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Infiltrating Naga





Hamburg, Germany

Welcome!

The title basically says it all, Rob and I (Björn) are both currently getting into Infinity and since we're loyal followers of each other's blogs and recently had a long chat via pm, we decided a mutual Infinity blog could be a good idea.

Our goal is to spur each other on to accelerate the painting progress and create a place to give each other advice, show our finished works and discuss them with the community.

This way we can also keep our Necromunda blogs clean from too much Infinity stuff, because we both agreed that it's highly annoying to drop by your subscribed blogs and only find unrelated stuff.

We independantly decided to start playing ALEPH and we'll naturally have differing concepts and approaches, which bears potential for an interesting blog that is rich in contrast.

So this blog will feature the modelling and painting process of two separate Aleph forces.



Tonight we'll both introduce the ideas and concepts for our forces and post some pics of what we've done so far. So stay tuned and feel free to compliment us on the excellent idea of creating this blog.

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The cold reaches of space

Been on Dakka for a few years now and I've seen some awesome collaborations...

... the PMW competition by you/PDH

... Sigur paints MajorTom11's custom-made Genestealer Cult figs

... Shadows over Vanaheim

... and now this. I gotta admit. I'm pretty excited!

-Remi

 
   
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Wicked Ghast






South East, UK

Cheers B!
Oh no Dakka, what have I done?!
Not only have I started yet another side project but this time I'm also in a "friendly" against The Arnold Schwarzenegger of Detail himself!
A man who's meticulous work will make my own childish modelling efforts look like the random patterns monkeys smear with their own feces!

The B man has a bit of a head-start over me ATM, however I have a few points in my favour here:
1. I'm only running 200pts which is a smaller force then what he's doing, I believe (so I can catch up a bit!)
2. I really love the Infinity models, so wont be converting much. Only adding the odd bit to them...

And finally...
3. I'm a better painter, so yeah you know...( haha only joking!)

So lets kick off with My List: (for those interested in such things.)
Spoiler:
DEVA Lieutenant +DEVABOT
ASURA Hacker
PROXY Mk.2 MULTI Sniper Rifle
PROXY Mk.1 Doctor
ZAYIN Rebot HMG + E/M Light Grenade Launcher
LAMEDH Rebot
YUDBOT
2x NETRODS

7 Orders | 201 Points | SWC: 3

I'm pretty happy with this lot. I got nearly everything I wanted in there though I'm not exactly swimming in 'orders' and don't have much CC but I'm hoping they'll never get that close!
I think both Baiyuan and myself are very excited to see how our Zayins perform in game, coz on paper they could be monsters!
I also can't wait to try out my Asura, she could be a really nasty little surprise for my opponent.

So onto My 'Theme':
It may not quite fit the Aleph fluff but I wanted to make them much more sinsiter...
I was actually thinking along the lines of The Borg from Star Trek. This pic of a Borg Queen from the MMO game sums up the look I'm after quite nicely IMHO.

So black/grey armor, dark metalics, super white palid flesh, and spooky green OSl.
My only concern is people thinking "Phffft...Necrons" but what the hell, I like the Necrons too.

So I know what your thinking, "What have you actually done dude?!"

Well So Far:
All minis on order next week.
Bases are ordered now.
And then there's this...

Custom green Aleph Hacker acetates! Sorry only crap photo, my kid was "helping" me at the time
(I also printed out the normal purple ones and some Nomad ones too)...I love the idea of these HUD but whether they get used is another thing...we'll see.

That's it from me for now 'till next update...stay tuned for Baiyuan's stuff!

R

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Infiltrating Naga





Hamburg, Germany

@Remi: Thx, I'm excited too. Your partnering up with Vit shows, those double features are interesting and help with the productivity, even more than solo blogs.

@Rob: Thanks for the compliment, I guess... I mean Arnold... anyway, stop belittling yourself! You've done some mighty impressive work on your blog and I'm not sure yet your painting won't put mine to shame. We'll see and it's not a competition anyway. If we end up having painted our stuff and had some fun along the way, I'm more than satisfied.
And I can't wait to see your borglike paintjobs. I told you before I like the idea and don't think it's out of place with Aleph.



Ok let's get to introducing my part of the project.

design:
First of all some pics that show the artistic direction of my force:
Deus Ex:
Spoiler:








Ghost in the shell:
Spoiler:



Mass Effect:
Spoiler:






I-robot:
Spoiler:



I-robot and the Cerberus troops from ME both have that white/black, high contrast, high tech style which Angel Giraldez used on the Aleph studio models and which fits perfectly into the world of Infinity. But it's also a bit too obvious and not very interesting to paint.
That's why my first idea was trying to achieve something similar to DE:HR instead, i.e. high tech that comes in a quirky dark greenish setting.
Turns out that has been done before and the guy did an incredible job too:
Spoiler:

Even though this is not the exact way I imagined it (for me orange OSL and less plain green were the way to go), it showed me that, while it does look terrific, I'd like to retain a little bit more contrast and hope to achieve a design that looks less like ordinary futuristic military and more like the bunch of cybernetic operatives I imagine the aleph troops to be.
So I'll attempt a mixture of both styles. I.e. high contrast almost black&white with lots of dark blues greens. Not sure yet that I can pull it off, but my first tries are promising enough.

project size:
Rob is right that my army will be a little bit bigger. First of all my aim is to get a 150p force ready for the game, but I've bought a little more than that:
Spoiler:

...and there's actually more on the way, but it will arrive with my Campaign Paradiso book, when it comes out. In the end I'll have the whole collection of Aleph miniatures and hopefully get them all painted up one day.
But like Confucius says: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." so 150p and then 300p and then one day the 900p I have accumulated so far.

progress:
I'm currently painting my Naga hacker, but I decided not to show PIPs as he's close enough to completion anyway and I don't want to spoil the surprise.
Before painting the naga I tried the color scheme on one of my Rebots and there are PIPs of that one. I abandoned it for now, because I realized a remote wasn't the best choice to test the scheme.

Ready to be painted:



Almost finished base:

Color test for the armor shading (left foreleg):


Ok stay tuned for pictures of the finished Naga soon.

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This looks like it'll be an interesting collaboration.

Both schemes sound interesting, it'll be nice to see the same range treated in two different ways in the same blog.

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@ HF Izanagi - Aw shucks, thanks mate...I hope it lives up to expections.

@ Baiyuan - Thanks, yeah I know. I'm only messing about You can take most things I say with a pinch of salt, I'm rarely serious in my ramblings.
As for your work so far...Great start, I've already commented on these bits on original post, but they look cool, interesting theme and I'll have to look into magnets for my Rebots too. It makes sense not to waste those possible loadout options.

@ Monkeytroll - Thanks Hopefully it'll be quite interesting for fans of the game or the Aleph faction.

Like Baiyuan said in his original post...Aleph wasn't my first choice either...I was gonna be but a friend called them first. I didn't really like the look of any other faction so started researching them about same time B posted his stuff on here. Being a bit of a noob, none of their unit stats struck me as that overwhelming, and I worried I'd made a poor choice due to their high points cost. However the more I looked into the rules the more I found an angle on them that I could definately get excited about and they do have some of the nicest looking models IMHO of the series...I still really like the Aliens though (maybe will be force no.2 if I get that far...)

So yeah more actual progress from me starting next week, whilst I free up some funds for this from an Ebay purge

R

   
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Hamburg, Germany

 Ghostflame wrote:
@ Baiyuan - Thanks, yeah I know. I'm only messing about You can take most things I say with a pinch of salt, I'm rarely serious in my ramblings.

I know, just couldn't leave it uncommented, but I did sense a hint of humour there...

Since you brought it up and it really rather belongs here, I'm gonna quote myself:
 Baiyuan wrote:
Like I mentioned before, one of the main things was the need for something that looks as different from my 40k stuff as possible.
In the beginning I didn't like the models the most, I actually preferred or .
in the end didn't make it because despite the gorgeous models, the style still was too close to my other stuff. (they might become my second army, should I ever get that far)
was out of the game immediately, since I know too much about the asian background to fully enjoy it.
has some awesome models too, but many simply aren't my cup of tea. Parachuting werewolves
looks too much like "halo meets dragonball", even though they also have some eyecandy.
were already taken by one of my buddies and I wanted to start a varied group.

So the question was or ?
actually was my first choice mainly for the TAGs (the cutter and jotum are great and I could do some nice weathering on them). But another one of my buddies told me he preferred them too and since I only wanted the TAGs and actually didn't like the whole knight theme I decided to leave to him.
Straight from the beginning I found the aleph fluff was the most intriguing and appealed to me much more than any of the other factions. Seems like it's just easier for me to empathize with a dominant scheming AI that means well and only wants to unite mankind under its absolute control, than the boring most influential "good guys". simply knows what's best for you, even if you don't!
It took me a couple of days to warm to some of the miniatures, especially the rabbots (that's robots with rabbit ears, like the maruts and yudbot), but most others I found great anyway. Now I think resisting the lure of the jotum was the best decision and that Aleph ist the only proper faction for me.
A couple days after ordering the guys from CB teased the new Aleph stuff and that made me even more certain. A character by the name of Penthesilea, my favorite name from greek mythology? On a bike, which look freaking awesome in Inf? Hell yeah!
That reminds me, I really love mythology and the fact, that Aleph is divided into a greek, vedic and hebrew theme, is a great plus. I've already done research on all of the aleph background and will incorporate it into my paintjobs.
For example the myrmidons will be given a suitably ant-like scheme.

Yeah, meanwhile I've read through half of the Iliad btw. Like I said, I like to get into the background.

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Sweet, i cant wait to see how this one develops! Love a good collab.
   
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Not only have I started yet another side project


Finish something! This goes for you too Baiyuan!

I'm just teasing, but I would love to see some of your older models painted up, the scavvies or the delaques for a start, those are all time classic models. I wish you both good luck with the Infinity although it doesn't really appeal to me (I think I can only really get 100% into something if there are chainsaws involved).

PS. If this joint project doesn't work out I would like to be the first to suggest a sitcom where you two share an apartment and squabble. I'd watch it.

 
   
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South East, UK

@ Bruticus - Oh a wise guy eh? Haha yeah, yeah I know. Trust me, I would love to but there's aways something new to try out first...
 Bruticus wrote:
PS. If this joint project doesn't work out I would like to be the first to suggest a sitcom where you two share an apartment and squabble. I'd watch it.
Genius...the clasic odd couple.

R

   
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Hamburg, Germany

 Bruticus wrote:

Finish something! This goes for you too Baiyuan!
I'm just teasing, but I would love to see some of your older models painted up, the scavvies or the delaques for a start, those are all time classic models.

I'm with you there, teasing aside you're right to say so, but my creativity is a fickle bitch and I have to let her go where she wants to or she retreats to some dark and humid place, where she resides until the dust has settled.
No worries though I fully intend to continue my other projects. In fact painting some awefully detailed stock models (infinity) might help me grow the balls to paint some of my favorite conversions. Also since the Aleph range doesn't provide many chances for proper conversions, and that's where my heart lies, I've actually thought of doing some conversion work inbetween painting.

I wish you both good luck with the Infinity although it doesn't really appeal to me (I think I can only really get 100% into something if there are chainsaws involved).

I know what you mean, I've been puzzled by all the buzz new releases for Infinity created over the last few years and I never really liked the style, I could only admit that the sculpts are more than admirable, but that was it. What changed my mind was the game system, especially if you're playing a system like Necromunda, that is broken and unbalanced beyond comprehension, you'll have to admit the rules for Infinity are so fething good. Rulewise I'd say Infinity is the best system on the market (and there is an army of people who would agree).
Like I said, I warmed to the overall style eventually, but only after being softened by the love for the game mechanics. If you let it get to you it will convince you, but I can empathize with people who don't get the whole anime style, neither do I. But there is more to it than rulebook artwork, there is a great world of fluff behind it, that is not anime-like and being an old shadow run player doesn't exactly give you any resilience, quite the opposite.

PS. If this joint project doesn't work out I would like to be the first to suggest a sitcom where you two share an apartment and squabble. I'd watch it.


WORD!

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My bases arrived today...super impressed with the quality best resin I've had so far however slight mix up with one of the 40mms, I got the wrong design so thats gotta go back, but still I can forgive them...will give details on them when WIP pics are ready...minis on order end of the week, funds allowing

R

   
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looks like your off to a god start guys.. i really like the infinity stuff ... such a classic sci fi vibe.. fits perfect with the precut mdf hab stuff..
   
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Hamburg, Germany

 Ghostflame wrote:
My bases arrived today...super impressed with the quality best resin I've had so far however slight mix up with one of the 40mms, I got the wrong design so thats gotta go back, but still I can forgive them...will give details on them when WIP pics are ready...minis on order end of the week, funds allowing

What kind of bases did you order? The Microarts ones?

In other news:
I found another source of inspiration, that should have come to mind much earlier as I absolutely adore its style: Greg Broadmore's concept work for District 9
Spoiler:










It's very much in line with my other ideas/inspirations, but without the greenish aspect of Deus Ex, which is replaced by the dusty brown of south africa.
This pretty much throws me back, as I'm sure now that I want to emulate something similar, but it's incompatible with parts of what I've painted already.
Especially the Astronomican Grey, not to say greyish blue, of the armor I painted on my Naga and Rebot!
So what to do now? Paint it over? Strip and reprime? In case of the Naga I'm too far to strip it, I'll have to figure out a way to make it work.
Maybe some filters of black on the dark blue body glove and painting the armor white again will help turn it around.
God I hate that! That's why I usually don't start painting before I've brooded over my color scheme a couple of years! For once I'm trying to be a better (less neurotic) person and now this...
I'll keep you posted...

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The District 9 concept art really reminds me of Wipeout (also on that site I wonder if you have seen the Mirror's Edge gallery, beautiful game and very Infinity).

As for your dilemma, I am not sure it is incompatible. The greyish blue you have ought to go quite nicely with orange accents, then either white or black as a third colour. Just don't include any hint of green and I think you would have a striking colour scheme.

 
   
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Oh no mate, I found something I like more...you'll see

Ah man that sucks but you know just tint it with a wash or yeah paint over...You never know the blue grey layer may give the new colour a nice unexpected hue? Don't stress it B

R

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Bruticus wrote:The District 9 concept art really reminds me of Wipeout (also on that site I wonder if you have seen the Mirror's Edge gallery, beautiful game and very Infinity).

Interesting galleries, I know both games, but not these specific artworks. You're right, it's very infinityy, but not exactly what I want to see in the world of infinity. Too perfect, the world of infinity is ripe with corruption and the struggle for power, imo it has to show. There are perfect cities for sure, but my interpretation goes more towards the almost bladerunner-like distopia of an Yu-Jing city, not the perfection of Pan-O.

Spoiler:












As for your dilemma, I am not sure it is incompatible. The greyish blue you have ought to go quite nicely with orange accents, then either white or black as a third colour. Just don't include any hint of green and I think you would have a striking colour scheme.

I'll post a pic tomorrow to show you. You're right of course orange/blue could work, but it would be colder than intended. What I want is white/black/grey/orange and then adding filters to it to make it look more organic and interesting. No idea whether I'll make it work...

Ghostflame wrote:Oh no mate, I found something I like more...you'll see [/img]
God, I hate teasing... when it's being done to me...

[img]Ah man that sucks but you know just tint it with a wash or yeah paint over...You never know the blue grey layer may give the new colour a nice unexpected hue? Don't stress it B

No stress, just good old desperation!

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Haha ok well I found some bases that could be made to look like war damaged city streets with sci-fi tech jutting out from underneath...I kinda liked the idea that maybe theres some kind of super processer under this area and thats why my lot are fighting back so hard to protect their AI mother board from attack? Do you know what I mean?

R

   
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but it would be colder than intended


Perhaps then you could add to the blue and make it more like this:

Spoiler:


Orange and blue is a lovely combination, especially with white and black accents, and you wouldn't have to go that bright with the blue for it to still work. You could add the warm dust colours like in the District 9 artwork as well.

I expect you have seen this as well but just in case, here is a similar (maybe a bit shabbier) dystopian future city in Hawken:
Spoiler:


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Ghostflame wrote:Haha ok well I found some bases that could be made to look like war damaged city streets with sci-fi tech jutting out from underneath...I kinda liked the idea that maybe theres some kind of super processer under this area and thats why my lot are fighting back so hard to protect their AI mother board from attack? Do you know what I mean?

That sounds quite cool, I'm not convinced that I'll stick with the MA bases, but for now it's a quick solution. Eventually I'd prefer to have bases that go together with my gaming table so with a harbour/cargo bay/military compound style.

Bruticus wrote:Perhaps then you could add to the blue and make it more like this:
Spoiler:

Orange and blue is a lovely combination, especially with white and black accents, and you wouldn't have to go that bright with the blue for it to still work. You could add the warm dust colours like in the District 9 artwork as well.

Awesome suggestion, thanks. I've seen a tau army painted in that style and it looked great, but it's not quite what I want for my Aleph. It can easily look toy-like and it doesn't have the artificial/military vibe I'm going for.
Sorry, that it's so hard to make suggestions to me regarding color schemes. I tend to know a million things, that I don't want and exactly what I want, but it's still a long iteration process until the one in a million combination crystallizes.

I expect you have seen this as well but just in case, here is a similar (maybe a bit shabbier) dystopian future city in Hawken:
Spoiler:


No, I had in fact not seen that yet! Gorgeous! Yes, it's a bit shabbier, but that's right up my alley. Reminds me a little bit of Brink.

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@ Dsteingass - Haha yeah I guess that would probably be me...It would sorta be like this...



R

   
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I've been to a relatively new tabletop shop (that's actually its name) here in Hamburg today and I'm positively surprised. The last half way proper shop closed a couple of months ago and I was bereft of direct access to new paints and other supplies. I really don't like buying paints online, I have to see the actual color before I can make an educated decision.
Anyway blabla, the new store is great!
Nice guys. Huge range of hobby products. Probably ALL of the current games, not just GW stuff and Warmachine. Lot's of bases and bits and the works. Microarts, Warmill, Kromlech, Scibor they got it all.
They've also got a great little table for Infinity and an active community of players, so once my assault section is ready for action, I'll head over there and have a match or two.
However, I bought another 5 shades of grey (I'm getting obsessed with the color grey), a nice bright greenish blue for OSL, Model Air White (I'm going to test it in a moment, I love the range of colors, I expect it to be the best white paint ever) and a blister with a Yudbot and Netrod. So that I'll have 3 of both once my campaign Paradiso book ships.
They'll get the Specops tomorrow and I'm considering popping by and grabbing a couple of them. Otherwise I'd have to wait for those to ship too.

Oh and I just found the right bases for my Aleph force. Micro Arts will release another type of bases for Inf and they happen to fit perfectly onto my soon to be gaming table (which will get the exact same type of flooring):
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Another Oh, since we're being called a couple already I've updated the title of the blog and created a designation for us as a joint entity. Since we're both mere functionaries of Aleph, it's actually quite fitting to consider us as being one and the same. So like Brangelina and Shamy we needed a new name. While Robjörn has a cool and robotic ring to it, I decided R'n'B was preferable.

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Those new bases are really nice dude...I just wasn't that into those 'hexagonal tiles' the original ones had in great number.

Robjörn?! Haha

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Hamburg, Germany

Yeah, I kind of agree, if one is going for an actual urban environment they are quite cool. They do have their flaws though, while I don't mind the hexagonal tiles, I think the sheer amount of empty giant soda cans and discarded giant newspapers is a little bit ridiculous. And the urban "fight" bases are plain bad if you ask me, they don't look like a realistic urban scene of war. There is one bit from any of the different factions on almost every base and they ground looks like it has been ploughed, not fought upon.

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The Good Green: "Ok, That is incredible. Such attention to detail... I'm convinced you would benefit from a straight jacket ;~P Thanks for raising the bar."
PDH: "Yeah Bloody Baiyuan's Bloody eye for detail . Bet he doesn't sig that one"
PDH: "I'm not saying anything that you might sig against me. Made that mistake before!"
PDH: "Thanks for joining Dakka and spoiling us with your work. "
 
   
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That's the "definitive style" of the Infinity world that I am having a struggle understanding myself. I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but GW has always controlled our perceptions of their grimdark world for us, gave us some guidelines to work within for their worlds. I think it is a formula that has worked. While there is something to be said about the more "open-sourced" worlds of Infinity, I struggle to find the "flavor" so to speak. I'm sure this will improve as the game evolves, but even reading "The Human Sphere" book, It goes into great detail of the socio-political environment, but IMHO, not enough is given about the architecture of the worlds themselves. I love the Studio Terrain that they have photographed their models in for the book(s), but it betrays the architecture styles shown in the graphic art methinks.

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Wicked Ghast






South East, UK

Yeah totally agree dude...I know exactly where I am with GW's universe like how I know exactly what a can of Coke will taste like but it took me quite a while to get an angle on Infinity and that wasn't just coz its a completely new game for me but more because I didn't really understand "the look and feel" of the game. I still think of it in terms of other things like "....its a bit like Mass Effect" etc.

Rule of thumb - if its got skulls all over it its probably GW haha

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lol, yes GW would copyright the image of the human Skull if they could Yeah, if you google "Infinity terrain" you get a lot of MASS Effect pics for sure. I didn't like the hex tiles at first either, but after assembling a Micro Arts apartment, I am warming up to it.


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"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
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Infiltrating Naga





Hamburg, Germany

The thing that makes the world of 40k easier to grasp is the extremely limited scope of it. I mean "...there is only war" says it all, so everything serves the sole purpose of the all-encompassing war machinery that is the Imperium.
There are no architects and engineers that make paradigm-changing inventions, because that knowledge is lost and forbidden. Everything is SCT. I wouldn't exactly say it's dumbed down for a broad audience, but it's very narrowed down and you definitely don't end up asking yourself what an imperial noodle shop looks like.
As much as I love the 40k universe it's very limited and mainly consists of genebred superwarriors bumping their fists on their chests and shouting "For the Emprraaaah!"
The part of it that I like the most is the civil aspect or the social implications of a place like Necromunda or the job of an inquisitor.

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PDH: "Thanks for joining Dakka and spoiling us with your work. "
 
   
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No, I disagree. There is a lot more, including the equivalent to noodle shops, but they are in the novels, and RPG books, not the rulebook and codicies that most people have. Dan Abnett explores normal Imperial Society a lot more in his works, they only give you the idiot Space Marine brainwashed chest thumping in the main books, normal Imperial Citizens don't care, it's all legend and myth to them, all part of the machine they live in.


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Every novel I've read about Space Marines, leaves me with the definitive feeling that they just aren't human anymore, they are simply weapons to be used and discarded, much liek the IG. On the other hand, if you read any of the Caiphas Cain novels, he is a PR hero, but personally, he is just trying to survive and take care of number one. The Eisenhorn Series is great, because Eisenhorn is the opposite of his flamboyant peers in the -=I=-, he works more or less undercover, among the common folk, you learn about foods they eat, and vehicles they drive. Imperial Planets and cities are also more diverse than you may be aware of. There most certainly are architects and engineers aplenty, it is only the Imperium's Armed Forces that were organized so stringently after the Horus Heresy. remember, Imperial Governors have full control over their domains, all they have to do is maintain their Imperial Tithe level, they still have their educated noble class, which is educated in disciplines such as architecture and such.


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..but I'm sorry, this is about Infinity, I didn't mean to derail into "irrelevant thread material" - It's just been a really long, boring friday at work, you're the only one posting anything thought-provoking today Big B

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"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
 
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