IG tank names?

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**Hückleberry**

mebobsayhi9 wrote:Does "Need a Light?" sound good for my other hellhound?

Only if its painted in a starcraft theme

**AlexTheTitan**

asimo77 wrote:Actually I think in 40k all the mountains save for the Himalayas are leveled.

Yeah, you're right. I remember reading that. Atleast Everest is still intact. It's possible that their names are still known, as countries such as Britain are still remembered, and such mountains surely outlived them. Or perhaps I could name a tank after Olympus Mons on Mars. There are other huge volcanoes on Mars as well. Perhaps these could serve as names for super heavies?

**Ailaros**

Generally, I've found that the best vehicle names are a combination of deadly and romantic, like...

Hot Lips
Sweetheart's Grave
Steel Intrigue

or just one or the other, such as

Iron Duke
Belle of the Ball
Steel Thunder
Dear John

etc.

For whatever reason, I wind up with strange names for my vehicles. Examples include...

Lord Excellence (Basilisk)
Tin Roof Monday (Manticore)
Sliding Thunder (Manticore)
High Fidelity (Exterminator)
Social Security (LRBT)
Steel Weasel (LRBT)
Payday Tonight (LRBT)
Ice Water (LRBT)

**mebobsayhi9**

I think i'll name my executioners "speak softly" and "big stick"

**FourCartridge**

Those names are more suitable for Sentinels IMO.

**Owain**

I give mine female names that fit into my regiment's culture. I've named my two Russes Isolde and Brigantia.

**asimo77**

Owain wrote:I give mine female names that fit into my regiment's culture. I've named my two Russes Isolde and Brigantia.

I think the best female name for a tank is Big Bertha. Or a cow if you own one. Man Bertha is a really unfortunate name for ladies...

**Owain**

Maybe I'll grab a Colossus and name it Margaret Thatcher.... or Thunderin' Maggie for lulz.

**Laodamia**

Owain wrote:Maybe I'll grab a Colossus and name it Margaret Thatcher.

hahaha
Good idea, you could definitely use modern politicians name for your tank.

That would be hilarious.

**tarvos**

"Partly cloudy" would have to describe my Rhino from the amount of smoke it pumps into the air and how reliable it is (not very).

I generally name my tanks after they have done something in battle, mainly after that event (or the inverse is true if it keeps being destroyed consistently the same way). Ether that of I take the names other players give my units, like my poor Dreadnought Brother Steve.

**awb**

Super ultimite super meaga destroyer of every bad guy in the galexy or The Lead Dumper.

**purplefood**

Gordon Bown the depressed tank?

**GalacticDefender**

Murray145 wrote:You could name them after Knights of the Round Table! Lancelot, Gawain, Percival, Yvaine, Bors, Galahad, and dont forget Arthur!

Don't forget Sir Not Appearing in this film.

**Soo'Vah'Cha**

I have 3 super heavies named "Sophia, Raquel, Elizabeth aka lizabeth " classic beauties and great names to refer to huge clanking heaps'o' death.

yup Sophia is a converted 1/25th scale tiger 1...and I love her

**Shaman**

I remember in one of these threads someone named all there tanks after ex girlfriends so he wouldn't mind when they got blown up..

**Laodamia**

Soo'Vah'Cha wrote: I have 3 super heavies named "Sophia, Raquel, Elizabeth aka lizabeth " classic beauties and great names to refer to huge clanking heaps'o' death.

yup Sophia is a converted 1/25th scale tiger 1...and I love her

It's OT, but I have to ask it.

Did you use a FoW tiger turret for your Super-Heavy?

If yes, this is just the best idea ever. I'm gonna steal it and try it on the next tank I buy!

**Owain**

Could be FoW, but let's not forget that those are based of real tanks and therefore there could be plenty of other options. You could also take a leaf out of Mass Effect's book and name your ships after famous battles á la the Normandy.

**Zarake**

Murray145 wrote:You could name them after Knights of the Round Table! Lancelot, Gawain, Percival, Yvaine, Bors, Galahad, and dont forget Arthur!

And Brave Brave Sir Robin

**purplefood**

Zarake wrote:
Murray145 wrote:You could name them after Knights of the Round Table! Lancelot, Gawain, Percival, Yvaine, Bors, Galahad, and dont forget Arthur!

And Brave Brave Sir Robin[/quote
Coconuts could be their symbol...

**Desert_thunder_heart**

Gargant bane?

**Laodamia**

purplefood wrote:
Zarake wrote:
Murray145 wrote:You could name them after Knights of the Round Table! Lancelot, Gawain, Percival, Yvaine, Bors, Galahad, and dont forget Arthur!

And Brave Brave Sir Robin

Coconuts could be their symbol...

hahaha!

And their speciality shall be the banishment of possessed rabbits...

Monty Python FTW!

**NoBaconz4You**

Empirical gods? I.e greek and roman?

Hades and pluto would be nice for the hellhounds!

**Soo'Vah'Cha**

Actually not FOW, it was a academy or trumpeter Model in 1/25th scale...

here it is with some battlesuits for scale.

But it suffered some damage in the last move so I will be repairing it again, Sophia is a trooper.

**Nu11nV01D**

I think I'd call my manticore "The Hand of God" or "The Gavel"

Probably just "The Judge" and my two Hydras can be "The Jury"? Since they're a duo? Bonnie and Clyde? Timone and Pumba?

Perhaps name the hydras "Harpoon" and "Lance"

although funny names are my favorite I just can't seem to think of any right now...

**Laodamia**

Nu11nV01D wrote:I think I'd call my manticore "The Hand of God" or "The Gavel"

Probably just "The Judge" and my two Hydras can be "The Jury"? Since they're a duo? Bonnie and Clyde? Timone and Pumba?

Perhaps name the hydras "Harpoon" and "Lance"

although funny names are my favorite I just can't seem to think of any right now...

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck?
Sam and Frodo?
R2D2 and C3PO?
Tom and Jerry? (best one IMO)

**Nu11nV01D**

Laodamia wrote:
Nu11nV01D wrote:I think I'd call my manticore "The Hand of God" or "The Gavel"

Probably just "The Judge" and my two Hydras can be "The Jury"? Since they're a duo? Bonnie and Clyde? Timone and Pumba?

Perhaps name the hydras "Harpoon" and "Lance"

although funny names are my favorite I just can't seem to think of any right now...

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck?
Sam and Frodo?
R2D2 and C3PO?
Tom and Jerry? (best one IMO)

lolz at Sam and Frodo

**ArbitorIan**

THOMAS

Thomas the Tank

**Ashryu**

I like how the Brits are suggesting sophisticated poetic names and the Americans are suggesting things like death and boom and guts.

**asimo77**

Ashryu wrote:I like how the Brits are suggesting sophisticated poetic names and the Americans are suggesting things like death and boom and guts.

Hey I'm American and I suggested fancy names: Archibald, Preston, Eugene, Horace, Terrence, and so on.

**purplefood**

Ashryu wrote:I like how the Brits are suggesting sophisticated poetic names and the Americans are suggesting things like death and boom and guts.

Terrible Beauty is the best description i have ever heard for a war zone.
What mankind can do with several tonnes of steel, a blowtorch and an enemy rivals what a million people can do trying to create a work of art.