Napoleonthechimp
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The Blood Angels were always my favourite. I think it was their tendency toward exhibiting Viking-like beserker rage during battle that did it for me.
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Warhammer 40,000 |OT| In the Grim Darkness of the Community Forum There Is Only War
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SillyEskimo
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I always saw Ultramarines as the perfect Roman-esque legion. I never had issues with them and never understood the hate either.
Blood Angels have always been my bread and butter. I think it's the juxtaposition between angel and vampire that I really like about them. They also have such an important and well documented history in the lore and I have been with them since their inception.
I like their color scheme, the way they are organized, the Death Company, special characters/vehicles, and all that gold and gaudy armor. Virtually every Blood Angels unit looks like other army's special units on the field of battle.
The Sanguinary Guard is just an amazing unit.
Blood Angels have always been my bread and butter. I think it's the juxtaposition between angel and vampire that I really like about them. They also have such an important and well documented history in the lore and I have been with them since their inception.
I like their color scheme, the way they are organized, the Death Company, special characters/vehicles, and all that gold and gaudy armor. Virtually every Blood Angels unit looks like other army's special units on the field of battle.
The Sanguinary Guard is just an amazing unit.
Honey Bunny
Member
I like the Blood Angels aesthetic a whole lot, but those guys (and I feel, a lot of the newer models) are overkill. Commander Dante remains the perfect BA figurine. Lemartes a close second.
So I'm reading the HH book Scars that's been released as a number of fragments and it's bloody awesome. Jaghatai Khan's comes across as a really great character: he absolutely hates his tribal savage image and despises the Space Wolves for actively cultivating the same image, he also just wants to be a scholar. Also his only friends happen to be Horus & Magnus, and Horus contacts Jaghatai and tells him Leman Russ has turned traitor and has murdered Magnus...
Also funnily enough bearing in mind the arguments over female marines a while back we now get this little snippet: Malcador smiled. ‘You brothers – such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilised. He thought I was joking. I wasn’t.’ Basically if he'd wanted to Teh Emprah could have created female Primarchs and thus female marines from their genes...
Also funnily enough bearing in mind the arguments over female marines a while back we now get this little snippet: Malcador smiled. ‘You brothers – such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilised. He thought I was joking. I wasn’t.’ Basically if he'd wanted to Teh Emprah could have created female Primarchs and thus female marines from their genes...
Enosh
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as far as favorite chapters go I probably like dark angels the most
the color scheme is nice with the dark green, cool logo, the whole "even more knightly" feel to them and the robes,plus their a bit shady past COMPLETE LOYALTY TO THE EMPEROR
also space wolves, but that's more or less for the "vikings, but in SPAAACE" aspect
from the chaos legions I like World Eaters the most with their melee focus, really need to start reading those HH books focused on them heard good things about them
the color scheme is nice with the dark green, cool logo, the whole "even more knightly" feel to them and the robes,
also space wolves, but that's more or less for the "vikings, but in SPAAACE" aspect
from the chaos legions I like World Eaters the most with their melee focus, really need to start reading those HH books focused on them heard good things about them
Chris Wraight lurks GAF confirmed.
Sounds a lot better than I was expecting it to be--though the HH aspect of it seems a little contrived--can't wait to listen to the audio book in 3 years.
LaserBuddha
Member
You are going to pay so much for that book!
Frankie Williamson
Member
Just saw this on GW's website, for the low, low price of £7,065 (or $11,690):
Like, they couldn't even knock off 65 pounds and make it 7000 even or something. How much more in bulk could a person possibly buy in?
LaserBuddha
Member
Horus Heresy Legion Bundle.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Short vid about Forge World's 'Horus Heresy Volume Two: Massacre' -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECB_n0kxIKs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECB_n0kxIKs
Cosmic Schwung
Member
Bolt pistols are close combat weapons right?
They sure are.
I personally go with ro-boot.
Robot Gorillaman.
Gareth Armstrong says "Row-boot" in the Know No Fear audio.
I think the previous codex focused all the hatred onto the ultramarines. Lack of characters for say the Iron Hands, while the Ultra gets six including a tank commander.
Plus the fluff was just pure all space marines shed tears because they aren't ultramarines.
Sneaky Gato
Member
The western influences on japanese game art got me to remember this post I made years ago. Figured I might as well post it here as well.
This just blew my mind.
Take a look at those three guys in the back. I knew that they looked familer until just recently. Turns out the're pretty much copies of Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader era Space Marines. It's most obvious if you look at the one with the beaked helmet on the left.
The one on the left of the Strider pic has the beaked helmet, the wierdly porportioned shoulder pads of the first few minis and the gun is a direct copy of a Bolter. With the one in the middle you can clearly see that the sharp kneecaps are almost a direct copy of the Rouge Trader era minis where they were part of the leg armor and came to a point instead of being seperate and rounded. . The one on the right is carrying what I think is the old version of the Melta or Flamer. All of them have those weird cables on thier body which I think is the most telling sign of where they come from though. I'm not sure but I think the faces are copies though I would have to do a bit of research to prove that.
LaserBuddha
Member
Thats a neat find!
Sneaky Gato
Member
I just wonder how much more stuff Warhammer has inspired. And it is certainly interesting to know that even then the franchise was already known then.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I think 40K has influences in a lot of games. At least ones that deal with marines in space.
Most notably Starcraft.
Sneaky Gato
Member
Yeah that is probably the big one.
Another I've heard was that Warhammer was responsible for implanting the idea of Orcs being green.
Another I've heard was that Warhammer was responsible for implanting the idea of Orcs being green.
Frankie Williamson
Member
I was actually reading about this a little while. Some folks have figured this D&D box of miniatures predates the first green Warhammer orcs.
V
Vilix
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If I had to choose what my favorite space marine chapter is I'd have to say The Deathwatch Black Shield.
Enosh
Member
that's cheating!
obin_gam
Member
Okay, so HORUS RISING is done. And while it was slow as hell in the two thirds, it really picked up the pace in the last third with the Intersect diplomacy arc. Loved the ending.
Am in the middle of FALSE GODS now,
, and this is way better than the previous book and I cant wait to continue the story tomorrow (I listen to the audiobooks on my way to and from work). As I was listening today, it occured to me - this is what the Star Wars Prequels should have been. It is basically the same story, just with other words. The differance being Horus is actually likeable which will make his destiny all the more tragic.
Am in the middle of FALSE GODS now,
Horus has just "fallen" and is lying on the apothecarys table
The power of Charisma, oh what it does to characters.
obin_gam
Member
And - as I forgot to mention - intesesting and fantastical stakes, and violence and real war is a helluva lot more fun to experience than constant whining
And - as I forgot to mention - intesesting and fantastical stakes, and violence and real war is a helluva lot more fun to experience than constant whining
Oh there will be whining.
"Daddy doesn't love me
, so I'm going to burn down the galaxy FOR CHAOS"well there was a lot more than daddy issues, but that's the flaw they exploited to make Horus fall
Oh there will be whining.
"Daddy doesn't love me
well there was a lot more than daddy issues, but that's the flaw they exploited to make Horus fall
Well, whining is normally just words.
He started putting shit to Fire and Sword.
Well he's a genetically engineered warrior monk instead of being just a warrior monk.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
SillyEskimo
Member
I'd like to see that same guy sculpt a new Mephiston, Lord of Death. He does beautiful work.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
BTW the latest episode of The Independent Characters podcast has an interview with the guy behind 'The Lord Inquisitor' (the fan-made CG short in the works that got approval from GW) - didn't realise he worked at Crytek for a bit!
http://theindependentcharacters.com/blog/?p=3134
If you didn't see his trailer from a while ago it's over here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7glPda2Lcc
Thanks again for the podcast recommendation guys, really enjoying it! The hosts seem to be on the same hobby wavelength as me, I've listened to a bunch of their archived episodes now
http://theindependentcharacters.com/blog/?p=3134
If you didn't see his trailer from a while ago it's over here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7glPda2Lcc
Thanks again for the podcast recommendation guys, really enjoying it! The hosts seem to be on the same hobby wavelength as me, I've listened to a bunch of their archived episodes now
Deified Data
Banned
Started playing Dawn of War - picked up a bare-bones copy on Amazon for $4. I really like the flow and the trench warfare feel of the battles. Can anyone tell me what expansions are worth investing in?
I loved dark crusade, the risk game play and added rpg mechanics were fun.
Don't listen to Mission: Purge, they really waste this in it.
Winter Assault & Dark Crusade are both great. Campaigns aside they're worth it just for the new Guard, Necron & Tau armies.
DonasaurusRex
Online Ho Champ
i definitely like the honor guard units in dark crusade, and i ended up liking the winter assault campaign ever so slightly more than the DoW one , which was awesome with the inquisition unit.
Frankie Williamson
Member
And Dark Crusade is good too. Soul Storm bare bones is terrible but it's great for modding with those nutty Apocalypse mods.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
One thing I really didn't like in DoWII was the decreased unit count and the removal of synchronized kill animations on every melee kill.
Actually DoWII did have sync kills but they only happened about 2/10s of the time and presented an issue when you were chasing down enemies with melee and getting tangled up because of a chance sync kill where this wasn't really an issue in DoWI as everyone had them.
If we ever do get a DoWIII I'd like it if they could bring back the increased unit count and the sync kills that made melee combat really fun to watch.
Actually DoWII did have sync kills but they only happened about 2/10s of the time and presented an issue when you were chasing down enemies with melee and getting tangled up because of a chance sync kill where this wasn't really an issue in DoWI as everyone had them.
If we ever do get a DoWIII I'd like it if they could bring back the increased unit count and the sync kills that made melee combat really fun to watch.
obin_gam
Member
Okay, now I've finished THH II - FALSE GODS and it was fantastic. Tragic as well. I'm still very confused by all the names and can only distinguish about three or four character without mixing them up though, their names are so uncommon so they all sound the same after a while lol. Since it was the abridged version I surely missed alot of characterisation, and it felt rushed in some points, but that didnt make the story any less intruiging. The best part was the last third with
No on to Galaxy in Flames!
Horus' vision of the future on the Shrineworld.
No on to Galaxy in Flames!
Still going through Scars, Jaghatai Khan is not a happy bunny lol... When he get's orders from Dorn & Malcador:
And when he's confronted by both the Space Wolves & Alpha Legion and has to decide who has turned traitor:
Khan really doesn't like Leman Russ by the way and is really chummy with Horus & Magnus. You really see why Horus expected him to turn traitor during the book.
No! roared the Khan, long-burning anger suddenly bursting free. I will not take direction from anyone, not even from a Throneworld that only now, now that its Legions are tearing one another to pieces, deigns to remember that it has eighteen warrior-sons at its service!
And when he's confronted by both the Space Wolves & Alpha Legion and has to decide who has turned traitor:
"Then who is the enemy now, Khagan?" he asked. "that is all I need to know."
"They are all the enemy," said the Khan, striding to the doorway that would take him to the bridge. "They always have been."
"They are all the enemy," said the Khan, striding to the doorway that would take him to the bridge. "They always have been."
Khan really doesn't like Leman Russ by the way and is really chummy with Horus & Magnus. You really see why Horus expected him to turn traitor during the book.
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I'm reading The Guns of Tanith(book 5 of the Gaunt's Ghosts) right now, and damn, it seems like Abnett is always trying to outdo himself with the ridiculous death descriptions, but I just read one so ridiculous that I couldn't contain my laughter, here it is in all its splendor:
WTF
WTF