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Maybe the Admech are Squats in biomechanical skinsuits

But those guys made levithens,
thats gotta count for sumthin

The odd thing is what happened to the Tyranid fleet that eat Squats?

Got eaten by the orks

Nid/Squat sandwiches

Ascalam wrote:Got eaten by the orks

Nid/Squat sandwiches

And then those Orks attack Armageddon

Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:But those guys made levithens,

Not anymore they didn't. Leviathans were a wholly Ad Mech project, so retconneth the 2nd Dark Angels Horus Heresy book.

Ain't reality revision and fluff spindoctoring grand

Yeah, at least they finally gave up actually re-writing old BL novels when they reprinted them to match new fluff. Some of those were rapidly becoming abominations worthy of Goto.

If I ever get rich, I'm going to buy GW and release Codex: Squats once more.

the main reason they axed the squats was because Dwarves really didn't have a niche in 40k.


Dwarves are usually a faction known for having good armor and weapons. having advanced Technology and low numbers.


the main problem is that the Space Marines have all those characteristics. good armor and weapons, advanced tech, and low numbers.

the Squats simply seemed out of place.


GW also had the impression that 40k was just "Fantesy in Space" and didn't like that aspect. so they decided to make it less like a copy paste of Warhammer Fantesy with space guns and space powers.

Viridian wrote:Strangest thing I know is the small piston Apothecaries use to put deeply wounded space marines out of there misery known as a Carnifex..... now I know when I hear Carnifex I don't think about putting some space marine out of his misery.

It's on lexicanum under Overview: Third paragraph after the Narthecium entry.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Apothecary

-Sincerely Viri

It makes a lot more sense if you know Latin.

BaronIveagh wrote:
If I ever get rich, I'm going to buy GW and release Codex: Squats once more.

You will need a LOT of money

Brother Coa wrote:

BaronIveagh wrote:
If I ever get rich, I'm going to buy GW and release Codex: Squats once more.

You will need a LOT of money

Not really. Market conditions have left GW ripe for a hostile takeover for a while, the only thing saving them is that no one interested is in any better shape.

If this has already been posted I'm sry (didnt feel like reading the middle pages) but why do Codex Marines give snipers to the worst shots in the chapter, scouts?

Another thing, if genestealers infect a host (aka Aliens-style) then how come you don't see genestealer-space marine hybrids. There has to be some since not all space hulk missions are successful. Ultimate fluff warrior imo

marines are immune to the hypnosis and know what a stealer looks like and will kill on sight.

and the mutations only appear in the offspring of the infected host, not the host itself.

Grey Templar wrote:marines are immune to the hypnosis and know what a stealer looks like and will kill on sight.

and the mutations only appear in the offspring of the infected host, not the host itself.

Yes, but the host gets mentally corrupted and becomes a member of the hive mind.

and marines under go heavy psycho therapy.


the Marine would probably manage to kill the stealer before it finished the hypnosis anyway.

I think you mean psychotherapy (no space)

That said performing psychotherapy on marines would be therapy for heavy psychos..

I think the ancient Space hulk mission book i have had the marines seen as a non-viable implant host because they don't breed (as mentioned above) nit that they were immune to the gaze (heavily resistant, though)

Of course that was back when a single stealer reaching a terminator would rip it to shreds hands down, and they were freakishly fast moving I loved Space Hulk, but moved too slow to get the only box that landed in Oregon.

I still have the tiles and many of the counters, but none of the models or doors.

He's talking about marines. I think psycho therapy is appropriate...