#Dwarfs

nerodinenerodine
2026-02-16

Dwarf militia unit for Kings of War. I wanted it to feel ragtag, as though they're throwing armour on to protect their village. It's a mix of various companies' models and I had a blast doing them.

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nerodinenerodine
2026-02-16

Three cannons for my Kings of War Dwarf army. The highlight being Ol' Mossy in the centre.

The front panels of the housing were boring and devoid of detail, so I had fun adding some texture to those and the wheels.

Three dwarf cannons for a Kings of War army, painted in cream and blue livery.
2026-02-16

New TOPIC> Dwarfs & Giants

2026 February 16

Unexplained Shocks Around a White Dwarf Star
* Image Credit: ESO, K. Iłkiewicz & S. Scaringi et al.
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* Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)
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Explanation:
How is RXJ0528+2838 creating such shock waves? A recently discovered white dwarf star, the farther left of the two largest white spots, RXJ0528+2838, was found 730 light-years away from Earth. Most stars, when done fusing nuclei in their cores for energy, become red giant stars, the cores of which live on as faint dense white dwarfs that slowly cool down for the rest of time. White dwarfs are so dense that the only thing that stops them from collapsing further is quantum mechanics. In about 5 billion years, our Sun will become a white dwarf, too. The featured image, obtained with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, shows unexplained bow shocks around RXJ0528+2838, similar to the bow wave of water around a fast-moving ship. Astronomers don’t yet know what is powering these shocks, which have existed for at least 1,000 years. The red, green and blue colors represent trace amounts of glowing hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen gas.
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apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170709.ht
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_giant
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260123.ht
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dw
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260208.ht
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science.nasa.gov/science-resea
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periodic.lanl.gov/7.shtml
science.nasa.gov/universe/exop

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2026 February 16
A star field shows colorful pill-shaped nebula extending from the bottom left toward the upper right. Colors include, from the outside in, red, green, and blue. 

Unexplained Shocks Around a White Dwarf Star
 * Image Credit: ESO, K. Iłkiewicz & S. Scaringi et al.;
 * Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

Explanation: 
How is RXJ0528+2838 creating such shock waves? A recently discovered white dwarf star, the farther left of the two largest white spots, RXJ0528+2838, was found 730 light-years away from Earth. Most stars, when done fusing nuclei in their cores for energy, become red giant stars, the cores of which live on as faint dense white dwarfs that slowly cool down for the rest of time. White dwarfs are so dense that the only thing that stops them from collapsing further is quantum mechanics. In about 5 billion years, our Sun will become a white dwarf, too. The featured image, obtained with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, shows unexplained bow shocks around RXJ0528+2838, similar to the bow wave of water around a fast-moving ship. Astronomers don’t yet know what is powering these shocks, which have existed for at least 1,000 years. The red, green and blue colors represent trace amounts of glowing hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen gas. 

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