Hi guys,
The other day, me and some friends were having a conversation and someone brought up the manliest tank topic.
We then decided to find the maniest character.
So, you decide

Lysander. Fought his way out of an Iron Warriors fortress world in his underwear.

mephiston. punched a whole clean through an ork.

No fancy witch powers. No fake implants to give him strength. He's nothing but pure, 100% manliness.

Other whimps need to rely on enhancements. Harker relies only on his machine gun.

Gabriel Angelos: Makes Daemon Princes his bitches, and survives a super-massive gumba-stomp from the largest Daemon Prince known to mankind, and still gets gak done.

PS: he doesnt have fancy-pants PF with ap 2 bolters strapped on, all he has is a hammer and his hair-esy

It's Leman Russ, you guys.

He met the emperor, and challenged him to a drink-off, then a fight.

It's Leman Russ.

Creed......He is a puzzle, wrapped in an enigma, shrouded in riddles, lovingly sprinkled with intrigue, express mailed to Mystery, Alaska, and LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU! but it is too late. You're dead. That BaneBlade wasn't there before was it?
His sheer manliness can overpower basic laws of physics.

Draigo, he fights daemons in the warp and snorts warp dust from daemonette hookers!

Lucius the Ethernal always finds a way to penetrate your rear armour!
wait, he's pink....

I would vote for Yarrick, after having his arm torn off he didn't use shiny bionics for pansies!

Marbo, seriously its Ranbo but instead if fighting pansies he kills off entire terminator squads just cause he walked onto the battle field.

Others need enhancements/armour/heavy weapons...not marbo he need a grenade, pistol, combat knife, and fatigues.

What's behind the hive fleet driving them into this galaxy? Marbo!

Ibram Gaunt

After today's game I'd say my Chimera driver. When lascannons and plasma guns fail the armour of the Imperium will strike Ghazghkull down.

Vect, What is more manily then driving around in a super pimped out 'car' blowing stuff up all the while having a slave girl bending down and...shining your shoes *hint hint*.

Vect wins. Vect always wins.

Has to be either Yarrick or Lysander. No doubt in my mind, I mean Yarrick can stand back up after he dies... And well, Lysander doesn't die haha, he just bears up dreadnoughts by the pair and get charged by terminators while he does that and than kills them too.

 TheCaptain wrote:
It's Leman Russ, you guys.

He met the emperor, and challenged him to a drink-off, then a fight.

It's Leman Russ.

This + any SW ( because they have beards )....

 ansacs wrote:
Marbo, seriously its Ranbo but instead if fighting pansies he kills off entire terminator squads just cause he walked onto the battle field.

Others need enhancements/armour/heavy weapons...not marbo he need a grenade, pistol, combat knife, and fatigues.

What's behind the hive fleet driving them into this galaxy? Marbo!

+1 for Marbo. I'm a Space Wolves player, and even I'd vote for Marbo over Leman Russ.

Yarrick. He had his own eye replaced with a frickin laser just to live up to his own hype. He's like that aging boxer that might not be able to win, but just won't stay down! He gets my vote.

 Andilus Greatsword wrote:

 ansacs wrote:
Marbo, seriously its Ranbo but instead if fighting pansies he kills off entire terminator squads just cause he walked onto the battle field.

Others need enhancements/armour/heavy weapons...not marbo he need a grenade, pistol, combat knife, and fatigues.

What's behind the hive fleet driving them into this galaxy? Marbo!

+1 for Marbo. I'm a Space Wolves player, and even I'd vote for Marbo over Leman Russ.

Another +1 for Marbo.

Ollanius Pius.

Ain't no-one manlier, or deader..

Swarmlord nothing says manly like a giant alien with 4 arms with swords made of bone

Jayo'r wrote:
Swarmlord nothing says 'I just saw Star Wars like a giant alien with 4 arms with swords made of bone

Fixed that for you..

Non-humans tend to get voted out as automatically non-manly in these threads, usually because they have a better claim than the humans. Ork tanks, for example, are massively manlier than IOM ones, but were said to be unmanly because orks weren't men ...got figure

A bog standard guardsman.
It takes balls of steel to go into battle wearing cardboard armour and armed with a laser pointer.

How has no one mentioned Kharne? That guy doesn't even need armor on his dang arms. He wears Chains instead of armor! And he kills things, all things. Plus, using psychic powers is unmanly (because Eldar are unmanly), so Kharne doesn't put up with that crap. Kharne came back to life, just because he's so dang manly. He took off his arm plates by flexing. He wears bunny ears, and still cuts your damn head off. The Old Spice Deoderant cans come in red, as homage to Kharne. Kharne is the manliest man in the universe.

Warning: The only thing that can out-man Kharne is the Doom of Malan'tai, but only men can be manly.

DOOOOOOOOOOOMRIDER!

The rockstar of 40k. Gets all the tang and cocaine he wants, and his flipping head is on fire. From doing to much sex and cocaine.

Nuff said boys.

The only correct answer is Yarrick.

Not steroid-pumping Catachans like Harker, nor the "Totally not compensating for anything" Space Wolves, not a Mary Sue like Draigo, just a grizzled old man who exhudes so much latent manliness he could suffocate a Void Whale, with no special powers, who might lose sometimes, but will always endure, never backing down.

I gotta go with Straken. A leader in the frontlines getting dragged out of the battlefield again and again and just keeps going back.

 ALEXisAWESOME wrote:
Vect, What is more manily then driving around in a super pimped out 'car' blowing stuff up all the while having a slave girl bending down and...shining your shoes *hint hint*.

Vect wins. Vect always wins.

This was discussed in the manliest tank topic. Vect's 'car' has a spoiler. It's not manly. Also, pimp /=/ manly. He's definitely badass though.

Sly fugging Marbo.


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Sly fugging Marbo.

i'd say mephiston since he wiped out an ork warband in his underwear, but he's a blood angel... you can't get anymore metrosexual...

I'd say angelos or harker.

Marbo.

All other answers are heresy

You're all crazy.

Clearly, the manliest character in 40k is the Sisters of Battle Celestian Standard Bearer;

Or have you not seen her face?

Ferrus Mannus, i mean, he has MAN in his name and slaughters traitors by the dozen with his bare(ish) hands.

Failing that, has to be Lysander, coz this:

Lysander. Fought his way out of an Iron Warriors fortress world in his underwear.

 Warp Angels wrote:
Ferrus Mannus, i mean, he has MAN in his name and slaughters traitors by the dozen with his bare(ish) hands.

Leman Russ name is "THE MAN" though.

 Avatrass wrote:
Lucius the Eternal!
wait, he's pink....

Real men wear pink.

PredaKhaine wrote:

 Avatrass wrote:
Lucius the Eternal!
wait, he's pink....

Real men wear pink.

QFT

Nothing more manly than Mr.Lucius himself

Fenrir Kitsune wrote:

 Warp Angels wrote:
Ferrus Mannus, i mean, he has MAN in his name and slaughters traitors by the dozen with his bare(ish) hands.

Leman Russ name is "THE MAN" though.

No hes not, hes a space wolf and they can never be manly, coz they have to use other beings to help them out. (Wolves)
Manly men do things themselves. eg. Mannus, Lysander, Marbo.

Marbo, there is literally no other answer that could even compare. He's what Dark Eldar tell their children is under their bed if they misbehave. He's the thing in the shadows that Lictors look over their shoulder because they get the goosebumps. Chaos Daemons sit around campfires telling urban legends about him crawling into the Eye of Terror and giving Khorne nightmares. The boogie man checks his closet at night for Chuck Norris, Chuck Norris is hiding in the closet because of Marbo.

In fact he's watching you right now and he'll be under your bed if you don't vote for him. He's always watching.

 Thorgrim Bloodcrow wrote:
. The boogie man checks his closet at night for Chuck Norris, Chuck Norris is hiding in the closet because of Marbo.
.

Chuck Norris lost to Bruce Lee.

I'd rather have Marbo under my bed than Lucius any day of the week.

Lots of good options in the IG codex, but I'm voting Yarrick.

Space marines do a lot of awesome things. But as post-human genetically tailored super-beings, that's kinda normal for them. Guard heroes do awesome things because they are just that manly and hard core.

Yarrick here too.

I mean, his ride is named "Fortress of Arrogance", and it's a baneblade. Come on.

"Standard Human" of manliness: Yarrick. You people are forgetting he was going to retire! Retire! And yet, he beated up not one, but two WAAAAGHs!! He's just like wine, he gets manliner the older he gets.

"Space Marine" of manliness: Nathaniel Garro - Seriously, this is my favorite character so far in the HH saga. Dude just keeps going, doesn't matter what's thrown at him, he just keeps going and gak gets done!

 Andilus Greatsword wrote:

 ansacs wrote:
Marbo, seriously its Ranbo but instead if fighting pansies he kills off entire terminator squads just cause he walked onto the battle field.

Others need enhancements/armour/heavy weapons...not marbo he need a grenade, pistol, combat knife, and fatigues.

What's behind the hive fleet driving them into this galaxy? Marbo!

+1 for Marbo. I'm a Space Wolves player, and even I'd vote for Marbo over Leman Russ.

I forgot that "Marbo" killed Batman's parents...So I take Russ back and go to shoot myself for making such mistake...

Skarabrand cause he makes all the men around him even manlier...

or

Kharn - so manly he doesn't need friends and all the other men are scared of him

Ollanius Pius. He had the biggest pair in 40k history to stand up to Horus, a walking tank infused with the power of all the Chaos Gods.


Ollanius.

Fething.

Pius.

Yet another vote for Marbo. The bowling alley calls him for advice about balls. The only nonmanly thing he did was lose a fight to my sorceror once.

Marbo didn't lose a fight, he made a tactically sound retreat.

Angron.

 Amaraxis wrote:

Kharn - so manly he doesn't need friends and all the other men are scared of him

Forgot about Kharn - even being killed didn't stop him.

Maugan Ra. I mean has anyone ever actually read his fluff?

Failing that it's got to be Marbo. He's the reason Draigo is hiding in the warp, he's the one who outflanks Creed. He most probably could assassinate the Hive mind if he wanted to.

Straken...How many guardsman can open a land raider with their hands?

Maugan Ra...nice call. You don't get to walk around with a title like: "Harvester of Souls" for being a sissy.

All the suggestions are missing the key element of manliness:
A Beard.
Even Leman Russ didn't have one.

How many guys replace their eye with a death ray because the enemies thought he could kill with a glance?

Who is the only worthy opponent of the greatest Ork boss this millenium?

Yarrick, that's who.

CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT

Failing that, I'll vote for Pius.

Follow my logic here;

Guardsmen, Manly, they fight abhuman horrors, daemons, giant ravenous extra galactic aliens and ancient, unknowable, cruel alien races with an angry flashlight and a thick t-shirt

Yarrick, Ultra-Manly, "You tore my arm off? I liked that arm, I'll have to replace it with yours." No superpowers, no power armour, just manliness and sheer contempt for all things, also, never executes guardsmen; his manliness inspires them to fight in a way the bolt pistol can only dream of. So manly that the biggest, nastiest ork in all of creation let him live, as he's the only thing that can give him a good fight. Marines don't get that treatment.

Pius, The Man, stood between a living god and a demi-god, infused with the raw power of Chaos in a way unheard of and never again seen, two titans able to rend apart reality by sheer force of will, with only a lasgun. Had the temerity to stand between the two most powerful beings to ever exist, and say "No." The manliness of such an act, and the the release of manlies caused by his death are what allowed beings like Yarrick and Marbo to exist, and reminded the Emperor of his own manliness, and promptly flayed Horus's soul apart.

Maugan Ra would beat Marbo every day, He defeated a hive fleet by himself.

Yarrick.

I'm gonna be backing up Yarrick here; not only was he the symbol of hope for the defenders of Hive Hades in the second War of Armageddon and holding off Ghazghkull until relief came, but he went against orders and had the distress signal sent. Lets not also forget that he had his right arm cut off by a Ork Warboss, and fighting through the pain and shock, beheaded the Warboss and replaced his arm with the same powerklaw that ripped it off. When Yarrick fought Ghazghkull in the Golgothia sector, he was CRUSHED under the treads of a BATTLEWAGON and only passed out. Not only does he now have a bionic eye that can fire a laser, he wields a Storm-Bolter as a pistol while his personal vehicle is a BANEBLADE with a pulpit for him to be commanding from. Space Marines need to be genetically altered so they can be "manly"; its being a unaltered human in the 41st Millennium and being able to go toe to toe with the nastiest Ork Warlord in the galaxy that takes the throne of being the manliest.

 captain collius wrote:
Maugan Ra would beat Marbo every day, He defeated a hive fleet by himself.

The Hive Fleets are running from Marbo.

Thanks guys for all the replies, i'd like to see this topic grow.
Also, the character doesn't have to be a human to be manly.
You can still include orks, necrons, eldar (not sure why you would, space elves aren't manly ) etc.

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 captain collius wrote:
Maugan Ra would beat Marbo every day, He defeated a hive fleet by himself.

Marbo is running from The Hive Fleets.

Correction Jk

But Still Think of This Maugan Ra is a true eternal warrio and carries a cannon with Scythe on the end of it and pops into the warp to save his craftworld. He defines Manly.

Your argument is invalid

 captain collius wrote:


Marbo is running from The Hive Fleets.

Correction Jk

Marbo can't run from anyone. He's always behind them.

True by definition Marbo cannot run from anyone as he is always the shadow behind you and the terror in your dreams. Thereby he is always chasing you.

Im gonna vote for Ollanius Pius.

This is a guardsman who just saw Sanguinus killed AND The Emperor beaten apart by Horus, but he still has the balls to stand in front of Horus and do what his duty called for him to do.

Die standing and hold the line.

 washout77 wrote:
Im gonna vote for Ollanius Pius.

This is a guardsman who just saw Sanguinus killed AND The Emperor beaten apart by Horus, but he still has the balls to stand in front of Horus and do what his duty called for him to do.

Die standing and hold the line.

Indeed, jewels the size of a battle cruiser that guy.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 washout77 wrote:
Im gonna vote for Ollanius Pius.

This is a guardsman who just saw Sanguinus killed AND The Emperor beaten apart by Horus, but he still has the balls to stand in front of Horus and do what his duty called for him to do.

Die standing and hold the line.

Indeed, jewels the size of a battle cruiser that guy.

Well, this was before he was retconned to a Terminator (An Imperial Fists Captain I believe)...and then a member of the Custodes...

But that is one piece of fluff I refuse to acknowledge

Obviously Leman Russ. Only the Emperor could best him in combat. Also Logan Grimnar, Njal Stormcaller Arjac Rockfist... Pretty much every Space Wolves character. I mean theres just nothing to top them.(except of course Dwarves of Fantasy, but thats a different story)

Any who would dispute the crown from Leman Russ has no concept of manliness. All others are pathetic pretenders.

Nah,

He's just a beardy-wierdy norse-wannabe boozer with pretentions of adequacy.

Anyone seen him lately? didn't think so..

Kharn the Betrayer.

Because having a decent invulnerable save is for wimps. He'll charge a storm shield wall and bash it apart just because. Being skewered on a rhino just made him angrier.

And when his pals and the enemy wanted to call time during a good war just because they were afraid of freezing to death, the picked up a flamethrower and decided to remove their choice in the matter.

 Ascalam wrote:
Ollanius Pius.

Ain't no-one manlier, or deader..

Ollanius was a fool who didn't know his place, and died like a chump. He deserves no reverance whatsoever.
Russ charged headlong into the Eye of Terror to save a member of his family, something only a real man would do (assuming any of these were actually real people). Again, all others are sad prtenders. Russ is THE man.

So Ollanius was a fool who didn't know his place, for wanting to save his Emperor, knowing he would die like a chump, but doing it anyway..

But Russ is manlier somehow for being a fool, who didn't know his place and died like a chump trying to save a family member ?

Ok, i can really see the difference there. Russ is just so much manlier... not.

We don't know if Russ is dead or not. That putz Draigo seems to do fine in the warp. We know that silly guardsman is toast.

If he's not dead he's taking a really long sabbatical, or has turned.

Draigo managed to show up annoyingly often in the few years since he went in, so one would assume Russ could find his way out in all the time he's been in there.

Each to their own, i guess.

You would think Russ would be able to get out, since Draigo can once in a while. Or even if he doesn't want to come out yet (having too much fun), he could at least pop back once a millennia and say "Yep im alive! Going back to kill more stuff kthxbai"

Fenrir Kitsune wrote:

 Thorgrim Bloodcrow wrote:
. The boogie man checks his closet at night for Chuck Norris, Chuck Norris is hiding in the closet because of Marbo.
.

Chuck Norris lost to Bruce Lee.

Chuck Norris only lost because bruce used his manliest tribute against him by tearing off his chest hair, that dosent count. Bruce Lee probably shaved his chest, Chuck shows it proudly, also letting us know he is part bear.

On that note, I'd go for straken being the manliest man, hes one of the few of this edition who ignores armor saves with his bare hands. Straken actually breaks rules like they dont exist. If straken fights any longer he will be a head in a jar launched out of a bazooka so that he can bite his opponents to death.

Mountain-Breaker wrote:
Obviously Leman Russ. Only the Emperor could best him in combat. Also Logan Grimnar, Njal Stormcaller Arjac Rockfist... Pretty much every Space Wolves character. I mean theres just nothing to top them.(except of course Dwarves of Fantasy, but thats a different story)

I thought Leman Russ got his arse kicked multiple times in the Horus Heresy books, both by the primarch of the dark angels and a few of the primarchs that turned traitor?

Also, I would vote for Ollanius, and he is back in the fluff, but now apparently he's some sort of special demigod type guy like the emperor who has lived for an extremely long time or something, so I cannot in good faith vote for him.

Another good runner up would Colonel Commissar Greiss. This link sums up his badassery very well I think (warning, if you get offended by language do not go to the link) http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Colonel_Greiss

To give you a hint, he was so badass, they had to use STRAKEN as a replacement, because nobody else could match his badassery.

If by manly you mean baddest guy around, then Ghazghkull gets my vote. What's more manly than graffiti left on the shattered remains of an Imperial Titan gloating about how entire worlds burn in your boot prints?

 Thorgrim Bloodcrow wrote:
Marbo, there is literally no other answer that could even compare. He's what Dark Eldar tell their children is under their bed if they misbehave. He's the thing in the shadows that Lictors look over their shoulder because they get the goosebumps. Chaos Daemons sit around campfires telling urban legends about him crawling into the Eye of Terror and giving Khorne nightmares. The boogie man checks his closet at night for Chuck Norris, Chuck Norris is hiding in the closet because of Marbo.

In fact he's watching you right now and he'll be under your bed if you don't vote for him. He's always watching.

I'd say he's disqualified for being a terrible character though.


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 MajorStoffer wrote:
CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT

Failing that, I'll vote for Pius.

Follow my logic here;

Guardsmen, Manly, they fight abhuman horrors, daemons, giant ravenous extra galactic aliens and ancient, unknowable, cruel alien races with an angry flashlight and a thick t-shirt

Yarrick, Ultra-Manly, "You tore my arm off? I liked that arm, I'll have to replace it with yours." No superpowers, no power armour, just manliness and sheer contempt for all things, also, never executes guardsmen; his manliness inspires them to fight in a way the bolt pistol can only dream of. So manly that the biggest, nastiest ork in all of creation let him live, as he's the only thing that can give him a good fight. Marines don't get that treatment.

Pius, The Man, stood between a living god and a demi-god, infused with the raw power of Chaos in a way unheard of and never again seen, two titans able to rend apart reality by sheer force of will, with only a lasgun. Had the temerity to stand between the two most powerful beings to ever exist, and say "No." The manliness of such an act, and the the release of manlies caused by his death are what allowed beings like Yarrick and Marbo to exist, and reminded the Emperor of his own manliness, and promptly flayed Horus's soul apart.

Recent fluff has not been kind to Pius.




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Mountain-Breaker wrote:
Obviously Leman Russ. Only the Emperor could best him in combat.

Angron would like a word with you.

While vaguely aware of Pius's retcon, I put it in the same category of the Ewoks defeating Imperial Stormtroopers and AT-STs, and Cpt. Picard sparing the Borg.

Basically, it didn't happen, because it's too fething stupid. The new character concept for Pius is fine, but it shouldn't replace Pius from the original timeline; the strange, bizarre, powerful and unexplained belong in 40k, but an act of genuine human heroism deserves to be protected from "herohammer."

I agree, this is basically one of the worst retcons/fluff deviations I've seen from BL.

He'll always be a regular guardsman to me (Technically imperial army man but whatever)

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
He'll always be a regular guardsman to me (Technically imperial army man but whatever)

Exactly! He was originally a normal man because they wanted to show that even in the darkest times that normal men still have courage and giant adamantium balls. There was actually a moral behind it.

I haven't read Know No Fear, and I still have a character who bears the Order of Ollanius Pius for similar ridiculous heroism (in her case, feeding the Red Terror a krak grenade seconds before it could swallow her).

As far as manly characters go, my actual vote has to go down on Vargaard Obyron. So manly he carries through with his duty even though his master is a senile old cripple, goes into battle with the deadliest monsters in the galaxy without even a shield or res orb, and even went so far as to get himself a cloak that breaks the rules of existence and the game to make sure he could always be in the right place to fight the nastiest monsters.

 gaovinni wrote:
I gotta go with Straken. A leader in the frontlines getting dragged out of the battlefield again and again and just keeps going back.

this guy

generalchaos34 wrote:

Fenrir Kitsune wrote:

 Thorgrim Bloodcrow wrote:
. The boogie man checks his closet at night for Chuck Norris, Chuck Norris is hiding in the closet because of Marbo.
.

Chuck Norris lost to Bruce Lee.

Chuck Norris only lost because bruce used his manliest tribute against him by tearing off his chest hair, that dosent count. Bruce Lee probably shaved his chest, Chuck shows it proudly, also letting us know he is part bear.

Still lost to a bloke half his size.

Marbo is hands down the manliest character in 40k.

 ansacs wrote:
True by definition Marbo cannot run from anyone as he is always the shadow behind you and the terror in your dreams. Thereby he is always chasing you.

Marbo's a stalker! Ew ew creepy stalker.

 washout77 wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 washout77 wrote:
Im gonna vote for Ollanius Pius.

This is a guardsman who just saw Sanguinus killed AND The Emperor beaten apart by Horus, but he still has the balls to stand in front of Horus and do what his duty called for him to do.

Die standing and hold the line.

Indeed, jewels the size of a battle cruiser that guy.

Well, this was before he was retconned to a Terminator (An Imperial Fists Captain I believe)...and then a member of the Custodes...

But that is one piece of fluff I refuse to acknowledge

I did my research on this very thoroughly last time it came up. The original fluff had the unknown terminator on Horus' HQ ship. A month or two later, the Ollanius Pius story came up on the surface of Planet Earth. There was very little time between the two, and the Ollanius story was probably written before the unknown terminator story was published, but the terminator story came out first.

 Bobthehero wrote:

 ansacs wrote:
True by definition Marbo cannot run from anyone as he is always the shadow behind you and the terror in your dreams. Thereby he is always chasing you.

Marbo's a stalker! Ew ew creepy stalker.

Marbo is not a stalker.
He is fear incarnate.

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Bobthehero wrote:

 ansacs wrote:
True by definition Marbo cannot run from anyone as he is always the shadow behind you and the terror in your dreams. Thereby he is always chasing you.

Marbo's a stalker! Ew ew creepy stalker.

Marbo is not a stalker.
He is fear incarnate.

You know that valley in the shadow of darkness?

That's marbo's shadow.

Saint Celestine

Enjoyed violence and killing so much that it disturbed her instructors at the Schola Progenium so much that they decided giving her a flamer and shipping her off to Adepta Sororitas would be best for everybody. Celestine started off as promising Battle Sister before saying that "the Emperor is a god damn pussy" and "it was just a flesh wound." She was promptly demoted to the ranks of Sisters Repentia in the hope she would find redemption in battle.

Celestine quickly took a liking to her oversized Eviscerator and decided to try it out on some ornery heretics. After killing a hundred or so of them she grew tired and took a nap. Or she passed out from blood loss from multiple wounds Upon discovering her covered in blood and unconscious it was assumed she had died in a moment of glory.

After sleeping for a bit, Celestine got back up, knocked out the Sister Hospitaller with unusually large hands tending to her wounds, ate a cow (or several) and decided to go end a few more lives. The next day she charged forth and wiped out the insurgents while Imperial forces followed in her wake trying to kill steal. Some high ranking douchebag wanted to capitalize on Celestine's skill at dismembering living warriors, but Celestine was bored again and wanted some better gear. After acquiring epic legendary artifacts she promptly killed everyone who got in her way of killing those touched by Chaos and somehow managed to form a Waagh.

Celestine's Waagh of Holy Righteous Absolving Fury trolled Chaos for a bit, reaching its peak when she curb stomped a 20' tall 2 ton Daemon prince and his personal guard. Known officially the baddest melon-fether in the Imperium, Celestine decided to go kill Daemons in the Warp for untold millenia. Legend holds that she'll return after kicking Draigo's ass for not cutting off all 47 types of Slaanesh's genitilia and purge the Grey Knights for not having enough balls to resist the Bloodtide on their own.

A Necron and Blood Angel fist bumping. Everyone's arguments are invalid. Besides we all know the manliest character in Warhammer 40K was that lowly Guardsman who took out Kharne, by himself in CC the other day. Fething Kharne couldn't hit to save his life...

Amaya - exalted, you win.

 AngryMarine wrote:
Any who would dispute the crown from Leman Russ has no concept of manliness. All others are pathetic pretenders.

The greatest truth of all of this, all others may pretend and only hope to be compared with him ond day

 GalacticZ wrote:
DOOOOOOOOOOOMRIDER!

The rockstar of 40k. Gets all the tang and cocaine he wants, and his flipping head is on fire. From doing to much sex and cocaine.

Nuff said boys.

Close, Doomrider is definitely the BALLSIEST character....but not the manliest... That would be.....
Wazdakka Gutsmek

1) He's a badass ork biker (a triple whammy),
2) he awesomely built his own awesome bike (which is awesome),
3) 'es ded killy up klose, or far off
4) it looks like he's got a chainsaw hand like Ash from Evil Dead...
5) ...which he used to single-handedly PUNCH a WARLORD TITAN to DEATH
6) WAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!


Need i go on?



Also, Doomrider and Wazdakka Gutsmek dueled once, but the planet blew up due to too much motorcycle related awesome.

 Ascalam wrote:
Ollanius Pius.

Ain't no-one manlier, or deader..

+1 (from 1d4chan.org)

LOOK AT THIS Frakking GUARDSMAN.
He's spent months fighting a grueling war in which his enemies are demigods allied with daemons, and now he's found himself in the closest thing to Hell he's ever known. He probably wasn't even supposed to get teleported up to the arch-traitor's battle barge in the first place, and just ended up in the wrong place at the worst possible time.

Somehow he's survived horrors beyond comprehension to make his way to the very bridge of Horus' flagship. He saw a veritable angel call upon Horus to answer for his crimes, and he saw that angel die as messily as any guardsman. His Emperor - who he fervently believes is a god incarnate, even if he's not supposed to - lies mortally wounded, and Horus, perhaps, has taken a moment to gloat before he strikes the killing blow.

His armor is slightly more effective than tissue paper, his weapon is slightly more powerful than a flashlight, and Horus' power claw is bigger than his entire body. He stands before a being infused by the dark gods' with incalculable power, that can and will obliterate his soul with no more effort than it would take him to swat a gnat. Nothing he can do could possibly make a difference.

He could run. He could turn his weapon on himself. He could give in to the insidious whispers that echo from the ship's corridors into his mind.

Ollanius Pius does the duty his Emperor requires of him. He dies standing and holds the frakking line. (Cue manly tears)

I second the Ollanius Pius argument! Standing up and doing your duty is the manliest thing that a manly man can do.

 greg0985 wrote:

 GalacticZ wrote:
DOOOOOOOOOOOMRIDER!

The rockstar of 40k. Gets all the tang and cocaine he wants, and his flipping head is on fire. From doing to much sex and cocaine.

Nuff said boys.

Close, Doomrider is definitely the BALLSIEST character....but not the manliest... That would be.....
Wazdakka Gutsmek

1) He's a badass ork biker (a triple whammy),
2) he awesomely built his own awesome bike (which is awesome),
3) 'es ded killy up klose, or far off
4) it looks like he's got a chainsaw hand like Ash from Evil Dead...
5) ...which he used to single-handedly PUNCH a WARLORD TITAN to DEATH
6) WAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!


Need i go on?



Also, Doomrider and Wazdakka Gutsmek dueled once, but the planet blew up due to too much motorcycle related awesome.

I was wondering how long it would take for somebody to say Wazdakka
If this wasn't my thread, he would get my vote

Slaanesh

 Evileyes wrote:
Slaanesh

or , I don't know which

Mountain-Breaker wrote:
The greatest truth of all of this, all others may pretend and only hope to be compared with him ond day

Yarrick is far manlier.

Leman Russ was beaten up by Angron.

Heheheh...need I really say who I think is the MANLIEST MAN in the UNIVERSE?

<----- Edit pic with Xenos of choice, PROFIT!!!

I have to say Mcvenner from the gaunt's ghosts.

he's a fething ninja who could take marbro any day

dark1250 wrote:
I have to say Mcvenner from the gaunt's ghosts.

he's a fething ninja who could take marbro any day

I've never heard of Mcvenner; who/what is he?

dark1250 wrote:
I have to say Mcvenner from the gaunt's ghosts.

he's a fething ninja who could take marbro any day

Who the hell is Marbro?

 thenoobbomb wrote:

dark1250 wrote:
I have to say Mcvenner from the gaunt's ghosts.

he's a fething ninja who could take marbro any day

Who the hell is Marbro?

Lol, i was thinking that too

Kharn or Yarrick.

If Kharn had a beard hiding under his helmet then he would win hands down for most manly.

I cannot decide:

Marbo, because he does not kill everyone, but when he does: they do not know they are dead.

And the possible winner:

A World Eater Rhino driver. Think of the self control.

 Tod wrote:

dark1250 wrote:
I have to say Mcvenner from the gaunt's ghosts.

he's a fething ninja who could take marbro any day

I've never heard of Mcvenner; who/what is he?

McVenner is one of Gaunt's Ghosts who is the heir to an ancient warrior clan called the Nalsheen. They're basically like the 40k version of Wood Elf waywatchers, only they fight with a bladed spear (the combat techniques of which are surprisingly transferable to a bayonetted lasgun).

 Furyou Miko wrote:

 Tod wrote:

dark1250 wrote:
I have to say Mcvenner from the gaunt's ghosts.

he's a fething ninja who could take marbro any day

I've never heard of Mcvenner; who/what is he?

McVenner is one of Gaunt's Ghosts who is the heir to an ancient warrior clan called the Nalsheen. They're basically like the 40k version of Wood Elf waywatchers, only they fight with a bladed spear (the combat techniques of which are surprisingly transferable to a bayonetted lasgun).

Thanks for that, sounds cool

I vote for Yarrick. He's a legit badass.

Chapter Master of the Rainbow Warriors?

Your votes are invalid. It is obviously Vargard Obyron. Silent guard dude who protects his crazy master.

Plus in a game once, he was the last man standing in turn 2 against a Tau gunline, assaulted in his turn and came out of assault at the end of the enemies turn so much i won the game by getting 7 kill points to the enemies 6. hehehehe.


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 Talizvar wrote:
I cannot decide:


A World Eater Rhino driver. Think of the self control.

Men don't have self control.

Colonel "Iron Hand" Straken.

Malcador, he sat on the throne and then saved the emporers life.

Sorry guys going to have to go with Sigismund...

 deffskulla wrote:
Sorry guys going to have to go with Sigismund...

Lol, i guess i look like quite a noob-who is Sigismund?

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Sigismund

Named after a Holy Roman Emperor.

 Amaya wrote:
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Sigismund

Named after a Holy Roman Emperor.

Thanks for that, he looks pretty cool

I'd have to go with Mad Dok Grotsnik the guy is fearless, had his head cut open, and cut off some of his own limbs!


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I'd have to go with Mad Dok Grotsnik the guy is fearless, had his head cut open, and cut off some of his own limbs!

It's only brave if you're in danger, OrkBomma. :p Orks can survive brain surgery with themselves as the surgeon.

 Coolyo294 wrote:
Lysander. Fought his way out of an Iron Warriors fortress world in his underwear.

This dude. It really doesn't get any more manly than that.

I think the Catachan guard like seriously c'mon

 TheCrazyCryptek wrote:

 Coolyo294 wrote:
Lysander. Fought his way out of an Iron Warriors fortress world in his underwear.

This dude. It really doesn't get any more manly than that.

This. This or yarrick. Dude got his arm cut off, proceeded to slice a PowerKlaw off a guy and shove it in the stump. he's so badss even orks think he's badass. Hell, gazzy let him live cuz 'e was a right tough oomie in a scrap
That said I love these threads, I'll come back to read the next 5 pages thatll develop in the morning

 TheCaptain wrote:
It's Leman Russ, you guys.

He met the emperor, and challenged him to a drink-off, then a fight.

It's Leman Russ.

Yes, Leman Russ.

Any one who answers any Blood Angels character is automatically wrong. Sanguinius is such a pansy that when the Emperor came to Baal, he cried.

After rereading Storm of Iron, I have a new candidate for manliest character in 40k.

Guardsmen Julius Hawke, Hero of Hydra Cordatus.

Took some Land Raider sized balls to pull off some of the crap he did.

Kaldor Draigo

 Eldar Man wrote:
I think the Catachan guard like seriously c'mon

Sure you don't mean Zombie Cultists...? This threads from March. But, for the sake of discussion, gotta go with Ollanius Pius. Balls of steel right there.

Draigo is Slaaneshs chewtoy. He belongs to the sheboy God now...

My vote would be Zagstrukk. He killed a SM dread with his teeth AFTER the dread had already ripped both his legs off. Killing a 20 ft armour plated deathmachine whilst bleeding out with your chompers rates pretty manly to me .

Any Grey Knight is invalidated.
For me it comes down to Yarrick, Straken, and Marboooooooooooooooooooo

After reading this thread all the way through. I have to say Pius. Had no idea of his background but im REALLY angry BL have retconned it and completely ruined his destiny.

 Wilytank wrote:

 TheCaptain wrote:
It's Leman Russ, you guys.

He met the emperor, and challenged him to a drink-off, then a fight.

It's Leman Russ.

Yes, Leman Russ.

Any one who answers any Blood Angels character is automatically wrong. Sanguinius is such a pansy that when the Emperor came to Baal, he cried.

Ferrus Manus also challenged the Emperor to a fight.

The difference is that Manus wasn't knocked the feth out.

Original ordinary human guardsman variant Ollanius Pius.

Coming from a man who plays chaos and orks...

its marbo......

 Ozomoto wrote:
Coming from a man who plays chaos and orks...

its marbo......

yarrick makes him go squish
stricken has a fething initiative chainfist and power armor with his bare chest.
marbo gets intercepted as he gets behind you by a quad-gun.
Besides, hiding is for sissies. Real men have the balls to let the opponent see their end whilst risking their own hides.

On the Tau Side: Farsight, i mean its a blade and a crisis suit what more do you expect out of a fish?

Eldar: Eladar or whatever his name.

Angron, The dude got shot twice by a Titan, Then Lifted the titans leg off of him self after it tried to stomp on him. And all this after using Gore Child and Gore father to Dig himself out of 200 meters of rubble.

Is everyone's definition of manly restricted to "he destroyed/killed something really big after getting smashed over the face repeatedly with a thunder hammer for about half an hour and got blasted by seven vindicators"?

I still maintain Leman Russ. Drinking contests? Now that is a man's man.

 Wilytank wrote:
Is everyone's definition of manly restricted to "he destroyed/killed something really big after getting smashed over the face repeatedly with a thunder hammer for about half an hour and got blasted by seven vindicators"?

I still maintain Leman Russ. Drinking contests? Now that is a man's man.

Don't forget he was the first primarch to take on the emp in 'man vs food'

PredaKhaine wrote:

 Wilytank wrote:
Is everyone's definition of manly restricted to "he destroyed/killed something really big after getting smashed over the face repeatedly with a thunder hammer for about half an hour and got blasted by seven vindicators"?

I still maintain Leman Russ. Drinking contests? Now that is a man's man.

Don't forget he was the first primarch to take on the emp in 'man vs food'

Alcoholism is manly nowadays? Seems more like a weakness to me...

Mmm I don't know... Grimmy or Straken... one is a old grumpy granpa who showed the middle-finger to the inquisition, the other is basically THE guy of the IG in my humble opinion.

I say Straken.

Yea, w/e... Sly Marbo all sneaky and weak.

The Mother Fething incarnate of THOR is one step away from crushing the puny man; Arjac Rockfist. First of all, he's got a Viking name coupled with a name of pure distilled raging awesome.

Next, he'll eat that demo charge for breakfast. Than, he'll crush you with mjolnir Foehammer. And then he'll use his awesome Stormshield to win every snowboarding event in the imperium while picking 8 movie deals.

Someone yelled RELEASE THE KRAKEN, and all that does for Arjac is remind him that's it's time to eat.

 Void__Dragon wrote:

Ferrus Manus also challenged the Emperor to a fight.

The difference is that Manus wasn't knocked the feth out.

Oh yeah, but Ferrus knew when to stop. Leman was a wolf... quite literally. The Empy had to beat him up, 'cause otherwise Russ wouldn't acknowledged him as "the Alpha Male".


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 TheKbob wrote:
Yea, w/e... Sly Marbo all sneaky and weak.

The Mother Fething incarnate of THOR is one step away from crushing the puny man; Arjac Rockfist. First of all, he's got a Viking name coupled with a name of pure distilled raging awesome.

Next, he'll eat that demo charge for breakfast. Than, he'll crush you with mjolnir Foehammer. And then he'll use his awesome Stormshield to win every snowboarding event in the imperium while picking 8 movie deals.

Someone yelled RELEASE THE KRAKEN, and all that does for Arjac is remind him that's it's time to eat.

This made my day.

Noise marines. Anybody who can bust a sweet solo in the middle of a raging battle is pretty manly.

And its not pink its salmon!

Thatguyhsagun wrote:

PredaKhaine wrote:

 Wilytank wrote:
Is everyone's definition of manly restricted to "he destroyed/killed something really big after getting smashed over the face repeatedly with a thunder hammer for about half an hour and got blasted by seven vindicators"?

I still maintain Leman Russ. Drinking contests? Now that is a man's man.

Don't forget he was the first primarch to take on the emp in 'man vs food'

Alcoholism is manly nowadays? Seems more like a weakness to me...

Only if you're American. Same principle doesn't apply to the Norsemen.

Besides, my original point still stands. Getting blasted but then taking down something big? Orks can do that. Doesn't make you special. Angron murdered a titan? Lukas the Trickster shared a dozen beds in a single night on Fenris. I don't care if he's a primarch, Angron loses no matter how big of a thing he kills.

chuxfm wrote:
Noise marines. Anybody who can bust a sweet solo in the middle of a raging battle is pretty manly.

And its not pink its salmon!

I would have to say Space Wolves. I don't even care for them but you can't get manlier than a f-ing badass space viking.

 TheKbob wrote:
Yea, w/e... Sly Marbo all sneaky and weak.

The Mother Fething incarnate of THOR is one step away from crushing the puny man; Arjac Rockfist. First of all, he's got a Viking name coupled with a name of pure distilled raging awesome.

Next, he'll eat that demo charge for breakfast. Than, he'll crush you with mjolnir Foehammer. And then he'll use his awesome Stormshield to win every snowboarding event in the imperium while picking 8 movie deals.

Someone yelled RELEASE THE KRAKEN, and all that does for Arjac is remind him that's it's time to eat.

I didn't know about this character. I thought you were exaggerating so I went ahead and took a peek out of the SW codex.

THIS GUY IS ALL TYPES OF MANLINESS! He isn't even missing a frakking beard!

I'm not really a Space Wolf fan, but I agree that Arjac Rockfist is the most manly.

He's like Lysander with a beard.

In all seriousness though. Russ.

He's a slob, a brute and a double hard b***ard

 Wilytank wrote:
Only if you're American. Same principle doesn't apply to the Norsemen.

Besides, my original point still stands. Getting blasted but then taking down something big? Orks can do that. Doesn't make you special. Angron murdered a titan? Lukas the Trickster shared a dozen beds in a single night on Fenris. I don't care if he's a primarch, Angron loses no matter how big of a thing he kills.

Angron also beat up Leman Russ.

But then so did Lion El'Jonson.

For all his boasts and bravado, he seems to be a man utterly incapable of backing it up, except against a brother who was already bordering on the suicidal (Magnus).

 Void__Dragon wrote:

 Wilytank wrote:
Only if you're American. Same principle doesn't apply to the Norsemen.

Besides, my original point still stands. Getting blasted but then taking down something big? Orks can do that. Doesn't make you special. Angron murdered a titan? Lukas the Trickster shared a dozen beds in a single night on Fenris. I don't care if he's a primarch, Angron loses no matter how big of a thing he kills.

Angron also beat up Leman Russ.

But then so did Lion El'Jonson.

For all his boasts and bravado, he seems to be a man utterly incapable of backing it up, except against a brother who was already bordering on the suicidal (Magnus).

And again my original point still stands. You could kill the Void Dragon itself; doesn't make you a man. I'm pretty sure if Angron had a wife, he'd beat the crap out of her every night. Automatic fail on the manhood test.

There's really no contest here. Lelith WILL take your lunch money, and take it hard.

Iranna.

 Void__Dragon wrote:

 Wilytank wrote:
Only if you're American. Same principle doesn't apply to the Norsemen.

Besides, my original point still stands. Getting blasted but then taking down something big? Orks can do that. Doesn't make you special. Angron murdered a titan? Lukas the Trickster shared a dozen beds in a single night on Fenris. I don't care if he's a primarch, Angron loses no matter how big of a thing he kills.

But then so did Lion El'Jonson.

IIRC, he knocked him flat on his arse with one uppercut
I honestly don't get why people put Russ on such a pedestal. Maybe it's his magnificent hair...

 RunningWithScissors49 wrote:

 Void__Dragon wrote:

 Wilytank wrote:
Only if you're American. Same principle doesn't apply to the Norsemen.

Besides, my original point still stands. Getting blasted but then taking down something big? Orks can do that. Doesn't make you special. Angron murdered a titan? Lukas the Trickster shared a dozen beds in a single night on Fenris. I don't care if he's a primarch, Angron loses no matter how big of a thing he kills.

But then so did Lion El'Jonson.

IIRC, he knocked him flat on his arse with one uppercut

It was after a day long fist fight. Eventually, they broke off. Russ saw the humor of the situation and started laughing, letting his guard down. Lion, who isn't manly enough to now what humor is, was insulted and then knocked him out.

 Wilytank wrote:
And again my original point still stands. You could kill the Void Dragon itself; doesn't make you a man. I'm pretty sure if Angron had a wife, he'd beat the crap out of her every night. Automatic fail on the manhood test.

Angron is a Primarch, which either makes him automatically asexual or gay, so your point has no validity.

Why is Leman Russ more of a man? Because he drinks a lot?

Not that Angron would be my pick mind you. The only correct answer is still Commissar Yarrick.

Sanguinius, got his legs broken by the most powerful bloodthirster in existence. Whent on to survive the ordeal and do almost all of the work at seige of Terra. He closed the infinity gate by throwing the bloodthirster (who had previously broken his legs) who's back he had just broken over his knee through them. He then went on to battle his way through Horus' flag ship to reach him, refuse the temptation of all 4 gods for him to join chaos and then create the chink in Horus' armour which allowed Big E to stomp him flat. A true man... Even if he does have chicken wings and the face of an angry 5 year old....

djz05 wrote:
His armor is slightly more effective than tissue paper, his weapon is slightly more powerful than a flashlight, and Horus' power claw is bigger than his entire body. He stands before a being infused by the dark gods' with incalculable power, that can and will obliterate his soul with no more effort than it would take him to swat a gnat. Nothing he can do could possibly make a difference.

He could run. He could turn his weapon on himself. He could give in to the insidious whispers that echo from the ship's corridors into his mind.

Ollanius Pius does the duty his Emperor requires of him. He dies standing and holds the frakking line. (Cue manly tears)

Yeah. He died screaming his defiance into the face of evil. There's something to be said for a guy who inspired the Emperor himself to man up and kill Horus.

 Void__Dragon wrote:


Why is Leman Russ more of a man? Because he drinks a lot?

Actually, yes.

Men like doing that. Going out, having drinks, partying, picking up some girls, waking up the next day in their bed hung over with said girls.

The whole "he destroyed/killed something really big after getting smashed over the face repeatedly with a thunder hammer for about half an hour and got blasted by seven vindicators" reason doesn't make you a man. A badass, sure. But not a man. Also, it's extremely hackneyed in the 40k universe that it's not even impressive anymore.

As someone who is an obvious Wolf fan, I'd support Russ.

His Legion is just that, still a Legion. Not because of something to hide, but purely because of the extreme loyalty bound by a courageous leader.

Yea, a man may not win every battle (See Lion El'Whiner being a hoser).

But to see all the crap that went down in the Heresy and look at his closest buds and go "Feth, guys... We're taking the fight to them!" He saddles up his best and brightest and goes into the Eye of Terror like a boss, while leaving behind one of his closest friends knowing that his loyalty would not falter; through feelings of confusion and betrayal, with an assurance "I will return, at the Wolf time, and we shall fight together one last time," has kept the oldest living Space Marine alive for 10,000yrs (shout out to B'jorn for being the most manly to rock it out that long).

His legion gave the biggest middle finger it could to the Codex Astartes and isn't afraid to rock on any other chapter that falls out of line (and form my understanding of the fluff, are called on to do so).

Sanguinius is a boss, but his chapter is tainted without him. Angron is a beast, but he succumbs to his baser instincts; a true man has both strength and control.

Russ is the true boss of the 40K universe, the guy that'll buy you and your buds a round of beer, let you win an arm wrestling competition to impress your lass, and will even spot you a ride home; but fully expecting you to man up.

If Russ was still active in real space, he'd have never allowed Ollanius Pius to be retconned out of existence and would have been the guy to start the slow clap for him.

That's why Russ is the manliest. All the other famous wolves are just a mere impersonation of his character.

(But if we're going with non-primarchs, Arjac. Rockfist. Winner)

 RunningWithScissors49 wrote:


IIRC, he knocked him flat on his arse with one uppercut
I honestly don't get why people put Russ on such a pedestal. Maybe it's his magnificent hair...

I'm afraid you must be thinking of the DA primarch who has had *ahem* questionable interests. Love thy brother taken a bit far in DA?

i vote my Khorne biker lord with his blindingly awesome axe

 Wilytank wrote:
Actually, yes.

Men like doing that. Going out, having drinks, partying, picking up some girls, waking up the next day in their bed hung over with said girls.

That indicates a lack of self-control of their lives, which is not manly.

Also, Leman Russ didn't pick up girls.

And of course there is his arrogant, boastful nature. Braggarts are by definition the opposite of manly, lacking the composure necessary for manliness.

The whole "he destroyed/killed something really big after getting smashed over the face repeatedly with a thunder hammer for about half an hour and got blasted by seven vindicators" reason doesn't make you a man. A badass, sure. But not a man. Also, it's extremely hackneyed in the 40k universe that it's not even impressive anymore.

Only Yarrick doesn't do that. He's lost every fight he has had with Ghazghkuull. But despite that, the greatest Ork Warlord in the galaxy respects him more than any other foe for his relentless tenacity, skill in combat, and his refusal to give up or die. That is manly.


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 TheKbob wrote:
His Legion is just that, still a Legion. Not because of something to hide, but purely because of the extreme loyalty bound by a courageous leader.

One nitpick; the Space Wolves are not a Legion. They number around 2,000 Wolves at best.

Yea, a man may not win every battle (See Lion El'Whiner being a hoser).

True.

But to see all the crap that went down in the Heresy and look at his closest buds and go "Feth, guys... We're taking the fight to them!" He saddles up his best and brightest and goes into the Eye of Terror like a boss, while leaving behind one of his closest friends knowing that his loyalty would not falter; through feelings of confusion and betrayal, with an assurance "I will return, at the Wolf time, and we shall fight together one last time," has kept the oldest living Space Marine alive for 10,000yrs (shout out to B'jorn for being the most manly to rock it out that long).

Also a respectable reason.

His legion gave the biggest middle finger it could to the Codex Astartes and isn't afraid to rock on any other chapter that falls out of line (and form my understanding of the fluff, are called on to do so).

It arguably used to be, but that duty now falls to the Minotaurs chapter.

Also, the Space Wolf tendency to give everyone else the middle finger and get away with it isn't a trait of manliness, it is a trait of Suism.

Sanguinius is a boss, but his chapter is tainted without him. Angron is a beast, but he succumbs to his baser instincts; a true man has both strength and control.

I'm not sure I agree with your reasoning on Sanguinius, but with Angron that is indeed true.

Russ is the true boss of the 40K universe, the guy that'll buy you and your buds a round of beer, let you win an arm wrestling competition to impress your lass, and will even spot you a ride home; but fully expecting you to man up.

Maybe.

The Space Wolves of Leman's era were not the dudebros of the current era. They were kind of jerkasses and douchebags. Leman was something of a judgmental man who jumped to conclusions as well.

If Russ was still active in real space, he'd have never allowed Ollanius Pius to be retconned out of existence and would have been the guy to start the slow clap for him.

Ollanius Pius was never really retconned. He was never really a character, as I have learned. The new fluff with him is still terrible, but it isn't so much a retcon.

That's why Russ is the manliest. All the other famous wolves are just a mere impersonation of his character.

Most are also not manly.

(But if we're going with non-primarchs, Arjac. Rockfist. Winner)

Bjorn is manlier

I'm afraid you must be thinking of the DA primarch who has had *ahem* questionable interests. Love thy brother taken a bit far in DA?

Endeavor towards being less homophobic in future posts.

Also, the Wolves are far more lame than the Dark Angels. They are a chapter of big hairy men riding on bigger, hairier, naked men, after all.

Thunderwolves are Space Wolves.

Sorry, but I can't see Russ as the manliest man, because he is pretty much a boy. Or one without any kind of gut for anything outside of thuggery.

After the Heresy, when the Imperium is most shaky and in need of strong leadership, he just decides to up and head off into the Eye of Terror because...hunting? He just heads off and leaves those he was supposed to be protecting flapping in the wind because reasons. That's not manly.

Bjorn is more of a man for sticking it out.

Doomrider.

I`ve seen a lot of good suggestions here, but each appear to have its pros and cons.

Darnath Lysander is pretty much as hard-core as survivalists come: surviving being tortured by the Iron Warriors, escaping a fortress world of superhumans clad in nothing but the will to keep going and rejoining your original chapter only to be tortured by them too, just to see if you haven`t succumbed to chaos. Sigismund is also pretty beast (so is Grimaldus for that matter). Being charged to find the best the enemy has to offer and challenge those in single combat, then besting them all earns you some manly points. Leman Russ is the father of all Spehss Vikings (since when have Vikings not been manly, even in spehss). The problem that all these characters have is, as stated before, that they`re technically no longer human but rather genetically engineered to go beyond that classification. That and the fact that they usually consider themselves better than ordinary men because of it. Also, Russ should have known better than to think a man of drive and purpose like his *own* father would change his mind halfway through. Shouldn`t a real man know how to gauge people?

There really is only one space marine that can lay claim to the most-manly award. Arjac Rockfist. He disagreed with his superiors and smashes through a vault door to relieve his brother Iron Priests under siege from hordes of amphibious seamonsters. The last dozen of these priests he rescues stand with him to hold the line and when the relief-force shows up, they find Arjac has blocked the hole in the vault with his own body, fighting to near-death. He then gets promoted instantly to the personal champion of Logan Grimnar. Despite not being man, it takes special kind of manly to impress the Great Wolf to that degree. He also yearns to once be an Iron Priest again, so he`s not above those that he left for his duties. Have we mentioned he has a nice manly beard? Still: supahumehn spehss mehreen.

Kharn and Angron are just uncontrollably bloodcrazed. It`s as the Krogan say: if you can`t inspire your peers to fight at your flank then you should wander the wastes and die alone. Coercing them through fear of beign chopped to bits doesn`t count. DEWMRIDAH! also doesn`t count: snorting coke all day and raping whatever crosses your path is not manly in my book. No matter how well you wield an axe or that your head is on fire: still about as manly as Fulgrim getting hair extensions.

Sly Marbo is a special case. It takes a certain kind of awesome to become the one thing that Chuck Norris fears, especially when you`re only 28mm tall and your story is written by a bunch of nerds that are perpetually stuck in prepubescence and couldn`t write an anagram to save their lives. On the other hand: sneaking, using Poison!?! That`s something for angsty space a-holes that have no other purpose than harassing everyone just to prove how angsty they are.

Maugan Ra gets an honorable mention, just for showing that shiny space a-holes can be manly too. Just not the most manly.

Commisar Yarrick is a good contender. Impressing the most powerful Ork in the universe to such a degree that he lets you live just to be certain he`ll have another good scrap is just plain awesome.
(I like how everyone claims its such a bad thing for his manliness that Russ loses too, but give Yarrick points for that. Macdaddy Viking is not a complete Mary Sue, ergo he is a complete mary sue?)

Catachans like Ironhand Straken and Harper are badasses, but to impress stubborn insular people like Catachans into using new tactics takes mucho manliness: Commissar Greiss

In my mind its a tie between Ollanius Pius (for reasons that should be fething obvious) or St Celestine. There`s something extremely manly about a woman who does the things that make the men nervous to a point that she gets demoted, while not giving a damn herself and having a good time purging heretics. I won`t give a damn about concerns a prejudice and just proceed to rage righteously in the name of the Emperor

 TheLostDutchman wrote:
(I like how everyone claims its such a bad thing for his manliness that Russ loses too, but give Yarrick points for that. Macdaddy Viking is not a complete Mary Sue, ergo he is a complete mary sue?)

The inherent difference is one of humility. Russ is not humble at all, and Yarrick is not a boastful braggart. So when Russ gets knocked out by the Lion, or mauled by Angron, or made to look like a stupid moron by some random Daemon (After proclaiming how smart he is, perhaps even smarter than Magnus and his Thousand Sons of course). So Leman Russ ends up looking like a fool, aka not manly, whereas Yarrick ends up looking like a man who doesn't need to brag about his abilities. A man of few words, but those he does speak carry a great deal of weight, and when he acts, they turn the tide of entire battlefields.

Also, he cut an Ork Warboss' arm off and used it as a replacement for his own, and had his eye pulled out and replaced by a laser because Orks were telling tales of him killing people with a glance. Manly.

I'd vote Marbo, because he's Marbo.

I miss the Manliest Tank thread now...

TheKbob wrote:
Russ is the true boss of the 40K universe, the guy that'll buy you and your buds a round of beer, let you win an arm wrestling competition to impress your lass, and will even spot you a ride home; but fully expecting you to man up.

The Bro of 40k is Vulkan. C'mon, he's THE wingman, he would give you a ride wherever you want and so on. TOTAL. FUCKIN. BRO!

curran12 wrote:
After the Heresy, when the Imperium is most shaky and in need of strong leadership, he just decides to up and head off into the Eye of Terror because...hunting? He just heads off and leaves those he was supposed to be protecting flapping in the wind because reasons. That's not manly.

Yes and no. Yes, he should have remained with his Legion/Chapter and help the Imperium, but he also didn't go to the Hawaii. He went in the EoT and is hunting down every 1K Sons warband he find.

Void__Dragon wrote:
Also, he cut an Ork Warboss' arm off and used it as a replacement for his own, and had his eye pulled out and replaced by a laser because Orks were telling tales of him killing people with a glance. Manly.

And all of this while he was severly bleedin from his arm, with only ONE FUCKIN' HAND. Yeah, Yarrick is THAT manly.

Any Imperial Guardsmen. They are regular humans that face the enemies of man on the front lines. They are the manliest because they have to fight in the dirt and grindy trench lines. Facing horrors that can tear through tanks. Then there are Commissars that rally the men with courage and resolve. They are fighting for the people of humanity and the Emperor. none could wish for more.

 beigeknight wrote:
I'd vote Marbo, because he's Marbo.

I miss the Manliest Tank thread now...

I still look through it all the time... Stompa shoulda won.... failing that a CRASSUS ARMORED ASSAULT TITAN with arm-mounted CRASSUS ARMORED ASSAULT Transport launcher with underslung marbo launcher

 Asherian Command wrote:
Any Imperial Then there are Commissars that rally the men with With bolt pistols pointed to their heads

*Fixed

 Void__Dragon wrote:

The inherent difference is one of humility. Russ is not humble at all, and Yarrick is not a boastful braggart. So when Russ gets knocked out by the Lion, or mauled by Angron, or made to look like a stupid moron by some random Daemon (After proclaiming how smart he is, perhaps even smarter than Magnus and his Thousand Sons of course). So Leman Russ ends up looking like a fool, aka not manly, whereas Yarrick ends up looking like a man who doesn't need to brag about his abilities. A man of few words, but those he does speak carry a great deal of weight, and when he acts, they turn the tide of entire battlefields.

Fair enough, although being a braggart no matter what is part of the whole being a space viking deal. It just bugs me that someone who is obviously flawed is considered a mary sue...still: less manlier than Yarrick. If he could convince Orks that he`s unkillable, there`s a stint with immortality in it for him.

Either Yarrick or Creed.
In my opinion, Space Marines take an immediate penalty for manliness because their gender is questionable. After all the fiddling with their organs, I'm unsure if they even qualify as human. And if you try and compare physical attributes they have a ridiculous advantage on account of power Armor and gene seed. Yarrick kills orks on account of shear manliness and badadsery, not some weird superhero juice being pumped onto him. Creed could probably out-do Tzeentch at trickery and cleverness.
Also, Creed has the most manly model in the game.

Hard to argue with Yarrick. Just the fact that this old guy hauls around an ork power klaw much less wield the thing is one thing, but to have the most renowned warboss show respect for a humie gives him major cred. Balls without brass, just doing his job.

 TheLostDutchman wrote:
Fair enough, although being a braggart no matter what is part of the whole being a space viking deal. It just bugs me that someone who is obviously flawed is considered a mary sue...still: less manlier than Yarrick. If he could convince Orks that he`s unkillable, there`s a stint with immortality in it for him.

Hm?

I don't consider Leman Russ a Mary Sue. His chapter, as a whole, tends to give off that impression at times, though.

Also, boisterous bruising is indeed a big part of being a Viking, but it looks signifigantly less manly when you talk a lot of gak to Angron's face about how much of a cool guy you are, then Angron punches your teeth out and dominates you in a physical battle, only for Leman Russ to be hauled up by his Marines, snot and tears dribbling down his chin, and piss down his leg, while screaming "Y-Y-Y-YOU MAY OF WON THIS BATTLE, BUT I WIN THE MORAL VICTORY! THESE SPACE WOLVES WITH BOLTERS COULD KILL YOU IF I WANTED THEM TO, YOU'RE SO LUCKY I'M NOT GONNA DO IT! ... takemehomeguysimscared. ._."

 Void__Dragon wrote:

 TheLostDutchman wrote:
Fair enough, although being a braggart no matter what is part of the whole being a space viking deal. It just bugs me that someone who is obviously flawed is considered a mary sue...still: less manlier than Yarrick. If he could convince Orks that he`s unkillable, there`s a stint with immortality in it for him.

Hm?

I don't consider Leman Russ a Mary Sue. His chapter, as a whole, tends to give off that impression at times, though.

Also, boisterous bruising is indeed a big part of being a Viking, but it looks signifigantly less manly when you talk a lot of gak to Angron's face about how much of a cool guy you are, then Angron punches your teeth out and dominates you in a physical battle, only for Leman Russ to be hauled up by his Marines, snot and tears dribbling down his chin, and piss down his leg, while screaming "Y-Y-Y-YOU MAY OF WON THIS BATTLE, BUT I WIN THE MORAL VICTORY! THESE SPACE WOLVES WITH BOLTERS COULD KILL YOU IF I WANTED THEM TO, YOU'RE SO LUCKY I'M NOT GONNA DO IT! ... takemehokeguysimscared. ._."

Hahaha totally agree with this. Angron really did kick his arse in that battle! Leman runs of like the little dog he is weeping about how he has claimed the "moral victory" when he prides himself on his savagery and then is kicked into the dirt. Who actually won the night of the wolf though? I mean World eaters killed more space wolves than they killed world eaters and Angron beat Russ in the dual but I'm still to sure...


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Also what actually killed Russ?

 Iranna wrote:
There's really no contest here. Lelith WILL take your lunch money, and take it hard.

Iranna.

This is actually a good point, if nothing else, Lelith certainly looks more like a man than anyone mentioned thus far.

 PunkNeverDie110 wrote:

Yes and no. Yes, he should have remained with his Legion/Chapter and help the Imperium, but he also didn't go to the Hawaii. He went in the EoT and is hunting down every 1K Sons warband he find.

Great, so he is pursuing a minor threat while bigger ones threaten the Imperium.

Vendetta chasing at the expense of Legion, Imperium and self is not manly. It's thuggish.

 curran12 wrote:

 PunkNeverDie110 wrote:

Yes and no. Yes, he should have remained with his Legion/Chapter and help the Imperium, but he also didn't go to the Hawaii. He went in the EoT and is hunting down every 1K Sons warband he find.

Great, so he is pursuing a minor threat while bigger ones threaten the Imperium.

Vendetta chasing at the expense of Legion, Imperium and self is not manly. It's thuggish.

Never said it's a good thing, minor or not, it's still a threat. And what we know, maybe something useful will pop up from this chasing around. Maybe he will return, along with Vulky and Corax, and say: "you know what, this imperium needs a good change".

But since our God GW decided to be stagnant... we'll never see anything.

The biggest thing I like about Russ is that he's not only a guy I'd want to be, but if I can't be him then at least he's a guy that I'd want to hang out with which is more than I can say for most of the other characters in the 40k universe.

+1 to original Ollanius Pius.

Saved the Imperium with a pure shield of Virtus. And that is true manliness

Mkoll deserves honorable mention (but not in my persional top 5). He killed a dreadnought with a las gun. He is the McGyver of the 40 k age

 Wilytank wrote:
The biggest thing I like about Russ is that he's not only a guy I'd want to be, but if I can't be him then at least he's a guy that I'd want to hang out with which is more than I can say for most of the other characters in the 40k universe.

So how much do you know about Leman's character, out of curiosity?