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Actor Henry Cavill Confirms He’s a Warhammer hobbyist!

henry cavil warhammerHenry Cavill got a lot of Warhammer hobbyists’ attention with a recent post on his Instagram for painting an Adeptus Custodes miniature.

Henry Cavill posted on his Instagram showing everybody how he’s been spending his time social distancing, by hobbying on some Warhammer 40k Adeptus Custodes! Check this out.

Actor Henry Cavill Confirms He’s a Warhammer hobbyist!

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henry cavil 1Henry Cavill, the actor that played Superman and most recently The Witcher, is actually into the same hobby as all of us. Plus it looks like he is an Imperial player too- so take that heretics!

henry cavil instagramHe broke out his Custodes and is putting some gold on a helmet. Turns out, he’s been in the hobby for a while. Check out how clean that paint job is. You can see some subtle gold highlights at the sharpest edges of the bit. Which, believe it or not, takes a long time if you’re not just going to be aggressive and drybrush a slightly-lighter gold over it all.

His post also touched on the current crisis, the Easter holiday, and some kind words for England’s health care workers!

Considering we are, both, going through the Easter period, and going through The Lockdown, I figured it a good time to put a silver lining onto the cloud that is some of the darker moments during this time. So I’ve decided to polish some old skills and try my hand at some new ones! It is a time of rebirth after all. So, as you can see here, the obvious might look a little bit like a tiny helmet…which it is. One of my almost life long hobbies, that I’ve been following but not actively doing, is this.

A company called Games Workshop…or plastic crack as “we” call it. Genuinely can’t get enough of the lore they have built over the decades. They have been some of my most enthused reads! If you were in denial about me being a geek before, you can’t hide from it now. Also, in the background of this photo, there may just be some completely new skills I’m working on…..or there may not be, so all of your eye squinting and attempts at digital unfocusing will be in vain….orrrr maybe they won’t.

I also wanted to take this opportunity to thank, from the bottom of my heart, all of the NHS (National Health Service, here in the UK) and healthcare workers worldwide, for your unceasing efforts to protect us. I imagine it might be feeling a little rough right now, but you Ladies and Gents are absolutely smashing it! Keep it up! You got this. “Hold on a second”, I hear you utter…..”if he has both hands in the photo…how is he taking the photo??” New skills, my friends….new skills.

How The Internet Responded…

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henry cavil meme 2If you didn’t know it, the late Robin Williams used to play 40k as well. Now with Henry Cavill is showing off his interests, it may just be the tip of the hobby iceberg for famous fans of Warhammer!

Bravo Mr. Cavil kudos on a great post, and all the best for your current hobby project!

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In this Instagram post, while flying on a (probably) private jet, he talks about traveling to the US for work, which maybe if you’re lucky, you can spot him while he’s here.

There are two pieces of good news here, first? He’s working on a new project! But what’s better is the book in the bottom right corner.

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Penitent was on the table in his reading list. The Black Library book is a sequel to Eisenhorn and Ravenor and follows Bequin on a journey through the Grimdark future. 

The Dan Abnett book isn’t really a one-off read, meaning he’s probably also read some of the Ravenor and Eisenhorn books. The book takes a deeper dive into the Inquisition and their nonstop effort against all things, not Imperial. It’s just really cool to see how much he’s willing to promote the hobby, even the Warhammer Official account liked the post. Since the 40k universe is so amazing, more people should get in on the reading.

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penitentAlizebeth Bequin’s world has been turned upside-down. Now she must choose who she will follow as Inquisitors Eisenhorn and Ravenor battle to discover the secrets at the heart of Queen Mab.

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If you want to keep up with what he’s reading, you can grab the book by clicking the link above. Don’t let those celebs out-read you!

Henry Cavill Proves He Listens to the Warhammer Fanbase

 

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First off, the picture is pretty sweet and the way he frames the sun, it almost looks like a halo! Who else has a halo in a lot of artwork, that’s right, the Emperor!

This is such a cool pic that whether you love the Witcher or Warhammer, you can enjoy this one. His caption does have us wondering, does he have a full Warhammer collection of photos just waiting to be unleashed on the world?

Now that we’re done fangirling, how does this fit into Warhammer? That’s the real question. Well, if you don’t know who or what Neoth is, don’t feel bad.

It’s actually a name the Emperor was called in extremely ancient times. It comes from before the time when he first met Erda (who contributed some of her DNA for the Primarch project, and ultimately scatted them though the Chaos vortex) and was already trying to advance the human race and bring order to the entirety of it.

The Emperor actually gave himself this name when he ventured to the first city of humanity after seeing a vision of his uncle murdering his father.

This is barely mentioned in the lore, so any hobbyist, much less Henry Cavill to reference this, it really shows his knowledge and research! He even hashtagged it with: ObscureWarhammerReference and he isn’t kidding!

You have to give him some serious props for knowing this, but also for how he took the picture. As we’ve said, plenty of people have already cast Henry Cavill as the Emperor of mankind in their own minds.

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henry cavil emperorThis is the picture we’re talking about and the way the sun is playing behind him above looks awfully similar to this! We have no idea if GW would ever undertake something so ambitious as a live-action Emperor, but we would love to see it!

Plus, if Henry Cavill took the lead, we would be first in line.

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About the Author: Wesley Floyd

Imperial fanboy, tabletop fanatic, King of sprues.