Which 40K race do you side with?
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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?
a Space Marine of some flavor, choas or not, would be for the stabby shoot , i dun have to think to hard, just blow stuff up game play moments
if the Inquisition is avable then one of the Sisters of Battle, becuase there awsome
or, Tyranids, cuase again, there awsome, any race that can grow a gun for an arm is worth playing XD
if the Inquisition is avable then one of the Sisters of Battle, becuase there awsome
or, Tyranids, cuase again, there awsome, any race that can grow a gun for an arm is worth playing XD
I have a real soft spot for the Imperial Guard, especially the Catachan models...who needs flak armour, I'm gonna take on that Carnifex wearing a wife beater and some cargo trousers! However, aside from the odd few models, I haven't been able to build a guard Army due to it being so ridiculously expensive. I made an Infantry heavy armylist a while back and discovered it would be well over £500.
Deep down though, Chaos are my favourite. Superhumans who fell due to their humanity. You can make them spit acid and give them an extra heart, but you can't take away the pride, anger, greed and jealousy which turn men on each other. Night Lords, Iron Warriors, Death Guard and to a lesser extent the Word Bearers all really appeal to me. Last I heard though, unless you took a certain list they sucked, which put me off, seeing as I like "fluffy" army lists and a Lash Whip Demon prince with 9 Obliterators or whatever the crazy overpowered list was, just doesn't feel right.
Deep down though, Chaos are my favourite. Superhumans who fell due to their humanity. You can make them spit acid and give them an extra heart, but you can't take away the pride, anger, greed and jealousy which turn men on each other. Night Lords, Iron Warriors, Death Guard and to a lesser extent the Word Bearers all really appeal to me. Last I heard though, unless you took a certain list they sucked, which put me off, seeing as I like "fluffy" army lists and a Lash Whip Demon prince with 9 Obliterators or whatever the crazy overpowered list was, just doesn't feel right.
Imperial Guard. Mainly because their buildings actually look like the kind of buildings you'd see on a battle field. Plus they remind me of the pill-box gun nests dotted around the UK from the WWII which is kinda cool.
Oh and their artillery is just flat out awesome. I want a Basilisk on my driveway!
Oh and their artillery is just flat out awesome. I want a Basilisk on my driveway!
Tyranids! You get to travel, Destroy, Kill, Eat then Breed, and repeat. It dont get no better than that.
Friken awesome, also that sword probably does more damage then the tank.Epictank of Wintown said:
I think this answers my question fairly well.
<3 Imperial Guard.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHH!
Oh, and Chaos space marines, specifically the Alpha Marines. I just love the background behind them. I've even considered making a "loyalist" Alpha Legion army using the Space Marine Codex.
And I would also like a remake of Daemonhunters and Witchhunters (even if they just lump them
and Ordo Xenos together as the Inquition).
Oh, and Chaos space marines, specifically the Alpha Marines. I just love the background behind them. I've even considered making a "loyalist" Alpha Legion army using the Space Marine Codex.
Hear, hear! The Space Marines ALWAYS get all the new updates before anyone else. The Necrons and Dark Eldar haven't had a Codex remake since 3rd edition. Instead they decided to remake the Space Marine Codex TWICE and create several coexs for irregular Chapters (Black Templar, Dark Angels, Space Wolves, and Blood Angels). Although I think that they were "discontinuing" the Dark Eldar (not sure, I've heard that they might remake them soon) but the Necrons didn't even get a remake in the last edition. Stupid Space Marines hogging all the attention. Grumble, grumble, grumble.Arashiofordo3 said:
And I would also like a remake of Daemonhunters and Witchhunters (even if they just lump them
and Ordo Xenos together as the Inquition).
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The Tau seem to be the one race that isn't completely evil, and appears to have the best chance of not being horrifically murdered. Also, they get rail-guns mounted on mechs.
