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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks so much! I've got so much Chaos trim to get back to...

Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · 2d

Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen is now available for preorder in hardback, ebook and audiobook!

Hardback: www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/h...
Ebook/Audiobook: www.blacklibrary.com/prod-home/ne...

The hardback edition of 'Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen'. A horned warlord rides a barded monster against the backdrop of a burning city.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · 12d

Grand Moff Tarkin says that the target area is only two metres wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · 16d

Very happy to be contributing narrative design and worldbuilding to this new project at Anego Studios! Goblin is a powerful, powerful designer -- perhaps too powerful -- and it is a delight to get to work with them on something new after our long stint together on Hytale. Cool things to come!

goblin @goblin.cool · 16d

Surprise! The project I'm working on for Anego Studios got announced - check it out!

www.vintagestory.at/blog.html/ne...

I'm so excited to finally tell folks about Project Glint, and overwhelmingly grateful to Tyron and Anego Studios for the opportunity and their support!

Development update, September 2025

Dear Vantastic Vintarians Vividly voicing for you the ventures we’re forging. I've been trying to write this blog post for the last 2 weeks, surely didn't help catching a cold in the middle of all of ...

www.vintagestory.at

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · 16d

My own Cities of Sigmar project stalled out a little bit, but they’re still some of my favourites to work on. So much storytelling in each mini, and it’s rewarding to put your own twist on them - converting a Khainite whisperblade, for example, or a Morrda-worshipping war surgeon.

A set of Cities of Sigmar Command Corps miniatures including a number of small conversions.

Cities of Sigmar leader miniatures including Galen and Doralia Ven Denst as well as a Marshall and his Relic Envoy.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · 16d

He’s descending from his hero rock, not climbing it! The wind is hitting him from behind, not in front! All sorts of baroque ornamentation, but also a bedroll, basic tools, human stuff. Just incredibly well conceived.

I should probably paint mine.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · 16d

For all the amazing centrepiece models that Age of Sigmar has had over the last ten years (not least Abraxia!) my vote has gone to the Freeguild Cavalier Marshall. It’s such a beautiful sculpt - it sells the world as well as a specific character. 100% Warhammer, but full of little subversions.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · 17d

This sentence alone is Drukhari microfiction

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · 22d

Unutterably proud of my boy Paul, and his boy, which is… this…

Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 22d

As an unapologetic Furby-enjoyer, it was a real pleasure getting to work on the Furby Secret Lair.

Shout out @evynfong.bsky.social for recommending me on this set 💖

#mtg #furby #secretlair

Distant Melody - FURBY EDITION. This is the card art with the frame.

Shows a Furby leaping in the air, singing, with other Furbies in the background. A lush, mountainous landscape with big old clouds.

"Choose a creature type. Draw a card for each permanent you control of that type. (Furby language nonsense)"

Distant Melody - FURBY EDITION. This is the art.

Shows a Furby leaping in the air, singing, with other Furbies in the background. A lush, mountainous landscape with big old clouds.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · 24d

I do appreciate, though, that *knowing* you’re missing details can be frustrating or FOMO-inducing, so that’s always something to bear in mind.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · 24d

Hope it’s not weird for me pop into this thread! Death of the author and all.

This is it, when it comes to the various nods and references in Abraxia. Picking up on those details shouldn’t be necessary to follow Abraxia’s arc in this book - but I did want to celebrate ten years of Chaos in AoS.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Sep 19

A fair and much appreciated write-up - thanks!

The Black Librarian @theblacklibrarian.bsky.social · Sep 19

Happy Lore Friday! In my latest review for @Goonhammer, I take a look at the new #AgeOfSigmar novel Abraxia, Spear of the Everchosen.

Special thanks to @zufosfatebreaker.bsky.social as well! 🤘

#BlackLibrary #BookSky #Warhammer

Goonhammer @goonhammer.com · Sep 19

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Sep 17

I dream of it

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The Black Librarian @theblacklibrarian.bsky.social · Sep 11

There is a story, even in failure. @cjpt.bsky.social finding richness in the small details here.

-from Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen

#Warhammer #AgeOfSigmar #BookSky #BlackLibrary

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is such a lovely response, and the first I’ve seen since the limited edition came out. Thanks so much, really means a lot!

Zufos Fatebreaker @zufosfatebreaker.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hot damn the Abraxia book is great.

Like I would place it as potentially one of the best now having finished it. Maybe not since a Realmgate War novel has a book done so much to involve itself in the game world. Heavily nodding to all manner of other media AoS has produced. Loved it.

#AgoOfSigmar

The Limited edition of Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen book

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Sep 5

Again - this was without special knowledge of the studio’s plans for the duardin. But it’s nice to see the warp and weft of the setting continue to come together.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Sep 5

‘Keeping the door open’ in this context means seeding bull imagery among the Thorgiri in the first half of the book. And I imagined that Grombrindal would take it on himself to perform aspects of Valaya’s role - represented by his cloak, for the most part.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Sep 5

As someone who has spent a fair bit of time with both Age of Sigmar’s duardin and its take on Chaos, I’m really enjoying what I’ve seen of the Helsmiths so far. I had no foreknowledge of them when I was writing Ancestor’s Burden, but tried to keep the door open for Hashut and Valaya all the same.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Sep 5

What kills me is that these are the videos they’re *releasing*

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Sep 2

I got lucky, in that my year’s theme was horror and I’d just had a really gnarly trip to the dentist, so the pieces all kinda fell into place, space cenobite-wise.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Sep 2

I started writing for Black Library (with a Drukhari story!) via their open submissions, so it can and does happen! I’m sure you’d kill it.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Aug 30

The limited edition of Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen is out today! Cover art by Valera Lutfullina, treatment by the Black Library team. Words about awful people making each other worse by me.

The Black Librarian @theblacklibrarian.bsky.social · Aug 30

LIBRARY ACQUISITION 8/30

Let’s make it a double today, with this stunning treatment of @cjpt.bsky.social ‘s newest, Abraxia, Spear of the Everchosen. These #AgeOfSigmar Character Series LE’s are killing it.

#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Aug 16

The limited edition of my latest novel for Black Library - Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen - is now available for preorder! www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/a...

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Aug 10

I had a crisis of conscience signing these because I am definitely not established enough to just sign my initials. As a consequence, everybody who buys one is getting a mangled rendition of my full entire name.

Sometimes my entire name comes out as ‘Chib Twister’, but please know that I tried

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · Aug 10

Black Library do such lovely work with these limited edition hardcovers and it’s really exciting to see my first in the wild. Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen is up for preorder next Saturday!

A limited edition copy of the novel ‘Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen’ by Chris Thursten. A stylised relief depicts a horned woman in armour flanked by a burning spear and her war-beast.

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