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Im gonna second the call for some kind of Necron-Themed book, where you follow a Lord Subordinate to another Overlord, vying politically for favor, and using his forces to the utmost to ensure he is kept in esteem, in what amounts to an unending game of chess, with no real winner. You have interaction with aliens, technology that would be awesome in scale, interesting settings, and since Necrons are no longer a "0 character" race, you could get some insight of what they think of one another, of the other races, and of the events that brought them, and the galaxy at large to essentially this state of slow erosion into nothingness.

How is Sanders in terms of SM consistency? Size, speed, feats etc.

 Ashiraya wrote:

How is Sanders in terms of SM consistency? Size, speed, feats etc.

He's consistent and portrays SMs in less... camp... way. His characters, ironically for being Alpha Legion, feel more real. I've not noticed any inconsistencies.

Topics of particular personal interest:

What happened to my Lamenters?

What disease or xenos ultimately wipes out the wretched Minotaur Chapter?

More Dan Abnett-esqe Segmentum Obscurus fiction.

 brendan wrote:


What disease or xenos ultimately wipes out the wretched Minotaur Chapter?

Let me ruin this for you.

One of the High Lords is knocked off by an assassin that can only be a Space Marine. In a tale of intrigue, one of the Lords figures out the who and why. It is one of their own, a High Lord that has fallen to Chaos, and has insured the continued loyalty of the Minotaurs- a Chapter bred to be the hit men of the High Lords- to his debauched goals. A pariah, he flees Holy Terra, forsaken by his former friends and allies. Without recourse, he turns to his last option, one that is so feared that even to the High Lords, it is a last resort. A Chapter so feared they have been banished from the Imperium they have sworn to defend. The only Chapter of Marines whose loyalty cannot be turned. A force that can go toe to toe with the chosen Chapter of the High Lords. A force as black as the Void and so bloody that Abaddon himself was turned by their sole onslaught.

They are the beast that devours the Void. They are the darkness that will swallow stars. They inspire fear even in those that know no fear. They are... the Carcharodons Astra.

I would love to see a Lamenters book where everyone survives combat in the most brilliant bad@$$ way someone can write, but every other page someone dies in some freak accidental way. As action packed and dramatic as everything is, it borderlines on comedy because everyone takes it stoically. Except for the recruiting and training department, who are in a constant state of borderline panic and organized chaos as they try to maintain the chapter's dwindling numbers.

I'd like to see the story of a human female, her love torn between a Vampiric Blood Angel and a Feral Space Wolf. She eventually chooses the Blood Angel and somehow ends up having his gene-seed-baby and o turning into an angry mini-marine herself.

They should call it something meaningless too, like Twidark or something.

 brendan wrote:
Topics of particular personal interest:

What happened to my Lamenters?

What disease or xenos ultimately wipes out the wretched Minotaur Chapter?

More Dan Abnett-esqe Segmentum Obscurus fiction.

 tekno000 wrote:
I would love to see a Lamenters book where everyone survives combat in the most brilliant bad@$$ way someone can write, but every other page someone dies in some freak accidental way. As action packed and dramatic as everything is, it borderlines on comedy because everyone takes it stoically. Except for the recruiting and training department, who are in a constant state of borderline panic and organized chaos as they try to maintain the chapter's dwindling numbers.

I'd like to see the Lamenters with a large bulk of the Chapter named, with the gene-seed being taken from named SMs and given to named recruits and then following them as the Chapter is rebuilt. Also watching maybe the erosion of Chapter culture with the new influx of neophytes.

Also, figuring out why they didn't aid in the defence of Baal would be interesting, though that might have been done already.

In general, stories about Minotaurs, Lamenters, Carcharodons and other less-detailed later Founding Chapters would be really cool. The First Founding Chapters get way too much love.

 brendan wrote:

What disease or xenos ultimately wipes out the wretched Minotaur Chapter?

Necrons have done it at least once, including killing Moloch.

It just doesn't... take.

Here's a question:

How likely is GW or BL to actually read submissions / proposals for books?

 Wulfmar wrote:
Here's a question:

How likely is GW or BL to actually read submissions / proposals for books?

They just did a competition to become a BL writer.

 Wulfmar wrote:
Here's a question:

How likely is GW or BL to actually read submissions / proposals for books?

If you're already an established author, they'll read your pitch whenever you send it.

If you're not, it depends entirely on how well you can catch the editor-on-watch's attention, but it might be a waste of time outside a submissions period.

 ChazSexington wrote:
Also, figuring out why they didn't aid in the defence of Baal would be interesting, though that might have been done already.

I'm fairly certain it's because they're all dead. Or, that's what the codex would have us believe. They're probably just lost. Not Primarch lost. Just, took a wrong turn on a stormy night and had to spend the night at a haunted hotel.

Which codex? Tyranids 5th?

BA Codex

One story I'd like to see is a joint operation between the Ultramarines and the Space Wolves. It'd be a story where it doesn't matter who they're fighting the real story is these two VERY DIFFERNT chapters trying to get along

BrianDavion wrote:
One story I'd like to see is a joint operation between the Ultramarines and the Space Wolves. It'd be a story where it doesn't matter who they're fighting the real story is these two VERY DIFFERNT chapters trying to get along

You're kidding right?
If anyone has problems with the Wolves, it would be Dark angels, then Iron Hands, and then Raven Guard.
Ultramarines get on better with them than those other 3.

 Soo'Vah'Cha wrote:

 Shadowclaimer wrote:
I would love a Gue'vessa centered story personally. Humans that join the Tau.

Or a Water Caste grimdark story that shows what goes on behind the scenes to make Tau society tick and the horrible things that must be done to insure loyalty.

I actually started a short story about humans from a non-imperium planet and their adapting to Tau overtures...here is the link if interested its only a few brief chapters. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/351631.page

But yeah any Xeno stories would be welcome..I am done with bolter-porn.

This is really good stuff. I'm glad to see some human/tau perspective.

I'd love to see more "IGHammer" books like the Siege of Vraks. Really Grimdark stuff about regular joes having to endure the hardships of sci-fi combat. But presented like an Osprey historical book.

I would like to see some books from perspective of aspiring chaos champion and his path to become chaos lord and more.

Some more details on CSM daily life and so on.

Oh gak this is getting good. Someone phone Black Library.

I'd like to see a story about civilians during a Dark Eldar real space raid.

I'd like to see a story about an ork boy rising to become the warboss.

I'd like to see a story about a chaos Obliterator.

I'd like to see a story about an ork mek rising to lead a Waaagh and become a big mek.

I'd just like stories with more emotion. More tales of everyday life across all factions and species. From Orwellian tales of love being crushed as the Forge World's gears must always turn to the asceticism of Eldar and possibly Tau, just more about day to day life, be it good or bad.

I'd also really like a set of novels about a newly discovered or rediscovered system or sector with plenty of funky alien races. Somewhere obscure enough that diplomacy is sometimes an option, peace is always on a knife edge, sympathisers on all sides. Like a grimdark Babylon 5.

I'd also like to rewrite the Horus Heresy, but that's wishful thinking. :-P

This thread is a goldmine for 40k based RPGs, kudos to all.

I'd like to read a book about the marines when they were the old beakies, what were they like back then?!
I tried to write my own but it morphed into something wholly different (for one there's women marines, they're not as genetically-not nearly as genetically enhanced, they retire eventually, all sorts)...

I'd like to see a stories about the following

-The Beasts Of Annihilation and how they came to be- a whole chapter becoming possessed over night would be interesting to read about
-The Dominion of Fire- seems to have been forgotten but 50,000 khorne berserkers rampaging? yes please
-a story following a cultist from joining to eventual fate- its been covered by fan fiction (Rend and Blood Haze are brilliant, over on Deviant art) its a part of the chaos armies that seem to be overlooked and it would be nice to see a human portrayal beyond 'psycho-cannon fodder'

also a story about the Carcharadons and/or Flesh eaters from the perspective of a civilian or PDF as his world is attacked by chaos would be awesome, him or her not knowing which side is better and perhaps the Reign of Blood, looking at Vandire and the Daughters of the Emperor

Reign of Blood would be an awesome trilogy.

I'd like to see more of the Night Lords and possibly a 40k Book where the Alpha Legion aren't generic chaos marines.

 Talon of Anathrax wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:
One story I'd like to see is a joint operation between the Ultramarines and the Space Wolves. It'd be a story where it doesn't matter who they're fighting the real story is these two VERY DIFFERNT chapters trying to get along

You're kidding right?
If anyone has problems with the Wolves, it would be Dark angels, then Iron Hands, and then Raven Guard.
Ultramarines get on better with them than those other 3.

not kidding at all. I'm not looking for a story dealing with the traditional antagionism because of some silly peice of history story. rather in this case the stress would simply come from doctrinal differances. Honestly it's a matter of how these two chapters relate is, as far as I know, not explored at all. there's no historical rivalry but I imagine when they've had to interact it's been... intreasting.

 Shidank wrote:
I'd like to see more of the Night Lords and possibly a 40k Book where the Alpha Legion aren't generic chaos marines.

Long Game at Carcharias, Serpent Beneath.

 ChazSexington wrote:

 Shidank wrote:
I'd like to see more of the Night Lords and possibly a 40k Book where the Alpha Legion aren't generic chaos marines.

Long Game at Carcharias, Serpent Beneath.

Long Game filled me with meh and I haven't heard of/found the second. Is that the full title?