I Did Another Statuee. This Time It's Venus Callipyge, A Roman Recreation Of The Greek Original

I did another statuee. This time it's Venus Callipyge, a Roman recreation of the Greek original

Apparently the name, Venus of the Beautiful Buttocks, is falsely attributed, but it does probably depict Venus (or Aphrodite in the original)

Oh also when it resurfaced in the 1500s it was headless, and the head was reconstructed. I wonder how many ancient works of art were reconstructed to the same degree as that famously terrible Jesus painting restoration and have just been quietly forgotten or destroyed out of embarrassment, the restoration artist banished from the kingdom

It's been a week so I figured I'd have a Work in Progress post for my own player character for Lancer. Here's my take on a Chomolumga, the tech savvy variant of the Everest. We're kitted out with two assault rifles for that lovely Reliable, and finishing it with a light Nexus for the matching range. I've also given it manipulator arms to type away on keyboards and other nerdy things without compromising pilot safety.

Basically I took a ton of 3d assets and mashed and posed them in a terrible 3d modeler program. Some of the pieces I remember are Battletech Black Knight torso and Assassin legs, Armored core heads someone made for Tau suits, parts from the free mech package Filamentio made (great stuff), and bits from the Modular Mech campaign on myminifactory. Since not all the parts are free, I wouldn't be able to distribute this one if people wanted it, sadly.

This guys role will mainly be to play support, speccing into Swallowtail to support my partners rip and tear Blackbeard build. I've essentially just laid down the basecoat to get an idea of color placement

Alright I implied Maleceptors next but the Neurolictor called to me. What do we think of Hive Fleet Callinectes for the name?

This one's the actual GW model, since I'm not a fan of what I was able to find for free online, and my FLGS had one at a good price. Base is still a print tho

I do like these new tyranid sculpts, I should probably get the codex eventually... maybe once I hit 1k painted

Okay now actually on to the Maleceptors. Maybe. Unless I get distracted and do something else instead

Hello! Your mech is Amazing! 😍😍😍 I just wanted to ask if you would want to rant about why you like Lancer so much? I've dipped my toes into it and liked it a lot but everyone seems to have their own reasons for liking it and I'm curious what yours are!

Thanks so much! And Sure why not

Lancer really scratches all the itches for me, and does grab-bag style science fiction perfectly. It knows its a conglomeration of other IP, it just asks, "what if we could do it right this time?" Beyond just the general hopeful tone, it cuts to the point and is very straightforward about its politics. It is removed enough from modern day to avoid a lot of discourse, but it is explicitly leftist, and a huge source of hopium. I tried to think of a list of properties Lancer lifts ideas from but really it's just everything, put through a really refreshing lens. I was really on board reading the core rulebook, and then when I got to No Room for a Wallflower I knew this was really something special. I have a big thing for bittersweet, learning, and second chance stories, and the whole backstory to Union and that particular campaign really hits the spot. You can come from pretty much any angle and find enough solid material in their books to make really good role play out of, and to top it off its engagingly written and interspersed with really great art.

Oh, and as far as actual game play goes, it's pretty much perfect for me. Feels like a blend between pathfinder, Warhammer, with some Battletech in there too. I've grown to love hexes over the years and hate measuring things now, and getting to use grids or hexes is nice. The mech building is easy enough for idiots like me and encourages trying out new things and finding wacky minmaxy builds, and the way you make NPCs I think is really well done.

For the corpro states, Horus is interesting and kinda 4chan, SSC makes sexy, sexy robots and I want to see their toes, IPS-N makes the utilitarian ones that seem the least complicated, and Harrison Armory needs to be destroyed, both for their crimes and reliance on heat gimmicks, I play enough battletech I do not want to be sweating constantly here too

I hope this helps

Lancer Assault NPC number 2. The way NPC templates and classes work make playing NPCs as a GM actually fun, the variety and character you can add on with minimal effort is superb

I've been sick and really out of it, and felt possessed to print out some classic statues. I asked my partner for one to start with, and they chose Winged Victory of Samothrace

I love that museums and independent organizations just go around using high quality scanners to help make history more accessible, even in small ways like this. I'll likely never visit the Louvre, or Greece if they ever get it back, but I can print my own