Warhammer 40k

[Salt_Merchant]

You know, unironically, Lucius is a cool as hell character.

Emperors children characters are just the best.

Spoiler: spoilers for that terrible Fulgrim release novel

In the fulgrim perfect son book, the main character loses like 3 seperate duels and is only saved by some random dues ex machina (he loses to a castellan and is about to be killed but is saved by a random venomcrawler shooting and mortally wounding the castellan for instance) and not once until the very end does he ever view it as such, he was always just on the verge of winning if not for the meddling of others who are just trying to stop his rise to glory, depsite the fact he was on his knees weaponless, his delusions were the sole redeeming quality of this shit house book

 

[p1138]

This is just an invitation to stop using citadel paints because my god they've capped the upper limits as to what to charge for one of those pots. They can't go any higher because they now have fierce competition in both traditional and "contrast" style paints options from army painter, AK and vallejo.

They went smaller. A bunch of their paints are down to 12ml pots while everyone else is selling 15-20ml, and most of their technical basing paints are of course the biggest rip off. Getting a spoonful of brown tinted wall spackle for what other companies sell in 4-12 ounce jars.

 

[Humble Architect]

I remember some comments on how Codex could be lore only, with the tabletop rules being sold in separated and/or on their site. Buying a physical codex that will get a ton of rule changes before the edition ends, in exchange of ever drying up the lore (compare the 9th ed for most codexes vs their 8th ed conterpart)

You know, unironically, Lucius is a cool as hell character.

"But hes not the best, he loses all the time" exacly. He faces the consequences for his lack of self preservation and arrogance. You wont see Kharn stepping on a mine or being ganged up by 20 orks and losing, despite both being champions whose deal is "run to the enemy and slash them"

Saying "Slaanesh doesnt like him and just want to make fun of him" also is great.

Hes the oposite of a mary sue, hes not the best, hes not beloved by all, he isnt the most skilled.If you ask me, this giant imperfection makes him a more interesting character than 99% of the setting.

Hes not "the reasonable one", hes not "one of the good ones in a sea of assholes", he takes at heart hes an evil bastard and runs with it. At a point you just need a chaos character that is fully corrupted and loves it.

The funny thing is Slaanesh adores him, taking on his guise during an audience and identifying itself as “perfection.”

Lucius, goofy bastard though he is, has likley fucked a god and unlike Kharn or Typhus, is loved by his patron, not for grand deeds, but by being himself. Clarion was right in her hype speech, he is the human spirit personified, getting knocked down and always getting back up, giggling and then calling his killer a faggot, unchanging, moisturized, defiant, in his lane and true to himself. Which is why he “won” by the terms of the setting.

Fun fact, his face is actually a ruined version of Fulgrim’s face

Emperors children characters are just the best.

Spoiler: spoilers for that terrible Fulgrim release novel

In the fulgrim perfect son book, the main character loses like 3 seperate duels and is only saved by some random dues ex machina (he loses to a castellan and is about to be killed but is saved by a random venomcrawler shooting and mortally wounding the castellan for instance) and not once until the very end does he ever view it as such, he was always just on the verge of winning if not for the meddling of others who are just trying to stop his rise to glory, depsite the fact he was on his knees weaponless, his delusions were the sole redeeming quality of this shit house book

I’m so glad that bitch didn’t get to write Lucius or Eidolon.

Fulgrim I actually liked in that book, he was full Al Pacino Satan and that’s my favourite characterization for him.

Evil, in the way Angron and Morty aren’t. Slaanesh is best when it’s more overtly Satanic than the other chaos gods.

 

[Mr Clark]

This is just an invitation to stop using citadel paints because my god they've capped the upper limits as to what to charge for one of those pots. They can't go any higher because they now have fierce competition in both traditional and "contrast" style paints options from army painter, AK and vallejo.

Theyre for the lazy painter who wants to see an easy guide and follow.

I am one of those people. I dont have time to experiment as much as I'd like.

Shoutout Pro Acryl. I've only tried their white and royal purple and they are fantastic. Next step is putting them through an airbrush but who knows what I gotta do to dial that in.

 

[winderson_silva]

Some dude posted a more updated version of the "Books/stories per faction", even without counting Horus Heresy, loyalist space marines not only got more books than all xenos combined (211 vs 123), but that 211 number is also bigger than all non space marine books for the imperium's other factions (which sums 16

https://www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/1l10puy/faction_repartiion_in_black_library_books_from/

 

[Spilled Spaghett]

The amount of Space Marine books isn't that surprising considering they are the main characters in the story. I'd argue this count is actually too generous for the xenos because there are apparently four Tyranid novels. I assume he's counting books like Devastation of Baal as a Tyranids novel even though it's entirely about Space Marines and the Tyranids are just sort of there.

 

[p1138]

Some dude posted a more updated version of the "Books/stories per faction", even without counting Horus Heresy, loyalist space marines not only got more books than all xenos combined (211 vs 123), but that 211 number is also bigger than all non space marine books for the imperium's other factions (which sums 16

https://www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/1l10puy/faction_repartiion_in_black_library_books_from/

I'm trying to figure out what tyranid focused story came out in 2022, and there isn't one even in the lexicanum link he provided. Then there's supposedly one in 2019, but it's just an omnibus and said those don't count. I can't find the supposed tyranid focused books from 2018 and 2017 either. I'm actually curious what a tyranid focused story would even look like, where it isn't tyranids just eating things and it's actually about the perspective of space marines, or guardsmen or something.

 

[rexas texas_]

I'm trying to figure out what tyranid focused story came out in 2022, and there isn't one even in the lexicanum link he provided. Then there's supposedly one in 2019, but it's just an omnibus and said those don't count. I can't find the supposed tyranid focused books from 2018 and 2017 either. I'm actually curious what a tyranid focused story would even look like, where it isn't tyranids just eating things and it's actually about the perspective of space marines, or guardsmen or something.

Well, the supposed tyranid books in this case are just GC books.

Day of Ascension (2022)
Cult of the Spiral Dawn (2018 )
Cult of the Warmason (2017)

 

[p1138]

Well, the supposed tyranid books in this case are just GC books.

Day of Ascension (2022)
Cult of the Spiral Dawn (2018 )
Cult of the Warmason (2017)

That's not tyranid books, that's genestealer cults. Sure, GSC cause an uprising to weaken a world and then call the nids over, but they're not the same thing.

 

[Feathers McGraw]

Sorry if everyone is sick of 'my first model' posts but I got round to painting mine recently and hadn't posted it here:

Spoiler

It's a bit of a blotchy mess, but I'm hoping over time I'll learn how to highlight & blend properly. Makes me wonder if I should've picked a Space Marine army to paint first as practise since GSC seem quite fiddly. I have no idea how you guys get through 2000 points of these things.

 

[p1138]

Sorry if everyone is sick of 'my first model' posts but I got round to painting mine recently and hadn't posted it here:

Nope, post more. It's something that doesn't happen often enough in a thread with people in it that presumably paint and play.

It's a bit of a blotchy mess, but I'm hoping over time I'll learn how to highlight & blend properly. Makes me wonder if I should've picked a Space Marine army to paint first as practise since GSC seem quite fiddly.

That's a first model? You're lightyears ahead of what people were doing 20 years ago as a first model. Yeah, GSC would be fiddly compared to the average space marine, but that just means you're developing more skill over time.

I have no idea how you guys get through 2000 points of these things.

You think people stop at 2000? Gotta have something to swap around as you get bored, players in your area change what they're taking to games, points changes so now your list is 50 points over or under and need to change something out. 2000 points is like a step along the way.

 

[Feathers McGraw]

That's a first model? You're lightyears ahead of what people were doing 20 years ago as a first model. Yeah, GSC would be fiddly compared to the average space marine, but that just means you're developing more skill over time.

Thanks! I suppose one upside to an intentionally 'dirty' army is that it's more forgiving of mistakes. The weekend after I painted the neophytes I decided to try my first vehicle, and accidentally spilled half a bottle of nuln oil over the whole thing once the base layer was done. I'm not exactly happy with how it turned out, but it's at least salvageable compared to something more clean.

Spoiler

I haven't tried painting any character models yet since they feel like they should demand more attention than normal models. It's a shame I already fully assembled them, as I get the impression a lot of people paint each part separately before assembly. God knows how people handle pieces that tiny though.

 

[p1138]

I haven't tried painting any character models yet since they feel like they should demand more attention than normal models. It's a shame I already fully assembled them, as I get the impression a lot of people paint each part separately before assembly. God knows how people handle pieces that tiny though.

Practice, but also not doing everything as individual bits. I mentioned this on the previous page, but subassemblies work and @Humble Architect also pointed out, if you can't see it does it need to be painted? In the case of something like that ridgerunner you've painted, some people might opt to leave the tires off and the guys out of it before painting everything. Get some wooden blocks(cylinders, cubes, hell even old pill bottles can work. basically something you can comfortably hold in your hand) and some double stick tape or blue tack/poster putty and stick the separate bits you're working on to that.

 

[Judge Dredd]

Started playing Space Marine in my free time, to get caught up for SM2 when it goes on sale.

Last played. 2016.

If anyone has any terrain/objective marker builds that aren't xps foam or chip board, I'd like them please. Those materials are expensive where I live. And I don't like sprue goo.

I've got a PDF of the 7e Dex, and its the complete opposite. For those unaware, pages 43-58 are just flat images of Sept colors and alternate schemes, and then 59-70 are all painted models, half those pages in diorama format as if they were on a board.
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That guy on the bottom-right of the last pic is hilarious, IMO. "LET ME SEE YOUR WARFACE, SHAS'LA!"

That blue armour on the top left is the same as my Tau scheme, neat.

I wonder if collecting old 7th ed codex are worth it? I was tempted to collect 3rd or maybe 5th.

Any good death guard schemes by chance?

this strategy GW is doing with the Arbites is starting to work on me.

What are they doing? All I've seen is recommendations on YouTube.

If 40k was the future of another franchise Id definitely assume it was judge dredd. All the pieces fit.

I used to hear that "the dark age of technology" was basically Star Trek. These days that's all been fleshed out.

 

[p1138]

I wonder if collecting old 7th ed codex are worth it? I was tempted to collect 3rd or maybe 5th.

Any good death guard schemes by chance?

The 5th-7th edition codexes vary, but they're basically the ones with the best mix of lore, painted minis, etc. I dunno about collecting them, but having a pile of the PDFs on hand comes in handy for stuff like this.
GW doesn't seem to do much with alt paint schemes for death guard, other than their ivory or green color schemes. But their 8th edition codex did have a couple of nearly black color schemes on one page that at least look different compared to the normal paintjobs people tend to do.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Can the franchise even be called satirical when that hasn't been a part of it for 20+ years, longer than the early days when it was?

 

[TheSilentKing411]

Can the franchise even be called satirical when that hasn't been a part of it for 20+ years, longer than the early days when it was?

Word of God from the creators of 40k, it was never satirical. Its mostly the product of annoying "umm ackshually ThIs Is MaKiNg FuN oF yOu' online politispergs

 

[Catgirl Tyranid]

I'm trying to figure out what tyranid focused story came out in 2022, and there isn't one even in the lexicanum link he provided. Then there's supposedly one in 2019, but it's just an omnibus and said those don't count. I can't find the supposed tyranid focused books from 2018 and 2017 either. I'm actually curious what a tyranid focused story would even look like, where it isn't tyranids just eating things and it's actually about the perspective of space marines, or guardsmen or something.

I want a horror conspiracy novela about Average Joe Hiver being on the ground in the midst of a Genestealer incursion. Preferably with the most grim dark, everyone you know is already gone, ending possible.

Edit:

That's not tyranid books, that's genestealer cults. Sure, GSC cause an uprising to weaken a world and then call the nids over, but they're not the same thing.

OH SWEET!

 

[Inquisitor_BadAss]

Started playing Space Marine in my free time, to get caught up for SM2 when it goes on sale.

Last played. 2016.

If anyone has any terrain/objective marker builds that aren't xps foam or chip board, I'd like them please. Those materials are expensive where I live. And I don't like sprue goo.


That blue armour on the top left is the same as my Tau scheme, neat.

I wonder if collecting old 7th ed codex are worth it? I was tempted to collect 3rd or maybe 5th.

Any good death guard schemes by chance?


What are they doing? All I've seen is recommendations on YouTube.


I used to hear that "the dark age of technology" was basically Star Trek. These days that's all been fleshed out.

Do you have any 40mm bases? You could spray them a bright colours and use them as your objective markers.

 

[Glory To Arztotska]

I want a horror conspiracy novela about Average Joe Hiver being on the ground in the midst of a Genestealer incursion. Preferably with the most grim dark, everyone you know is already gone, ending possible.

Not a paper book but I think you might enjoy this little thing: