Aww hell fucking yes! Drukhari getting some love!

The fandom losing it because we can't figure out if this kid is named Michael Brooks, Cassidy, or Andrew is why I love it.

Bro literally has Michael's design and Cassidy/Andrew's personality (I love him).

MIKE BROOKS IS WRITING A LELITH HESPERAX BOOK

IT FEATURES YNNARI

IT LOOKS GORGEOUS

WANT

I am so fucking excited

Art by John Harris for Dark Deeds by Mike Brooks (2015)

Mike Brooks

Chevrolet Corvette Z06

Image by Mike Brooks || IG

Orktober is wrapping up.

I have built 133 orks in a month (and also 49 space doggos, but this is not about them), primed most of them and based about half of it too. Four models even got pre-shading drybrushing 😁

Crowning glory of the month is finally finishing characters from Mike Brooks' Brutal Kunnin' series. I had Snaggi built already, but now added Ufthak Blackhawk with Nizkwik. And of course Princess!👑 Now the whole main cast is here! 😁

ooh I am so excited to be able to finally share these Black Library cover illustrations! Top - 'VOID KING' by Marc Collins

Bottom - 'RENEGADES : HARROWMASTER' by Mike Brooks.

I've read "The Long Promise", the latest Alpha Legion/Harrowmaster-verse short story by Mike Brooks and my feelings can be summarised with one picture:

"Old friend" my ass, there's commitment to keeping your word and paying off a debt you've accrued to acquire a very strong asset for the warband and yourself, and there's doing what you did, how you did and in what circumstances you did. It's how "head" Headhunter* Qope Halver kept seething over Kyrin Gadraen's "disappearance" for like ten years straight, like, motherfucker, if you're an Alpha Legionnaire and you have this much of an emotional investment in another person, I'm going to assume you're basically a married couple. You're madly in love. May your enemies never put your significant other in danger, lest they find out how great your wrath can be.

*) forgive the lame pun, I just have piss-poor memory and can't recall if it was Headhunter Alpha or Headhunter Prime

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Well, I suppose if Mike Brooks has written it then I have to

Alpharius: Head of the Hydra (Mike Brooks) "As this post says, "Alpharius is the Primarch of the […] Alpha Legion, and aside from the ones that have been fully expunged from all Imperial records, he's the primarch we know the least about. We're fairly confident he's actually two twin brothers pretending to be the same guy, Alpharius and Omegon, and that he specializes in infiltration. Beyond that, all bets are off. Literally every event in his life has at least two versions that have been printed in official books and directly contradict each other. The book that compiles his backstory in a neat and sensible manner that doesn't have any internal or external contradictions opens with the blatant admission that all of it is a complete fucking lie. Supposedly, he died at the battle for Pluto, but then he is reported to have been killed several centuries later somewhere else by a completely different guy. Only complicating matters is that pretty much every member of his legion undergoes extensive plastic surgery to look exactly like him. Most of them introduce themselves as Alpharius. It might very well be that both of the times he supposedly died, it was actually just a body double and he's still out there, pretending to be a normal legionary. Every single member of the Alpha Legion is Alpharius, and an alarming number of them actually believe themselves to be him." Anyway, this is the backstory book in question."

"Harold" from Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill your Bones (Alvin Schwartz) "Two cow farmers, Thomas and Alfred, were bored with their monotonous work one day, so they decided to make a scarecrow out of old sacs stuffed with straw. They based its appearance after another farmer they both hated, even giving it the name: Harold. They tied it to a pole and made fun of it, doing impressions of what his crazy voice might sound like or even just taking their cruelty out on him by kicking or punching him, or smearing food over the sac that was its face. One day they heard a grunt that could only have come from Harold. Thomas suggested throwing him in the fire, but Alfred insisted it was nothing to worry about. Then, Alfred noticed that Harold was growing bigger, but again told themselves it was just their imagination from being in the mountains too long.

Then one day, Harold stands up, walks out of the hut in front of Thomas and Alfred, then climbs up onto the roof and starts stomping around on it like a horse on its hind legs. Terrified and wanting to get away from Harold, they leave with their cows that same day, but halfway there they realize they forgot their milking stools and have to go back. The farmers convince each other that there really is nothing to be afraid of and draw straws to see who will go back. It is Thomas who drew the shorter straw, and now has to go back to to the hut, telling Alfred that he will catch up with him later. When Thomas does not return, Alfred returns to look for him, and sees Harold on the roof of the hut laying out Thomas' skinned corpse to dry in the sun."

Mortarion v The Lion

From The Lion: Son of the Forest by Mike Brooks:

‘Perhaps you are merely getting old,’ Mortarion rasps, stamping down on the Lion’s chest so hard he is momentarily winded even inside his armour. ‘Worn-down and broken!’

The Lion evades the Death Lord’s second blow, but as he is scrambling back to his feet Mortarion throws a punch which clips him around the head and sends him staggering. He is only wobbled for a moment, and recovers his equilibrium to grab a handful of dirt and throw it into Mortarion’s eyes. The lord of the Death Guard shakes his head, blinded, and reaches out with one hand to ward off whatever attack is coming. The Lion grabs that arm, and uses it to haul himself up and plant a kick straight into the Pale King’s face.

Okay, not the most dignified fight for our boy. There’s a lot more going on here than a simple fight though, and I purposefully posted it out of context. It isn’t a Death Guard novel but The Lion is still a fantastic read and I encourage everyone to pick it up. Seriously one of the best Black Library books I’ve read.

Title: Dark Run | Author: Mike Brooks | Publisher: Gallery / Saga Press (2016)

Local Grot enthusiast receives some important literature.

("You have an Ork jacket?" Of course I have an Ork jacket, who do you take me for)

Chuck McAmish and Mike Brooks