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AndyElusive posted:Could you elaborate for someone who hasnt read the book? Read the book. It's worth it.
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But then I'd spoil these awesome webisodes that come out once every couple of months.
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May 5, 2018 01:30
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AndyElusive posted:But then I'd spoil these awesome webisodes that come out once every couple of months. He's skipping tons of the book.
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May 5, 2018 01:33
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AndyElusive posted:But then I'd spoil these awesome webisodes that come out once every couple of months. But you’ll get a ton more story, more dialogue, and just general awesomeness. Like Yarrick just staring a space marine into submission.
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May 5, 2018 01:46
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Just finished the first Ravenor book. Holy hell that was awesome. The entire Carnivora sequence was so well done I need a miniseries of this just for that. Stat.
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May 5, 2018 03:01
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mythicknight posted:Just finished the first Ravenor book. Holy hell that was awesome. I think it's called Necromunda?
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May 5, 2018 03:21
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It's a real shame. He spent so much time and effort on the whole Oberon facility sequence that it's incredibly sad to see him rush through two of the books best sequences in the span of like 4 minutes. I get that this series is a lot of work but if he's not able to put in the time required anymore he should just say so and end it, this is just sad and crippling loss of the quality that's held up the series to this point.
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May 5, 2018 03:45
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Zahar still came across as the ultimate badass that she is.
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Hustlin Floh posted:Read the book. It's worth it. Is Helsreach the book part of a series or stand alone?
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May 5, 2018 05:27
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D-Pad posted:Is Helsreach the book part of a series or stand alone? It's part of the "Space Marine Battles" series technically, but it's a stand-alone book. There's a sequel novella called "Blood and Fire" as well.
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May 5, 2018 05:41
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Nowadays Helsreach and Blood and Fire are bundled in the omnibus "Armageddon." Off topic, but I can't help but see Larkin as some unholy combination of John Tams and Bill Nighy. Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 06:39 on May 5, 2018 |
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May 5, 2018 06:09
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Arcsquad12 posted:Nowadays Helsreach and Blood and Fire are bundled in the omnibus "Armageddon." I coan only ever see him as a more manic John Hurt.
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mllaneza posted:Zahar still came across as the ultimate badass that she is. If I hadn't read the book I don't think I would have known what was going on in the entire Titan sequence. Read the book everyone! The web series is good, but the book is great.
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May 5, 2018 17:33
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I found my old copy of Salvation! I know that C.S. Goto is Considered 
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May 5, 2018 18:49
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Hey guys, I'm getting ready to move and I want to lighten the load by giving away some books to a good home. PM me you address and I'll send them out in the mail Monday/Tuesday. The Adventures of Florin & Lorenzo Omnibus (Warhammer Fantasy) The Macharian Crusade Omnibus Overfiend (Space Marine Battles) The Silent War (Horus Heresy)
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Shroud posted:Hey guys, I'm getting ready to move and I want to lighten the load by giving away some books to a good home. PM me you address and I'll send them out in the mail Monday/Tuesday. I would love a book if they aren’t all spoken for..
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Ropes4u posted:I would love a book if they aren’t all spoken for.. Macharian Crusade has been claimed - what would you like?
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Shroud posted:Macharian Crusade has been claimed - what would you like? Robert Earl The Adventures of Florin & Lorenzo (Warhammer Omnibus) pm my shipping address.
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May 6, 2018 16:46
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Finished First and Only and started Ghostmaker. I really wish Abnett did a better job fleshing out Tanith and the events leading up to it. Cause the impression given is that it's a planet about as large and dense as any American suburb based on the tragedy it suffers.
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Lead Psychiatry posted:Finished First and Only and started Ghostmaker. I really wish Abnett did a better job fleshing out Tanith and the events leading up to it. Cause the impression given is that it's a planet about as large and dense as any American suburb based on the tragedy it suffers. It really is that sparsely populated. Apart from the short sequence actually set on Tanith, most of it is only told through memories of the guardsmen. It was barely an industrial world, though it did have some interstellar trade going on.
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May 9, 2018 02:20
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Arcsquad12 posted:It really is that sparsely populated. Apart from the short sequence actually set on Tanith, most of it is only told through memories of the guardsmen. It was barely an industrial world, though it did have some interstellar trade going on. Yeah, logs or something?
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May 9, 2018 02:33
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Yeah, in flashback it seems that it's basically a planet that supplies expensive fancy wood to offworld bigwigs. Which... makes sense in 40k TBH.
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May 9, 2018 02:59
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Also lots of BL authors have major problems with the scale of the setting.
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Yeah at that point Abnett hadn't quite got the handle on the setting that he later did with Necropolis, but even in that and in other people's stuff like Helsreach there's very little understanding of how the shape of a spire would actually affect an invasion and change combat beyond "the walls a real big".
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May 9, 2018 05:16
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Planets in grand sci-fi just function as individual small countries, or sometimes cities. It's a part of the form at this point.
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What's the name for trucks that Abnett comes up with? Something 6 or 8 (depending on the number of wheels, one assumes?) I think there might be a mention of it somewhere in Cain too? I'm drawing up a TO&E for a regiment and I've realized that, other than the Goliath, I don't actually know the name of any non-armored Imperial vehicles.
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May 9, 2018 05:49
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Schadenboner posted:What's the name for trucks that Abnett comes up with? Something 6 or 8 (depending on the number of wheels, one assumes?) Cargo 6/8/10
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May 9, 2018 06:02
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Groetgaffel posted:Cargo 6/8/10 
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IIRC there are staff cars mentioned in Ghostmaker and The Warmaster too, as well as various armoured but unarmed utility variants of the Leman Russ and Chimaera hulls in the IA books.
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Arquinsiel posted:IIRC there are staff cars mentioned in Ghostmaker and The Warmaster too, My officer bois roll everywhere in Command Sallies because: motherfuck your pavement. Arquinsiel posted:as well as various armoured but unarmed utility variants of the Leman Russ and Chimaera hulls in the IA books. Yeah, my favorite chimera variant that’s been mentioned without being detailed has got to be the Samaritan. Schadenboner fucked around with this message at 06:26 on May 9, 2018 |
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May 9, 2018 06:10
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Schadenboner posted:My officer bois roll everywhere in Command Sallies because: motherfuck your pavement. Ah, following the Ciaphas school of transportation.
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They weren't civilian tanks but Baneblade just tosses out Leman Russ and Chimera varients like I have Lexicanum open next to me while I'm reading. Which I usually end up doing anyway.
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They're mostly from the first Imperial Armour book really, with the exception of the Punisher.
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Schadenboner posted:Yeah, my favorite chimera variant that’s been mentioned without being detailed has got to be the Samaritan. If this wasnt 40k I would of guessed that the Samaritan was a medical evac APC as that is the name of the British Army's battlefield ambulance based on the CRV(T) chassis (Scorpion light tank). This being 40k it's probably the poison gas launcher version bringing aid to the heretic to bring them closer to the Big E
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Schadenboner posted:E: I've been reading the Flashman books which were listed somewhere as a big inspiration for Cain, and they are. Only with a lot more racism and raping? And I do "get" that Flashman is supposed to be a loving million years old and a remnant of his time and very explicitly not a hero and so forth, and I'm really enjoying the books, but goddamn. My rear end in a top hat is getting hella stronger from the clench I do each time he drops an n-bomb. Bear in mind the Flashman books started out being written in the 70s, when casual racism etc wasn't quite such a big deal in a comedic setting (srsly check out some of the British TV from the time; the Black and White Minstrel Show was still just about a thing even). Also the raping gets toned down a bit, sort of...I think the character says the rape in the first book is the only time he's ever done it, but then there's some suuuper problematic questions along the lines of 'how much consent can a slave woman on a slave ship who doesn't speak English actually give to her captor' kind of thing. So, uh. Yeah. Still pretty butt clenching.
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Also Cain is a legitimate hero. Flashman is meant to be a total bastard and coward. His only "heroic" trait is that he's rather good at swordfighting
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Foxtrot_13 posted:If this wasnt 40k I would of guessed that the Samaritan was a medical evac APC as that is the name of the British Army's battlefield ambulance based on the CRV(T) chassis (Scorpion light tank).
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Foxtrot_13 posted:If this wasnt 40k I would of guessed that the Samaritan was a medical evac APC as that is the name of the British Army's battlefield ambulance based on the CRV(T) chassis (Scorpion light tank). This is what it's supposed to be. Foxtrot_13 posted:This being 40k it's probably the poison gas launcher version bringing aid to the heretic to bring them closer to the Big E I think this is the Banewolf? E: feedmegin posted:Bear in mind the Flashman books started out being written in the 70s, when casual racism etc wasn't quite such a big deal in a comedic setting (srsly check out some of the British TV from the time; the Black and White Minstrel Show was still just about a thing even). Also the raping gets toned down a bit, sort of...I think the character says the rape in the first book is the only time he's ever done it, but then there's some suuuper problematic questions along the lines of 'how much consent can a slave woman on a slave ship who doesn't speak English actually give to her captor' kind of thing. Is this why the royals still think it's the height of  to show up for parties dressed as Nazis?
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feedmegin posted:Bear in mind the Flashman books started out being written in the 70s, when casual racism etc wasn't quite such a big deal in a comedic setting (srsly check out some of the British TV from the time; the Black and White Minstrel Show was still just about a thing even). Also the raping gets toned down a bit, sort of...I think the character says the rape in the first book is the only time he's ever done it, but then there's some suuuper problematic questions along the lines of 'how much consent can a slave woman on a slave ship who doesn't speak English actually give to her captor' kind of thing. Flashman isn't a "the 70s were a different time" thing. He's supposed to be an absolute monster, he's a stand in for rapacious British imperialism.
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So I read The Inquisition Wars because I wanted to see what the start of 40k writing was like and get into some old lore. gently caress Ian Watson forever and ever. Like is my ebook copy messed up or does it really just abruptly end after 700+ pages when the main character commits suicide by space marine, becomes a webway ghost, and is like "this is my life now" with no resolution to the plot whatsoever. The writing style was weird and oftentimes jarring but seeing what the lore used to be like was pretty cool. Seriously though, gently caress that ending.
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