This week we’re showing off the concept art for the Nexus Terror, one of the more specialised units in the Nexus force.

The Nexus Terror

One of the most powerful weapons at the Nexus’ disposal is fear. With their morale broken, an enemy force or population is much easier to conquer.

In the days of the ancient Nexus, there was a legend that spoke of monsters that stalked the forests and abducted children. These monsters were rumoured to be enormous, over seven feet tall, and wore the bones of the murdered children as trophies.

As the Nexus became more advanced, began exploring the stars, and joined the Council; the tales of these monsters, these Terrors, faded away, becoming little more than a threat used to keep Nexus children in line. If such creatures ever did exist on Nexus, they have long since died, as there have been no recorded sightings of them in the time since the Nexus joined the Council.

The fear the stories caused has stayed with the Nexus all that time though.

During the second Nexus war, which would change the shape of the galaxy, Varakos remembered these ancient tales. He knew that humans were already afraid of Nexus, and that they had similar stories of monsters that they told their children.

Varakos used this as an opportunity to wage physiological war, which he knew to be almost as damaging as physical confrontation. He gathered together his most formidable warriors and equipped them in the image of the ancient Terrors.

Covered head-to-toe in dark clothing, with no exposed skin, black armour, and adorned with the bones of fallen enemies. Varakos gave them weapons that were known to cause fear and panic, such as flamethrowers, and toxic grenades.

And so the Nexus Terror was born.

This outstanding piece was completed by our artists Daniel Comerci. Daniel has captured the spirit of this unit perfectly. The Terror really does look like a harbinger of death.

My favourite elements of the piece are the trophies. I love human skull bolter to front of the helmet, and the Praesidian skull attached to the shoulder. The entire jawbone that hangs on the necklace is a nice twist on the idea of a necklace of teeth.

And those glowing read eyes really just cap the piece off. You can picture those red eyes. shinning from the sockets of a skull, being the last thing many unfortunate soul has seen.

If you would like to learn more about this deadly unit, and how it performs in The Icarus Project game, you can check out our latest blog post HERE.

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