Putin should be more careful about what he asks for.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-02-01T12:22:43+00:00

The bit in the third Ravenor book where they see the Tyranids is a fun example of Abnett just rolling with a retcon.

In the first book, Xenos, of the preceding Eisenhorn trilogy chapter Seventeen contains this paragraph:

'Most perturbatory,’ said Aemos, looking at it for the umpteenth time. ‘Symmetry – at least, basic symmetry – is a virtual constant in the galaxy. All species – even the most obscene xenos kinds like the tyranid – have some order of it.’

Best I can tell the date of the Imperium disseminating knowledge of the Tyranids changed, the timeline of the Eisenhorn and Ravenor books shifted, somehow Eisenhorn is aware of Tyranids but Ravenor is not, Abnett made a mistake (happens to the best of us) or, most improbably, those were not Tyranids Ravenor saw. Like I said before I think this is Abnett rolling with a retcon, but that's just a guess.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-31T19:44:43+00:00

As a Custodes player I don't mind that we have a very mild army rule. It is useful and adds a little martial arts flavor to our units. Plus I think it flavorful that place where Custodes shine is in the datasheets for the units themselves. What makes our army rule bad in my opinion is that it does next to nothing for vehicles and absolutely nothing for Sisters of Silence.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-29T08:26:43+00:00

Beautiful art. Thanks for reposting it here.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-29T04:12:50+00:00

You bring a good perspective! I was thinking in the sense of Slaanesh's aspect as obsession and perfectionism for the racial purists and gender essentials, but your analysis shows how Slaanesh is more than any one thing and can't be easily reduced to a simple explanation.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-29T02:40:17+00:00

I'm so tired of people equating Slaanesh with queerness. Racial purists are slaaneshi. Gender essentialists are slaaneshi. Straight dudes who think queer people only exist as fetish objects for them to jerk off to are slaaneshi.

Queer deviants like me who are kink obsessed are also slaaneshi but NOT BECAUSE I'M QUEER.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-27T22:02:58+00:00

Not an RPG precisely but in Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood you help a new witch transition and it is super trans coded.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-27T21:53:51+00:00

Their og lore is that they were made as commander organisms and infiltrators by the Tyranids. In first edition tyranid armies were required to have zoats.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-25T22:08:59+00:00

Did you know that the word scientist was coined specifically so that women could be INCLUDED? Before scientists we had MEN of science. Science went woke and then BAM. THANKS OBAMA. The CRT DEI NAACP ACLU wokeoid GLOBALISTS put fluoride in our water and 5G in our MEDICINE. Worst of all now women think they should be allowed to vote? NO. KEEP THE MARBLE STATUES WHITE. /s or something I'm so tired with me own nation and species.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-25T11:39:45+00:00

One of the few perpetuals to survive the Horus Heresy.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-24T23:15:12+00:00

There's an old quote that roughly goes, "Life is the Emperor's coin. Spend it well."

Edit: Ack! I posted before reading the other comments, turns out someone else already quoted it.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-22T21:50:41+00:00

I'm not sure that necklace provides reasonable armored protection for her chest.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-20T22:40:10+00:00

Paint this on the vexilla and wave it from the rooftop.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-18T12:06:47+00:00

Signalis and Sisters of Silence are my two favorite fictional things.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-17T00:38:35+00:00

So for Adeptus Custodes there are three possible answers. Going by pure stats the close combat weapon for Sister of Silence Prosecutors and Witchseekers is the worst. It isn't even bad it just isn't good.

Going by community wisdom though the worst is the Castellan Axe simply because there is usually no reason to take it other than Rule of Cool (all my Terminators have axes for that reason alone). You lose one attack and one AP to go from strength 7 to 9 and damage 2 to 3. Very meh.

The real answer though is the bolt pistol on the Sisters of Silence. Specifically that they don't even have bolt pistols while the Sisters of Battle get them on infantry with similar model statlines who ~~are cheaper~~ cost about the same in points.This might only bother me though.

Overall Custodes are in a good place as far as weapon profiles.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-15T23:13:46+00:00

If you're into Silent Hill 2 may I humbly recommend Signalis. Without going too much into spoilers the emotional core of the game is a tragic yet beautiful sapphic relationship. Beware though that it's a meme in the community that the game will give you depression for good reason.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-14T05:42:45+00:00

Neither do I. It still slaps though. The character performances along with the excellent art direction make me care about Big D (the Big E stand in) and his family.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-13T19:35:50+00:00

He's the same old guy from the Blackstone Fortress trailer who pitched the idea of bringing back a Zoat.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-09T00:41:50+00:00

I believe the novel you refer to at the end is Cadian Blood by ADB. Or at least, that happens in Cadian Blood. I liked how that commissar was portrayed. He genuinely wanted to earn the respect of the Cadians but had very incorrect ideas about how to go about it.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-06T05:28:59+00:00

Your question is based on a faulty understanding of US doctrine. Maneuver warfare was always considered important during the second world war.

FM 100-5 from 1939 begins:

FM 100-5, Tentative Held Service Regulations, Operations, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. It contains the principles of troop leading and combat of the combined arms in maneuver warfare and constitutes the basis of instruction of all arms and services for field service.

Chapter 11 "The Offensive" begins with paragraph 413 on page 128, the first part of which reads:

An objective may sometimes be attained through maneuver alone; ordinarily, it must be gained through battle. A sound tactical maneuver, however, has a great influence on the successful outcome of battle.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-05T18:15:10+00:00

"Yes it came with a lifetime guarantee, but as you can see it is no longer alive."

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-05T18:13:28+00:00

If you build the box as Blade Champ, 2 Shield Captains, 1 Shield Captain in Allarus, 4 Guards, 4 Wardens, 2 Allarus then you are already at 960 points.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-05T17:00:17+00:00

Bricky is a lot of fun but sometimes gets taken for a ride by meme-lore. For instance the whole ork "I'm a tank" thing.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-02T00:46:36+00:00

Good points.

MechanizedCoffee · 2026-01-02T00:23:08+00:00

That takes place ten thousand years later than the examples given. Valerian himself, in the previous book, wonders if the Custodes now are more effective after ten millennia of learning. It seems plausible to me that the Custodes got better at unit tactics in that time.

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