It was odd to him how despite the sound of weapons fire, the sounds of men screaming, and the din of explosions that it all seemed to fade away as he sprinted across the broken ground. Only the sounds of his labored breathing were a constant beneath his Gas Mask, almost drowning out almost everything else. The pounding of his heart was still there of course, and with that erratic beat he felt the fear of death. It was the duty of every man of Krieg within the Death Korps to die in the hopes of washing away the shame of the actions of their ancestors, but to live so that one might continue to serve and to smite the foes of the Emperor was of equal import.

"Mighty Emperor, spread Your divine light to protect me from the darkness." He said, reciting the Litany of Protection as he ascended the side of a shell crater, scrambling to keep pace with the rest of the advancing line even as he strangely felt his heartbeat steady.

"Give me the strength to carry my duty through, and smite those who seek to thwart me!" The Litany of Duty this time, his tone rising as even as he saw the Heretic trenches before him. He heard the voices of his brothers and sisters in his ears, shouting the prayer with him.

"Smite the Foe! Smash the enemy! For the Emperor we bring death!" A chorus of voices sung the Incantation of Battle in a righteous roar as they finally plunged down and in to the Heretic trench. Lasguns barked, steel plunged in to the flesh of the hated foe, grenades detonated... But the line was taken, and the process would begin anew.

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I finally had the opportunity to throw some money at higthnekohnz again, and now that I'm on a 40k kick with the upcoming new plastic Death Korps Figures, I thought it high time to get some work of an old character of mine from a Dark Heresy game I played back in college. 224786-231B or 'Mauger' as he was informally referred to was a former manufactorum worker on Krieg who rejected his place on his homeworld, snuck aboard a troop ship bound for some far-flung world and was summarily forced to join the 55th upon being discovered. Well, join or be 'processed' for corpse starch anyway.

I've got some more images planned of him, so be sure to keep an eye out!

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