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Long hair spilling out like that doesn't seem like a good idea at all. For comparison, an Inquisitor in typical power armour (apparently called Ignatus Pattern): 
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Those flowing locks are just begging to get pinched and yanked in between two overlapping pieces of the armour or a servo. Gonna assume her arms and legs only go as far as the elbows and knees of the suit and there is some sort of equivalent neural control interface for movement even if it isn't a Black Carapace.
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And a video showing a Grey Knight donning his armour, to give some idea of what the Black Carapace looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjaYW5Cnr5k
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Owlkill posted:I realize this is somewhat covered in the OP, and that there's been the whole Age of Sigmar change to mix things up, but are there any especially decent Warhammer Fantasy books/short stories anyone would recommend? I'm following the standard guidance that anything Dan Abnett is going to be pretty good. I haven't read any of the AoS stuff at all, so I'm coming from an old school viewpoint. Many of the WFB books I read were so long ago that I don't really remember much about them. These are what I do remember enjoying: Mathias Thulman: Witch Hunter Trilogy (CL Werner) Gotrek and Felix series (Bill King, others) Fell Cargo (Abnett) Various collections (including Hammer & Bolter) - as with most collections, some stories are better than others Zavant (and associated short stories) (Josh Reynolds) - these are Sherlock Holmes in the Old World. Watson is a halfling. Need I say more? What others have liked and that I haven't had time to read yet: Thanquol and Boneripper series Rise of Nagash trilogy Tentative recommendation: Blood Bowl series (Matt Forbeck) - these are ok for the first couple of books, but the third is pretty bad. I'd only recommend if you enjoy BB Warhammer End Times series - I read the first book (The Return of Nagash) and really liked it. I have not read the remainder yet though.
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Kopijeger posted:And a video showing a Grey Knight donning his armour, to give some idea of what the Black Carapace looks like: Well, that was already loving cool, until the Grey Knights prayer came on. Then I slammed my fist across my chest and furiously made the sign of the aquila. I have no idea how to do the sign of the aquila, and I don't want to google it, because I read it in the books so often and I'm scared it's gonna look dumb
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Kopijeger posted:And a video showing a Grey Knight donning his armour, to give some idea of what the Black Carapace looks like: That's one interpretation. I didn't think it was so... obtrusive. It's like they have these big open ports in their bodies, and cannon plugs screw into them. Pretty weird.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Well, that was already loving cool, until the Grey Knights prayer came on. Then I slammed my fist across my chest and furiously made the sign of the aquila. I always thought it was crossing your hands at your thumbs. Like what the nerd with the backwards black hat is doing. 
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Roller Coast Guard posted:Those flowing locks are just begging to get pinched and yanked in between two overlapping pieces of the armour or a servo. I like the flowing locks since there is no way she could do her own hair like that one she got into the armor. Does that imply that there are hair stylist servitors that assist humans getting into power armor and make sure they look as fabulous as possible? I sure like to think so.
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Hot Dog Day #82 posted:I like the flowing locks since there is no way she could do her own hair like that one she got into the armor. Does that imply that there are hair stylist servitors that assist humans getting into power armor and make sure they look as fabulous as possible? I sure like to think so. It makes perfect sense since 40k Canon is Rule of Cool incarnate.
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Hot Dog Day #82 posted:I like the flowing locks since there is no way she could do her own hair like that one she got into the armor. Does that imply that there are hair stylist servitors that assist humans getting into power armor and make sure they look as fabulous as possible? I sure like to think so. There are Astartes ships that have human families living on board who, for centuries, from generation to generation, have only done one thing: make parchment. That parchment is the given to another human family who, for generations, has inscribed the words of the Emperor on to those strips of parchment. Then there's the wax, and somebody has to carve the stamps, and finally a serf affixes the completed purity seal to the Space Marine's armor. I think you can just assume that there are hair stylist servitors, if not slaves who serve as beauticians and hairstylists for people in power armor
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Mar 17, 2017 17:56
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I always interpreted the black carapace like the plug-in outlets on bodies like in The matrix.
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Arcsquad12 posted:I always interpreted the black carapace like the plug-in outlets on bodies like in The matrix. It is. It's like a big plastic networking switch that plugs into your nervous system on one side, and armor interfaces on the other.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Well, that was already loving cool, until the Grey Knights prayer came on. Then I slammed my fist across my chest and furiously made the sign of the aquila. Basically this: 
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Mar 17, 2017 19:38
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those service studs are way too small.
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lite_sleepr posted:those service studs are way too small. More importantly, who puts a shunt right through a persons biceps?
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Before I got into 40k, I always had an issue with space marines and the proportions of their armor. Like, there's no way even a big dude could fill it out so all the joints lined up and everything. Then I read Space Wolf and found out they're not just big dudes, they're genetically modified monsters that are grown to those inhuman proportions. Come to think of it, Space Wolf was a great introduction to the universe, at least as far as getting an understanding of astartes and what they are.
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Roller Coast Guard posted:Those flowing locks are just begging to get pinched and yanked in between two overlapping pieces of the armour or a servo.
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That suit probably just acts as a sort of wetsuit for power armor. Non-astartes powerarmor is more like a powered exoskeleton, or power loader a la Alien. Non-astartes have no black carapace and thus no way to interface with suit sensors. I guess Iron Man comes to mind. Astartes can feel water and temperature while in their armor thanks to the neural interface from the carapace, humans don't have that degree of integration. That's my understanding of it anyway.
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Owlkill posted:I realize this is somewhat covered in the OP, and that there's been the whole Age of Sigmar change to mix things up, but are there any especially decent Warhammer Fantasy books/short stories anyone would recommend? I'm following the standard guidance that anything Dan Abnett is going to be pretty good. The Genevieve Undead omnibus is pretty good even if it's view on the Old World is kind of dated. And at places can be kiiiinda  when you realize some of the implications. But at the same time it does have some really good stories in it like a horror story featuring a vampire where the vampire is pretty much a second character.Been wanting to find the Ulrika the Vampire books but they are so out of print that finding them without having to pay through the nose is outright impossible. They're available as ebooks I believe but I've never enjoyed reading those.
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Wasn't the author of the Genevieve books this massive weirdo who tried to tie up his I remember people reacting rather surprised when Drachenfels got mentioned in the End Times stuff, as he was another one said author allegedly tried to run off with as well.
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I really enjoyed The Wine of Dreams, which is very early Fantasy pre-SoC.
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^^^^ It's not exactly early what with being published in 6th edition or so, but it was definitely one of the better novels from the better part of Black Library's history. SteelMentor posted:Wasn't the author of the Genevieve books this massive weirdo who tried to tie up his 
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Iron Warriors have the potential to be even more hosed up than the Night Lords. Give them to ADB imo.
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If Dan Abnett is reading this thread I'd just like him to know that I appreciated the part in Titanicus where the reserve PDF dudes enter a neighbourhood in a the mining district called Gorge Orwelt.
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Syncopated posted:If Dan Abnett is reading this thread I'd just like him to know that I appreciated the part in Titanicus where the reserve PDF dudes enter a neighbourhood in a the mining district called Gorge Orwelt. 
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Just finished Praetorian of Dorn and really enjoyed it. I wouldn't put it quite up there with ADB's work, but at least level with Abnett. Great portrayal of the legions involved.
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I'm struggling to get through Path of Heaven or whatever the most recent Scars book is. I really liked the first Scars book in the HH but this one is just dragging and seems dull and uninteresting.... I don't know why. Like I just punched through Silent War, Pharos and a bunch of other mediocre poo poo and was looking foward to this one but I'm just super unengaged and I don't know why. I read Hams on my Kindle during buisness travel and poo poo has never dragged this bad. I even made it through the way earlier way shittier HH books (lookin at you Descent of Angels). I have hopes for Prateorian of Dorne though so woo. 3.5 Hour flight to Denver this week and back so
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An unknown thunder warrior of the compliance wars of the 2080s with accompanying battle hymn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5joTyy3CCo  who was supported by the first imperial knight princep, of the first generation of imperial knights 
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Mar 19, 2017 05:57
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that first one was a cover for Armor by John Steakly which was a p sweet book. I wish he wrote more.
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Waroduce posted:that first one was a cover for Armor by John Steakly which was a p sweet book. I wish he wrote more. I think he did a vampire book, and then stopped. Nothing in the vein of Armor ever again, sadly.
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Preechr posted:I think he did a vampire book, and then stopped. Nothing in the vein of Armor ever again, sadly. He was working on a sequel, off and on, when he died. Never got finished, obviously.
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lite_sleepr posted:An unknown thunder warrior of the compliance wars of the 2080s with accompanying battle hymn Rad, I was just listening to Mega Drive a few minutes ago.
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I really dig it. This New Retro Wave stuff is cool as heck. I bought two NWR t-shirts, they screwed up, sent me the correct shirt and let me keep the 3rd.
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Waroduce posted:I'm struggling to get through Path of Heaven or whatever the most recent Scars book is. I really liked the first Scars book in the HH but this one is just dragging and seems dull and uninteresting.... Keep going, I thought PoH ended well. Then you get Praetorians, which kicks rear end all the way through.
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I'm tearing through Prateorian it's dope af The Vampire$ novel by Steakly is kick rear end. Highly recommended
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The Night Lords trilogy owns so hard, holy god. Humanizing the Night Lords, of all Legions, and then packing a bunch of scenes and lines in there that made me die of laughter. Madness!
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Well because I find it hard to eschew a 40K omnibus, I picked up Forges of Mars the other day. Have been meaning to get around to those books since I've heard they're tolerable McNeill. I still can't find MoM in stores...is it digital-only right now?
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Black library artificial scarcity strikes again.
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I know it's a cliche to say so, but when actually seen in motion in that Grey Knight video, those Pauldrons really do look ridiculous.
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