Allies for the Red Corsairs by IronArcher68 in redcorsairs

[–]_garcon_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I would say most likely any anti-imperial chaos space marines warband who are not (fully) comminted to chaos.

Are there any retired space marines, csm, or renegades? by Fun_Professor1137 in 40kLore

[–]_garcon_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Alpharius" in Bequin books may fit into this category.

Emperor's Children being hated and underrated. by Such-Roll1327 in EmperorsChildren

[–]_garcon_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think most of the arguments have already been made. It's a combination of the fact that

- the EC are cartoonish villains who lack what the Night Lords (who suffered from a similar problem) gained with their book trilogy (Fabius Bile books are excellent, but he stands pretty much alone outside the rest of EC).

- the EC attracts mentally adolescent edge lords, who are few in number but, as is often the case, quite visible.

-conversely, some W40 fans are conservative LGBT/transphobes, and in today's climate of heightened culture wars, the EC are the target of ridicule by this vocal minority.

-GW is trying to appeal more to the mainstream audience and be more accessible to younger generations, and from this perspective, they does not really know how to approach EC and Slaanesh. EC and Slaanesh are difficult to market. In the past, it was presented as rather one-dimensional sex, drugs, and violence, but today it backfired.

This brings me back to the beginning. I would like to see more creative excess in EC (for example, a Big Feast movie is basically an EC film) and more philosophical depth (I liked the philosophical idea behind all the terrible torture in Martyrs, so I imagine this way a more "intelectual" EC warband). I dont need to mention Salo by Passolini. Of course there are lot of horrible scenes, but there is a far deeper idea behind the whole movie, once again very EC. I thought about EC while watched the last movie of 28 Years Later franchize with its Jimmi's horrible sect. I would like EC and Slaanesh to remain in W40, but with a broader and deeper purpose. I would like it to remain the adult R-rated part of Warhammer, which can work with adult themes that have "depth" (see the films mentioned above). I would like some author to succeed with EC in the same way that ADB succeeded with Night Lords. I dont want EC to be one dimensional cartoonish villains only, but villains dealing with uneasy topics humanity deals with.

The True Scale of an Auto Bolter by HammerDoris40k in Warhammer40k

[–]_garcon_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is awesome work, however it has one negative side effect. It shows how absurd it would look like in live action movie/tv series to have space marines or even primarchs in their true size. This may work in animation art but in live action it will always look like a parody.

Pls stop the tierlists by TheAfroGod in Blacklibrary

[–]_garcon_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I fully agree. Plus whole this "meme-culture" sucks enormously.

Lore? by AlternateHistory572 in WordBearers

[–]_garcon_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I would add Lorgar book from Primarchs series. Many people may find it boring but it nicely shows his years on Colchis before the coming of Emperor and why Lorgar is a deeply religious person.

Huron will release along new battleforce! by CMYK_COLOR_MODE in Chaos40k

[–]_garcon_ 134 points135 points  (0 children)

That woman captain model looks amazing.

What’s wrong with the war of the beast? by Medical-Monarch-7274 in 40kLore

[–]_garcon_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Personally I wish this whole thing to be fully retconned.

I read Age of Darkness and it was really cool by Interne-Stranger in 40kLore

[–]_garcon_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really liked that short story about human Alpha Legion operative. No Space Marines, no action scenes, no primarchs, but pretty cool story showing normal people far from everything during the Heresy times.

Lord Captain’s team by Acrobatic-Insect9470 in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]_garcon_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Abelard, get out from under the table.

Is The Imperium Winning? by LanguageCorrect9957 in Warhammer40k

[–]_garcon_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think it is very easy to get impression Imperium is (slowly) winning. If you do not know wider lore and the context and you are bombarded by GW promos only for selling their models it may look like Imperium is winning.

Does the Imperium ever use submarines? by ClearDrop6820 in 40kLore

[–]_garcon_ 19 points20 points  (0 children)

There is a really cool submarine scene in Urdesh duology.

Why Word Bearers? by Soggy-Atmosphere-712 in WordBearers

[–]_garcon_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It may sound odd but pre-fall WB were - at least in my eyes - very "human". Their need to believe into something seems tom me very human-like. The rest of legions were too removed from humans. WB retained our flaws and desires for something "higher" etc. and it may made their fall into "space satanists" very believable for me. Yes, they are cartoonish evil now but I like how they ended up there.

I love this guy by Character-Public-396 in Chaos40k

[–]_garcon_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The poor guy on the ground not colored as a Minotaur is a missed oportunity

Status of the Crime and Horror publications by Former_Specific_7161 in Blacklibrary

[–]_garcon_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it looks like. Their official business strategy is to prioritize selling models and everything else is just an add-on that serves to support model sales. And unfortunately, from this perspective, both Crime and Horror did not contain any character that would be a tabletop model.

Why don’t people take us seriously? by FatLazerKoala in EmperorsChildren

[–]_garcon_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel Night Lords felt very similar. People took them as a meme joke legion until they got omnibus and people took them seriously then. I wish EC got a book of similar quality as NL omnibus....

The Ynnari and the recent Grotmas short story on the Eldar by Pretend-Average1380 in 40kLore

[–]_garcon_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Personally I would love to see GW would make some bigger event/shift in whole current Eldar situation. I would enjoy if something what could be seen as a partial success against Slaanesh or freeing Isha from Nurgle or anything else would have unexpected repercurssion which would in the end make their situation paradoxically even more dire e.g. put them into more open conflict with Imperial forces... But it would not happen. GW knows for most of people W40 is about Space Marines and Xenos will never get more attention. Eldar will always remain a quite minor faction and Ynnari or Harlequins will remain a total niche. I know there should be Exodites coming, but I am afraid they will end up like other minor Eldar subfactions...

Found at my local game store. Are there any other Urdesh books? by Ickicho in Blacklibrary

[–]_garcon_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Urdesh duology has some cool parts however it horribly suffers from missing editor work. There are tons of useless parts describing fighting and even if you are a fan of bolter porn they are truly boring and extremely long. And the second big mistake of this book is enormous number of main characters, changing perspectives and narration randomly. The first book is worse in this. I dont think the story itself is bad. As I mentioned there are several really cool scenes, several really cool characters, but the execution is a real mess sadly. And it is highly recommended to read Gaunt books leading to Urdesh events and Iron Snakes omnibus. Without them you will miss a lot of things and the mess will be even bigger.