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Dog_Meat posted:I love that the setting is so messed up that a glassy eyed, clammy skinned, cyber-corpse robo-butler is only considered creepy when it doesn't follow it's instructions There was a servitor doll in one of the books. Like, an actual child's toy. In 40k even the talking dolls are servitors.
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Z the IVth posted:There was a servitor doll in one of the books. Like, an actual child's toy. "I love the aesthetic of it. I love that they made robot replicas of babies to fly around swinging incense" " ... " "They're robot replica babies, right...?"
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I remember reading that renaissance Italian nobles would break the wings of songbirds and give them as toys to their children if you're looking for historical inspiration
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Benagain posted:I remember reading that renaissance Italian nobles would break the wings of songbirds and give them as toys to their children if you're looking for historical inspiration Mutilating cute little creatures in order to enjoy their high-pitched singing voices? How atrocious! Boy, I'm glad it's something that IRL was only ever done to songbirds and certainly never to sentient people of any kind.
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https://www.warhammer-community.com...imited-edition/ Are these reprints or brand new works? I can assume I can get them online in about a year?
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quote:In this stunning limited edition of Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom, or in a standard hardback edition, an ebook, or an MP3 audiobook which all arrive on the same day. Looks like a simultaneous release in all formats. Track of Worlds swears the Huron book is April release, so I imagine an announcement this Saturday or the next, then releases a week later. Then the Kharn book to follow in May.
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NihilCredo posted:Mutilating cute little creatures in order to enjoy their high-pitched singing voices? How atrocious! Boy, I'm glad it's something that IRL was only ever done to songbirds and certainly never to sentient people of any kind. It's confirmed: living in the past sucked rear end, living right now sucks rear end, and the grim dark future will suck rear end. Edit: at least in the future the eunuchs also get to be space Marines
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Finished Assasinorum:Kingmaker, it's a very entertaining spy thriller although the last quarter of the book takes a different turn. I still don't give a poo poo about imperial knights though. Book gud.
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Angry Lobster posted:Finished Assasinorum:Kingmaker, it's a very entertaining spy thriller although the last quarter of the book takes a different turn. I still don't give a poo poo about imperial knights though. The last quarter of the book is basically a toy commercial but that didn’t stop the book from being good.
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bob dobbs is dead posted:theyre all toy commercials all the time, man  Oh when is the Imperial Uplifting Primer reprint coming out?
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Any time I think about the Forges Of Mars trilogy I mostly just wish there were more stories like the awesomely cool little cyberpunk coda they added to the omnibus version.
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That just have been what it felt like when the astronomicon went out
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Marshal Prolapse posted:Oh when is the Imperial Uplifting Primer reprint coming out? There is a possibility that the Infantry Guide isn't a primer reprint and a completely new book. As the Primer wasn't written by McNeill, and he only wrote the Munitorum Manual in this case. Also something I realized earlier today was that there's only 1 AoS book coming out and 15 30k/40k ones. I wonder what happened there.
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Cooked Auto posted:Also something I realized earlier today was that there's only 1 AoS book coming out and 15 30k/40k ones. How long ago was Josh Reynold's let go?
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Cooked Auto posted:
I mean, 40k is a main cash cow even in BL. There are good aos books outside of Reynolds coming out, but they pass unnoticed.
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Cooked Auto posted:There is a possibility that the Infantry Guide isn't a primer reprint and a completely new book. The authors they had lined up for AoS left.
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The new BL humble bundle has The Eye of Medusa so y'all better pick it up and give that a read https://www.humblebundle.com/books/tales-space-marine-chapters-2022-black-library-books
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I really really look forward to Huron's upcoming book, more Mike Brooks please.Preechr posted:The last quarter of the book is basically a toy commercial but that didn’t stop the book from being good. Ikr, it's pretty annoying.
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wiegieman posted:The authors they had lined up for AoS left. Who were they? Is there a source on this?
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Just want to post my favorite recent book cover  “Look sir, a Titan!”
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Wish they had gone with a look for the Imperial Army that wasn't 'Also Cadians'. Although I guess that may be Malcador's personal goon Edit: It is a geat cover though
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If only the Imperials had played more video games they would have known to shoot the forces of Horus in their giant glowing eyes and ended the war quickly
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euphronius posted:Just want to post my favorite recent book cover I'm the dick lights
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Yo, Assassinorum: Kingmaker is really good
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wiegieman posted:The authors they had lined up for AoS left. Yeesh, that kinda sucks. Do we even have any idea what happened there other than just contract stuff assumably? Covermeinsunshine posted:I mean, 40k is a main cash cow even in BL. There are good aos books outside of Reynolds coming out, but they pass unnoticed. I mean the only one coming out is the next Gotrek nove land the only ones I can remember before that is the two tied to AoS 3rd edition about Kragnos and the Witch Hunter duo.
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DaysBefore posted:Wish they had gone with a look for the Imperial Army that wasn't 'Also Cadians'. Although I guess that may be Malcador's personal goon At first, (especially on the cover of Legion) they looked like Cossacks. I guess they made them look like Cadians again to make them more marketable. In other news, I finished Honour Guard today. It was great having the Pardus fight alongside the First. I do hope there are future books that portray comradely cooperation with other regiments - the blurbs don't make me too optimistic in that regard.
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Miguel Prado posted:Yo, Assassinorum: Kingmaker is really good I bought it based on this . I’ll let you know
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FPyat posted:optimistic This is not how you should approach Gaunt novels
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moonmazed posted:is that huge lump on his neck a progenoid? jesus Yeah the video that comes from goes into detail that a space marine is not going to be a work of beauty but instead a mass produced weapon that favors function over form.
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FPyat posted:At first, (especially on the cover of Legion) they looked like Cossacks. I guess they made them look like Cadians again to make them more marketable. Thought that was the regiment that tagged along with the Alpha Legion. Geno before gene or something is their motto/battle cry?
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Yeah the Geno Chilliad or or something
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Cooked Auto posted:Yeesh, that kinda sucks. Do we even have any idea what happened there other than just contract stuff assumably? I am interested in the Kragnos and Witch Hunter Books. I think they need to devote a couple more authors to AoS.
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Zil posted:Yeah the video that comes from goes into detail that a space marine is not going to be a work of beauty but instead a mass produced weapon that favors function over form. Are they though? I feel like in many ways they are designed to be like figure heads for the crusades and looking like greek heroes helps with that. Look at how hard into beauty/aesthic the Emperor went with everything.
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euphronius posted:I bought it based on this . I’ll let you know It's honestly one of those books where I wanted more of the leadup before the big fight at the end, like an Eisenhorn book. Watching an Assassin squad infiltrate a highly ritualized Knight world was cool.
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Telsa Cola posted:Are they though? I feel like in many ways they are designed to be like figure heads for the crusades and looking like greek heroes helps with that. Look at how hard into beauty/aesthic the Emperor went with everything. Lords of Silence posted:"You were made to protect us."
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