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Dakka does have White Knights and is also rather infamous for it's Black Knights. A new edition brings out the passionate and not all of them are good at expressing themselves in written form. There have been plenty of hysterical responses from both sides so far. So we descend into pointless bickering with neither side listening to each other. So posting here becomes more masturbation than conversation.
ERJAK wrote: Forcing a 40k player to keep playing 7th is basically a hate crime.
Galas wrote: 4 minutes? This video should be 5 minutes long. They don't know what they are doing.
Well played, sir.
blood reaper wrote: I will respect human rights and trans people but I will never under any circumstances use the phrase 'folks' or 'ya'll'. I would rather be killed by firing squad.
the_scotsman wrote: Yeah, when i read the small novel that is the Death Guard unit options and think about resolving the attacks from a melee-oriented min size death guard squad, the thing that springs to mind is "Accessible!"
Argive wrote: GW seems to have a crystal ball and just pulls hairbrained ideas out of their backside for the most part.
You're not. If you're worried about your opponent using 'fake' rules, you're having fun the wrong way. This hobby isn't about rules. It's about buying Citadel miniatures.
Please report to your nearest GW store for attitude readjustment. Take your wallet.
Nice Guard cosplay. Clunky Marine cosplay. Boring film though, tbh.
Stormonu wrote: For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
Yeah, it seemed to be a bit of a nothing sandwich, really.
blood reaper wrote: I will respect human rights and trans people but I will never under any circumstances use the phrase 'folks' or 'ya'll'. I would rather be killed by firing squad.
the_scotsman wrote: Yeah, when i read the small novel that is the Death Guard unit options and think about resolving the attacks from a melee-oriented min size death guard squad, the thing that springs to mind is "Accessible!"
Argive wrote: GW seems to have a crystal ball and just pulls hairbrained ideas out of their backside for the most part.
You're not. If you're worried about your opponent using 'fake' rules, you're having fun the wrong way. This hobby isn't about rules. It's about buying Citadel miniatures.
Please report to your nearest GW store for attitude readjustment. Take your wallet.
Thing is, "clunky" is exactly how power armour would be if taken literally. Its the same problem the Ultramarines animated film had "how do i get this armour to actually move and look like it could?"
It looks fine in static poses, but when you think about it, actually moving in the thing would be next to impossible.
Slightly more on topic, great acting from the guardsman, about what you`d expect from a marine given they are always described as being direct and seemingly without humanity to others (with the possible exception of the Space Wolves).
Pretty good I thought (though as a Tyranid player I was probably happier to see Hormagaunts).
I didn't need the marine, but frankly, the viewpoint character being a normal real human made this instantly magnitudes more interesting and relatable than any of the CGI marines yelling platitudes in booming voices while hacking things to pieces fan films that there have been floating about recently.
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The Marine is literally an angel answering to the prayers of the faithful. His appearance is more than appropriate.
I like the acting and the light, the latter perfectly sets the tone.
I loved this one.
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Kaiyanwang wrote: The Marine is literally an angel answering to the prayers of the faithful. His appearance is more than appropriate.
Like the acting and the light, the latter perfectly sets the tone.
I loved this one.
Yeah, narratively it works well. Though a SoB might have need thematically a better saviour.
Yeah, narratively it works well. Though a SoB might have need thematically a better saviour.
Can't argue with that
But they made a great job anyway. Hope for moar!
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Was very well done. Only criticism is the marine's movements being quite rigid, but that's more of a limitation of the costume.
"Courage and Honour. I hear you murmur these words in the mist, in their wake I hear your hearts beat harder with false conviction seeking to convince yourselves that a brave death has meaning.
There is no courage to be found here my nephews, no honour to be had. Your souls will join the trillion others in the mist shrieking uselessly to eternity, weeping for the empire you could not save.
To the unfaithful, I bring holy plagues ripe with enlightenment. To the devout, I bring the blessing of immortality through the kiss of sacred rot.
And to you, new-born sons of Gulliman, to you flesh crafted puppets of a failing Imperium I bring the holiest gift of all.... Silence."
- Mortarion, The Death Lord, The Reaper of Men, Daemon Primarch of Nurgle
Not bad. Acting was a bit "meh", and the lasgun is picked up as if it weighs nothing (i.e. a cosplay prop and not a proper 7-10 lb. rifle). Other than that...pretty fun.
Thing is, "clunky" is exactly how power armour would be if taken literally. Its the same problem the Ultramarines animated film had "how do i get this armour to actually move and look like it could?"
It looks fine in static poses, but when you think about it, actually moving in the thing would be next to impossible.
Slightly more on topic, great acting from the guardsman, about what you`d expect from a marine given they are always described as being direct and seemingly without humanity to others (with the possible exception of the Space Wolves).
Pretty good I thought (though as a Tyranid player I was probably happier to see Hormagaunts).
Eh, it looks pretty good in motion in Space Marine the video game. This cosplay is a bit on the clunky side, people have done better. My favourite would be Pileriud from Sweden:
The space marine cosplayer ruined it for me. In order to do marines right you either need a complex mixed CGI/prop suit similar to how Marvel does their Iron Man shots, or just go purely CGI/traditional animation with them as most fan films do. They just don't work in a live action physical costume sense because the costumes have no agility due to the wearer being on stilts. You can't even run in those cosplay suits due to your feet being in the shins - and running would just have you topple over and crush your expensive suit.
Should just leave it as Guardsmen vs Nids.
“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
I wasnt saying full frontal in HD lighting for the Xenos Just a bit more of them.
If you didnt look really closely you wouldnt even know they were Nids.
I thought it was an Ork Nob at first. I..e the lack of detail for them just made them feel "generic bad alien creature in the dark".
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By 1-irt: Still as long as Hissy keeps showing up this is one of the most entertaining threads ever.
The space marine cosplayer did a fine job, I think whether you like it or not depends on what your head cannon is about Space Marines. The lumbering, unstoppable force, or the fast moving more anime type of armored character.
I think my only bit of advice would be when the space marine cosplayer has his weapon lowered, it looks a bit off because he's holding it in a position that is comfortable for a normal sized human but looks a bit odd/to close to his leg for someone with space marine proportions. As someone who has a Space Marine suit it's very difficult to have proper body position awareness so it's usually not something you realize until you're looking at pictures later. It's also a bit of a catch 22, holding your weapons a bit more away from your body makes your already a bit to short arms seem shorter but looks more natural. It's difficult, the "life" sized armors usually look better when their arms are out stretched since it makes the short arms much less obvious.
Thing is, "clunky" is exactly how power armour would be if taken literally. Its the same problem the Ultramarines animated film had "how do i get this armour to actually move and look like it could?"
It looks fine in static poses, but when you think about it, actually moving in the thing would be next to impossible.
Slightly more on topic, great acting from the guardsman, about what you`d expect from a marine given they are always described as being direct and seemingly without humanity to others (with the possible exception of the Space Wolves).
Pretty good I thought (though as a Tyranid player I was probably happier to see Hormagaunts).
Eh, it looks pretty good in motion in Space Marine the video game. This cosplay is a bit on the clunky side, people have done better. My favourite would be Pileriud from Sweden:
Now that's a costume! Articulated P-fist and everything. Nice.
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