The world's first academic conference celebrating all things Warhammer
Abstract There are several facets to the architecture of the setting of Warhammer 40,000. This has evolved over time, but grounded in the artwork of a range of early contributors such as John Blanche, Ian Miller and Jes Goodwin. The use of scale models in architectural practice intersects with the hobbyists of Warhammer, and a …
Abstract The world of 40k has forever been at war with the concept of Artificial Intelligence. The Imperium of Man ever wrestles with its fear of Men of Iron whilst simultaneously protecting and pacifying its myriad machine spirits. They preach against the return of ‘Abominable Intelligences’ while they battle the supernatural might of Daemon Engines. …
Abstract A major theme in the bestselling book series The Horus Heresy is fatherhood. The inciting incident of the series is the abandonment of Horus Lupercal by his father The Emperor, and many of the primarchs struggle with their positions as gene-fathers to the adeptus astartes, as well as to the various father figures in …
Abstract The Imperium of Man is an explicitly eugenic state, pursing its obsessive campaign of purifying humanity at all costs. Both those with conventional disabilities and the crip-coded psykers and mutants are routinely either purged from the gene pool or are “cured” through super-science that erase disability as an identity category, including via the elimination …