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I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
Tiberias wrote: I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
As I understand it, the Rogue Trader-era Custodes wore only loincloths and wielded halberds / spears. This kinda got blended in with the oiled-up, bronzed Spartans from 300, leading to the current meme.
Tiberias wrote: I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
Tiberias wrote: I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
As I understand it, the Rogue Trader-era Custodes wore only loincloths and wielded halberds / spears. This kinda got blended in with the oiled-up, bronzed Spartans from 300, leading to the current meme.
Ah that makes sense, the artwork back then was hilariously over the top in the best way possible. Thanks.
Bwaahaha, this is hysterical. I thought GW truly made awsome models in recent years, especially the custodes, but they clearly were at their prime in the 80s.
Tiberias wrote: I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
As I understand it, the Rogue Trader-era Custodes wore only loincloths and wielded halberds / spears. This kinda got blended in with the oiled-up, bronzed Spartans from 300, leading to the current meme.
No, they got mixed up with these dudes (who are a pretty big meme on their own):
Tiberias wrote: I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
Idiotic Youtube series that people are too dumbfeth to realise is satire.
Yeah, I fething hate 40k memes...
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Tiberias wrote: I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
Idiotic Youtube series that people are too dumbfeth to realise is satire.
Yeah, I fething hate 40k memes...
I agree that memes can get out of hand, but the old rogue traider artwork already presented in the thread by others would suggest those artworks as the primary source, would it not? I know people often overdo it with stuff like this, but I don't think anyone ever took this seriously and it was almost certainly always considered satire was it not?
I mean it could also be argued that those old artworks are objectively really bad, but I think they are bad in an endearing way. At least for me part of the charme of the early stages of 40k comes primarily through the lore and those ridiculously exaggerated artworks. So I guess I don't care about those memes, even though they ridicule the faction I am primarily playing, because the artworks that spawned those memes are just part of the design history of my faction.
Also if we're being totally honest it has to be said that the current, modern custodes are also ridiculous in their own way in both their artwork and models. I mean I love them, but they are essentially better, even more beefy, utterly blinged out space marines with completely impractical swords that also shoot mini rockets.
Tiberias wrote: I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
Idiotic Youtube series that people are too dumbfeth to realise is satire.
Yeah, I fething hate 40k memes...
I agree that memes can get out of hand, but the old rogue traider artwork already presented in the thread by others would suggest those artworks as the primary source, would it not? I know people often overdo it with stuff like this, but I don't think anyone ever took this seriously and it was almost certainly always considered satire was it not?
Yes. The oil and leather pants predates youtube by several decades.
Custodes were a silly footnote in the 40k background that modern GW designers rather foolishly decided to take seriously as even-more-better-ultra-mega-marines.
Tiberias wrote: I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
Idiotic Youtube series that people are too dumbfeth to realise is satire.
Wot? It's basically non-stop jokes and constant shots at every GW character, ever.
And note that - as far as I can tell - every character they use is pulled straight out of official GW art, oddly posed custodes and all.
Tiberias wrote: I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
Idiotic Youtube series that people are too dumbfeth to realise is satire.
Yeah, I fething hate 40k memes...
I agree that memes can get out of hand, but the old rogue traider artwork already presented in the thread by others would suggest those artworks as the primary source, would it not? I know people often overdo it with stuff like this, but I don't think anyone ever took this seriously and it was almost certainly always considered satire was it not?
Yes. The oil and leather pants predates youtube by several decades.
Custodes were a silly footnote in the 40k background that modern GW designers rather foolishly decided to take seriously as even-more-better-ultra-mega-marines.
I mean this is just my subjective opinion, but I think from a lore perspective, chris wraights watchers of the throne alone was reason enough for gw to expand custodes more, given how good that novel was. Was it necessary for them to get their own army? No, not really. We already had elite space marines, namely the grey knights, but I also think it's awsome that they did and from a modelling perspective I think they released some of the best kits in recent years for the custodes, namely the Wardens kit and the Custodian Guard kit.
Also I think their codex was rather well written for GW standards, so I personally don't think it was foolish to expand their lore and make them playable.
Tiberias wrote: I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech Device, Episode 7, 1:40 minutes in.
Tiberias wrote: I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech Device, Episode 7, 1:40 minutes in.
Tiberias wrote: I was just curious if someone could explain to me where the ever present meme of the oiled up, half naked custodes stems from. I've seen this multiple times now and I think its kinda hilarious, but I never really got where that came from.
Idiotic Youtube series that people are too dumbfeth to realise is satire.
Yeah, I fething hate 40k memes...
It's funny because 40k was originally satire with lots of jokes in it, then people started to take it too seriously around 2000-2010 and now we've come back round to it being silly again just in a different way from before.
