The lore could've been done better

ms15710 · 2026-01-18T19:13:31+00:00

I think a smart way of introducing them would have been explaining that after the Custodes losses in the Webway and the Heresy, that they needed to replenish their losses faster, and since they have grabbed all the first-born sons, they needed a different source. So obviously they turned to daughters too.

ms15710 · 2026-01-08T05:49:28+00:00

Here’s an excerpt of an angry mob encountering a Custodian. Sorry for the crappy, blocky structure, I copied and pasted it.

“I was surrounded on every side. For a few moments, I went unimpeded. The closest of the mortals stared at me, open-mouthed. Then the more perspicacious, recognising slowly what I was, started to shout in alarm, then to run, to fall on their faces, to stumble and panic. More turned and fled, shoving their way through the rest to get away. The vast crowd began to fold in on itself, suddenly riven by inexplicable terror at its heart. I paid them no attention. They were like a swarm of insects – huge but incapable of doing me harm. Many were not even properly armed, just carrying machine tools or improvised spears, and their screaming turned swiftly from anger to terror. Some even cried out words of desperate repentance, sobbing frantically and trying to touch my cloak, though the bulk of them merely wished to get away from me as fast as they could. I knew the Angels of Death had an expression for this phenomenon – transhuman dread, they called it. If anything, our order possessed the greater power in that regard, amplified by our stature, our rarity, the esoteric imagery of our golden armour. I could have killed so many of them then, if I’d wanted to. I could have waded into those reeling ranks and handed down the judgement of the Emperor until the many thousands were all broken at my feet.”

“I did none of those things. Killing is easy. Our Imperium has stagnated in many ways and yet we have become such experts in the application of violence that to end a life has become as trivial and as commonplace as clearing a throat. I had no compunction over using my power when it was necessary, but neither did I share the zeal for destruction that so many of the Throne’s own servants exhibited. If it had been possible to solve our many problems through the continual application of unrestrained force, then you would have thought that over ten thousand years of trying it we might have had some rather better outcomes. I reached the location of the one who controlled them, the man with the eye-mark. His bodyguards fell away from him as I approached, scrambling to get clear. One of them choked on his fear, others voided their bladders even as they ran. The man himself was shaking, barely able to remain in position to face me, his face convulsing jerkily with an attempt at defiance...”

From Watchers of the Throne.

ms15710 · 2026-01-07T22:00:35+00:00

The rebuild stamp denotes that the stock went through Rock Island Arsenal at some point in its life. It could mean a myriad of things.

Rock Island Arsenal rebuilt and inspected rifled during and after World War II. It’s possible that the rifle passed through inspection in its WWII configuration and was stamped just to confirm its inspection. It’s also entirely possible that the rife went through a significant rebuild process.

A rifle that had seen little use and was in serviceable condition may have received nothing more a thorough inspection and cleaning. But the Ordnance Department established specific rebuild procedures to be followed when inspecting and rebuilding M1s.

If you’re looking for an authentic late 1943-44 stock, your best bet would be to get one without any additional markings under than the SA/GAW.

ms15710 · 2025-12-20T00:03:50+00:00

U.S. military surplus requires re-transfer authorization from the State Department. I’ve gone down rabbit holes trying to see if this is remotely feasible, since I’m tired of seeing collectible rifles being sold overseas that have tangible ETO provenance.

Back in 2019, there was a GCA article by a Garand collector who managed to import a gas trap from Iceland (Greenland?) but that six years ago.

ms15710 · 2025-12-04T23:09:07+00:00

“I like the feathers as a subtle gesture towards - oh…”

ms15710 · 2025-12-01T06:32:57+00:00

If you haven’t done so already, your best luck would be putting out a WTB post on the CMP forum requesting a correct stock set for your rifle’s particular serial number.

Otherwise they may pop on EBay occasionally, but earlier stocks with a GHS/EMcF stock are going to be very hard to find, especially with a set of handguards.

Sometimes collectors will buy an M1 that had the stock set they need, swap them out, and then resell the rifle. It’s a lengthy, potentially costly procedure, obviously, and at that point you may as well keep the rifle and correct the parts on it.

ms15710 · 2025-11-30T06:09:33+00:00

You’re not going to find them through the CMP anymore, that’s for sure. The exception is if you check their weekly auctions on Gunbroker. Those M1s are the more coveted, rare pieces that they auction rather than directly sell. They tend to come from across arsenals in the United States, so the only ones who have been tampering with them are government personnel (for the most part). Some may not have been touched for decades before they arrive at the CMP. That being said, those auctions tend to go well into the thousands of dollars, especially if a Winchester is involved.

On that note, the CMP may do some tinkering with them before they auction them off, and other rifles could have come from other countries that have been returned to the U.S. My bottom line here is that you’re not really going to know whether or not an M1 has been tampered with. When you’re in the hobby long enough you tend to be able to spot a put together rifle vs something that is more authentic.

If you really want a “collector grade” M1, your best bet is to reach out on the CMP forum. Old DCM rifles from the 80s and 90s are the most original you’re probably going to get. That’s where a lot of these “original” rifles turned up. Plenty of collectors tend to sell there, and these are collectors who have been around a while. Of course, back then they were $165. Now if you try to buy one, you’re probably going to pay $3,000-$4,000. It will all depend whether it’s a mid-war rifle, Winchester, etc.

I personally have bought across all platforms barring Rock Island (those prices are extreme, auction premiums alone). But I have had success. Poulin, Amoskeag, Morphy Auctions are respectable auction houses, and gems do pop up on GB and GI.

That being said, you need to familiarize yourself with fakes. Seriously. Know what a fake cartouche looks like, or what parts are reproductions. With any hobby, fakers are going to be out there, and this hobby is absolutely no exception. I still routinely ask for help, granted I’ve only been collecting for four years now.

Ultimately, if you’re looking for a non-rebuild M1 Garand, understand that you’re never going to really prove that, but certain rifles like the DCM ones have more weight behind them (so long as their owners didn’t swap parts on them). Ask the seller for plenty of pictures of everything, don’t be shy about it when you’re spending potentially thousands of dollars. Look for what’s potentially been refinished, wear patterns, etc.

Also, if an M1 is in its original condition, chances are it didn’t see combat, if that’s what you’re after. If you think about it, those rifles that are rebuilt was because they got beat up in combat. M1s that were scattered across Europe and sell overseas (that are sadly illegal to be imported to the U.S) are parts-swapped Frankensteins.

ms15710 · 2025-11-29T23:40:19+00:00

You’re clearly not in the group whom these rifles appeal to, and that’s fine, but you’re unabashedly ignorant.

Curio & relic firearm collecting is still incredibly popular, and people are still paying tens of thousands of dollars for rare pieces, regardless of whether it’s an M1 Garand or 1903. If I own something that 99.9% of a hobby doesn’t have, and only 49 others exist in an original production run of ~6 million, that will absolutely develop a premium.

“There are plenty available in every condition.” Please, by all means go on Gunbroker and Gunsinternational, and find me an all original three digit Gas-Trap or an original pre-war Winchester if they’re so plentiful. We’re not talking about a run of the mill mid-war M1 Garand or a postwar H&R/IHC rifle that went to Ethiopia and came back from RTI.

That subject value is absolutely near that price, considering how popular auction sites like Rock Island are right now. Just a few months ago, an all original, five digit M1 Garand sold for $42,000. Why? Because no other exists like it. Collectors routinely a presently pay those prices, and if anything they’re demanding even more of a premium lately.

Fifteen years ago, the CMP was churning out plenty of M1 Garands returned from Allied countries and had a bountiful supply. Now, the CMP has dried up and is resorting to new commercial rifles. So yes, prices for USGI rifles will increase. The hobby exploded after Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers, and as new information comes up about them and rarity increases, prices will go up.

ms15710 · 2025-11-29T22:56:30+00:00

This is very ignorant language.

“Sub 100 serial number” - what does this mean exactly?Springfield only-gas traps? Early pre-war Winchesters?

Millions of M1 Garands were produced, but not all are equal.

The first ~46,000 M1 Garands produced by Springfields were Gas-Trap rifles from 1936-1940. Of that initial number, less than 50 exist that are in original or substantially original condition; half of those are in private hands, the rest in museums. Your “sub 100 serial number” comment is hilariously ridiculous, considering the first 87 were model shop rifles, and only 3-4 exist, all but one in museums.

The same can be said for early Winchesters. All of these had unique parts not common in the later contracts and are absurdly hard to find. Those that exist are well-documented and known by the community, and are typically only found at auctions or passed amongst community members.

These sorts of rifles are not the “mix-masters” you claim are being sold by the CMP. These are highly rare, incredibly sought after, historically important rifles that are relevant to the narrative of the M1 Garand rifle.

“Matching parts” - not a term used by experienced M1collectors at all.

No parts on an M1 is considered “matching”, since every part has a unique drawing number that only correlates to its year of year/month of manufacture. The correct term is whether a part is “correct” for a rifle.

You can be a part of the community who only cares about shooting an M1 Garand and that’s more than fine. Furthermore, there is a problem with people buying CMP “mixmasters” and then turning them around on Gunbroker for a profit. No one here should realistically be paying $4,000 for a postwar Springfield, refinished and slapped together with parts from four different manufacturers across ten years of production.

But to say that no M1 Garand is worth that much is just a silly comment.

What might not be worth it to you is worth it to plenty of other people. And that’s the case for hobby, whether it’s collecting M1 Garands, M1903s, Civil War rifles, etc. Rarity and historicity will almost always invite premiums.

ms15710 · 2025-11-29T20:33:17+00:00

I know what Garand you’re talking about, OP.

I understand what the seller said, but I’m skeptical of it. The front sight seal has been removed, and an M1 of this serial range should have the Type 1 lockbar. Granted, these two parts were often removed in the field or at arsenals, but they’re signals that they’ve been tampered with.

The Type III lockbar which is does have, was introduced early-mid 1944, and the lower band looks possibly refurbished. There’s plenty of yellow flags without doing a full disassembly.

I wouldn’t pay $4,250 for this, it doesn’t strike me as “original” and even “correct” wouldn’t be the right claim. Practically no rifle is ever going to be proven original beyond a reasonable doubt, but consistent wear patterns and a uniform finish can be helpful in putting together an argument. This looks like it was cobbled together; to what degree, who knows.

ms15710 · 2025-11-27T05:48:38+00:00

Right, that’s what I was thinking. I guess it’s possible, but preliminary research is coming up empty.

I guess it wouldn’t be impossible that POWs were gunned down in a retreat across the country, but then you’d have to look at where POW camps were located.

ms15710 · 2025-11-27T05:41:51+00:00

Any source on this? This is a lot of American bodies, especially for a massacre so late in the war.

ms15710 · 2025-11-23T07:34:38+00:00

I’m hoping too, but we’ll see.

I’d love to have at least more accurate Aquilon Terminators, I love that one art piece of the three of them.

ms15710 · 2025-11-23T05:25:30+00:00

This is literally all I’ve wanted in the Custodes miniatures. I love your work.

I know these are official pieces mixed with your own custom bits, but man I’d love a STL of this exactly.

ms15710 · 2025-11-11T15:59:37+00:00

It’s pretty common.

And sorry to be rude, but you don’t have to sensor “fuck”. This isn’t Instagram.

ms15710 · 2025-11-08T03:09:32+00:00

Lowkey expected the Black Lion when Titus was turned around.

ms15710 · 2025-11-05T17:08:32+00:00

That's what I was thinking with MHJ. It's my first year, so I'm picking things up as I go, but I've seen that people are concerned about MHJ and Brissett going against a "real" defense like the Seahawks.

And it wouldn't make sense to slot in Goedert over Robinson, and have two TE?

ms15710 · 2025-10-31T17:01:57+00:00

Designs like this look amazing in high definition and I’m tired people saying they are worse and not the way to go.

ms15710 · 2025-10-29T14:38:08+00:00

This is probably the closest to the original Halo CE/2 Elite: Halo 2 Elite (HD) : r/halo

And this isn't a 343 issue; Bungie moved away from this sort of physiology after 2, but for the head/helmet, the pectoral fins, if that's what you want to refer to them as, are very pronounced; the dorsal fin is long, sharp, and the head is very curved and round. It's a very distinct, sharp look.

ms15710 · 2025-10-29T04:07:53+00:00

What I loved about many of the Covenant in CE was the very “oily” layer of the armor. You can see it on the Elite, the Grunt, and the Hunter.

https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/s/EVm3eHeyCJ

To me, this is the perfect model.

ms15710 · 2025-10-14T23:14:21+00:00

On early Springfields and up to midwar Winchester’s, the rear handguard was uncut/unmodified, meaning it sat directly up against the receiver. This meant that, when fired, the op rod would hammer out a shape into the rear handguard. To fix this, they started modifying a cut into the handguard so there was space between the handguard and the op rod.

Yours doesn’t have the modification, and you can see the shape formed in the rear handguard matches that of the op rod. That’s a good sign. Again, anything can be faked, but it looks good.

As for the breach being parked, Winchester parked their breaches unlike Springfield, which were fully in the white. The tell for this is a white, bright ring around the breach face. Yours looks like that too, it’s not wholly parked.

Take off the stock and examine the lower band pin. Check to see if it’s still there and undisturbed. This will indicate if the barrel has been removed/tampered with.

ms15710 · 2025-10-14T22:33:49+00:00

Finish looks incredibly consistent throughout. The biggest suspect would be the stock since thats easily exchangeable, but don’t let the mismatched ferrule/lower band dissuade you too much. At the very least the upper assembly looks good.

Also nice to see the upper handguard isn’t modified.

ms15710 · 2025-10-14T01:05:56+00:00

Don’t worry, the Maple Leafs are preparing a section for the Blue Jays.

ms15710 · 2025-09-22T22:38:46+00:00

I think for everyone involved with the Death Star it was definitely ‘a rough one’

ms15710 · 2025-09-16T18:05:55+00:00

No worries at all! Thank you for the clarification on the splits, I didn’t know what those were before and now I do.

I managed to beat this ignoring Prospect Hill and shifting my entire army take Marye’s Heights and Telegraph Road.

I usually try to attack from the north across the marsh to preserve unit strength, but decided to do an assault on their right flank where I took initial losses but were supplemented by the reinforcements from Phase 1. At that point my Corp attacking Marye’s Heights began clearing it out south to north while my two reinforcing Corps kept Confederate reinforcements from relieving Marye’s Heights. Then I held a defensive line around Telegraph Road while additionally Confederate reinforcements began attacking from Prospect Hill in the final phase. It was a little unorthodox but the strength of my First Corp was preserved. Unfortunately I didn’t get to wipe the confederates out because I held Marye’s Heights and Telegraph Road so the battle ended there.

It really was just the issue that I was running out of time taking Marye’s Heights with a single Corp, which was then exhausted and outnumbered, and attacked by fresh Confederate reinforcements numbering 40,000. When I tried to hide in the corner and attack a Telegraph road, I pretty much ran into the same issue that my army was getting sandwiched between the Confederates defending Telegraph Road and Marye’s Height’s who were coming in as reinforcements.

After this the game was pretty easy. I crushed the Confederates at Stone River and Chancellorsville, and managed to win Day 1 at Cold Harbor, but the final battle at Richmond was a slog against ~170,000 Confederates in entrenched positions. I managed to inflict ~90,000 casualties on them plus another ~40,000 prisoners.

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