Well That Was Unexpected Thread II: Now with 230% more lasers!

[Keios]

The battle hopper exploded. You have now idea what kind of unstable power they contain inside.

[Emperor Ing]

in Soulstorm Meltas fire blue un-meltalike lasers. It's...actually pretty cool, but very un-meltalike. It's worth noting the Sisters of Battle's flamers fired teal flames as well. In the Dark Crusade campaigns Eliphas and Thule can get a Meltagun wargear, but it basically fired a yellow un-meltalike ball. But it was insanely powerful so I can't complain. the Firestorm over Kronus mod added meltaguns which fired what appeared to be bursts of golden molten lava. Spess Mahreen's meltaguns were bluish where the muzzle flare would be and fanned out into orangish energy.

My headcanon for meltaguns is that they look and act like a charged Plasma Beam shot from Metroid Prime (1) except pale golden colored instead of red-orange. Seriously. The plasma beam in Metroid Prime is pretty much a meltagun.

Comic 535. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/535.png) No meltaguns here, unfortunately.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

in Soulstorm Meltas fire blue un-meltalike lasers. It's...actually pretty cool, but very un-meltalike. It's worth noting the Sisters of Battle's flamers fired teal flames as well. In the Dark Crusade campaigns Eliphas and Thule can get a Meltagun wargear, but it basically fired a yellow un-meltalike ball. But it was insanely powerful so I can't complain. the Firestorm over Kronus mod added meltaguns which fired what appeared to be bursts of golden molten lava. Spess Mahreen's meltaguns were bluish where the muzzle flare would be and fanned out into orangish energy.

My headcanon for meltaguns is that they look and act like a charged Plasma Beam shot from Metroid Prime (1) except pale golden colored instead of red-orange. Seriously. The plasma beam in Metroid Prime is pretty much a meltagun.

Comic 535. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/535.png) No meltaguns here, unfortunately.

Questions? Comments? Critique?
in DoW2 you could give several commmander units meltaguns that fired blue-white beams of energy. In SM they were purplish (though, that game stretches canon anyway so i guess you can ignore it)

Also, i'm confused. Who's ultimate pokemon was she referring to? 'Thine' means 'your', right? does Lord Perior have pokemon of his own.

[memnarch]

I believe she is talking to snivy.

Also, it took a couple reads, but I finally realized that the spore wasn't from the snivy, but from the butterfly thing while they were rushing ahead.

[Emperor Ing]

Also, it took a couple reads, but I finally realized that the spore wasn't from the snivy, but from the butterfly thing while they were rushing ahead.

:smallconfused:...which comic are you reading again? Spore was used by Lichtor, whom was being complimented by Torn in Panel 11. I thought I made it pretty clear...

[HalfTangible]

I believe she is talking to snivy.
Well yeah, that's obvious, she says his bloody name, but then what does it mean? "Lord Perior, I must warn you of your ultimate pokemon..." And perior says something about juxtaposing weakness onto her allies...

:smallconfused:...which comic are you reading again? Spore was used by Lichtor, whom was being complimented by Torn in Panel 11. I thought I made it pretty clear...

You did, and the butterfly thing couldn't have used spore because it used fire dance/spin :smallconfused:

[memnarch]

:smallconfused:...which comic are you reading again? Spore was used by Lichtor, whom was being complimented by Torn in Panel 11. I thought I made it pretty clear...
It means I got confused by the nicknames. >.<

Edit; and the fact that it happened before any attacks were called out.

[Emperor Ing]

It means I got confused by the nicknames. >.<

Edit; and the fact that it happened before any attacks were called out.

Yeah, I can see that, though the names aren't too important, you can still identify who's on what side...I hope. :smalleek:

As for the latter, rule of funny.


Also, i'm confused. Who's ultimate pokemon was she referring to? 'Thine' means 'your', right? does Lord Perior have pokemon of his own.
Well first off Lord Perior isn't a Mewtwo so that's not a possibility.

Second, yeah. You're right, pronoun fail. I was thinking "thine" meant "their."
On closer examination, apparently there is no shakespearean pronoun for 3rd person plural, so...comic fix. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/535-1.png)
AKA the most minor fix i've ever had to make for a comic ever.

[Doorhandle]

Okay, so this pokemon arc is barley canon, but even so Lord Perior is the best Snivy that ever was and ever will be.

And also, I was going to rant about how calling something the "ultimate whatever" basically just means it's last in a series and not that it's necessarily the best, but then I realised it has all sorts of applicable synonyms to that situation. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ultimate) :smalltongue:

[Keios]

That Snivy can casually and royally kick my ass any time of the day. He's awesome.

Also, to that discussion up there, I believe Marnia is trying to warn Lord Perior about the Alakazam. It's early to know, but I think Lord Perior's Snivy will come back to hurt him once that one is out. But again, he might as well also kick his ass without losing the monocle.

[HalfTangible]

Well first off Lord Perior isn't a Mewtwo so that's not a possibility.That's THE mewtwo :smalltongue:


Second, yeah. You're right, pronoun fail. I was thinking "thine" meant "their."
On closer examination, apparently there is no shakespearean pronoun for 3rd person plural, so...comic fix. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/535-1.png)
AKA the most minor fix i've ever had to make for a comic ever.

.... out of curiosity, what was the fix?

[Emperor Ing]

That's THE mewtwo :smalltongue:
Details. :smallbiggrin:


.... out of curiosity, what was the fix?

...absolutely nothing. WTF?
I just uploaded the ACTUAL fix 7 times on photobucket. It apparently doesn't want me changing that ONE WORD for some stupid reason.

Imgon.net, I fragmentation grenading LOVE you. (http://imgon.net/di-RL03.png) (fix'd FOR REAL THIS TIME!! Now with 100% more "thine"s replaced with "their"s.)

[Emperor Ing]

Hmm, it would appear Lord Perior has infiltrated my avatar. Oh well, i'm okay with this.

Comic 536 is up. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/536.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

Ahriman knows whats going on. Clever girl.

[Doorhandle]

Five zorkmids says it doesn't work. :smalltongue:

[Emperor Ing]

Ahriman knows EVERYTHING.
There's no such thing as knowledge man was not meant to know, only knowledge we don't want to know. Suck it Lovecraft.

Comic 537 is up. (http://imgon.net/di-02DP.png) It's on. It's on like...*snoooore* htzzzht....wha?

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Doorhandle]

...That explains EVERYTHING. :smallbiggrin:

[Keios]

From now on, that's the truth and explanation about everything in the pokemon universe, and I'm sticking to it.

[Emperor Ing]

My headcanon is best headcanon.

And yes, it's sorta like Mortal Kombat. Whatever.

Comic 539 is FINALLY up (http://imgon.net/di-FVJE.png)

So Comic 540 will either be one massive comic or two comics. Either way it's the end of this mini-arc

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

My headcanon is best headcanon.

And yes, it's sorta like Mortal Kombat. Whatever.

Comic 539 is FINALLY up (http://imgon.net/di-FVJE.png)

So Comic 540 will either be one massive comic or two comics. Either way it's the end of this mini-arc

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Ya call this a MINI arc?! :tongue:

(Also, don't mean to nitpick, but is Ahriman SUPPOSED to be saying that Aetheric storm cannot harm HIMSELF as much as PERIOR needs it to?)

EDIT: Reading through the archive, is there a reason only SOME of them would zoom in so the comic can actually be read? :smallconfused: Like is my browser, or...

[Emperor Ing]

It's a sub-plot. I call it a mini-arc because it's a mini arc within a mini arc within an overarching plot. Plot-arcception. That's how I roll. :smallcool:

And no, Ahriman isn't supposed to say that. Bad Alakazam! No stealing the reality-destroying eldrich abomination's lines!

Fix'd (http://imgon.net/di-1AE6.png)

As for the image zoom thing, those are all Imageshack links I can all but guarantee you. Because Imageshack is being completely retarted. I used (past tense) Imageshack for comics with file sizes larger than 1 meg but I switched to Imgon.net (which I LOVE) before the zoom-in problem.

I think i'll have to re-upload every comic I uploaded in imageshack. I can re-upload every comic as old as Comic 340. As for anything older...it's a tentative "maybe." Stay tuned for further information.

[HalfTangible]

Ok, another question. Are Crush Opposition and Aetheric Storm actual moves in pokemon? Because they sound like they could be.

Oh, and ask the Custodes: "How well do the Imperial Fists (Terra's space marine chapter) and Adeptus Custodes get along?"

[Emperor Ing]

Crush Opposition and Aetheric Storm are not actual pokemon moves. They are, however, signature moves of Astartes Alakazams and Smugleaves respectively.

Anyways, Comic 540. (http://imgon.net/di-VKVY.png) I TOLD you I had an exit strategy!

Now then, next comic will be Ask the Custodes.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

Crush Opposition and Aetheric Storm are not actual pokemon moves. They are, however, signature moves of Astartes Alakazams and Smugleaves respectively.

Anyways, Comic 540. (http://imgon.net/di-VKVY.png) I TOLD you I had an exit strategy!

Now then, next comic will be Ask the Custodes.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Eh. They do SOUND like Pokemon moves.

*reads*

........................

All I can think of now is the fact that at first I read it as 'Exterminate' in a Dalek voice.

EX-TER-MI-NATE! EX-TER-MI-NATE!! EEEEX-TERR-MIIII-NAAAAAAAATE!!!

EDIT: wait, why is Victor doing the exact same thing in two consecutive panels? is there an actual reason for it I'm missing? :smallconfused:

[Keios]

Indeed, why is that panel doubled?

Anyway, great conclusion to this awesome miniarc. Let us see how things proceed.

[Emperor Ing]

I've seen a few episodes of Dr. Who. I...do not see what people see in it.
So help me Omnissiah, if this thread becomes filled with pleas for me to watch it more, there will be a reckoning. :smallannoyed:

And...yes, that duplicate panel is 540 is unintentional.

Anyways, Ask the Custodes 4: They're Brass Pt. 1 (http://imgon.net/di-89OW.png)
As I sort of anticipated, this'll be another two-parter.

Next comic will be 541

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[memnarch]

Wow, you actually worked it in. :smallbiggrin:

[Keios]

A question to the custodes: What is there in the (WH40K) universe that would pose a challenge to those in your order, and why? Not many details are needed. =D

[HalfTangible]

A question to the custodes: What is there in the (WH40K) universe that would pose a challenge to those in your order, and why? Not many details are needed. =D

Greater Daemons, Demon Princes, Primarchs, and fellow Adeptus Custodes. (All of the third that may end up fighting a custodes are either dead, incapacitated practically beyond recovery, a demon prince or missing at the moment)

I'm still wondering who among the Custodes has ever fallen to chaos. GK are the only imperial organization that's NEVER had a fall, so it might be interesting to see a custodes do so.

Bad, obviously. But interesting.

[Starsign]

Well, I think I have a question for the Custodes. I've seen the Space Marine Apothecaries and their... medical devices... :smalleek:

What is it like for space marines and other soldiers to be 'medically treated' by that thing and have Custodes ever been in need of it as well?

[blackjack217]

Greater Daemons, Demon Princes, Primarchs, and fellow Adeptus Custodes. (All of the third that may end up fighting a custodes are either dead, incapacitated practically beyond recovery, a demon prince or missing at the moment)

I'm still wondering who among the Custodes has ever fallen to chaos. GK are the only imperial organization that's NEVER had a fall, so it might be interesting to see a custodes do so.

Bad, obviously. But interesting.

Also Kelbor-Hal, Arik Taranis, Eldrad, Malagor the Sigilight, Drago (by all rights this guy should be dead), Avatars of the Eldar Gods (Though those things are basically greater deamons anyway) and Vect.

[HalfTangible]

Also Kelbor-Hal, Arik Taranis, Eldrad, Malagor the Sigilight, Drago (by all rights this guy should be dead), Avatars of the Eldar Gods (Though those things are basically greater deamons anyway) and Vect.

Malagor's dead (assuming I'm thinking of the right person), I don't know a whole lot about Eldrad except he's from Ulthwe and I don't know who any of the rest of those are. But if we're going to talk about Avatars (only one kind of which I know actually exists) we might as well include the actual chaos gods :smalltongue:

@Starsign: Someone correct me if I'm wrong: Apothecaries only treat other space marines (they're specialists, they only can treat space marines. Like how a doctor can treat a human but not... oh, say a puppy. They could guess, but since they don't know precisely how the other's body works...), and that particular device is the Emperor's Peace - euthanasia applies to the temple for a marine who's going to die but is doing it slowly.

[blackjack217]

Kelbor was the head of the Admech during the Heresy. He apparently survived and then did nothing for 10k years. (This is actually quite common)
Arik was the head of the thunder warriors and survived the culling (after the conquest of Earth the big E turned on the thunder warriors and had them effectivly wiped out, presumably by the Custodes) and then gained immortality during the heresy then dropped off the grid.
Eldrad is the most powerful Eldar pysker. Widely considered a jerk.
Drago is a super special grey knight paladin.
Vect is the head of the Dark Eldar.

[Emperor Ing]

Kelbor was the head of the Admech during the Heresy. He apparently survived and then did nothing for 10k years. (This is actually quite common)
Arik was the head of the thunder warriors and survived the culling (after the conquest of Earth the big E turned on the thunder warriors and had them effectivly wiped out, presumably by the Custodes) and then gained immortality during the heresy then dropped off the grid.
Eldrad is the most powerful Eldar pysker. Widely considered a jerk.
Drago is a super special grey knight paladin.
Vect is the head of the Dark Eldar.
Yeah, pretty much more-or-less this. I have absolutely no idea who Malagor the Sigilight is. There's Malcador the Sigillite, but he only got to 200 years. 300 tops.

Remember, I can't get to all of your questions at once. I would like to eventually get to at least most of them.
Also, I should let you in on one of my plans: As fellow members of the 10,000 Years Old Club, Brother-Custodian Sereyentheous is giving each of the 4 Chaos Champions a comic in Ask the Custodes, each one corresponding to the sacred number of their respective God.
So Ask the Custodes 6 will be hosted by Lucius the Eternal
AtC 7: Typhus the Traveler
AtC 8: Kharn the Betrayer
AtC 9: Ahriman the....guy who doesn't get a title
And just to make it fair, AtC 10 will be given to Abaddon the Despoiler.
You can direct your questions or commands to one or any of the Champions, but bear in mind they will only be able to answer one question.

ANYWAYS...Comic 541 (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/541.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Incom]

Not to be that guy... actually, yes to be that guy:

You misspelled "derogatory". Panel 3.

[Doorhandle]

Crush Opposition and Aetheric Storm are not actual pokemon moves. They are, however, signature moves of Astartes Alakazams and Smugleaves respectively.

Anyways, Comic 540. (http://imgon.net/di-VKVY.png) I TOLD you I had an exit strategy!

Now then, next comic will be Ask the Custodes.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

... You know you have suffered an awesome overdose when you see that and your first thought is disappointment that it wasn't Wyzen's continent-sized finger of doom. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cRDW8JTZhM) :smalltongue:

Also, ha! Powers has been snubbed.

[Keios]

... Y'know you have suffered an awesome overdose when you see that and your first though is disappointment that it wasn't Wyzen's continent-sized finger of doom. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cRDW8JTZhM) :smalltongue:

Also, ha! Powers has been snubbed.

That was intense. I'm astonished.

[Emperor Ing]

I was actually very close to doing just that, unfortunately I remembered that that would set off the bomb. Because continent-sized fingers of doom don't explode.

And you have to admit, only a Primarch could stop something like a continent-sized finger brought down by a planet-sized demigod :smallamused:

Ask the Custodes 4: They're Brass part 2 is up. (http://imgon.net/di-1O8K.png) You can see why it takes so long to make.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

I was actually very close to doing just that, unfortunately I remembered that that would set off the bomb. Because continent-sized fingers of doom don't explode.

And you have to admit, only a Primarch could stop something like a continent-sized finger brought down by a planet-sized demigod :smallamused:

Ask the Custodes 4: They're Brass part 2 is up. (http://imgon.net/di-1O8K.png) You can see why it takes so long to make.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

I like the Blood Ravens :smallfrown: They helped inspire my Eclipse Hawk's color scheme... with one color, but still

Also: what's that painting on the Angry Marine's ship of?

Also, do you take Ponytar requests? Because that is an awesome Space Mareine Changeling.

(Also for a third time: I just spotted a feature of part 1. Someone's legs are sticking down a panel)

[Starsign]

I was actually very close to doing just that, unfortunately I remembered that that would set off the bomb. Because continent-sized fingers of doom don't explode.

And you have to admit, only a Primarch could stop something like a continent-sized finger brought down by a planet-sized demigod :smallamused:

Ask the Custodes 4: They're Brass part 2 is up. (http://imgon.net/di-1O8K.png) You can see why it takes so long to make.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Well you know how to bring us new things to ask the Custodes. I'm still sticking with the last one I mentioned however :smalltongue:

[Emperor Ing]

Also, do you take Ponytar requests? Because that is an awesome Space Mareine Changeling.

(Also for a third time: I just spotted a feature of part 1. Someone's legs are sticking down a panel)

What Angry Marine ship? I didn't draw an Angry Marine ship.
Take a closer look at the insignias.

And yes I do take requests, but by PM only. Usually. Feel free to shoot me a request.

And I can't believe I didn't upload that fix. I noticed it a long time ago and fixed it, but never uploaded it.
Oh well, fixed. (http://imgon.net/di-D0CL.png)

[HalfTangible]

What Angry Marine ship? I didn't draw an Angry Marine ship.
Take a closer look at the insignias.:smallannoyed: Okay, what is the painting on the ship the Angry Marines were on of?!


And yes I do take requests, but by PM only. Usually. Feel free to shoot me a request.

Cool, thanks.

[blackjack217]

For ask the chaos champions:
Arhiman: did you guys get mad when you realized that it was Horus and not the Emprah that sicked the space yiffs on you?
For any: what has Kalbor been doing for the past 10k years anyway?
What really happened to Dorn? The official story has him dieing on a class of ships that were designed in the 36th millennium, sound fishy to me.
Failbaddon: Horus killed a primarch and put the Emprah in a reccord breaking coma. You have done neither. Do you ever feel inadequate?

[HalfTangible]

For ask the chaos champions:
Arhiman: did you guys get mad when you realized that it was Horus and not the Emprah that sicked the space yiffs on you?
For any: what has Kalbor been doing for the past 10k years anyway?
What really happened to Dorn? The official story has him dieing on a class of ships that were designed in the 36th millennium, sound fishy to me.
Failbaddon: Horus killed a primarch and put the Emprah in a reccord breaking coma. You have done neither. Do you ever feel inadequate?

The Mechanicum doesn't 'design', they find. :smalltongue:

[Doorhandle]

The Mechanicum doesn't 'design', they find. :smalltongue:

...I wounder how far you would get if you claimed you "found" an object inside your head. :smalltongue:

[HalfTangible]

...I wounder how far you would get if you claimed you "found" an object inside your head. :smalltongue:

The Mechanicum has considered innovation heresy against the machine-god since the days of the Horus Heresy, and before.

No, seriously. The novel 'mechanicum' shows pretty clearly that the last person in the mechanicum to try and innovate and create new machines dies during the heresy, and her greatest creation (a machine which literally grants infinite knowledge) destroyed by lava.

[Emperor Ing]

Spoiler tags exist for a reason :smallsigh:
I have already read Mechanicum so it doesn't bother me, but still...

[HalfTangible]

Spoiler tags exist for a reason :smallsigh:
I have already read Mechanicum so it doesn't bother me, but still...

It's a warhammer story. Like we don't know it's gonna end that way :smalltongue: Besides, i kept the details secret, and left out the 'main' plotline.

[blackjack217]

The Mechanicum doesn't 'design', they find. :smalltongue:

Sorry, but the class of ship he died on, the despoiler class battleship, was clearly designed in the 36th millennium, based of an older design.

[HalfTangible]

Sorry, but the class of ship he died on, the despoiler class battleship, was clearly designed in the 36th millennium, based of an older design.

:smallamused::smalltongue:

[blackjack217]

:smallamused::smalltongue:

Specifically the terminust est, a death guard vessel. This doesn't stop Dorn from being killed on the sword of sacrilege, which is specifically mentioned to be a despoiler class battleship despite the fact that the design (which is distinctly different from the Terminust est) will not be made for another 5k years. Of course this is almost certainly GW not reading their own fluff, but its just more fun to assume its some sort of conspiracy.

[HalfTangible]

Specifically the terminust est, a death guard vessel. This doesn't stop Dorn from being killed on the sword of sacrilege, which is specifically mentioned to be a despoiler class battleship despite the fact that the design (which is distinctly different from the Terminust est) will not be made for another 5k years. Of course this is almost certainly GW not reading their own fluff, but its just more fun to assume its some sort of conspiracy.

Alternatively, it was a design lost and rediscovered, hence the emphasis placed on your 'based on an older design' :smallannoyed::smalltongue:

[blackjack217]

Alternatively, it was a design lost and rediscovered, hence the emphasis placed on your 'based on an older design' :smallannoyed::smalltongue:

Execpt the Terminust est was a unique Dark age of Technology ship. And the Despoilers are cruder copies of an otherwise unique vessel.

[HalfTangible]

Execpt the Terminust est was a unique Dark age of Technology ship. And the Despoilers are cruder copies of an otherwise unique vessel.

Right. So they didn't design it, they copied an older design.

[blackjack217]

Right. So they didn't design it, they copied an older design.

Right, but the older design was of a unique ship, not a whole class. Which brings us back to the fact that dorn was killed on a type of ship that wasn't invented yet.

[HalfTangible]

Right, but the older design was of a unique ship, not a whole class. Which brings us back to the fact that dorn was killed on a type of ship that wasn't invented yet.

So? They mass-produced a ship, that doesn't mean they designed it. Moreover, the ship was an older design, which means that it had already been invented by that point.

[Keios]

I wish I hadn't discovered WH40K so late in my life, where getting into it wouldn't consume so much of my time. Ever since, I've always liked the setup, and really liked most of the stories I've been told. And of course, the few matches of the games I've witnessed were really appealing to me.

Maybe one day I will find time, although I doubt it. But until then, please, proceed. I may not get it 100%, but I enjoy the topic nonetheless.

Anyways, is that the end of the question to the custodes or are you working on part three? By the end of it, this strip gave me both feelings of conclusion and "there's still more".
And let it be noted that I have no preference. :smallsmile:

[Emperor Ing]

Okay, let me make one thing clear:
THEY'RE IMPERIAL FISTS!!
The similar color schemes is entirely unintentional and I only noticed it after the comic was posted. But seriously, if they were angry marines you'd see more angry insignias and fewer Imperial Fists insignias.

And for the record, there's not gonna be an Ask the Custodes 4 pt 3. The question is answered. Though if any glimpses into the world of my 40k headcanon fascinates you, feel free to ask away :smallwink:

Comic 542 (http://imgon.net/di-28VB.png)

Also, I still haven't gotten that avatar request PM

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

Okay, let me make one thing clear:
THEY'RE IMPERIAL FISTS!!
The similar color schemes is entirely unintentional and I only noticed it after the comic was posted. But seriously, if they were angry marines you'd see more angry insignias and fewer Imperial Fists insignias.I'd still like to know what the hell THAT PICTURE IS OF! *twitch* PLEASE!!!!!


Comic 542 (http://imgon.net/di-28VB.png)

Also, I still haven't gotten that avatar request PM

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Er... I haven't sent it. I'm still trying to decide which idea to send :smallfrown: Also whether I should do a custom Mareine chapter from the ponyhammer fics i'm drafting or just ask for a blood angel...

Comment: I love your custodes. Seriously.

Also: the first guy to worship the Emperor as his god was actually a guy on Terra with a case of mistaken identity. He walked into the last church on earth as it burned to the ground shortly after being led out of it by Empy, after finding out that he'd thought the Emperor was his god and falling into despair.

...

I'll admit, that was BEFORE the Great Crusade. The Legio Custodes might not even have existed yet =/

[Keios]

I'm looking forward to what may be a one-panel-only fight where Lahvin kicks Major's ass.

[HalfTangible]

I like how you mix canon WH40K with the ridiculousness of WTWU =3 it's awesome. 'Purge the alien' really was established AFTER the human race realized that pretty much every alien race they met was hostile.

Speaking of awesome, my avy.

[Emperor Ing]

The events of the Great Crusade before the recovery of Horus are pretty vague, with several notable exceptions. As a result it's pretty much an open license for anyone to do anything. Hence, i'm making it canon (well fanon) that the Imperium's xenophobia is a result of, as you said, every encountered alien race being suicidally hostile.

And yes, the over-the-topedness of the regular sci-fantasy WTwU universe flows seamlessly with the over-the-topedness of 40k. It's perfect. :smallbiggrin:
And HERE'S (http://1d4chan.org/images/d/d3/EMPRAHASQUE_PROTECTS.jpg) what that picture on the Imperial Fists (not Angry Marines) ship was of.

And enough text. Comic 543 nao! (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/543-1.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

I was under the impression that Xenos hostility was one of those points. The only other two I can think of off the top of my head (assuming the crusade starts when Empy first leaves earth) is in the novel mechanicum: the moment he arrives on Mars and that Chaos vault business

[Doorhandle]

The events of the Great Crusade before the recovery of Horus are pretty vague, with several notable exceptions. As a result it's pretty much an open license for anyone to do anything. Hence, i'm making it canon (well fanon) that the Imperium's xenophobia is a result of, as you said, every encountered alien race being suicidally hostile.

And yes, the over-the-topedness of the regular sci-fantasy WTwU universe flows seamlessly with the over-the-topedness of 40k. It's perfect. :smallbiggrin:
And HERE'S (http://1d4chan.org/images/d/d3/EMPRAHASQUE_PROTECTS.jpg) what that picture on the Imperial Fists (not Angry Marines) ship was of.

And enough text. Comic 543 nao! (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/543-1.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Well, I have heard that moving faster than the sound-barrier unprotected will seriously screw you over, but I think powers is tougher than that.

[Keios]

"Who do think you're fighting, a primarch?" Is, even to someone with not much reading put into WH40K as me, a really badass one-line.

Comic apart, I have a question: when does the story and universe of WH40K get expanded? Is it with each edition? Or are those purely game mechanics, and there are separate books for that?

[blackjack217]

"Who do think you're fighting, a primarch?" Is, even to someone with not much reading put into WH40K as me, a really badass one-line.

Comic apart, I have a question: when does the story and universe of WH40K get expanded? Is it with each edition? Or are those purely game mechanics, and there are separate books for that?

First rule of 40k: status quo is god. GW will never advance the plot.

[HalfTangible]

"Who do think you're fighting, a primarch?" Is, even to someone with not much reading put into WH40K as me, a really badass one-line.
Custodes are supposed to be mini-primarchs, right? ie, weaker than primarchs?

First rule of 40k: status quo is god. GW will never advance the plot.

Indeed... and personally i find that sad. I've seen fanworks that pull of some really interesting stuff with a post-13th Black Crusade universe... and at least some of the Black Library stuff takes place in/is told from a 42nd+ millenium perspective...

[Starsign]

Indeed... and personally i find that sad. I've seen fanworks that pull of some really interesting stuff with a post-13th Black Crusade universe... and at least some of the Black Library stuff takes place in/is told from a 42nd+ millenium perspective...

To be honest I've never read any of these fanworks. Then again I have an aversion to most fanfics. :smallredface:

[HalfTangible]

To be honest I've never read any of these fanworks. Then again I have an aversion to most fanfics. :smallredface:

The short of it: The Space wolves form their own protectorate with one company per planet, the death corps of Krieg have every last system around them except for mother krieg taken by a Khornate champion and then take it (and more) BACK, the Tau become Eldar.2, running across the galaxy from the Tyranids and never stopping, the Eldar bring their craftworlds together, Slaanesh is killed by the Harlequins, and then the Eldar race as a whole reform a galaxy-spanning empire, a microcosm of the imperium called the formosa imperium forms around Inquisitor Coteaz, Ultramar loses most of it's heroes but manages to push back the Tyranids... and I don't think anything else has been covered by the fanfic as of yet (though it does mention something called the Dornian bulwark)

Oh, and the precursor to all of this is that the Emperor dies and the Astronomicon is snuffed out. (It's hinted that this has something to do with the Fallen)

[Keios]

"Who do think you're fighting, a primarch?" Is, even to someone with not much reading put into WH40K as me, a really badass one-line.
Custodes are supposed to be mini-primarchs, right? ie, weaker than primarchs?


As I understood it, I thought the custode was saying "Fighting me like I'm a Primarch won't be enough", hinting he's more powerful awesome. But that might not have been Rand's intention.
Also, yeah, they should be weaker, now that I've wiki-read a little more on both.


First rule of 40k: status quo is god. GW will never advance the plot.

I don't think I quite understand. Are you saying they are so comfortable and satisfied with what they've done, they won't risk/don't want to expand it?

On another note, if it's WH40K, and the plot is currently (unless I'm mistaken) in the 41st millennium, didn't they advance the plot alredy?
And how long has it been since then?

[Emperor Ing]

The current date in 40k canon is, if i'm not mistaken, 40,999. It's the 41st millenium in the same way it's the 21st century today even though the year is 2012.
The plot hasn't advanced. In some cases it's actually regressed. For example they ret-conned the 13th Black Crusade from being "Imperials Win" to "Ongoing" (even so, the Imperials have Creed. It's pretty freakin' obvious who's gonna win.) Fans like myself tend to take it upon themselves to advance the plot, however this usually ends up skewering the canon in absolutely horrifying (and monstrously beautiful) ways. Ask the Custodes, and by extension WTwU takes place in the year 41,396, so i've taken it upon myself to advance the plot.

And yes. Custodes are Mini-Primarchs.
Or maybe the Primarchs are Macro-Custodes :eek:
Bottom Line: Grey Knights are NOT mini-primarchs. They are to the Emperor what the Raven Guard is to Corax.

ANYWAYS...
Comic 544 (http://imgon.net/di-MPC4.png)

Speaking of mini-primarchs, AtC 5 is next. Again, if you want to ask the Chaos Champions a question, do it nao. Up first will be Lucius the Bailed-Out.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

For any of them: What's it like to be as skilled as you are ugly?

[Keios]

Wow, my brain seriously malfunctioned at the time of that comment. That is the oldest mistake in the book.

Go Lahvin! Kill him into unconsciousness!

To Lucius: Who would you kill a second time if you had the chance to?

[Doorhandle]

The current date in 40k canon is, if i'm not mistaken, 40,999. It's the 41st millenium in the same way it's the 21st century today even though the year is 2012.
The plot hasn't advanced. In some cases it's actually regressed. For example they ret-conned the 13th Black Crusade from being "Imperials Win" to "Ongoing" (even so, the Imperials have Creed. It's pretty freakin' obvious who's gonna win.) Fans like myself tend to take it upon themselves to advance the plot, however this usually ends up skewering the canon in absolutely horrifying (and monstrously beautiful) ways. Ask the Custodes, and by extension WTwU takes place in the year 41,396, so i've taken it upon myself to advance the plot.

And yes. Custodes are Mini-Primarchs.
Or maybe the Primarchs are Macro-Custodes :eek:
Bottom Line: Grey Knights are NOT mini-primarchs. They are to the Emperor what the Raven Guard is to Corax.

ANYWAYS...
Comic 544 (http://imgon.net/di-MPC4.png)

Speaking of mini-primarchs, AtC 5 is next. Again, if you want to ask the Chaos Champions a question, do it nao. Up first will be Lucius the Bailed-Out.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

So, the shiny red badge is their weak point, huh? :smallbiggrin:
Or is powers just that hateful/self righteous?

[Emperor Ing]

So, the shiny red badge is their weak point, huh? :smallbiggrin:
Or is powers just that hateful/self righteous?

Well, the chainsword DID get penetration to the left of the red thingie...you come to your own conclusions.

Ask The Custodes 5: Staff Sargent (http://imgon.net/di-MBXD.png)

AtC 6 will be coming up soon so post questions to Lucius the Eternal Bailed-Out now. Also, ready questions for Typhus the Traveler.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

This does not bode well for Custodian Lahvin.

I really wanted to see Powers to find his ability not good enough.

On another note, YAY for science. One day we'll have such glaives...:smallbiggrin:

[Starsign]

Alrighty, so I'm short on ideas to ask Lucius the Bailed-Out, so I have a better one to ask Typhus. What materials were used to create the ship that he 'lives' in and how is it maintained by Nurgle and his followers?

[HalfTangible]

Well, the chainsword DID get penetration to the left of the red thingie...you come to your own conclusions.

Ask The Custodes 5: Staff Sargent (http://imgon.net/di-MBXD.png)

AtC 6 will be coming up soon so post questions to Lucius the Eternal Bailed-Out now. Also, ready questions for Typhus the Traveler.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Lucius: The thought occurs that 'the Eternal' isn't a good name for a dead guy. What would you want people to call you if you died? (And I mean GENUINELY died, not died-until-i-regrew-out-of-somebody-else)

Typhus: I know why Ahriman, Lucius and Kharn have their respective epitaphs but why are you called 'the traveller'?

Kharn: KILLMAIMBURNCRAPPISSEATFLESHBETRAYMURDER: (Translation: How do you conjugate the past and/or future tense when speaking Psychotic?)

Ahriman: 1) Was the flesh-change caused intentionally by actual demonic entities, or pure warp energies?
2) Why do they call it the black library as opposed to, say, the forbidden library or the cosmic library?

[blackjack217]

Ahriman: turns out the Emprah wanted you and your legion taken to Terra all nonviolent-like but Horus changed the order for Russ to "kill them all". Does that ever make you question your decision to ultimately side with Horus during the Heresy?

[Emperor Ing]

Do keep 'em coming

Comic 545 is up (http://imgon.net/di-XX8E.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

Ahriman: turns out the Emprah wanted you and your legion taken to Terra all nonviolent-like but Horus changed the order for Russ to "kill them all". Does that ever make you question your decision to ultimately side with Horus during the Heresy?

Keep in mind: Even before Russ went to kill them, the Thousand Sons were NOT getting along well with the Emprah, ever since the council of Nikea.

[Emperor Ing]

Yeah, the Council of Nikaea AKA the Show Trial of Magnus the Red, AKA the Knee-Capping of the Thousand Sons was a serious derp. Having the Sons to give up their psychic powers is like having the Space Wolves calm down, having the Emperor's Children settle for mediocrity, the Ultrasmurfs give up douchebaggery, and the Word Bearers give up their faith to the Emprah.

Wait...didn't the aftermath of the latter cause Magnus and Russ to actually AGREE on something?!

ANYWAYS...after that, the Thousand Sons just derped around for a while until Magnus thought you-know-what was a good idea.

ANYWAYS v.2.0...
Comic 546 (http://imgon.net/di-TSFC.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

Yeah, the Council of Nikaea AKA the Show Trial of Magnus the Red, AKA the Knee-Capping of the Thousand Sons was a serious derp. Having the Sons to give up their psychic powers is like having the Space Wolves calm down, having the Emperor's Children settle for mediocrity, the Ultrasmurfs give up douchebaggery, and the Word Bearers give up their faith to the Emprah.

Wait...didn't the aftermath of the latter cause Magnus and Russ to actually AGREE on something?!

ANYWAYS...after that, the Thousand Sons just derped around for a while until Magnus thought you-know-what was a good idea.

ANYWAYS v.2.0...
Comic 546 (http://imgon.net/di-TSFC.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

To be fair, A) Sorcery was a quick-path to enslavement to Tzeentch and Emprah knew it, B)the Council didn't really do jack to stop the Sons using sorcery, it just made everyone ELSE avoid psychic powers like the plague until after the heresy (some time afterward it was overturned and the compromise proposed and rejected there was instead given) and make every interaction with a Son terse and guarded on both sides.

What I find REALLY derpy was what he did to the word bearers. I mean, not only did he basically tell them "Your accomplishments ain't nothin'" to their faces, not only did he react as badly as he possibly could have in that situation to one of his primarchs (i'm still not sure why he didn't just tell the primarchs 'I need to defeat these massive warp consciousnesses who gain power through worship' or something like that - the fact that the primarchs weren't wary of chaos was half of the reason they kept falling like dominos) but he forced every word bearer there to fall to one knee basically just because he COULD.

Why not whip it out of your pants while you're at it?

[Doorhandle]

Do keep 'em coming

Comic 545 is up (http://imgon.net/di-XX8E.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Ha! So powers WAS that self-rightous!

Or possessed by chaos in the most deliciously ironic of ways...
Hmmmm.


ANYWAYS v.2.0...
Comic 546
Ah! Xeno's back! ...not for long, though.

[blackjack217]

Yeah, the Council of Nikaea AKA the Show Trial of Magnus the Red, AKA the Knee-Capping of the Thousand Sons was a serious derp. Having the Sons to give up their psychic powers is like having the Space Wolves calm down, having the Emperor's Children settle for mediocrity, the Ultrasmurfs give up douchebaggery, and the Word Bearers give up their faith to the Emprah.

Wait...didn't the aftermath of the latter cause Magnus and Russ to actually AGREE on something?!

ANYWAYS...after that, the Thousand Sons just derped around for a while until Magnus thought you-know-what was a good idea.

ANYWAYS v.2.0...
Comic 546 (http://imgon.net/di-TSFC.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

You have explained quite well why the thousand suns don't really have any loyalty to the Emprah. What you have failed to explain is why Arhiman won't immediately get annoyed a Horus and his legion and storm over to kick Failbaddon's butt in a hilarious fashion. While the Emprah may be a jerk, that doesn't make what Horus and co did acceptable to Arhiman.

[HalfTangible]

You have explained quite well why the thousand suns don't really have any loyalty to the Emprah. What you have failed to explain is why Arhiman won't immediately get annoyed a Horus and his legion and storm over to kick Failbaddon's butt in a hilarious fashion. While the Emprah may be a jerk, that doesn't make what Horus and co did acceptable to Arhiman.

Ahriman left his humanity - the part that might have some anger over that - behind a long time ago. He is a servant of Tzeentch now, and Chaos Undivided (ie, the Word Bearers, the Black Legion and others) worship all of the chaos gods as a single pantheon. Horus himself was manipulated by Tzeentch, just as Ahriman was manipulated into casting the Rubric. He doesn't care that Horus was a piece in Tzeentch's grand scheme.

And even if he had, in the end, it was still the Space Wolves that actually set Prospero aflame.

(I'm pretty sure Emperor is referencing Magnus' sorcery seeing through to the Heresy and his subsequent attempt to warn the Emperor, who saw he got the info from Tzeentch and thought MAGNUS was becoming a traitor)

[Emperor Ing]

I can't tell you what Ahriman the Title-less' reaction would be to learning the truth, but...well, i'd recommend you read A Thousand Sons to get a better insight as to what happened with them. It's really quite tragic, they didn't deserve an ounce of what happened to them. :smallfrown:

And IIRC, there's a difference between psychics and sorceries, and even then it's not the domain of Tzeench. If that were true, there would be no Undivided, Slaaneshi, Nurglite, or Khornate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmj0Vanuw4I) Sorcerers.

Comic 547. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/547-1.png) No real advancement in plot, but at this point, you should know that if you read this comic for the plotlines, yer doin' it wrong! :smalltongue:

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

I can't tell you what Ahriman the Title-less' reaction would be to learning the truth, but...well, i'd recommend you read A Thousand Sons to get a better insight as to what happened with them. It's really quite tragic, they didn't deserve an ounce of what happened to them. :smallfrown:Well, they kinda did. Morally, of course, they didn't. But... well, Magnus basically handed all of Prospero to the space wolves on a silver platter. It's like saying the guy who stuck his tongue in an electric socket didn't deserve to get shocked.


And IIRC, there's a difference between psychics and sorceries, and even then it's not the domain of Tzeench. If that were true, there would be no Undivided, Slaaneshi, Nurglite, or Khornate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmj0Vanuw4I) Sorcerers.They actually bring this up at the council: The difference is that sorcerers draw more power from the warp than naturally flows into them (paraphrasing there) by bargaining and interacting with the entities there.

Khornate sorcerers don't make sense anyway because Khorne despises psychic powers.

And yes, Sorcerery is Tzeentch's domain because Sorcery is a type of psychic power. See (http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Tzeentch#.UE0vGpYQV30)? Part of his story is that the other chaos gods - in a rare moment of cooperation - unite against him and scatter knowledge of all of his spells across the cosmos. That's why he has the Scribes.


Comic 547. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/547.png) No real advancement in plot, but at this point, you should know that if you read this comic for the plotlines, yer doin' it wrong! :smalltongue:

Questions? Comments? Critique?

... You travel with THAT GUY, willingly speak to an albino shakespearan lizard with a balloon attached to her tail and literally work for a guy who lives in a chair and are able to tell Xenos "you look ridiculous" with a straight face?!?!

...Helmet

...

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!

[Keios]

So, here's a question about the Chaos Gods that came to me yesterday.

If I read correctly, Slaanesh is the youngest god, being born at the fall of the Eldar. And yesterday I found out he exists in Warhammer Fantasy? When was the fall of the Eldar? Was it not around 30000 or so?

[HalfTangible]

So, here's a question about the Chaos Gods that came to me yesterday.

If I read correctly, Slaanesh is the youngest god, being born at the fall of the Eldar. And yesterday I found out he exists in Warhammer Fantasy? When was the fall of the Eldar? Was it not around 30000 or so?

Ah, this mix-up happens all the time. Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40K's universes have nothing to do with each other.... in-universe, anyway. The Eldar and Elves have two separate backstories.

[Emperor Ing]

I might have said that wrong. What I meant is that Tzeentch doesn't hold a monopoly on psychic powers, and you can only make use of them by Tzeentch's fickle favor.

And as far as I can tell, 40k and WF exist in different universes. Though who knows. Maybe the events of WF ARE actually happening in 40k, in some backwater planet long-forgotten by the Imperium. Mankind has incredibly regressed technology, a group of feral orks plague the planet, Chaos has their hand of course, however, for unknown reasons, are unable to lend a technological hand, a splinter of Exodite Eldar sought to cut off their connections to the Warp through their technology altogether, and reverted to some primitive state, having long-forgotten their roots, and the Dark Eldar Elves, I can only begin to guess. Sigmar, Big Mac Daddy of the Empire, being a contender for one of the Missing Primarch slots.

Comic 548 is here. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/548.png) Ridiculous Xeno is best Xeno

Questions? Comments? Critique? Tributes to those tragically murdered 11 years ago this day?

[HalfTangible]

I might have said that wrong. What I meant is that Tzeentch doesn't hold a monopoly on psychic powers, and you can only make use of them by Tzeentch's fickle favor.

And as far as I can tell, 40k and WF exist in different universes. Though who knows. Maybe the events of WF ARE actually happening in 40k, in some backwater planet long-forgotten by the Imperium. Mankind has incredibly regressed technology, a group of feral orks plague the planet, Chaos has their hand of course, however, for unknown reasons, are unable to lend a technological hand, a splinter of Exodite Eldar sought to cut off their connections to the Warp through their technology altogether, and reverted to some primitive state, having long-forgotten their roots, and the Dark Eldar Elves, I can only begin to guess. Sigmar, Big Mac Daddy of the Empire, being a contender for one of the Missing Primarch slots.

Comic 548 is here. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/548.png) Ridiculous Xeno is best Xeno

Questions? Comments? Critique? Tributes to those tragically murdered 11 years ago this day?

The thought occurs that Warhammer Fantasy could be that second Terra from the beginning of Horus Rising.

EDIT: So is Abbaroy like Avbaroy, but with the planet version of a six-pack?

[Emperor Ing]

EDIT: So is Abbaroy like Avbaroy, but with the planet version of a six-pack?

You know i've actually been meaning to explain that but I never found an opportunity :smalltongue:
This isn't the first time the Treaty of Abbaroy was mentioned, just so ya know, but I figure it hasn't been important until now.

[Doorhandle]

I might have said that wrong. What I meant is that Tzeentch doesn't hold a monopoly on psychic powers, and you can only make use of them by Tzeentch's fickle favor.

And as far as I can tell, 40k and WF exist in different universes. Though who knows. Maybe the events of WF ARE actually happening in 40k, in some backwater planet long-forgotten by the Imperium. Mankind has incredibly regressed technology, a group of feral orks plague the planet, Chaos has their hand of course, however, for unknown reasons, are unable to lend a technological hand, a splinter of Exodite Eldar sought to cut off their connections to the Warp through their technology altogether, and reverted to some primitive state, having long-forgotten their roots, and the Dark Eldar Elves, I can only begin to guess. Sigmar, Big Mac Daddy of the Empire, being a contender for one of the Missing Primarch slots.

Comic 548 is here. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/548.png) Ridiculous Xeno is best Xeno

Questions? Comments? Critique? Tributes to those tragically murdered 11 years ago this day?

Yes, yes he is.

Also, it would be hilarious if they DID cut him into 5-6ish separate parts and just regenerated him at each separate location.
Although the ramifications of 6 Powers roaming around is rather grim to contemplate...

[Emperor Ing]

Well, he has been decapitated. Twice. And is still kickin'. Who knows.

How many webcomics have characters that have twice survived decapitation? :smallamused:

Anyways, a totally not writers-block induced Metroid: Consternation 17 (http://imgon.net/di-76FV.jpg)
I have absolutely no idea or explanation as to why, but the file size for this comic was MASSIVE. it's a 6-paneller so the cause for this continues to baffle me.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[memnarch]

...
Anyways, a totally not writers-block induced Metroid: Consternation 17 (http://imgon.net/di-76FV.jpg)
I have absolutely no idea or explanation as to why, but the file size for this comic was MASSIVE. it's a 6-paneller so the cause for this continues to baffle me.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Certainly isn't the large amount of zoomers. :smallwink:

[Keios]

The tidal wave of zoomers looks like something beautiful if you look long enough at it.

[Starsign]

Anyone want to take a guess on how many of those things Ing put in that last panel? :smalltongue:

[Emperor Ing]

Normally rasterized pictures make for smaller picture sizes, it's things like gradients and blurs that create huge file sizes.
Maybe Zoomers are more dangerous than we know :smalleek:

Comic 549 is up (http://imgon.net/di-ANNR.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Emperor Ing]

I hate 0 comments. 549 amused me.

Anyways, Ask the Custodes 6: Bailed Out pt 1 (http://imgon.net/di-VMG5.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

That's not so much chaotic as it is madness. Or is there no distinction?

[HalfTangible]

That's not so much chaotic as it is madness. Or is there no distinction?

When it comes to the warp, composed literally of the thoughts and feelings of those with psychic powers/potential for psychic powers? No real difference.

[Emperor Ing]

If you have an expectation as to what "chaos" looks like you're doing it wrong. There's an equal chance it'll look at least somewhat similar to what you have in mind as it would look similar to a digital printout of the Libyan flag. I just took some pictures (free cameo if you can guess the general sources) and made edits in Photoshop until I could look at them and say "THAT's what the Warp looks like!"

Anyways, Comic 550. (http://imgon.net/di-60FH.png) Your body isn't ready.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

I can say, my body wasn't ready.

Also, when did this Secundulu's party take place?

[Emperor Ing]

It was like...comic 25-something. In other words he's referencing something that happened a REALLY long time ago so...
It would only make sense if you've gone through the archives or have been following me for the last two or three years. Archives that I am terrible at keeping up-to-date.

Comic 551 is up. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/551.png) Let's get this ship sailing, I told you I was going somewhere with this. Kind of.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQThRuOmr3nsCH8XCe-jptPhHB1vC-P1_Ji-FTgOAh-oOWNhzNA

It's like how I play Chess. Only think three moves ahead, maximum.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[memnarch]

Well, at least he's happy for the moment.

[HalfTangible]

Just noticed: you said appearance of CHAOS when I think you meant the warp. We have very clear descriptions of what the realms of chaos look like.

[Starsign]

Well I'm amazed he got the spell off, much less actually got it to work.


https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQThRuOmr3nsCH8XCe-jptPhHB1vC-P1_Ji-FTgOAh-oOWNhzNA

It's like how I play Chess. Only think three moves ahead, maximum.
Better than when I was younger where "thinking" wasn't in my dictionary. But come around high school I was actually somewhat competent at Chess. Too competitive for my tastes later on though.


Just noticed: you said appearance of CHAOS when I think you meant the warp. We have very clear descriptions of what the realms of chaos look like.

Ooh yes. He's (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/member.php?u=24299) actually a good friend of mine.

:smalltongue:

[HalfTangible]

Well I'm amazed he got the spell off, much less actually got it to work.


Better than when I was younger where "thinking" wasn't in my dictionary. But come around high school I was actually somewhat competent at Chess. Too competitive for my tastes later on though.



Ooh yes. He's (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/member.php?u=24299) actually a good friend of mine.

:smalltongue:

I don't think moves ahead at all, really. My one strategy is turn my Queen into an assassin - back it up with a rook and then shove it ALLLLLLLLLL the way across the board.

I actually was referring to descriptions like these:

"The Garden of Nurgle is Nurgle's realm within the Warp. This unwholesome realm is home to every pox and affliction imaginable and is alive with the stench of rot. This 'garden' is not a barren wasteland, but rather a macabre paradise of death and pestilence. A thick sheet of buzzing swarms of black, furry flies litter the sky, and twisted, rotten boughs entangled with grasping vines cover the mouldering ground, beneath an insect-ravaged canopy of leaves. Defiled fungi both plain and extraordinary break through the leaf-strewn mulch of..."

As well as the fact that the warp other than the realms of chaos is just warp-energy

[Keios]

Well, I have read it all, but something that long ago I'll have to go look at it again. Keeps me fresh on the story, too.

And killing a custodian seems like the worst thing you could do in the WH40K universe. The rest of them will surely come after you.

[HalfTangible]

Well, I have read it all, but something that long ago I'll have to go look at it again. Keeps me fresh on the story, too.

And killing a custodian seems like the worst thing you could do in the WH40K universe. The rest of them will surely come after you.

I'd think it would be either taking a dump on the Emperor or staring into the warp, with 'kill a custodian in front of two other custodians' in third place.

It goes up a place or two if you have the sheer stupidity to do so during a peace talk with a spell that only kills 5% of the time

[AntiMatter101]

I'm hoping Rand will resurrect him. But not before Clanor gets what's coming to him.

The Custodes are too awesome to keep down! :smallfrown:

[Emperor Ing]

Having to upload a comic when the forum is down for three days sucks :smallannoyed:

Comic 552 has been done since the 3rd. (http://imgon.net/di-3INO.png) And 553 currently has 8 panels. Expect it maybe today, if not certainly tomorrow.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

... Dibs on not fighting him.

EVER :smalleek:

[Emperor Ing]

Aww come on, it shouldn't be that difficult to fight a power-armored genetically ultra-powered post-post-human with 10,000 years of training who wields a halberd that's heavier than a planet and can Thermonuclear Suplex your face :smalltongue:

Comic 553 is up. (http://imgon.net/di-7QVC.png) Apologies if it's not making much sense, right now the events are gonna be pretty fragmented but I am wrapping up this story arc.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

Aww come on, it shouldn't be that difficult to fight a power-armored genetically ultra-powered post-post-human with 10,000 years of training who wields a halberd that's heavier than a planet and can Thermonuclear Suplex your face :smalltongue:

It is if you're not the most powerful arcane incarnation that ever has or ever will exist, a new god or Superman :smalltongue:

[Keios]

Yeah, that description was pretty badass. You need the Emperor or a Chaos personification for that kind of guy.

Or maybe a tactical genius....

[Emperor Ing]

Well the most powerful Arcane Incarnation to ever exist is The Emperor so that might be a pretty good matchup. :smalltongue:
Also, it sucks having my Emperor having the same name as Teh Emprah. :smallannoyed:

Comic 554 is finally up. (http://imgon.net/di-GLI4.png) Good God, this one was way more brutal than it should have been.

And Ask the Custodes 6 pt 2 will be next.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

Well the most powerful Arcane Incarnation to ever exist is The Emperor so that might be a pretty good matchup. :smalltongue:
Also, it sucks having my Emperor having the same name as Teh Emprah. :smallannoyed:You have a guy who can commit global genocide by ACCIDENT. Just have him rewrite all of reality so his name is something else.


Comic 554 is finally up. (http://imgon.net/di-GLI4.png) Good God, this one was way more brutal than it should have been.

And Ask the Custodes 6 pt 2 will be next.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

...What happened there at the end with the teleport and gray grid thing?

[Keios]

...What happened there at the end with the teleport and gray grid thing?

What, you mean a Custode breaking space-time continuum and physics in general confounds you? :smalltongue:

[HalfTangible]

What, you mean a Custode breaking space-time continuum and physics in general confounds you? :smalltongue:

On purpose, yeah =/ I mean, the things they do are senseless, over-the-top and ludicrously violent but up till now they've still always been physical. ie, either with their fists or with their weapons. The idea that there is a creature that considers the power to destroy two titan war machines (which are themselves ridiculous) a 'weak' assault? Senseless. The idea that such a creature fights with it's fists and it's spear? Reasonable.

[Emperor Ing]

Yes, because spears whose blades are made from the ultradense cores of temporarily destroyed neutron stars are perfectly reasonable. And the whole "weigh more than the planet the battle is taking place on" thing? Totally reasonable! :smalltongue:

I assure you there is a reasonable explanation for Lahvin's grid-power thingie. And for lack of willingness to explain it in the comic, my rationale is that over the course of their training the Custodes realized that they are limited to fighting in three dimensions. Some enemies, especially daemons, won't be so keen on obeying their rules. As such they've learned to slip into alternate dimensions and spaces. Fighting with these new boundaries allows for a greater depth of understanding in combat and opens up a host of new possibilities and concepts that may carry over quite well in conventional three-dimensional combat. What you saw was Lahvin slipping his hand through space-time and grabbing the AI mid-teleport, and pulling him back. I just chose to depict space and time being torn as a white-grey grid. I assure you he was not spellcasting.

That's my story and i'm sticking with it! :smalltongue:
Now what if I told you they're not the only ones able to do this? This world is filled to the brim with spellcasters who do this routinely. Non-magic characters have to have SOMETHING! :smalltongue:

And finally...Ask the Custodes 6: Bailed Out Pt 2 (http://imgon.net/di-G0ZU.png) Inkscape crashed immediately after this comic finished uploading.

And no, there won't be a part 3. What? You don't think I have a plan? Pppht. Nonsense. We're moving onto AtC7.
Featuring Typhus the Traveler, Herald of Nurgle, Captain of the Terminus Est, Host of the Destroyer Hive, and a pretty decent psyker.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Emperor Ing]

Yeah, 0 comments. That's encouraging. :smallsigh:

Comic 555. (http://imgon.net/di-NAX6.png) Sorry about this, no motivation.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

Every now and then you get one of those. I had nothing to say about the "Ask the Custodes".

And, yeah, I wouldn't want to stick around either.

[Doorhandle]

Yeah, 0 comments. That's encouraging. :smallsigh:

Comic 555. (http://imgon.net/di-NAX6.png) Sorry about this, no motivation.

Questions? Comments? Critique?


I like that line by Kaylethia there. :smallbiggrin:

Also, talking a free action, monologuing isn't?

[Emperor Ing]

Villanous monologuing. A severe problem plaguing this world's tyrants, monsters, necromancers, High Lords of Terra, and other generally unpleasant people.

Comic 556 is up. (http://imgon.net/di-EVEI.png) Yep. He mad.

And because I REALLY wanted to, Comic 557 (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/557.png) (this one took me roughly ~30 minutes to make, no backlog or storyline advancement at all, but I wanted to make it anyways)
Also, he's totally right.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Starsign]

I don't think it gets any better (or more convoluted) than this :smalltongue:

[Keios]

I approve of time travelling in a comic likes this, where explanations are not in order and we're here for the action, the surprises, the characters and the dialogues. There's no need to make sense of it, just stick with the flow and enjoy.

[Doorhandle]

Villanous monologuing. A severe problem plaguing this world's tyrants, monsters, necromancers, High Lords of Terra, and other generally unpleasant people.

Comic 556 is up. (http://imgon.net/di-EVEI.png) Yep. He mad.

And because I REALLY wanted to, Comic 557 (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/557.png) (this one took me roughly ~30 minutes to make, no backlog or storyline advancement at all, but I wanted to make it anyways)
Also, he's totally right.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

HA! Loved that last joke. Also, I'm pretty sure at the time he was trying to reclaim powers.. with mixed success.

[Emperor Ing]

If anyone wants an explanation, Lahvin is stuck in an infinite loop where he sees his future self throw Powers into the Warp, therefore when Past Lahvin becomes Future Lahvin he will throw Powers into the warp because he thought he's supposed to do that (which is technically true) and so on and so on. Well...I guess he's not really stuck, but it's still an infinite loop.

Comic 558 is up. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/558.png) BAM! Seque'd!

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

I don't understand one thing: When you cut to the news, are you implying he inmediately did something that pissed them off, and we are now seeing a bulletin of what immidiately happened? Or is the news covering what Lahvin said warp rage-explosion?

[Emperor Ing]

It never ceases to annoy me how often things can be so obvious to me yet so unclear to all five of my readers. No, it's not your fault, mostly mine, but still...

Comic 558 fix'd. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/558-2.png) Hopefully its a bit more clear

[HalfTangible]

It never ceases to annoy me how often things can be so obvious to me yet so unclear to all five of my readers. No, it's not your fault, mostly mine, but still...

Comic 558 fix'd. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/558-1.png) Hopefully its a bit more clear

It was clear to me too, and funnier that Lahvin's comments were the first indication we had of just how ludicrously angry they were.

[AntiMatter101]

I thought the twitch in the comic before was telling enough, myself. Though why they would be rooted to the spot for so long escapes me.

I find it funny that they escaped not moments ago, and yet rand already is in front of the TV.:smallamused:

[Keios]

Now, the line "In fact back up a bit" really shined in the new version. But I think I completely read over it the first time, for with it I don't see how I could get confused, I should've favored the second possibility right away.

Sorry for the extra work for one guy.

[Emperor Ing]

The old version had artifacts in the 7th panel. In other words junk that's helpful to the developer but you're not supposed to read. It was gonna get edited anyways. Aside from that all I did was add red text in OCR STD font.

On a side note I LOVE that font. :smalltongue:

And 559. (http://imgon.net/di-HJGS.png) Dunno why this took so long, but whatever. I had a lot of fun making this comic :smalltongue:

And the chapter shall end next comic. Also, I wanna draw up panels for the stuff I WANTED to put into the Pokemon micro-arc but it either wouldn't fit or I didn't have the time to put in. For example I can think of at least 6 panels for Comic 540 and Mr. Force was supposed to know Surf.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Doorhandle]

Okay, I remember where he got the ashes from, where did he get that artifact?

[AntiMatter101]

I believe it appeared when one of the Arcane Incarnations (Who may have been the Archmagister?) died. Maybe it's a tombstone-type thing? Or perhaps an egg, or an existence-backup spell that activates when one dies, like Astral Seed? They were on the astral plane just now, right?

The others seem really freaked out about it all, I dont blame them, rand is playing dice with insta-death. :smallbiggrin:

Also in the nineth panel I think the middle speech bubble is supposed to be pointing to Kayl.

[Emperor Ing]

Okay, I remember where he got the ashes from, where did he get that artifact?

Rand was thrown back by an explosion in 555, and landed directly on top of it. Perfect opportunity to swipe it.

And I already know what it is, you'll just have to wait and see.

For now, 560. (http://imgon.net/di-4BSR.png)

And with that, the chapter is concluded. Jeez, that took for-freakin-ever. I'm gonna take a break...after I update the archives :smallsigh:

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[AntiMatter101]

Oh, I didn't expect you to tell me, I just was idly speculating. Which I enjoy immensely.

Torn is... not what he appears to be. I did not expect that, nicely done!

[Keios]

The plot thickens! Hear what the dragon says, they are wise words.

[Doorhandle]

Current comic happens.


Oh, that's a plot-twist of beyond Shamalian proportions. Well done.

Now, the real question here is: Is Torn on the protagonist's side despite/because of his deiecidal intent?

[Emperor Ing]

Nothing is what it seems. Yes, even that.

Anyways, after an unholy amount of time waiting...Comic 561! (http://imgon.net/di-MDF4.png) And yes i'm going somewhere with this.

Also, check this out.
Google Chrome's Translation software is win (http://imgon.net/di-RHMP.png)
And this artwork I made (http://imgon.net/di-T7TX.png)

Also, why does Photobucket's new page say my name's Roger? I won't tell you it, but my IRL name's most certainly not Roger.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Doorhandle]

Nothing is what it seems. Yes, even that.

Anyways, after an unholy amount of time waiting...Comic 561! (http://imgon.net/di-C4LP.png) And yes i'm going somewhere with this.

Also, check this out.
Google Chrome's Translation software is win (http://imgon.net/di-RHMP.png)
And this artwork I made (http://imgon.net/di-T7TX.png)

Also, why does Photobucket's new page say my name's Roger? I won't tell you it, but my IRL name's most certainly not Roger.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Huh. For onec, the chosen one is someone that could actually deal with the problem even before going on his quest. (Well, if the problem wasn't the emperor.)

And for two, :smallbiggrin:. Translate English into English INDEED.

Finally, is that death rocking out on that last picture?

[Starsign]

Nothing is what it seems. Yes, even that.

Anyways, after an unholy amount of time waiting...Comic 561! (http://imgon.net/di-C4LP.png) And yes i'm going somewhere with this.

Also, check this out.
Google Chrome's Translation software is win (http://imgon.net/di-RHMP.png)
And this artwork I made (http://imgon.net/di-T7TX.png)

Also, why does Photobucket's new page say my name's Roger? I won't tell you it, but my IRL name's most certainly not Roger.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Still thinking no more than three steps ahead? :smalltongue:

Just kidding of course. I can tell you have this planned out :smallwink:

[Emperor Ing]

Well today is (the conclusion of) Thanksgiving. And I have to say, I have very little to be thankful for. Without getting into detail, this year SUCKED!! :smallmad:

I'm seriously hoping December 21st comes sooner. Not because I want the world to end, but because 10 days away from 2013 is better than 40 days away from 2013 by any objective standard or measurement. Pardon me if i'm a bit irritable, it's just been a frustrating time for me.

Comic 562 is up (http://imgon.net/di-HDAQ.png)

Also I plan on doing AtC 7 next. If you have questions for Typhus the Traveler, Herald of Nurgle lemme know now.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Emperor Ing]

Zero Comments :P

Ask the Custodes 7: Scum-sucking Fruit Baskets (http://imgon.net/di-AF7V.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

...Why is typhus a pony now?

[Keios]

Do not question the forces of chaos, you puny one.

Previous update got me in a chaotic moment of my life, and I said to myself "remember to come back and ask a question for Typhus". Looks like I completely forgot. =(

[Emperor Ing]

...Why is typhus a pony now?
:smallconfused: Are you assuming there was a point in time where Typhus wasn't a pony? Seriously, although there's a dissapointing little amount of artwork for Typhus, what little there is clearly shows he's a unicorn. With the exception of Chaos, I don't see a reason for why he wouldn't be one.

Comic 563 is up. (http://imgon.net/di-Z2KJ.png) Technical difficulties forced me to make the last three panels to be made on a different computer. Doesn't matter since it's what I had in mind anyways.

Also, although AtC 8 isn't coming up soon pending computer fixes (of course I can still send my templates to this computer if I need to) if you have any questions for Kharn the Betrayer (whom you may remember from AtC 2) feel free to ask :smallwink:

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

Dear Kharn the Betrayer:

If you absolutely had to choose only one, would it be blood or skulls?
Also, maim, kill, or burn? And which is your favorite order for these three?


Now, on to less important matters, where did Rand get an army?

[HalfTangible]

:smallconfused: Are you assuming there was a point in time where Typhus wasn't a pony? Seriously, although there's a dissapointing little amount of artwork for Typhus, what little there is clearly shows he's a unicorn. With the exception of Chaos, I don't see a reason for why he wouldn't be one.

His miniature HAS ARMS


Comic 563 is up. (http://imgon.net/di-Z2KJ.png) Technical difficulties forced me to make the last three panels to be made on a different computer. Doesn't matter since it's what I had in mind anyways.

Also, although AtC 8 isn't coming up soon pending computer fixes (of course I can still send my templates to this computer if I need to) if you have any questions for Kharn the Betrayer (whom you may remember from AtC 2) feel free to ask :smallwink:

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Kharn: What's the most effort you've ever had to put into a betrayal?

[AntiMatter101]

They have tails and Rand-shaped helmets, my money is on everyone in that last panel being the same species. (barring the drones)

Betrayer: What kind of health benefits does your job get you?

[Doorhandle]

Well today is (the conclusion of) Thanksgiving. And I have to say, I have very little to be thankful for. Without getting into detail, this year SUCKED!! :smallmad:

I'm seriously hoping December 21st comes sooner. Not because I want the world to end, but because 10 days away from 2013 is better than 40 days away from 2013 by any objective standard or measurement. Pardon me if i'm a bit irritable, it's just been a frustrating time for me.

Comic 562 is up (http://imgon.net/di-HDAQ.png)

Also I plan on doing AtC 7 next. If you have questions for Typhus the Traveler, Herald of Nurgle lemme know now.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Okay, that one made me laugh out loud.
Also, 563 was... interesting, what with all the skeletons with machineguns.

[Emperor Ing]

His miniature HAS ARMS
So does Abaddon's, that doesn't mean anything :smalltongue:

Hay guise just a heads-up, pending technical difficulties 564 is going to be delayed. Of course. :smallsigh: Just thought you'd like to know.

[Starsign]

Sorry for my lack of notice here, but I would like to say that 563 was amusing. Has Rand ever worn that new outfit of his anywhere else? :smallbiggrin:

[Emperor Ing]

Throughout the series you'll see Rand in all sorts of costumes. Generally it happens whenever I get inspired. To answer your question, no. It hasn't been seen before.

Anyways, Comic 564 is up. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/564.png) Technical difficulties have been resolved. Time to get even more technical difficulties!

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

I hope everything the bad guy says is in that style. :smallbiggrin:

[Doorhandle]

I hope everything the bad guy says is in that style. :smallbiggrin:

He's kinda like Xeno in that regard.

"NO! UNREALSITC EXPECTAIONS OF MY OWN POWWWWWWWEEEEERRRRR!"

[Emperor Ing]

"NO! UNREALSITC EXPECTAIONS OF MY OWN POWWWWWWWEEEEERRRRR!"

Oh Omnissiah when did he say that again? I can't remember :smallbiggrin:

Anyways...Comic 565. (http://imgon.net/di-A2BM.png) Moar Unrealistic Expections of my own Power!

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

That was a good laugh. Great job on this one, really liked it.

Now let us see if we're gonna have an epic duel, or a one panel defeat. :smallconfused:

[Doorhandle]

That was a good laugh. Great job on this one, really liked it.

Now let us see if we're gonna have an epic duel, or a one panel defeat. :smallconfused:


Agreed wholeheartedly The appeal of this comic is that it has the exact right mix on insane awesomeness and utter bathos.

[Emperor Ing]

Glad you liked it. Hopefully it's a step in the right direction.

Comic 566. (http://imgon.net/di-0CBT.png) Because why not.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

That was not the development I was expecting.

[HalfTangible]

That was not the development I was expecting.

*points at the title*

[Keios]

*points at the title*

Yeah, the title is relevant to a stript 1 every 5 of them or less. Emperor Ing surely knows how to do that.

[Emperor Ing]

You give me way too much credit :smalltongue:

Comic 567 is here. (http://imgon.net/di-78FU.png) In other news i'm gonna stop using Photobucket because it shrinks my comics. Imgon ftw
In other news, 567 was originally supposed to be longer, but I realized that if I included what will be 568, this comic will take forever and it would be MASSIVE.
In other news, 568 currently has three panels.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

Props to the Tau spy. Also, the hat has come out, things are going to get fun.

[Emperor Ing]

He's clearly Alpha Legion :smalltongue:

Comic 568 is up. (http://imgon.net/di-4WAT.png) The Hat = Fun

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[AntiMatter101]

This is pure win.

I like the new guy!

[Keios]

Fun has been had and throughly enjoyed. Let us frolic.

[Doorhandle]

Just shoot yourself in the head guardsman.
Save everyone the trouble. :smallbiggrin:

[Emperor Ing]

The Imperial Guardsman fills a unique niche on the battlefield. Their sole purpose being to draw fire away from the tanks, tanks that are the only reason the Guard is relevant, and to occasionally use weapons that might be able to harm an enemy.
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRoYe5_ssd2yJT9a-FubrMqD0ARSbQ0DYp9DUtB3EMvp99SQg5Q
The standard issue Targeting Laser can also, on a roll of at least seven, annoy a target.

Comic 569 (http://imgon.net/di-Z3TC.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

That last panel made me think of a goblin army on Warhammer Fantasy charging, tripping over themselves and dying on their own.

[HalfTangible]

That last panel made me think of a goblin army on Warhammer Fantasy charging, tripping over themselves and dying on their own.

Yeeeeah... one of the IG's greatest advantages is just how MANY of them there are.

[Keios]

Add some warg cavalry, and some berserkers. That will help them. Pro tip: no it will not.

[Emperor Ing]

Mantra of the Imperial Guard: You will run out of ammo.

Comic 570. (http://imgon.net/di-9WKV.png)Honestly this comic was difficult for me to make.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[AntiMatter101]

I find it funny that, with Powers, that really is more effective than firing the tank.

[Doorhandle]

Rand really need to make/find an easy source of healing, considering how often he takes a beating.

[Emperor Ing]

No amount of healing protects you from Major Powers.

And...a day late Christmas Special '12. (http://imgon.net/di-EGZN.png) See if you can spot the hidden Baneblade.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

I read the "eleven barrels" first, and I thought the rest would be a "Twelve Days of Christmas" song.

[Emperor Ing]

Hay guise

Okay i've been holding onto this for WAY too long.
Check out this game I made with some other people (http://www.filedropper.com/viral)
It's pretty cheap and quick, made in the Unity engine and only good for like...one or two minutes of gameplay, but...I dunno. I think it's pretty fun maybe you guise would like it.

For the record, I developed the art direction of the game, and made the intro/title/win/lose/control screens, game logo, etc. However the graphics glitches, including insane blurriness in the win screen, not my fault I swear.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Greyshadow]

Nice Christmas-drawing.. but a Banablade hidden??

It's way to BIG to hide:smallbiggrin:

And I can imagine that the last comic was a difficult one to
draw... but with very detailled Empire 40k-stuff :smallcool:

[Doorhandle]

Nice Christmas-drawing.. but a Banablade hidden??

It's way to BIG to hide:smallbiggrin:

And I can imagine that the last comic was a difficult one to
draw... but with very detailled Empire 40k-stuff :smallcool:


Not for a tactical genius. (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/creeds-tactical-genius)

[Keios]

Hay guise

Okay i've been holding onto this for WAY too long.
Check out this game I made with some other people (http://www.filedropper.com/viral)
It's pretty cheap and quick, made in the Unity engine and only good for like...one or two minutes of gameplay, but...I dunno. I think it's pretty fun maybe you guise would like it.

For the record, I developed the art direction of the game, and made the intro/title/win/lose/control screens, game logo, etc. However the graphics glitches, including insane blurriness in the win screen, not my fault I swear.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Yeah, the blurriness was quite heavy, at least for me. But I did like what the style aimed for, and even though I got completely massacred at it, I enjoyed it.

[Emperor Ing]

From the testing our team did, getting random people to play it, we found that gamers had a hard time playing while casuals or non-gamers found it very intuitive and easy. Bill O'Reiley can't explain that! Personally I find the game very easy, but that's probably 'cuz i'm a dev :smalltongue:

I remember the latest iteration of the game, I gave the programmers the screens, and I was floored by how blurry they turned out to be in the game's release. The explanation I got is that the file needs to be converted into some bizarre format and that it's a miracle the Unity engine can use video at all.

And I wanted to use a Bananablade but Creed would have none of it. :smallannoyed:

Comic 571 is FINALLY up. (http://imgon.net/di-VS2A.png) Sorry for the uber-lateness but IRL hit me hard.

I shall make an Anniversary strip soon.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

I like the different fake powers in the fourth pannel. :smallbiggrin:

[Doorhandle]

From the testing our team did, getting random people to play it, we found that gamers had a hard time playing while casuals or non-gamers found it very intuitive and easy. Bill O'Reiley can't explain that! Personally I find the game very easy, but that's probably 'cuz i'm a dev :smalltongue:

I remember the latest iteration of the game, I gave the programmers the screens, and I was floored by how blurry they turned out to be in the game's release. The explanation I got is that the file needs to be converted into some bizarre format and that it's a miracle the Unity engine can use video at all.

And I wanted to use a Bananablade but Creed would have none of it. :smallannoyed:

Comic 571 is FINALLY up. (http://imgon.net/di-VS2A.png) Sorry for the uber-lateness but IRL hit me hard.

I shall make an Anniversary strip soon.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Imperial guardsmen: So cheap that disposing of them is a net profit.

[Emperor Ing]

I like the different fake powers in the fourth pannel. :smallbiggrin:

Nooope. Nothing strange there.

And...Anniversary Special '12. (http://imgon.net/di-ZKAF.png) If I wasn't such a lazyass, this comic would have been done MUCH sooner than i'm letting on.

I wanna do 572 next, then AtC 8: Featuring The Betrayer.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

Did we already do questions for the betrayer?

[Emperor Ing]

Did we already do questions for the betrayer?

Kind of, but I never said i'd stop accepting them :smalltongue:

[blackjack217]

Karn I was considering applying to join your attached traitor guard division, but I have some concerns. While I do like your fun party attitude, I'm concerned with your propensity for team killing. Do you have any advice for me?

[Emperor Ing]

Alright, next is Ask the Betrayer!

Comic 572 is up. (http://imgon.net/di-42MB.png) Fear the Paranoia

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

Paranoic dragon. Right. Like, a normal dragon is not dangerous enough, is it?

[Emperor Ing]

Paranoic Dragons are the WORST. Especially paranoid paranoics. :smalleek:

And Ask the Custodes 8: Failure to Communicate (http://imgon.net/di-LII1.png) WARNING:It's pretty violent and gorey

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

I don't understand the warning. This is, at best, PG13, if not PG.

[Emperor Ing]

I was warned by someone (not a mod) to put up a warning just in case

And sorry, 573 isn't up. It's under development should be up later today. For now, though, here's a fairly amusing situation I found myself in playing Pokemon Black with a Randomizer hack. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/Escalation_zps7c8db137.png) How fortunate for me, because I need an Electric type :smallwink:

Edit: Went to heal my newly-caught Zekrom. He had Pokerus! I am NOT kidding! :smallbiggrin:

For those not in the know, Pokerus is a pokemon disease, that ironically makes them stronger (sort of. It doubles EVs earned in battle.) The chances of finding a pokemon with Pokerus are 1/3 that of finding a shiny (which is a 1 in ~8000) and considering there's no way to tell which pokemon does and doesn't have it, chances are you'll run right past an infected wild. Meaning most players will never be aware of its existence unless they come across a reference to it on the internet. Catching or battling the pokemon contracts the disease.

TL;DR:
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIrUF-h6vb9tpjLbY4REpSlgmHV__eZTcRZocPzE4U9LrnstWnVA

Q? C? C?

[Doorhandle]

Paranoic Dragons are the WORST. Especially paranoid paranoics. :smalleek:

And Ask the Custodes 8: Failure to Communicate (http://imgon.net/di-LII1.png) WARNING:It's pretty violent and gorey

Questions? Comments? Critique?

....
*Not to put psychotic in my list of languages known.

[HalfTangible]

I was warned by someone (not a mod) to put up a warning just in case

And sorry, 573 isn't up. It's under development should be up later today. For now, though, here's a fairly amusing situation I found myself in playing Pokemon Black with a Randomizer hack. (http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/Escalation_zps7c8db137.png) How fortunate for me, because I need an Electric type :smallwink:

Edit: Went to heal my newly-caught Zekrom. He had Pokerus! I am NOT kidding! :smallbiggrin:

For those not in the know, Pokerus is a pokemon disease, that ironically makes them stronger (sort of. It doubles EVs earned in battle.) The chances of finding a pokemon with Pokerus are 1/3 that of finding a shiny (which is a 1 in ~8000) and considering there's no way to tell which pokemon does and doesn't have it, chances are you'll run right past an infected wild. Meaning most players will never be aware of its existence unless they come across a reference to it on the internet. Catching or battling the pokemon contracts the disease.

TL;DR:
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIrUF-h6vb9tpjLbY4REpSlgmHV__eZTcRZocPzE4U9LrnstWnVA

Q? C? C?

Where did you find that hack? O_O because a randomizer hack sounds awesome

[Emperor Ing]

Google is your friend

And apparently Imgon doesn't have its upload system working ATM so I have to use this other site instead. Hey, it works and doesn't shrink my images or require me to sign up, so no complaints from this end of the omniverse.

Comic 573 is up (http://s1.postimage.org/kxcygq0m7/573.png)

I like where this is going personally, hopefully over the next few comics I can do some recapping without it being too obvious that i'm recapping.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Emperor Ing]

0 comments are discouraging

Comic 574 (http://s1.postimage.org/6ue8ygkpr/574.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[AntiMatter101]

So he would prefer getting shot with rocket launchers to getting shot with an arrow? :smallconfused:

I'm sure someone would be happy to oblige him. :smallamused:

[Starsign]

So he would prefer getting shot with rocket launchers to getting shot with an arrow? :smallconfused:

I'm sure someone would be happy to oblige him. :smallamused:

Y'know, in ways a rocket launcher WOULD be preferable. It's quicker and less painful for one. :smalltongue:

[Keios]

It's not about the pain, it's about sending a message. Rocket launcher is more efficient, and Rand is a practical person.

[blackjack217]

Well, the primary disadvantage a a bazooka as a mail delivery system is usually they have long reload times. Also, they tend to destroy the message, on account of explosions.

[Greyshadow]

Or else the mailman has to use a catapult...

I just finished reading the comic- it took me a week reading every evening
to read all the 574 comics :smallbiggrin: It was great :smallsmile: and the
character Powers is really the incarnation of xenophobia....

[Emperor Ing]

:smallconfused: how'd you pull that off? I am yet to reupload the comics I uploaded through Imageshack because i'm lazy, and THOSE comics are literally unreadable because of their shrunkenedness.

[Greyshadow]

Well, indeed I had some unreadable comics, but the most of them
were readable... I think about 40 pages were low-res and small...
(and even with my single good eye to small to read:smallwink:)

As far I could read I really like this comic in this 40k setting.

Greetings from snowy Holland,

Greyshadow

[Doorhandle]

So he would prefer getting shot with rocket launchers to getting shot with an arrow? :smallconfused:

I'm sure someone would be happy to oblige him. :smallamused:

Well, it depends on the launcher.


It would probably be survivable regardless, but if it was the Soldier's rocket launcher, it probably WOULD do less damage than an arrow.

[Emperor Ing]

Keep in mind arrows can heal, too. :smalltongue:

But I am glad you enjoy the comic. You do realize the archives are like...50 comics behind, right? :smalltongue:

Comic 575 is up. (http://s13.postimage.org/njbh0apwn/575.png) Now to freakin' UPDATE THEM!! First time since forever!

edit: THE ARCHIVES ARE UPDATED THE ARCHIVES ARE UPDATED THE ARCHIVES ARE UPDATED!!!

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Doorhandle]

Keep in mind arrows can heal, too. :smalltongue:

But I am glad you enjoy the comic. You do realize the archives are like...50 comics behind, right? :smalltongue:

Comic 575 is up. (http://s13.postimage.org/njbh0apwn/575.png) Now to freakin' UPDATE THEM!! First time since forever!

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Found a typo. (99% sure that Kaylethia is a she.)

Also, good to see the mailmen are receptive to complaints. :smallbiggrin:

[Emperor Ing]

Found a typo. (99% sure that Kaylethia is a she.)

Not a typo :smallwink:

[HalfTangible]

Found a typo. (99% sure that Kaylethia is a she.)

Also, good to see the mailmen are receptive to complaints. :smallbiggrin:

Yes, but Rand doesn't know that.

[Emperor Ing]

All you tailless mammals look the same to Rand. How you all seem to know male and female between you all is beyond him. :smalltongue:

And I had a lot of fun with this one. Comic 576 is up. (http://s14.postimage.org/8iaa21rld/576.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Doorhandle]

All you tailless mammals look the same to Rand. How you all seem to know male and female between you all is beyond him. :smalltongue:

And I had a lot of fun with this one. Comic 576 is up. (http://s14.postimage.org/8iaa21rld/576.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

So that's what a low charisma looks like. Or possibly low wisdom. Also, this has to be one of the funniest strips in this comic.

[Keios]

It is not ignorance or foolishness if you never cared about it. I approve of the message and the opinion.

[Emperor Ing]

Charisma isn't just appearance, it's confidence and force of personality. Besides he's a sorcerer so he needs high Cha. However Wisdom...well...spellcasters can get away with dumping that. :smalltongue:

And Black Crusadin' Pt 1 (http://s11.postimage.org/nfyyvq541/Black_Crusadin_1.png) is up. Based on the events of a Black Crusade game i'm in. I anticipate it's gonna be a four or five parter but i'm terrible at estimating these things.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[blackjack217]

High mortality rate for the PCs

[Starsign]

Seems like your group had quite the enemy casualty pileup Ing. Did you ever take count? :smalltongue:

[HalfTangible]

Charisma isn't just appearance, it's confidence and force of personality. Besides he's a sorcerer so he needs high Cha. However Wisdom...well...spellcasters can get away with dumping that. :smalltongue:

And Black Crusadin' Pt 1 (http://s11.postimage.org/nfyyvq541/Black_Crusadin_1.png) is up. Based on the events of a Black Crusade game i'm in. I anticipate it's gonna be a four or five parter but i'm terrible at estimating these things.

Questions? Comments? Critique?
I have a question for Lord perior.

He said (implied, rather) that the reason he hadn't destroyed this universe was because the guy who made it decided to make one of it's creatures (Snivy) look just like him.

Buuuuuuuuuuut said creature is a 1st-stage, grass-type starter pokemon. Wouldn't that be insulting to a creature that has destroyed an entire universe? To make it's look-a-like something that's probably evolved into something else by gym 2 or 3?

EDIT: Granted, having looked at Snivy's stuff in some other areas said 1st stage starter is the epitome of awesome, but still.

Also, I can translate Psychotic from now on, thanks to Kharn's aid in proper conjugation. I shall translate what the cultists are yelling to the best of my ability in just a moment... kept pg-13 for the sake of the board and our collective sanities.

"Riot shield?! Ha! Those are for wusses!!... Wait, what's a riot shi-"

[Henry the 57th]

Seems like your group had quite the enemy casualty pileup Ing. Did you ever take count? :smalltongue:

As the guy who plays Vul, I can say that we fought a lot of hordes, so a precise count is difficult to get.

[Emperor Ing]

I'd place the kill count somewhere between 150 and 300. Given that the encounter was horde-happy and horde magnitudes aren't indicative of actual body count, it could be 10,000.

Comic 577 is up. (http://s4.postimage.org/wra1drzyl/577.png)This one was rather...interesting to make.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Starsign]

How does crossdressing for science work exactly?

...Actually, don't answer that. It's painful to think about :smalltongue:

[HalfTangible]

How does crossdressing for science work exactly?

...Actually, don't answer that. It's painful to think about :smalltongue:

They say if you crossdress on the same day as a smugleaf, you meet your true love, who then hits you with a ferrari, calling you a creeper.

But hey, free ferrari!

[Keios]

I'm pretty sure that, given Rand recent interest in dresses, he didn't just buy a common one, but there's been no mention to it. How good is the dress? Can it be comparable, defensively, to Marnia's? Or did he actually buy just a stupid, ordinary dress?

[Emperor Ing]

Will Rand unlock the secrets of these arcane garments? Will (s)he ever learn utilize their power in hir struggles against the forces of The Emperor(s)? Tune in next week for the next exiting episode of WTwU Ball Z!

Daadun-da-daa-da dudadudadaa-nnn-dadadadadaaaa-dadun. (http://s11.postimage.org/3xo8lx49f/578.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

Will Rand unlock the secrets of these arcane garments? Will (s)he ever learn utilize their power in hir struggles against the forces of The Emperor(s)? Tune in next week for the next exiting episode of WTwU Ball Z!

Daadun-da-daa-da dudadudadaa-nnn-dadadadadaaaa-dadun. (http://s11.postimage.org/3xo8lx49f/578.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

These custodians are morons.

Look, I'll admit I'm not an expert on geneseed, but I'm pretty sure they don't improve your tongue's ability to resist heat! And even if it did, their ability to heal would be the deciding factor, which they KNOW mortals don't have. I get that after 10,000 years your skills interacting with mortals may be a bit rusty, but custodians are not the only people in the imperial palace, and you have previously ordered pizza that wasn't cooked on the friggen SUN!

For that matter, if it's been 10,000 years since they were mortal and their duties consist entirely of guarding the Imperial Palace, how do they know how to make tea in the first place?! Somehow I doubt 'make tea' is somewhere on the imperial training regimen or guard rotation.

Also, if they're 38 thousand years in the future and Emperor was obsessed with efficiency, why are they using Farenheit, part of the imperial system of measurement, when-

...

Huh. Was that deliberate? Cuz that's actually kinda clever.

[Emperor Ing]

First off Custodians don't have gene-seed. They're made from a scaled-down version of the process that was used to create the Primarchs. They're mini-primarchs, so in this regard they were never mortal. Also, you assume that Constantin Valdor's occasionally attending councils of the High Lord of Terra is NOT the furthest extent of the Custodes' interactions with mortals. And you'd be right. They call it the Blood Games for a reason, mortals don't have the opportunity to train for millenia. :smalltongue:

Comic 579 is up. (http://s11.postimage.org/glqibs8ar/579.png)

Coming down the pipeline, Ask the Custodes 9, featuring Ahriman the...uhh....something....Champion of Tzeentch, then Black Crusadin' pt 2.

[memnarch]

Heh. Makes sense given the setting though. :smalltongue:

[AntiMatter101]

I allways got the vibe that the custodians allways knew exactly what they were doing; this is just their form of entertainment. Given that they've lived so long, they likely get veeery bored, and have resorted to trollin the mortals who are too piss-themselves scared of them to call them on it. :smallbiggrin:

Rand being a girl now is hilarious, by the way. I love what it's doing to Marnia. :smallamused:

[Emperor Ing]

It could be some combination of both. Therefore one should always be suspicious of whether their social awkwardness is a result of genuine ignorance or trolling. For now that's up for you to decide. :smallwink:

And Ask the Custodes Episode &$3: mj2/0-RdOmx)>rt|8&?m (http://s9.postimage.org/xk6w2jbel/At_CL.png)

Nothing to see here citizen. Move along.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

It could be some combination of both. Therefore one should always be suspicious of whether their social awkwardness is a result of genuine ignorance or trolling. For now that's up for you to decide. :smallwink:

And Ask the Custodes Episode &$3: mj2/0-RdOmx)>rt|8&?m (http://s9.postimage.org/xk6w2jbel/At_CL.png)

Nothing to see here citizen. Move along.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Because Snivy EVOLVES.

The starters always evolve in three stages for some reason (and everybody gets one even though they are impossible to actually catch in the region for some reason) so it makes sense Snivy has 3 stages. But the fact that the first one is you implies that you are the weakest.

And as someone who chose Snivy as his starter, I can assure you Snivy DOES get stronger when he evolves into Servine.

He's not flattering you, he's mocking you. In a manner you can't retribute without blowing up the universe. Which, by your own admission, you WON'T do because a creature in your image lies in it.

Like a certain other god-like pony and her student I could mention, Arceus is TROLLING you.

PS. MissingNo is scarier than you. In fact, MEW is a scarier glitch mon than you.
PSS. Yes, I have a death wish. Why do you ask?

[Emperor Ing]

Oh god yes. Mew is indeed quite horrifying.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3jfhkiTN-DYQySz5VPaVq6GX8KCMBGAi02pvEw-iaweWOwO0LGg
Still not as bad as Spoink, Parasect, or *shudder* Crawdaunt. *HNNNGH* :eek:

Black Crusadin' pt 2! (http://s11.postimage.org/jxbj6pzlt/Black_Crusadin_2.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Doorhandle]

Oh god yes. Mew is indeed quite horrifying.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3jfhkiTN-DYQySz5VPaVq6GX8KCMBGAi02pvEw-iaweWOwO0LGg
Still not as bad as Spoink, Parasect, or *shudder* Crawdaunt. *HNNNGH* :eek:

Black Crusadin' pt 2! (http://s11.postimage.org/jxbj6pzlt/Black_Crusadin_2.png)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Surfing on the recoil? NOICE.
Pretty sure that's a 2-die stunt at least. I know dark crusade doesn't have stunts, but it does now.

Also, the last choice is the right one in black crusade.

Not so much in rouge trader,because then the right choice would be 5: absue the profit system to acquire enough explosives to detonate a ring around the inquisitor, leaving the rest of the ship for looting and condemning the poor bastard to die a horrible, slow, and horribly slow death in the void.

Although that could be shortened to "abuse the profit system." :smallbiggrin:

[Emperor Ing]

Yeah, I mean it's not like these people warn you about who they are and what they do by their names and what level of difficulty the GM who's probably a player-killer is trying to convey.

Comic 580 is finally up. (http://postimage.org/image/eiyqkln4b/) Unfortunately the next comics may be slow to come because the forecasts call for an unusually busy week. At least until Saturday.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Keios]

Come on Custodians! You're doing a terrible job at catching up and meeting with these guys you saw pass by! You're shaming your order.

[Emperor Ing]

Oh you think you know me so well. :smallamused:

Well you do

Unless you don't.

Do you? No. Of course you don't. You only think you know me. Or maybe I only let you know what I want you to know.

Or is what you know what I want you to think you know?

What if you don't know what I want you to think you know?

You don't know me!

Comic 581 is up. (http://postimage.org/image/noqkfu1ql/) FINALLY. Apologies for lateness but last week was nightmarishly busy. My sleep cycle is obliterated and i'm still reeling from the effects of this SAN drain.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

Oh you think you know me so well. :smallamused:

Well you do

Unless you don't.

Do you? No. Of course you don't. You only think you know me. Or maybe I only let you know what I want you to know.

Or is what you know what I want you to think you know?

What if you don't know what I want you to think you know?

You don't know me!

Comic 581 is up. (http://postimage.org/image/noqkfu1ql/) FINALLY. Apologies for lateness but last week was nightmarishly busy. My sleep cycle is obliterated and i'm still reeling from the effects of this SAN drain.

Questions? Comments? Critique?

hahahashahahahahahahahahahaha... the JAWS... xD

[Keios]

I agree. Great job on both Jaws, one of those specially. :smallbiggrin:

[Greyshadow]

Well, that was really unexpected :smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin:

[Doorhandle]

Rand, you have appalling timing.

Wounder why he was keeping them? In order to cast resurrection on them later?

[Emperor Ing]

There is only one so...who's "them?"

Comic 582 is finally up. (http://postimage.org/image/d7j60oa7p/) Now excuse me I have a pounding headache

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[HalfTangible]

There is only one so...who's "them?"

Comic 582 is finally up. (http://postimage.org/image/d7j60oa7p/) Now excuse me I have a pounding headache

Questions? Comments? Critique?

'Them' refers to the remains as ashes. "The ashes are", etc etc *clicky*

[Keios]

They didn't notice. Of course they didn't notice. Why would they notice?

[Emperor Ing]

Poor Custodes. They've been demoted from Unstoppable Badasses to Worf. :smallfrown: I'm going somewhere with this don't worry.

Out of curiosity, is what's going on currently clear? I like to think the way i'm writing it has a more clear, however not very focused storyline so i'd like to get feedback on that.

Now without further adieu...583. (http://postimage.org/image/40igcvlef/)

Questions? Comments? Critique? Crush? Kill? Destroy? Hoard? Beep Beep Boop?

[Doorhandle]

Questions? Comments? Critique? Crush? Kill? Destroy? Hoard? Beep Beep Boop?

All of the above?


Zipper on the back of the neck. HA!

Also, I do not know why the wig has a zipper, but i'm willing to bet a square enix character is wearing one RIGHT NOW.

So, what is a hypt dragon?

[Keios]

I do think I'm following the storyline correctly, there has been no confusing moment for me at least.

Also, as Doorhandle said, what's a hypt dragon?

[Emperor Ing]

The Hypt Dragon is the black and green metal thing.

THIS ONE!! (http://postimage.org/image/5dinw060j/)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

[Doorhandle]

The Hypt Dragon is the black and green metal thing.

THIS ONE!! (http://postimage.org/image/5dinw060j/)

Questions? Comments? Critique?

Well, Yes, obviously but I wanted more details.

Also, antagonising a disguised being and then getting into an epic battle just because he was feeling contrary that day. So very, very Rand.

[Emperor Ing]

Well they are unique to the setting. Rest assured I have every intention on flushing them out further :smallwink:

Comic 585 is finally up. (http://postimg.org/image/bflc6uk47/) One thing I wanted to do was to show what Rand is really capable of.

Questions? Comments? Critique?