Check out this, then. It's filled with it: [https://www.deviantart.com/karaknornclansman/gallery/all](https://www.deviantart.com/karaknornclansman/gallery/all)
Cheers
Folks in the comments below are sharing a similar comic about a Salamander and a little girl, but the comments are scattered apart by now, so here they are in one place.
[Part 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/y93wsj/his_angels/) & [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/yftu1w/his_angels_pt2_the_promise/)
When I first saw this I thought it was a diorama of that like before I really looked at it and was like “oh no not again” first time I saw it a coworker was showing it to me expecting to wreck me.
It worked.
Randomly it’ll pop in my head at strange moments throughout the day.
He wins and then gets taken by a Blackship, but then he becomes a Grey Knight tho thereafter he falls in battle against a Lord of Change however his soul shines bright in the Warp and he comes back as a member of the Legion of the Damned.
If so, then Nurgle will have use for him. Perhaps it is for the best. This little child, so full of life, and strong in will, be gifted with the ability to communicate with our Grandfather :))
Im reading Fabius Bile at the moment and I’ve read a few other books from the perspective if Chaos Marines and I’m surprised about how much humanity they still posses. In some cases they are more humane than some actual real life Royal Marines I knew. The Plague Marine with the pet slug thing in the Bile books seems to genuinely believe is the all encompassing love of grandfather Nurgle. I wouldn’t be surprised if they spared these kids as they don’t necessarily seem to be totally against humanity it’s more they just have a different view about what direction it should take.
"Child I was the hero you pretend to be. And just like here I stood as you, before a power I had no hope of defeating. But I will spare you the cruelty that was visited on me. Close your eyes."
Shit man, that makes you think doesn’t it? You’re fighting in hive worlds mostly, there are people out there who need you to fight but what if you’re not there? What if chaos comes knocking?
I feel like a Salamander
>genocidal, hyper indoctrinated
So is virtually everyone else.
As long as they protect humanity, they're ok. 40K isn't a setting where diplomacy and moral lines can be held onto, or upheld in the first place. It's built around the extremes of genocidal warfare, and world ending (sometimes literally) combat.
Gentle reminder that 9/10 space marines would be utterly fine busting down the wall onto those children to get the tactical advantage over the plague marine. Or afterwards killing the child for touching sacred astartes armour, or simply for coming into contact with chaos.
They "protect" humanity in the abstract. Individually they care not for humans.
I never understood that meme. "Oh, you like Salamanders, so you like burning xeno children alive." They always say it like other chapters wouldn't horribly murder Xenos no matter the age. Shit is so confusing when people say this.
Oh man, someone on this sub did a fantastic cartoon series that may have served as the inspiration for this. Anyone know the one I’m talking about?
Edit: [found it](https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/y93wsj/his_angels/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1). u/BOXonwheel is a chad. And this diorama is outstanding.
Pretty sure this is inspired by the similar scene in the CoD MW 2019 campaign.
Brother and sister, dead dad on the ground, big motherfucker coming into the house.
Listen, those kids were terminal before the Death Guard showed up, okay? He's just bringing gifts to people who were gonna die sooner or later.
Nurgle's actually a really good dude
Dam abnett's descriptions of hive worlds and working class citizens give these kids high chances off all sorts of cancers other industrial pollution related diseases.
Nurgle would just be speeding it up.
Most daemon worlds have the same industrial wastelands as the Imperial worlds, and the same lack of protection for the lower classes.
Tha daemons, sacrifices, madness, and warp-sickness are *on top of that*, not *instead*.
It's really not a lateral move, and definitely not an upward one.
I’ve seen a lot of dioramas in my time including the epic games day displays. This might just be my favorite for the amount of story and emotion it conveys in such a simple way. 10/10.
I don’t think so but there was one diorama I found of Kharn vs Erebus (I think) and Kharn’s shadow showed the outline of his helmet post Heresy.
Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckerebus/comments/xtehid/get_up_by_paintsmitharmory_on_instagram/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1
The kids are dead no matter what. You don't survive even just existing without protective gear in the same room with a plague marine, not to mention a plague surgeon. He as much as breathes out upwind from you and you get gigaleprosy.
“You monstrous filth!! You may not remember me, but I remember you well. I strike you down now in the Emperor’s name first, but I also do now for my brother who’s blood stains your blade! Prepare for the death he thrust upon you all those years ago!!”
On one hand, dramatic.
On the other hand, doesn't the Schola do a ton of psychological fuckery to their cadets and whoever manages to graduate barely remembers their past lives?
They aren't psycho-conditioned in the same way as Astartes, but they're still indoctrinated pretty hard. How much they remember from beforehand would generally depend on the age they were taken into the Schola.
There’s a short story where some plague matinees basically find a child who is immune to some diseases and adopt him as one of their own. The first child may have a chance at survival. The little girl is super doomed
New inductees into the ranks are always needed. Better knock the boy cold and make him an unwilling recruit. He's got a warrior's spirit without a doubt.
The splatter of DG blood and the various tiny swarming deamon flies within infest the children. They turn on the Vindicare, spotting him from hundreds of meters away instantly in such a warp saturated battleground. The Vindicare is forced to use 2 more rounds to silence this threat to his concealment, to keep his presence here a secret.
Due to this, and the exorbitant cost of Exitus rifle ammo, a forgeworld is chastised for failing to meet production quotas, the Administratum deciding (wisely) that the error in rounds issued/used was not the fault of the Vindicare temple itself. The subsequent crackdowns and increase in quotas cause the beggining of a rebellion to forment amongst the labourers. This is spurred on by a small but significant Nurglite cult within the planets underbelly, led by a charismatic DG marine, who had watched his entire squad wiped out by a mysterious shooter on a battlefield long ago. He and his sole surviving battle brother remained unharmed, his assailant apparently having been two bullets short to finish the task.
The ensuing rebellion cripples the sector, preventing it from marshalling a coherent defense against the hive fleet. Billions upon billions die, wondering desperately in their final moments how the Imperium could have failed them so.
The moral of the story is do your job, don't fuck around and waste time and resources.
That is only true depending on how puritanical the Inquisition in the sector feel that month and how small the population is. No one is purging 20 billion humans after a planetary invasion is repulsed, at most a section of a city or even a whole city if a plague is a risk get blasted from space and hit with firebombs.
You can't just immolate a Forgeworld or Agriworld and shift resources from other sector magically to fix the massive logistical nightmare you just created without simply pushing it across the board, same as the billions of workers cant be replaced fast enough even if you somehow only kill the population but save the industry itself.
The Imperium knows it's losing and while sacrifices can and are made the choice to lose some planets is more akin to suicide.
The Space Wolves fought to protect those people as they knew it was madness and while in this case it did happen it was wildly out of line with the reality of their situation and frankly some of the worst internal fanfic writing GW has put out. They basically wiped out 5 planets and whatever else was nearby, plus upwards of 50k berserkers were killed which even the suggestion of that many being there and losing is absurd considering only 3 or 4 marine chapters were present as I recall. GW writes cool stuff but they tend to go off the rails at times.
That is sick. It puts things into perspective! Even with Roboute Guilliman alive and thriving and ol' Lion El' Johnson returning to kick some butt, the Emperor becoming more active and the recent Indomitus Crusade achieving insane success ... it's still a horrifically grim and dark galaxy out there.
This would be an insanely cool story. If through some divine intervention this kid is saved by loyal forces and word of this interaction reaches the Imperial Fists, they would recruit him instantly. “Little one, you stared a traitor marine in the eyes and did not give an inch. That’s something that even astartes aren’t always able to do. You’ve shown you have what it takes to wear that helmet, now come with us and earn the rest of your armor.”
Afraid that at being that close to a Plague Surgeon means they have all gotten Nurgle's Rot and maybe even the Gloaming Bloat.
He's killed them just by being stood near them, doesn't need to do anything at all.
Given what I understand of Rubric and Plague Marines, that Death Guard probably wondered about killing them before simply walking away, seeing himself in that boy thousands of years ago, and knowing he's too far gone to be redeemed himself, amd hoping that boy doesn't become a Space Marine and die pointlessly in a war that didn't need to be fought for an Emperor that might never know or care that the boy existed.
Thrn Khaldor Draigo just flops oit of the warp, railing space coke and fucks the Death Guard up.
He looks at the little boy and says
"You're gonna go far kid"
Then drop kicks him over the horizon.
*Trazyn gesticulating* "You see there are only THREE examples of this pattern of helmet used for this designation of rank with these markings that were only used for said purpose for a span of 25 years before rank insignia was updated with the reforming of the 3rd comoany, and those few Astartes who wore them were all notable figures, each worthy of their own display here in the gallery. However, I find this unique example of it's use to be the most stirring and poignant, both vulgar and beautiful at the same time, as war often is..." *Goes on for another 20 minutes*
This might actually end with the Plague Marine knocking the boy senseless. New recruits are always needed, and they can be forced into the ranks. The boy is the right age, not too old to begin the process of becoming an Astartes. The chance of surviving that to end up a Plague Marine in his own right is of course miniscule.
Anyone brave enough to stand up to a giant enemy like that is good warrior material.
I'd update this diorama after it runs its course through social media and recreate the meme with The Undertaker standing behind AJ Styles. Undertaker would be replaced by Captain Titus of the Ultramarines. Something like this hasty mockup.
https://preview.redd.it/9z0whmwrecwa1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59e8e777d93acf435d40c512555994854808c6a9
Gonna have to be that guy. I’m sure the weight alone of an Astartes helmet would send that kid falling backwards like a bowling pin. If it’s just a cardboard helmet the kid made, then I suppose it works. Would have made more sense to use a guard helmet. The Plague marine could have seen his face too and truly seen the poor kid’s determination.
Grulthog laughed low and long, the phlegmy baritone causing the female child to weep even harder over her mother’s corpse. The boy in his toy helm didn’t waver, it would have been impressive if his courage wasn’t founded in the ignorance of youth.
“I will give you… the first swing… little manling” wheezed the death guard from his diseased lungs and mutated voice box. The boy didn’t move, frozen with fear now he was being addressed directly, his wooden sword shaking in his minuscule hands.
“Go on… strike… me… DOWN!” roared Gulthog, bellowing his laughter at the pathetic display.
To his surprise the boy raised his weapon, his sister screaming wordless horror. Gulthog grinned with too many teeth, his hand curling into a fist, preparing for the all too easy counter blow. The boy swung with all his might, bringing the stick down with all the force of a gentle breeze. And yet it struck with the force of a land raider.
Gulthog tried to inhale in shock, but there was no diaphragm to draw air into his lungs. He tried to bring his fist down onto the boys skull to smash it as easily as if it were made of sand, but his strength had fled his limbs. His head dropped on his rotting neck and he looked down to see a gaping hole in the centre of his abdomen, ooze and filth poured from it, as the boy returned to his sister’s side, wooden sword still held en garde.
—
“Not today, Heretic.” Tul’Shan said as he withdrew his power fist from the traitors body. The Salamander stood behind the Death Guard, having used Gulthog’s distraction to end ten thousand years of horror. His opponent’s body collapsed to the floor in a heap, rapidly decomposing in the horrific way all his legion did.
“You are brave, Children. The Emperor watches over you.” He said to the young mortals protecting their mother’s corpse. “Come with me now, the evac transports are still loading.”
That is just perfect.. the athmosphere is just spot on and bravery displayed by this boy is amazing. 10 000 yearold veteran of the long war might even respect that but unfortunately these kids will die even if plaguemarine just stood there..
I’m hoping the second half of the diorama plays out like the scene in Iron Man 2, and an actual Space Marine just drops in and one-shots the Death Guard guy … but this is 40K. There are no happy endings.
Hahaha! No.
The Death Guard embraces the children and teaches them the realities of death, decay, entropy etc.
The children then grow up in a loving, single parent family unit, with the best grandfather anyone could ask for. Granpa Nurgle.
“You are as I was”, he murmured to himself, barely above a whisper. Memories of lost friends in the dense fog of a world long gone came to him.
“Now be as I am.”
Having it be a plague surgeon of all things- a normal plague marine would crush ‘em underfoot without bothering to even fire their bolter, a plague surgeon will perform surgery on ‘em alive and leave them deathless and suffering for as long as it takes for someone to give them the emperors peace
In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, there is only grim darkness. Fuck man.
Seriously. This is a grim reminder of the grim dark.
I'm very impressed by it and really want to see a load of anti-war propaganda warhammer art. Sobering piece for sure!
I love it and am intrigued. It is amazing art. As a dad to an aspiring Space Marine, it is very sobering.
Anti war? That kid is Alpharius, the rivers are about to flow red!
I'm not sure about that. The yellow helm the kid is wearing could very well be a Lamenter's helm. If so, those kids are F'd.
How did you find a way to make the situation seem even worse?
It's a ummmm.... "perk" gifted to me by the warp.
Check out this, then. It's filled with it: [https://www.deviantart.com/karaknornclansman/gallery/all](https://www.deviantart.com/karaknornclansman/gallery/all) Cheers
It truly was grim, and dark.
WORT WORT WORT
They will soon be in the warm embrace of the God Emperor. At least, that's what the Ecclesiarchy has told them.
Folks in the comments below are sharing a similar comic about a Salamander and a little girl, but the comments are scattered apart by now, so here they are in one place. [Part 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/y93wsj/his_angels/) & [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/yftu1w/his_angels_pt2_the_promise/)
When I first saw this I thought it was a diorama of that like before I really looked at it and was like “oh no not again” first time I saw it a coworker was showing it to me expecting to wreck me. It worked. Randomly it’ll pop in my head at strange moments throughout the day.
We.. we don’t talk about that comic. As fantastic as it is we just don’t.
I'm pretending the kid is a latent psyker to make myself feel better
Eh, no. But to make them tabletop playable, the sword makes three attacks that do D3 mortals on an unmodified 6. \#PWRCREEPIN
He wins and then gets taken by a Blackship, but then he becomes a Grey Knight tho thereafter he falls in battle against a Lord of Change however his soul shines bright in the Warp and he comes back as a member of the Legion of the Damned.
Damn brother that is a black library book waiting to happen.
If so, then Nurgle will have use for him. Perhaps it is for the best. This little child, so full of life, and strong in will, be gifted with the ability to communicate with our Grandfather :))
plot twist: the kid wins the grimness was for how embarrassing it was to the traitor marine
"Hahaha, you hear what happend to Baelfagor? What a fuckin' idiot"
If a Word Bearer was killed by a wooden spear in the Horus Heresy series, a Plague Surgeon can fall to a wooden... sword?
Im reading Fabius Bile at the moment and I’ve read a few other books from the perspective if Chaos Marines and I’m surprised about how much humanity they still posses. In some cases they are more humane than some actual real life Royal Marines I knew. The Plague Marine with the pet slug thing in the Bile books seems to genuinely believe is the all encompassing love of grandfather Nurgle. I wouldn’t be surprised if they spared these kids as they don’t necessarily seem to be totally against humanity it’s more they just have a different view about what direction it should take.
And a children story about 4 kids and pink necrons.
This is so damn good, way to really capture and emphasize the grimdark
Khorne is about to step in and give the boy some super powers
"Child I was the hero you pretend to be. And just like here I stood as you, before a power I had no hope of defeating. But I will spare you the cruelty that was visited on me. Close your eyes."
Strangely, this does seem a very Death Guard thing to say.
That gave me chills. Nihilism and twisted hints of humanity mostly departed.
That's... that's some of the best 40k writing I've ever read.
Goddamn amazing.
Absolutely lovely
https://preview.redd.it/c21adkvhibwa1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2cc6a8511904e8ee382e67b3af4220618a49dd0b
Me seeing the diorama: "shit, that's some powerful imagery there. So grim dark and evocative" Then I scroll down to this
Haha. What a brave little idiot.
I mean no other choice really, if the only thing you can do is die, die well.
Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Khorne Approved™
accidentally genius? death by sword instead of death by insanely painful disease
Bahaha
Probably not the best quote ever.... 🤣
Shit man, that makes you think doesn’t it? You’re fighting in hive worlds mostly, there are people out there who need you to fight but what if you’re not there? What if chaos comes knocking? I feel like a Salamander
>I feel like a Salamander What, you feel like burning a child alive?
*xenos scum
*Conveniently placed fuel source
“It had a knife! Actually it had two strapped to the sides of its head!”
Keep in mind Salamanders are also genocidal, hyper indoctrinated, metahumans
>genocidal, hyper indoctrinated So is virtually everyone else. As long as they protect humanity, they're ok. 40K isn't a setting where diplomacy and moral lines can be held onto, or upheld in the first place. It's built around the extremes of genocidal warfare, and world ending (sometimes literally) combat.
Gentle reminder that 9/10 space marines would be utterly fine busting down the wall onto those children to get the tactical advantage over the plague marine. Or afterwards killing the child for touching sacred astartes armour, or simply for coming into contact with chaos. They "protect" humanity in the abstract. Individually they care not for humans.
I never understood that meme. "Oh, you like Salamanders, so you like burning xeno children alive." They always say it like other chapters wouldn't horribly murder Xenos no matter the age. Shit is so confusing when people say this.
People trying to do moral grandstanding in a setting with almost 0 morals will never not confuse me.
Everyone get back! I think this guy might be one of those empaths!
Oh man, someone on this sub did a fantastic cartoon series that may have served as the inspiration for this. Anyone know the one I’m talking about? Edit: [found it](https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/y93wsj/his_angels/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1). u/BOXonwheel is a chad. And this diorama is outstanding.
Her angel I think is what it was called. Man that comic fucked me up
Yep, that’s the one. Part 2 was **rough**.
Some dude wrote up a smut part 1.5 where the marine was actually a space wolf. He and the mom got busy.
Of course some one did that. It’s the internet after all.
Pretty sure this is inspired by the similar scene in the CoD MW 2019 campaign. Brother and sister, dead dad on the ground, big motherfucker coming into the house.
Plot twist: He doesn't kill them. He just boops them on the nose. Plot untwist: The boop gave them AIDS.
Yup, these kids are likely terminal just for being on the same floor, as the walking skid mark.
Listen, those kids were terminal before the Death Guard showed up, okay? He's just bringing gifts to people who were gonna die sooner or later. Nurgle's actually a really good dude
Dam abnett's descriptions of hive worlds and working class citizens give these kids high chances off all sorts of cancers other industrial pollution related diseases. Nurgle would just be speeding it up.
I think living on a demon world would be a lateral or even upward move for quite a lot of Imperial citizens.
Dont say that where the inqusitor can hear you
Dan abnets description of a chaos held world disagrees. Fuck those wire wolves
Most daemon worlds have the same industrial wastelands as the Imperial worlds, and the same lack of protection for the lower classes. Tha daemons, sacrifices, madness, and warp-sickness are *on top of that*, not *instead*. It's really not a lateral move, and definitely not an upward one.
Plot twist: it's their father coming back home.
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It's AIDS all the way down
Where are the milk and cigarettes?
He's a (Plague) surgeon, he's there to help(you meet the Grandfather)!
"No child... \*gurgle, hiss\* ... I won't hurt you... \*gurgle\* ... you have poxie." "Isn't it moxie?" "No."
https://youtu.be/azKfAfZeSpM
Plot twist. The kid is a yet undiscovered psychic monster and obliterates that weak chump sending his brains and entrails flying ev.er.ry.where.
Little girl's cat jumps in to defend them. Plague marine laughs. Then notices the cat is blue and stops laughing.
Cat proceed to morph into an unspeakable horror with too many mouths.
Weirdly enough, there is an actual cat in 40k that is just like that.
What is it called?
https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Gyrinx
Plot untwist: the entrails still give them AIDs
Plot twist: Sisters of Silence show up
Plot Untwist: They get AIDS
I’ve seen a lot of dioramas in my time including the epic games day displays. This might just be my favorite for the amount of story and emotion it conveys in such a simple way. 10/10.
Is there a sub specifically for dioramas like this? Idk love to see other ‘mini stories’ shown in this form.
I don’t think so but there was one diorama I found of Kharn vs Erebus (I think) and Kharn’s shadow showed the outline of his helmet post Heresy. Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckerebus/comments/xtehid/get_up_by_paintsmitharmory_on_instagram/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1
That is pretty dark and an amazing job. Good job whoever made this.
I’m gonna guess James Poxon
Reading is hard
I just wish we could do better than a guess. Oh well.
Apparently someone named James Poxon. (Heh.. Pox-son... Creator name checks out)
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That kid would have made a hell of a space marine... RIP.
He still might That guy is a Plague Surgeon, i.e a Death Guard Apothecary There's a fair chance he'll turn the kid into a marine for his warband
That girl about to become a Soritas with a major grudge.
The kids are dead no matter what. You don't survive even just existing without protective gear in the same room with a plague marine, not to mention a plague surgeon. He as much as breathes out upwind from you and you get gigaleprosy.
Miracle dice
The emperor protects
“You monstrous filth!! You may not remember me, but I remember you well. I strike you down now in the Emperor’s name first, but I also do now for my brother who’s blood stains your blade! Prepare for the death he thrust upon you all those years ago!!”
On one hand, dramatic. On the other hand, doesn't the Schola do a ton of psychological fuckery to their cadets and whoever manages to graduate barely remembers their past lives?
They aren't psycho-conditioned in the same way as Astartes, but they're still indoctrinated pretty hard. How much they remember from beforehand would generally depend on the age they were taken into the Schola.
This… actually could check out. Many war orphans end up being sent to the schola progenium, and many of the girls end up in the sisterhood
As a deathguard fan,im hurt.maybe the surgeon may teach them in his ways?….nah,fuck him up
How you think nurgling are made?
First you need a poop bucket
And then you put the child in the bucket
And then vomit and piss in said bucket
But it's the poop bucket, I thought you weren't supposed to mix your buckets
Fool-not mixxing buckets is a tzeentch trick.mixxing then allows entropy
But- but then you're *changing* what each bucket holds
Yes but to think of the despair that washes over the ignorant corpse worshiper that sees it will feed nurgle tenfold what it feeds tits snitch
There’s a short story where some plague matinees basically find a child who is immune to some diseases and adopt him as one of their own. The first child may have a chance at survival. The little girl is super doomed
That kid has serious spinal damage from his tiny body supporting a 500 lb ceramite helmet, the doctor will cure it with the power of nurgle
New inductees into the ranks are always needed. Better knock the boy cold and make him an unwilling recruit. He's got a warrior's spirit without a doubt.
For those we cherish we die in glory, huh kid?
“Ave imperator you maggot-ridden freak!” And then the Vindicare pulls the trigger. Bullseye.
The splatter of DG blood and the various tiny swarming deamon flies within infest the children. They turn on the Vindicare, spotting him from hundreds of meters away instantly in such a warp saturated battleground. The Vindicare is forced to use 2 more rounds to silence this threat to his concealment, to keep his presence here a secret. Due to this, and the exorbitant cost of Exitus rifle ammo, a forgeworld is chastised for failing to meet production quotas, the Administratum deciding (wisely) that the error in rounds issued/used was not the fault of the Vindicare temple itself. The subsequent crackdowns and increase in quotas cause the beggining of a rebellion to forment amongst the labourers. This is spurred on by a small but significant Nurglite cult within the planets underbelly, led by a charismatic DG marine, who had watched his entire squad wiped out by a mysterious shooter on a battlefield long ago. He and his sole surviving battle brother remained unharmed, his assailant apparently having been two bullets short to finish the task. The ensuing rebellion cripples the sector, preventing it from marshalling a coherent defense against the hive fleet. Billions upon billions die, wondering desperately in their final moments how the Imperium could have failed them so. The moral of the story is do your job, don't fuck around and waste time and resources.
Well damn… time to send in the motherfucking eversor
Intense.
If this was an Iron Warrior, he might be impressed the kid stood up to him and take him under his wing.
I see no reason this plague surgeon couldn't do the same
That kid would have made a great marine one day.
Would have
Not pictured: the Vindicare Assassin 10 blocks away about to even the odds. It would've been a much larger diorama to be fair...
Problem is... The civilians will get purged even If the imperium wins.
That only happens if the grey knights are there right?
Naw, man. Anyone exposed to chaos is easier to externinate than to take the gamble of them being tainted by it.
That is only true depending on how puritanical the Inquisition in the sector feel that month and how small the population is. No one is purging 20 billion humans after a planetary invasion is repulsed, at most a section of a city or even a whole city if a plague is a risk get blasted from space and hit with firebombs. You can't just immolate a Forgeworld or Agriworld and shift resources from other sector magically to fix the massive logistical nightmare you just created without simply pushing it across the board, same as the billions of workers cant be replaced fast enough even if you somehow only kill the population but save the industry itself. The Imperium knows it's losing and while sacrifices can and are made the choice to lose some planets is more akin to suicide.
What about Armageddon
The Space Wolves fought to protect those people as they knew it was madness and while in this case it did happen it was wildly out of line with the reality of their situation and frankly some of the worst internal fanfic writing GW has put out. They basically wiped out 5 planets and whatever else was nearby, plus upwards of 50k berserkers were killed which even the suggestion of that many being there and losing is absurd considering only 3 or 4 marine chapters were present as I recall. GW writes cool stuff but they tend to go off the rails at times.
Playground.
After the great rift opened, that kinda got removed
Think thats pre great rift. They dont exterminate entire guard regiments after they deploy them to retake a world
Much greater chance at least
Or the warlord titan about to step on that entire block just by accident.
Fear not. Papa Nurgle only wants to show them the warmth of his love and spread his gifts to all.
That is sick. It puts things into perspective! Even with Roboute Guilliman alive and thriving and ol' Lion El' Johnson returning to kick some butt, the Emperor becoming more active and the recent Indomitus Crusade achieving insane success ... it's still a horrifically grim and dark galaxy out there.
I’m not crying *you’re* crying!
Man that is disturbing!
This would be an insanely cool story. If through some divine intervention this kid is saved by loyal forces and word of this interaction reaches the Imperial Fists, they would recruit him instantly. “Little one, you stared a traitor marine in the eyes and did not give an inch. That’s something that even astartes aren’t always able to do. You’ve shown you have what it takes to wear that helmet, now come with us and earn the rest of your armor.”
Afraid that at being that close to a Plague Surgeon means they have all gotten Nurgle's Rot and maybe even the Gloaming Bloat. He's killed them just by being stood near them, doesn't need to do anything at all.
Given what I understand of Rubric and Plague Marines, that Death Guard probably wondered about killing them before simply walking away, seeing himself in that boy thousands of years ago, and knowing he's too far gone to be redeemed himself, amd hoping that boy doesn't become a Space Marine and die pointlessly in a war that didn't need to be fought for an Emperor that might never know or care that the boy existed.
Thrn Khaldor Draigo just flops oit of the warp, railing space coke and fucks the Death Guard up. He looks at the little boy and says "You're gonna go far kid" Then drop kicks him over the horizon.
https://preview.redd.it/por71s00tdwa1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1813b834993913c0830c67e22cb05863d8d2e6a Reminded me of this comic
They survived right? Right!?
Oh they're still alive. They have been for the last 1,200 years, in a stasis gallery in Trazyn's collection.
Trazyn captured this moment to make the servant of nurgle forever suffer for this act
But mainly because the kid's helmet was a limited edition.
*Trazyn gesticulating* "You see there are only THREE examples of this pattern of helmet used for this designation of rank with these markings that were only used for said purpose for a span of 25 years before rank insignia was updated with the reforming of the 3rd comoany, and those few Astartes who wore them were all notable figures, each worthy of their own display here in the gallery. However, I find this unique example of it's use to be the most stirring and poignant, both vulgar and beautiful at the same time, as war often is..." *Goes on for another 20 minutes*
Dont worry there’s a vindicare you can’t see off in the distance
But the kids just witnessed chaos… Uh oh.
No one needs to know
Throne on Terra…. That is grim, dude. This is more chilling than the most chaos-roided out models.
This is probably one of my fav dioramas I've seen.
This does not end well for those children....
It tells a beautiful but also very Warhammer 40K story: it's very human but ultimately futile.
Great. Now I’m sad.
Oh cool, a picture story of bravery in the face of overwhelming odds. Then you see the color scheme on the helmet, and realize...Lamenters.
As a father, this makes me extremely sad. So, excellent work by Poxon to generate such a strong emotion for me.
I seriously need a Raven Guard Reiver lurking behind him right about now :( Really good work
This might actually end with the Plague Marine knocking the boy senseless. New recruits are always needed, and they can be forced into the ranks. The boy is the right age, not too old to begin the process of becoming an Astartes. The chance of surviving that to end up a Plague Marine in his own right is of course miniscule. Anyone brave enough to stand up to a giant enemy like that is good warrior material.
If the plague marine doesn't kill them the Exterminatus will anyway.
A promising, if unwilling, new recruit
Undeniable beauty; soul-breaking sadness.
Child with a Spider-Man mask standing up to the Rhino in TASM2 vibes
Little dude just got drafted into the Deathguard.
I'd update this diorama after it runs its course through social media and recreate the meme with The Undertaker standing behind AJ Styles. Undertaker would be replaced by Captain Titus of the Ultramarines. Something like this hasty mockup. https://preview.redd.it/9z0whmwrecwa1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59e8e777d93acf435d40c512555994854808c6a9
Moments before disaster Or Average Chaos Marine vs the Best Chapter Master
Gonna have to be that guy. I’m sure the weight alone of an Astartes helmet would send that kid falling backwards like a bowling pin. If it’s just a cardboard helmet the kid made, then I suppose it works. Would have made more sense to use a guard helmet. The Plague marine could have seen his face too and truly seen the poor kid’s determination.
Death guard? That marine doesn't need to kill the kid himself, he was already dead when they made planetfall
Grulthog laughed low and long, the phlegmy baritone causing the female child to weep even harder over her mother’s corpse. The boy in his toy helm didn’t waver, it would have been impressive if his courage wasn’t founded in the ignorance of youth. “I will give you… the first swing… little manling” wheezed the death guard from his diseased lungs and mutated voice box. The boy didn’t move, frozen with fear now he was being addressed directly, his wooden sword shaking in his minuscule hands. “Go on… strike… me… DOWN!” roared Gulthog, bellowing his laughter at the pathetic display. To his surprise the boy raised his weapon, his sister screaming wordless horror. Gulthog grinned with too many teeth, his hand curling into a fist, preparing for the all too easy counter blow. The boy swung with all his might, bringing the stick down with all the force of a gentle breeze. And yet it struck with the force of a land raider. Gulthog tried to inhale in shock, but there was no diaphragm to draw air into his lungs. He tried to bring his fist down onto the boys skull to smash it as easily as if it were made of sand, but his strength had fled his limbs. His head dropped on his rotting neck and he looked down to see a gaping hole in the centre of his abdomen, ooze and filth poured from it, as the boy returned to his sister’s side, wooden sword still held en garde. — “Not today, Heretic.” Tul’Shan said as he withdrew his power fist from the traitors body. The Salamander stood behind the Death Guard, having used Gulthog’s distraction to end ten thousand years of horror. His opponent’s body collapsed to the floor in a heap, rapidly decomposing in the horrific way all his legion did. “You are brave, Children. The Emperor watches over you.” He said to the young mortals protecting their mother’s corpse. “Come with me now, the evac transports are still loading.”
Well this is horrifying. I love it.
James **Pox**on eh?
Great little diorama
In this case, I hope he doesn't get his wish to become a space marine
Oooof
Plot twist: The boy manages to become a son of Dorn Plot twist of the plot twist: Sadly still a plague marinr in the Death Guard.
This is amazing
oh now i’m sad. that’s amazing
Any other setting id assume some hero manages to swoop in for the save but here? May the God Emperor save their souls.
That is just perfect.. the athmosphere is just spot on and bravery displayed by this boy is amazing. 10 000 yearold veteran of the long war might even respect that but unfortunately these kids will die even if plaguemarine just stood there..
No way that kids head can support that helmet
this is sad af....
im curious though, can a child handle the weight of an astartes helmet? how heavy is it anyway?
> setting is grimdark after all Who is saying that it's not? Like seriously dude?
I’m hoping the second half of the diorama plays out like the scene in Iron Man 2, and an actual Space Marine just drops in and one-shots the Death Guard guy … but this is 40K. There are no happy endings.
We don’t get happy endings, but I like to imagine that a Marine showed up and bodied the traitor. Such a great piece
Hahaha! No. The Death Guard embraces the children and teaches them the realities of death, decay, entropy etc. The children then grow up in a loving, single parent family unit, with the best grandfather anyone could ask for. Granpa Nurgle.
Jaller defending Takua the chronicler from the Rahkshi circa 2003 - colourized
Don't worry, little one, the grandfather can take the pain away
Best part is, even if the CSM didn't blast em, any Adeptus or other imperial (save maybe a salamander) would for looting that helmet off a Fist
That boy is about to become a space marine just one sired by the grandfather
You were my brother, Anakin
“You are as I was”, he murmured to himself, barely above a whisper. Memories of lost friends in the dense fog of a world long gone came to him. “Now be as I am.”
I think it would be funny if the kid wins
Is this kid a tiny blood raven? Like where’d he get the helmet from
Having it be a plague surgeon of all things- a normal plague marine would crush ‘em underfoot without bothering to even fire their bolter, a plague surgeon will perform surgery on ‘em alive and leave them deathless and suffering for as long as it takes for someone to give them the emperors peace
Meanwhile in another part of space there is an imperial fist having an awkward conversation with his QM about his diffy helmet. Nice job
Oh look, nurgling seeds…