Which real historical period is most representative of 40k?

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**Shaman**

Id say medieval due to the huge amount of ignorance and superstion..

Combat wise its ww1 but The hearts and minds of the imperium are medieval in the amzing bliss (ignorance)..

I wanted to vote renaissance cause of that pic though.. but I refrained for the bowl cut.

**DruidODurham**

What about this one? Especially the gladiator statues.

**Gornall**

I keep thinking 100-years War, personally.

**Manchu**

@Druid: I see what you mean but that pic (one of my all time favorites) always reminds me of Napoleonic wars for some reason.

**olympia**

Clearly medieval.

**Lord Chiasson**

Manchu wrote:I also went with Renaissance but, if I could be more specific, I would say Renaissance people imagining what the Middle Ages were like.

QFT

**Kilkrazy**

You're all wrong.

40K is totally representative of the industrial decline of Nottingham in the mid to late 1980s.

**Emperors Faithful**

What do you mean 'in the 1980's"?

(Lol, I kid)

**Karon**

I think your all forgetting, that in the Civil war (1860-1865) they had revolvers.

They pooned kids, k? 6-8 shots, w/o any reload, when you could luckily get 3 shots off w/ a rifle, while walking, and getting shot at 'nd stuff.

Ig is basically the same, lasguns suck penis, lasgun = civil war rifle, but less deadly. (Lead ball expands to the size of your head INSIDE YOU)

Bolter = Revolver

**Orkeosaurus**

Lasguns actually blow off limbs pretty readily, which puts them at least equal to civil war rifles in power (and far above in range, firing rate, reload time, availability of ammo, reliability, etc).

Of course, the problem in the 40k universe isn't that lasguns are weak, but that everyone is hyper-resilient and lasguns aren't keeping up.

**Emperors Faithful**

I wouldn't say that lasguns blow limbs off readily, Orkeosuarus. I mean, on full-auto at close range mabye, but it's not as 'flesh-explody' as a bolter.

**Little lord Fauntleroy**

It's always seemed kinda' Spanish-inquistionry to me-Country rooting out any who disagree with them, with many powerful enemys. So Rennaiscance, basically

Insert appropriate "Spanish Inquisition" joke here.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Japan, Sengokujidai, Age of the Country at War.

Elite warrior caste, crazy religious groups, technologicially superior aliens. it's all there.

**Manchu**

In the grim darkness of this thread JAPAN NEVER HAPPENED! Come to think of it, that would make this thread a bit more bright and sunshiny. You point stands, K_K, this time . . . that crack about the the Ming dynasty a few posts back is still on my list, however.