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Warhammer 40,000 |OT| In the Grim Darkness of the Community Forum There Is Only War
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shockthrill
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It's time for a serious Horus Heresy animated series
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
They really step up their art over the past couple of months or so.
Greigor The Fellhand
Member
nah, give me a HBO Series that depicts the great crusade, the heresy, and the emperor through the ages.
do it~
shockthrill
Banned
There's been a debate about who the second most powerful psyker in the history of the imperium after the Emperor
Malcador or Magnus?
Malcador or Magnus?
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
Magnus.
Magnus because he was supposed to take over for the Emperor on the Golden Throne, and obviously when Malcador tried to do it he wasn't powerful enough.
shockthrill
Banned
poor Malcy
Greigor The Fellhand
Member
not really, malcador was most likely a alpha level pskyer, insanely strong for a single soul.
I'd say he's probably 3rd in rank for humans. thats saying something mighty fierce
shockthrill
Banned
Would you rank Malcador above the chapter librarians like Tigurius or even Draigo
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
Yes. The man is strong but rarely shows it.
shockthrill
Banned
although Draigo is kind of like the Mary Sue of 40k
Greigor The Fellhand
Member
shockthrill
Banned
come on, the man has lived in the Warp for god knows how long,and comes unscathed
ShadowSwordmaster
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The whole thing is dumb, but let's not get carried way here.
Greigor The Fellhand
Member
theres a whole legion of 13th company space wolves thats been doing that. they didnt turn wulfen because of the warp either.
SillyEskimo
Member
Mephiston would make my top 5 as well. Pretty solid list here.
shockthrill
Banned
actually i think we need to replace Draigo with that new Voldus character, it was revealed he was the most powerful psyker of the GK
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Aldrik_Voldus
Greigor The Fellhand
Member
I'll wait until there is more lore around voldus.
other named psykers would be lower.
high but still low on the list would be Njal, i'd rank him probably 55. in geomancy/tempusts he'd be 1. but its niche.
and each rank to go up I think is kinda how hurrican rankings work. Power 4 is 100 times stronger than power 5. in this chart that has the emperor at #1.
Vincent Alexander
Member
Thank you. I'll look into these for sure. Stormraven looks pretty nice, taking a look at it's datasheet. How do Valkyries stack up? I see they're the same in many ways, but smaller/weaker?
You could probably put Mephiston/Tigurius/Njal/Ezekiel together. The chief named librarians are all intended to be around the same level in terms of psychic potential.
shockthrill
Banned
Do the Necrons and Tau have any psykers?
SillyEskimo
Member
The question was strictly about the Imperium. If we're talking all races, there are plenty to add to the list. Eldrad is the obvious inclusion.
There's Macha from DoW. Though I don't think that she has shown anything special.
No. Necrons have machine bodies and the Tau have dim souls.
No. Necrons have machine bodies and the Tau have dim souls.
shockthrill
Banned
Do the Chaos Gods have a relation with the Eldar Gods or the C'tan
Nurgle has an Eldar Goddess imprisoned in his lab. She's fed every new kind of disease and contagion that papa Nurgle brews in his endless cauldron and gauges its success by how long it takes her to overcome the effects. While he toils away at his work she whispers the cures to these infestations to mortals.
All this because he's in love with her.
Some. Eldar (and their gods) were used to fight against the C'tan and their Necron slaves. The War In Heaven made the Warp into the hellscape we now know and love and so in a way birthed the Chaos Gods. When Slaanesh was born, he/she/it killed most of the Eldar gods. Khaine was shattered into pieces after Khorne wanted him for himself and fought Slaanesh and Isha was kidnapped by Nurgle and is now imprisoned in his Garden (still a better outcome than being left with Slaanesh).
shockthrill
Banned
so the C'tan are dead now
Most of them. There's a couple still around were shattered, but the Necrons have them stashed away in
Greigor The Fellhand
Member
void dragon imprisoned on mars woooo
shockthrill
Banned
didn't the Emperor imprison him?
ShadowSwordmaster
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Vincent Alexander
Member
I need to find someway to get the House Stark sigil on my Imperial Knight without it looking like shit.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
I need to find someway to get the House Stark sigil on my Imperial Knight without it looking like shit.
Print it out in the desired size, cut out the wolf, and then just paint over the paper cut out.
I need to find someway to get the House Stark sigil on my Imperial Knight without it looking like shit.
This article may help you a bit hopefully: http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2007/07/tutorial-custom-decal-sheets-2.html
It's Reyn Time!
Member
Alternatively use a scalpel to cut off the ears from some transfers from Ragnar's Great Company, stick 'em on and add some extra spiky bits by hand. The logos are almost identical.
Chasm Skulker
Banned
Warhammer noob wading in here.
Was always interested in Necrons when they first appeared. Bought some Necron Warriors ages ago but that's as far as I dipped my toes into the game. I had a look at the Necrons again recently and some of the weird shit they have now is just strange to me.
Like, since when did they get Eldar like flying scythes, or the wacky stuff like Doomsday Arks. What's the general consensus on these grumpy Space Egyptians?
Was always interested in Necrons when they first appeared. Bought some Necron Warriors ages ago but that's as far as I dipped my toes into the game. I had a look at the Necrons again recently and some of the weird shit they have now is just strange to me.
Like, since when did they get Eldar like flying scythes, or the wacky stuff like Doomsday Arks. What's the general consensus on these grumpy Space Egyptians?
They made a huge change in Necron background between the 3rd and 5th edition codexes. It was very controversial at the time (and still some today). Before they were mindless killing machines, now only the basic warriors are like that; the rest are Tomb Kings in space. Part of the reason was to give them more characters. I was super mad at the time but have grown to appreciate the new background (but ghost arks are still super dumb looking).
Old version still had them involved in the War in Heaven; biggest difference was in old version the Necrons were slaves to the C'Tan instead of the other way around.
GarthVaderUK
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As a Necron player since 2nd edition, I love the freedom and variety allowed by the current Necron fluff. With all the things that can and has gone wrong with the awakening of the Dynasties, people can still field the mysterious/mindless drone style Necrons if they prefer, as well as Dynasties controlled by C'Tan Shards for those who're fans of the Star Gods direction they took after that. I much prefer the more characterful and varied Overlords though, each with their own quirks and ambitions, trying to reclaim their old territories and reassert their dominance of the galaxy.
SillyEskimo
Member
I Iike my Necrons dead silent, mysterious, relentless, and undying. I think the new personality based Necrons are goofy.
So I think I made a mistake, picked up the Dark Imperium box sort of spur of the moment because I've always had a love of papa nurgle and the new minis looked pretty dope. Also grabbed Index: Chaos book. I haven't played 40K much since 4th Ed, I was pretty much playing Fantasy exclusively until they killed that game.
Initially I was very impressed with DI. I really like the packaging of dark imperium, the models are fantastic and it was a really pleasant surprise that the hard cover/colour book comes with the box instead of a soft cover. GW really stepped up the value for money IMO.
However after reading through the rules and a fair bit of the fluff I'm just not feeling it, also why cant I have Death Guard Termies? I have 7 forge world DG terminators and the independent character comes in termie equivalent armour. Sure I cam play generic plague army or whatever but that's not the same.
Then I checked my local event finder for tourneys (where I used to go to find fantasy tourneys before that died) and I'm not finding anything listed. There used to be at least 6 or 7 a year, now there don't seem to be any. I guess GW fandom has faded somewhat in my local area. This is how I used to play, none of my friends are into mini games so I used to attend tourneys now they are gone I don't even know if ill ever actually use this stuff.
Anyway I don't even know if I can be bothered to paint the minis that came in the box anymore.
Initially I was very impressed with DI. I really like the packaging of dark imperium, the models are fantastic and it was a really pleasant surprise that the hard cover/colour book comes with the box instead of a soft cover. GW really stepped up the value for money IMO.
However after reading through the rules and a fair bit of the fluff I'm just not feeling it, also why cant I have Death Guard Termies? I have 7 forge world DG terminators and the independent character comes in termie equivalent armour. Sure I cam play generic plague army or whatever but that's not the same.
Then I checked my local event finder for tourneys (where I used to go to find fantasy tourneys before that died) and I'm not finding anything listed. There used to be at least 6 or 7 a year, now there don't seem to be any. I guess GW fandom has faded somewhat in my local area. This is how I used to play, none of my friends are into mini games so I used to attend tourneys now they are gone I don't even know if ill ever actually use this stuff.
Anyway I don't even know if I can be bothered to paint the minis that came in the box anymore.
When the codex comes out you can bet there'll be Death Guard termies back