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So do you guys think that some people in the 40K universe collect old antiques from the Horus Heresy or other major historic event? Or do you think that collecting Eldar weaponry (for example) would be considered heretical?

I ask this because I was thinking of building a 40K history museum type thing as like a diorama or something.

There is nothing against artifacts.

1) it could be a collection of throphys ( more than one faction in 40k does that)
2) it could be a museum ( to teach the trainees. Inquisition? Space marines? / remember the "glorious" past. Traitor Legionaires? )
3) it could be a private collection ( rogue trader? )

So many possibilities

Go for it

yea Id say go for it. BUT as for the horus heresy you might want to be carful only because that stuff could and would totally be called heresy

Nah, go for it. It could be superb. And post piccies when done!

a clock work titan from titanicus

a space marine jet bike (lovingly restored, but no longer flies)

Instructions for using a vortex grenade (from when every Imperial gaurd sergeant could have one)

an actual bit of rubble from holy terra

sets of pre heresy armour, from all the legions ( before they went traitor obviously) (these may have to be replicas )

Imperial robots

The Thousandth Son wrote:So do you guys think that some people in the 40K universe collect old antiques from the Horus Heresy or other major historic event? Or do you think that collecting Eldar weaponry (for example) would be considered heretical?

I ask this because I was thinking of building a 40K history museum type thing as like a diorama or something.

I think that most people, and I mean most, have no idea that the Horus Heresy actually happened.

Depending on how far back into the 'grim dark' background of 40k you want to go, it used to be that every single person (including Space Marines) were mindwiped after they were exposed to xenos/daemons/chaos marines, etc. And if we were talking about an entire world, or somewhere where there were too many people to mind-wipe, they loaded them up, and moved em off-planet to some other Hive or place where they would work until dead, having no contact with anyone after being moved. Secrets and knowledge were guarded VERY closely.

And in just about every piece of background info, even possessing Xenos tech was a sign of 'taint'. So, while you might be able to get away with having a museum of xenos tech, or Heresy memorabilia if you were a High Lord of Terra, or an Inquisitor, anyone else would likely be in big trouble.

Of course, if your world was cut off from the Imperium, and not yet re-connected, you might have items such as these still in your possession. It is possible places like that exist in the vast universe. But anywhere in the connected Imperium, I'd be careful

*Toilet Paper used by the man on the golden throne himself!......

*Nurgles Guide to personal Hygiene......

*A box of Khorne Flakes.....

*A pair of pink Inquisition panties......