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Ppl, anyone know how ended the naming contests of mantic?

I recieved a PM from Yakface saying I won.

I was unsure if I should "pre-empt" Mantic in announcing a winner... They may want to unveil the name at their choosing.

Sorry?

So it's Gen. Lee Winning from now on?

Darn, I was hoping I'd win. Congratulations on the win and I can't wait to hear what name they chose.

Has anyone else noted that the winning name on the ork vehicle is the "raptor"

Sounds fast and dangerous, just as it should be to me.

Sounds kind of lame, all things considered.

"Hey what do we call this fast vehicle?"

"I know! Let's call it the 'raptor'!. Raptors are fast, right?"

Might as well have called it "Gofast".

Kanluwen wrote:Sounds kind of lame, all things considered.

"Hey what do we call this fast vehicle?"

"I know! Let's call it the 'raptor'!. Raptors are fast, right?"

Might as well have called it "Gofast".

Yeah, I mean, sheeesh...

What kind of lame nation/military would use a name like "Raptor"?

Pfff...

Buzzsaw wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:Sounds kind of lame, all things considered.

"Hey what do we call this fast vehicle?"

"I know! Let's call it the 'raptor'!. Raptors are fast, right?"

Might as well have called it "Gofast".

Yeah, I mean, sheeesh...

What kind of lame nation/military would use a name like "Raptor"?

Pfff...

In the context of an air superiority fighter/interceptor?

It's not that bad. "Raptors" in the context of a bird is fine.

But let's face facts here, it's a terrible name for a buggy.

Yeah, pretty lame for sure...


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I mean, there is no thing like velociraptors...

I’ll have to agree with Kan in the fact that it was an odd choice for their buggy. It doesn’t fit very well with the “Dwarven Smith” theme they have going with the Forgefather naming conventions. Raptor seems like it would fit better for an Eldar/Tau type faction.

That being said kudos to the winner.

candy.man wrote:I’ll have to agree with Kan in the fact that it was an odd choice for their buggy. It doesn’t fit very well with the “Dwarven Smith” theme they have going with the Forgefather naming conventions. Raptor seems like it would fit better for an Eldar/Tau type faction.

That being said kudos to the winner.

Its for the orx

ChocolateGork wrote:

candy.man wrote:I’ll have to agree with Kan in the fact that it was an odd choice for their buggy. It doesn’t fit very well with the “Dwarven Smith” theme they have going with the Forgefather naming conventions. Raptor seems like it would fit better for an Eldar/Tau type faction.

That being said kudos to the winner.

Its for the orx

Still doesn't fit.

They're Marauders. It should be something like the Pillager, Raider, or Vanguard.

Not Raptor.

Raptor: a Latin word meaning "A thief, robber, plunderer"

etymology: From rapiō (“seize, grab, snatch”)

I think Raptor is very fitting word for Orx Marauders Vehicle.


(in spanish: raptor = kidnapper, abductor)

You know what else is fitting, given the context of "marauders"?

Raider, Pillager, or Vanguard.

Vangaurd sounds to refined for them. Pillager doesn't sound like a vehicle and i wonder where i have heard raider before?

Maybe I'm just too used to the GW Ork style for naming things, so to me, Raptor just doesn't sound right. Spleensplitta sounds better, but I realize it would just be too derivative of the GW style of Ork. I guess I can learn to live with Raptor.

ChocolateGork wrote:Vangaurd sounds to refined for them. Pillager doesn't sound like a vehicle and i wonder where i have heard raider before?

Then maybe Alessio and Ronnie shouldn't have pushed for "Orx" and "Forgefathers" and actually done something original.

And for the record, who cares if it "sounds too refined for them"?
Most likely they'll do the standard copout and say that the designations are set by one of the other races.

ChocolateGork wrote:I wonder where i have heard raider before?

The Raider trike from Dune 2 and Emperor: Battle for Dune. Duh.

Kanluwen wrote:And for the record, who cares if it "sounds too refined for them"?

Well, you seem to care a great deal about the name.

ChocolateGork wrote:Vangaurd sounds to refined for them. Pillager doesn't sound like a vehicle and i wonder where i have heard raider before?

Hmm.. I... don't... know....






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But yeah, Raptor and Vanguard both sound too ...Imperial. (despite the fact that Raptors are a CSM troop type).

augustus5 wrote:Maybe I'm just too used to the GW Ork style for naming things, so to me, Raptor just doesn't sound right. Spleensplitta sounds better, but I realize it would just be too derivative of the GW style of Ork. I guess I can learn to live with Raptor.

I think between you and scipio.au, you have hit the nail on the head here as far as the design concept for Orx go. We have been told they are more like the 'mercenary' conception, something similar to RT-era orks and before they started becoming more and more bestial with each passing incarnation. Remember the original 'Battle for the Farm' in RT-40k? In it, the orks were trying to get hold of some gold that they had previously left in a farm house. That kind of idea would be completely out of character for the modern perception of 40k orks, who would go to the house simply for "sum 'ead krumpin", but I can see if fitting the Mantic version perfectly.

Wow, that's alot of fuss over the name of a vehicle.

I would think that buyers who are willing to break out of the GW-only gaming point of view are likely going to be free-thinking enough to buy the vehicle regardless of what it's called.

I think the name fits well with the mauraders regardless of it's connotations with dinos, birds or jets. However, I also really like Void figures, and in the Junker's faction you have mauraders (a dune buggy) that fight alongside dino riders, so it doesn't seem incongruous to me.

Kanluwen wrote:

But let's face facts here, it's a terrible name for a buggy.

In Your Not So Humble Opinion, of course!

As far as names go, it is good enough - we all know what these vehicles will really be called, for the most part...

Kanluwen wrote:

ChocolateGork wrote:Vangaurd sounds to refined for them. Pillager doesn't sound like a vehicle and i wonder where i have heard raider before?

Then maybe Alessio and Ronnie shouldn't have pushed for "Orx" and "Forgefathers" and actually done something original.

Exactly... maybe they should not rip off all that nordic mythology in the first place... I mean, Tolkien was so bad unoriginal...

Pictures of the hailstorm cannon up on BoW. I have plans for a battery of them now after seeing how awesome it really is.

That's pretty hefty. I envisioned it'd be smaller, actually.

Considering you get six in the mega box, I think its a cracking warmachine

Not to my taste, YMMV. I would have liked to see more tank-like vehicles but oh well maybe they'll do tanks with another army.

Well, the Forge Fathers list has at least two entries for tanks, so I suspect they might come out with some eventually.

That's something I'll look forward to then.