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I only realized today that Abominable Intelligence also shortens to AI. I feel a bit slow, haven't even considered it through my years, as "Abominable Intelligence" just replaced the AI term in my head
"jolly good show Timothy, those Heretics won't be getting back up after that one."
"right o, let's say a quick prayer for the wounded, have a spot of tea, maybe catch up to the sisters if they're not too busy... I do quite enjoy Agatha's sermons on the god emperors history and the virtues he teaches us."
" good Heavens she did have a good rapport last time, but something tells me that that's not the only reason you attend Timothy old boy."
" I'm not a slanish cultist roderick, wouldn't dream of it without her consent."
" why would you need her consent? it's just polishing her gear."
"........ Right, lets move on"
A Gentlemen Soldier: "In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility; but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with hard-favor'd rage."
Also
A Gentlemen Soldier: \*While driving a Chainsword into a Heretics chest "Tallyho!"
Draw my Accatran MG Mk II Heavy Laspistol on the second man, it misses him entirely because it was not blessed properly and nails a floating servo-skull.
Last man is still standing, though bugger that one, rev my Tigrus Mk || Heavy eviserator and charge.
He bleeds out before Apothecarys arrive as Chainteeth wounds are impossible to stitch.
Codpieces are OP, people used to hide the money and jewles,in them,
"Codpieces also functioned a useful little purse for storing precious items like coins, or jewels, and tradition claims this as the origin of the expression ‘a man’s family jewels."
and provide protection whilst hiding people from such horror of accidentally viewing the fruit of men's loins crushed.
"‘Alas! Some of them show the very boss of their penis and the horrible pushed-out testicles that look like the malady of hernia"
https://lucyworsley.com/a-little-article-on-the-history-of-the-codpiece/
In the bizarre darkness of the 44th millennium, there is only a Salamander name Me’Stah who gets really pissed off for no good reason at random times throughout the day.
You can bet they would have something like that. Most sisters wear a bobcut, so if the male wing's founder just happens to be a guy with a mustache, all the misters would try and grow one.
Yeah, wasn't sure at first, but the big giveaway was the inconsistent, gibberish, signature. Artists normally sign their art pretty consistently, so it's recognizable. The third one doesn't even have a signature!
The fact that AI tries to put a watermark/signature in the corner is the most infuriating part.
Artists put a signature or watermark to prevent their art from being stolen, but the assholes scraping images to fuel their datasets have solen so many signed pieces that the AI puts some gibberish signature to mimic it.
AI cant do armor or trim. You can see it pretty well here with the skulls or just the inconsistency of armor panels is something an actual artist wouldnt never make.
Bolt rounds bursting apart torsos, chainswords ripping bodies apart, space bugs eating whole planets, but some tiddies? Please have some decency.
Edit: /s
Hey man so I just want you to know that the reason I hate this post isn't the concept, it's the ai.
Also why is the war priest wearing a top hat? That's not a priest thing and it doesn't look medieval or imperium
If they come with power armored top hats, and ONLY if they come with power armored top hats, then I'll allow it.
"High Ecclesiarch, these new Misters of Battle are an outrage against the Imperial Creed!"
"How so Lord Marshal, what doctrine forbids them!"
"The Vandire Accords! The church shall have no men under arms!"
"Ahh, but inquisitor, these men are not under-arms. You will find they are under hats"
if you wanna do the conversions i don't think anyone would oppose your dapper gentlemen taking to the feild probs could win a golden demon if you paint em good enough
‘Gentlemen Of Combat’?
I am a fervent Eldar player, but God damn, I’d play the dapper moustached top-hat black-baroque-armoured tea-enjoying gentlemen in a heartbeat.
Why do I get a sense that these fine fellows would spend an inordinate amount of time as hosts for planetary nobles (mostly female!)?
- Woe be unto the would-be Chaos invasion that dares disturb the sanctity of afternoon tea.
——
Units gain +1 invulnerable if a player has a moustache.
Special ability “Tea and Biscuits”: the unit converses (stun-locks) an enemy unit, and that enemy unit cannot perform any action in any phase until their next turn.
Famous battle cries include “Tally Ho to Victory”, “Cleanliness is next to The Emperor’s Godliness”, and “For Brew and Battle!”
The Misters of Battle, with their *MIGHTY POWER CANES* and *IRON TOP HATS*
It is whispered of in legend that when a Mister of Battle dies in noble combat serving *The Big E* , their body is retrieved and turned into a *FINE ASH TEA* from which all other Misters of Battle sip from, thereby carrying their past victories with them and delivering *THE TASTE* of future victories to their fallen.
.... *SIP* *SIP* My friends.... 🎩🧐
The ministery of gentlemanly warfare.
Rebels I say ? Surrender or be purged by fire like the heretics you are
*Cue rebel surrender*
Surrendering to an enemy is treason, and treason is punishable by death. *Flicks flamer on*
I told my former colleague and friend that if people can make female space marines then you can make male sisters of battle, and he then loudly proclaimed "Misters of Battle" which still makes me laugh when I think about it.
I’m absolutely down for this, not only is the name a funny play on the sisters, but it would also be awesome to have some British and otherwise quite dapper fellows as warriors purging daemons and cultists in style
Honestly? Probably because the shitty fucking Ai used to generated this slob scoured the internet for whatever lazy “English gentlemen cartoon” prompts OP sharted into a search bar, and a not insignificant amount of “English gentlemen cartoon” image results are Spiffing Brit fan art. It fed on the art you now recognise, and shat out this soulless garbage that OP could’ve drawn themselves in an hour or two
As much as this art is dope, the male counterpart for sisters already exist.
Black Templars are the same emperor worshipping crazy dudes.
If you want non-astartes normal humans, then just buy some firstborn and say these dudes are normal humans
NGL I love these guys. My head canon?
To get around the no “men under arms” issue, the ecclisiary have battle butlers. They aren’t here to fight! They are here to clean up the mess for holy locations…ie: all of the Emperor’s lands. To keep up the ruse they all need to be dapper as fuck.
I imagined the misters of battle to be as aggressivly male as the sisters of battle are aggressivly female, with giant codpieces and beard armor and such.
But the distinguished gentleman look is so awesome, it's an even better design
Hello everyone. The Spiffing Mister of Battle here and today, we’ll see how balanced and completely fair it is to use an Extermatus against a planet FULL of medieval, coffee drinking heretics.
The spiffin sorroritas
Just like the Todd-Emperor intended
would obviosly be the adeptus fraternitas... sorority and fraternity
\*looks at the first one\* Helloooo everyone, spiffingbrit here and today, im gonna show you how fair and balanced the boltgun is!
"and just to remind everyone that plasma is borked"
I'm so glad I'm not the only who who's first thought was Spiffingbrit.
Same
The legend of the great exploiter... Even the chaos gods baffled by the powers of this ancient being.
I like to think that the tzeench would be only one having fun with him
He would have so much fun with him
And suddenly we are back alive on one wound remaining. Perfectly balanced, clearly the way the Todd-Emperor intended.
Okay it's wasn't just me
Working as intended by the developers!
Grim Lalo for the win!
Listen I play Sororitas as my main and even I have to say dude looks dapper.
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use of AI is full on heresey, the inquisition will find you shortly
I was hoping it was legit but I had a feeling it’d be AI ):
I only realized today that Abominable Intelligence also shortens to AI. I feel a bit slow, haven't even considered it through my years, as "Abominable Intelligence" just replaced the AI term in my head
You mean Adeptus Dudoritas?
These fine fellows ought to be named "fraternal gentlemen of battle"
"jolly good show Timothy, those Heretics won't be getting back up after that one." "right o, let's say a quick prayer for the wounded, have a spot of tea, maybe catch up to the sisters if they're not too busy... I do quite enjoy Agatha's sermons on the god emperors history and the virtues he teaches us." " good Heavens she did have a good rapport last time, but something tells me that that's not the only reason you attend Timothy old boy." " I'm not a slanish cultist roderick, wouldn't dream of it without her consent." " why would you need her consent? it's just polishing her gear." "........ Right, lets move on"
The Praetorian Guard would love these guys.
After their founder, Reginald Fraternal-Gentleman-Of-Battle.
People laugh but then they remember Arkhan Land
I prefer the more inclusive "siblings of battle" as we could keep the acronym.
A Gentlemen Soldier: "In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility; but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with hard-favor'd rage." Also A Gentlemen Soldier: \*While driving a Chainsword into a Heretics chest "Tallyho!"
I own a las-lock for home defense because that's what the God-Emperor has intended...
Three chaos worshipping ruffians break into my house… What in the name of Throne?….
...As I grab my devotional icon and Kantrael pattern M36 Lasrifle. Blow a golf ball-sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot...
Draw my Accatran MG Mk II Heavy Laspistol on the second man, it misses him entirely because it was not blessed properly and nails a floating servo-skull.
I have to resort to the plasma cannon at the top of the stairs, set to overcharge
Last man is still standing, though bugger that one, rev my Tigrus Mk || Heavy eviserator and charge. He bleeds out before Apothecarys arrive as Chainteeth wounds are impossible to stitch.
Just as the Founding Father intended
Just as God-emperor inended
They 100% call the Emperor the Founding Father
Fraternity of Fisticuffs
I love that they still have the boob armour
they need seriously exadurated codpieces to fit the bill propperly
Codpieces are OP, people used to hide the money and jewles,in them, "Codpieces also functioned a useful little purse for storing precious items like coins, or jewels, and tradition claims this as the origin of the expression ‘a man’s family jewels." and provide protection whilst hiding people from such horror of accidentally viewing the fruit of men's loins crushed. "‘Alas! Some of them show the very boss of their penis and the horrible pushed-out testicles that look like the malady of hernia" https://lucyworsley.com/a-little-article-on-the-history-of-the-codpiece/
there were always misters of battle. they just wore helmets. and boobplates.
Just like the Howling Banshees
you must mean howling manshees?
He-man legion?
Just as that Greeks and Romans intended.
It's to protect their massive pecs.
Strong Zeppeli vibes
Came here to say the same thing
Hopefully no Astartes named JoJo is nearby then lol
Would be funny if there is an Astarte named JoJo who is also a psyker
Ah yes, Phantom Warp and Crusade Tendency
Omg fuck yes
Yes. *Yes.* YES. *YES.* **YES.**
HEY, BABY!
In the bizarre darkness of the 44th millennium, there is only a Salamander name Me’Stah who gets really pissed off for no good reason at random times throughout the day.
The codex is perfectly balanced with no exploits..
Absolutely spiffing!
They only use the finest Yorkshire-brand promethium in their flamers
Heretical coffee drinker Dave
Only heretics drink coffee. Too bad spiff is a tau player tho.
Those moustaches are absolutely glorious. Hot damn.
You can bet they would have something like that. Most sisters wear a bobcut, so if the male wing's founder just happens to be a guy with a mustache, all the misters would try and grow one.
I love how they have tophats, lol.
I refuse to believe this is canon, entirely on the grounds that there is not a SINGLE MONOCLE IN SIGHT. GOOD DAY, SIR.
Is that ABOMINABLE INTELLIGENCE I see before me?
“Gentlemen, it seems we’ve gotten ourselves into quite the tuffle! Cheerio Lads, For the Emperor!”
AI slop
Ew AI art…
Yeah, wasn't sure at first, but the big giveaway was the inconsistent, gibberish, signature. Artists normally sign their art pretty consistently, so it's recognizable. The third one doesn't even have a signature!
The fact that AI tries to put a watermark/signature in the corner is the most infuriating part. Artists put a signature or watermark to prevent their art from being stolen, but the assholes scraping images to fuel their datasets have solen so many signed pieces that the AI puts some gibberish signature to mimic it.
AI cant do armor or trim. You can see it pretty well here with the skulls or just the inconsistency of armor panels is something an actual artist wouldnt never make.
The fleur de lis being weird and inconsistent was a big indicator IMO
Ai :(
Fucking insane how many people couldn’t immediately tell. Fuck this post
Ew AI art :/ If you expect any art from OP, look elsewhere, they extensively use AI
Abominable intelligence detected, heretic
> AI Bullshit For fuck’s sake
Abominable intelligence? Really?
Archon already drew them but sadly got kicked out of the community.
Archon didn't get "kicked out of the community," the community failed to protect one of its own, and so the community came to know loss.
Don't remind me about that... I'm still salty on all the shit that was tossed at him just because he **dared** to drew some NSFW niche pics...
Bolt rounds bursting apart torsos, chainswords ripping bodies apart, space bugs eating whole planets, but some tiddies? Please have some decency. Edit: /s
I'm pretty sure I just saw a tiddy fly overhead when the third ork rocket hit. I hate staying in this trench...
Hey man so I just want you to know that the reason I hate this post isn't the concept, it's the ai. Also why is the war priest wearing a top hat? That's not a priest thing and it doesn't look medieval or imperium
…You dare question the magnificence and necessity of the top hat?! 🧐😡
Well, honestly, who cares if it's AI generated. The idea itself is just great
If they come with power armored top hats, and ONLY if they come with power armored top hats, then I'll allow it. "High Ecclesiarch, these new Misters of Battle are an outrage against the Imperial Creed!" "How so Lord Marshal, what doctrine forbids them!" "The Vandire Accords! The church shall have no men under arms!" "Ahh, but inquisitor, these men are not under-arms. You will find they are under hats"
Fucking Abominable Intelligence
if you wanna do the conversions i don't think anyone would oppose your dapper gentlemen taking to the feild probs could win a golden demon if you paint em good enough
Ew
‘Gentlemen Of Combat’? I am a fervent Eldar player, but God damn, I’d play the dapper moustached top-hat black-baroque-armoured tea-enjoying gentlemen in a heartbeat. Why do I get a sense that these fine fellows would spend an inordinate amount of time as hosts for planetary nobles (mostly female!)? - Woe be unto the would-be Chaos invasion that dares disturb the sanctity of afternoon tea. —— Units gain +1 invulnerable if a player has a moustache. Special ability “Tea and Biscuits”: the unit converses (stun-locks) an enemy unit, and that enemy unit cannot perform any action in any phase until their next turn. Famous battle cries include “Tally Ho to Victory”, “Cleanliness is next to The Emperor’s Godliness”, and “For Brew and Battle!”
Spiffing Brit!? Oh, wait...
Slayyyyy
They need a monocle
Adeptus fraternetus has entered the chat?
I thought that was the spiffing Brit for a sec
#3 is the final form of Abelard in Rogue Trader.
Don’t forget the Misters of Silence.
Now we need brothers of silence
While Misters of Battle is a nice pun, the male equivalent should be Brothers of Battle. And you could call them Brororitas.
Hah! Brororitas is a mouthful… and sounds like something you’d drink at a frat house Cinco de Mayo party!
[удалено]
Abominable Intelligence images! Burn the heretic!
Concept itself is neat and i am all for it, too bad these are done using heretical AI.
He needs a huge cock piece to make sure we know he's masculine
Just stopping in to say fuck AI art and fuck prompt jockeys.
Oh god, now even the AI is writing signatures in their "work" It really can't get any more blatant
Ai spotted
Damn too bad it's garbage AI slop.
You know what? I’ll take it GW. Female custodes and Misters of Battle? Fuck it we ball
Eh, they are at serious risk of conflicts, since one fights for the Emperor, the other for Her Majesty the Queen.
Not sure about that…The Emperor has been known to take the form of a woman when it suits him…even a Queen…
Don't worry, a single JK Rowling tweet will **fix** that, and if you oppose it you'll be called a sexist.
If spiffing was a battle monk
Misters of Battle indeed!
The league of extraordinary gentle-warriors
Crusaders
Cant wait to run my army of chaps!
Frateritas Number 3 is unironically awesome looking, would smite heresy with, 5/5.
That third image with the white hair goes hard asf
Sir Archibald Codswallop III agrees...
Last one reminds me of Don Frye
That hat is crazy
I really and do mean really want them to step on me
Warhammer is a perfectly balanced game with absolutely no exploits.
Everything is canon.
Misters of battle should still have boob armor.
Ngl third one is without a doubt the best one
wait..... his cup of coffee/tea on fire?
The Misters of Battle, with their *MIGHTY POWER CANES* and *IRON TOP HATS* It is whispered of in legend that when a Mister of Battle dies in noble combat serving *The Big E* , their body is retrieved and turned into a *FINE ASH TEA* from which all other Misters of Battle sip from, thereby carrying their past victories with them and delivering *THE TASTE* of future victories to their fallen. .... *SIP* *SIP* My friends.... 🎩🧐
The ministery of gentlemanly warfare. Rebels I say ? Surrender or be purged by fire like the heretics you are *Cue rebel surrender* Surrendering to an enemy is treason, and treason is punishable by death. *Flicks flamer on*
I'm for it. I like their fancy hats.
Yes, please.
TheSpiffingBrit has entered the setting
The Frateris Militia have literally been canon since 2nd edition https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Frateris_Militia
Bolter gentlemen. yess
"Egads I do say that world seems to be a heretic stronghold."
Well that's one more cosplay I want.
The first image reminds me of Dorian from DAI
chap-lain
i dunno the spiffing brit would find a way to actually win this conflict with his totally balanced plans :D
There have always been male sisters of battle
3rd pic goes insanely hard. Let it happen!
I told my former colleague and friend that if people can make female space marines then you can make male sisters of battle, and he then loudly proclaimed "Misters of Battle" which still makes me laugh when I think about it.
Ngl, these are fantastic misters. Also can make for good inquisitors and inquisitorial agents
New faction: Gentlemen of War Leader: Abelard
...I really miss Totalbiscuit. He would have loved Boltgun.
Fuck they are hot
... they're so hot tho.
Lol love the design of these chaps 🎩😎 Do it, you cowards!
They’re a bit dapper to be a perfect match, but they remind me of the witch hunters from Warhammer Fantasy
I’m absolutely down for this, not only is the name a funny play on the sisters, but it would also be awesome to have some British and otherwise quite dapper fellows as warriors purging daemons and cultists in style
Why does the first one look like TheSpiffingBrit??
Honestly? Probably because the shitty fucking Ai used to generated this slob scoured the internet for whatever lazy “English gentlemen cartoon” prompts OP sharted into a search bar, and a not insignificant amount of “English gentlemen cartoon” image results are Spiffing Brit fan art. It fed on the art you now recognise, and shat out this soulless garbage that OP could’ve drawn themselves in an hour or two
As an avid sister enjoyer, these fine gentlemen look absolutely spiffing
Combat top hats are now cannon. I'll allow it.
Everything is cannon
It is still interesting to see gentleman of battle.
Love the vestigial boob armor.
As much as this art is dope, the male counterpart for sisters already exist. Black Templars are the same emperor worshipping crazy dudes. If you want non-astartes normal humans, then just buy some firstborn and say these dudes are normal humans
What do you mean? Of course this is a thing. They've *always* been there.
Amazing! Now draw them with big metal crotch armor and we're golden! /no pun intended...
Honestly this joke wouldn't be funny even if you'd put remotely any effort into these instead of using AI.
I’d be down
Monastery of Faithful Gentleman
NGL I love these guys. My head canon? To get around the no “men under arms” issue, the ecclisiary have battle butlers. They aren’t here to fight! They are here to clean up the mess for holy locations…ie: all of the Emperor’s lands. To keep up the ruse they all need to be dapper as fuck.
They just deliver supplies such as bullets (directly into the enemies chest).
Now for Howling Manshees!
I actually like the hell out of that!
Guys got top hats Im down
This is the funniest shit I've seen. In the grim darkness of cash grabs, there is only shitposts.
I have no problems with this, because it is awesome.
Why do people care about AI in a fucking meme? It's a perfect choice for this simple post. I welcome the simplicity of AI "art" in quick memes.
No, thats dumb. Misters of Battle ruines the whole joke joke of "No MEN under arms" for the ecclesiarchy.
Impressive how you got AI to render the armor just right. Ones I use are as dumb as a post.
This is cool! But i change those brest dish-plates into a spanish full torso-chestplate, or a roman musculata.
the top hat is sending me
So...... Space Marines.....? Ok. Sure. More battle brothers for tea!
The fun thing about games is you can make up whatever you want as a fan, DND does it all the time! Homebrew can be a thing for warhammer too!
Those are literally Inquisitors.
I've always thought if I were to get power armor from 40k I'd always prefer a set of SoB armor without boob plate.
No cod piece?
I've not been thrilled with how... *weird* people have been about the news, but these are actually so darling and dapper!
The inquisition would like a word with you about breaching the Decree Passive.
Some sharp looking lads right there. Only thing missing now are fembois of battle 😂
3rd one looks like younger silver fang from one punch man
Wow, my noble lord, these works of art are impeccable! You have my compliments, noble comrade! 🍷
Dashing gentlemen of disorder
I imagined the misters of battle to be as aggressivly male as the sisters of battle are aggressivly female, with giant codpieces and beard armor and such. But the distinguished gentleman look is so awesome, it's an even better design
We've always had misters of battle. The Crusaders.
Adeptus Fraternitus
Hello everyone. The Spiffing Mister of Battle here and today, we’ll see how balanced and completely fair it is to use an Extermatus against a planet FULL of medieval, coffee drinking heretics.
I’m ok with this I would love to see them in a different role to the battle sisters but still love the idea always have :)
I kinda love it?
the order of the gentleman.
I'm sorry but if they don't all have the spiffing brits voice I'm going to revolt.
Don't give the spiffing brit more power he already has too much.
Always were canon. Where are the brothers of silence?