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ARCHIVE No.010
THE RETURN OF THE FORGOTTEN

DOCUMENTATION RECOVERED:

In the hours following activation, the first isolated forms were joined by a continuous stream of Progenitors.

They did not emerge in disorder.

Smaller creatures spread into the surrounding ground while larger forms remained near the Vertebral Gate. The Cerebrant continued operating the mechanisms at its base as the passage remained open.

Sekhaton once gathered around the site as pilgrims now moved alongside the returned Progenitors. Excavations began around nearby ruins and buried structures.

Similar activity was soon reported farther north.

The Progenitors were not entering an unknown world. They were returning to one they still recognised.

Observation was terminated when the number of emerging forms made continued surveillance impossible.

By the time the last record was recovered, the site could no longer be considered an isolated manifestation.

Something forgotten had returned to southern Akhaemia.

And it had already begun to spread.

Observation concluded.

NOTE:

This is the 10th ARCHIVE, and I wanted to make this one a little more special. For the past week I have been working on this diorama as a single complete scene with it's own story.

The portal was probably the most experimental part. I wanted it to feel less like an ordinary magical gateway and more like a heavy organic mass, using layered PVA+UHU and UV resin to build the surface and the membranes around the creatures still emerging from it.

Most importantly, thank you to everyone who has joined me through these first ten records. Seeing more people follow, comment, share ideas and become part of the ARCHIVE has meant a lot.

Ten entries in, and this still feels like the beginning.

There are much deeper parts of the collection left to uncover.

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Miniatures by @bestiarum.games
Concept art by @darsula
Progenitor Cerebrant sculpted by @theartofrao
Progenitor Pursuers sculpted by @akshay.moran
Vertebral Gate sculpted by @cbasttianp

Enamels by @villainy_ink & @grimdark_compendium

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ARCHIVE No.003
A HYMN TO THE FRUIT

DOCUMENTATION RECOVERED:

The subject travelled between isolated settlements, announcing its arrival with the strike of a gilded gong.

It offered the Crimson Fruit as relief from hunger, sickness, and despair. Those who accepted it soon joined the procession willingly.

The horse beneath the subject showed severe signs of starvation, yet repeatedly refused the fruit.

Congregation response: devoted.
Mount response: resistant.

NOTES:

This was one of those projects I believed was finished until I saw it properly through the camera.

After the first photographs, I returned to the cloak. The original red looked too clean and too uniform beside the rest of the miniature, so I dulled it down and added uneven staining, grime, fading, and wear. I wanted the fabric to feel old, heavy, and repeatedly dragged through dirt rather than like a freshly painted ceremonial garment.

I also pushed the skin slightly further with a slight layer of super glue for a gloss finish. The intention was to separate the swollen flesh from the dry fabric, tarnished bronze, bone, rope, and exhausted horse. The slight wetness made the body feel more unhealthy and physically uncomfortable.

The miniature became largely an exercise in balancing competing textures while keeping them inside the same muted grimdark palette. The crimson vestments and gilded details still needed to draw attention, but without appearing clean or untouched by the corruption surrounding them.

The horse may be the quietest element of the sculpt, but it is probably my favourite part of its story.

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Miniature by @bestiarum.games
Sculpt by @cbasttianp

Painted with @citadel_paints & @akinteractive.official

Enamels by @villainy_ink & @grimdark_compendium

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#grimdarkpainting #miniaturepainting #bestiarum
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-A mere five days have passed and the felled visceral remains of Scavengers and Medicae-troops alike remain in undying stasis as pheromones from the mutants exude from their ever-rupturing flesh.

Feral and violent as they are - these specimens which we released merely for data retrieval on the Tribes of the Black Canyons beneath our Hemotech Cathedral - they now seem to have found equilibrium. Balance. A concerning place amongst the Scavengers as worshipped beasts of the land.

A mere five days.

We fear further exposure to the low lands and its chemical fog will push their evolution beyond our projected, and acceptable, risk evaluations.

Progress on our genetic eradication unit is near complete.
We must finalise its incinerating capabilities and flight mode-“

“Sir, reports show large numbers of Scavengers and waste-walkers making their way up the slopes. They seem…

To be led by the specimens…”

-Proximity alarms thrum-

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Here is the final of the 3 mutants, and my own favourite of the bunch!

Let me know which of these 3 Mutants was your favourite!!

Tomorrow the final close-up photos, along with a few last tips and points regarding the used techniques and approach.

I definitely had a lot of (quick) fun on these models from @bestiarum.games and the design of them by @darsula which were subsequently brought to 3D printable life by @cbasttianp really are some amazing pieces to try such macabre techniques and recipes on.

Our Horror-Art collective over at @conclave_obscura will give you ample other inspiration for many more styles and techniques also! Check out some of the amazing creators that really push the envelope on atmosphere, technique, and presentation!

See you tomorrow, and after that: “Project Adam” 💀

#miniaturepainters #grimdark #conclaveobscura #horrorminiatures #horrorartists
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“Behind the Hemotech Cathedral, beyond winding disposal pipelines that carry failures and discarded material, a slope resting between the thighs of a fissure in the soils of the Waste-Scapes.

The facility above ejects three experiments into the lands below - not as failures, but as evaluations.
How will the scavenger clans of the black canyons deal with these abominations, these mutants made of decay and man.

Let us keep a close eye on it for the 6 days….”

Whats up folks! It’s time for a “return to form” as I took this model, and the next 2, as a chance to apply techniques such as Oil Pencil veins, multi layer skin work using my PVA Layering technique as well as my PVA Flesh Peel Technique on “regular size models” as I’ve had some questions over the last year if all these techniques I use actually work on standard tabletop size.

Well, It does, of course using such tech techniques on a face, or single arm of say a Space Marine may not be “worth it” but it’s definitely still possible.

Over the next 6 days I will post one of the Three Mutant Test Subjects every day at 18:00 CEST

Cycling as such: 1 reel with small lore, and 1 (close up) photo post with recipe and technique details. X3

This reminded me my initial Test Subjects series last March-2025 which perhaps not my best works; but they laid the foundation back then for all these PVA techniques! Check those older posts out and read the story if thats your thing too!

Don’t expect “much” as these dudes are pretty small and I can only fit so much of my happy go lucky puppies and gumdrops on them 😇

Join us in the dark halls of @conclave_obscura where we all Share, Inspire, and Amplify with dark, and macabre artworks of all disciplines!

Models by @bestiarum.games 
Concept by @darsula 
Sculpted by @cbasttianp 
Printed by @thepaintingtedd 

Much love to @the_alchemical_brush for listening to me rant on about how small these dudes were
And check out @squigloverminis who also does amazing fleshwork with his own renditions of the fundamentals of these techniques!

See you Tomorrow at 18:00 for the photos!

🤘 Ex Tenebris Artium 🤘

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#bestiarumgames #ngorroth #twitchinghusk #saltwich #bestiarum #conclaveobscura #grimdarkcompendium #grimdark #villainyink #grimdarkcommunity #krautcover #lovecraft #tentacle

A boat arrives in Saltwich.
Doors open which stay closed normally.
They creep to recieve the blessing of the Boatman.
Look, there is twitching Old Barnabas!
Nobody has seen him since the Brine Hags’s song lured him into the waves last fall.
Somehow he has changed. -  Sculpt: @cbasttianp  Print: @thepaintingtedd
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These are NOT my models! Well, they kind of are because they were given to me, but I didn't sculpt them :) 🎁 My former colleagues from the 3D Art team at Efecto Studios modeled these dinosaurs for me! Thanks to the world's coolest 3D team, I'm going to miss you guys so much! It was a beautiful surprise, I didn't expect it, but the best gift is that you all finished a challenge without me putting any pressure on you 😅 I know some of you since you were my students, and it hurts a lot to have to say goodbye after all these years of learning together and friendship. Love you all, and I will take you with me in dino-form to everywhere I travel from now on 😭☺️🌞💙
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