What Conversion Makes You Cringe Harder?

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**htj**

Crimson wrote:
htj wrote:I'm more irked by fluff warping armies, myself. Yes, Chaos Tau could happen, but it's such a bloody obvious thing to to. New gamers often think that it'd be cool to take an army and make it 'Chaos' by sticking some spikes on it and painting it black. It's tedious, and it's trite, and it's been done to death. A genuinely well reasoned and well executed traitor army could be very cool, but 99% of them seem to be 'choas gray knitghs,' because kids think evil equals awesome. Blegh.

But this is just because 90% of everything is crap. It does not mean the concept itself is unworkable.

Hence why I said:

htj wrote:A genuinely well reasoned and well executed traitor army could be very cool

...but it rarely is. Most people who have the talent tend to put their time into other things, it seems.

**Lord Rogukiel**

htj wrote:
Brother SRM wrote:
Ma55ter_fett wrote:I find "The big bang theory tv show" cringe worthy. I know some really intelligent people whose opinion I respect love it a lot, and that’s ok… even intelligent people can be wrong at times.

The Big Bang Theory is nerd blackface. It's just a generic gakky sitcom with some random nerd references shoehorned in there. Loathsome program.

That's exactly it. You've really hit the nail on the head there. I hate that show.

Add me on the list of people who hate that insult to physics.

As for the topic, I voted MLP, because whilst my reaction to chaos tau would probably be of the order of

, my reaction to MLP would be more what the

?

**Rochronos**

This thread is a Troll Poll.

But still.

MLP is LAME! You wanna do a 'fun' army in the Grimdark far future...Orks. Nuff said.
These four-legged fools sully all that is Chaos!

Enough on the fluff.

Game wise, who cares? They all bleed red... or Rainbow... or whatever.

**phantommaster**

Brother SRM wrote:

these tau of the dishounerd sept are darkened by chaos like no tau have before them due to massive over exposure to the warp. they lost there honour by attacking a space marine world just to spite them to prove they were more powerful only did they not win they were banished into the warp by the ultramarines who had just been passing by. years spent in the warp changed them beyond belief there strength grew there weapons were stronger but at a cost little known to the tau the chaos gods had been gifting them making them stronger faster and giving them huge longevity whispering into there minds twisting them these "gifts" were not out of kindness i doubt chaos gods understand a thing but they tools to let the tau do what the chaos gods fed of pure and utter destruction and chaos to spite the world and after they came out of the eye of terror after 1000s of years they were unrecognisable to there kin
they existed only for "the greater good of the chaos gods!

MLP Marines annoy me a little, but honestly I couldn't care less if I don't have to see them. This ^ irritates me, the Punctuation Police should have got this one.

**shad0wen**

man i thought my 'hello kitty' chaos army was too much when i brought it to my GW store a few years back(hehe got so much hate for that ^_^)

**DaemonJellybaby**

I cringe at threads like this.

**SagesStone**

phantommaster wrote:
Brother SRM wrote:

these tau of the dishounerd sept are darkened by chaos like no tau have before them due to massive over exposure to the warp. they lost there honour by attacking a space marine world just to spite them to prove they were more powerful only did they not win they were banished into the warp by the ultramarines who had just been passing by. years spent in the warp changed them beyond belief there strength grew there weapons were stronger but at a cost little known to the tau the chaos gods had been gifting them making them stronger faster and giving them huge longevity whispering into there minds twisting them these "gifts" were not out of kindness i doubt chaos gods understand a thing but they tools to let the tau do what the chaos gods fed of pure and utter destruction and chaos to spite the world and after they came out of the eye of terror after 1000s of years they were unrecognisable to there kin
they existed only for "the greater good of the chaos gods!

MLP Marines annoy me a little, but honestly I couldn't care less if I don't have to see them. This ^ irritates me, the Punctuation Police should have got this one.

I like some of the responses they got there.

It's about as likely as a Khorne bezerker sleeping with a pink fluffy bear with a love heart on it's chest.

Oh and should be worth noting that after being shot down by everyone they changed to being just the Tau's possessed armour.

Though cool chaos Tau exists out there... somewhere. There's just very little.

That's actually about it, there was one other picture but being on Photobucket it has vanished. Even then I think that may just be "Chaos, Tau" and not "Chaos Tau".

**DarthOvious**

I voted MLP. Honestly, it would just be too weird. I think I would rather have my eye poked out by a pencil than have to look at and play against an army themed around My Little Pony.

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Testify wrote:Considering in the UK My Little Pony is regarded as a show aimed at 4 year old girls, it utterly baffles me.

Its an american thing.

**liquidjoshi**

Not really. There are enough supporters here.

I don't care quite honestly. Do what you want with your army; odds are, you're not in charge of GWs fluff department.

**SagesStone**

No one is.

**DarthOvious**

infinite_array wrote:
Cryonicleech wrote:
I can't think of a single conversion army that would make me cringe.

Really? I seem to remember a certain Dakka poster who painted miniatures with his own body fluids and modeled them in... interesting (i.e., phallus-involving) situations.

That kind of stuff points 'chaos tau' and ponies to shame.

WTF???????

Honestly? Are you telling me this guy used his own phallus fluid to paint his amry? Thats incredibly sick.

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RicBlasko wrote:
DPBellathrom wrote:. If you find it really offensive then point it out politely as maybe someone over looked the fact that a Nazi themed IG army might not go down so well and suggest that the fewer iconography the better.

As a Jew...I laugh my ass off seeing a little Hitler mod for Officer, and thought the great coats, and arm bands looked spot on. I didnt get to kill any of them Nancys, but I did think it looked very, very good. I even suggested the female Commisar model would look good added to it. We joked around that next he should do a KKK White Scares army.
The only way it would bother me, is if the player was talking trash in theme with the army.

Probably his way of trying to show how he thinks the imperium are like Nazi's.

**LordofRust**

Having a few Chaos Tau myself, it's gotta be MLP.

But, honestly, Chaos Tau is a tricky subject. Minimal warp presence means they won't get as noticed by Daemons and such, so tentacles and mutations are silly on them. But Tau that have simply gone completely insane (gazing into the truth of the Warp or what not), decorating their armour with skulls and spikes and following a Chaos Warlord into battle makes perfect sense to me. People say Tau are immune to Chaos, but they're just resistant to the Warp; they can still go insane, they can still fill with bloodlust, and they can still follow a Chaos Warband if they're truly crazy enough. Influence and possession and two different things that many seem to struggle with...

Really, I've got no issue with MLP. To each their own. But with the choice on offer, they twist my gears more than Chaos Tau.

**G00fySmiley**

I'm in the its hard to make me cringe dept.

I am also in the if they took the time and effort to model and paint each one appropriatly i can respect the effort put into the models. and as with others i will appreciate seeing a painted army on the table instead of poorly put together models with mold lines often not even base coated.

if somebody came into my flgs with nicely done mlp marines or hello kitty marines and somebody else came in and was railing on them abotu it i can pretty much guaruntee we'd all be on the side of the mlp /kitty marine or chaos tau players side. lert them paint and play with thier toys how they want to and i'd happily play them.. let my savae orks test thier metal agains sparkles and rainbows... sure why not.

**Drk_Oblitr8r**

Neither...

Tzeentch is crazy.

**sudojoe**

I personally would happily play with any of the crazy conventions above. I've seen everything from radioactive orks to gundam marines so hey w/e works.

**Grugknuckle**

Suffer not the ponies to live.

**VikingScott**

Either is better than the hordes of grey unpainted models I see often enough.

Either would have a uniform look and not look like you threw your models in various buckets of paint and hoped for the best.

Basically, as long as I don't have to listen to you prattle on about either I don't care. Joke armies are pretty funny. More so for me since I know I didn't spend the money doing it.

Oh and for those complaining about say: 'Nazi' IG, how do you feel about FoW players?

**d3m01iti0n**

Anything involving grown males and My Little Pony is cringeworthy.

**Crimson**

d3m01iti0n wrote:Anything involving grown males and My Little Pony is cringeworthy.

Sounds like someone is insecure about their masculinity...

**d3m01iti0n**

Crimson wrote:
d3m01iti0n wrote:Anything involving grown males and My Little Pony is cringeworthy.

Sounds like someone is insecure about their masculinity...

I always wondered why I avoided the pink aisles at Toys R Us, but thanks to your keenly-honed psychiatric skills I now understand.

**Crimson**

d3m01iti0n wrote:
I always wondered why I avoided the pink aisles at Toys R Us, but thanks to your keenly-honed psychiatric skills I now understand.

You're welcome!

**Horst**

Ailaros wrote:MLP is worse. Chaos tau are pretty bad, but at least it fits within the same game as 40k.

MLP is an awful crossover. It's about as bad as somebody modelling George W. Bush as their chapter master and saying that in a couple of years he will fall into the warp and in the far future go on to be a space marine.

That sounds... incredibly badass.

**Jimsolo**

A) I want a Dubya head for a conversion bit now, and B) I voted for Pony Marines.

I think that the Chaos Tau represent a divergent view on the fluff, albeit one not shared by me (or, I believe, the majority of those who are familiar with the appropriate background). Nevertheless, still an in-universe idea.

The Pony Marines, on the other hand, represent a silly joke taken far too far. I just can't see spending that kind of money recreating an Internet joke that wasn't all that funny to begin with.

**Horst**

Jimsolo wrote:A) I want a Dubya head for a conversion bit now, and B) I voted for Pony Marines.

I think that the Chaos Tau represent a divergent view on the fluff, albeit one not shared by me (or, I believe, the majority of those who are familiar with the appropriate background). Nevertheless, still an in-universe idea.

The Pony Marines, on the other hand, represent a silly joke taken far too far. I just can't see spending that kind of money recreating an Internet joke that wasn't all that funny to begin with.

I can totally see a squad of pony marines, as kind of a troll thing to include in your army for fun.

A whole army of them though... ugh.

**Red Comet**

None of those conversions make me cringe, but what does make me cringe are conversions that are terribly made. I don't mind what it is so long as its well done.

**Scott**

I only cringe at crap conversions and poor painting.

Not a fan of MLP, but whatever - they're not my minis....

**DarthOvious**

d3m01iti0n wrote:
Crimson wrote:
d3m01iti0n wrote:Anything involving grown males and My Little Pony is cringeworthy.

Sounds like someone is insecure about their masculinity...

I always wondered why I avoided the pink aisles at Toys R Us, but thanks to your keenly-honed psychiatric skills I now understand.

**DeathReaper**

DarthOvious wrote:I voted MLP. Honestly, it would just be too weird. I think I would rather have my eye poked out by a pencil than have to look at and play against an army themed around My Little Pony.

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Testify wrote:Considering in the UK My Little Pony is regarded as a show aimed at 4 year old girls, it utterly baffles me.

Its an american thing.

No, in America My Little Pony is regarded as a show aimed at 4 year old girls as well.

**DarthOvious**

DeathReaper wrote:
DarthOvious wrote:I voted MLP. Honestly, it would just be too weird. I think I would rather have my eye poked out by a pencil than have to look at and play against an army themed around My Little Pony.

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Testify wrote:Considering in the UK My Little Pony is regarded as a show aimed at 4 year old girls, it utterly baffles me.

Its an american thing.

No, in America My Little Pony is regarded as a show aimed at 4 year old girls as well.

True, but I know a lot more people from America who follow it than I do British people. I wasn't really clear in my reply there.

**Manchu**

z6imm wrote: In the decades I've played this game I have seen two female players armies. Both of them are up in this thread for the worst things you can do.

So ... this is argument that women shouldn't play 40k? I have to disagree. Plenty of women are capable of making reasonable armies.

z6imm wrote:Both of them I would place in the best looking armies I have ever seen.

LOL sorry but that's an example of a self-invalidating opinion. The Chaos Tau thing is hard enough to buy but a MLP army is one of the best you've ever seen?