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This is a thread for things in 40k that seem to stand out to individuals that others might not have noticed. By way of example:

Is it just me or do the Vostroyans look like the guards from the Wicked Witches castle in the old Wizard of Oz movie?

Some Tau units and iconography bear striking resemblances to those found in Bungie games;

For example:

Aun'Va = Prophet of Truth/Mercy/Regret

Also, the Tau symbol itself is very similar to the Marathon logo.

On the whole, I find the Tau race very similar to the Covenant from the Halo series....conglomeration of alien races led by a few who are enlightened to a higher purpose...

Space Conans.

Don't let either GW or Blizz read this but...

Is it just me or are Blizzard's intellectual property and Games Workshop's intellectual property basically identical?

Could you hand me some glue for my zerg army? Oh, and I need to go and pick up a unit of marines. With spike-shooting guns. And big shoulder pads. To fight both hive-mind led insectoid aliens and some very ancient, super psychically gifted aliens. thanks.

Orkestra wrote:Don't let either GW or Blizz read this but...

Is it just me or are Blizzard's intellectual property and Games Workshop's intellectual property basically identical?

Could you hand me some glue for my zerg army? Oh, and I need to go and pick up a unit of marines. With spike-shooting guns. And big shoulder pads. To fight both hive-mind led insectoid aliens and some very ancient, super psychically gifted aliens. thanks.

Yeah, except in this case it's not GW borrowing from someone, it's the other way around.

The original warcraft game was actually meant to be a warhammer game, but GW backed out and blizzard went to make the game anyway. All the zerg, nids, protoss aren't original either. They just ripped off of alien and predator. Eldar are just elves in space.

And it's all ripped off of ancient folklore, Heinlein's visions of future armed forces, and drawings from H.R. Giger.

*sighs and waits for next iteration of this discussion*

Like ryzouken implied, Starcraft, 40k, and the like all follow from Starship Troopers anyway; Heinlein coined the term "Space Marine," debatably came up with the idea of power armor, and made the first real "Marines vs. Bugs" setting to boot.

I always thought it was pretty jacked up that it takes a 1000 souls a day to keep the Empire on life support. That seems kind of Chaos-y to me.

*dodges bolter shell*

RogueFox wrote:On the whole, I find the Tau race very similar to the Covenant from the Halo series....conglomeration of alien races led by a few who are enlightened to a higher purpose...

At least the Tau aren't jerks about it like the Covenant...xenocide is not in their playbook.

Certain parts of the fluff can be linked with historical battles (e.g. Double Eagle by Dan Abnett is the Battle of Britain), and certain names can be linked with historical figures.

a fire warrior with an energy sword?
i would suggest grav hammer, but it would weigh too much for him

halo should really get into models

covenant, brute, human / spartan armies

would make a killing from it

JD21290 wrote:a fire warrior with an energy sword?
i would suggest grav hammer, but it would weigh too much for him

halo should really get into models

covenant, brute, human / spartan armies

would make a killing from it

Forget the energy sword, I'll take a Scarab for a Heavy Support Choice

we all know that 1 spartan can kill a scarab


i'd like to see the rules for a spartan laser

Orkestra wrote:
Is it just me or are Blizzard's intellectual property and Games Workshop's intellectual property basically identical?

Penny arcade did this about it: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10/

JD21290 wrote:a fire warrior with an energy sword?
i would suggest grav hammer, but it would weigh too much for him

halo should really get into models

covenant, brute, human / spartan armies

would make a killing from it

I take it you missed out on Haloclix?

M_Stress wrote:

Orkestra wrote:
Is it just me or are Blizzard's intellectual property and Games Workshop's intellectual property basically identical?

Penny arcade did this about it: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10/

I'd like to see a 1000 starving crows lol....

...in regards to the topic...

Is it just me or are Sisters of Battle just soooo hawt!

Is it me or does the warhammer world look a lot like the plant earth?

quite the opposite, actually most of their sculpts look like arse (to me anyway).

Is it just me, or are Orks the new SM?

It's just you.

Ultramarines are the NEW SM.

No, Vulkan is the NEW SM. Kantor comes in close second. Ugh, rule 34... straaaange images.

Rule 34? WHERE? I needs it!

Rule 34?

Let me help you with that...

http://www.4chan.org (Most boards NSFW)

There's not enough 40K rule 34.

You want real rule 34? Try http://www.1d4chan.org

Should we be linking these here? I'm sure parts of those sites (not all) are against some of Dakka's rules. We should be linking other things instead.

@cheese - Rule 35 says you'll get it!

Going back to the whole Tau seeming to be closest to Covenant thing..

It's actually funny you mention that as I was thinking about doing a little display piece of a Space Marine jacking a Devilfish in Halo-like fashion. Yanking out a Tau guy with one hand or simply just beating on the top of it with a fist.

its wierd the way SoB is an abbriviation of Sisters of Battle or sons of

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