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Well then i guess im gonna read some Ahriman books then! Thanks thread! 
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Lincoln`s Wax posted:Yep, third and final. It's been out since last year at GW stores. I absolutely loved every insane thing about it. Prospero burns. Again. Also, one of Ahriman's dudes vomits up Doombreed, who proceeds to enter melee combat with a possessed imperator titan.  I had no idea the third book had released. I've enjoyed the first two so I'll have to check that out.Lincoln`s Wax posted:I guess it doesn't count now but the space wolves chasing him were the remnants of the 13th company. The wolves were absolutely terrifying in that novel, just beat down grim as gently caress dudes that have been in the warp since the heresy. One of the cooler bits of that is when they encounter modern codex marines and how fast and organized they are, they're pretty much "Who the gently caress are these dudes?" and they're just some run of the mill marines. There are also grey knights and poo poo and it's just fun. 
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Feb 17, 2016 05:13
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rocket_Magnet posted:I think some other posters found it to be a bit meh. I was one of the people who didn't like them (I didn't read the third one but I did read the first two). What it seemed like to me was that the author was trying his very hardest to make the book run at a crescendo pace the entire way through, and it backfired and turned it into a tedious slog. There's little to nothing in the books that I can remember as being a break in the action, no interludes where things aren't being pushed at a fever pitch. Also, lots of fake-outs of character deaths.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:05
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Do you feel like you don't explain the skulls on your coffee mug often enough? Have you ever thought to yourself "Yeah, I need kitsch that exclaims my love for violent, ridiculous pulp fiction that has a heavy Nazi aesthetic?" Well, fear not, because Black Library is here to help! http://www.blacklibrary.com/merchandise
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Feb 17, 2016 23:32
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I kind of liked the Munitorium mug if anything. Even if I wish it was in metal. Otherwise all of those designs are kind of  , especially the stuff tied to the Ork event.
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Feb 18, 2016 01:45
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The khrone t-shirt's rune is made out of skulls.  But yeah, I can't imagine displaying any of that stuff in public.
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Feb 18, 2016 01:56
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Immanentized posted:Do you feel like you don't explain the skulls on your coffee mug often enough? I wanted to get a primarch figurine to put on my desk at work but my gf told me she's not dating a loving child so I settled for putting the Aquila as the background to my desktop.  The child inside me cries. I'm dragging her rear end to comicon though. She ain't ready
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Feb 18, 2016 02:33
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Klaus88 posted:The khrone t-shirt's rune is made out of skulls. Waroduce posted:I wanted to get a primarch figurine to put on my desk at work but my gf told me she's not dating a loving child so I settled for putting the Aquila as the background to my desktop.  However I realise that not everyone can have a girlfriend as cool as mine, and that Forgeworld stuff is crazy expensive, so maybe you could sell yours on ebay and buy TWO Primarchs?
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Feb 18, 2016 02:37
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I'm kind of amused by the "A Beast Arises" coffee mug. cause you drink coffee in the morning so the mug is like, i'm the beast arising, cause I'm just waking up and I'm a beast. I don't know if that was intentional
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Feb 18, 2016 02:53
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$8 for a bookmark 
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Feb 18, 2016 02:56
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They don't have the inquisitorial emblem on anything, pretty glaring absence there.
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Feb 18, 2016 03:30
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The T-Shirts only go up to XXL. That seems... Overly optimistic, let's say.
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Feb 18, 2016 03:54
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Immanentized posted:Do you feel like you don't explain the skulls on your coffee mug often enough? Hans..are we the baddies?
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Feb 18, 2016 06:01
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Kylaer posted:I was one of the people who didn't like them (I didn't read the third one but I did read the first two). What it seemed like to me was that the author was trying his very hardest to make the book run at a crescendo pace the entire way through, and it backfired and turned it into a tedious slog. There's little to nothing in the books that I can remember as being a break in the action, no interludes where things aren't being pushed at a fever pitch. Also, lots of fake-outs of character deaths. I enjoyed them, but I definitely feel what you're saying here. The pacing in second one especially felt exhausting with how everything in the second half was one, long, continuous climax with no respites. Still, definitely one of the better Chaos-focused serious despite that. The Thousand Sons sorcerer from Talon of Horus showing up in the third book felt a bit shoehorned in, though, and if it weren't for French and Dembski - Bowden being actual mates I would have suspected him being told to put in solely for the sake of marketing.
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Feb 18, 2016 13:09
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Immanentized posted:Do you feel like you don't explain the skulls on your coffee mug often enough? Looking at those messenger bags I thought "Well I guess I'd choose the Sigilite one, as it just looks like a random symbol, whereas most of the others would make people think I was a neo-nazi."
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Deptfordx posted:Looking at those messenger bags I thought "Well I guess I'd choose the Sigilite one, as it just looks like a random symbol, whereas most of the others would make people think I was a neo-nazi." I don't know where you live, but none of those bags look neo-nazi-like in any way. At worst, you should expect a kick in the nuts for spending $70 on a $25 canvas bag. Is anyone finding I Am Slaughter to be a bit of a muddled drag? I love Abnett, but I am really having difficulty getting through the book...
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Feb 18, 2016 18:04
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Oh hey, all this Ahriman talk makes me feel like picking them up for my fix while GW is in a bit of a slump with the heresy. Physical books on Amazon. £16.35, £15.28 and £8.99 Sigh... I'm old, dammit! I can't do this E-Book nonsense unless it's idiot proof in the Amazon store.
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Feb 18, 2016 22:02
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The Wulfen book is incredibly short. I read it in one sitting. It was good, but short.
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Feb 18, 2016 22:42
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berzerkmonkey posted:
It was definitely a weird one, felt very disjointed and almost as though it started life as a comic pitch.
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Feb 18, 2016 22:58
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Immanentized posted:Do you feel like you don't explain the skulls on your coffee mug often enough? The only thing I would maybe consider buying would be a black tee shirt with the Eye of Horus on it and they don't even make that. Which is cool, because I don't really want to be THAT guy anyway.
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Feb 18, 2016 23:04
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Immanentized posted:It was definitely a weird one, felt very disjointed and almost as though it started life as a comic pitch. Ok, I'm glad it's not just me.
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Feb 19, 2016 00:29
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AndyElusive posted:The only thing I would maybe consider buying would be a black tee shirt with the Eye of Horus on it and they don't even make that. Which is cool, because I don't really want to be THAT guy anyway. They need to bring back the party tyrant shirt: 
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Feb 19, 2016 00:38
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The The Beast Arises books are clearly not meant to stand on their own as individual novels. With that in mind, I really enjoyed I Am Slaughter. It was just pure ramp up. Predator, Prey was a lot worse written and definitely suffered more from being just part of a larger story. But it introduced some cool plot lines I am excited to see develop in later volumes
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Feb 19, 2016 02:23
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boom boom boom posted:The The Beast Arises books are clearly not meant to stand on their own as individual novels.
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Feb 19, 2016 14:29
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New series of 40K comics to be released.
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Feb 19, 2016 20:06
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Ive finally given up. I canceled my warmaster pre-order from 3 years ago. Its never coming out. I guess ill start reading those Ahriman books on my shelf if there's a new one out.
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Feb 19, 2016 21:08
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berzerkmonkey posted:I don't know where you live, but none of those bags look neo-nazi-like in any way. At worst, you should expect a kick in the nuts for spending $70 on a $25 canvas bag. I loved it, sorry. I haven't read the next one yet, but I really enjoyed how different it was--kind of reminded me of Consider Phlebas in a way, although I don't know if I could articulate why yet. Edit: I adored Pariah and disliked much of Salvation's Reach, though, so I recognize my feelings might not be typical here. Sulecrist fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Feb 19, 2016 |
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Feb 19, 2016 22:55
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That's actually really high praise, that Banks bit. I like Abnett's stuff, but is he really writing at that level?
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Feb 20, 2016 07:14
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Peztopiary posted:That's actually really high praise, that Banks bit. I like Abnett's stuff, but is he really writing at that level? No, although he's clearly pushing himself to be. In terms of literary sci-fi I think he's arrived at the Alastair Reynolds / maybe Guy Gavriel Kay tier, though. I'd rate some of his books--Prospero Burns, Pariah, maybe Know No Fear, maybe some of the Gereon Gaunt's Ghosts books, and Embedded (his original setting, not 40k)--as legit sci-fi sufficiently sophisticated to handle undergrad-level close reading.
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Feb 20, 2016 12:59
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Lincoln`s Wax posted:No. Also, maybe yes. Just bought the last two on Amazon. Thanks for the recommendation!
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Hopefully you guys don't mind me posting this here, but as part of the oath thread, there is an achievement for writing a backstory for your model so I wrote a quick short story to go along with it. quote:His lips still mouthing the Benediction of Hatred, Brother Captain Garron forced himself to raise his head as the rough pull of the cruel blades against his flesh finally abated. He doubted that his reprieve would last long. As his head raised, his muscles screamed from days of hanging with his arms chained cruciform. The robed forms of his four ever present tormentors blurred into focus. They had retreated a few steps from him, bloody daggers still in hand. By now he'd grown used to the pale, waxy scar tissue that were their sole facial features. And here is my model of Undariel the Faceless. 
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Feb 27, 2016 19:47
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Has there been any news of that WH40K official movie? Apparently it's written by Saint Abnett himself
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Feb 28, 2016 01:14
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Phi230 posted:Has there been any news of that WH40K official movie? Apparently it's written by Saint Abnett himself No, there has not been any news of the 40k movie recently. And with good reason http://www.amazon.com/Ultramarines-Warhammer-Blu-ray/dp/B00ATP23R4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1456619380&sr=8-3&keywords=ultramarines
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Feb 28, 2016 01:30
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Well... It was written by Abnett.
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Feb 28, 2016 03:45
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I think it was half abnett.
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Feb 28, 2016 04:22
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I've always loved the notion of a film based on Titanicus. There are giant machine-gods blowing poo poo up, religious/political machinations, and a variety of poor sods struggling to stay alive amidst it all. If ever a WH40k movie is made at all it'll be about SPESS MAHREENS, of course, but a man can dream.
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Feb 28, 2016 04:47
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My dream is an HBO Eisenhorn or perhaps a Gaunts Ghost campaign done up alla Band of Brothers. Alas, this world is not good enough for such things :/.
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Hot Dog Day #82 posted:My dream is an HBO Eisenhorn or perhaps a Gaunts Ghost campaign done up alla Band of Brothers. Alas, this world is not good enough for such things :/. I'd be so hard for a Netflix miniseries type thing for the Ghosts, Eisenhorn, or maybe even Ciaphas Cain. The Hero of the Imperium anthology could be a good one to adapt: you get a mixed-gender regiment, then three storylines against increasingly nasty opponents that cover all the major races in 40k save the eldar and tyranids.
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Feb 29, 2016 03:56
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They could do 'nids in a flashback to when he met Jurgen after someone asks at some point. It's be awesome.
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