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2012/09/17 11:57:35
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Rough Rider with Boomstick
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So I'd like to replace the cyber eagle on my corteaz model with an owl ( because they're my favorite birds of prey, capable of being cute and deadly) but I'm not sure if there are any owls still alive in the 41st millennium. I know the TS had it as a symbol for one of their cults, but they also had a mythological phoenix as a symbol, so owls may have gone extinct and decended into myth. Does anyone know of any fluff accounts of live breathing owls in the fluff?
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2012/09/17 13:26:58
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I'm not sure there are eagles alive in the 41st millennium. 
I can't recall any BL book talking about owls, but with thousands of planets it's possible there are some with Owl or Owl-like creatures that were taken from old Earth and used to populate the new planet with predatory birds.
Go for it!
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2012/09/17 13:31:02
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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 kronk wrote:I'm not sure there are eagles alive in the 41st millennium.
I can't recall any BL book talking about owls, but with thousands of planets it's possible there are some with Owl or Owl-like creatures that were taken from old Earth and used to populate the new planet with predatory birds.
Go for it!
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If someone says otherwise, you can always use the GW excuse "Tzeentch did it, or the Warp screwed up something there and ... Owls"
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2012/09/17 13:42:31
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Be sure to name it Hedwig, Pigwidgeon or Erol, though!
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2012/09/17 13:51:57
Subject: Re:Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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There can be birds of all sort in 40k, but most are mechanical leftovers from a lost technological age and poop toxic rain, and poke at you with their tiny beaks.
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2012/09/17 13:57:15
Subject: Re:Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Pauper with Promise
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If anyone questions it, just tell them the owl is artificial, "of course."
And very expensive. 
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2012/09/17 15:25:24
Subject: Re:Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Huge Hierodule
United States
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Of course there's owls in 40k, here's one right here!
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2012/09/17 15:37:36
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Nasty Nob on a Boar
Inside of a CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT
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GEEZUS WHAT IS THAT!
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 angel of ecstasy wrote:
You take a dump, you flip through the Dark Eldar codex, the concept art for Lelith Hesperax shows up and you pee on the floor.
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2012/09/17 15:38:45
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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There aren't NOT owls. There are as likely to be owls as there are people called "John", so go for it. And show us all what it looks like
kronk wrote:Be sure to name it Hedwig, Pigwidgeon or Erol, though!
Don't be rediculous.
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Unnessesarily extravegant word of the week award goes to jcress410 for this:
jcress wrote:Seem super off topic to complain about epistemology on a thread about tactics.
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2012/09/17 16:39:39
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Veteran Inquisitorial Tyranid Xenokiller
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It was his 6999th post, he had to be a little different .
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2012/09/17 16:49:19
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Frenzied Berserker Terminator
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It's possible. I mean, if there are horses and wolves on random planets across the galaxy then it's entirely possible. Maybe some settlers from Terra brought them over like the British brought rabbits over to Australia?
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2012/09/17 16:54:54
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Insect-Infested Nurgle Chaos Lord
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The mechanical owl from the original 'Clash of the Titans' i think. IIRC he had a cameo in the new one also..
If my memory serves he was called bubo.
my dictionary defines bubo as:
bu·bo (bb)
n. pl. bu·boes
Inflammatory swelling of one or more lymph nodes, especially in the groin.
Which pretty much sums him up. Annoying little fether...
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The Viletide: Daemons of Nurgle/Deathguard: 7400 pts
Disclples of the Dragon - Ad Mech - about 2000 pts
GSC - about 2000 Pts
Rhulic Mercs - um...many...
Circle Oroboros - 300 Pts or so
Menoth - 300+ pts
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2012/09/17 19:21:22
Subject: Re:Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
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in the utterly vast galaxy i would imagine owl-like creatures. If not owls of earth origin do exist SOMEWHERE.
use your imagination.
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2012/09/17 20:43:30
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Nasty Nob on a Boar
Inside of a CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT
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^^that thing is scary as gak!
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angel of ecstasy wrote:
You take a dump, you flip through the Dark Eldar codex, the concept art for Lelith Hesperax shows up and you pee on the floor.
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2012/09/17 22:04:37
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Wolf Guard Bodyguard in Terminator Armor
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Well there are Cats why not have Owls
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2012/09/18 00:26:00
Subject: Re:Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Water-Caste Negotiator
Florida
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any one else get a mental image of a 100 foot tall owl that breaths fire and has laser eyes?
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2012/09/18 00:33:53
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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 Testify wrote:There aren't NOT owls. There are as likely to be owls as there are people called "John", so go for it. And show us all what it looks like
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/John_Grammaticus#.UFfA2q74WSo
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2012/09/18 02:27:00
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Hallowed Canoness
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kleiker79 wrote:Testify wrote:There aren't NOT owls. There are as likely to be owls as there are people called "John", so go for it. And show us all what it looks like
http:// wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/John_Grammaticus#.UFfA2q74WSo
I believe that was precisely what he was getting at (note the double negative) ...
... aside from Black Library novel fluff being just as valid as any poster's own personal opinion, so why the hell not. 
I too will add that a mechanical owl would be superior to a natural one, however!
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2012/09/18 09:02:45
Subject: Owls in the 41st millennium?
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Alluring Sorcerer of Slaanesh
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An owl was the original chapter symbol of the Mentor Legion, now that they are the Mentors though it's changed to an eagle.
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