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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 19h

valkyrie sergeant! trying to show as much of the weight of the weapon as possible with this running pose

a valkyrie sergeant with boltgun, running forward

alternate view showing the bionic eye and pouches

Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

wait a minute wait a fucking minute *red* second company?!? *red*??? so there’s just no rules now, huh? it’s anything goes? are we *animals*?! you motherfuckers.

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

lost my last game but it was the best. most third edition a game has ever been

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

the griffin itself just needs some side panel details, transfers, and varnish! and crew of course

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

working on new art for must be tuesday again yay. didn't get it finished (very out of practice) but its going very proud of this stupid t-shirt

jade the blob monster in her POWERHAUS t-shirt

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

show us your tanks! soon i'll have some guard tanks to show off too but until then i'm still very proud of this (i much prefer painting figures over armour lol)

my bright blue, custom-printed 2nd edition gladiator lancer

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

here they all are! also the imperial guard are ridiculous because this genuinely can be argued to be an insufficient number of sculpts to support a proper army lol

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

last one! all 36 gunners are posed, aaaaaaaaa now i have the very long process of doing the cloth sculpting and remeshing on all of them lol

a valkyrie flame trooper running forward

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

just one more to go! there's a handful of gas masked troopers in the valkyrie kit, though not many. the faceless troopers thing sort of goes against what i like most about the guard, which is that they're brave, scared regular folks against an absurd universe.

a valkyrie flame trooper with gas mask, advancing at a slow walk

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

thanks to the power of my new meds, i can finally draw again without having a continuous panic attack?!? so uh, hey check it out i'm still finishing must be tuesday after all

the illustration for the human PC page for must be tuesday

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

flamethrower operators in fiction are often either giggling pyromaniacs or faceless forces of nature, but a lot of them would just be conscripts given a pretty shit job. i decided to have one of my less dynamic poses here be somebody clearly coming to terms with what their weapon is capable of

a valkyrie flamethrower operator with her weapon held low, shoulders slumped, and coat blowing in the wind. she's pulling down her scarf to reveal an expression of wide-eyed horror

alternate angle to better show the weapon

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

three three flamethrower operators so far. there's *36* gunners in the final kit, more than enough for whatever you're doing with them!

the three poses so far; two low-slung firing poses, one with a gas mask and the other with face mask and goggles, and the running pose

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

just three more gunners left! used a historical photo as reference for this one. i like how unusual the result is because of it; it's not a pose i'd have done normally, but the hunched, awkward pose of somebody who is standing up into a run is a really unique look

a valkyrie flamerthrower operator running forward, weapon held in a trail carry

a side view recreating the inspiration photo

the inspiration photo of a US marine at Iwo Jima

a final alt view from the other side, showing the unusual arm position

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

working on my old-guard, got the yellows and greens done on the griffin and im just really happy with it the overbrushing is a very different approach than my usual glazes but it has a fun look

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

it's been bugging me for a while that i was just using the generic large pouch for the gas masks to run into on the valkyries, so i've replaced it with this little box respirator thingy

a flamer-armed valkyrie with a gas mask, the hose running into a little pouch with a vent and buttons

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

i fought knights! i lost but it was relatively close. learned an important lesson about focusing my fire

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

5/6 sniper poses! after these i just have melta and flamer to finish posing, and its onto sergeants (and doing all the sculpting lol)

5 valkyrie snipers; posing with weapon over shoulder, advancing, aiming, standing idle, and kneeling to shoot

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

okay i think this pose is finalized. happy with the concrete chunk on the base too

valkyrie sniper aiming while bracing with the sling

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

torchship's entire premise is that we'll let you have your laser gun, but i'm giving you a choice: either put on these glasses, or start eating that trash can

Flash Blindness
Exposure to extremely bright lights, like the backscatter of a laser beam, the flare of an arc welder, or an atomic blast, is a genuine health hazard. Sufficient levels of light hitting your optic nerve can literally burn the inside of your retina, and do similar damage to delicate camera sensors.
Exposure to these flash blindness risks without eye protection all have the same effect; a blinding flash inflicts 2d3 Thermal Damage at Intensity 2 to your eyes. Sufficient distance or other mitigating factors may reduce the damage to 1d3; a person facing a laser impact site is likely to be blinded outright, while those who were looking away at a nearby wall may only be temporarily blinded.
TO BE CLEAR: All laser weapons capable of inflicting any level of Damage in the game rules have this blinding risk. If you could see the impact site, now you can’t. Wear your flash glasses.

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

im having the valkyrie snipers all run light without the backpacks, groundsheets, or helmets, part of the thing where i try to give all the gunner types themed gear

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

first of the valkyrie sniper poses. the regular squad snipers will have these modified rifles, but more specialized ones will have needle rifles

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

first new valkyrie in a while now that im back home and my brain seems to have stabilized. it turns out my geometry node for ammo belts doesn't work perfectly for fully closed loops, but im making some improvements as i go

a valkyrie gunner with machine gun, and a belt of ammunition slung over her shoulder

a rear view shows off the ammo belt better

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

AHAHAHA YES YEEEEEEES this new belt tech has made the machine gunners so much cooler! also, yes, among the gunners will be 6 of these. if you're proxying them they can be used as regular troops or as alternates for autogun/boltgun sergeants

even though they're soviets, i couldn't help myself, i had to do the classic vietnam-era pigman shooting pose, raining brass and screaming while shooting

also, i made an empty belt to feed out the other side, because i love that they're space futuretroops but their guns work like a fucking vickers MK1

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH YEAH YEAH after spending so long fucking around with arrays and curves i've cast all that bullshit aside and made a perfectly functional and completely consistent method for ammo belts and i had to use a 'rotate rotation' node because blender knows no gods and no laws

its actually a very simple node tree i'm just a dumbass

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

halfway done these gunners. gonna have fun making some scarred and/or borg'd up ones in the back half; it's a dangerous job!

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

oven mitt for plasma gunners! hoping the pattern is deep enough that it'll work on the minis

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

okay, here's my 5 grenadier poses so far. i'm unsure what i'd do for a sixth pose, but i did do six radios and six medics so it feels weird not to do an equal amount for all the gunners. i'd appreciate suggestions

six poses; shooting, running, aiming, standing by, and reloading

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

making slow progress now that im not completely unconscious at all times. still trying to get that nice mix of highly dynamic and more basic poses, and debating if i'm doing 5 or 6 of each weapon

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

WIP, i've decided to add a few more basic rifle infantry (bringing it to 35 or 40) as i poke at the gunners and sergeants, to get in some of the new accessories like the gas masks and also just pad out the numbers

a half-made valkyrie trooper with gas mask and bayonet

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

well, its not much, but i managed to get a new valkyrie posed after, uh, a couple of weeks of being completely unable to do anything yay!

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

there we go, all the valkyrie specialists in one shot. i think i've come around on this kit; the coats make good canvases for doing camo patterns and they have an endearing level of skrunkle about them

all 6 medics and 6 radio operators for the valkyries

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

12/12 valkyrie specialists, yay they're all done! i think 6 medics and 6 radio operations *should* be sufficient for normal reasonable people? and hey i can always add more later if i really need to

two valkyrie radio operators, one talking into her headset and the other at the ready with their carbine

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

i can't even imagine trying to convert metal minis, as much as i enjoy painting them; i just made and printed this one instead (it did let me do this dumb gag with the paper banner though)

a 3d printed cadian standard bearer with a 2nd ed boxart inspired regimental standard

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

10/12 valkyrie specialists. just two more and its finally time to enter the endless hell of gunners and sergeants

two valkyrie radio operators, one pointing with binoculars in hand and the other advancing with weapon at the hip

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

8/12 valkyrie specialists done, which means all the line medics are complete. the reason the medic on the right has extra lasguns is because soviet medics early in the war were also tasked with retrieving weapons from the field!

two valkyrie medics, one kneeling and scanning the area, the other loaded down with retrieved weapons

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