number of them go on to build a self-sustaining population (like skorpius, harpies, etc.)

Monster forging is a complicated process, it violates World Law, and it's one of those things that everyone knows is a bad idea, but some divines can't resist the temptation to try anyway. Every monster has some unintended flaw and the potential to wreak massive havoc on the ecosystem or society. Monster forging is considered "playing God".

(Even Disgrace was wary about making the camedile because he knew that thing was going to turn out fucked up no matter what he did. I mean, it tried to attack its own creator right off the bat, so...incidents like that are pretty typical when forging monsters.)

So, divines making random monsters willy-nilly doesn't happen as often as you'd expect. But yes, it does happen.

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[jakey-beefed-it]

A 40k army I would love to see someone else make, as I am not actually interested enough to do it myself I just think it would be neat-

Skaven Mechanicus.

Skaven Genestealers are the obvious choice for bringing Skaven into 40k (assuming they're Imperium-adjacent and not just xenos) given the similarities of literally and metaphorically undermining the oppressive feudal empire in service to their own ends rather than to make things better. But the rats are so fun and mad-sciencey in WFB and AoS, the thought of them scrambling about with mechadendrites and rad-guns is more appealing to me, personally. I mean, mechanicus people's remaining flesh is always gross and dying due to how much radiation they're exposed to, the typical skaven plague boils would fit right in.

Skitarii are easy enough (hell the name is already halfway to skitter through linguistic serendipity). Literally just come up with some kind of elongated snout hooded masked head, 3d print a billion of them, and glue them right to the existing bodies. They don't even necessarily need ears, though that would be hella cute.

Sicarii would be even better though, imo. Digitigrade mechanical legs and all that. You'd just have to find a way to get enough robes for the whole squad and not just the leaders, because robes are such a big part of the skaven look. Just throw in some stormvermin bits, swords and whatnot, to really sell the look.

Similar thing with techpriests tbh; they're already hunched over rat-style. Just get yourself some guitar string and make cable-tails coming out the back of their robes. Maybe add a bit of patchy fur to like, the exposed wrist of the tech-priest dominus. Give him claws if you're confident with the tiny sculpting.

How big is the doom wheel? Like serberys-sized or more sidonian sized? Too small to be a counts-as onager or skorpius, though, right? Just throw more mechanicum bits and symbols on the existing skaven model and run that. It' be hilarious.

Wait, I'm dumb, the doom flayers are the perfect size to be serberys dragoons and the other one, leave the doom wheel for sidonians or bigger.

Kataphron look like they should be easy to give the same treatment as the skitarii et al with just a little head-swap but I dunno, that seems uninspired to me. Maybe make them more like clan-rat powered mini-tanks? Couple of little hatches with horrid rat faces peeping out? Or maybe just keep the servitor as human, lol. "The only good use-function for man-things!"

Anyway yeah I don't have the time, energy, or give-a-shit to actually do any of this, but I'd love to see someone else who's more excited about Mechanicus and/or Skaven do it.

[darkwingphoenix]

More @loominggaia Headcanons, because I'm Bored

Every species of people has their own group name, similar to a murder of crows and pod of whales:

A group of goblins is a gobble

Sirene groups are either a pod or a chorus, depends on who you ask. Most Athenaeum researchers will say the official term is pod, but people outside of scholars will say either one

A group of cecaelia is a tangle, although a cecaelia group without adult scyllo (So adult scylla, hatchlings, fries, bubblers, and kiddos of either gender) is called a nursery so long as no adult scyllo are with them (Even 1 adult scyllo makes the group a tangle)

A group of gnomes is a crawl

An elf group is a knife

Ogre groups are called bands

Troll groups are called stanks (And they live up to it)

Roshava groups are called twisters

Human groups are called troops

Dworf groups are called halls

Faun groups are herds or antlers

Satyr groups are herds or revels. Most people mean a group of adult satyrs without offspring when they say revels, most use herd

Minotaur groups are herds or batteries

Centaur groups are called herds or cavalries

Gorgon groups are rhumba or quiver

These terms are rarely used unless the person using them is trying to dehumanize the group, often in areas where they aren't accepted. Fae group terms are used a lot in Etios, Zareen and Evangeline, while commoner group terms are more frequent in Umory-Ond or Mogdir. Gaian group terms, excluding specifically herd or revel (For satyrs), are used in Evangeline primarily. Pod and chorus for sirene is still accepted as Not Speciesist, as is nursery for cecaelia moms with their squiddos.

Sirene also have a specifically-baby group term, two actually! They're the words shimmer and scoot. They're often used most commonly in areas where the singular term is more common, so shimmer is more common where people call sirene babies shimmerlings, while scoot is more common where they're called scooters. The correct term according to the Athenaeum is shimmerling and shimmer, but those who use scooter and scoot don't give a fuck.

Groups of young goblins are called tastings (As in wine tasting, as they're called goblits, this was Mostly A Joke)

Faery groups are called courts, even if none of the members of the group are aligned with either Great Kingdom called Court. This group term actually also includes mixed-fae groups. A group of fae, faeries, and even fauns is a court as well!

A mixed group of gaians, excluding gorgons specifically, is called a herd. Makes sense, as all of those species use herd as a group term

There's no one group term for a mixed-commoner group, it depends on locality.

A group of only kobolds is called a stupid

A group of pixies is a silly

A group of drau is called a seance

A group of adhene is called a stuck-up

A group of divines (Any species, just divines) is called an intervention (Yes, I did this because Divine Intervention is a term that exists and I wanna make that everyone's problem)

A group of skorpius is called a massacre

A group of agony cradles is an agony nursery

A group of floeback whales is called a titanic

A group of dragons is a Hellfire

[noble--1]

Adeptus Mechanicus Skorpius Dunerider

[kastronvie]

Repainted and finished my skorpius from when I restarted the game in 9th (5th pic). Only so much to do without stripping the paint and restarting, but happy with where it's ended up 💜

[sappho114]

i think i need to get a skorpius dunerider for my imperial guardsmen or else i might die

[wbwoqlqxoxxms]

Yishun Revengers Episode 16 "Unleash the magic, free the magic,"

"ᗯᕼY ᗯOᑎ'T ᗪᗩᗪ ᒪOᐯᗴ ᗰᗴ??"

-because you're using this font

Breaking news, breaking news, ok not really breaking news, I just said that to catch your attention, but anyway you decided to stay on, so, let's get into it, shall we?

I'm your host, Stefen Hua, and today I'll be bringing you through the horrors and great terrors of Yishun-and about how it's probably just a misunderstood neighbourhood.

Firstly, a fairly recent reason for why Yishun might just deserve its reputation after all-some weird middle-aged man, well, not man, really, more of like alien creature with horns and insect wings-wait, is that Ming? Is that what he's been doing after he got the Culpable blood-the hell, you gotta be kidding me. Although it still doesn't explain why he was acting so eccentrically like some mad scientist-eh, maybe that's just how he always is.

Anyway. This alleged 35-year old ma-ALIEN has been going around touching little kids and asking them if they want to be injected with something to become an immortal god and Yishun's protector, possibly to help keep up Yishun's bad reputation. Because trust me. I would know.

Despite claims that he poses a threat to the little kids, in fact, most of the little kids have not been stupid enough to listen to him, and safely removed themselves from the crisis. Although, some of the…less intellectually gifted that were tricked were in the end only injected with a harmless placebo vaccine. Regardless, authorities have ascertained that locking him up would be far worse than-ok, no authorities have done that, it's me, I'm the authority, and I can say this one thing-do not lock that man up. It will do more harm than good.

Alright, next on the list, we have a rather heartbreaking reason for why Yishun deserves its reputation. Although most of the atrocities have suddenly disappeared and all reverted back to that of a normal neighbourhood on the 21st of April this year, which is quite recent, there have been reports of residents living in the vicinity hearing a soft sobbing sound every night after midnight at the void deck, which some people believe is a ghost crying for something. Or someone. Aw. That's so sad. And also none of my concern anymore.

Reports have also mentioned another adolescent male playing cards with the ghost, possibly to cheer him up. Lol, I bet he's probably the only person willing to play that…Nacalevia or something with him, pfft, pathetic.

And one good, convincing reason why Yishun is just a misunderstood neighbourhood-and could be perhaps one of the safest-is that every time that there's something bad happening, be it a fire broke out, or a guy collapses and needs CPR, there are almost always 6 distinct shadows in the distant appearing out of nowhere to call the ambulance or jump into the burning building to rescue any trapped civilians inside. Of course, this too happens in other neighbourhoods, but not as frequently.

There have also been reports of a certain bird-ok, fine EAGLE, I'd probably be bashed if I called him a bird…anyway, an eagle and a woman, possibly its handler, near the happenings of bad things too, and also appearing as distant shadows-though whether or not they are allied with the six other shadows remains to be seen. Hah, I'll tell yah, there's no way Luna could be allied together with them, maybe a temporary alliance, sure, but with her arrogant temper definitely not. Or maybe she's changed for the sake of the greater good? Meh, not my problem anymore.

She has also been alleged on the hunt for a certain man wearing a black cap and black shirt and black pants, and sunglasses with a face mask-hah, I knew it, Skorpius wouldn't ever do something like whatever this guy did to her. Anyway, she says that the described man “owes her a favour” after traumatising her in her kidnapping experience. Nah, don't listen to her, she probably doesn't even care.

Alright, and that about wraps up all the big happenings that's been occuring in Yishun lately. Frankly, no more calls of pontianaks or chess ghost masters anymore, which leads multiple to believe that something has cured…or “purified” Yishun. Yishun has now become just like any other ordinary neighbourhood, with the occasional guy going crazy, but to be fair, that happens in other neighbourhoods too. We can no longer fairly award Yishun its “crazy neighbourhood” medal if there's nothing crazy happening in Yishun when compared to the other neighbourhoods, no?

You should probably all be tired after hearing me rant on. I sure am. Go and take a break, drink some water, look out the window, take a walk, touch some grass, ok? This definitely isn't being addressed to a certain mourning ghost of Yishun, but…live the life he would have wanted you to.

Once again, I’m your host, Stefen Hua, signing off!”

[auggie-beaniessssss]

And again, yet another new novel idea

Basically I'll name this one Yishun Revengers, and it'll be a book written in a light-hearted, playful, and goofy tone, just not as goofy as My Hero PSLE, but definitely not as serious as Cancelled.

So anyway, as the name suggests, this story takes place in Yishun, and therefore Singapore, and therefore this would be the perfect oppurtunity to bring back certain familiar faces that I've never been able to give a proper story to (Boss Rabbit, the Six Pillars, August, etc)

Of course I'll add new characters, which I already have an idea for-Skorpius, the hybrid expy of Skorpius from Book Bugs and my babygirl Void.

Skorpius will be a scorpion deity, with scorpion horns and venom-claws and all. Like the original Skorpius, he was wrongfully sealed away for a thousand years until recently when Tartarus was infiltrated and all the convicts held there escaped. Now his babygirl Void part is that he, like him, has no emotions, was born with no emotions, researches and experiments on dangerous creatures all the time, and, most importantly-wears gentlemanly black trenchcoats and a void, emotionless mask to hide his face.

He is emotionless due to a curse running in his bloodline, and to pay homage to the original story-the curse of the sky demon, the IBYon blood flowing in his veins. Of course, this time, I won't just make it a single alien race, I'll make it something much cooler-

Ok but before we get into that, I was just rewatching the animated short of Jing Yuan's fight between his master Jing Liu (because clearly Hoyoverse has a favourite), and I saw how she was mara-stricken and turned into an insane monster, so I was thinking, "Hey, what if I expyed that too?" So I did.

Of course by now you're probably thinking "Yeah yeah yeah, the alien IBYon race is gonna be like Jing Liu or something" BUT NO! I was thinking of something much much cooler-

The IBYon race are a race of powerful aliens, who are like vampires, spreading their genes everywhere to make more of them. They can cause numerous terrible disorders and diseases as well, such as in the case of Jing Liu, turning them mad and evil, or in the case of Void, stripping them of emotions, and definitely many more. (planning to incorporate a character who was IBYon-stricken too

Ok, but then I was also thinking-"hmm, a powerful alien race who spread their genes through blood and curses like vampires that either make the victims one of them or curse them so terribly like Jing Liu and Skorpius...hmmm...WAIT...DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE DARK SLEEP?"

So I thought-what if we evolved an alien species that is basically powerfully concentrated Dark Sleep that gained sentience, and the horrific curses they inlay on their victims such as Jing Liu and Skorpius are the result of them coming into contact with (sentient) Dark Sleep!

And of course, for the sake of also paying homage to the original story of Book Bugs, the first place they meet Skorpius will be at Sengkang Public Library, since that's the first place Petra meets Skorpius again after he's been unsealed after being sealed for a thousand years (albeit it's just his illusion).

[randomite]

I mean. Like 90% of the people playing warhammer just want to play the units they think are fun. I play Ad Mech.

Is Ad Mech a powerful faction?

No

Are the units I like to paint good?

No, Skitarii Rangers, Skorpius, Archaeopter, and Electro Priests are pretty bad ATM.

Am I going to acquire and paint newer, better minis?

Fuck no.

You have your answer lol. When the stars align and a semi decent codex exists for an army/units I like, then I slam at Warhammer.

If the balancing is shit like it is at the moment, then the last thing on my mind is buying new minis.

Like. It is weird that you seem to assume everyone has the money to keep up with the ever changing nightmare that is 40k minis. An army list is good for maybe 2-3 years, and if you are keeping up with buying in meta you are spending waaaay too much money.

I 3d print, and I struggle putting everything together and getting it painted between edition changes. Having a job, and post grad stuff to work on means I don't have much time. Pretty sure it's the same for like 99% of people who play.

The game Is meant to be fun. Constantly buying assembling and painting minis simply so you can build a meta list to win with isn't fun. So what is the point?

Sometimes I wonder how people can be playing Warhammer since supposedly decades while being still so absurdly bad at it. Not to throw shade at my recent old man opponent or anything, but... look, I'm gonna be honest: I am not even playing your faction. I have heard of your army rules in detail today for the first day. I have absorbed the information purely by coincidence. Then why can I put a better list on the table by simply flicking through the datasheets for five minutes and be like "Hey, this goes very nicely with that"?

This is not even a "10th Edition thing", but a "basic common sense thing" - because, to let's be real, this is not a monumentally complex game at that step. Previous edition list building held up the illusion of compexity, but there's only so many kinds of generic buffs and effects you can put on your game-pieces, which also have a limited amount of functions and often just a single special mechanic to operate under. In the end we roll dice and manipulate dice rolls, and there's only so many ways you can make a six-sided dice special or interesting. The special part is what happens on the table, complexity arising from the interaction of you and your opponent - that is, if you have something barely functional you can throw into this interaction, and achieving that is not a hard thing to do.

It's not rocket science. It's a game rated for children ages 12 and above. How can a man in his late 40s be so utterly illiterate at it?

[kaijumaster201]

Bio: Kaiser Kong is the ancient ape who lives in Greece, he led his kind and he always protected his last of the Kaiser Kongs. Suddenly, The King of Gods and God of Thunder: Zeus along with Poseidon and Hades sent all the Grecian heroes to kill all Kaiser Kong's kind and then Kaiser Kong lost all his kind and then Poseidon uses his Watery chains to chained up Kaiser Kong and they put him in the cave of chambers. Then imprison Kaiser Kong forever and he will never get out of the chambers, later he been freed by Kratos the Ghost of Spartan and Kaiser Kong will take his vengeance against the Olympian Gods and take over their city. At the last battle of Olympus, Kaiser Kong helps Kratos to fight against Gaia the Goddess of Nature and he finds three weapons: An ancient axe, Skull Hydra Whip and a shield to defeat Gaia, meanwhile when Kaiser Kong thanks to Kratos for helping him and now he took over the City of Olympus and he will restore the world. Title: Demon King of the Jungle, Greatest King, The Mountain Who Rages against Olympus, God of Rage, Balance Keeper, Zeus' Rival, Olympus' Enemy, Kratos' Ally, Monkey, Kong's Greatest Opponent, Virgo & Tyrantor's Rival, Giant Ape, The Ancient Kong of Wrath, A Monster who Absorb Electricity and Olympian Kong. Place: Olympus Gender: Male Height: 360 ft Type: Fighting Species: Ancient Kong Allies: -Kratos -Gaia (Formerly) Olympian Enemies: -Poseidon -Hades -Helios -Hermes -Hercules -Cronos -Skorpius -Hera -Zeus -Persephone -Ares -Gaia -Titans Kaiju Titan Enemies: -Skull Crawlers -Alpha Skull Crawler Abilities/Skills: -Enhance Strength -Enhance Speed -Climbing Techniques -Weaponry -Strong Punch -Strong Kick -Electricity Absorption -Adapt Swimming -Extreme Jump -Rage Instinct -Powerful Jaw Bite ============================================ Kratos helped Kaiser Kong to fight against Olympian Gods for what they did to Kaiser Kong's kind, he took over Olympus for balance the Earth.

[loominggaia]

I thought of a funny not so serious AU. Divine monster high. All the monsters are their divine creators' kids and treated as such, and go to school together no matter how little sense that makes. Isaac is also there as the token relatively normal person.

I don't know much about Monster High, but I still think this is an intriguing idea! The thought of Isaac being the one "normal" guy in a school of monsters is pretty damn funny! I can imagine demon cheerleaders, skorpius bullies, spriggan stoners...

Any Monster High fans available to chime in?

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[vampire-cosmonaut]

To the prev tags:

Enhanced bionics just remains a 5++, this means that everything in the book now has a 5++ (except for the poor skorpius lol). This is absolutely great for Kataphrons (which now are as invulnerable as the new harlequins, because they got nerfed to a 5++) but means that basically all elite skitarii are a lil upsetty at the normal skitarii troops (which I would argue already got most of the love anyway)

TREMBLE BEFORE OUR MECHANICAL MARCH!!!!