I WOULD LIKE TO POST THIS AS A LITTLE COMPETITION.

SOME PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT GREMLIN HAS BEEN COMING UP WITH CHARACTER CONCEPTS FOR THE “LORDS OF EBIL” WARHAMMER 40K CODEX WHICH HE AND THE DEVIANT “DRAGONKNIGHT135” HAVE BEEN WRITING. HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT IN ALL THE CONCEPTS, THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. SO THIS IS AN OPEN REQUEST FOR ANYONE WITH SOME SPARE TIME TO COME UP WITH IDEAS, AND ALTERNATE SKETCHES. THERE IS NO CLOSING DATE FOR THIS COMPETITION AS OF YET, SO FEEL FREE TO TAKE YOUR TIME, PRIZES FOR PEOPLE GREMLIN DOES NOT KNOW OUTSIDE OF THE DEVIANTART COMMUNITY WILL BE TWOFOLD, FIRSTLY, GREMLIN WILL HAPPILY DRAW ANY REQUESTS YOU MAY HAVE FROM THAT POINT ON TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITIES. SECONDLY, IF AND WHEN IT IS PUBLISHED, I WILL ARRANGE FREE COPIES OF THE CODEX FOR THE WINNERS, ONLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WARHAMMER, OBVIOUSLY, OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE A BIT POINTLESS. PRIZES FOR PEOPLE GREMLIN DOES KNOW WILL DEPEND ON WHAT THEY WANT.

ANYHOW, THE CHARACTERS I WOULD LIKE CONCEPTS FOR ARE AS FOLLOWS:

LIVICIUS MALACAE, HIGH WARLORD OF EBIL
THE OVERLORD, A LEVEL-HEADED AND HIGHLY INTELLIGENT MAN WITH A MEAN STREAK. HE WEARS A SUIT OF ARMOUR BUILT TO ALLOW HIM TO BLEND IN AND SNEAK UP ON HIS FOES, HE CARRIES TWO WEAPONS, FIRSTLY, A DOUBLE-BARRELED MELTA PISTOL, WHICH IS A FEROCIOUS WEAPON, CAPABLE OF REDUCING REINFORCED STEEL DOORS TO PILES OF MOTLEN SCRAP IN A FRACTION OF A SECOND, AND A SWORD KNOWN AS THE “LETHE BLADE” A VICIOUS IMPLEMENT WITH THE PRECISION OF A SURGICAL TOOL, DESIGNED TO TEAR AN ENEMY TO SHREDS FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

INSANIAC MALACAE, HIGH NECROMANCER
A NICE PERSON TO BE FRIENDS WITH, BUT UNSTABLE AT THE BEST OF TIMES, WHEN ON THE BATTLEFIELD, HIS MANIC TENDENCIES SHOW IN THE FORM OF TEARING EVERY NEARBY OBJECT APART WHILST SIMULTANEOUSLY ATTEMPINT TO DANCE THE ELECTRIC BOOGALOO, WHISTLE THE THEME TUNE TO THE GREAT ESCAPE, AND MAKE A CUP OF COFFEE. HE HAS AWESOME PSYCHIC POWERS, WHICH MANIFEST IN OFTEN INCOHERENT WAYS, SUCH AS LAUNCHING A TELEVISION SET INTO THE RANKS OF THE FOE, BEFORE CAUSING IT TO EXPLODE INTO A FLOCK OF FLESH-EATING DOVES. HE WEARS AN ARMOURED CLOAK, AND A SKULL MASK, HE WIELDS A WEAPON KNOWN AS THE NECROMANCY SCYTHE, WHICH IS A MASSIVE SCYTHE, CAPABLE (IN HIS HANDS) OF CLEAVING ENTIRE BATTLE TANKS QUITE CLEANLY IN TWO.

PYRUS INCINERATUM, INFANTRY COMMANDER
THE MOST RENOWNED INFANTRY COMMANDER IN THE FORCE, AN AVID MECHANIC, WHO LIKES TO MAKE SURE HIS MEN’S TRANSPORT VEHICLES ARE WELL-MADE. HE CARES ABOUT EVERY ONE OF HIS TROOPERS, AND WHENEVER POSSIBLE LIKES TO BE AT THE FRONT OF THE FIGHTING, OFTEN IT IS HIS SKILL ALONE THAT HAS PULLED THE FORCE THROUGH THEIR HARDEST BATTLES. HE WEARS A PERSONALISED SUIT OF ARMOUR, WHICH INCORPARATES A POWERFUL FORCEFIELD PROJECTOR THAT PROTECTS HIS ENTIRE SQUAD. HE CARRIES A HIGH-POWERED FLAMETHROWER AND A SCYTHE WITH A SUPER-HEATED BLADE THAT GOES THROUGH ARMOUR LIKE A KNIFE THOUGH BUTTER.

AERIE INCINERATUM, AIR ASSUALT COMMANDER
A MAN WITH A VIOLENT TEMPER, BUT A STRONG SENSE OF JUSTICE, HE AND HIS MEN WILL STRIKE INTO THE HEART OF THE FOE WITHOUT FEAR, AND WITHOUT MERCY. HE WEARS SIMILAR ARMOUR TO HIS BROTHERS PYRUS AND ACCELERATUS, IN THAT ALL OF THEIR SUITS INCORPORATE FORCEFIELDS. HE ALSO WEARS A JETPACK, AND IS ARMED WITH A PAIR OF COMBAT CHAINSAWS KNOWN AS THE DAMNATORS, THESE ARE EGED WITH THOUSANDS OF DIAMOND TIPPED TEETH, AND CAN TEAR THROUGH MOST OBJECTS WITH EASE. HE ALSO CARRIES A HIGH-POWERED FLAMETHROWER, WHICH IS MOUNTED ON HIS WRIST.

ACCELLERATUS INCINERATUM, LIGHT VEHICLE COMMANDER
THE THING ACCELLERATUS CARES MOST ABOUT ARE HIS BIKES, HIS MEN BARREL TOWARD THE FOE ON SUPED-UP MOTORBIKES AND JETBIKES, VARIOUSLY EQUIPPED WITH WIDE-BORE MACHINE GUNS AND FLAMETHROWERS, HE WEARS PERSONALISED ARMOUR SIMILAR TO THAT OF HIS TWO BROTHERS, RIDES A HEAVILY CUSTOMISED JETBIKE WITH A MASSIVE LONG-RANGED FLAMETHROWER BUILT IN, HE ALSO CARRIES A TWO-HANDED HAMMER, FOR THOSE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL SITUATIONS.

EZEKIO KELTIAK, HIGH ALCHEMIST OF EBIL AND ULTIMATE INTELLIGENCE ON JOHN WAYNE FILMS
HE INSISTS ON THE FULL TITLE, HAVING WON THE EBIL PUB QUIZ FIVE YEARS RUNNING (AND IT’S NOT AN ANNUAL THING, IT’S RUN ON A WEEKLY BASIS… ). HE’S A GENIUS AT CHEMISTRY, AND CAN RECITE THE LINES FROM EVERY JOHN WAYNE FILM EVER, WITH THE RIGHT VOICES, AND WHISTLE ALL THE MUSIC (HOW THE HELL HE WHISTLES THE DRUM PARTS I WILL NEVER KNOW). HE WEARS PERSONALISED ARMOUR, WITH A FORCEFIELD SIMILAR TO PYRUS’S, AND IS EQUIPPED WITH A SHOTGUN, A REVOLVER WITH POISONED BULLETS, AND A SWORD COATED WITH DEADLY TOXINS.

HELDION ERADICATUS, LORD OF ANNIHILATION
THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAINING, CO-ORDINATION, AND HEALTH AND SAFETY FORMS FOR ALL THE HEAVY WEAPONS TROOPERS IN THE EBIL FORCE, HE IS MONSTROUSLY STRONG, MANY SAY THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE HUGE PILES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY FORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARTILLERY. HE WEARS A HUGELY THICK SUIT OF ARMOUR, WITH AN OVERSIZED VERSION OF PYRUS’S FORCEFIELD GENERATOR. HE WIELDS TWO MASSIVE HEAVY WEAPONS, WHICH HE CHANGES BEFORE BATTLES SO THE FOE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM HIM, THOUGH THEY ARE VARIOUSLY DIFFERENT TYPES OF LASER WEAPONS, PLASMA WEAPONS, HEAVY MACHINE GUNS, AND MORE EXOTIC WEAPONRY SUCH AS SHURIKEN CANNONS.