The "Icon" of your army?

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**KingCracker**

So we've all experienced this in one form or another, you hear someone mention something, and instantly you get this picture of what it is in your head. I could say, oh yea Chevrolet, and you might think Camero, or Ford, and you think Mustang. So Im curious, if you mention your chosen army, what image pops into your head?

For Orks, its instantly a Nob. Not a warboss, not the boyz or some ramshackled vehicle, its a Nob. Big, strong, hardasses that have the best tools for their job.

So whats yours? And be specific, dont say Space Marines and say a Space Marine, tell me what type.

**Coolyo294**

**Iranna**

Eldar: Warlock.

Gotta love that destructor.

Iranna.

**hawkeye**

For Tyranids it has to be the Genestealer.

**Hlaine Larkin mk2**

For guard it would be a line of barbed wire with a platoon caught on it.

**zeshin**

For Black Templar it would have to be an angry Black Templar Initiate with a bolt pistol and chainsword.

**ChiliPowderKeg**

This is more or less how I see Tau

**squidhills**

ChiliPowderKeg wrote:This is more or less how I see Tau

I'm not sure I get it. A Necron lying on the ground smiles sinisterly at the Tau, and they fall to infighting? What?

Can I get some subtitles here?

**ChiliPowderKeg**

squidhills wrote:
ChiliPowderKeg wrote:This is more or less how I see Tau
*picture*

I'm not sure I get it. A Necron lying on the ground smiles sinisterly at the Tau, and they fall to infighting? What?

Can I get some subtitles here?

It's more the last frame than the other two. I would have edited them out, but posting it in the gallery would surely mean it'd sooner or later would be removed by our ever watchful moderators.

But to clear up the meaning. To me the last frame represents how flame-fests on 40k related districts on internet are easily started because the topic relates to Tau. Example offenders being 'how to I win by playing Tau?', 'how does their fluff work?', 'why aren't the Tau squatted?', and so on.

**Dark Scipio**

Templars: Initiate or Swordbrother

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/a/a6/Frederick_b.jpg

Imperial Fists: Tactial Bolter Marine:

http://wh40k.lexicanum.de/mediawiki/images/1/1d/Impfist.jpg

Raven Guard: Close Combat Assualt Marine
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2303/43611204.jpg

Thousand Sons: A Sorcerer.

http://www.thousand-sons.co.uk/images/thousand_sons_variants.jpg

**Fairfeldia**

Imperial guard for me is a Commissar with sword and bolt Pistol rallying the troops

**JoeyHeadwounds**

I play Iron Warriors. When I think of an iconic image for them, what comes to mind is this...

A lone Chaos Space Marine, walking down a deserted street in a shattered district of a besieged city. His once immaculate armor of silver gold and black, is now a mismatched, scorched, and beaten shadow of what it once was.

His right arm and leg are long gone, having been replaced with bionic prosthetic limbs after mutation mangled his originals.

He is searching for survivors, but not to rescue them, for these Imperial dogs were offered no quarter. No, these are for sacrifice or slave labor. Those who run are to be shot.

Soon he will leave this forsaken place, to search for the next battle... or the next colony to subjugate.

**SagesStone**

For witch hunters it's probably a SoB from the Order of Our Martyred Lady.

It's like how if you say space marine most will probably go straight to a tactical marine from Ultramarines or Blood Ravens.

**Nightfall**

For my Shadow Legion Chapter it would be by Black Dawn Knight Custom HQ that i'm making.

**Melissia**

KingCracker wrote:So whats yours? And be specific, dont say Space Marines and say a Space Marine, tell me what type.

The Exorcist. Because we have to have at least ONE good unit.

**Henners91**

Eldar:

Chaos Space Marines:

Imperial Guard:

Space Marines:

**Melissia**

Henners91 wrote:Space Marines:

No.

**Henners91**

My obvious troll attempt didn't deliver the results I'd hoped for.

Drat.

**KingCracker**

Henners91 wrote:Eldar:

Chaos Space Marines:

Imperial Guard:

Space Marines:

Wanna try again?

**Coolyo294**

Henners91 wrote:My obvious troll attempt didn't deliver the results I'd hoped for.

Drat.

Fool! The first rule of trolling is to never admit that you're trolling!

**Shadelkan**

Everytime I see that picture, I'm inspired; Inversely, every time I think of my guard, that picture eventually comes up.

**Piz**

When I think of my Guard it's either of a Commissar rallying the troops or of that picture ^^

**KingCracker**

Id agree, the IG have some incredibly badass looking artwork.

When I hear SM, I now think Sternguard. Those guys are just hardcore. They are hardcore for breakfast. They are hardcore for lunch, and just to toss things up a bit, they eat someone that WAS hardcore for dinner

**Shadelkan**

Blood Angels makes me think of their unique characters. Mostly that one guy who got buried alive.

**Jimsolo**

KingCracker wrote:When I hear SM, I now think Sternguard. Those guys are just hardcore. They are hardcore for breakfast. They are hardcore for lunch, and just to toss things up a bit, they eat someone that WAS hardcore for dinner

I play Space Marines, and you said it better than I could. Specifically though, I play Salamanders, and the image I always think of is my Sternguard Sergeant. The fig is a Brother Tycho fig (painted green and with the Blood Angels logos filed off).

**Chowderhead**

For SW, Either Bjorn or Wolf Guard.

**Shadelkan**

Tau image: the Firewarrior. It seems cheap, as in, why not the battlesuit? But the Tau helmets are unique and robot-like.

Tyranid Image: Carnifex; raw brute force.

**Belexar**

For my Blue Rogues IG, a Veteran Squad dropping from a Vendetta onto a group of unsuspecting Grey Knights.

**Initiate in Waiting**

zeshin wrote:For Black Templar it would have to be an angry Black Templar Initiate with a bolt pistol and chainsword.

Or a pissed off Chaplain.

**Cutthroatcure**

Ork- Warbiker with Huge Power Klaw Dragging the ground

Tyranids- Genestealers just cause they send shivers of fear up my spine!