#standard bearer

[wearemercs]

Ratkin Knights (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) by Gemi Ningen

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Horus Heresy Sketchbook - Space Marine Legions Standard Bearer by John Blanche

[front-line-head-line]

Thought of the Day: A mind without purpose will wander in dark places

[thegodemperorsmycopilot]

[we-are-knight]

Recent Old World acquisitions.

Fancy new book, and Bretonnian Standard Bearer.

@we-are-scribe @wearelibrarian

[thecrowinggriffon]

Mikado

[thommyleejones]

The eagle of the ninth

Oil on canvas

100 x 100 cm

[viagginterstellari]

Duty - Hanoi, 2015

[fistfuloflightning]

because I need some mental support for the emotional trauma that surely awaits in the newest chapter of From Our Soiled Hearts, have some wedding wish fulfillment fluff from its happier, less emotionally taxing but no less satisfying sister Silence Withered in Spring, also by the wonderfully talented @limitbreaker23 💕

[illustratus]

[somath-cegem]

Ever since games workshop started selling proper Warhammer Fantasy The Old World Dwarfs I have had a lot of fun rebuilding and painting an army, it's been very centering and great for helping me heal from the everything that was the back end of 2023

[wearemercs]

A swordsmaid with a curved sword

Dragoon maid

Logistics

Scouts

Sniper maid

No bayonets

Maid sniper Gina Wallace

New Years

A Way Out

By Asterisk Kome

[torchwood-99]

Theoden died patting himself on the back for killing a guy with a flag, while his niece literally slew the Witch King and a Fell Beast.

[bing0bang0b0ng0]

Go forth and carry my battle standard, for we fight for Ostermark!

[muraenide]

Some ramblings and thoughts on Octavinelle ch1.

I think Jade finds the MC very attractive in a non-conventional way. He finds Yuuta unique and interesting, even though Yuuta would most likely be considered an ordinary, even uninteresting, person in his own world.

Size had never really mattered to Jade. Even when he met Azul, he thinks Azul 'looks different', but different not in the sense that 'he looks funny' but more like 'he's different from me, different from everyone else, I've never really seen someone like him'.

Part of the reason why is that Jade essentially came from the depths of the ocean. In the ocean, at a depth of 300 meters, life starts to become more scant. Fishes in deeper parts of the ocean are mostly inactive and passive except when they had to hunt. Jade definitely came from a place deeper than a mere 300 meters and as a carnivore who's adapted to life in a place where food is scarce (which he also mentioned in canon), they eat at a very small frequency of one to three times a week. The rest of the time is spent curling up in coves or generally just wandering around aimlessly until his hunger instincts strike again. This means that for most of Jade's life in the depths, he sees and interacts with literally no one except for Floyd and his parents. It doesn't help that Jade's favourite attacks tend to be an ambush attack, to strike only at the most crucial time, resulting in, more often than not, instant death of his prey. This leaves very little opportunity for him to even interact with his prey, though there are times when Jade might toy around with them before delivering the final kill. It's not enough for him to learn about them. Leading an isolated life in the ocean allowed him very little exposure to not only surfacers, but also among his own peers.

It's pretty obvious that when Jade came to the surface, he was still just plainly non-human in more ways than one. He's literally just a wild animal wearing human skin, he's unfamiliar with the most basic living necessities on the surface and unable to blend into human society.

One other reason that makes him interested in Yuuta is that Jade has the opposite problem of Azul. He doesn't get gain weight or get bigger even though he eats plenty and rarely exercises. He's been stuck in a slim and slender form for most of his life, and since the Coral Sea's general population seems to perceive being fat as a negative trait, that makes him curious about Yuuta who is happy with his body as he is. It's the same curiosity as a cat who saw something strange showing up in a place they're familiar with. Though Jade might actually reach out and touch him whenever.

[artsof]

The Standard Bearer | Rembrandt | 1636 | Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

"Rembrandt's ensign proudly poses near a column, the symbol of fortitude, his dagger within reach. Ensigns carried the banner of the civic guard of army. They had to defend this symbol with their life. When Rembrandt painted The standard bearer he has just begun working for himself and was experimenting with a loose painting style. Rembrandt took himself as the model: the face behind the walrus moustache is recognizably his own.

Rembrandt painted The standard bearer in the year he turned thirty, having just established his own workshop. This painting showcases his powerful contrast of light and dark and innovative painting technique. The gleaming dagger is detailed, while the left hand cast in shadow appears unfinished. The sleeve and beret are loosely painted. He strove to make things look as real as possible, as if the viewer is face to face with the ensign.

This painting originated during the Eighty Years' War, when the Netherlands was fighting Spain to gain its independence. By depicting the ensign in old-fashioned clothing and using his own face, Rembrandt turned him into a symbolic figure.He intended The standard bearer to stand for all of the Dutch people in their heroic struggle for self-rule.

After being hidden from sight in private collections for four centuries, The standard bearer was purchased by the Dutch state and can be on public display for all time."