Servants of the Imperium

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Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:19:10 GMT

So I've finally got the work pc hooked up and it still works! So SotI is back up and running. GLEE!I went to see Inception last night, which was very, very good. I heartily recommend it.Slowly getting used to the new house. And the new internet connection. Slowly.Also, a bit late I know, but the trailer for the new Space Marine game is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnfniAbzYX8" target="_blank">awesome</a>. Really looks like it could be a kickass game.Oh, and <a href="http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/" target="_blank">Unspeakabe Vault</a> has done a 40k strip. Arf!-Edit- Also, <a href="http://wetcorps.deviantart.com" target="_blank">Wetcorps</a> on Deviant Art has drawn a brilliant picture of Krin. Check it out!. Anyone want to draw Severus, Lyle or any other SotI characters? Please do so and send me a link!

#106: Best served cold

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:16:04 GMT

Almost done

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:20:44 GMT

Well, we're all moved in, but there are still some boxes to unpack and some bags of clothes waiting for the new wardrobes to arrive. I hate moving house.Something cheered my up though; <a href="http://ceressiass.deviantart.com" target="_blank">ceressiass</a> on DeviantArt has drawn some awesome fanart of everyone's favourite synthskin-clad assassin. Go check it out!I will hopefully get the next strip up sometime soon, but currently my work PC is still in its component parts on the floor, seeing as the new house is a bit... smaller... than the old one.More new soon.

Sunburn and cardboard boxes

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:47:32 GMT

Still packing, but we took some time out to have a BBQ at my parents, which was nice. Rhi and I both forgot our suncream, however, and are now starting to go a lovely red/pink colour. Stupid sun!No strip now for possibly 2 weeks, until we get settled in the new house, reconnected to the internet and so on.I'll keep you posted.

#105: Where's Bob?

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:42:42 GMT

Erf, packing

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:12:21 GMT

No strip today I'm afraid; I need to work on a few things including renovating my portfolio, packing for the move to the new house and a project I'm working on that I'll hopefully be talking about in a few weeks.I will hopefully post a strip next week, then there will be a short break as we're moving to a new house, with all the fun and games that involves. I'll keep you all updated though.

Tossing Krin a Bone... eww

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:41:16 GMT

Every now and then I have to toss Krin (and his fanbase, apparently) a bone by letting him get a hug from Brianna. Not that any kind of display of affection from her lasts long.So more and more details about the new Warhammer 40,000 MMO game <a href="http://www.darkmillenniumonline.com/" target="_blank">Dark Millennium Online</a> are coming to light, and I'm still not sure where I stand on this game. So it sounds like there are two sides; 'Order' (in the Imperium? PAH!) and 'Destruction', and the four playable races are divided between them. So we have Eldar and Spess Muhrines on one side, and Orks and Chaos on the other. Fine. Not original but I can work with that. Apparently the Tyranids also make an appearance, as an NPC faction of badguys. Yeah, that works as well. No way (as much as I like them) that you could have a player-controlable 'Nid character.Still, it just doesn't feel right to me. I'd have prefered a Dark Heresy-inspired MMO set in an Imperial Hive or something...Ah well, I'll probably play it anyway!

#104: Awww

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:35:04 GMT

Slappity slap

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:30:47 GMT

It was really fun drawing Twink and Bri smack the crap out of each other!People really seem to like the Dork Millennium strip I posted; if you have any other ideas for future spins on the MMO future of 40K, send them in and I might turn out a few more!

#103: Smackdown

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:28:07 GMT

Dork Millennium

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:18:10 GMT

Ever since I saw the E3 Dark Millennium Online trailer I've been thinking about MMOs, the kind of players they can attract and what would happen if those players were unleashed upon the Imperium of Mankind.I drew a strip based on those thoughts, it was fun to draw. It was also nice to be able to finally use the Space Marines I drew a while ago in a strip. I decided to turn them into Black Templars for the strip, but that's not what they originally were.The will hopefully turn up in SotI at some point...--Edit-- Ok, weird, the link won't embed. Here's the strip: www.evilscary.deviantart.com/#/d2s12ug

Who do you serve?

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:28:16 GMT

So the trailer for the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWTwg7ZvEBc" target="_blank">40k MMO</a> is out... Hmm. Looks like World of Warcraft and Dawn of War had a baby.Not sure if I'll buy it, but interesting to see nonetheless.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBGvAJ6-SsY" target="_blank">This</a> however, is definately something I'll pick up! Damn that is one epic trailer.Hell I keep watching new trailers and each one seems to top the last one. The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6JTvzrpBy0" target="_blank">Deus Ex 3</a> trailer. Is. Fucking. Amazing.

Title check... failed

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:34:14 GMT

I'm having a lot of fun writing the comic at the moment; I've had the next few strips planned for a while and finally drawing them out is great!I went down to Winchester this morning to watch my wife, Rhiannon, run in the Race for Life; a 6km run for the charity Cancer Research UK. Rhi managed the run in 36 minutes! Pretty good, especially since this is her first run of this kind!

#102: Whupass imminent

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:31:33 GMT

Next time, on Alan Wake...

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:39:13 GMT

Just finished Alan Wake. Really, really good although it was VERY short, which considering there is a DLC release lined up next month kinda bugs me! Also the ending is obviously lining up for a sequal, which usually bugs me with games but considering how Alan Wake is a homage to series such as X-files and Twin Peaks I can forgive it.Also good to see that most readers have responded favourably to the latest strip!

Is it Bear with me or Bare with me?

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:18:40 GMT

Well, here goes. Hopefully I haven't just 'Pulled a Buckley' with this strip. I hope all of my readers will bear with me; don't go sending in any hostile emails just yet!I've had this weeks strip planned for months, but actually drawing the thing was still hard. I know they've only been in the strip for a little while, but killing off one of the Juves was surprisingly hard to do! I'm a big softy really.Still playing through Alan Wake, which is still brilliant, although a bit disappointingly short. I'm on the final act and it's only taken me 5 days of on-off gaming. I know some DLC is planned very shortly, but why the hell didn't Remedy just include it in the release?

#101: ...he fell

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:13:44 GMT

Some thoughts

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:13:07 GMT

I've been following 8-bit Theatre for... god... years now. I love it and it was a shame when it finally came to an end. Now Brian's finally posted <a href="http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/06/01/the-epilogue/" target="_blank">the epilogue</a> and it's really, really good. Tidy's everything up wonderfully, and BM and Fighter are still best-buds. Plus hand-drawn. It made me go "D'awww".I finally got my hands on Alan Wake this week. Still playing through it but boy is it good. Really atmospheric and I love the episode format. It's like playing through X-files/ Twin Peaks.

The End

Sun, 30 May 2010 02:24:59 GMT

That's it. I got bored of writing this comic so I'm killing off the cast and calling it a day. . . . .Hah! Gotcha! Don't worry folks, I'm just kidding! Still, I don't want you to think everyone's going to walk away from the speeder crash...In other news I watched the Ultramarines Teaser Trailer yesterday, which was... brief. Still, it's the best attempt at a 40k movie for a few years, and with Dan Abnett doing the writing it has promise. Fingers crossed.I was sad to hear that Dennis Hopper passed away yesterday. I always liked him and he played a great gallery of badguys.Anyhoo, here's to another 100 strips!

#100: The End...

Sun, 30 May 2010 02:17:52 GMT

99 strips!

Sun, 23 May 2010 02:12:20 GMT

Well, number 99 eh? Who'd have thought I'd make it this far?Not much happening at the moment, except for England enjoying some lovely hot weather for a change! The wife and I are making the most of it while we can by barbecuing everything and anything. Well... steak, corn and burgers, but it's the thought that counts.MMm, steak.

#099: Meanwhile...

Sun, 23 May 2010 02:07:14 GMT

Titletastic

Sun, 16 May 2010 09:27:19 GMT

Strip's up!Not too much to report, except strip 100 is now only 2 weeks away! Yikes!

#098: Dude, where's my speeder

Sun, 16 May 2010 09:25:14 GMT

Come firewalk with me

Sun, 09 May 2010 11:02:24 GMT

I'm feeling better, but still have a nasty cough and a case of the sniffles. Thanks to everyone who emailed last week with get well wishes!I've been watching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DSR45ZF0r8" target="_blank">Bright Falls</a> while off sick; it's a prequal to the upcoming game Alan Wake, which I heard about a few years ago (in developement since 2005? Yikes), but have taken a serious look at recently. I'm not sure if it looks like either a really cool new horror/ thriller game with decent Twin Peaks overtones, or if it's just a rather out-of-date Silent Hill clone. I think I'll watch the other 3 Bright Falls episodes when they come out and maybe pick up the game...Also, reading House of Leaves at the moment... mindbending to say the least!