Which 40K race do you side with?
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Imperial guard .... something uplifting about siding with regular humans. Trained barely, given little support, equipped poorly .... yet expected to take on the worst of the worst across the galaxy.
Back when I actually played the tabletop games, I was all for Necrons. GO AHEAD AND KILL THEM, THEY JUST STAND BACK UP.
But nowadays I'd probably go for the Tyranids.
But nowadays I'd probably go for the Tyranids.
I have a dust box of eldar somewhere around here and they're lore seems kinda cool plus they have the most wicked mechs and "scooters" xD
When I first planned to get an army I bought a Blood Angel Army on Ebay but the asshole didn't send me them cause I got them for like $80 less then he wanted to sell them for =[
I mostly like painting them anyway so whatever is fine by me...
When I first planned to get an army I bought a Blood Angel Army on Ebay but the asshole didn't send me them cause I got them for like $80 less then he wanted to sell them for =[
I mostly like painting them anyway so whatever is fine by me...
Tau:
"Sure if you give up enslave and we'll sterilize you all and you have to work in factorys creating weapons to errmmm....spread the greater good but its a whole lot better than laser acid melting death right?
High five!...anyone....anyone..."
Silly hypocrits.
"Sure if you give up enslave and we'll sterilize you all and you have to work in factorys creating weapons to errmmm....spread the greater good but its a whole lot better than laser acid melting death right?
High five!...anyone....anyone..."
Silly hypocrits.
"For the Greater Good." Out of all the multifarious factions of the WH40K universe, the T'au seem to me to be the lesser of all evils. Not quite 100% good, but not overtly omnicidal either. And with their rate of technological progress, I think that there's a good chance they'll become pretty much all-powerful given time.
Tyranids and orkz appeal to me. Tyranids because it was a unique idea to me when I first encountered them, and Da Boyz 'cause of dakka. I recently started building an ork army with my mate's unwanted Boyz and am enjoying the lack of uniformity. I also enjoyed cutting off the hand of one boy then regluing it sideways so he could hold it "gangster". I amuse myself with small mods like that.
Try as I might not to get sucked into the hobby, I've failed miserably and now have an Ork army of my own. Despite being fun to model since the restrictions on what they can look like is looser than other armies, I don't identify with them that much. They're all violence and tests of toughness, crushing the weak and laughing. That sounds to me like a frat boy with no moral code.
I connect myself with Eldar, in that I understand where they're coming from. They're living in the shadow of the greatest galaxy-spanning empire that's ever been, but they've fallen and are on the run from their self-created demonic adversary. They still see themselves as just better than everyone else, throwing away millions of lives willy-nilly in order to save their own skinny hides. Why not? The lower races will never experience what an Eldar can experience in a minute, but they may very well be immortal on top of that. Only unnatural deaths seem to end them.
But then there's Chaos, and while a great number of the Chaos Space Marines look and act stupid, among their ranks are people I can see myself in. Sorcerers pursue knowledge to the exclusion of all else, doing whatever horrible things it takes to get said knowledge. The Flawless Host desire to become experts in all things, immortal, beautiful, brilliant and deadly, and sometimes succeed. Would I risk torture to unlock immortality, limitless power and the reverence of billions? Hell yes! Let the sheep follow their Golden Shepherd, I'd rather be the wolf.
I connect myself with Eldar, in that I understand where they're coming from. They're living in the shadow of the greatest galaxy-spanning empire that's ever been, but they've fallen and are on the run from their self-created demonic adversary. They still see themselves as just better than everyone else, throwing away millions of lives willy-nilly in order to save their own skinny hides. Why not? The lower races will never experience what an Eldar can experience in a minute, but they may very well be immortal on top of that. Only unnatural deaths seem to end them.
But then there's Chaos, and while a great number of the Chaos Space Marines look and act stupid, among their ranks are people I can see myself in. Sorcerers pursue knowledge to the exclusion of all else, doing whatever horrible things it takes to get said knowledge. The Flawless Host desire to become experts in all things, immortal, beautiful, brilliant and deadly, and sometimes succeed. Would I risk torture to unlock immortality, limitless power and the reverence of billions? Hell yes! Let the sheep follow their Golden Shepherd, I'd rather be the wolf.
I love the 40K universe, I used to play the tabletop but it's too time consuming, both the game itself and I have nowhere near enough patience for all that painting. I love Dawn of War and the vast amounts of fluff though.
I'm a sucker for tragedy and I have a fetish for Elves so I have to go with the Craftworld Eldar. Ruled the galaxy, spent more time developing their fetishes than was clearly healthy, accidentally birthed a god who fed on pleasure and pain and would consume their souls upon death, forced to flee their home worlds and have basically been on the run ever since. Not to mention doomed to die because they can't reproduce fast enough but are determined to keep fighting their enemies. Their haughty, arrogant, beautiful, near-immortal, and they have the best library ever!
I'm a sucker for tragedy and I have a fetish for Elves so I have to go with the Craftworld Eldar. Ruled the galaxy, spent more time developing their fetishes than was clearly healthy, accidentally birthed a god who fed on pleasure and pain and would consume their souls upon death, forced to flee their home worlds and have basically been on the run ever since. Not to mention doomed to die because they can't reproduce fast enough but are determined to keep fighting their enemies. Their haughty, arrogant, beautiful, near-immortal, and they have the best library ever!
