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I've seen this thread before and it didn't end well so try to keep it nice.

Do you think someones choice of army say's something about them as a person?

Edited for clarity

What?

Exactly what it says on the tin.

Yes. How its painted (scheme, skill, sloppy or not etc) can tell you a lot

Nothing.

Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:Yes. How its painted (scheme, skill, sloppy or not etc) can tell you a lot

*DISCLAIMER* I am genuinely curious on what you means about this. Am not trying to sound rude. Apologies in advanced if it sounds rude.

Like what? Could you use my Army as an example to show what how a army is painted can tell you?

Well from my army you can tell that I am truly lazy.

From my army you can tell I try hard, but don't have much real talent for painting

Horst wrote:From my army you can tell I try hard, but don't have much real talent for painting

From mine, I'm an awesome painter, except procrastinating is so much better

My army tells you that I am extremely lazy (paint, whats that?) and awesome (I play Orks with no regard for competitiveness)

My "armies" tell you I spend a lot more time painting then playing, since I haven't broken 1500pt on any single army, or even 1000 on most.

But at least they look super fancy in my display case.

I think sometimes a person's choice of army can tell you something about the person - or, maybe if a person tends to choose many similar armies, it can point to certain personality traits.

For example, I have a very fast and violent Khorne themed 40k army, a very aggressive Chaos army in Fantasy, and now I have a very fast and aggressive Flesh Tearer army in 40k.

I happen to like loud, aggressive hardcore punk rock and I do have a kind of intense personality.

I play horde armies, ranging from Imperial Guard (660 infantry models, with over 250 converted and painted in my style)

Orks, and well... thats it.

So that means I prefer quantity over quality, have a general disregard for human life, and prefer multiple solutions for any difficulties I may run into.

Also how they set up the army may descibe them, for example, all of my armies are non net lists, not a single vet squad or Vendetta in any of my IG lists. Throws a curveball at tournys.

My army's all tend to as fast-moving as i can make them. if that reflects any part of my personality, i would be my inabilty to sit still XD

Army choice doesn't tell me much unless a new codex cones out and all the sudden 85% of people are playing unpainted versions of that army. Tells me they ate going for easy wins.

Everybody thinks that his own army shows plainly to others that he's a very special snowflake who is in the hobby for more noble reasons than most.

It is never true.

I don't think that.
Then again I am the only SoB player in the area...

nomsheep wrote:Do you think someones choice of army say's something about them as a person?

Not unless they say it about themselves.

Associating army traits with personality traits can be just shallow stereotyping, until the owner makes the association himself.

For example -

Not all World Eaters players are full of rage
Not all Emperor's Children players dream of rape
Not all Eldar players are elegant and effete
Not all Space Wolves players prefer dogs to cats

Let the owner express his own connection to his chosen army, his subjective interpretation of the source material may be quite different from anyone elses.

I enjoy fluff and character. And I secretly want to beat the @*/& out of people.
I play tank heavy Space Wolves.

I have no regard for my lower back, and secretly hate myself.
I play Footslogging Orks.

nomsheep wrote:I've seen this thread before and it didn't end well so try to keep it nice.

Do you think someones choice of army say's something about them as a person?

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I always thought people who played Eldar were pompous.

peebzguy wrote:

nomsheep wrote:I've seen this thread before and it didn't end well so try to keep it nice.

Do you think someones choice of army say's something about them as a person?

Edited for clarity

I always thought people who played Eldar were pompous.

A lot of them do tend to be. but i'm sure somewhere there are nice eldar playes.

astrocat wrote:

nomsheep wrote:Do you think someones choice of army say's something about them as a person?

Not unless they say it about themselves.

Associating army traits with personality traits can be just shallow stereotyping, until the owner makes the association himself.

For example -

Not all World Eaters players are full of rage
Not all Emperor's Children players dream of rape
Not all Eldar players are elegant and effete
Not all Space Wolves players prefer dogs to cats

Let the owner express his own connection to his chosen army, his subjective interpretation of the source material may be quite different from anyone elses.

Following this, I'm sure not all Tyranid players go around eating everything they see. I mean, I don't sit at home gnawing on the plants.

-Loki- wrote:

astrocat wrote:

nomsheep wrote:Do you think someones choice of army say's something about them as a person?

Not unless they say it about themselves.

Associating army traits with personality traits can be just shallow stereotyping, until the owner makes the association himself.

For example -

Not all World Eaters players are full of rage
Not all Emperor's Children players dream of rape
Not all Eldar players are elegant and effete
Not all Space Wolves players prefer dogs to cats

Let the owner express his own connection to his chosen army, his subjective interpretation of the source material may be quite different from anyone elses.

Following this, I'm sure not all Tyranid players go around eating everything they see. I mean, I don't sit at home gnawing on the plants.

So you are saying some do?

Blood Angels: Twilight fans.
Chaos: Hard rockers
Daemonhunters: Christians
Dark Eldar: Sado-Masochists
Eldar: girls
Imperial Guard: soldiers & gun lovers
Necrons: Sci-fi fans
Orks: cartoon fans
Space Marines: Starters
Space wolves: Jacob Fans
Tau Empire: Japanese Soldiers/Anime
Tyranids: Biologists & Sci-fi horror fans
Black Templars: Extremely dedicated Christians.
Witch Hunters: Creepy perverted old monks.
Death Korps of Krieg: History teachers and people interested or involved in WWII.

And it begins ....

Chowderhead wrote:
Death Korps of Krieg: History teachers and people interested or involved in WWI.

Fixed that for you.

Chowderhead wrote:Blood Angels: Twilight fans.
Chaos: Hard rockers
Daemonhunters: Christians
Dark Eldar: Sado-Masochists
Eldar: girls
Imperial Guard: soldiers & gun lovers
Necrons: Sci-fi fans
Orks: cartoon fans
Space Marines: Starters
Space wolves: Jacob Fans
Tau Empire: Japanese Soldiers/Anime
Tyranids: Biologists & Sci-fi horror fans
Black Templars: Extremely dedicated Christians.
Witch Hunters: Creepy perverted old monks.
Death Korps of Krieg: History teachers and people interested or involved in WWII.

Nawww, I'd say Tyranids: Girls. Chicks love adorable space bugs.

I was split between two armies, Black Templars and Dark Eldar.

Looking at it bluntly, you'd say I'm a aggressive rage-oholic with a slit penchent for causing or taking pain.

Rather I'm an aggressive sorta person who likes writing stories and procrastinates alot. I think my two army choices really came down to two main things.

Kickass melee fighters and women. I always play the melee types in video games, and tend to gravitate towards playing females.

My army says that my painting style is sloppy and grungy and that I'm also rather clumsy. If the overall look is good, who care what went into it! (I often paint with fingers, cocktail sticks, toilet paper..). They do look good though, if I say so myself.

The army itself (DE) says how indecisive I am - "Assault based! No wait, I want shooty! No no, I want slow and serious! Nah, I'll take mix of everything!" - because I hardly ever take the same list twice.

I like the DE aesthetic style and speed, but I don't really think the actual race you choose says anything about you. Too many people have multiple races.

nomsheep wrote:

-Loki- wrote:

astrocat wrote:

nomsheep wrote:Do you think someones choice of army say's something about them as a person?

Not unless they say it about themselves.

Associating army traits with personality traits can be just shallow stereotyping, until the owner makes the association himself.

For example -

Not all World Eaters players are full of rage
Not all Emperor's Children players dream of rape
Not all Eldar players are elegant and effete
Not all Space Wolves players prefer dogs to cats

Let the owner express his own connection to his chosen army, his subjective interpretation of the source material may be quite different from anyone elses.

Following this, I'm sure not all Tyranid players go around eating everything they see. I mean, I don't sit at home gnawing on the plants.

So you are saying some do?

They're a special few.