#c'tan

[jyggalag-princess-of-order]

Shout out to the War in Heaven for ruining the afterlife for everyone

Thanks Necron(tyr), Eldar, Old Ones, C'tan, Orks, and whoever the hell else was involved! Really appreciate that!

#warhammer 40000 #warhammer 40k #war in heaven #necrons #aeldari #orks #c'tan #old ones

[wh40kartwork]

C'tan

by Gij Arentz

#c'tan #warhammer 40k #warhammer #warhammer 40000 #40k #gij arentz

[fromcommorragh]

Necron Overlord and c'tan shard by Kannovaku on twitter

#necrons #necron #necron lord #necron overlord #overlord #c'tan #c'tan shard #beautiful #awesome #i love her #oh no she’s hot #warhammer 40k #wh40k #warhammer #40k #warhammer 40000

[painting-warhammer]

C’Tan Shard of the Deceiver in the style of Sonichu (CWC)

I lied. This is my favorite figure. Commentary under cut.

#1: Rule Number One Is That You Gotta Have Fun

The other two figures I painted had ups and downs--days genuinely ruined and many frustrated moments where I just hated everything about this hobby and everything I was making. I'm sure this is no strange feeling to any artist, but since I kinda gave up on art over a decade ago only to pick this up after that decade, it really felt like that heartbreaking moment of making something that you know was bad and not improving fast enough.

I never had that for one second while painting Sonichu. I honestly giggled to myself a lot when I worked on him. When something fucked up (note how I didn't make as good of a glowing effect on the eyes) I just took that as "Well, that's just me being accurate to the original art." When something went well, I learned something that I would be able to apply in the future. If you look closely at the quills and the chest, you'll see that this was the first time I tried edge highlighting to get more of a good lighting effect. On top of that, I just used Baharroth Blue without a base paint, but rather as a base paint that I later darkened with a Tyran Blue shade wash for the creases in the sash. I did the same for the skin near on his abs and arms. (I should have made them blue. Damn.)

I also didn't get so bogged down in being accurate to the inspiration, or became better at knowing what to pick and choose. For example: Sonichu doesn't have a sash, of course. Instead, I decided to go with the color of the banner in Issue #0.

There was a point I briefly considered learning how to actually make a decal, then taking the title to be plastered on the front of the model, but I decided against it. I even considered some yellow streaks to give him a bit of a glow, but if you look at the base you'll see some of the experimental wetblending I tried (and would hypothetically cover later) and it just didn't look good.

Also the feet. Sonichu does have a distinct color for his shoes, but I just shrugged and figured it was more correct to just keep it in line with his hands on the model. I made the hands in the hideous style of the Bad Trailer Sonic, and figured the feet would probably follow the same principle. Besides, the sash had enough blue as it is.

#2: Rule Number Two - Just Don't Get Attached, Too

I said I had fun at all stages painting Sonic'hu, and I meant that. The painting part, that is. Gluing was a disaster.

If you're new to the hobby, understand this: Older models, things from the 90's or earlier, are produced using a plastic resin. It's very light gray (left) while the newer stuff has a dark gray tint and is made with a different kind of plastic.

Now Citadel sells ONE (1) glue, pictured to the left. It's a very good glue for the DARK GRAY plastic. It looks like this. Some people use the one on the right, but the listing on Amazon is apparently sketchy as hell and comes empty because they can scam you out of your money since you can't return or refund liquids. So I never fw it; if I encounter it in a hardware store or hobby shop, I'll pick it up and give it a shot.

This is all to ultimately say that in spite of Citadel selling only ONE KIND OF GLUE, that ONE GLUE cannot hold light gray resin figures together AT ALL.

I don't have pictures, but God was it frustrating. Sonic'hu would CONSTANTLY fall apart while drying. I would be holding his arm in place; the head would fall off. His spines would fall off. He'd flop over on his base. Even after priming him, his arm fell off again, and you can see his face is a mess of when my fingers were just covered and glue and I was just holding him in place frustratedly. I tried like three different glues (not including Tamiya, but Krazy Glue was one) and I don't remember which one worked.

However, whether Tamiya works or not, I actually did have to go back to resin on a different figure recently. I went through my old man's drawer and found this.

It's unreal how good this is. Put this on resin, and the plastic itself comes apart easier than the glue does. It also works okay on the dark gray figures, but I've had the odd part come undone and I went back to the Citadel Glue.

Fair warning though--I'm praising this version of Loctite specifically. There are a few varieties, and I can't say much as far as their quality, but I read online that the ones with an extra long cap tend to dry out and be unopenable later. This Gel Control version doesn't give me any problems like that, though.

#3: Rule Number Three - Wear Your Heart On Your Cheek

My only regret is not going harder with this.

There were some gemstones at the bottom of this model and I literally don't remember what happened to them. I was going to paint them like Chaos Emeralds, originally. Then I saw a paint job of the model that had stones encircling the C'tan Shard like he was making them rise up Dragonball style, and the thought came to mind to get little Chaos Emerald replicas to look as though they were orbiting him. (Unfortunately, Etsy pretty much only had them in a set size, and though Sonic'hu was the largest figure I'd worked on, he was too small to have those orbiting around him.)

I also wanted to learn how to model with Green Stuff using this model; there was a point where I considered making the actual sneakers, but more importantly the Pikachu ears and the one additional spine to bring it up to six total. I didn't not want to do that when I bought it, actually, but after the glue had settled after so much effort I was utterly sick of the prep phase and just went straight to painting.

There's also a little Necron that is at the base of the C'Tan that I also haven't painted, but the reason for that is that I am considering how to do the CWC's "The Classic" shirt on his rib cage. I keep waiting for the inspiration to strike.

So that's Sonic'hu. Honestly, having a shitpost figure was something that helped me be a little less afraid of failure and take chances, make mistakes, and get messy. I would resume tryharding by the next figure, and ultimately paint, in my opinion, my best figure yet.

#Sonichu #CWC #Christine Weston Chandler #Painting Warhammer #Games Workshop #Warhammer #Warhammer 40K #WarhammerCommunity #Warhammer 40000 #WH 40K #WH40K #Warhammer40K #Warhammer Painting #Miniature Painting #Painting Miniatures #Mini Painting #Necron #Necrons #Necron'tyr #C'tan #The C'tan #Shard of the Deceiver

[dead-philosophy]

quick CSP practice (featuring OCs belonging to a handful of artists I love and admire here on the hellsite)

Machete belongs to @canisalbus

The Hessian belongs to @spaghettibastard

Fernka belongs to @plasmometer

Arshak belongs to @kathy-rah

Lark belongs to @idle-skull

Anathema belongs to @interplanaranathema

Your characters are amazing and I love them dearly, thank you for sharing them with us.

my links - (please check out the listed artists before you click here! they deserve it.)

#my art #NOT my characters #canisalbus #sighthound #the hessian #bonemen #warhammer 40k #iron warriors #chaos space marines #fernka #night lords #arshak skraidor #lark huntsman of nostramo #anathema #c'tan #art #artists on tumblr #PLEASE support these fine people and their work #ps if you would like me to remove the drawing of your character for whatever reason I will respect your wishes

[finalxfinale]

Finally 90% done 🔥🔥🔥

#warhammer 40000 #warhammer 40k #painting warhammer #necrons #necrontyr #irl #c'tan

[baldy-wan-kenobi]

C'tan shard of the Void Dragon, by me.

#warhammer 40000 #warhammer 40k #necron #necrons #c'tan #void dragon #miniatures

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

That song just has that effect. Children of the Omnissiah Art of the True Omnissiah (Blinky the Void Dragon) by @crysdrawsthings

#warhammer 40k #adeptus mechanicus #void dragon #omnissiah #c'tan

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Shard of the Void Dragon

Artist: Alex Konstad TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

#mtg #magic the gathering #tcg #alex konstad #shard of the void dragon #warhammer 40 000 commander #creature #c'tan

[interplanaranathema]

sanguine hunter sketch They're bantering about future sight and chronomancy

#sanguinius #c'tanathema #my art #sanguine hunter #c'tan #yumeship

[that-random-chaos-entity]

Random OC Facts:

With her shard of the Void Dragon, Nehetari has the power to rescue some damaged tomb worlds that would otherwise never reawaken. This is her "official" purpose in the Undying Army. Whenever a tomb world is discovered damaged beyond even Szarekh's ability to fix, he brings his daughter and her companions in.

It's especially helpful for diplomatic reasons too; not all dynasties are too pleased with the Silent King for one reason or another, but MANY of them are still besotted with their Mehlrose. Having her face be the one greeting a new tomb world as it awakens tends to ease things over with more antagonistic dynasties.

Especially since, you know, the last memory many of these overlords & phaerons had of her was her funeral; watching the levitating mourning barge carry her emaciated, cancer-corrupted, stasis-bound body out of the palace to the great black monolith that would serve as her tomb.

#warhammer 40k #wh40k #necrons #necrontyr #nehetari #necrontyr princess #oc shenanigans #the silent king #szarekh #necrontyr headcanons #mag'ladroth #the void dragon #c'tan

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by baklaher

#necrons #c'tan #eldar #chaos #cultists #daemon #locations #warhammer #warhammer 40k #warhammer 40000 #40k #baklaher #illustration #monochrome #imperium

[soraka-in-warhammer40k]

What if Blanks are C'tan-like in nature?

So we all know what Blanks are - essentially super-rare mutants that are anti-psykers. They are like black holes where psykic energy goes in to never return. Regular humans do not exactly like being around one, and for some races the mere presence of one is absolute torment. Psykers in general would rather claw their eyes or chew off their arm if that meant getting away from one.

The Imperium has two ways to employ them, either as a specific kind of assassin, or as a soldier in the Sisters of Silence (which makes me wonder where all the male blanks go...?). The assassin is called a Culexus, you might have seen them already, their weird headgear amps up their powers and makes their very presence unbearable.

But how do they work? Like, they can't do warp-stuff. Because even if you naturally answer every psykic power with the exact opposite psykic power to cancle it out, that would mean you would still do warp-stuff. That'd be annoying to every psyker fighting you, but that wouldn't make you a walking presence of dread and suffering for them. If anything, that would stirr up the warp and push both of your powers.

So we got two things in this setting that actively fuck with the warp by virtue of existing: Tyrranids and Necrons. While the Nids do have their "shadow in the warp", that's less of an energy drain and more of an immaterial smoke bomb that isolates an area and muffles all outgoing communications and powers. How exactly it does work no one knows, but while unpleasant its not actively harmful. Also that would mean every blank is a Nid-agent, and since Nid's came only after Blanks where discovered, that's not very plausible.

But there IS a thing that has been around since the beginning of the setting, and that is the Necron's Old Gods, the C'tan - and you must remember: absolutely all the tech Necrons have, it was designed by the C'tan to fight The Old Ones, powerful psykic entities.

So they could not fight the Old Ones using the Warp, where not just their enemies but also the freshly created Eldar and Orks drew their power form - so they simply looked the other way and found the absolute opposite of the Warp: the "Ghostwind".

The Wiki describes it as follows:

The Ghostwind is an empty dimension of darkness[1b], that the Necrons' Flayed Ones innately use to transport themselves to different locations within the Galaxy[1c]. A small number of Crypteks, have also learned to enter it as well.[1a]

So if the warp is all the energy all the time, the Ghostwind is a cold and hostile place of darkness that consumes all energy. One should note here that the C'Tan were described as having become "star gods" once they gorged themselves on Necron souls. However, a "god" in this setting is something that has its "real" existence outside of material reality. So unless you find a way to destroy it over there it is never "truly" gone. You can defeat a demon of Khorne, but the big guy himself while mad that this extension of his will has been banished, won't be too bothered by it. So a "god" can never truly die by means of reality.

And would you look at that: the C'tan today are not "dead". They are "shattered", "sealed", "imprisoned", but not "dead". At the same time there is at LEAST one pocket dimension confirmed to exist in the Ghostwind: the Flayer Dimension that the infected Necrons use - and another connection: the Flayer Virus was created by a C'tan even!!

So in theory the C'tan might still be out there, sitting in their little dimensions that house their true essence (think of Destiny's Throneworlds), fuming and frustrated that the Necrons have sealed all their "access points" to reality. It is uncertain if the C'tan are beings OF the Ghostwind, or if they found by during their ascension to power, but in the end it matters little.

Now what does that have to do with blanks? If the Ghostwind is the mirror image to the warp, a sentient being could in theory form a connection with it. The thing is, the Ghostwind only consumes energy, it grants none. Just like the C'tan it is eternally hungry.

Potential conclusion: as every psyker has inside themselves a little portal to the warp to draw energy from, the Blanks have one to the Ghostwind that actively consumes all power that gets thrown their way.

Now the spicy part: regular psykers have to be very careful to not be tricked by the gods to open their connection too wide. Because if they do, the energy-portal might become big enough for a demon to get through and take over the poor fool who will for now become an instrument to the dark gods.

If we assume the C'tan still exist in the Ghostwind that means they in theory should be able to do the very same thing as the entities in the Warp.

The purpose of the Blanks would be to gather energy and send it to the Ghostwind to feed a C'tan. The next level if would be for a Blank to increase their connection to the Ghostwind so much that the C'tan in question can reach through dimensions and have a new "reality interface" again through possession.

The concerning conclusion of this:

Blanks might be a way the C'Tan are trying to sneak their way back into reality.

The problem is: the Imperium desperatly needs blanks to stand even a small chance against Chaos, but utilizing them too much could make things return to the universe every single faction would be powerless against. Remember, it took the Eldar, the Orks at the height of their evolution, AND the Necrons betrying their masters to get rid of them.

Let's just say that if the setting of 40k ever "ends", it will be because it's time for "War in Heaven 2 - Electric Booglaloo", and I can't think of much else that would be a worthy end-boss for the setting than returing C'tan. A return that might definetly be canonically possible of this theory is correct...

#Warhammer 40k #wh40k #Necrons #Blanks #C'tan #40k theory post

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Void Dragon by Alex Konstad

#Magic the Gathering #MtG #Warhammer #40k #Warhammer 40k Commander Decks #Void Dragon #C'Tan Shard #Xenos #C'Tan #Necron #Sci-Fi #Alex Konstad

[escbyond]

#necron #40k #c'tan

[baldy-wan-kenobi]

C'tan shard of the Void Dragon, by me.

#warhammer 40000 #warhammer 40k #necron #necrons #c'tan #void dragon #miniatures