Which 40K race do you side with?
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Oooh! I wanna drive this one!Neotericity said:hahaha niceEpictank of Wintown said:
I think this answers my question fairly well.
<3 Imperial Guard.
But otherwise, I'd say I sympathize most with Chaos. Say what you like about their morals, methods, and meatshields, they're probably the race which would be most at home within a universe as fucked up as Warhammer 40k.
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!
Glory to the Imperium. Marines, then IG.
Do lovie me some Tau though. They and IG are about neck and neck for second favorite.
Do lovie me some Tau though. They and IG are about neck and neck for second favorite.
That's a Chaos Warrior from Warhammer Fantasy. Still, doesn't prevent it being an epic tattoo.Two Angels said:Chaos Space Marines of Nurgle. Just something so pleasing about all the damage that can be done to armour saves with a few upgrades.
Not mine but Epic 40K Tattoo:
orks. ghazkull is my homeboy and generally i just agree with their view on life, smash things and if its painted red it goes faster. oh and WAAAGH. chicks find a good WAAAGH such a turn on
Fenris Hjolda! I am a true son of Russ, a warrior of the All-father! A... Ok, you get the idea, I really like the Space Wolves, and play them on the tabletop.
If I were to collect a second army I think I'd go Orks. There's something strangely pure in their devotion to causing death and destruction.
If I were to collect a second army I think I'd go Orks. There's something strangely pure in their devotion to causing death and destruction.
Deamon Hunters
I'm in ur base with a base wirstmounted stormbolter and +2 stregth weapon and the fury of the emperor, killn ur doods and deamon gods
I'm in ur base with a base wirstmounted stormbolter and +2 stregth weapon and the fury of the emperor, killn ur doods and deamon gods
I love IG, they're just how I imagine the future of mankind, i.e 'hey we've got into space! oh shit, now what? we're not prepared for this!'
but also Thousand Sons and Iron Warriors, mainly because they look incredibly awesome and have great stories about them..
I love all the races in fairness, but those three are my tops =)
but also Thousand Sons and Iron Warriors, mainly because they look incredibly awesome and have great stories about them..
I love all the races in fairness, but those three are my tops =)
ive gotta love the Necrons, they have the ability to get anywhere almost instantly, they are very hard to kill, and they are purely omnicidal. although i do have a spot reserved in my heart for chaos.
Good question. This theory of mine will require a bit of explanation. Here we go:Death_Korps_Kommissar said:
And the galaxy shall run red as the blood of Eldanesh,
The Vaul-Moon shall bring forth the Dragon
The Master of Death shall drink deep from Isha's Eye
That Which Lies Outside will be drawn to the harvest
And the Jackal-God shall turn brother against brother.
-From "The Awakening", a prophecy by Farseer Lsathranil of Ulthanesh (this can be found on Lexicanum or in the current Necron Codex)
The prophecy obviously deals with the rise of the Necrons, and this stanza of it is of particular interest to me. It essentially describes the actions of the four remaining C'tan. It is from this stanza that we first got the clue that the Void Dragon is currently on Mars (the Vaul-Moon), and that the Outsider will be returning to the galaxy to take part in the Red Harvest of the Necrons.
This is where I picked up my theory that the Outsider is the architect of the Tyranids. The C'tan created the Necrons for one single purpose- to slay the living for the C'tan to feast off their life essence. The Necrons are perfect killing machines- soulless, merciless, and untiring. Their only job is to consume.
Consider the prophecy itself. "That Which Lies Outside will be drawn to the harvest". I don't have the exact dates for you, but I'm pretty sure that the first Tyranid hive fleets started arriving soon after the Necrons started waking up and beginning their omnicidal campaigns of slaughter. And aren't the Tyranids involved in an omnicidal campaign too? Eat everything else?
Compare the Necrons to the Tyranids, if you will. At first, they might seem to be polar opposties of each other- the Necrons are undead, and the Tyranids are very much alive. However, both races have just one purpose: to consume living matter. And both "races" are populated by nothing but perfect killers that pursue their duties via different roles, such as Wraiths and Destroyers for the Necrons, and Lichtors and Biovores for the Tyranids. Both races also use crushing numbers to destroy their enemies. They are really similar once you get past the fact that one is living and one is dead.
Now consider this: The Outsider is considered to be an insane C'tan. That insanity is another supporter for me. Would a C'tan in their right mind ditch their undying legions and leave the known galaxy to create a race of living killing machines? And perhaps, that insanity is how he can project himself on the untold trillions of Tyranids as the Hive Mind. Trillions upon trillions of bug's minds chittering in your mind would drive you insane... But what if you were insane to begin with?
Finally the actions and movements of the Tyranid Hive Fleets are of note. In the documented movements of Hive Fleet Leviathan, for example, the fleet took a course through which was a Necron Tomb World. The Hive Fleet didn't even bother getting close to it. They just moved on. Some would say that it was because the Tyranids could tell that there was nothing alive on that world. I think it was because their master told them not to interfere with his colleague's killing machines.
Once the Tyranids conquer a world, they erect gigantic spawning pools to which they take all the organic matter on that world to break it down into biofuel, the very essence of life. That biofuel is then taken aboard the motherships of the Hive Fleet to spawn into more Tyranids. But what would happen when the Tyranids have finished their mission? What if they succeed in subsuming all life in the galaxy? The size of the spawning pools at the end of it would be beyond imagining, filled with the very essence of life. The C'tan could then live off that soup for almost an eternity.
Maybe its all conjecture. Maybe its all a series of coincidences. I think that the galaxy is totally doomed if those unstoppable hordes are working for the same beings.
Thanks for reading if you made it this far! It's really interesting, eh?
