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So, my meanderings through the TV tropes page for 40k mentions that "40k is a subtle proselytizing for a chainsaw cult" followed by "You lost me at subtle." Are chainswords the most unsubtle thing in 40k? What do you think is the most unsubtle item in the grim, chainsaw filled future?

A carnifex. Or a drunken Space Wolf... Or a drunken Space Wolf with a chainsword riding a drunken Thunderwolf...

Baneblade. I win.

I'm torn between a Carnifex and a Stompa.

Powerfist shirley.

Heirophant/Gargantuan Squiggoth

I win >

An ork

Titan much...
Or, Kharn...

The Tau Manta. Plopping one of those down on the table is the most unsubtle way to tell your opponent "I'm absolutely filthy-fething-rich."

SPACE MARINES.

/thread

Giant walking suits of armor dressed up in bright colors and vivid patterns, yet they somehow they manage to be stealthy and subtle.

Paint marines camo. It's more fun that way.

How about an ork gargant Waaagh! on a rampage with a mad mek sat on top of one pushing every button he can see whilst all hurtling full speed at an imperial guard tank company with supporting shadowswords and baneblades. That'd be quite unsubtle.

Virus bombing. Sure, we can just exterminate every single living organism on any given planet.

Or, Kharn...

"Kharn, take the flank and make the false emperors lackies pay for their lack of vision"
"Blood for the blood god!" ~runs towards a land raider and starts biting the tank treads~

SonofTerra wrote:Virus bombing. Sure, we can just exterminate every single living organism on any given planet.

Thread won. You can all go home now.

warpcrafter wrote:

SonofTerra wrote:Virus bombing. Sure, we can just exterminate every single living organism on any given planet.

Thread won. You can all go home now.

I prefer the thought of an exterminatus. You can virus bomb a planet, leaving structures intact, or you can stop pussy footing around and just set fire to the whole atmosphere.

The Imperium as a whole is pretty unsubtle.

The Planet Killer.
"Why do they call it the Planet Killer?"
"Because it kills planets, Avi."

A thunder hammer. I mean, it's a great, big, electric-field-generating, two-handed meat tenderiser. You don't get much more unsubtle than that...

L. Wrex

Lycaeus Wrex wrote:A thunder hammer. I mean, it's a great, big, electric-field-generating, two-handed meat tenderiser. You don't get much more unsubtle than that...

L. Wrex

Vindicator...
A normal tank but with a great big gun welded to the front and some more armour plate on the side.
And when you get down to it, it's a tank.

The_Happy_Pig wrote:

warpcrafter wrote:

SonofTerra wrote:Virus bombing. Sure, we can just exterminate every single living organism on any given planet.

Thread won. You can all go home now.

I prefer the thought of an exterminatus. You can virus bomb a planet, leaving structures intact, or you can stop pussy footing around and just set fire to the whole atmosphere.

QFT

The_Happy_Pig wrote:

warpcrafter wrote:

SonofTerra wrote:Virus bombing. Sure, we can just exterminate every single living organism on any given planet.

Thread won. You can all go home now.

I prefer the thought of an exterminatus. You can virus bomb a planet, leaving structures intact, or you can stop pussy footing around and just set fire to the whole atmosphere.

We Necrons didn't notice. Before we ate your stars.

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The_Happy_Pig wrote:

warpcrafter wrote:

SonofTerra wrote:Virus bombing. Sure, we can just exterminate every single living organism on any given planet.

Thread won. You can all go home now.

I prefer the thought of an exterminatus. You can virus bomb a planet, leaving structures intact, or you can stop pussy footing around and just set fire to the whole atmosphere.

A virus bomb is a form of exterminatus. The end effect is that the planet is on fire. Quite similar to an atmospheric incinerator torpedo, except that your face melts off before the fire starts.

My vote is for a basilisk company. Nothing says unsubtle like a 24/7 artillery bombardment.

Gorgarak wrote:

Or, Kharn...

"Kharn, take the flank and make the false emperors lackies pay for their lack of vision"
"Blood for the blood god!" ~runs towards a land raider and starts biting the tank treads~

Now, I was gonna say something else (namely the Vulcan Mega Bolter) but this renders all I have to say redundant.

(also I must admit to being sad enough to have my mobile's SMS tone as the "Blood For The Blood God" sound effect from Chaos Gate )

Now, I was gonna say something else (namely the Vulcan Mega Bolter) but this renders all I have to say redundant.

(also I must admit to being sad enough to have my mobile's SMS tone as the "Blood For The Blood God" sound effect from Chaos Gate )

No shame in having 40K present in all aspects of life. Don't let anyone fool you into thinking otherwise.

Death Company, any of those units. There's no way you can mistake what they're suppose to do (high powered, rage fueled face removal). Slightly less subtle than Kharn, because even in-game, if you dont know what to do with them, they will.

the most unsubtle thing in the 41st Millennium...hmm...

all of it?

Slaanesh's orgasms

a squat....

in battle the enemy takes one good look at them
and falls down laughing

then the fat*** drunken space dwarves come sit on em and call it close combat....

then the other players just like..... WTF

Also a Monolith. You know gak's going down when one of those shows up.