Editing Fleshcrafting (section)

==WH40K==
In [[Warhammer 40,000]], there are several examples of this form of artifice.

The absolute champions of it are the [[Haemonculi]] of the [[Dark Eldar]], and several other Dark Eldar units actually represent the fruits of their labor at sculpting flesh into new servile forms.

The Magos Biologis of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] also experiment in this field, as their teachings lead them to prefer bio-grafts and organic augmentations over the traditional cybernetics of their fellows.

Although it is often referred to as "genetical enhancement", the processus of using [[Gene-seed]] to create a [[Space Marine]] is effectively a form of fleshcrafting. Indeed, it uses various external genetically cultured biological augments to transform a lowly human into a powerful Adeptus Astartes, and [[God-Emperor of Mankind|Big.E]] made sure they would not be genetically transmissible as He didn't want to turn all of mankind into Astartes. Despite this, most works refer to it as "genhancement" to convey it is an ([[skub|arguably]]) safe and controlled process instead of the product of mad science or some dark magic.

The forces of [[Chaos]]  mutate the flesh and bone of their mortal followers as their see fit, whether intentionally by invoking directly into their power, or accidentally by being exposed to warp energies. The usefulness of these differ (as these can range anywhere from sprouting wings to allow flight, having a lash-whip tentacle for an arm that overloads the senses of your opponent, improved physical musculature that would give even Chapter Masters a run for their money, to just an unrecognizable lump of flesh somewhere on your body with no real benefit), but it takes a lot of physical and mental power to handle the mutations that the Dark gods bestow upon their followers, and also a lot of luck, as being too physically and/or mentally frail, or simply being at the bad end of their patron god's mood when they gain their attention, can result in them [[Chaos Spawn|devolving into what we can only describe as the Dark God's failed arts-and-craft project]].

The [[Tyranids]]' entire species is based on fleshcrafting, constantly absorbing new genetic material and analyzing it to provide new ways to modify and augment themselves on a physical and species level.

And, last but not least, let's not forget about [[Fabius Bile|Mr. Fabulous]] who's been <s>desecrating</s> CAREFULLY PERFORMING SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS UPON anyone or anything that had the <s>misfortune</s> PRIVILEGE to get in the same room as him for the last ten millenia in order to create 'the perfect human being'.

===Black Crusade===
FFG's [[Black Crusade (RPG)|Black Crusade RPG]] introduced a human archetype called the '''Flesh Shaper of Melancholia''' as a Fleshcrafter for the insane, depraved [[Slaanesh]] bastards in the Tome of Excess. Rather than building things out of crafted bits though, these fleshcrafters are insane surgeons-cum-ritualists who twist the anatomy of living beings, granting themselves various temporary traits as well as twisting others into becoming slaves. 

A lot of this is centered around a special ritual, one that lets them rip out various parts of (likely unwilling) subjects before surgically grafting them onto the main subject of the ritual. Of course, these rituals are also acts made to honor the Prince of Excess as well, meaning that these operations were usually done while dealing with either [[Noise Marine|brain-meltingly loud music]] or overpowering scented oils.