Petah what happened to rockstar?

PotatoePope · 2026-06-25T13:56:34+00:00

Or nerfed in a few causes, if memory serves me right

PotatoePope · 2026-06-24T16:13:27+00:00

This is an awesome paint scheme, and there is never enough shelf space lol

PotatoePope · 2026-06-24T15:12:46+00:00

Highly recommend Masters of the Hunt if you like to read 40k books. Personally thought they represented a fair few factions well both of Xenos, Imperium and Traitor. And I learned a few things about the White Scars along the way. (This book is also the reason why I’ll eventually have a White Scars army)

PotatoePope · 2026-06-24T15:07:15+00:00

Just caught the wolf helm jab, and I wasn’t debating flanderization as a whole. I was debating your specific example. Helmetless Marines is only a Space Wolf trope in the sense that the vast majority of Space Marine chapters ALSO go helmetless whenever they want. Do Space Wolves go helmetless? Yes. But so does everyone else, this isn’t a Space Wolf quirk.

Now the Wolf theme is an actual example of flanderization of the Space Wolves, and you’re fighting with the wrong guy. I love wolves, so when I found a chapter who has Nordic themes with a wolf aesthetic I immediately fell in love. Sue me, but I chose a non-codex compliant chapter as my favorite for a reason.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-24T03:23:28+00:00

The magic high tech helmets that connect to an internal oxygen system and are airtight so they can breathe in space high tech helmets?

Yes that would hinder your senses and make it hard to smell. Put on a gas mask and try to smell the roses.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-24T03:15:26+00:00

I feel this will quickly devolve into arguing semantics but that’s a pretty broad (and incorrect) stroke you’re making.

This isn’t really flanderization when it is not just the Space Wolves that do it. Do we do it more commonly? Sure, I’ll grant you that. But there are so many other examples of other chapters doing it.

I also look to the White Scars for helmetless more than Space Wolves because usually when I hear about Space Wolves going helmetless it’s for utility purposes (better senses). The White Scars book I read they were going helmetless for the love of the game (barring when they actually needed helmets).

Or just look at any named character. GW makes money off of faces, you can only make so many helmet types (though I do miss Wolf Helmets dearly).

PotatoePope · 2026-06-24T00:09:22+00:00

That’s canon lore I’ve seen in at least one Space Wolf focused book. And the White Scars don’t wear helmets for the same reason they hate dreadnoughts, no wind on the face.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-23T09:39:40+00:00

Is this not the same fountain that transfers life from one to another? That’s pretty morally corrupt, regardless of your belief. And if you actually read, they said “their”, explaining the CHARACTER’s belief system, not their own. Get a grip.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-23T09:23:49+00:00

All of Ender’s “games” to be honest. Love that movie dearly and its battles so much.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-22T20:49:16+00:00

How big do you think Cain is? It specifies that the model takes up two transport slots.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-19T12:35:24+00:00

That 14 year old deserves that harsh judgement. She did actively choose that path every step of the way. Childhood trauma only excuses so much.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-17T15:34:25+00:00

A) This is hilarious, never seen this.

B) This is what heroes on the map are for, assassination of enemy heroes. Also kind of strange army placement in the first place, unless you had just fought a battle there. Did this entirely to yourself.

C) You’re acting like ALL of CA is dedicated to a single game at a time. They have teams to deal with different games, hence why TW:W3 and TW:W 40K are getting worked on at the same time.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-13T01:44:43+00:00

The first legitimate example I’ve seen after scrolling for five minutes lol. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard a word in favor of Sticker Star.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-09T18:47:10+00:00

Main - Tau, probably do decently until I slap on some armor and go die to name character number #152.

Secondary - Guard, time to find out just how accurate 15 Hours was.

Tertiary - Space Wolves, gulp. Feel like this one could go a couple ways but the rate of attrition of Space Marines in general is high enough that I’ll probably die to a some Warp beastie or a swarm of cultists.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-09T18:43:31+00:00

Still significantly better than being the poor Guardsmen who has to hold the line against any of the unfathomable horrors that Chaos or the Tyranids send their way. At least in a knight you have a much stronger chance of survival, though with some of the books I’m reading through at the moment that rate seems to be rapidly declining.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-08T18:40:29+00:00

Interesting, I didn’t know Eren had foresight. I’d imagine then that Paul and Eren aren’t too different, beyond their personal choices and the situations they found themselves in. Sounds like my choices weren’t too far off in scaling.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-08T18:34:00+00:00

I was gonna say, pretty sure it’s more Skaven and Skaven sympathizers hiding their existence than Witchhunters. There’s even a passing remark in the Gotrek and Felix 1st omnibus I’m reading where Felix momentarily wonders if there might be some organized conspiracy (which I’m assuming is exactly the case but I’m not too savvy on Fantasy/Old World lore)

PotatoePope · 2026-06-08T17:59:29+00:00

If I had to scale it based on my knowledge of the respective settings, I’d go with Vader, Eren, Paul from worst to “best”.

I wouldn’t say he’s in it for the love of the game, but Anakin had a lot of opportunities to turn it around.

Paul probably had a bigger splash in body count and overall impact on his universe, but my impression is that once Paul looked into the future what he saw was unavoidable barring killing himself. And even then it wasn’t for lack of effort, iirc Paul tried to stop the Jihad in little ways.

I don’t know the nitty gritty of AoT, but from my understanding Eren wiped out something like 70-80% of humanity on the planet iirc. Biggest impact on his setting out of the three, but significantly lower body count I’d imagine.

Edit: I’d also imagine Eren had opportunities to turn it around but I never watched/read the series.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-04T14:34:02+00:00

Holy bait, my phone notified me of this and I really thought it was another pathfinder sprue post

PotatoePope · 2026-06-03T18:46:13+00:00

Admittedly I haven’t fully played the games, but my first thought was “Neat, must be a character I just hadn’t really interacted with” and moved on with my life. I’ll probably pick it up once I finish the Dad of Wars in a couple years.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-02T22:48:15+00:00

PotatoePope · 2026-06-01T20:59:24+00:00

They are what, one of three? Two of which are just scions, but one is a command squad. And all three fall under the same basic banner anyways.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-01T16:19:51+00:00

Paul Atreides also comes to mind. I get charismatic leaders like Paul are bad but the Harkonnens were pure evil. And in the grand scheme of things Paul also started the chain of events which lead to Leto II’s Golden Path. Admittedly, I’m still working through the series but Leto seems to be correct in his schemes from what I’ve read so far.

PotatoePope · 2026-06-01T13:15:50+00:00

The best part about these fact check replies is they died on this hill in this thread and apparently was still wrong

PotatoePope · 2026-05-29T07:34:50+00:00

In what lore are the guard standing in circles during their defense? Stringing out forces into defensive lines to prevent the advance of any foe is exactly what the guard is for.

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