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Noctis Horrendae posted: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. I looked it up, and it was the Warmonger from the Word Bearer's books I mentioned.
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I'm reading Dead Men Walking right now. It's alright, but there is a great line in the book that sums up the Krieg view on human life perfectly:A Krieg Quartermaster posted:The lasgun, it had been impressed upon him, was on loan from the Krieg 103rd regiment who expected its return. "When you know it's your time to die," the quartermaster had said, "when you're staring down the barrel of a gauss flayer, the last thing you do is, you save that gun by hurling it as far away from you as you can." 
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Apr 23, 2014 18:26
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Lord of the Night has instantly redeemed itself:quote:As far as Mita could tell, skating delicately across the surface of his mind, Sergeant Varitens did not appear to like much at all. It's not the best work in the world, but it's not Soul Drinker either.
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PantsOptional posted:Lord of the Night has instantly redeemed itself: I think it's important to note that Lord of the Night was released when BL had much smaller output and for its time had some of the best characterization ever seen in a BL novel. GG was its only real competition.
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Dick Trauma posted:I looked it up, and it was the Warmonger from the Word Bearer's books I mentioned. Oh, two really similar scenarios then. Coincidental.
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Fried Chicken posted:Magnus:psykers::libertarian:Bitcoin Someone photoshop a fedora onto Magnus, stat. And glue a giant ASIC miner to the side of his tank.
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Apr 23, 2014 23:30
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Eh, we all know who the most insufferable fedora wearer in the setting would be.
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And people wonder why he's such a lovely dad. He wasn't working on the webway, he was painting his little plastic armymans.
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Apr 24, 2014 00:38
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I just pictured the almighty Emperor commanding a random space marine to march into his art room and hold still while he paints him for fun.
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One Legged Cat posted:I just pictured the almighty Emperor commanding a random space marine to march into his art room and hold still while he paints him for fun. This is a thing, except the inverse and Fulgrim is commanded by a civilian. 
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Noctis Horrendae posted:This is a thing, except the inverse and Fulgrim is commanded by a civilian. Oh yeah! Only I was imagining it as the big E is just painting a marine with some primer and model paints. He puts a little light yellow flare on the shoulderpads to make it look like it's reflecting the muzzle flash, ooh maybe paint the jump pack bright red on the exhaust ports to make it look all flamey etc. And however the hell it turns out, the marine can pretty much never change the paint job, since it's the handiwork of the Emperor himself and therefore it would be literally sacrilegious. If it's really bad, he can never admit it's a poo poo job and has to be all "To wear this is the greatest honor etc etc" about it for the rest of his goddamn life, even though the Emperor got lazy and swept a streak of dark black paint over his left helmet lens, rendering it useless, and got his legion emblem mixed up with a different one since he was half-watching a movie at the time. The laughter of thirsting gods, man.
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Noctis Horrendae posted:This is a thing, except the inverse and Fulgrim is commanded by a civilian. Come on, you just know Fulgrim secretly loves that poo poo.
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Apr 24, 2014 04:13
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The worst part is when the Emperor submerges the Marine in cleaning fluid for days at a time.
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Apr 24, 2014 04:32
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I think it's plausible to assume that the Emperor used Thunder Warriors as paint brushes in his free time when they were dead or close to dying. Their plumes would make perfect bristles!
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JerryLee posted:The worst part is when the Emperor submerges the Marine in cleaning fluid for days at a time. In the grim darkness of the far future Simple Green is made from Space Orks.
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AndyElusive posted:In the grim darkness of the far future Simple Green is made from Space Orks. What do you think imperial refinery worlds are for? Crushing Orks into paint, of course!
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Apr 24, 2014 05:01
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That canonically is paint-on-top-of-ceramite for Space Marine armor colors, not something sensible like electroplating.
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VanSandman posted:That canonically is paint-on-top-of-ceramite for Space Marine armor colors, not something sensible like electroplating. Being fair it's easier for a marine to simply rub some paste on his armor in his hab-cell than it is to have to send the armour down to the techmarine for electroplating every single time it gets dinged by a lasbolt or pebble.
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FrozenDorf posted:Being fair it's easier for a marine to simply rub some paste on his armor in his hab-cell than it is to have to send the armour down to the techmarine for electroplating every single time it gets dinged by a lasbolt or pebble. Eh, it's canon (going by Forge World paint schemes) that a lot of marines don't give a poo poo until there's more scrape than original paint left. 
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Apr 24, 2014 13:39
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I bet the Emperor's anti-xenos stance is all due to some hot Eldar banshee turning him down despite him totally being a cool guy to her and offering free computer advice, and yet she could not see past her privilege.
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Sephyr posted:I bet the Emperor's anti-xenos stance is all due to some hot Eldar banshee turning him down despite him totally being a cool guy to her and offering free computer advice, and yet she could not see past her privilege. The Emperor chose to create his sons (and their geneseed offspring) without involving women because he wanted to keep anyone from spermjacking him. It all makes so much sense now
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JerryLee posted:Eh, it's canon (going by Forge World paint schemes) that a lot of marines don't give a poo poo until there's more scrape than original paint left. It seems to depend on the Chapter. Some, like the Ultrasmurfs, really make a big deal about keeping their gear shiny. Some of the others, say the Space Puppies, don't give a poo poo at all.
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Speaking from a historical sense, a "primitive" warrior culture (like the SWs) are more likely to retain battle damage to their armor as a symbol of how many battles they've been through. The UMs though are more likely to maintain their armor and equipment, as regular preventative maintenance ensures functionality and will keep you alive in a combat environment, and I'm sure the Codex says something about equipment maintenance, so they are sure to follow it to extremes.
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jng2058 posted:It seems to depend on the Chapter. Some, like the Ultrasmurfs, really make a big deal about keeping their gear shiny. Some of the others, say the Space Puppies, don't give a poo poo at all. Space Woofs. 
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berzerkmonkey posted:Speaking from a historical sense, a "primitive" warrior culture (like the SWs) are more likely to retain battle damage to their armor as a symbol of how many battles they've been through. The UMs though are more likely to maintain their armor and equipment, as regular preventative maintenance ensures functionality and will keep you alive in a combat environment, and I'm sure the Codex says something about equipment maintenance, so they are sure to follow it to extremes. Ya, basically this. I'm pretty sure all Astartes, regardless of the Chapter take care of their battle gear and those who don't have Servitors and Tech Priests who do it for them. Aesthetics is a matter of personal preference and even if a Marines armor looks scuffed all to poo poo, it has to function perfectly.
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Then you have the Excoriators who apparently are so OCD about their armor that they catalog every single nick in the paint, viewing them as an honor tribute to Dorn.
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Oh yeah. Clearly the equipment needs to be kept in good working order, I was talking entirely about cosmetic damage (which is what I thought was under discussion). What I meant with regards to 'canon' FW paint schemes was stuff like this: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/DefaultFW/large/champandmos1.jpg http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/DefaultFW/xlarge/mkIIcommand.jpg http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/DefaultFW/xlarge/mkIIIcommand.jpg 'More scrape than original paint' was an exaggeration but it's pretty clear that a diverse array of chapters (well, legions) don't necessarily worry about touching up every little bare-metal ding, or even every dozen dings. Not even the Emperor's Children, who logic suggests should be fastidious about that if anyone is.
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Uh.... they're in combat RIGHT "NOW" as depicted there. No time for spit and polish when there's heretics that need purgin'.
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Of course they take care of their stuff. They literally believe that their gear have spirits living inside it and that that spirit can get mad if they don't do the proper rituals regularly. Coincidentally almost all of the rituals are just normal maintenance procedures with some extra litany mixed in.
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Arquinsiel posted:No time for spit and polish when there's battle-brothers that need purgin'.
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Well, just finished Lord of the Night and god drat am I mad that the author didn't stick around to write a second and third book in what was obviously the first book of more. It was a bit more overall conclusive than the average Abnett ending, and was a great book throughout, but ended right before I could see two certain characters interact (which I'd been waiting for throughout the book). I think I might recommend it before ADB's Night Lord series, given that it's a great introduction to the themes surrounding the legion.
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One Legged Cat posted:Well, just finished Lord of the Night and god drat am I mad that the author didn't stick around to write a second and third book in what was obviously the first book of more. It was a bit more overall conclusive than the average Abnett ending, and was a great book throughout, but ended right before I could see two certain characters interact (which I'd been waiting for throughout the book). I was kind of surprised since after reading ADB's night lords i thought he was basically responsible for establishing the vast majority of the night lord themes. I really wish Simon Spurrier wrote more BL books.
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The newest HH novel "Vengeful Spirit" is going to be the Sons of Horus vs Imperial Knights. As if I needed a reminder that I'm basically reading the literary equivalent of G.I Joe. BUY AN IMPERIAL KNIGHT TODAY! 
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AndyElusive posted:The newest HH novel "Vengeful Spirit" is going to be the Sons of Horus vs Imperial Knights. Does it surprise you? Because it shouldn't.
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I actually have Transformers comics written by Dan Abnett. That should explain a lot. ETA: just realised, it's the one of the GI Joe crossovers and everything 
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VanSandman posted:Does it surprise you? Because it shouldn't. No surprise here just a slight bit of little eye rolling. The only thing I didn't expect was for Knights to appear in the HH series instead of a 40k book. edit: I guess they already have an Imperial Knights novel. I suppose GW/BL is just covering all their bases.
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AndyElusive posted:No surprise here just a slight bit of little eye rolling. They were also in the HH novel Mechanicum, for what it's worth.
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I haven't read Mechanicum yet.  You get a pass this time, Black Library.
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I liked Mechanicum alright; it focuses quite a bit on the knights. Honestly I'd expect Vengeful Spirit to just be more of the same but with different badguys so... eh Also, the Word Bearers are the dumbest, worst, legion and should have been deployed en masse to the heart of the nearest supernova. That's the entirety of chapter LXXIII of "The Emperor's Unconscionable Mistakes."
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Sharkie posted:Also, the Word Bearers are the dumbest, worst, legion and should have been deployed en masse to the heart of the nearest supernova. That's the entirety of chapter LXXIII of "The Emperor's Unconscionable Mistakes." I always thought the Word Bearers were some of the biggest jokes out of all of them. I could never understand why but I just inherently disliked Lorgar. Maybe it's their intense religious bent that bugs me so much... They are without a doubt the premier hypocrites out of all the Legions. "Dad doesn't like us anymore so we are going to go worship someone else.." No wonder they had so many relationship issues. I'm sure they were rebuffed by one too many Adepta Sororitas too. Also, Mechanicum was pretty decent. I still prefer the first 10 or so books in HH to all of the newest drivel being put out. The Unremembered Empire was a big disappointment in my opinion, and I usually enjoy Dan Abnett's writing.
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