FMA in the Warhammer 40K Universe

**wetware** · Posted On: 6/23/2012 7:57pm

I think my favorite series by Abnett is the Ravenor series.

That said... I read Brotherhood of the Snake the other day. It was good times, but it makes me want to get back into 40k. Which would be futile, since no one I know around here plays. I suppose I could go to the game store and do some pick up games... but damn there's some oddball motherfuckers there. I usually just go in, get the books and minis I want and scurry out before someone starts about radio transmissions being picked up by their teeth warning them about the end of the world.

**Styygens** · Posted On: 6/23/2012 10:25pm

Originally Posted by wetware

.I suppose I could go to the game store and do some pick up games... but damn there's some oddball motherfuckers there. I usually just go in, get the books and minis I want and scurry out before someone starts about his deadly ninja skills.

Fixed that for you.

**SARS_Attacks** · Posted On: 6/23/2012 10:48pm

Never got into the table top game, myself. I was introduced to WH40K via Dawn of War. I honestly don't think I'm nerdy enough to do the table top game.

**SARS_Attacks** · Posted On: 6/23/2012 10:50pm

Originally Posted by Stu-Jitsu

Everybody says the 'Nids are like bugs, but I distinctly remember an article in WD in which Rick Priestley says they were inspired by dinosaurs.

They seem like a cross between both, really.

**Jim_Jude** · Posted On: 6/23/2012 11:46pm

as far as WH40k goes, the RPG and the novels are distinctly different animals. I don't go in for all of the miniature stuff, & very few people I know who are into on are into the other, even a little.

**lordbd** · Posted On: 6/24/2012 12:00am

Dawn of war was my first intro too. I was kinda pissed that I couldn't focus on building cities and ****

**Bondzy** · Posted On: 6/24/2012 1:10am

If you go back through, a lot of the early BL (Black library) stuff has direct references to either specific styles or famous practitioners. In one of the early Ciaphas Kane stories he mentions his fencing teacher is a dude by the name of Pierre Francoise Miyaomoto, no idea why the author gave him a french first name though.

also, just because : 7 days till 6th ed!!!

**wetware** · Posted On: 6/24/2012 1:19am

Originally Posted by Styygens

Fixed that for you.

Yeah... OK... so that actually has happened, too. I won't lie. But around here it's usually chunners.

**Kovacs** · Posted On: 6/24/2012 3:23am

Originally Posted by SARS_Attacks

They seem like a cross between both, really.

They are now but the original Genestealers were so based on the Alien.

**SARS_Attacks** · Posted On: 6/24/2012 8:10pm

The more I read about the Imperium of Man, the more I start to dislike them. Corrupt ass xenophobes. Out of all the races, though, I like the Tau the most...they seem less douchey than the rest of them.