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- Brother chaplain?
- Yes, brother?
- Is shipping Veridyan x Kayvaan a heretical endeavor?
- Your crackship is bold, brother, but the Emperor approves it.
Well I guess building a space marine as a companion to the battle sister was just a matter of time.
The design is a free interpretation of Kayvaan Shrike, Chapter Master of the Raven Guard. Among all the WH40K space marine character, he’s the one that better fits my anime sensibilities.
Baalbek, Lebanon.
As early as 9000 BC, Baalbek was a place for worship and became a cornerstone of ancient civilizations. Located in modern day Lebanon, the ruins stand tall as an archaeological wonder with towering monuments and impressive columns.
Up until 150 BC, the site was a temple dedicated to the Phoenician Astarte and Baal. It is not hard to imagine that the wreaths and sacrifices carried out for Astarte the goddess of fertility and war were then shifted to Venus during the Roman colonization. Subsequently, the temple was brought into the Christian era with Constantine the Great’s influence on the Roman Empire. That is up until 637 AD when Islamic rule led to the use of the site as a reinforced fortress and a Mosque was added.
Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek
The decline of these ruins began when the temple passed to the Ottoman Empire, it was abandoned and left in ruins. In addition, earthquakes, storms and natural forces continued to tear the site apart until 1898. That year marked a visit from the German Emperor Wilhelm II, who pioneered the attempt of restoring Baalbek and preserving it.
In terms of architecture the greatest temples at the site are the Temples of Jupiter, Bacchus and Venus. The sheer magnitude of these have created something of a puzzle for archaeologists as they continuously theorize as to how rocks of this grandeur could have been carved and assembled. For example, the temple of Jupiter is surrounded by 54 columns which stand at nearly 23 meters high and are considered some of the largest in the world. The temple of Bacchus stands out from the rest as it is so well preserved and is adorned with beautiful carvings that date back to the Roman Empire.
Baalbek, Ruins
Today, the ruins of Baalbek still stand as one of Lebanon’s most prized historical treasures. The place is always alive with music festivals and folklore-related activities. Tourists and locals alike flock for the chance of seeing the picturesque sunset behind those ancient columns. Walking through this sacred site, one can’t help but picture all the different peoples who have worshiped here at the alters of their Gods.
For video, please visit youtu.be/76bkHN7xfxQ
My third Rhino. Based on the Deimos kit from Forge World and converted using green stuff and etched brass.
Free download under CC Attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit the artist and rawpixel.com.
Born in Florence to American expatriate parents, John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) is considered Europe's leading portrait painter of the Edwardian era. He was educated at both Accademia delle Belle Arti and Paris's École des Beaux Arts. While in Paris, under the guidance of Émile–Auguste Carolus–Duran, a portraitist and muralist, Sargent learned to paint directly from observation without first sketching, employing a fluidity, influenced by the Impressionists. Sargent created more than 2,900 paintings, mainly portraits and landscapes from his travels across the Atlantic, Europe, the Middle East and America. We've collected some of his finest public domain paintings in this collection, including his most famous opus, Madame X, they are all available to download under the CC0 license.
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The next member for the tactical squad is the space marine totting a plasma cannon :) Had a lot of fun painting this guy up, especially with OSL on the both the cannon core and plasma coil leading from the back pack :) Also added the left shoulder pad to be red instead of black to denote the heavy weapon status of the marine. Hope you like the mini! As always feedback is welcome and thank you for looking :)
The Two Babylons by Rev. Alexander Hislop (1807–65)
First published in 1853 by the Presbyterian Free Church of Scotland theologian Alexander Hislop.
The central theme of the book is that the ancient Babylonian religion provided the basis for modern day Roman Catholic Christianity.
Whilst discussing the origins of Easter, reference is made to the mystic egg of the Babylonians:
“and thus its tale is told by Hyginus, the Egyptian, the
learned keeper of the Palatine library at Rome in the time of
Augustus, who was skilled in all the wisdom of his native country:
“An egg of wondrous size is said to have fallen from heaven into
the river Euphrates. The fishes rolled it to the bank, where the
doves having settled upon it, and hatched it, out came Venus, who
afterwards was called the Syrian Goddess”*—that is, Astarte.
Hence the egg became one of the symbols of Astarte or Easter; and
accordingly, in Cyprus, one of the chosen seats of the worship of
Venus, or Astarte, the egg of wondrous size was represented on a
grand scale.†
The occult meaning of this mystic egg of Astarte, in one of its
aspects (for it had a twofold significance), had reference to the ark‡
during the time of the flood,”
* HYGINUS, Fabulae, pp. 148, 149.
† From LANDSEER’S Sabean, Researches, p. 80. London, 1823.
‡ BRYANT, vol. iii. p. 161.
Babylonian Religion - the Basis for Modern Day Roman Catholic Christianity?
Based on Hislop’s premise in “The Two Babylons”, could the wondrous egg of VENUS falling from HEAVEN into the Euphrates, rolled to the banks by the fishes and hatched by the DOVES (as described by Hyginus) provide an alternative source for the Biblical story of NOAH’S ARK?
From the 17th century star charts of Johannes Hevelius, COLUMBA the DOVE can clearly be seen located next to the celestial star ship ARGO NAVIS.
In Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius (published 1660), Argo Navis is even labelled up as “Arca Nöe”.
Was the wondrous sized egg in actual fact a STAR-SHIP from VENUS endeavouring to escape a planetary cataclysm?
Perhaps there were other star-ships with colonisers from Venus.
Hence the Ishtar Egg Hunt?
The EVE of the Colonisers – the QUEEN from HEAVEN.
The true meaning of EVE-olution?
THE QUEENS OF HEAVEN
ASTARTE – INANNA - ISHTAR (EASTER) – VENUS – APHRODITE – the VIRGIN MARY
Astarte - the Queen of Heaven to whom the Canaanites burned offerings and poured libations (Jeremiah 44).
Astarte was worshiped in Egypt and Ugarit and among the Hittites, as well as in Canaan. Her Akkadian counterpart was Ishtar. Later she became assimilated with the Egyptian deities Isis and Hathor (a goddess of the sky and of women), and in the Greco-Roman world with Aphrodite, Artemis and Juno.
Ref: www.britannica.com/topic/Astarte-ancient-deity
Inanna was also known as the Queen of Heaven and was the patron goddess of the Eanna temple at the city of Uruk, which was her main cult centre. She was associated with the planet Venus and her most prominent symbols included the lion and the eight-pointed star. Her husband was the god Dumuzid (later known as Tammuz).
Inanna was originally worshiped in Sumer and later by the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians under the name Ishtar.
The Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa referred to the planet Venus in the tablet as the "bright queen of the sky" or "bright Queen of Heaven".
Aphrodite was syncretized with the Roman goddess Venus. The cult of Aphrodite was largely derived from that of the Phoenician goddess Astarte, a cognate of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar, whose cult was based on the Sumerian cult of Inanna.
The Virgin Mary - Queen of Heaven (Latin: Regina Caeli) - a title given by the Catholic Church.
Classical paintings of the ‘Coronation of the Virgin’ often associate the Virgin Mary with Columba the Dove.
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First member of the Terminator squad in the new colour scheme. Rather then go all grey I have added more white to the armour to show the fact that he is part of the 1st Company. Also worked in the NMM Gold as usual. Hope you like it! And as always thank you for looking and hope you like the mini :)
Second squad of Raptors/Assault Berzerkers for my World Eaters. Used the fantastic new plastic Raptors combined with various bitz from Skullcrushers and Forge World upgrades.
Ivory panel depicting a popular Phoenician theme, a woman with Egyptian-style hair looking out of a balustraded window, possibly a sacred prostitute, connected with Ishtar, goddess of fertility, sexuality and war and counterpart of the Semitic goddess Astarte.
Found in the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud, the site of the ancient Assyrian capital of Kalhu, northern Iraq, 9th-8th century BC.
October 4, 2012, Canon 7D.
Space Marine (blue one) - this is my first attempt at assembling and painting a Warhammer 40,000 (40k) miniature.
The Kroot Carnivore (green one) is my girlfriend Penny's first attempt too.
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon 35-80mm f/4-5.6
Close-up Filter: Hoya +4
I use my photos as inspiration and reference for my paintings which can be seen at:
Ophrys astarte
Family:Orchidacae
A slender orchid.A variable number of flowers in a relatively lax spike. Sepals rose to green or white, Side lobes with straight or outcurved apices.
Akamas,Cyprus.
Details on following portrait:
Midsummer Eve, 1908 by Edward Robert Hughes Framed Painting
Pagan features taken alongside the Midsummer Eve portrait of the plausible moon goddesses; Isis, Diana, Artemis, Astarte, Hekate, Inanna, Arianrhod, Sanskrit, Rhiannon, Mother Earth, Gaia
~Yggdrasil is the mythical tree that connects the nine worlds in Norse cosmology.
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Well I have finally changed my commander... again I know! But this should be the last version of my Chapter Master. I altered it again as I still was not happy with the previous model. It was too busy and the composition was not what I wanted, and for want of a better phrase, it did not feel right.
This time it came out much more to what I wanted. It is a combination of both the commander and sanguinary guard kits, plus some parts from the grey knights. Overall very happy with the mini this time. Shall begin work on the Vanguard Unit that will accompany him on the battlefield.
Anyway hope you like the mini and thank you for looking! :)
Baalbek, Temple of Jupiter
Baalbek or Baalbeck is a town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon situated east of the Litani River. Known as Heliopolis during the period of Roman rule, it was one of the largest sanctuaries in the empire and contains some of the best preserved Roman ruins in Lebanon. The gods that were worshipped at the temple – Jupiter, Venus, and Bacchus – were grafted onto the indigenous deities of Hadad (Baal), Astarte, and a young male god of fertility. Local influences are seen in the planning and layout of the temples, which vary from the classic Roman design.
After Alexander the Great conquered the Near East in 334 BC, the existing settlement was named Heliopolis from helios, Greek for sun, and polis, Greek for city. The city retained its religious function during Greco-Roman times, when the sanctuary of the Heliopolitan Jupiter-Baal was a pilgrimage site. Starting in the last quarter of the 1st century BC (reign of Augustus) and over a period of two centuries (reign of Philip the Arab), the Romans had built a temple complex in Baalbek consisting of three temples: Jupiter, Bacchus and Venus. On a nearby hill, they built a fourth temple dedicated to Mercury.
The greatest of the three temples was sacred to Jupiter Baal, ("Heliopolitan Zeus"), identified here with the sun, and was constructed during the first century AD (completed circa 60 AD) on top of a podium and foundations presumably from a previous temple of undetermined origin or date. With it were associated a temple to Venus and a lesser temple in honor of Bacchus. Thus three Eastern deities were worshipped in Roman guise: thundering Jove, the god of storms, stood in for Baal-Hadad, Venus for Astarte and Bacchus for Anatolian Dionysus.
The original number of Jupiter columns was 54 columns. The architrave and frieze blocks weigh up to 60 tons each, and one corner block over 100 tons, all of them raised to a height of 19 m above the ground.
(source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baalbek)
Baalbek, Temple of Bacchus
Baalbek or Baalbeck is a town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon situated east of the Litani River. Known as Heliopolis during the period of Roman rule, it was one of the largest sanctuaries in the empire and contains some of the best preserved Roman ruins in Lebanon. The gods that were worshipped at the temple – Jupiter, Venus, and Bacchus – were grafted onto the indigenous deities of Hadad (Baal), Astarte, and a young male god of fertility. Local influences are seen in the planning and layout of the temples, which vary from the classic Roman design.
After Alexander the Great conquered the Near East in 334 BC, the existing settlement was named Heliopolis from helios, Greek for sun, and polis, Greek for city. The city retained its religious function during Greco-Roman times, when the sanctuary of the Heliopolitan Jupiter-Baal was a pilgrimage site. Starting in the last quarter of the 1st century BC (reign of Augustus) and over a period of two centuries (reign of Philip the Arab), the Romans had built a temple complex in Baalbek consisting of three temples: Jupiter, Bacchus and Venus. On a nearby hill, they built a fourth temple dedicated to Mercury.
The Temple of Bacchus was commissioned by Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and designed by an unknown architect and built close to the courtyard in front of the larger temple of Jupiter-Baal. The period of construction is generally considered between 150 CE to 250 CE. When the temple complex fell into disrepair, the Temple of Bacchus was protected by the rubble of the rest of the site's ruins. The temple is slightly smaller than Temple of Jupiter and is 66m long, 35m wide, and 31m high. Its walls are adorned by forty-two unfluted Corinthian columns, nineteen of which remain upright in position standing 19 m high. The columns support a richly carved entablature. Inside, the cella is decorated with Corinthian half-columns flanking two levels of niches on each side, containing scenes from the birth and life of Bacchus. The adyton (inner shrine) stands above a flight of steps. Some historic Roman coins depict the structure of this temple along with Temple of Jupiter.
(sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baalbek and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Bacchus)
Finally finished my Chapter Librarian in Terminator Armour! This was the finecast version so made sure to take my time and get in all the detail and the ornate armour. Though instead of finishing the whole armour in blue the right arm was painted in grey and shoulder in NMM gold to match the rest of the army. Thank you for looking and hope you like the model :)
World Eaters Chaos Kharybdis. This model took some sweet time to complete. A lot of small convesion work adding World Eaters and Khorne iconography, sculpting the golden trims etc. Gorgeous piece of Forge World engineering.
The next member for the tactical squad is the space marine totting a plasma cannon :) Had a lot of fun painting this guy up, especially with OSL on the both the cannon core and plasma coil leading from the back pack :) Also added the left shoulder pad to be red instead of black to denote the heavy weapon status of the marine. Hope you like the mini! As always feedback is welcome and thank you for looking :)
The Amphis' Bane pattern is almost twice as tall as the more common Casta Ferrum pattern and about five times that of a normal Astartes.
My third Rhino. Based on the Deimos kit from Forge World and converted using green stuff and etched brass.
Baalbek, Lebanon.
As early as 9000 BC, Baalbek was a place for worship and became a cornerstone of ancient civilizations. Located in modern day Lebanon, the ruins stand tall as an archaeological wonder with towering monuments and impressive columns.
Up until 150 BC, the site was a temple dedicated to the Phoenician Astarte and Baal. It is not hard to imagine that the wreaths and sacrifices carried out for Astarte the goddess of fertility and war were then shifted to Venus during the Roman colonization. Subsequently, the temple was brought into the Christian era with Constantine the Great’s influence on the Roman Empire. That is up until 637 AD when Islamic rule led to the use of the site as a reinforced fortress and a Mosque was added.
Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek
The decline of these ruins began when the temple passed to the Ottoman Empire, it was abandoned and left in ruins. In addition, earthquakes, storms and natural forces continued to tear the site apart until 1898. That year marked a visit from the German Emperor Wilhelm II, who pioneered the attempt of restoring Baalbek and preserving it.
In terms of architecture the greatest temples at the site are the Temples of Jupiter, Bacchus and Venus. The sheer magnitude of these have created something of a puzzle for archaeologists as they continuously theorize as to how rocks of this grandeur could have been carved and assembled. For example, the temple of Jupiter is surrounded by 54 columns which stand at nearly 23 meters high and are considered some of the largest in the world. The temple of Bacchus stands out from the rest as it is so well preserved and is adorned with beautiful carvings that date back to the Roman Empire.
Baalbek, Ruins
Today, the ruins of Baalbek still stand as one of Lebanon’s most prized historical treasures. The place is always alive with music festivals and folklore-related activities. Tourists and locals alike flock for the chance of seeing the picturesque sunset behind those ancient columns. Walking through this sacred site, one can’t help but picture all the different peoples who have worshiped here at the alters of their Gods.
For video, please visit youtu.be/76bkHN7xfxQ
My third Rhino. Based on the Deimos kit from Forge World and converted using green stuff and etched brass.
The Two Babylons by Rev. Alexander Hislop (1807–65)
First published in 1853 by the Presbyterian Free Church of Scotland theologian Alexander Hislop.
The central theme of the book is that the ancient Babylonian religion provided the basis for modern day Roman Catholic Christianity.
Whilst discussing the origins of Easter, reference is made to the mystic egg of the Babylonians:
“and thus its tale is told by Hyginus, the Egyptian, the
learned keeper of the Palatine library at Rome in the time of
Augustus, who was skilled in all the wisdom of his native country:
“An egg of wondrous size is said to have fallen from heaven into
the river Euphrates. The fishes rolled it to the bank, where the
doves having settled upon it, and hatched it, out came Venus, who
afterwards was called the Syrian Goddess”*—that is, Astarte.
Hence the egg became one of the symbols of Astarte or Easter; and
accordingly, in Cyprus, one of the chosen seats of the worship of
Venus, or Astarte, the egg of wondrous size was represented on a
grand scale.†
The occult meaning of this mystic egg of Astarte, in one of its
aspects (for it had a twofold significance), had reference to the ark‡
during the time of the flood,”
* HYGINUS, Fabulae, pp. 148, 149.
† From LANDSEER’S Sabean, Researches, p. 80. London, 1823.
‡ BRYANT, vol. iii. p. 161.
Babylonian Religion - the Basis for Modern Day Roman Catholic Christianity?
Based on Hislop’s premise in “The Two Babylons”, could the wondrous egg of VENUS falling from Heaven into the Euphrates, rolled to the banks by the fishes and hatched by the doves (as described by Hyginus) provide an alternative source for the Biblical story of NOAH’S ARK?
From the 17th century star charts of Johannes Hevelius, COLUMBA the DOVE can clearly be seen located next to the celestial star ship ARGO NAVIS.
In Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius (published 1660), Argo Navis is even labelled up as “Arca Nöe”.
Was the wondrous sized egg in actual fact a STAR-SHIP from VENUS endeavouring to escape a planetary cataclysm?
Perhaps there were other star-ships with colonisers from Venus.
Hence the Ishtar Egg Hunt?
The EVE of the Colonisers – the QUEEN from HEAVEN.
The true meaning of EVE-olution?
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