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Having read a little more about the Ork-Nazi connection, it seems like (in addition to the Stormboyz thing) the first "Second War for Armageddon" board-game was more-or-less a reskin of a WW2 game with the Orks playing the role of the Germans (in that they had to blitz for the oil fields to have any drat chance, although substitute "Hive Primus" for "Baku"). So, the Ork is, fundamentally an expression of "otherness" to the (originally British) audience: the soccer hooligan (I'm betting this is a nerds-vs-jocks thing for them?), the black-African (Big Toof), the German (War for Armageddon). Combine this with the fact that the British don't seem to "get" that Nazi regalia is generally considered to be in fantastically poor taste by the civilized world and, yeah: Nazi Orks. 
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Whatever could you mean by... ...oh. That.
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Jonny Nox posted:Whatever could you mean by... I mean, I sort of "get" that the Nazi thing in Britain is about national survival and the blitz and all that poo poo (so use of the iconography is fundamentally ironic and parodic, this is also probably why Poles like making Nazi Ork heads so drat much), but for the rest of the world it's conquest and trains full of  rumbling east and coming back "mysteriously" empty.
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Jun 14, 2018 01:59
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british army units liberated concentration camps you loving muppet, im pretty sure they get the whole nazi thing heres a news flash, theres dumb idiots all over the world. it isnt exclusive to the british. i mean, youre a shining example of a total dipshit
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Jun 14, 2018 02:06
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:british army units liberated concentration camps you loving muppet, im pretty sure they get the whole nazi thing 
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Jun 14, 2018 02:09
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Schadenboner posted:I mean, I sort of "get" that the Nazi thing in Britain is about national survival and the blitz and all that poo poo (so use of the iconography is fundamentally ironic and parodic, this is also probably why Poles like making Nazi Ork heads so drat much), but for the rest of the world it's conquest and trains full of I'm not British, so that may be a thing, but I always thought this was a 20-something being an edgelord, without thinking about the members of his own family who were buddy-buddy with Hitler (because he was a pissed-off 21-year-old)
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Jun 14, 2018 02:11
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Jonny Nox posted:I'm not British, so that may be a thing, but I always thought this was a 20-something being an edgelord, without thinking about the members of his own family who were buddy-buddy with Hitler (because he was a pissed-off 21-year-old) Except it's only the names that change. It seems like "So and so caught dressing up like a goddamn Nazi: WE HAVE PICS" is an evergreen story for the British press, I remember hearing essentially this 20 or 25 years ago (before which it was probably too dog-bites-man to even qualify as "news").
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Jun 14, 2018 02:16
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Prince Harry was a University student at the time, who happened to be a public figure, doing something stupid that the whole country thought was in poor taste. The media in general slammed him for it at the time and the tabloids went nuts because it is the type of easily hyped 'story' they love to shove on the cover to grab attention.
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Jun 14, 2018 10:24
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Soccer hooligans isn't so much a nerds vs jocks thing as it is 'holy poo poo, these people are deranged, violent lunatics over football'. The infectious cheerfulness of hooliganism is key to understanding why the orkz are having such a great time krumpin' oomiez.
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Jun 14, 2018 10:56
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Schadenboner posted:So, the Ork is, fundamentally an expression of "otherness" to the (originally British) audience It's a comment on UK subcultures/classes. Goffs: punk/metal Evil Sunz: boy racers Bad Moon: nouveau riche Snakebites: hippies and crusties Blood Axes: National Front/Combat 18 Deathskulls: not entirely sure Whether this is part of the "otherness"? Most of the original GW writing staff would have counted themselves as punk at the time.
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Schadenboner posted:I mean, I sort of "get" that the Nazi thing in Britain is about national survival and the blitz and all that poo poo (so use of the iconography is fundamentally ironic and parodic, this is also probably why Poles like making Nazi Ork heads so drat much), but for the rest of the world it's conquest and trains full of Meanwhile the American president is endorsed by the KKK, Sweden's nobility is full of nazis that was never confronted by the fact, and Israel is literally apartheid. Everyone is an rear end in a top hat!
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Not a viking posted:Meanwhile the American president is endorsed by the KKK, Sweden's nobility is full of nazis that was never confronted by the fact, and Israel is literally apartheid. The next in line for the British throne is also a hardcore 'traditionalist' who wants to bring back feudalism.
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Jun 14, 2018 11:48
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Jonny Nox posted:I'm not British, so that may be a thing, but I always thought this was a 20-something being an edgelord, without thinking about the members of his own family who were buddy-buddy with Hitler (because he was a pissed-off 21-year-old) Considering who he married, he obviously wasn't actually a Nazi, so yes. I'm sure it was edgelordism.
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Jun 14, 2018 11:50
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Colonial Air Force posted:Considering who he married, he obviously wasn't actually a Nazi, so yes. I'm sure it was edgelordism. People grow up between their early 20s and early 30s? 
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Jun 14, 2018 12:35
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glitchkrieg posted:It's a comment on UK subcultures/classes. Sorry, literally all I know about British culture in the 1980s comes from The Young Ones and Let's Start a War. 
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Jun 14, 2018 12:42
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glitchkrieg posted:It's a comment on UK subcultures/classes. Not 100% on Deathskulls. I'd guess the Scots (blue body paint, steal everything not nailed down, lean towards engineering) based on the stereotypes of the time.
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Jun 14, 2018 12:54
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glitchkrieg posted:People grow up between their early 20s and early 30s? Well, yes. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892678/ quote:The frontal lobes, home to key components of the neural circuitry underlying “executive functions” such as planning, working memory, and impulse control, are among the last areas of the brain to mature; they may not be fully developed until halfway through the third decade of life [2]
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Not a viking posted:Sweden's nobility is full of nazis that was never confronted by the fact Not a viking posted:Everyone is an rear end in a top hat!
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Is he nobility or just an rear end in a top hat? My point was to judge people individually whether or not they are assholes, and not based on their country of origin.
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Jun 14, 2018 14:09
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Not a viking posted:Is he nobility or just an rear end in a top hat? My point was to judge people individually whether or not they are assholes, and not based on their country of origin. I'm assuming he's just an rear end in a top hat. Though the fact that Sweden is cool with their nobility being a bunch of Nazis kind of makes it more understandable how he can casually make a comment like that.
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Jun 14, 2018 14:31
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Lupercalcalcal posted:Not 100% on Deathskulls. I'd guess the Scots (blue body paint, steal everything not nailed down, lean towards engineering) based on the stereotypes of the time. That makes more sense than what I was thinking...
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berzerkmonkey posted:I'm assuming he's just an rear end in a top hat. Though the fact that Sweden is cool with their nobility being a bunch of Nazis kind of makes it more understandable how he can casually make a comment like that.  regard the nobility as a powerless relic of a long bygone age not worth paying attention to.
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Jun 14, 2018 15:48
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Groetgaffel posted:A large majority of people here in Cool. I'll chalk it up to that guy being a total rear end in a top hat then.
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if your skaven is at least 6 months old and holding its head up on its own, you can use the face-forward position:
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Nebalebadingdong posted:if your skaven is at least 6 months old and holding its head up on its own, you can use the face-forward position: I love it! Not only is it a hilarious conversion, but it kinda feels like it could be canon based off of the wacky shenanigans that those rat dudes get up to.
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 Rat Ogres were a valid warlord mount option back in WHFB, but no official model ever came out. I always figured it would look more like Master Blaster, but this is also a good look.
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Ya, baby bjorn style is legit way for a warlord get around with a rat ogre.
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AndyElusive posted:Ya, baby bjorn style is legit way for a warlord get around with a rat ogre. Much safer from arrows than sitting up top!
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Saw this on a scale model news site. http://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/06/a-lil-peeping-tom-churning-lass-dog-rat.html Guess there are just some things I'll never understand, like who buys this stuff.
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That one at least has some use for creating a cheeky little townscape full of shenanigans, as opposed to your standard titty miniature. Assuming the kid isn't wanking, anyway. I kind of want the kid in isolation actually to create bizarre things with. Him peering through a hole in the wall to discover a whole bunch of Splintered Light's woodland creatures range doing savage animal battle over a large cheese, for instance.
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Loomer posted:I kind of want the kid in isolation actually to create bizarre things with. Him peering through a hole in the wall to discover a whole bunch of Splintered Light's woodland creatures range doing savage animal battle over a large cheese, for instance. Ya I'd jack off to that too if I were the kid.
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:british army units liberated concentration camps you loving muppet, im pretty sure they get the whole nazi thing Nice post/av combo
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Symetrique posted:Guess there are just some things I'll never understand, like who buys this stuff. Germans.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Germans. Mein gott. I hadn't checked the site since they did their Shizuoka posts, looks like I missed something even more ridiculous.  http://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/05/two-new-fire-releases-of-thre-figures.html
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Symetrique posted:http://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/05/two-new-fire-releases-of-thre-figures.html How could you post that and not this: 
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QUACKTASTIC posted:How could you post that and not this: What about this? 
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This is a very very weird battle of stalingrad
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Synthbuttrange posted:This is a very very weird battle of stalingrad Russ Meyer’s Operation Uranus!
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