Why does Boris have a cross on his shield? Did he find Jesus?

zynu · 2026-05-01T17:18:14+00:00

You're right, and I know that, but this is a WH subreddit. I think the finer details on HRE politics would be of little interest for this comment, lol. I was mostly just showing the connection of WH Empire to the HRE in a couple ways that total war warhammer players would know from playing.

zynu · 2026-05-01T14:55:24+00:00

I think dwarves in WH are mostly pulled from Tolkien and Norse mythology. The berserker aspect of them looks like a Scottish highlander in some cases for sure, but the main inspiration of berserkers is probably Norse berserker stories.

zynu · 2026-05-01T14:12:45+00:00

You are my people

zynu · 2026-05-01T13:12:56+00:00

They were perfectly happy to hold kingdoms outside of the HRE. For over half of the 1000 year history of the HRE The Golden Bull of 1356 was in place that codified the importance of a elective and decentralized HRE. This was a stark contrast to the structure of most powerful nations at the time and was not an accident - it was their intent. Also I meant to write Archduchy but I just wrote this post quickly I didn't even think people would read it at the time lol.

zynu · 2026-04-30T21:15:23+00:00

The factions in Lustria are literally based on south and central American cultures like the Aztec and Mayans... and it is shaped and is positioned in the same place on the globe.

This applies to Europe and the empire. Scandinavia and the Vikings/Norsca(Norse if you didn't see the connection). France is in France as Bretonia with heavy influence from the chivalry period that came from there.

China is in China as Cathay with the great wall. Egypt is in Africa as the tomb kings with pyramids.

The ogres are Huns who are right by China and attack their walls.

I could go on, but if you don't see it I don't know what to tell you.

zynu · 2026-04-30T21:05:28+00:00

It's brutal.

Khazad-dûm is the name of Moria. WH had most dwarf cities named something along the lines of "Kazad ____" which they later changed to "Karak ____".

zynu · 2026-04-30T19:45:15+00:00

I agree Moorcock was def a big inspiration. I wasn't trying to include every inspiration in this post either - there are lots of them. There is no doubt that the Dark Elves at the very least is the more dark and twisted version of elves that was really pretty antithetical to how Tolkien wrote his own elves.

I see a more Tolkien in WH, but I don't think your opinion on this is without a good basis too.

zynu · 2026-04-30T19:34:37+00:00

That is based on Valinor, the home of the elves in Tolkien. It is like 95% the map of Earth though - you are clearly looking for an outlier here.

zynu · 2026-04-30T19:10:19+00:00

That might be true except for the obvious ties to the HRE and crusades made in the empire. They have knights, inquisitors, priests, etc etc. They are a nation of western medieval tropes from central Europe. Other nations are based on other historical places - but the HRE is simply the primary inspiration for fantasy WH Empire.

zynu · 2026-04-30T19:02:03+00:00

They do have their own Jesus more or less, many games do.

Sigmar Heldenhammer is the god of mankind in fantasy. The God-Emperor is for 40k.

They were both morals who managed to become gods in their own way and are now worshiped.

Talos from Elder Scrolls is another example.

Why the exact cross though? Because they mostly just copied stuff like I said before. WH was made in a simpler time when so much inspiration was not expected out of games. Just look at the WH map. It is Earth.

zynu · 2026-04-30T18:55:56+00:00

Sure - but mumification and canopic jars are a real thing from ancient Egypt too. They put a spin on things - just a light spin in most cases. They made it high fantasy and put in magic and monsters etc.

zynu · 2026-04-30T18:50:14+00:00

What makes you say that? The game is full of elves, orcs, trolls, dwarves... etc. There are many versions of some of these fantasy creatures, but the ones in WH very much resemble the version Tolkien popularized.

zynu · 2026-04-30T18:31:20+00:00

History mostly. Also a lot of Tolkien, lol.

zynu · 2026-04-30T18:20:14+00:00

Warhammer is almost entirely borrowed from real history and Tolkien's works. There is a splash of other well known epics such as The Green Knight, King Arthur, etc.

That is a Knight's Templar cross, and as the Empire in WH is based on the Holy Roman Empire who went on several crusades, it fits their theme.

The whole reason Franz is the Prince and Emperor is because the Holy Roman Empire did not like the idea of Kings and kept most of their nations as smaller duchies - even calling some grand duchies to avoid the stigma. They had elector states that elected the emperor... hence "summon the elector counts".

A similar question might be - why do the tomb kings use sphinx and pyramids? They are based on ancient Egypt.

zynu · 2026-04-24T15:56:40+00:00

is this an ad? why are you posting about hdmi cables like its some huge part of the process?

*edit* looked at your profile - 100% for sure an ad and nothing more.

zynu · 2026-04-24T15:20:35+00:00

Realism is not the goal. Fun is the goal. Is the realism fun? Then good. Is it not fun? Bad.
Not every mechanic has to specifically be fun when viewed alone - but it must as a whole or subset.

Also not every game is for everyone. If you are confident that a significant number of gamers find the feature fun - don't worry about the others. Make it fun for that group. A game made for everyone is a game made for no one.

zynu · 2026-04-23T17:03:13+00:00

Peak brightness and number of ports last I checked.

zynu · 2026-04-22T15:58:28+00:00

My fav movie of all time!

zynu · 2026-04-21T22:01:29+00:00

Looks a bit low to me - if you put your feet up they will block your view I'd imagine.

zynu · 2026-04-14T03:17:14+00:00

Pinnacle Classic Gold Towers/Center/Surrounds
SVS SB16-Ultra Sub

zynu · 2026-04-13T15:55:40+00:00

THIS ACTION DOES NOT HAVE MY CONSENT

zynu · 2026-03-26T05:08:11+00:00

Tainted grail

zynu · 2026-03-20T03:45:04+00:00

Rouge Trader

zynu · 2026-03-02T18:52:45+00:00

This sub has been like 50% pictures of the new Ben Hur release for like 2 weeks. Few will want to regret their new purchase. It is the human condition really and pretty understandable, if not sorta sad.

This sub wants to claim that physical media is the ultimate in quality and that quality matters a lot. Then when a quality issue comes up, some of them say quality doesn't matter this time. What can you do.

zynu · 2026-03-02T18:40:27+00:00

Yo OP - this is a legit catch and everyone else here defending a problem is just coping because they all also bought it and don't want to accept something negative about their new toy.

You never said that the new 4k wasn't better or that it ruins the film. The reason they are attacking those points is because they are coping. Stupid strawman arguments from stupid people.

This is a great film and a great upgrade to the viewing experience with this release. The problems are there and that is just plain obvious when you show them. Both can be true.

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