Warhammer 40,000 Thread

[Finarfin]

Given that we have several users here at the HQ who enjoy Warhammer, it seems there's no dedicated thread for focused discussions on this topic:
I HEREBY CLAIM THIS PART OF THE HQ IN THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR!
Here you can talk about everything warhammer, be it
1) Lore
2) Miniatures
3) Matches
4) Roleplays
5) Painting
6) Videogames


I would also like to add:
I had the idea to make a little event that all HQ members are free to participate in. The event is fairly simple:
Me and @maidenhaver have some minis that we will paint, I have 8 of them right now and Maidenhaver god knows how many and we will paint them in schemes that the HQ will bring forth.
Ofcourse anyone who would like to paint as well, is welcome and whenever you are done, you can post your finished minis here, no matter if they are amateurish or professionally done.

This is @maidenhaver thread in case anyone wants to check it out too:
viewtopic.php?t=2841-piles-of-shame

USER	COLOR SCHEME	CHAPTER NAME
@J1M	Gold/Copper	Aurum Cuprum Proeliators
@A Chinese opium den	Green/Red	Red Mantle Elites
@Kalarion	Blue/Gold/Silver	Brothers of the Turtle
@Reichspepe	Yellow/Black/Red	Eques Teutones
@Faceless_Sentinel	Yellow/Black/Red	Imperial Fists
@Stack of Turtles	Teal/Royal Purple	Adeptus Philisophicus
@Oyster Sauce	White/Orange	Pallid Claws
@gerey	Black/Gold/Red/White	Black Thorns
@Classix	White/Black/Red	Knights Templar

And with that we have our final color scheme. I'll prepare everything and then will start painting them.

[Brother Michael]

Darktide is a good game

[UltraFan123]

Finally got myself a copy of Rogue Trader by Owlcat yesterday, but when I tried to play it earlier today my decades-old DELL monitor died and I won't be able to play anything till I get myself a new one.

Playing CRPGs adapting a setting is my favorite way to start learning the lore since it serves like a good starting point.

[Finarfin]

Darktide is a good game

At release it was rather barren but now it has become quite the fun shooter.

[maidenhaver]

Finally got myself a copy of Rogue Trader by Owlcat yesterday, but when I tried to play it earlier today my decades-old DELL monitor died and I won't be able to play anything till I get myself a new one.

Playing CRPGs adapting a setting is my favorite way to start learning the lore since it serves like a good starting point.

Here's the strategy guide: https://pdfcoffee.com/warhammer-40k-rog ... -free.html

[maidenhaver]

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

Finally got myself a copy of Rogue Trader by Owlcat yesterday, but when I tried to play it earlier today my decades-old DELL monitor died and I won't be able to play anything till I get myself a new one.

Playing CRPGs adapting a setting is my favorite way to start learning the lore since it serves like a good starting point.

I highly suggest waiting until the DLC comes out it since there been doing major patch that reworks the balance of the game. Last patch they did nerf the **** at officer class making them useless all because they wanted a balance experience LOL ( I swear Owlcat should stop listening to mid-maxers)

[loregamer]

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

[UltraFan123]

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

In my case, my interest in 40k was sparked by the numerous animations of the FlashGitz YouTube channel featuring space marines hunting down furries. kek

[Finarfin]

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

that's a good question, I was going to ask that too. I am quite out of the loop unfortunately.

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

I recommend YouTube channels like Weshammer, Majorkill, Arch, and Live from the Black Library. There good resource in getting a firm grasp on the Warhammer 40k lore.

[maidenhaver]

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

2nd and 3rd edition White Dwarf and codexes.

[Nemesis]

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

The books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_W ... 000_novels

[twig]

Great, let's buy GW minis so that they might push ****** **** harder.

[Jordy]

Darktide is a good game

At release it was rather barren but now it has become quite the fun shooter.

Is it worth reinstalling it now or are they still patching in features they promised at release?

[Reichspepe]

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

I recommend YouTube channels like Weshammer, Majorkill, Arch, and Live from the Black Library. There good resource in getting a firm grasp on the Warhammer 40k lore.

I don't know about Weshammer, but definetely don't watch Majorkill. The guy is just a cringy fake edgelord who is actually on board with all the subversion GW has undertaken, like the recent addition of female Custodes ( they are an elite faction of exclusively males ) and has also taken part in the slander campaign against Arch a few years ago by far leftists and other **** 40k youtube shills like Loremaster of Soytek.
Arch in my opinion is the only one you should watch, he is the biggest that stands against the wokification and of course, does great videos. I recommend starting with his introduction to 40k / the Imperium videos.

Oh, and watch Astartes. It's an insanely good shortfilm made by a single guy.

[Irenaeus]

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

Old books.

[gerey]

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

There's a few recommendations:

I personally started my autistic journey with the two Inquisitor series by Dan Abnett (Eisenhorn, Ravenor), and the Gaunt's Ghosts series (15+ books focusing on the Imperial Guard).

He also wrote Titanticus, about the Collegia Titanica. Sadly, the older he got, the more woke he became, so his more recent output (last decade or so) is pretty ****.

Chris Wright is another good author - he predominantly writes Space Wolves, but I like his Vaults of Terra series (Inquisitor on Terra), Watchers of the Throne (Custodes, political thriller) and Bloodlines (detective on an Imperial world).

Some **** will try to recommend you books written by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, but do not trust their lies. Call them out as the sodomites they are, and curse the **** author and his daddy issues.

Oh, and watch Astartes. It's an insanely good shortfilm made by a single guy.

Astartes was made by one of the few guys that gets what Space Marines are and how they are supposed to be portrayed. GW has been at it for decades and is still unable to do so. **** those bong ***** for sabotaging this guy's passion project.

The other great 40k fan animator was the **** SODAZ, that did a few great videos, but sadly quit making more 40k content because he got sick of the screeching subhumans on YouTube.

[J-12]

OG Dawn of War was epic. I tried playing it online but it seems that anyone i get paired with are sweatlord with few thousand hours of playtime.
Still, the campaign is worth revisiting anytime, the game still is really well preserved in terms of visuals and mechanics.

[maidenhaver]

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

I recommend YouTube channels like Weshammer, Majorkill, Arch, and Live from the Black Library. There good resource in getting a firm grasp on the Warhammer 40k lore.

I don't know about Weshammer, but definetely don't watch Majorkill. The guy is just a cringy fake edgelord who is actually on board with all the subversion GW has undertaken, like the recent addition of female Custodes ( they are an elite faction of exclusively males ) and has also taken part in the slander campaign against Arch a few years ago by far leftists and other **** 40k youtube shills like Loremaster of Soytek.
Arch in my opinion is the only one you should watch, he is the biggest that stands against the wokification and of course, does great videos. I recommend starting with his introduction to 40k / the Imperium videos.

Oh, and watch Astartes. It's an insanely good shortfilm made by a single guy.

No youtuber is going to introduce you to lore. They just meme and talk ****. Its really cringe. You basically read the fluff, look at the old art, and leave it at that. The books aren't worth reading, except maybe Space Marine and Path of the Eldar. Its best to ignore lore, treating it like a suggestion. You don't want to give GW any attention or money.

[maidenhaver]

Dawn of War 1 was an example of lore done right, because the game was designed to give players the basics to create their own wars, in their own part of the galaxy. Your eldar may never get involved in astronomicon/imperial space, so you just fight necrons or orks. The lore GW write is a suggestion.

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

I recommend YouTube channels like Weshammer, Majorkill, Arch, and Live from the Black Library. There good resource in getting a firm grasp on the Warhammer 40k lore.

I don't know about Weshammer, but definetely don't watch Majorkill. The guy is just a cringy fake edgelord who is actually on board with all the subversion GW has undertaken, like the recent addition of female Custodes ( they are an elite faction of exclusively males ) and has also taken part in the slander campaign against Arch a few years ago by far leftists and other **** 40k youtube shills like Loremaster of Soytek.
Arch in my opinion is the only one you should watch, he is the biggest that stands against the wokification and of course, does great videos. I recommend starting with his introduction to 40k / the Imperium videos.

Oh, and watch Astartes. It's an insanely good shortfilm made by a single guy.

Your right. Arch is the best but he’s focused on doing commentary news on his other Channel so he doesn’t post often.But if you exclude there bias at times there an ok entry that’s accessible and doesn’t cost you anything.

[Reichspepe]

What's a good introduction into 40K lore?

Also, play games like Dawn of War II, Space Marine 1, Mechanicus, or Rogue Trader to name a few. For me, after playing DoWII, I was completely hooked.

[Ratcatcher]

Is it worth reinstalling it now or are they still patching in features they promised at release?

It's pretty decent now and they will soon release the flaunted crafting rework, with an update on all weapons (about which I have my qualms I won't go in-depth here). The major bugs have been ironed out, some like rocket plague hounds still rarely rear their head but the worst culptit imho is the sound design and the telling sound of elites and specials are still bugged and silent in significant %, at least I deem a 5% to be hit by a silent plague burster too high of a chance.

Careers have been reworked and you now have access to a somewhat proper talent tree offering more customizeability than VT, each one of the 4 careers has now 3 different blitzes and ultimate abilities changing playstyles quite a lot. Especially if you don't necessarily go for the 'most meta' build, most are viable and fun.

[Jordy]

I only got an Ogryn to level 50. Is it worth just deleting characters and starting over?

[gerey]

Also, play games like Dawn of War II, Space Marine 1, Mechanicus, or Rogue Trader to name a few.

Also, Armageddon (Panzer General/Corps with a 40k coat of paint), Boltgun (boomer shooter with 40k coat of paint), Chaos Gate (fairly old XCOM-like), Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters (newer XCOM-like featuring the Grey Knights).

I should probably give Darktide a go? How many HQers actively play it still?

[Finarfin]

Also, play games like Dawn of War II, Space Marine 1, Mechanicus, or Rogue Trader to name a few.

Also, Armageddon (Panzer General/Corps with a 40k coat of paint), Boltgun (boomer shooter with 40k coat of paint), Chaos Gate (fairly old XCOM-like), Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters (newer XCOM-like featuring the Grey Knights).

I should probably give Darktide a go? How many HQers actively play it still?

I'd join too, should be fun with HQers

[Brother Michael]

I might wait until the Itemization update comes out soon if it hasn’t already

[Reichspepe]

Also, play games like Dawn of War II, Space Marine 1, Mechanicus, or Rogue Trader to name a few.

Also, Armageddon (Panzer General/Corps with a 40k coat of paint), Boltgun (boomer shooter with 40k coat of paint), Chaos Gate (fairly old XCOM-like), Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters (newer XCOM-like featuring the Grey Knights).

I should probably give Darktide a go? How many HQers actively play it still?

Good suggestions, on that note I'd recommend the Battlefleet Gothic Armada games as well.

With Darktide, I'd definetely wait for the next big update due this or next month.

[Finarfin]

Alright so there is one small change to the painting stuff (which seems kinda dead? since only j1m suggested a color scheme to me, his own chapter of the Aurum Cuprum Proeliators or Goldbronze Warriors) I will paint one of them as a Blood Angel. Why? Because they are cool.