Fluff? yeah apparently I like it.

[Hi I'm Derek]

Same and tbh custodes felt super cool in Blood Games because they weren't just XXL space marines in gold. It showcased what made them -different- from all the other garden variety superdudes.

[LizardTau]

Im in the middle of shattered legions right now. anouther set of short stories but all feature iron hands in one way or anouter. skipped to that one because i heard it had a bunch of iron hand stuff.

I wish medusan immortal had a 40k unit. also that you could get some with out paying an arm and leg for 5 guys lol.

Too bad i already have an iron hand army or id make the one from keys of hell.

[LizardTau]

just finished a thousand sons. and well Magnus did do a couple things wrong lol.

[Hi I'm Derek]

Jan 12, 2020 16:44:05 GMT -5 LizardTau said:

just finished a thousand sons. and well Magnus did do a couple things wrong lol.

Indeed, although so did Russ. Prospero is the story of two brothers being absolute tools and making everyone else pay for it.

[LizardTau]

Jan 13, 2020 9:32:42 GMT -5 Hi I'm Derek said:

Jan 12, 2020 16:44:05 GMT -5 LizardTau said:

just finished a thousand sons. and well Magnus did do a couple things wrong lol.

Indeed, although so did Russ. Prospero is the story of two brothers being absolute tools and making everyone else pay for it.

Yes Russ was a tool. In every sense of the word lol

I have to read prospero. I'm starting the first heretic now

[Hi I'm Derek]

Prospero Burns is great because Dan Abnett gets 40k like no other writer. It gives us a sharply contrasting view of the Space Wolves in the time of their primarch - they're somber, brooding, and unkind. They wear terrifying masks to emphasize their distance from humanity. Their fortress monastery is kept in pitch darkness and is utterly unwelcoming to unaugmented mortals. They embrace their role as the Emperor's executioners.

It's interesting to see this and compare it to the gregarious and heroic Wolves we know from 40k, the ones who stuck their necks out for random Imperial citizens and took the brazen risk of butting heads directly with the Inquisition. Wolves willing to fight, die and kill for no better reason than because it seemed like the right thing to do at the time.

The spirit of Russ may have grown thin on his sons, but I would argue they're better for it (they would disagree I'd imagine but what do they know).

[Jack Shrapnel]

fallen Angel's finished (gotta love confirmation that the dark Angel's are traitors) and now onto nemesis, given I had already read a thousand sons before I started reading them in order... think I might be about 10% done now? lol

[redshirt2375]

I have to figure out where I left off with the books, but since I'm travelling again for work I am going to be listening to some audio dramas on the drives back and forth. Finished Fireborn and currently part way through Garrow: Oath of Moment

It's cool to have the added sound effects and "voice acting"

[trantos01]

So picked up 'The Infinite and the Divine' and so far it's an enjoyable read. The real fun parts are the little tidbits of Necron/Necrontyr culture/technology/capabilities that the author adds as part of the narrative.

-Necrodermis can extensively change it's shape. When Trazyn's body gets destroyed and he bodyhops to a Lychguard, he literally reshapes it in a matter of seconds to assume his normal form.

-The biotransferance dulled/burned away Necrontyr artistic talents. They can copy old works but creating a new artistic masterpiece etc? Even the best possible result is dull and uninspired to what they could make during the time when they lived.  And at the same time, their memories of the 'Flesh Time' are disjointed and hazy.  For example Trazyn can't remember what he originally looked

 like.

-Crypteks kinda sorta work magic?  Sure the English language doesn't have anything like the words needed to explain what Orikan is actually doing but it's depicted as creating runes/glyphs/code while reciting 'spells' in order for an effect to occur.

His hands, independent of him, wove backward, unmaking the spell.And he saw it. A hekkat glyph insufficiently drawn. One of the staffs branching from the upper orb was unconnected, a space of two microns separating the spear of the line from the curve of the circle.

It was what made the astromancer discipline such a difficult one. Mastery required total precision, total focus. When one used arithmancy to shape time and space, even the slightest error mattered. And with overlapping hexes this complicated, errors were easy to make.

Also the sass/sarcasm/banter between Orikan and Trazyn is hilarious:

‘Hurtful,’ chided Trazyn. He dipped his obliterator so it pointed at the device in Orikan’s hand. ‘Even if true, I see no reason why that allows you to steal my things.’
‘You stole it first. From the Ammunos Dynasty.’
‘The Ammunos Dynasty is naught but inert metal now – you can’t steal from the dead, that’s called archaeology.'

"It belongs in a museum! Specifically my museum."

‘The worst th-ng about biotransference,’ said Orikan, his voice recovering, ‘is that in the Flesh Times you at least stopped to breathe every once in a while.’
Trazyn laughed. ‘I’ve always envied your acid tongue.’ He rapped the floor twice with his obliterator’s haft. ‘Perhaps I’ll display it separately.’