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blood angel wrote:

mussie76 wrote:

It's awesome that the costumes me and my buddy made keep coming up in this thread

Three in total - the DA, the Noise Marine, and the Death Company marine (not pictured, that I wore).

Too bad you didn't biggerize them

blood angel wrote:yep, made them. We didn't even win first place at the costume contest we entered :(

The death company suit now sits in my basement. The other two have been sold.

Wow - what did win?

What does biggerize mean?

Slang for True-Scale

Ah, I think you would have trouble finding an 8-10 foot tall monstrossity to wear true scale power armour.

True enough, they just don't build them like they use to :(

in the suits we were almost 7 feet tall but that was the best we could do and still walk around.

I miss Andre!

haha the ork tech and the lincoln are funny

The unusual thing about Andre was that despite being well beyond the normal human size, he didn't suffer from any of the apparent symptoms that most "giants" have. Look at that guy. Not only tall but massively built, not an oddly proportioned stick man with a gland issue.

We need more guys like that around, if just to show what the human genome is capable of.

I don't know, the one thing I hate about being tall is that I sometimes accidentily see over the stalls in public bathrooms...

Railguns wrote:The unusual thing about Andre was that despite being well beyond the normal human size, he didn't suffer from any of the apparent symptoms that most "giants" have. Look at that guy. Not only tall but massively built, not an oddly proportioned stick man with a gland issue.

We need more guys like that around, if just to show what the human genome is capable of.

The man was in a lot of pain because of his condition, we should be glad that there aren't that many people suffering from what he had. I remember a funny anecdote about how André grabbed Arnold Schwarzenegger and put him back in his chair like a little child.

Well he still suffered from heart problems by being so huge and powerful that his heart couldn't keep up. What I mean is that in normal cases of "gigantism" the person in question is unusually tall but also unusually feeble and thin. Thats what I meant by apparent symptoms at least.

I've rustled up my old list!

Ways to annoy gamers:

1. Bring a hand puppet. Question it constantly as to what is the best course of action.
2. Bring a small model coffin with undertakers. Everytime a model dies, escort it off the battlefield and give it model funeral. Remember to hum the funeral theme tune.
3. Bring a falsified rulebook (hours of fun).
4. Shave your head. Paint your skin green. Wear a nose ring. Grunt a lot.
5. Flip a coin at the start of the game. After observing the outcome, claim that you have won the game. Look upset if your opponent denies this. Sulk.
6. Bring 20 printed pages of notes and intellectual-looking glasses. Refuse to let your opponent look at them. Refer to them throughout the game. Speak aloud as you read- "he's gone there, so contingency plan 8a means that I should..."
7. Insist opponent rolls all your dice for you. Complain and insult your opponent if you get any bad rolls.
8. Before the game, do a little dance and motion to the gods. Curse your opponent dramatically.
9. Arrive before your opponent. Set up your army and then take the other side of the table. Act as if you are expecting to play with your opponent's army.
10. Add a spring loading system to your cannon. Bring lots of ball bearings.
11. Bring a plastic kid's sword and 'challenge' your opponent. If he refuses, claim you have won the game through his forfeit.
12. Play dead if your general dies.
13. Bring a Land-raider model from 40K. Leave it sitting conspicuously on your side of the table. Make cryptic references to the power of laser cannon in WHFB.
14. Complain that you don't think you can trust your hero.
15. Act as if you are a sports commentator. Commentate on the game. Incessantly.
16. Ask politely if your opponent wouldn't kill your general. Explain that it?s his birthday.
17. Bring a smoke machine. Insist on recreating the "fog of war".
18. Sacrifice a goblin to Mork before the game. Saw off its head with a craft knife.
19. Arrange models in a diorama in the middle of the battle. Take photos for a "battle report."
20. Sharpen your goblins' spears before the game with a craft knife. Grin widely.
21. Cackle diabolically. "The World is mine! Nothing can stop me now!"
22. State before the game that you are playing for the title of the champion of the universe.
23. Feel the personal loss of every soldier. "Alas, poor Yorrick, I knew him well."
24. Lament the woes of war loudly. Faint when a model dies.
25. Add sound FX. Kaboom!
26. Ask if you can have TV rights to the game.
27. Just to surprise your opponent, agree amicably with and compliment your opponent!
28. Declare that you are opposed to the senseless destruction of our forests. Refuse to let him kill your treemen. Refuse to let him move through woods.
29. Insist on a lunch break for your troops. Bring a model Mr. Whippy Van.
30. Explain that you are a pacifist. Call off the game immediately.
31. Order your miniatures in your best Sergeant-Major voice. "Quick march, on the double- hut!"
32. Ask if your opponent is opposed to nuclear warfare. Carry a small spherical device. Give no other reasons.
33. Wear a crown. Say that you are the "Lord of the Galaxy". Get a horde of admirers to cheer you on.
34. Bring a stuffed, shaved poodle. Say it is your mascot.
35. Grow a Hitler moustache and wear a swastika. 'Discipline' your troops if they fail to salute you.
36. Cheer on your miniatures.
37. Hide under the table at the start of the game. Make your opponent drag you out. Speak in a nervous whisper. Confide in him that you are scared of his troops.
38. Leave a false army list lying around. Snatch it back angrily if your opponent starts to read it, but leave it visible.
39. Pull out an ace surreptitiously ( but obviously ) from your sleeve during the magic phase. Look pleased. Try to play it.
40. Keep a deck of Magic the Gathering cards handy. When you are told it is "the magic phase" bring out the cards and start to shuffle them. Ask if he wants to cut your deck.
41. Speak in Skaven. Neek- Neek!
42. Tell him you've brought weighted dice. Complain about the uselessness of modern technology when you start to roll ones.
43. Bring a lamp. Rub it and make three wishes before the game. Look at your opponent accusingly if they don't immediately come true. Ask him if he's used it.
44. Ask what year it is. Ask where you are. Ask what game you are going to play. If he says Warhammer, bring out an antique mallet and hit him with it. Smile a corny grin.
45. Make references to a spy/traitor in his army.
46. Don't place your wizard on the board at the start of the game. At the end of your deployment, use a small explosive device to create a smoke screen and place down the wizard behind it while you yell, "poof!". When the smoke dissipates, say, "Tadaa!"
47. Have a history written for every trooper. Start a family feud.
48. Pour cheese sauce all over your opponent's army. Complain that it is cheesy.
49. Come with an army painted completely flora purple. Wear dark glasses.
50. Attempt to bribe your opponent's characters. Turn away quickly if your opponent looks at you questioningly. Deny everything.

Ratbarf wrote:I don't know, the one thing I hate about being tall is that I sometimes accidentily see over the stalls in public bathrooms...

LOL

Just how tall are you Ratbarf?

I'm 6'5" and I don't think I've ever encountered that problem!

;-)

I thought I had one in that list...

Pardon?
I found this list a couple of years ago on the FLG forums.

I second you cheese, I think I remember seeing those on Portent way back, in the long, long ago. Classics

I read the first 10 pages, I don't know if someone posted these yet, or if there is any simple way for protocall so there aren't repeat posts, maybe this should be turned into an article?

tallmantim wrote:

Ratbarf wrote:I don't know, the one thing I hate about being tall is that I sometimes accidentily see over the stalls in public bathrooms...

LOL

Just how tall are you Ratbarf?

I'm 6'5" and I don't think I've ever encountered that problem!

;-)

6'3" But all of the stalls in my school are 5'10"...

It gets mightily annoying sometimes. Right up there with writing on womens t-shirts.

IT TOOK ME AN HOUR TO READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you have way to much freetime^^

I'm 6'6" for the record.

I'm canadian.

I'm American.

I'm English

Orkeosaurus ~= WIN!

LoL, pure win Orkeosaurus :p

I'm English

I think the joke was that they have different flags on their profile thing in the corner.

However, Im both.