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 godardc wrote:

epronovost wrote:
A shuriken catapult shoots

Sisters of Battle were used for sexual gratification purpose.

That was before they were "Sisters of Battle" IIRC though. What was they called under Vandire ?

Brides of the Emperor. And before Vandire they were called Daughters of the Emperor.

I always liked that it took 200 years for the Admech to sanctify/certify the Predator Annihilator, and by then the Marine Chapters had been using it for the past 190 years.

sajmonikpl1 wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:

sajmonikpl1 wrote:

 Beersarius Drawl wrote:
One of the most highly respected and awe inspiring chapter masters simply wants to die as he is 1500 years old

Raven guard? Because i watched TTS and it matches their primarch and emo looking style.

I believe Beersarius is referring to Dante - his self-titled novel certainly gives that impression in places, but I think his outlook has changed by the end of it.

Maybe its true but he dont want to die. He killed every enemy of mankind from Carnifexes to Administratum desks. He suffers from blood hunger but he is rather ok with it.

I'm not sure about "Ok with it" he states time and again, that his service has been long and wishes it would end. He doesn't take his helmet of in public anymore. (Coz so old) I think its more about recognition that the symbol of Sanguinius's face provides the Imperium with reassurance, and he will not shirk his duties.

 godardc wrote:

epronovost wrote:
A shuriken catapult shoots

Sisters of Battle were used for sexual gratification purpose.

That was before they were "Sisters of Battle" IIRC though. What was they called under Vandire ?

they where originally called daughters of the emperor, the vandire showed up and renamed them brides of the emperor.

So the sisters if battle have never been used for pleasure if I'm not mistaken !

Necron Warriors were the citizens of the Necrontyr while Immortals were originally the standard foot soldiers.

The Grey Knights sent about 200 (or close to 1/5 of the chapter's total manpower) to fight Angron and a hoard of Khorne deamons. Less then a dozen survived and this single event eventually sparked a small war between Inquisition and the Space Wolfs.

You can recharge a Lazgun's ammo pack by throwing it into a fire.

A disk of Tzeentch is actually multiple screamers melded together. The act of creating one usually kills the summoner.

Ironstriders cannot be turned off so herds of them run around Mars. When needed they are put on giant treadmills until they are released into battle.

Here I was thinking this thread was going to be about the 40K refuse program or recycling program.

Apple Peel wrote:

Spoiler:

 Stormonu wrote:
Imperial guard used to employ penal troops fitted with explosive collars - the latter was not only a disciplinary measure, but the handler could detonate the collars to turn the convicts into suicide bombers.

Dogs outrank privates in the IG.

A little more than that. Canids also hold officer-status, meaning that striking one is equivalent to assault on an officer, and so is accordingly the punishment.

Tygre wrote:

 godardc wrote:

epronovost wrote:
A shuriken catapult shoots

Sisters of Battle were used for sexual gratification purpose.

That was before they were "Sisters of Battle" IIRC though. What was they called under Vandire ?

Lictors are not multiple creatures, but a single creature with multiple bodies. It is an hive mind within the hive mind that for some reason can control all its bodies at a far greater distance than the hyve fleets.


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 Beersarius Drawl wrote:

sajmonikpl1 wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:

sajmonikpl1 wrote:

 Beersarius Drawl wrote:
One of the most highly respected and awe inspiring chapter masters simply wants to die as he is 1500 years old

Raven guard? Because i watched TTS and it matches their primarch and emo looking style.

I believe Beersarius is referring to Dante - his self-titled novel certainly gives that impression in places, but I think his outlook has changed by the end of it.

Maybe its true but he dont want to die. He killed every enemy of mankind from Carnifexes to Administratum desks. He suffers from blood hunger but he is rather ok with it.

I'm not sure about "Ok with it" he states time and again, that his service has been long and wishes it would end. He doesn't take his helmet of in public anymore. (Coz so old) I think its more about recognition that the symbol of Sanguinius's face provides the Imperium with reassurance, and he will not shirk his duties.

Spoilers from Devastation of Baal:

Christmas Marines! These appeared in White Dwarf 96. Apparently they are canon. Also, drunk.

 Pariah Press wrote:
Christmas Marines! These appeared in White Dwarf 96. Apparently they are canon. Also, drunk.

Now i seen everything. Imagine how acid is that drink to effect space marine who literally can eat metal.... Or they are just Xmas space wolves?


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Racerguy180 wrote:

Apple Peel wrote:

Spoiler:

 Stormonu wrote:
Imperial guard used to employ penal troops fitted with explosive collars - the latter was not only a disciplinary measure, but the handler could detonate the collars to turn the convicts into suicide bombers.

Dogs outrank privates in the IG.

A little more than that. Canids also hold officer-status, meaning that striking one is equivalent to assault on an officer, and so is accordingly the punishment.

Tygre wrote:

 godardc wrote:

epronovost wrote:
A shuriken catapult shoots

Sisters of Battle were used for sexual gratification purpose.

That was before they were "Sisters of Battle" IIRC though. What was they called under Vandire ?

BomBomHotdog wrote:
The Grey Knights sent about 200 (or close to 1/5 of the chapter's total manpower) to fight Angron and a hoard of Khorne deamons. Less then a dozen survived and this single event eventually sparked a small war between Inquisition and the Space Wolfs.

To clarify - this was during the "First" War for Armageddon, where Angron and the World Eaters invaded the planet.

After Angron was banished by the Grey Knights, and the Chaos forces retreated/were driven off, the =][= wished to use its traditional means of covering up a Chaos invasion - eliminate all the human witnesses. Logan objected to the soldiers which fought with him being murdered out of hand, and that is what sparked the conflict between the Wolves and the =][=.

Right now, there is a small Waagh! of orks who fight every day against the Daemons and every night are resurrected by Khorne as they serve as an eternal source of entertainment for the Lord of Skulls.

And it's totally not Orky Valhalla, not at all! (Good god the Orks must be the size of stompas!)

Not sure how 'trashy' this is, but the door to the tomb of Sanguinius on Baal opens when Commander Dante sticks the flesh of his hand/arm into the lock, and the lock shoots needles into him to test the genetic make-up of his blood and flesh.


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 Yarium wrote:
If an Ork thinks that something will work, it will work.

This is the whole psychic field created by the Waaagh!

It's great. Da red onez (literally) go fasta cos da Orks think they do!


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The most poisonous recorded creature in the 40K universe is the Catachan Great Barking Toad, who, when startled, emits a poison which can kill every living creature within a kilometer (including the Toad itself) Luckily they are rare.

Source: https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/04/ten-totally-odd-facts-you-didnt-know-about-warhammer-40000.html

Orks who survived to ‘old age’ would whelp ‘pups’ in an expression of ‘survival of the fittest’.

Obviously changed to the whole spores thing, otherwise we would never see another generation

Before the whole Space Knights thing, Marines recruited from murderers, psychopaths etc who would be ‘brain wiped’ before serving.

GW used to have huge containers of Muscat moulds outside of gwhq. They put them behind a fence due to constant scrumping for bits by students.

I like the fact that the Tyranids only came to the Milky Way because of a specific Night Lords vs Ultramarines battle that took place before Horus reached Terra during the Heresy.

A brand of Ork Storm Boyz used to follow Khorne

Angron the World Eater's Daemon Primarch was named after the landlord of a nottingham pub GW staff used to goto at lunch. He was called 'Ron' who was always Angry - Angron.

Attack bikes and Eldar Vyper jet bikes were released at the same time.

You used to be able to punch a hole in scenery to fire through it. Coins were used as a size guide.

4 Lascannon predators were called predator annihilators (prob still are) and could only be taken by space wolves

one of the few rules Khorne Berzkers used to have was they armour of khorne which game you a 2+ save instead of a 3+.

You used to be able to fire a terminator's cyclone missiles in one 12 missile salvo, it created a 3" template, which at the time was huge and scary. If you terminator had and assault cannon and you rolled a tripple on it's jam dice that terminator blew up as assault cannons were considered 'new technology'

Orks used to be armed with bolters

Space Marines used to basically be space police who broke up gang fights between orks and humans.

 Latro_ wrote:
Attack bikes and Eldar Vyper jet bikes were released at the same time.

When they were released during 2nd edition, aye - the Vyper was completely plastic, while the Attack Bike was a plastic/metal hybrid. However, there had been a metal Attack Bike in Rogue Trader.

Xenos for 1 alien, xenos for more than 1 alien. No xeno.

 Latro_ wrote:
Orks used to be armed with bolters

And Eldar Guardians used to be armed with Lasguns.
The Wraithlord debuted as an "Eldar Dreadnought"

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 Pariah Press wrote:
Christmas Marines! These appeared in White Dwarf 96. Apparently they are canon. Also, drunk.

Those are Space Wolves who “acquired” Blood Angel armor as part of a dare from Russ after hearing the “Levi” story.

Necrons move their mouths when they speak. Which is dumb to think about and ruins their image, imo.

Stormboyz used to be unusually neat, polished, and drilled because they were Orks going through their rebellious teenage phase.

They aren't anymore? Because I remember reading something like that in the 4th ed codex.

The phallic-bearing biovore fires suspicious-looking spore mines...

Likewise, on the original Tyranid Warriors, you can clearly see their organs through their bare rib cages.

 Galef wrote:

This is both the reason they can't recoup loses as fast as humans/t'au but also why they make poor host organisms for Genestealers
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Yet there was a Craftworld of Genestealer Eldar. Which is my contribution for trash lore. Along with most Avatar deaths.

Dark angels green was/still is the shade of British racing green because one of the studio liked it and/or had a car that colour (maybe jervis?)

chaos marines don't have plasma cannons because the technology was 'new' in 30k, only bulkier things like deads could support the power suppluies which were bigger at the time. Plasma weps in 2ed were even less reliable on chaos

 Stormonu wrote:

 Pariah Press wrote:
Christmas Marines! These appeared in White Dwarf 96. Apparently they are canon. Also, drunk.

Those are Space Wolves who “acquired” Blood Angel armor as part of a dare from Russ after hearing the “Levi” story.

It's amazing to me this company became so popular with such crappy sculpts.

Hey, some people will look at a bad sculpt and say "that's awesome". Like the old Celestine...