Larry Vela

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Warhammer 40K: Meet 1988's Original Eldar Corsair Armylist

4 days ago | belloflostsouls.net | Larry Vela |Lauro Vela

Did you know that Yriel’s Eldritch Raiders first raided our planet in 1988? Take a look at the original Eldar Corsair armylist from many Editions ago. Today we turn the clock back over 37 years and go back to the early days of the game. Before Aspect Warriors, and the Eldar Path – there were Space Elves. These earliest incarnation of the Eldar arrvied in Rogue Trader and got their first armylist in Chapter Approved: Book of the Astronomicon from 1988.
Warhammer 40K: Vulkan - Undying Primarch of the Salamanders

6 days ago | belloflostsouls.net | Larry Vela |Lauro Vela

Today Loremasters, gather round to learn of the most humble and perhaps human of the Primarchs – Vulkan. Vulkan was one of the twenty Primarchs created by the Emperor of Mankind. His Space Marine Legion was re-named the Salamanders in his honor. As with all the Primarchs, Vulkan inherited an aspect of his father. However, for him, this was the unique ability of being a perpetual, making him essentially immortal.
Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn - Heretic & Righteous, Both

1 week ago | belloflostsouls.net | Larry Vela |Lauro Vela

Learn of one of Warhammer 40K’s greatest Imperial Inquisitors of all time, twice accused of heresy, twice proven righteous – Gregor Eisenhorn. Gregor Eisenhorn was a renowned Inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos, active during the third and fourth centuries of M41. Initially a Puritan of the Amalathian faction, Eisenhorn’s ideology would alter over the course of his career so dramatically towards Radical Xanthism that other members of the Inquisition would consider him possibly heretical.
Warhammer 40K: Adeptus Astartes Gene-seed

1 week ago | belloflostsouls.net | Larry Vela |Lauro Vela

Today we delve into that which defines the Adeptus Astartes from their fellow man – the chapter’s future and its living past. Its most precious resource: the Gene-seed. Gene-seed is the unique genetic material used to transform a normal human into a super-human Space Marine. It is used to grow the artificial organs which distinguish an Adeptus Astartes from an ordinary human and helps alter the human’s biology to accept the implanted organs.
Warhammer 40K: Three Decades of Tzeentch Lords of Change Minis

1 week ago | belloflostsouls.net | Larry Vela |Lauro Vela

Take a look back at one of the most venerable and magical units in Warhammer 40,000 – Tzeentch’s tricksy Lord of Change. Welcome to the Twisting Path adepts! We are starting with the most recent Lord of Change and rolling the clock back with each earlier version. Note how these magic chickens keep getting bigger with each update!Lords of Change, more fully known as the Watching Lords of Change and also as the Eyes of Tzeentch and the Feathered Lords, are the Greater Daemons of Tzeentch.
Warhammer 40K: Superhuman Showdown - When Space Marines Fought Thunder Warriors

1 week ago | belloflostsouls.net | Larry Vela |Lauro Vela

If you’ve ever wondered who would win in a fight between Space Marines or the proto-Space Marine Thunder Warriors, now’s the time to find out. The Cerberus Insurrection was a conflict involving the forces of the Imperium and the renegade prisoners of the Cerberus prison colony, bolstered by ancient super-soldiers. It is noted as the only time Space Marine and Thunder Warrior forces have ever engaged in battle. Thunder Warriors were large, greater in size than most Space Marines.
Warhammer 40K: Corvus Corax - Quoth the Primarch "Nevermore"

1 week ago | belloflostsouls.net | Larry Vela |Lauro Vela

Today we speak of the Master of the XIXth, Corvus Corax – taciturn, silent, anguished, and lost without a trace. Corvus Corax is the Primarch of the Raven Guard Space Marine Legion. Growing up to become a revolutionary for the workers of Lycaeus, Corax became a master of guerrilla warfare and hit-and-run tactics. He remained true to the Emperor during the Horus Heresy, and as such his Legion took some of the most massive losses of the war during the Drop Site Massacre.
Warhammer 40K: Bjorn The Fell-Handed, Eldest Space Wolf

2 weeks ago | belloflostsouls.net | Larry Vela |Lauro Vela

Today we delve deep into the living link of the Space Wolves to the days of the Emperor – Bjorn the Fell HandedBjorn the Fell-Handed is an ancient Space Wolves Dreadnought. Among the Sons of Fenris he holds many titles: “Eldest”, “Trueclaw”, “Revered One” and “Last of the Company of Russ” among them. He is the oldest warrior in the Imperium, and has been the salvation of his Chapter time and time again.
Warhammer 40K: The Grimdark's Most Powerful People

2 weeks ago | belloflostsouls.net | Larry Vela |Lauro Vela

5 Minute Read 40K tells us, “The strongest are strongest alone.” Today, we look over the entire Grimdark to determine who is truly the most powerful of them all. The Grimdark is teeming with life, from the teeming powerless masses to world-conquering tyrants. Yet, in a galaxy of a billion worlds, even such power is fleeting. The true powers of the galaxy command entire races, or governments of such scale and scope as to be difficult to mentally grasp.
Warhammer 40K: The Eisenstein - Messenger of Treachery

2 weeks ago | belloflostsouls.net | Larry Vela |Lauro Vela

Today we delve into the Eisenstein – the vessel that brought word of Horus’ treachery to the Imperium and The Seventy loyal heroes who crewed her. The Eisenstein was an Imperial warship that played a crucial role at the outbreak of the Horus Heresy It carryed loyalist Space Marines back to Terra from the Isstvan System, to warn the Emperor of Horus’ treachery. The loyalist legionaries are referred to as The Seventy. The Eisenstein was considered an old craft even by the time of the Heresy.