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2D Art -- that's allowed here, right?


Genestealer Hybrids is one of those 40K ideas I've always fancied but had no hope of reasonably creating myself with the actual models. I've tried, but ech! So instead, I went with a medium that can do the concept justice. Tried to avoid inorganic that don't naturally reproduce, so no Gems, Cybertronians, or any of the interesting Doctor Who aliens... but I couldn't NOT do an Irken, especially since that was one of the figures I actually attempted.

That's pretty cool, actually! Must be kind of inspired by Aliens in that whatever species it uses as a host affects its physical attributes.

LOL

Heh, funny stuff, and very well drawn! I recognized several of the references, though not all.

Excellent work, I awlays forget that Eldar don't have 'teeth'.

 =Angel= wrote:
I awlays forget that Eldar don't have 'teeth'.

Wait, what? How and what do they eat then?

Nice idea !

I guess a mix between the Alien saga xenomorph and a genestealer must be pretty brutal.

Very cool. Nice resurrection reference too!

Soul Samurai wrote:

 =Angel= wrote:
I awlays forget that Eldar don't have 'teeth'.

Wait, what? How and what do they eat then?

They look like they have teeth, but in fact their teeth are not separate from their skull. They have protrusions that act as, but are not teeth.

I think Eldar are vegetarian, with the exception of Dark Eldar.
Don't quote me though.

They do poop crystals though.

Xenology- the more you know.

Ha, very cute

Superb. You genius

Nice!

C'thulu version?

Nurgle, Khorne, Slaanesh, Tzeench?

Thanks everyone!

ZergSmasher wrote:That's pretty cool, actually! Must be kind of inspired by Aliens in that whatever species it uses as a host affects its physical attributes.

"Kind of inspired".... Genestealers are blatant Alien proxies.

Soul Samurai wrote:Heh, funny stuff, and very well drawn! I recognized several of the references, though not all.

The less obvious nerdy references:

Mechagrunt wrote:
Very cool. Nice resurrection reference too!

Heh, I know everybody's favorite quotes are from Aliens (and they are good quotes), but I love the sheer bizarreness of "beautiful butterfly".

timd wrote:C'thulu version?

Nurgle, Khorne, Slaanesh, Tzeench?

Those would be truly terrifying!
(I'm not sure how the "next offspring is a hybrid" thing works with eldritch horrors)

Soul Samurai wrote:

 =Angel= wrote:
I awlays forget that Eldar don't have 'teeth'.

Wait, what? How and what do they eat then?

A straw and a blender thats why they so pissed all the time and dieing out.

=Angel= wrote:They look like they have teeth, but in fact their teeth are not separate from their skull. They have protrusions that act as, but are not teeth.

OgreChubbs wrote:A straw and a blender thats why they so pissed all the time and dieing out.

I see, so they're basically crotchety old men who's teeth have all fallen out. Makes sense actually.

Rootbeard wrote:The less obvious nerdy references:

Spoiler:

Hrud = Xenology/40K
Ectonurite = Ben 10 (Ghostfreak)
Hork-Bajir & Taxxon = Animorphs
Decapodian = Futurama (Zoidberg!)
Brain-Eating Meteor = Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Hmm, I knew I'd heard the name "Hork-Bajir" before! Um, I mean... uh...

So I went and did a few more of these, 'cuz why not?


The less obvious nerdy references:

Fantastic! Really like these

I thought Gem was a reference to Jem and the Holograms.

I'd buy a poster print of something like this.

Very cool stuff here, mate!

Love it. Nice to see this revisited.