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I have heard of a few celebrities that were into D&D, but can't say the same about 40k. Does anyone know of any famous Warhammer players?
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I thought robin Williams played Eldar. He's more or less confirmed to play 40k as there is a video somewhere of him buying some stuff at an lgs. He's the only one I know for sure that plays.
I heard that Vin Diesel had a either a High Elves or Eldar army. No joke.
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Every Dakkanaught gets a 4+ Pinch of Salt save.
When you suffer a Falling Sky hit, roll a D6 - on a 4+ the hit is ignored as per the Pinch of Salt save. On a 1-3 panic insues - you automatically fail common sense tests for the next 2 weeks and get +7 to your negativity stat. -Praxiss
Deadshot wrote: I heard that Vin Diesel had a either a High Elves or Eldar army. No joke.
I thought it was Blood Angels? The tale I heard was he asked a GW to close for an hour so he could play a game without being hassled with his Blood Angels, but they refused.
Don't knowing it was himself or for his kids, but Damien Hirst used to spend quite a lot of cash on Warhammer back in the day when we had a proper FLGS rather than the pop up GW run by drones we're currently saddled with.
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Supposedly Will Smith plays, I think the story goes that Robin Williams got him into it or something. Supposedly there is a copy of White Dwarf on the table in a scene of Enemy of the State.
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Deadshot wrote: I heard that Vin Diesel had a either a High Elves or Eldar army. No joke.
I thought it was Blood Angels? The tale I heard was he asked a GW to close for an hour so he could play a game without being hassled with his Blood Angels, but they refused.
Deadshot wrote: I heard that Vin Diesel had a either a High Elves or Eldar army. No joke.
I thought it was Blood Angels? The tale I heard was he asked a GW to close for an hour so he could play a game without being hassled with his Blood Angels, but they refused.
I dunno about 40k, but I do know he plays D&D.
And he has his wizard's name tattooed somewhere. No troll.
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Deadshot wrote: I heard that Vin Diesel had a either a High Elves or Eldar army. No joke.
I thought it was Blood Angels? The tale I heard was he asked a GW to close for an hour so he could play a game without being hassled with his Blood Angels, but they refused.
I dunno about 40k, but I do know he plays D&D.
And he has his wizard's name tattooed somewhere. No troll.
He had a fake tattoo of it, during the filming of XxX.
GIve me a few decades and when I get famous with that next big book deal, I'll qualify for this post
Frankly with how well the BL books sell, I personally consider people like Graham McNeill and Dan Abnett (who writes some damn good stuff) to be up there in celeb status though maybe minor ones?
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Deadshot wrote: I heard that Vin Diesel had a either a High Elves or Eldar army. No joke.
I thought it was Blood Angels? The tale I heard was he asked a GW to close for an hour so he could play a game without being hassled with his Blood Angels, but they refused.
I dunno about 40k, but I do know he plays D&D.
Well, Vin Diesel even wrote a bit of stuff for Wizards of the Coast, like the foreword to Thirty Years of Adventure.
Erasoketa wrote:I saw recently this list in a Spanish wargaming blog.
Cargad.com wrote:*Angelina Jolie – Aficionada a los juegos de mesa. Algunos rumores sin confirmar (y que yo no creería) aseguran que tiene un ejército de Eldars Oscuros.
*Arnold Swarzenegger – Tiene un diorama delos Ultramarines en su casa.
*Ben Affleck – Jugador de Dungeons & Dragons.
*Billy Crystal – Dicen haberle visto jugando a 40k con su amigo Robin Williams. Según se comenta lleva Eldars.
*Brian May – Fue visto en un Games Day.
*Dalai Lama – Según cuenta en su autobiografía fue aficionado a los wargames en sus años mozos.
*Emmy Rossum – Colonos de Catan.
*Gary Oldman – Fue visto en el Games Day deLos Angeles. Le preguntaron y comentó que solo colecciona y pinta.
*H.G. Wells – Creó su propio wargame: Little Wars.
*Jason Mewes – El Jay de “Jay y Bob el Silencioso”. Aficionado a WH. Se dice que tiene un ejército de Condes Vampiro. Se rumorea que ha jugado con Kevin Smith.
*Jenna Fischer – Jugadora de Carcassone, Lost Cities y Bonhanza.
*Jennifer Lopez – Jugadora de Dungeons & Dragons. Sí, yo también lo he flipado, pero hay una referencia en el Manchester Evening News como fuente. Supongo que se aficionaría cuando estaba con Ben Affleck.
*John Hurt – Pinta miniaturas napoleónicas.
*Kirsten Dunst – Robin Williams le enseñó a jugar a WH40K cuando rodaron juntos Jumanji.
*Kirk Hammett - De Metallica. Fue jugador en la época de Rogue Trader.
*Marilyn Manson – Jugador de Dungeons & Dragons. En un programa de la MTV mostraron unos Orkos Espaciales cuando lo mencionó, pero aparentemente no tiene nada que ver.
*Mike Myers – Jugador de Dungeons & Dragons y aficionado a las miniaturas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
*Mila Kunis – Jugadora de Colonos de Catan y Navegantes de Catan, así como de Axis & Allies.
*Nathan Fillion – De las series Firefly y Castle. Jugador de rol.
*Peter Cushing – Coleccionista y pintor de miniaturas. Jugador de Little Wars.
*Peter Jackson – Coleccionista de miniaturas de la Primera Guerra Mundial.
*Robin Williams – Aficionado a los videojuegos. Jugador deWH, WH40K y Dungeons & Dragons. Tiene un ejército de Orkos Espaciales.
*Sandra Oh – Colonos de Catan.
*Steven Colbert – Jugador de Dungeons & Dragons. Apasionado deEl Señor delos Anillos.
*Vin Diesel – Gran aficionado a Dungeons & Dragons.
*Wil Wheaton – El archienemigo de Sheldon Cooper es jugador de Talisman (curiosamente los protagonistas de The Big Bang Theory aparecen jugando a Talisman en un episodio).
I wouldn't believe everything said on that list. Anyway, I'm posting here a brief translation FYI:
*Angelina Jolie – rumoured to play DE
*Arnold Swarzenegger – Has an Ultramarines diorama at home.
*Ben Affleck – Dungeons & Dragons player.
*Billy Crystal – He has been supposedly seen playing 40k Eldar with Robin Williams.
*Brian May – was saw at a Games Day.
*Dalai Lama – according to his autobiograph he was a wargamer in his teenages.
*Emmy Rossum – plays Settlers of Catan.
*Gary Oldman – saw in Los Angeles Games Day deLos Angeles.He was asked and answered that he jus collects and paints.
*H.G. Wells – Wrote his own wargame: Little Wars.
*Jason Mewes – it's been said he has a Vampire Counts army for WFB and played it with Kevin Smith.
*Jenna Fischer – plays Carcassone, Lost Cities and Bonhanza.
*Jennifer Lopez – plays Dungeons & Dragons. There is a quote of it in the Manchester Evening News. Probably got involved in the game when she and Ben Affleck had a relationship.
*John Hurt – paints Napoleonic minis.
*Kirsten Dunst – Robin Williams teached her to play WH40K when shooting Jumanji.
*Kirk Hammett - gamer in the Rogue Trader times.
*Marilyn Manson – plays Dungeons & Dragons. In a MTV show they showed some Ork minis, but that would be actually unrelated to Manson.
*Mike Myers – plays Dungeons & Dragons and collects WWII minis.
*Mila Kunis – plays Settlers of Catan and Sailors of Catan, as well as Axis & Allies.
*Nathan Fillion – RPG gamer.
*Peter Cushing – Historical minis collector and painter. Little Wars gamer.
*Peter Jackson – collects WWI minis.
*Robin Williams – videgamer and gamer of WFB, WH40K and Dungeons & Dragons. Owns a Space Orks army.
*Sandra Oh – Settlers of Catan.
*Steven Colbert – plays Dungeons & Dragons. Loves LOTR.
*Vin Diesel – Dungeons & Dragons.
*Wil Wheaton – plays Talisman (and the The Big Bang Theory characters play it in an episode).
Take all the salt you need, and my apologies if the translation isn't very good
chaos0xomega wrote: Supposedly Will Smith plays, I think the story goes that Robin Williams got him into it or something. Supposedly there is a copy of White Dwarf on the table in a scene of Enemy of the State.
There's a scene in which his character's kid is reading it.
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I think he was on one of the songs D-Rok (very 40k influenced 'house band' for GW back in the day) put out.
His kid played IIRC, and i'd not be shocked if he did too.
If i remember right he wasn't impressed by D-Rok's attitude..
This one. I grew up gaming to these guys..
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Chris Kluwe, the kicker for the Vikings, plays. There was an article in a sports magazine about him being an avid fan of WoW, as well as a picture of him painting models - the ones on his desk appeared to be Warmachine, however IIRC he was holding a Terminator Librarian. Not sure if he counts as a celebrity or not, but hey, close enough.
Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy plays, as well as Ray Torro and Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance.
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Subject: Re:Are there any known celebrity 40k fans?
DarkCorsair wrote: Brian Walsh, the kicker for the Vikings, plays. There was an article in a sports magazine about him being an avid fan of WoW, as well as a picture of him painting models - the ones on his desk appeared to be Warmachine, however IIRC he was holding a Terminator Librarian. Not sure if he counts as a celebrity or not, but hey, close enough.
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