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2009/11/29 23:06:54
Subject: Samurai Jack Themed Army: Tyranids (updated 4/23/2010)
Since I am going to start tyranids soon with the new codex, I am going to model my new army after the popular villian Aku from the TV series Samurai Jack which is going to get a movie in the future.
Here is a quick summary for those who do not know what the heck Samurai Jack is.
For those that don’t recall the show, Samurai Jack was a four-time Emmy award winning animated series that ran on Cartoon Network from 2001 to 2004. Created by Genndy Tartakovsky, who was also the genius behind Dexter’s Laboratory and Star Wars: Clone Wars, Samurai Jack revolved around, well…a samurai named Jack. Jack was a noble warrior who is cast into the future by the evil Aku, “the shape-shifting Master of Darkness.” Each episode involved Jack’s attempts to return to the past to defeat Aku once and for all.
If that plot summary sounded lame to you, then I’m afraid we can’t be friends. Just kidding… sort of. Like Batman: The Animated Series before it, I believe Samurai Jack elevated animated action to another level. Spanning dozens of genres, from Spaghetti Western to Kung-Fu to cyberpunk, Samurai Jack was truly more than just a cartoon. Not only was the art superb, but the pacing and the plotting were downright cinematic. Sometimes, there would be whole episodes where Jack spoke fewer than five words and you’d be totally captivated. And, isn’t that the goal of every animator? To tell a story completely visually?
Every time you sat down to watch Samurai Jack, you were treated to a level of sophistication that was truly unexpected, which is why the show still holds such a loyal following. Since I count myself among Jack’s fans, I for one am very excited to see Samurai Jack hit the big screen. The fact that J.J. Abrams is on board (Seibert says Abrams is a “huge Jack fan”) basically cinches it for me, since everything Abrams touches seems to turn to gold. Just for fun, check out the classic title sequence from Samurai Jack below.
Does that mean someone just has to convert up a Jack model and he wins every time against you? Interesting idea though. Makes me want to watch Samurai Jack again. I miss Mako.
SoG
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Haha, this sounds amazing. I can't wait to see how it turns out.
Ouze on GW: "I'd like to be like, hey baby, you're a freak but you just got too much crazy going on, and I don't hook up with bunny boilers. But then Necrons are going to come out, and I'm going to be like damn girl, and then next thing you know, it's angry sex time again.
It's complicated."
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2009/12/04 02:23:30
Subject: Re:I, Aku, the shape-shifting tyranid Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil!
i miss Samurai Jack. i need to find those season box sets, i saw all 4 in one spot once and regret not buying them.
anyway... i am interested to see how your hoard comes together... it is a fun idea!
Suffer Not The Unclean to Live
2009/12/04 07:25:14
Subject: I, Aku, the shape-shifting tyranid Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil!
I have to say, as a fellow jack fan, I have considered something along these lines... what i have been making are the ultrabots, that episode is like my favorite thing ever...
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2009/12/04 07:25:15
Subject: I, Aku, the shape-shifting tyranid Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil!
I also always wanted to create a Necromunda gang with Necrons wearing fedoras and wielding tommyguns ala the gangster robots from Jack and the Gangsters.
By the 37 keys of Tzeentch,We open the way for our brothers,
By the 1000 whispers of Slaanesh we call to them,
By the 12 plagues of Nurgle we fell their enemies,
And by the mighty axe of Khorne we cut open the world for them!
- Ritual of Summoning, Recited by Amphion and Zethus Dark Sorcerers of the Deimos Peninsula,Kronos
2009/12/05 21:54:42
Subject: Re:I, Aku, the shape-shifting tyranid Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil!
well the plan was that in the movie he will... but they are having second thoughts
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SonofGuilliman wrote:Does that mean someone just has to convert up a Jack model and he wins every time against you? Interesting idea though. Makes me want to watch Samurai Jack again. I miss Mako.
SoG
Someone from the store I go to just said today that he is going to make one, just for his army when he faces me. It will be a converted creed and he wants to also do a scotsman as his caldius assassin.
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WAR GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!!!!
2009/12/07 06:23:27
Subject: I, Aku, the shape-shifting tyranid Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil!
And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
2009/12/07 13:06:33
Subject: Re:I, Aku, the shape-shifting tyranid Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil!
indeed a chaos army like that would be interesting, but in terms of how aku often tries to kill jack, its mostly thousands of drones (gaunts), a weird minion (lictors, warriors, genestealers), and or himself (hive tyrant)
I am not going for mountains and mountains of green stuff, but enough where the model itself plus some modifications are nice.
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WAR GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!!!!
2009/12/08 01:15:54
Subject: Re:I, Aku, the shape-shifting tyranid Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil!
just saw most of the details for new codex.... may have to change up some choices... especially demongo
Automatically Appended Next Post: updated the pictures. Just pre-ordered the battleforce and the code.... OMG looks awesome... but the amount of troop worries me the same the changes for space wolves were OP
(and dont say............ NO! Space Wolves are not unbalanced! THEY CAN BE BEATEN EASILY!............... Ill just say this......... Jaws of World Wolf..........)
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WAR GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!!!!
2009/12/08 19:30:45
Subject: Re:Samurai Jack Themed Army: Made with new Tyranid models and codex (updatd 12/9/09)
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