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Now look at this, "Marines-aren't-accurate-to-the-lore-in-the-table-top" guys





Edit: Sorry for the groxshite editting - forgot how to do posts :/

Yeah, this is the funny one with stuff like stunt doubles and ''super X weapons''

Not the current ''I want my dudes to be able to kill everything everyone on their own at all time because we're soooooooo cool and noone should be able to stand up to my awesomeness'' bullcrap that shows up every so often (and more and more nowadays >:c)

 Bobthehero wrote:
Yeah, this is the funny one with stuff like stunt doubles and ''super X weapons''

Not the current ''I want my dudes to be able to kill everything everyone on their own at all time because we're soooooooo cool and noone should be able to stand up to my awesomeness'' bullcrap that shows up every so often (and more and more nowadays >:c)

Bit bitter are we?

No I get it, I kinda posted this to point fun of people, because, you know, a lot of people want this. But, when it comes down to it, a game like this would be funny. The Space Marine (or Astra Militarum player, for that matter) are the "protagonist", and Protagonist have a goal to complete, which is usually something like "get in, fix something/rescue something, hold out until extraction", while the "antagonist" player plays Nids or Orks or Chaos or whatever. Then, the horde players could have a way to replenish their units, as to make it a fight of attrition to the Ant. player and a more tactical one to the Pro. player, while the Space Marine player basically uses four to six Hero class characters, who the Ant. players at most has one or two of (e.g. Nids could have the Broodlord as a blendermachine, Necrons could have the Lord be the focus of all synergy, so on).

I mean, it could be plenty fun, and very unorhodox.

I actually used it twice back when it came out (WD #300, right?). Won once, lost once. It would probably do even worse today, though.

Tau would stomp this that's for sure. Dark Eldar would have a lot of fun playing this as well.

Maybe I'll convince a friend to try it. Unfortunately I'd have to take the boots to him because of our last two games.

 The Wise Dane wrote:
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Bit bitter are we?

You have no idea...

But this is pretty funny.

The funny (sad) thing is that in the current meta their points values would be around 50 (90/120 for the Rhino/Razorback) and people still wouldnt play them.

 Sir Arun wrote:
The funny (sad) thing is that in the current meta their points values would be around 50 (90/120 for the Rhino/Razorback) and people still wouldnt play them.

I'd use these over Terminators for sure.

What movie are the ork clips from

Pain4Pleasure wrote:
What movie are the ork clips from

The intro to the original Dawn of War I believe - Most pics here are.

This looks awesome. I may have to try it out.

It should be kept in mind that these are exactly what they say they are "movie" marines, not "what Marines really should be Marines".

It was a tongue in cheek release in WD about a decade ago in 4th edition.

 Vaktathi wrote:
It should be kept in mind that these are exactly what they say they are "movie" marines, not "what Marines really should be Marines".

Yep, it's like "movie russians" not "what russians really are russians".

Now excuse me, i need to calm down my pet bear - he's drank too much vodka and is now dancing and playing balalaika too loud. Comrades complain their matryoshkas are falling off the shelves.

 koooaei wrote:

 Vaktathi wrote:
It should be kept in mind that these are exactly what they say they are "movie" marines, not "what Marines really should be Marines".

Yep, it's like "movie russians" not "what russians really are russians".

Now excuse me, i need to calm down my pet bear - he's drank too much vodka and is now dancing and playing balalaika too loud. Comrades complain their matryoshkas are falling off the shelves.

Exalted - You should have that last sentence as your sig

 koooaei wrote:

 Vaktathi wrote:
It should be kept in mind that these are exactly what they say they are "movie" marines, not "what Marines really should be Marines".

Yep, it's like "movie russians" not "what russians really are russians".

Now excuse me, i need to calm down my pet bear - he's drank too much vodka and is now dancing and playing balalaika too loud. Comrades complain their matryoshkas are falling off the shelves.

While using your Kalashnikov as a combination cooking utensil/chair?

 The Wise Dane wrote:

 koooaei wrote:

 Vaktathi wrote:
It should be kept in mind that these are exactly what they say they are "movie" marines, not "what Marines really should be Marines".

Yep, it's like "movie russians" not "what russians really are russians".

Now excuse me, i need to calm down my pet bear - he's drank too much vodka and is now dancing and playing balalaika too loud. Comrades complain their matryoshkas are falling off the shelves.

Exalted - You should have that last sentence as your sig

Citating myself would be a bit...i don't know. You could do it - i don't mind

I'm fine with someone deciding to run Movie Marines so long as I can run my Movie Eldar or Movie Daemons to fight them.

If I had known that a decade ago I would have ran a Movie Marine Army list back in 4th-5th ed.

 AnomanderRake wrote:
I'm fine with someone deciding to run Movie Marines so long as I can run my Movie Eldar or Movie Daemons to fight them.

So, WS1 BS1 T1 W1 A1 Ld 3 no saves?

 jreilly89 wrote:

 AnomanderRake wrote:
I'm fine with someone deciding to run Movie Marines so long as I can run my Movie Eldar or Movie Daemons to fight them.

So, WS1 BS1 T1 W1 A1 Ld 3 no saves?

You get a list based on a movie where you're the protagonist, I get a list based on a movie where I'm the protagonist. WS8/BS8 I8 on the Aspect Warriors and you can't draw line of sight to the Striking Scorpions.

 AnomanderRake wrote:

 jreilly89 wrote:

 AnomanderRake wrote:
I'm fine with someone deciding to run Movie Marines so long as I can run my Movie Eldar or Movie Daemons to fight them.

So, WS1 BS1 T1 W1 A1 Ld 3 no saves?

You get a list based on a movie where you're the protagonist, I get a list based on a movie where I'm the protagonist. WS8/BS8 I8 on the Aspect Warriors and you can't draw line of sight to the Striking Scorpions.

In what world? Everyone knows Space Marines are the only ones worthy of a movie

Vaktathi wrote:It should be kept in mind that these are exactly what they say they are "movie" marines, not "what Marines really should be Marines".

It was a tongue in cheek release in WD about a decade ago in 4th edition.

That said, it still explicitly mentions Marines being seven feet tall!

 koooaei wrote:

 The Wise Dane wrote:

 koooaei wrote:

 Vaktathi wrote:
It should be kept in mind that these are exactly what they say they are "movie" marines, not "what Marines really should be Marines".

Yep, it's like "movie russians" not "what russians really are russians".

Now excuse me, i need to calm down my pet bear - he's drank too much vodka and is now dancing and playing balalaika too loud. Comrades complain their matryoshkas are falling off the shelves.

Exalted - You should have that last sentence as your sig

Citating myself would be a bit...i don't know. You could do it - i don't mind

That's what I've done, but then again, I'm full of myself like that xD

On the thing about "Movie" armies - I'd absolutely love that. I mean, if I were to play a Movie Ork Army, I should be able to regenerate new Boy units when destroyed and call them in to swamp my enemy, Daemons should be less powerful in general than Marines, but more plentiful and do loads of damage in close combat - You could also make the army spawn more and more Daemons on the field, unless the enemy somehow stop them from doing so. Bloodletters could easily be WS 5 BS 0 S 5 T 5 W 2 then.

Yeah played this list just for fun.
Basically one squad of marines is your army.
The guy with the missile launcher is death incarnate.
It WAS fun with just how nasty they could be.
Reminded me of Ogre; a single or small number of models taking on a full force... glorious!

 Sir Arun wrote:
The funny (sad) thing is that in the current meta their points values would be around 50 (90/120 for the Rhino/Razorback) and people still wouldnt play them.

you have a point on the rhino/razorback, excluding the lascannon, but everything else seems accurately to under priced since these are HQ stat lines, with 3+ rerollable, ignoring instadeath, fleet, move through cover, infiltrate, ever attack is rending, army with buy-able ignore wounds, 36" base range, everything is assault is totaly worth 50 points. in summary quitcha bitchin