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They advanced the PLOT?! Warhammer 40k casual lore

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  • darunia106darunia106 J-bob in games Death MountainRegistered User regular
    You ever seen a family situation where the parent has a favorite kid even though a different one of their kids is clearly better than their favorite in every conceivable way?

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  • [Expletive deleted][Expletive deleted] The mediocre doctor NorwayRegistered User regular
    Monwyn wrote: »
    honovere wrote: »
    Sanguinius was the cool [...] applies to pretty much everything canonically and in-universe is probably the only thing everyone agrees on.

    Horus being made Warmaster over Sanguinius is, frankly, completely bizarre. Not like Sanguinius had beef with anyone.

    I guess it's possible Big E knew about the geneseed instability, but still.

    He was too cool to risk on such a venture.

    Sic transit gloria mundi.
  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    One of the in-universe things that doesn't really appear much is that Sanguinius is loved as much if not more than the Emperor himself by the general population of the galaxy. Sanguinalia is 40k's Christmas equivalent.

  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    Monwyn wrote: »
    honovere wrote: »
    Sanguinius was the cool [...] applies to pretty much everything canonically and in-universe is probably the only thing everyone agrees on.

    Horus being made Warmaster over Sanguinius is, frankly, completely bizarre. Not like Sanguinius had beef with anyone.

    I guess it's possible Big E knew about the geneseed instability, but still.

    Even Horus is dumbfounded that the emp chose him over Sanguinius.

  • [Expletive deleted][Expletive deleted] The mediocre doctor NorwayRegistered User regular
    Gvzbgul wrote: »
    One of the in-universe things that doesn't really appear much is that Sanguinius is loved as much if not more than the Emperor himself by the general population of the galaxy. Sanguinalia is 40k's Christmas equivalent.

    That's also why Sanguinius couldn't be warmaster.

    Bad idea to have the only person more personally popular than the emperor be in charge of the armies.

    Sic transit gloria mundi.
  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    I still haven't recovered from what happened to the Tanith in Anarch.

  • KarlKarl Registered User regular
    Monwyn wrote: »
    honovere wrote: »
    Sanguinius was the cool [...] applies to pretty much everything canonically and in-universe is probably the only thing everyone agrees on.

    Horus being made Warmaster over Sanguinius is, frankly, completely bizarre. Not like Sanguinius had beef with anyone.

    I guess it's possible Big E knew about the geneseed instability, but still.

    It's open to interpretation but I always took it as "the red thirst is a feature not a big".

    Black rage though...ooof

  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    So I was thinking about Ahzek, as you do,

    and uh

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    I have to go prepare some scrolls.

  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    I Thought About Ahzek and All I Got Was An Eternity as a Gibbering Chaos Spawn

  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    The Black Library was the love we made along the way.

  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    august wrote: »
    I Thought About Ahzek and All I Got Was An Eternity as a Gibbering Chaos Spawn

    Better than being reduced to a whispy fart of space dust in power armor.

  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    Ahzek is just absolutely fabulous. Giant post-human tragic story space wizard, with a notable look and color scheme that happens to work with my own.

  • [Expletive deleted][Expletive deleted] The mediocre doctor NorwayRegistered User regular
    She fights for the Patriarch. She fights for freedom. She fights for you!
    The Kelermorph!
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    More pics:
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    Sic transit gloria mundi.
  • ElaroElaro Apologetic Registered User regular
    edited April 2021
    Hey, I acquired issue #2 and #3 of Marneus Calgar!
    Daaaaaamn.

    Elaro on
    Children's rights are human rights.
  • LalaboxLalabox Registered User regular
    i finally finished up my auxilia (well, i have maybe one or two more that i can do, but i've gotta get my hands on some bits for a conversion and so it's just gonna take some time)



  • Typhoid MannyTyphoid Manny Registered User regular
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    i

    love

    contrast paints

    from each according to his ability, to each according to his need
    hitting hot metal with hammers
  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    now just baste that sumbitch with some agrax earthshade like the emperor intended

  • Typhoid MannyTyphoid Manny Registered User regular
    the Agrax Earthshade wash went on before the Skeleton Horde contrast

    in addition to contrast paints i also love the names GW gave their shit so they could trademark it all

    from each according to his ability, to each according to his need
    hitting hot metal with hammers
  • Typhoid MannyTyphoid Manny Registered User regular
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    the best model games workshop has ever produced, i'm not even really kidding

    from each according to his ability, to each according to his need
    hitting hot metal with hammers
  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Peter Ebel wrote: »
    The Emperor is Plato. Sufficiently fascist. Ready to rip away people's long held illusions against their own desires, but for their own and collective good. Is fucked over by his way cooler followers.

    Picked up later as the philosophical foundation for a weird religion in a society that would disgust him.

    Angron is Thrasymachus.

    This tracks. We're done. We solved the Warhammers.

    If the Emperor were Socrates it would make his drinking of the hemlock to prove a point extremely petty and extremely hilarious.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
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    the best model games workshop has ever produced, i'm not even really kidding

    They're all good nurglings, Monny.
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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    9

  • Halos Nach TariffHalos Nach Tariff Can you blame me? I'm too famous.Registered User regular
    I'm a big fan of the hero Nurgling with the cape myself.

  • H3KnucklesH3Knuckles But we decide which is right and which is an illusion.Registered User regular
    Number 3's pretty cool too.

    If you're curious about my icon; it's an update of the early Lego Castle theme's "Black Falcons" faction.
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  • CarpyCarpy Registered User regular
    edited May 2021
    The way that 7 is cropped looks like it's cutting some hellacious, visible, ass.

    Carpy on
  • [Expletive deleted][Expletive deleted] The mediocre doctor NorwayRegistered User regular
    OK, so when daemons get "killed" in the physical universe, they de-materialize and return to the immaterium. (And will be reformed if their patron god so wills it.)

    How come they leave skulls behind?

    Sic transit gloria mundi.
  • QuantumTurkQuantumTurk Registered User regular
    OK, so when daemons get "killed" in the physical universe, they de-materialize and return to the immaterium. (And will be reformed if their patron god so wills it.)

    How come they leave skulls behind?

    Don't want em on the skull throne yet.

  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    edited May 2021
    Carpy wrote: »
    The way that 7 is cropped looks like it's cutting some hellacious, visible, ass.

    It's doing a bare assed hand stand show of its red buns, so yeah?

    honovere on
  • CarpyCarpy Registered User regular
    honovere wrote: »
    Carpy wrote: »
    The way that 7 is cropped looks like it's cutting some hellacious, visible, ass.

    It's doing a bare assed hand stand show of its red buns, so yeah?

    Talking about whatever is behind it, in the crop it looks like some gas instead of the bipedal demon thing.

  • GrudgeGrudge blessed is the mind too small for doubtRegistered User regular
    OK, so when daemons get "killed" in the physical universe, they de-materialize and return to the immaterium. (And will be reformed if their patron god so wills it.)

    How come they leave skulls behind?

    If you hit them hard enough, they won't properly dematerialize, and you'll get a trophy. That's also the official lore behind why certain Orruk warlords have Stormcast Eternal helmets hanging from their trophy racks.

  • [Expletive deleted][Expletive deleted] The mediocre doctor NorwayRegistered User regular
    Grudge wrote: »
    OK, so when daemons get "killed" in the physical universe, they de-materialize and return to the immaterium. (And will be reformed if their patron god so wills it.)

    How come they leave skulls behind?

    If you hit them hard enough, they won't properly dematerialize, and you'll get a trophy. That's also the official lore behind why certain Orruk warlords have Stormcast Eternal helmets hanging from their trophy racks.

    I just figured the souls of SE go to heaven Azyr, and their kit and bodes get left behind.

    Sic transit gloria mundi.
  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    OK, so when daemons get "killed" in the physical universe, they de-materialize and return to the immaterium. (And will be reformed if their patron god so wills it.)

    How come they leave skulls behind?

    Khorne wills it

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    Grudge wrote: »
    OK, so when daemons get "killed" in the physical universe, they de-materialize and return to the immaterium. (And will be reformed if their patron god so wills it.)

    How come they leave skulls behind?

    If you hit them hard enough, they won't properly dematerialize, and you'll get a trophy. That's also the official lore behind why certain Orruk warlords have Stormcast Eternal helmets hanging from their trophy racks.

    GW just made the justification for that even easier just now
    Spoiler for broken realms
    belakor set of a magical nuke that destroyed most of one of the 8 realms realmgates which has the effect that the stormcasts can't warp back to azyr through them when they die.

  • Typhoid MannyTyphoid Manny Registered User regular
    edited May 2021
    part two in the continuing story of my love for contrast paints. spoiler 'cause it's big
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    e: this is the plague angel by creature caster. pretty good kit, i had to do a little bit of cleanup and needed to bend the scythe's haft to get it lined up with both arms, but the resin's pliable enough that that wasn't a big deal

    Typhoid Manny on
    from each according to his ability, to each according to his need
    hitting hot metal with hammers
  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    I feel attacked

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  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    Hey! I build my models! And undercoat them. And, well, that's it.

  • Peter EbelPeter Ebel CopenhagenRegistered User regular
    i got rid of all my 40k stuff. i still have a few warhammer fantasy figures about, for playing some mordheim or the like, but i am done with wargaming.

    Fuck off and die.
  • LalaboxLalabox Registered User regular
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    not so gaunt anymore

  • ElaroElaro Apologetic Registered User regular
    Peter Ebel wrote: »
    i got rid of all my 40k stuff. i still have a few warhammer fantasy figures about, for playing some mordheim or the like, but i am done with wargaming.

    Heresy!

    Although, if it was ruining your life, congrats!

    Children's rights are human rights.
  • [Expletive deleted][Expletive deleted] The mediocre doctor NorwayRegistered User regular
    Elaro wrote: »
    Peter Ebel wrote: »
    i got rid of all my 40k stuff. i still have a few warhammer fantasy figures about, for playing some mordheim or the like, but i am done with wargaming.

    Heresy!

    Although, if it was ruining your life, congrats!

    I was thinking of swapping 40k for heroin. Should be cheaper and less detrimental to my health.

    Sic transit gloria mundi.
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