The Warhammer 40.000/Fantasy Discussion Thread Mk.II

[Baltenstein]

Could be worse, the Alpha Legion rarely gets anything, even lore.

They do have a new book coming out where they face off against the Sisters of Battle. I think it's post-Indomitus Crusade as well.

Does the Alpha Legion still have its confusing "we're Chaos, but not really" fluff?

[Washington Resistance Army]

They do have a new book coming out where they face off against the Sisters of Battle. I think it's post-Indomitus Crusade as well.

Does the Alpha Legion still have its confusing "we're Chaos, but not really" fluff?

Yes.

[Hurdergaryp]

That is probably not going to happen, if only because there are miniatures to sell. Why do you dislike the Sororitas so much?

Boob armor is stupid.

Let's just say that it is the closest some of the more dedicated whammers will get to them and leave it at that.

[Genivaria]

That is probably not going to happen, if only because there are miniatures to sell. Why do you dislike the Sororitas so much?

Boob armor is stupid.

In other news, I got my Mark 1 minis in the other day. I don't have any pictures on hand but I think they're pretty great. Now I just have to decide how to paint them.

Boob armor is ALWAYS stupid.

[Genivaria]

So anyone here know of the "If the emperor had a text-to-speech device" series on Youtube?
Because it is fucking hilarious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2nM1GEllg

[Washington Resistance Army]

So anyone here know of the "If the emperor had a text-to-speech device" series on Youtube?
Because it is fucking hilarious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2nM1GEllg

I imagine we all do, it's pretty great.

Needs more Thunder Warriors though

[Caltharus]

They do have a new book coming out where they face off against the Sisters of Battle. I think it's post-Indomitus Crusade as well.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/201 ... ge-post-4/

So this just came out. Seems that atleast right after the heresy Alpha Legion hadn't fallen for chaos.

[Ameriganastan]

So anyone here know of the "If the emperor had a text-to-speech device" series on Youtube?
Because it is fucking hilarious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2nM1GEllg

I link every new episode when it comes out.

[Hurdergaryp]

Boob armor is stupid.

In other news, I got my Mark 1 minis in the other day. I don't have any pictures on hand but I think they're pretty great. Now I just have to decide how to paint them.

Boob armor is ALWAYS stupid.

It's not exactly practical in real life, but for some reason it is amazingly popular in animation and miniature wargaming. Why? It's a mystery. A very mysterious mystery, even.

[Onekawa-Nukanor]

Boob armor is ALWAYS stupid.

It's not exactly practical in real life, but for some reason it is amazingly popular in animation and miniature wargaming. Why? It's a mystery. A very mysterious mystery, even.

I imagine that boob armour is a way to make armoured female figurines obviously female, especially back in the 90s and earlier since a lot of wargaming models (especially warhammer) from that era are fairly simplistic and don't have much detail. Since boob plate is a fairly basic addition it's an easy way to differentiate between male and female armoured models.

Modern boob plate is probably a carryover from this simpler time.

Of course there is also the fact that men and boys make up a majority of the hobby and (probably, not entirely sure) the industry itself, and this demographic might be more likely to buy these models if they are sexually suggestive. Not that this is necessarily the case of course, but the whole "sex sells" thing is a thing especially amongst young male teens in the full grip of puberty with hormones going into overdrive.

[United Muscovite Nations]

It's not exactly practical in real life, but for some reason it is amazingly popular in animation and miniature wargaming. Why? It's a mystery. A very mysterious mystery, even.

I imagine that boob armour is a way to make armoured female figurines obviously female, especially back in the 90s and earlier since a lot of wargaming models (especially warhammer) from that era are fairly simplistic and don't have much detail. Since boob plate is a fairly basic addition it's an easy way to differentiate between male and female armoured models.

Modern boob plate is probably a carryover from this simpler time.

Of course there is also the fact that men and boys make up a majority of the hobby and (probably, not entirely sure) the industry itself, and this demographic might be more likely to buy these models if they are sexually suggestive. Not that this is necessarily the case of course, but the whole "sex sells" thing is a thing especially amongst young male teens in the full grip of puberty with hormones going into overdrive.

>Morathi's model
You may be onto something here.

[Hurdergaryp]

I imagine that boob armour is a way to make armoured female figurines obviously female, especially back in the 90s and earlier since a lot of wargaming models (especially warhammer) from that era are fairly simplistic and don't have much detail. Since boob plate is a fairly basic addition it's an easy way to differentiate between male and female armoured models.

Modern boob plate is probably a carryover from this simpler time.

Of course there is also the fact that men and boys make up a majority of the hobby and (probably, not entirely sure) the industry itself, and this demographic might be more likely to buy these models if they are sexually suggestive. Not that this is necessarily the case of course, but the whole "sex sells" thing is a thing especially amongst young male teens in the full grip of puberty with hormones going into overdrive.

>Morathi's model
You may be onto something here.

It's purely esthetic, of course. Also great symbolism.

[The Armed Republic of Dutch Coolness]

It's purely esthetic, of course. Also great symbolism.

I mean, this is the woman that's supposedly banging her son, after all.

[Baltenstein]

Boob armor exists for the same reason why most female superheroines' hero costumes look like they just came from the local strip club.

[Hurdergaryp]

Boob armor exists for the same reason why most female superheroines' hero costumes look like they just came from the local strip club.

Female empowerment?

[Lord Tothe]

Boob armor exists for the same reason why most female superheroines' hero costumes look like they just came from the local strip club.

Lazy design trapped in tradition, plus skin sells?

I do like the idea behind the SoB, but I agree that boob cup armor is a stupid design. My only complaints about the Grishnakh alternative models ar ethe heads and the boob armor, both of which are even worse than GW's metal minis. Everything else is pretty decent about them though, all things considered. They're less stripperiffic than the "Toughest Girls in the Galaxy" line, or whatever it was called.

[Onekawa-Nukanor]

Boob armor exists for the same reason why most female superheroines' hero costumes look like they just came from the local strip club.

Lazy design trapped in tradition, plus skin sells?

I do like the idea behind the SoB, but I agree that boob cup armor is a stupid design. My only complaints about the Grishnakh alternative models ar ethe heads and the boob armor, both of which are even worse than GW's metal minis. Everything else is pretty decent about them though, all things considered. They're less stripperiffic than the "Toughest Girls in the Galaxy" line, or whatever it was called.

Honestly I just be one of the few people who like boob armour. It just seems very unpopular overall.

[Jetan]

Lazy design trapped in tradition, plus skin sells?

I do like the idea behind the SoB, but I agree that boob cup armor is a stupid design. My only complaints about the Grishnakh alternative models ar ethe heads and the boob armor, both of which are even worse than GW's metal minis. Everything else is pretty decent about them though, all things considered. They're less stripperiffic than the "Toughest Girls in the Galaxy" line, or whatever it was called.

Honestly I just be one of the few people who like boob armour. It just seems very unpopular overall.

For SoB it works. Their whole existence is conditional on a loop hole since Eclesiarchy is forbidden from keeping men under arms. Empahasizing that they're technically not makes sense, and 40k is advanced enough that any structural issues (namely, that boob plate is pretty much more likely to kill it's wearer than save them) can be handwaved away.

[Hurdergaryp]

Honestly I just be one of the few people who like boob armour. It just seems very unpopular overall.

For SoB it works. Their whole existence is conditional on a loop hole since Eclesiarchy is forbidden from keeping men under arms. Empahasizing that they're technically not makes sense, and 40k is advanced enough that any structural issues (namely, that boob plate is pretty much more likely to kill it's wearer than save them) can be handwaved away.

What greater glory is there than to die for the Imperium, so that others can take your place in order to do the same?

[Crookfur]

For SoB it works. Their whole existence is conditional on a loop hole since Eclesiarchy is forbidden from keeping men under arms. Empahasizing that they're technically not makes sense, and 40k is advanced enough that any structural issues (namely, that boob plate is pretty much more likely to kill it's wearer than save them) can be handwaved away.

What greater glory is there than to die for the Imperium, so that others can take your place in order to do the same?

Equally you are one of the emperor's most valuable resources and it is a great sin to waste the glorious imperator's precious resources...

[Jetan]

What greater glory is there than to die for the Imperium, so that others can take your place in order to do the same?

Equally your equipment is among are one of the emperor's most valuable resources and it is a great sin to waste the glorious imperator's precious resources... So make sure to die in a place where the equipment is easily recoverable.

Fixed that for you.

[Crookfur]

Equally your equipment is among are one of the emperor's most valuable resources and it is a great sin to waste the glorious imperator's precious resources... So make sure to die in a place where the equipment is easily recoverable.

Fixed that for you.

That's only really a thing in the gaurd

[Jetan]

Fixed that for you.

That's only really a thing in the gaurd

The Imperium is equal opportunity opressor. But yeah, true enough.

[Baltenstein]

No man that died in the Emperor's service died in vain.

[Ameriganastan]

No man that died in the Emperor's service died in vain.

Every man who dies in the Emperor's name dies in vain. Cause those deaths aren't staving off the inevitable end of the Imperium. They're hosed, but they're in some big denial about it.