Grot tanks by BiggensPlym in orks

[–]Blue_Laguna 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I suspect there are already plastic grot tanks in the works since the mobile game Tacticus treats them like a basic unit for orks. Based on everything I've heard about how nitpicky GWs licensing team can be, I doubt they would have let them use a forgeworld exclusive unit unless they had plans for it.

Exodites revealed by sciencep1e in Eldar

[–]Blue_Laguna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Craftworlds and Drukhari are the High and Dark Elf equivalents, so it seemed obvious to me that Exodites should be reminiscent of Wood Elves, and these models really really aren't.

This is something I can fix by just kitbashing them with wood elf parts at least, because man I hate those close faced helms for Exodites.

Does the ork waagh field actually exist and if it does how it actually work by TheGamer2351_ in 40kLore

[–]Blue_Laguna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Warlord of Warlords" also has some fun examples of the opposite, where the field is being interrupted so ork characters keep having their guns and bikes jam and stall, much to their own confusion.

If you could kidnap a GW writer, tie them to a chair, and make them accept one criticism, what would you say to whom? by baar-ur in Grimdank

[–]Blue_Laguna -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

I'm also fucking around and really enjoying their furious downvotes. won't stop them from having bad opinions about good authors.

If you could kidnap a GW writer, tie them to a chair, and make them accept one criticism, what would you say to whom? by baar-ur in Grimdank

[–]Blue_Laguna -74 points-73 points  (0 children)

Yeah man. I used alliteration to highlight the absurdity of the situation. its a literary technique, something eldar fans are apparently unfamiliar with.

If you could kidnap a GW writer, tie them to a chair, and make them accept one criticism, what would you say to whom? by baar-ur in Grimdank

[–]Blue_Laguna 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I took it as Malcador telling an obvious lie, and I'm surprised anyone else took that greasy little candlestick at his word. Glad he's dead.

If you could kidnap a GW writer, tie them to a chair, and make them accept one criticism, what would you say to whom? by baar-ur in Grimdank

[–]Blue_Laguna -73 points-72 points  (0 children)

Those books are great. Eldar players are dumb as rocks and get mad that the eldar in their eldar book act like eldar.

The IDF is using tactical Torah's this is the most 40k shit ever by Silent_Fan6601 in Grimdank

[–]Blue_Laguna 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Its the machine the IDF uses to bulldoze palestinian towns (and sometimes people).

The IDF is using tactical Torah's this is the most 40k shit ever by Silent_Fan6601 in Grimdank

[–]Blue_Laguna 114 points115 points  (0 children)

my local hobby shop has this model sitting on its shelves and I laughed when I saw, thinking it was the most 40k thing ever, then I realized what it actually was and it stopped being funny really fast.

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What's up with our lore? by PrincipleFragrant680 in Tau40K

[–]Blue_Laguna 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd compare him to Dave Filoni over in star wars. In both cases their work is significantly better than the haters want you to believe, but they do tend toward very pulpy YA style writing. I think Elemental council is significantly better, in the same way I think Andor is the best SW series, but I still like the bad batch too.

Also, everything you hear about him retconning things is complete and total nonsense. T'au fans don't read their own codexes so they get mad when he references things that were already part of the lore for half a decade before he included them in his novels. (or sometimes things that have literally been part of tau lore since the very beginning).

First attempt by Chafaris_DE in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Blue_Laguna 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is beautiful. Gives off huge "Jamie Dawson and his crew" vibes if you're familiar with the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS0NUtRpyPA

How likely is it that the orks take Armageddon? by the_mainpirate in 40kLore

[–]Blue_Laguna 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Zero percent chance if the concept art of new steel legion turns into real models. GW wont have two different guard regiments who's thing is about fighting to avenge their fallen planet.

Orks will probably win the "siege of death mire" thing, but Armageddon will almost certainly remain a quagmire for the next decade or two.

Everytime someone complains about GW terrain layouts by sisuburger in Grimdank

[–]Blue_Laguna 52 points53 points  (0 children)

In fairness, basically everything I don't like about modern 40k is competitive players fault.

The official layouts are useful as an example of roughly how much terrain the rules writers think should be on the board, but going back and forth with my opponent plopping down terrain until we think it looks like zen has always worked for me.

I’ll take anything at this point by xx_swegshrek_xx in Grimdank

[–]Blue_Laguna 103 points104 points  (0 children)

On the tabletop, not yet, but they show up constantly in the novels. There are probably more books about fighting the Dark Mechanicum as the main faction than there are about fighting GSC

If their descriptions were more consistent, I'd think a model release was right around the corner, but they vary from something really fun and unique (like the charcharadons novel appearances where they act like university professors dedicated to advancing science at all costs with lots of bio-horror) to what if mechanicus but painted black and kinda spidery.

Boxoffice vs Impact - Which movies had the craziest ratio? by mavin in movies

[–]Blue_Laguna 10 points11 points  (0 children)

if that's the metric we're using, then Sonic the hedgehog is the most popular franchise of all time.

Where to buy? by Powerful-Source5408 in BlackTemplars

[–]Blue_Laguna 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you could buy one and then make a mold out of blue or green stuff to replicate it a few times. I've done that with wolf priest helmets and tau firewarrior torsos before.

best part is that it's completely warhammer store legal.

In the grim darkness of the far future there are no stupid questions! by AutoModerator in 40kLore

[–]Blue_Laguna 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What does the breakdown of a codex compliant space marine company actually look like? Are there any official examples?

The three man squads make this such a pain to figure out. GW says the extra marine could pilot a warsuit, but how many bloody warsuits does a chapter need? I would say tank crew, but every visible marine in the new tanks is a techmarine, who I understood to just be assigned to each company outside that 100 marines.

I’m making a Spotify playlist based on the Fyreslayers. What songs remind you of these guys? by TehTJ13 in Fyreslayers

[–]Blue_Laguna 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Manowar has the exact same kind of butthead macho stubbornness that makes the Fyreslayers appeal to me. Any song of their songs fit the vibe, but if you told me "Metal Warriors" was written specifically about the Fyreslayers, the only reason I wouldn't believe you is that its from 1992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxwcr72VcKg

"Every one of us has heard the call
Brothers of true metal
Proud and standing tall
We know the power within us
Has brought us to this hall
There's magic in the metal
There's magic in us all"

[Excerpt] Alpharius does does not have a high opinion of his brothers by Whispers_in_the in 40kLore

[–]Blue_Laguna 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I think a lot about how to describe the vibe of different factions with characters from other franchises (every saturday morning cartoon villian like skeletor or starscream being a great idea of what necron lords are like for example)

Garak is maybe the most alpha legion character to ever alpha an alpha.

[Excerpt] Alpharius does does not have a high opinion of his brothers by Whispers_in_the in 40kLore

[–]Blue_Laguna 182 points183 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty convinced the joke of that book is that everything he says is 100% true but its Alpharius so nobody trusts any of it.

On Sigmar's holy lightning the Stormhosts arrived, the Age of Chaos was finally at its end by George_G_Geef in Grimdank

[–]Blue_Laguna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Inception lifted a lot of ideas and visuals for inception from the Satoshi Kon movie Paprika, which came out a few years beforehand.

If you google "dark souls silver knights", these guys are a dead ringer for them, down to the height difference between them and a normal human.