#kelarchi

[enkinaru]

Orsha Haas, tactician of 131th Retribution blade, preparing for her next deployment (she's getting high on stimulants)

[enkinaru]

is it naked aliens time? i think its naked aliens time

[enkinaru]

today doodles

a random bug and a quick kelarchi sketch

wasnt feeling very productive

[enkinaru]

two speakers, settling some dispute in a bout of ritual combat

all kelarchi are born with at least minor psionic abilities and possess a very acute empathy to the others of their kind; due to that peculiarities and their general collectivist mindset, outright conflicts between the kelarchi are extremely uncommon (no, i have absolutely no idea what is that Khala you are talking about)

whatever open confrontations - usually between the higher ranks of speakers contesting eachothers' political decisions - are decided in a heavily regulated ritualized duels. these combats rarely end in any substantial injury, or even spilled blood at all - kelarchi are very much opposed to the idea taking the life of their own kind - with public humiliation of their opponent itself enough to satisfy the winner.

[enkinaru]

i also needed a design for a Melee Unit That Babysits The Warlord

they're basically drukhari incubi, but s m o o t h (and less sociopathic too, i suppose)

[enkinaru]

[some sort of alien eurobeat starts playing]

painted up two Cloudrunners to carry the infantry

kinda like how dynamic their 'poses' ended up

[enkinaru]

[ kelarchi skirmishers wing ]

i am a big fan of "light open topped antigrav with a squad support weapon bolted onto it" type of vehicle

like, pirahnas, land speeders, vypers, the good stuff

soooo i was obligated to make one for the kelarchi, too

[enkinaru]

[ kelarchi sunbreaker ]

Sunbreaker unit is a special division of kelarchi void forces; its members are looked up with a mix of reverence and unease. Acting as a dedicated boarding force, they follow the most brutally straightforward combat doctrine: Sunbreakers teams are teleported on board of hostile vessels, armed with close-quarters weapons, excessive amounts of explosives and an unshakeable faith in their cause, with the sole purpose of causing as much damage as possible before - hopefully - being recalled away.

To be a Sunbreaker is to fight alone, isolated and surrounded, to spill the blood of the enemy up close and to accept a myraid of grisly ways to die at any moment.

(i may or may have not messed up anatomy on this one)