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Arrrrg, I can't stand this! The Nightlord Omnibus is scheduled for an early May or June release right? I need this goddamn book.
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I can't find a copy of The Lost omnibus anymore. Shame, because Sabbat Martyr ends in a couple of downers.
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Apr 22, 2014 03:30
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Mikojan posted:Totally offtopic here but a long time ago someone made a brilliant description of Chaos in the warhammer universe. I know it was user cosmicmuffet or something in the last 40k megathread. I've been looking for the quote myself but haven't had much luck. If you have archives you should be able to search for it. Immanentized fucked around with this message at 13:20 on Apr 23, 2014 |
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Apr 22, 2014 04:00
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Schneider Heim posted:I can't find a copy of The Lost omnibus anymore. Shame, because Sabbat Martyr ends in a couple of downers. I would really like to know what BL is doing with those omnibuses. Most of the GG books have been out of print for over a year and a half now. Everyone keeps saying they are going to re-release them as new omnibuses. Could they actually be waiting for the new IG stuff to come out, so they can do a find and replace on Imperial Guard with Astra Milita-something? handbanana125 posted:I know it was user cosmicmuffet or something in the last 40k megathread. I've bee. Looking for the quote myself but haven't had much luck. If you have archives you should be able to search for it. You mean this?: quote:
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Apr 22, 2014 04:02
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Maybe they plan on bombarding us with five or six omnibuses all at once. Half serious, half joking. It's GW - they don't exactly have a competent business department.
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Apr 22, 2014 04:10
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I hope the pricing stays the same. The reason I got into BL in the first place was that the omnibus editions were cheap enough. Much as I'd like to switch to digital, the ebooks are expensive thanks to GBP exchange rates.
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Apr 22, 2014 04:12
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I'm dying for quality new content honestly. :/
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Apr 22, 2014 04:16
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Waroduce posted:I'm dying for quality newcontent honestly. :/ That's a pretty big juxtaposition for current BL, isn't it?
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Apr 22, 2014 04:23
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Waroduce posted:I'm dying for quality new content honestly. :/ Don't worry the next HH book is by McNeill called the Vengeful Spirit. From reading the preview in the imperial truth, i do not have high hopes. The punchline in the preview is the main character is not only banging his brothers wife, but she is also his sister. 
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Apr 22, 2014 05:33
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UberJumper posted:Don't worry the next HH book is by McNeill called the Vengeful Spirit. From reading the preview in the imperial truth, i do not have high hopes. Sounds like McNeill got around to reading A Song Of Ice and Fire, then.
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Apr 22, 2014 06:35
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Is Seventh Retribution any good? It's Ben Counter but someone gave it a favorable review? (Keep in mind that the same guy did not like Helsreach)
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Apr 22, 2014 07:27
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No, not really. I found it extremely mediocre. Edit: Damnit! Getting books confused. I was thinking of Malodrax, which the above applies too. Seventh Retribution is alright, gets a tad implausible (even by 40k standards) towards the end, but basically a decent read. Deptfordx fucked around with this message at 12:19 on Apr 22, 2014 |
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Apr 22, 2014 11:52
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Schneider Heim posted:Is Seventh Retribution any good? It's Ben Counter but someone gave it a favorable review? (Keep in mind that the same guy did not like Helsreach) I thought it was really bad.
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Apr 22, 2014 13:12
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UberJumper posted:The passage I was looking for Thanks for that!
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In everything I've read dreadnoughts are somehow always the best character. Either they're bellowing warcries and smushing everything in sight or they're annoyed by how everyone reveres them and they just want to: a. Go back to sleep b. Kill everything I think it was the Dark Apostle series where the dreadnought had a sort of Alzheimer's and each time he went into battle he thought it was the assault on the Emperor's Palace. He'd be tearing poo poo up and yelling about he was coming for the Emperor, like someone's deranged grandpa stripping off his pants and running down the street. Edit: Grandpa's yelling about Obama again! Keep him away from the multi-melta! Dick Trauma fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Apr 22, 2014 |
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Apr 22, 2014 17:30
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I always liked the one in the Gaunt's books who was so feral the Chaos guys wouldn't let him on board the ship anymore....they just towed him behind them in a force bubble.
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Apr 22, 2014 22:48
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Dick Trauma posted:In everything I've read dreadnoughts are somehow always the best character. My dream is that someday ADB writes a buddy cop comedy starring Malcharion and Bjorn. I don't care how far they have to twist the lore for it to happen or how non-canon it has to be, I need it to happen
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Apr 23, 2014 00:21
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I don't really want to see the First Claw people play an important role in ADB's HH books, but I'd really love to see Malcharion fight that Blood Angels champion for the first time.
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Apr 23, 2014 00:39
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Which Primarch was it that split a Dread open like a tincan before ripping out its insides and telling the gooey left overs that it should have stayed dead?  Angron? Leman Russ?
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Apr 23, 2014 00:44
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AndyElusive posted:Which Primarch was it that split a Dread open like a tincan before ripping out its insides and telling the gooey left overs that it should have stayed dead? I think Corax does something like that in the fluff of the most recent FW HH book, but I don't remember the quip specifically.
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Apr 23, 2014 01:11
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AndyElusive posted:Which Primarch was it that split a Dread open like a tincan before ripping out its insides and telling the gooey left overs that it should have stayed dead? Angron tears the sarcophagus out of a contemptor dread, bare-handed. He barely acknowledges it, though.
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AndyElusive posted:Which Primarch was it that split a Dread open like a tincan before ripping out its insides and telling the gooey left overs that it should have stayed dead? I thought that was Malcharion after his battle with the Blood Angels dreadnought.
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Shroud posted:I thought that was Malcharion after his battle with the Blood Angels dreadnought. In that case it's Talos and company who carve open the sarcophagus and taunt its inhabitant. Malcharion is out of commission at that point despite having won.
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Dick Trauma posted:In everything I've read dreadnoughts are somehow always the best character. Either they're bellowing warcries and smushing everything in sight or they're annoyed by how everyone reveres them and they just want to: Wasn't this the Blood Angel omnibus? I swear this was a Death Company dreadnought. That or something really similar happened with a Death Company character; I distinctly remember someone reliving the Emperor's Palace battle as the Emperor and seeing every Chaos cultist as Horus in that book.
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AndyElusive posted:Which Primarch was it that split a Dread open like a tincan before ripping out its insides and telling the gooey left overs that it should have stayed dead? I think there's something like that in Battle of the Fang. I definitely remember Magnus tearing open a Dread, just not if he shouts something at him.
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Apr 23, 2014 10:50
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handbanana125 posted:I know it was user cosmicmuffet or something in the last 40k megathread. I've bee. Looking for the quote myself but haven't had much luck. If you have archives you should be able to search for it. Was it the quote about how chaos lets you field a guy who can blow up a tank with rock n roll?
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Apr 23, 2014 11:41
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Mechafunkzilla posted:People enjoyed the characterization of Perturabo. What the hell kind of a name is perturabo anyway?
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Joe Videogames posted:What the hell kind of a name is perturabo anyway? So, it's kind of an appropriate name, in answer to your question.
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berzerkmonkey posted:It's a bastardization of "Perdurabo," the Latin singular meaning "I will endure." Wouldn't that have made more sense on Dorn, though? As I recall, it is said that Dorn can defend any fortress and Perturabo can tear any fortress down. The immovable object and the unstoppable force, if you will.
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But Perturabo was also an artisan of the highest quality, so you could say that he would endure through his works, not just necessarily through his siegecraft. But I would say that the Battle of the Iron Cage showed that Perturabo was just as good at fortifications as Dorn. But yeah, Perturabo and Dorn are two sides of the same coin. A few of the other primarchs also have a "twin" who resembles them.
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FrozenDorf posted:Wouldn't that have made more sense on Dorn, though? Dorn had a more flexible nature to his way of going about warfare though. He has more of a Teutonic Stoic character whereas Perturabo has more of a Soviet "grind them into submission" kind of deal going on. Dorn (seems to) prefer decisive, but well planned actions to the long, slow slog. From what's been established in the background Perturabo has this whole thing where he avoids/shuns attention and glorification. This is reflected in the brutal, ugly, and sterile ways in which his legion fights. I mean the dude doesn't even trust his own men to be his bodyguard. Dorn is a much more charismatic and hands-on primarch and fosters tight intralegion loyalty. The "I endure" thing is more of a nod to his implacable drive to succeed/focus than it is to withstand actual attacks.
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handbanana125 posted:Dorn had a more flexible nature to his way of going about warfare though. He has more of a Teutonic Stoic character whereas Perturabo has more of a Soviet "grind them into submission" kind of deal going on. Dorn (seems to) prefer decisive, but well planned actions to the long, slow slog. I always thought Dorn and Roboute seemed awfully similar. They both appeared to be about building stuff to last and having organized armies. How would people characterize their differences?
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FrozenDorf posted:Wouldn't that have made more sense on Dorn, though? I thought it was more Perturabo was amazing at making battlefield fortifications, as in they are ugly but they are extremely effective. While Dorn was more or less good at making fortifactions that naturally intertwined with existing structures. You look at Perturabo's fortresses and you know its a fortress, but to the untrained eye Dorn's work looks just like a city.
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Joe Videogames posted:What the hell kind of a name is perturabo anyway? I always just thought that he was often perturbed by things.
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So far in Thousand Sons...the funniest thing I've ever seen or read in wh40k is Magnus on the way to Nikaea. "Hey guys, my dad wants to meet us all on this planet. I bet he's got something really cool in store for us! He's probably really proud of all that magic we've been showing off lately and wants to reward us for being such good explorers of the Great Ocean. He's gonna invite a bunch of other legions too, probably so we can teach them how to be psychics! Things are looking up for the Thousand Sons!" FrozenDorf posted:Wouldn't that have made more sense on Dorn, though? To add to what others have said, during the Great Crusade the Iron Warriors were responsible for manning garrisons and staying behind to do the dirty work of cleanup and reinforcing compliance after the big battles had been won, so there's that, too.
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Sharkie posted:So far in Thousand Sons...the funniest thing I've ever seen or read in wh40k is Magnus on the way to Nikaea. "The Warp is going up uP UP!"
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Kaizer88 posted:I always thought Dorn and Roboute seemed awfully similar. They both appeared to be about building stuff to last and having organized armies. How would people characterize their differences? Roboute seems riddled with self-doubt, something I haven't sen from too much of Dorn's fluff. That seems to be a difference?
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I wish they would expand a bit on Ferrus Manus's character. Outside of having a short temper, liking machines and not understanding abstract art he's pretty flat.
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UberJumper posted:I thought it was more Perturabo was amazing at making battlefield fortifications, as in they are ugly but they are extremely effective. While Dorn was more or less good at making fortifactions that naturally intertwined with existing structures. You look at Perturabo's fortresses and you know its a fortress, but to the untrained eye Dorn's work looks just like a city. In other words, Dorn has people skills and charisma whereas Perturabo ends up carrying printers for most of the Crusade. I've always thought of Dorn as being fundamentally about loyalty and ultimately love. He'll do anything for the emperor, and his whole thing is his willingness to commit totally and make any sacrifice, even though he's actually quite sentimental and sensitive. I thought the novella The Crimson Fist by John French was actually unusually good in characterization in thsi respect, especially the exchanges between Sigismund and Dorn.
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Improbable Lobster posted:I wish they would expand a bit on Ferrus Manus's character. Outside of having a short temper, liking machines and not understanding abstract art he's pretty flat. I think the thing about his chapter basically having body dysmorphia is pretty interesting. Also they do a decent chunk about him in the FW Heresy books.
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