u/Valarg

Since the success of the Space King* *board game Kickstarter, I’ve seen some channels claim that Space King is superior to Trench Crusade, comparing the two products and declaring Space King as the next Warhammer-killer”

While I don't deny there are grounds to criticize Trench Crusade (though some criticisms are stupid, such as citing the political ideology of certain staff members), Space King isn't exactly free from such controversies either >! !<>!cof cof!< >!Lead Cups Incident!< >!cof cof!<>! !<

As someone interested in both franchises, I don't quite get the "conflict" between them. I mean, what happened? Was there a fight between the fandoms or something?

Small context: I’m making the front for the wrapper for a protein bar from a personal project (I clarify that is the first I’m doing something like this so don’t expect something perfect)

So I want some feedback about this and some ideas from you, mainly for the part on the circle beacuse I have no idea what to put there

The Metropolitan Guard is the name given to Police force that mantain Peace in the Royal Capital City Of Tyon (Unified Kingdom Of Avar)

They are the main Peacekeeper Force on the Capital and they are (infamously) known by the common folk as “The King's Fists” since they are the ones who mantain Order in the Streets even if that means use violence and lethal force to do it

During the epidemic known as the Winter Fevers that ravaged the city a few decades ago, the Guard implemented temporary uniform modifications and various protocols to prevent contagion among officers. Although these modifications proved to be largely ineffective, they remained in use throughout the rest of the pandemic due to the lack of better solutions

First and Second Image: Officer (pre/post Winter Fevers

Third and Fourth Image: Anti Riot Officer (pre/post Winter Fevers)

Fifth and Sixth Image: Sargent (pre/post Winter Fevers)

Rest of the Images: inspirations

•Metropolitan Police

•Police Of The Future (for the Anti Riot Officer)

•Revachol Citizens Militia from Disco Elysium (for the Colors)

•City Watch from Dishonored (main inspiration for the entire setting)

Opinions?

I’m personally a big fan of Superheroes movies and I read some comics

But one of the “Tropes” I hate most is when the directors decides to do things like this

Kills the inmersion so much, like people die in this is events or were killed by this Characters and the common people says “hey, you know what would be so cool? Make tematic products in honor of people who commited worse crimes than Genocide!”

One of the examples I hate the most is Thanos's ice cream shop in New Asgard (yes, New Asgard, where the Asgardians live after Ragnarok, the very same Asgardians who were massacred by Thanos at the beginning of Infinity War)

This also has the effect that, while other products treat these events seriously, I can't take them seriously myself because of how previous installments in the franchise treated them as mere fictional events within their own universe

Is like open a Pizzeria called “Hitler’s Oven” or make a High School Musical style of Movie about 9/11 or open a Fast Food restaurant about real serial Killer

As context, the Halflings are the equivalent of Hobbits in my main Fantasy World Building Project (The Seven Fragments)

They live in territories known as “Shaggs” (misstranslated as “Duchies”, but it actually means “Territory”, “Homeland” or “Chierftain”) in the Westmarch Empire. This Shaggs are under the banner of A confederation known as “The Great Shagg” or “The United Shaggs” or, simply, The Shaggs (but the outsider call it “The Halfling Confederation” or “The Halfling Duchies”)
The capital of this nation is on the “city” of Havinnton (known for being described as the largest small city in all of Westmarch) located in the Shagg Of Havinnton, the largest Halfling “duchy”
Although the Great Shagg does not officially possess a flag, coat of arms, or standard (since it is a league of semi-independent Shaggs, and each Halfling regards their own homeland's flag as the official flag of the Great Shagg), many consider the coat of arms, flag, and standard of the Duchy Of Havinnton to be the Confederation's unofficial flag, given that Havinnton is the seat of power and the origin of most Halfling diplomats from The Shaggs

As an interesting fact: The Shaggs are inspired by both The Mootlands from Warhammer Fantasy and (obviously) The Shire from The Lord of the Rings

Opinions?

Opinions?

Basically, my version of the Laestrygonians for my Medieval Fantasy World Building Project

At south of Mainland (beyond the machines, industry and Civilization), the Dunekin Tribes have been living north of the Sahrt Deserts since ancient times and it is thanks to that that one of the oldest and strangest religions in the Known World emerged

The Hashvil (also known on the Mainland as "The Desert Path" or “The Faith Of The Sands") is the Religion of the Dunekin Tribes
According to their beliefs, the world was created by two gods: Yakhal (God of the Day) and Merphis (Goddess of the Night) who created the deserts so that humanity could live with the necessary resources and exist in harmony with the spirits. It is this idea underlying their faith that drives this ethno-religious group to maintain its nomadic and primitive lifestyle

The principal centers of this faith are the Sanctuaries (temples built over oases, representing the closest thing to "sedentary settlements" among the Dunekin). Only those misnamed "Clerics Of The Sands" dwell there
There, the Clerics study magic and ancient texts, keep the traditions of the Dunekin alive, act as intermediaries in tribal conflicts by advocating for peace, and officiate religious celebrations
Internally, the Clergy are divided into four categories: Scribes (young people from the tribes who chose to join the faith), Priests (responsible for officiating at banquets, weddings, birthdays, and other festivities), Masters (responsible for studying the mysteries of magic and their faith, as well as teaching them to the Scribes) and Elders (responsible for maintaining the Sanctuaries). In addition to these, there are the Prophets (scribes who chose to study their beliefs more deeply on their own), they are nomads who resemble philosophers more than members of a religious hierarchy; their curiosity drives them to travel to the territories of neighboring tribal groups or even directly to the nations along the desert coast, despite the risk of ending up enslaved

A notable aspect of the Clerics is that their lifestyle is deeply rooted in the principle of living with only the bare essentials. They produce and consume only what is strictly necessary for survival, preferring to give any surplus to needy tribes or set it aside for emergencies. Furthermore, they always go barefoot, as they consider it sacrilege to walk upon the sacred sands wearing boots or shoes

First image: Military Branch

Second Image: Security Branch

Any questions?

If I had to sum up this spinning top in two words, they would be: wasted potential

For context, by "Judges" I am referring to those stories in which some entity (whether alien, natural, or outright divine forces) decides to punish humanity for attempting to disrupt the natural order of things

On paper, the idea is interesting: you could explore a story about entities whose arrogance and beliefs make them feel superior to other life forms, leading them to judge entire civilizations based on their own concept of "morality" without realizing they are hypocrites for committing the very acts they condemn

The problem? Most of the stories I've seen that use this trope boil down to “humanity bad, nature good”

I think All Tomorrows is the only story I know of that uses this concept to tell an interesting story, rather than to deliver a cheap, edgy ecological message and it irritates me how an interesting concept for a cosmic horror story, dealing with the meaning of life, the consequences of our actions, morality, and so on is squandered like that

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