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Calax posted:It seems like, story line wise, they're building to their story being one of the primary ones, given that Luther's out in the wild, and I want to say that there was suggestion that the Fallen were gathering on a planet for a climactic duel. Wanna see them sussing out sussy chaos nonsense and go sword against cloak and dagger of the Alpha Legion. Have one say "I'm Alpharius." with a DA marine responding coldly, "no you're not" and whack their head off. MariusLecter fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Nov 10, 2022 |
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MariusLecter posted:Wanna see them sussing out sussy chaos nonsense and go sword against dagger and cloak of the Alpha Legion. Have one say "I'm Alpharius." with a DA marine responding coldly, "no you're not" and whack their head off. Another small favorite part of the new alpha legion book is a large council of legionaries convening, and when one introduces themself as Alpharius the whole room erupts into boos and jeers. They're so tired of it themselves.
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Galvanik posted:IIRC that's a story they tell non inner circle marines to gauge their reactions to the idea of returning to what was your home then finding out that it's been corrupted beyond salvation. Z the IVth posted:How did they square the older Native American imagery with the new DA origin story? Or was that just quietly dropped.
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Z the IVth posted:How did they square the older Native American imagery with the new DA origin story? Or was that just quietly dropped. IIRC they still recruit from worlds vaguely inspired by north american first nations but the feather decorations and such are now angel feathers instead of stereotypical headdress feathers. Probably for the best.
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Sharkopath posted:Another small favorite part of the new alpha legion book is a large council of legionaries convening, and when one introduces themself as Alpharius the whole room erupts into boos and jeers. They're so tired of it themselves. My favorite throwaway line was about naval ratings coming to blows over what hat they were going to make their favorite servitor wear. Like of course stuff like that would happen. I'm picturing a whole room of servitors all wearing silly hats.
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Seeing just how far they could push the administratum silly hat regulations without tipping off their inspector.
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Arc Hammer posted:Seeing just how far they could push the administratum silly hat regulations without tipping off their inspector. Team Fortress 40,000
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In fairness, read up on the 19th century British navy, where each Captain was more or less able to run his ship as he liked and you get some pretty great stories of uniform standards. One Captain thought top hats were pretty smart looking so all officers wore top hats as part of their navy uniforms. Doubtless with gold braid.
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I thought briefly about wanting to read the new Militarum codex, but then I remembered hearing that codices have been pretty low on fluff as of late.
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MariusLecter posted:Wanna see them sussing out sussy chaos nonsense and go sword against cloak and dagger of the Alpha Legion. Have one say "I'm Alpharius." with a DA marine responding coldly, "no you're not" and whack their head off. That or Night Lords trying to do some crazy demoralization plays with infiltrators and the like, and the Angel just shrug it off. Given the history between their primarchs that seems to work better from a narrative standpoint. They spend parts of the books hunting for the cults that are "preparing the way", and basically openly acting like knights out of King Arthur stories or something to counteract the demoralization. Oop the local priest got murdered, Well now a Dark Angel chaplain leads the ceremony to crown his successor.
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Sharkopath posted:Another small favorite part of the new alpha legion book is a large council of legionaries convening, and when one introduces themself as Alpharius the whole room erupts into boos and jeers. They're so tired of it themselves. What's it called?
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OPAONI posted:What's it called? Renegades: Harrowmaster its very cool.
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FPyat posted:I thought briefly about wanting to read the new Militarum codex, but then I remembered hearing that codices have been pretty low on fluff as of late. they are pretty solid with fluff but not as much about unit fluff anymore. also if you want some good warhammer figures. https://www.cooltoysclub.com/Warhammer-40k-c770799.html i have a whole squad of krieg and smurfs and they are great quality. sisters are coming next week and tau are for presale.
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Grey Knights in design/production. Following someone on twitter posting about them and showed off pictures of the baby carrier. Apparently they're also planning to do Knights some point next year.
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Cooked Auto posted:Grey Knights in design/production. Following someone on twitter posting about them and showed off pictures of the baby carrier. stormtroopers in december, necrons too, most of the big imperial heroes. etc. i belong to the discord. its chill.
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Arc Hammer posted:Are those joytoy figures posable or statues? very posable. slightly bigger then star wars vintage collection stuff but way way better quality.. ill post some pics of mine later today or sometime. Dapper_Swindler fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Nov 11, 2022 |
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quote:> Incoherent Data Transfer. File not extant. Go in the sight of the Throne, and know the purity of adequate data hygiene. 
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Harrowmaster was pretty good. I especially liked, at the end, newly minted imperial inquisitor Evelyn Darke, formerly of Vorlese... 
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Biplane posted:Harrowmaster was pretty good. I especially liked, at the end, newly minted imperial inquisitor Evelyn Darke, formerly of Vorlese... brooksverse, along w abnettverse, aint that some poo poo
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bob dobbs is dead posted:brooksverse, along w abnettverse, aint that some poo poo He's had like 6 books come out in just the last year, all good reads. At this pace it won't take him long to be one of the most prolific BL authors. If he continues to improve as an author in a few years we will have another hall of famer.
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He’s got other not 40k books too, I have the first one sitting in my to read stack
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Arquinsiel posted:TBH he just needs quantity, he's already got the quality nailed. Oh yeah he is already better than 80% of the BL authors but even though he has written non-BL stuff too he has only been a published author for just a few years. If his quality continues to improve he'll be an all time great though. Chris Wraight is a good comparison. His very first books were about the level Brooks is now but he massively leveled up and is now maybe even better than Abnett.
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https://www.cityam.com/of-dice-and-men-how-ian-livingstone-conquered-the-nerd-universe/ I just picked up a copy of this book but haven't had a chance to read it yet.
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AnEdgelord posted:Also he should write more Ork books 
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He did write Warboss but for whatever reason we still only have the LE version out despite it coming out months ago. Not really sure what is going on with that? I've actually got the LE but haven't gotten around to reading it yet.
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Cooked Auto posted:I think the paperback version is like 8 to 12 months after the hardback or something like that. Definitely a huge gap between releases either way. Right, but the hardback hasn't come out yet is what I am saying. Usually that is out by now I feel like.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TiqiOexD-8 Slasha da Goff Rokker
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I was always into Warhammer Fantasy more than 40k. I always tried to always get recommendations on 40K stuff, but every time I did, the books recommended to me would start with 50 pages of Chumpus Mariolus of the Chapter Insectarium Arboretum introducing himself to every character in the galaxy. Then a goon recommended the first Krieg Death Korps book and I can now see myself becoming a mark for all of this. It was just so dumb and wonderful that I sat in my car in the driveway for an extra ten minutes last night as I waited for the audiobook to finish.
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Pennsylvanian posted:I was always into Warhammer Fantasy more than 40k. I always tried to always get recommendations on 40K stuff, but every time I did, the books recommended to me would start with 50 pages of Chumpus Mariolus of the Chapter Insectarium Arboretum introducing himself to every character in the galaxy. Then a goon recommended the first Krieg Death Korps book and I can now see myself becoming a mark for all of this. It was just so dumb and wonderful that I sat in my car in the driveway for an extra ten minutes last night as I waited for the audiobook to finish. try some necron books by rath or crowley
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Pennsylvanian posted:I was always into Warhammer Fantasy more than 40k. I always tried to always get recommendations on 40K stuff, but every time I did, the books recommended to me would start with 50 pages of Chumpus Mariolus of the Chapter Insectarium Arboretum introducing himself to every character in the galaxy. Then a goon recommended the first Krieg Death Korps book and I can now see myself becoming a mark for all of this. It was just so dumb and wonderful that I sat in my car in the driveway for an extra ten minutes last night as I waited for the audiobook to finish. Carrion Throne
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That's good but iirc it's introductions to the very end.
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I don't mind slower pacing. The last straw was Helsreach, which came highly recommended but was introductions for a long time at the start. I'll go back to it one day, but I wanted something that dove into the action.
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Pennsylvanian posted:I don't mind slower pacing. The last straw was Helsreach, which came highly recommended but was introductions for a long time at the start. I'll go back to it one day, but I wanted something that dove into the action. What else have you been recommended in the past that you bounced off? That'll save people suggesting the things you already hate
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Theres a reason the thread title was ‘go read eisenhorn’ for a long rear end time.
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