Warhammer 40K

[Cornuthaum]

The tau empire will be the end of the Imperium!

If by "the end of the Imperium" you mean "delicious snack for the Tyranids that the Imperium has to hold off", then yes.

 

[voidseeker]

The tau empire will be the end of the Imperium!

If by "the end of the Imperium" you mean "delicious snack for the Tyranids that the Imperium has to hold off", then yes.

But the end just the same

 

[Raye_Terse]

He is become SPESS MEHREEN!

 

[Juubi]

I dare one of her abusive ex-boyfriends to come around. :evil2:

 

[ttestagr]

No love for 1st edition and the beakies?

 

[Chaos341]

 

[Ordo]

Question, I read the following on TV tropes and I am hoping it is the delusion of drunk fanboys and not something Games Workshop released in their latest codex.

About the new version of Grey Knights.

in the fifth edition codex to where the Grey Knights are naturally immune to Chaos and they can casually get away with using daemon weapons, daemonhosts, chaotic texts and harbour corrupt items without risk or retribution from the Inquisition. They're also now known for freely making deals with aliens and slaughtering loyal servants of the Emperor to smear their armour with their blood in order to defeat an artefact of the blood god Khorne.

Say it ain't so....

 

[A Curious Stranger]

They are now known for using Daemonic weapons due to their purity and inability to fall, and about the blood thing...

A convent of Sororitas were caretakers of an artifact that turns out to be, well, an artifact of Khorne. When it activates many of the Sisters go berserk and kill off the sane ones. When the Grey Knights arrive, they find the remaining sane survivors. Slaughter them all down to the last, before using their blood as a form of spiritual armor.

And <a href='http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kaldor_Draigo' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>this guy... (NSFW)</a>

 

[Ordo]

*Repeatedly thumps his head against a wall while chanting 'No no no'*

 

[Chaos341]

The fuck? Isn't all that shit the opposite of what the Grey Knights are?

 

[Ordo]

This get's worse, this Matt Ward guy has Blood Angels teaming up with Necrons to fight tyranids and then parting on friendly terms.....

That isn't possible....

All right some pics to wipe that from our minds.

 

[Ordo]

Good Lord...who let this idiot write a codex?

"Chapters [not descended from Guilliman's geneseed] are disciples who owe their genetic inheritance to another Primarch, but follow the Codex Astartes as keenly as their divergent heritage allows. While primarily composed of successor Chapters, this group also includes several Chapters of the First Founding - notably the Imperial Fists, White Scars and the Raven Guard. These chapters can never be Ultramarines, for their gene-seed is not that of Roboute Guilliman. Nevertheless, they will ever aspire to the standards and teachings of the great Primarch.

[Chapters who do not emulate the Ultramarines] are aberrants; chapters who, through quirk of gene-seed, mutation or stubbornness, eschew the Codex Astartes in favor of other structural and combat doctrines. Some, such as the Blood Angels and their successors, strive to be worthy of Guilliman's legacy, but their recalcitrant gene-seed drives them ever further from it. Others, such as the Space Wolves and the Black Templars, remain stubbornly independent, looking to their own founder's ways of war and caring little of how they fare in the eyes of others. These aberrant Chapters were always few in number and their presence diminishes with each passing decade, for their gene-seed is no longer the source of fresh Chapters." - Matt Ward, Ultramarines player, codex writer (unfortunately). (Also note that the Black Templars actually outnumber the Ultramarines at a ratio of at least 6:1)

"Indeed, it was Guilliman who would have the greatest lasting effect upon the now leaderless Blood Angels. Through the Codex Astartes - that great treatise on the restructuring and ordering of the Space Marines - Guilliman's legacy would reshape the Blood Angels Legion into the Chapters that defend the Imperium to this day." - Matt Ward, Ultramarines player, codex writer.

"[The Ultramarines] are one of the hardest working chapters out there... The Ultramarines are the most focused, proficient, and tactically aware force in the galaxy..." - Matt Ward, Ultramarines player, codex writer.

"The Ultramarines are undoubtedly the best Space Marines ever. Yes, really! Thanks to the heritage of Guilliman and their myriad heroic deeds, the Ultramarines are the exemplars of the Space Marines. With a few fringe exceptions... all Space Marine chapters want to be like the Ultramarines and recognize Marneus Calgar as their spiritual liege." - Matt Ward, Ultramarines player, codex writer.

 

[atlas_hugged]

Space Marines allying with xenos? What is this heresy?

 

[Ordo]

I might buy an alliance of conveniance with Eldar, but Necrons? The living embodiment of the Anti-life equation? That is not happening.

 

[Chaos341]

The Ultramarine wank above was truly astounding. It doesn't even make sense! Was that in a codex? If it was then what the fuck it wrong with the editors.

 

[Anonguy]

Good Lord...who let this idiot write a codex?

"Chapters [not descended from Guilliman's geneseed] are disciples who owe their genetic inheritance to another Primarch, but follow the Codex Astartes as keenly as their divergent heritage allows. While primarily composed of successor Chapters, this group also includes several Chapters of the First Founding - notably the Imperial Fists, White Scars and the Raven Guard. These chapters can never be Ultramarines, for their gene-seed is not that of Roboute Guilliman. Nevertheless, they will ever aspire to the standards and teachings of the great Primarch.

[Chapters who do not emulate the Ultramarines] are aberrants; chapters who, through quirk of gene-seed, mutation or stubbornness, eschew the Codex Astartes in favor of other structural and combat doctrines. Some, such as the Blood Angels and their successors, strive to be worthy of Guilliman's legacy, but their recalcitrant gene-seed drives them ever further from it. Others, such as the Space Wolves and the Black Templars, remain stubbornly independent, looking to their own founder's ways of war and caring little of how they fare in the eyes of others. These aberrant Chapters were always few in number and their presence diminishes with each passing decade, for their gene-seed is no longer the source of fresh Chapters." - Matt Ward, Ultramarines player, codex writer (unfortunately). (Also note that the Black Templars actually outnumber the Ultramarines at a ratio of at least 6:1)

"Indeed, it was Guilliman who would have the greatest lasting effect upon the now leaderless Blood Angels. Through the Codex Astartes - that great treatise on the restructuring and ordering of the Space Marines - Guilliman's legacy would reshape the Blood Angels Legion into the Chapters that defend the Imperium to this day." - Matt Ward, Ultramarines player, codex writer.

"[The Ultramarines] are one of the hardest working chapters out there... The Ultramarines are the most focused, proficient, and tactically aware force in the galaxy..." - Matt Ward, Ultramarines player, codex writer.

"The Ultramarines are undoubtedly the best Space Marines ever. Yes, really! Thanks to the heritage of Guilliman and their myriad heroic deeds, the Ultramarines are the exemplars of the Space Marines. With a few fringe exceptions... all Space Marine chapters want to be like the Ultramarines and recognize Marneus Calgar as their spiritual liege." - Matt Ward, Ultramarines player, codex writer.

Ultramarines? More like Ultramarysues am I right?

 

[knight_of_ni]

<a href='http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Ultramarines' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Ultramarines? (NSFW)</a> Eh...not at all, despite what the exposition states, even the Space Gypsies end up kicking more ass on the whole and their chapter master is a Khornate Psyker (lol, writers).

 

[ttestagr]

Matt Ward is probably more responsible for Ultramarines hate thanks to his moronic writing than actually getting them fans. Of course that may be how he wants it, so he gets to have them all to himself.

But that is hardly terrible, since he's just as bad with the rules as he is with the fluff. Think Deep Striking Land Raiders and flying Dreadnought Librarians.

 

[Zetas]

Matt Ward is probably more responsible for Ultramarines hate thanks to his moronic writing than actually getting them fans. Of course that may be how he wants it, so he gets to have them all to himself.

But that is hardly terrible, since he's just as bad with the rules as he is with the fluff. Think Deep Striking Land Raiders and flying Dreadnought Librarians.

Ward is fucking retarded, today was the first time i saw some of his Smurf-wanking and i immediately wanted to punch him in the face. I swear t'god he's the male version of Stephenie Meyer and high off his own stench and such.

 

[Ordo]

 

[atlas_hugged]

So, with the recent release of Space Marine, my interest has been peaked again. So I have to ask you, what's your favorite chapter/warband?

I don't know much about chaos (though that's gonna change, because their armor looks better than the Space Marine's imo in game), but I do have a soft spot in my heart for the Blood Ravens from the chapter side.

 

[A Curious Stranger]

IRON WITHIN! IRON WITHOUT!

I also have a fond spot for Thousand Sons and the Night Lords. Oh, and I can't forget the Alpha Legion of course.

From the Loyalist side, Raven Guard, Black Templars, and a few fan created Chapters.

 

[atlas_hugged]

Angry Marines?

 

[toraneko]

Loyalist: Salamanders, Iron Hands, Black Templars, Imperial Fists, Grey Knights. Minor love for Blood Ravens, but I'll admit that it's entirely because I like the Dawn of War games.

Traitor: Thousand Sons, Alpha Legion.

Special mention: Iron Snakes, a chapter created by Dan goddamn Abnett. They are pretty awesome, for what little time they're seen in fluff.

 

[Ordo]

Pre-Heresy: "The people of Fenris" more commonly known as the Space Wolves, The Alpha Legion, The Luna Wolves and the Thousand Sons.

Post-Heresy: The Grey Knights, The Blood Angels, and The Raven Guard.

Honorable Mention: The Death Watch