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Offline hayzy

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Fun fact
« on: June 16, 2011, 02:17:40 AM »
Was anyone else aware that Astarte (as in space marine) was actually a greek god associated with fertility, sexuality and war? I thought this was kind of cool. Anyone know any other fun facts about 40k like this?
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Re: Fun fact
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2011, 11:32:27 AM »
space marines and sexuality doesn't really seem to fit well. :D
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Re: Fun fact
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2011, 12:11:50 PM »
The plural of the goddess' name (in Hebrew) is also a general term denoting paganism (essentially the acceptance of other deities, but only one is chosen or believed to be the 'chief' of gods, or even worthy of devotion. In a nutshell). Sound like a pit like our space marines now? :D
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Re: Fun fact
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2011, 01:55:56 PM »
Im sure most warhammer armies are be based on some type of culture. My ideas as follows:

Tomb Kings - Egyptian.
Vampire Counts - Gothic.
Bretonnia - British - Nobility based.
Empire     - British - Peasants.
Lizardmen - Aztec.
High Elves - Roman.
Chaos - Norse.
Orcs & Goblins - Goth / Germania based.
Wood Elves - Celtic / British...time of Stonehenge, before the Romans arrived.

Anyone else see any influences in army design?
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Re: Fun fact
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2011, 02:57:01 PM »
Space Marines - Starship Troopers
Nids - Aliens
Eldar - Classical high elves
etc, etc.

Another fun fact, 40k is made by GW.

The story/faction designs within the GW games isn't exactly original, nor do they hide the fact where their influences come from. But then neither does Blizzard.
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Re: Fun fact
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2011, 03:18:42 PM »
i see some dark elf things to be a liiittle bit influenced by some japanese stuff, mainly executioners.
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Re: Fun fact
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2011, 04:07:21 PM »
Quote from: carson on June 16, 2011, 02:57:01 PM
Space Marines - Starship Troopers
Nids - Aliens
Eldar - Classical high elves
etc, etc.

Another fun fact, 40k is made by GW.

The story/faction designs within the GW games isn't exactly original, nor do they hide the fact where their influences come from. But then neither does Blizzard.

i always thought the nids were closer to the bugs from starship troopers than aliens due to numbers and anatomy
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Re: Fun fact
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2011, 05:21:17 PM »
I would be more inclined to think that Nids influenced Starship Troopers which was made in 1997.

The starship troopers look more like Imperial Guard than a space marine.
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Re: Fun fact
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2011, 05:26:55 PM »
Quote from: Flogg on June 16, 2011, 05:21:17 PM
I would be more inclined to think that Nids influenced Starship Troopers which was made in 1997.

The starship troopers look more like Imperial Guard than a space marine.
The book came before Nids.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers
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« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2011, 07:32:44 PM »

Agreed with Carson about GW not being very original in almost anything, but neither do they hide the fact so It does not bother me.

Although starship troopers and space marines have absolutely no similarities at all in my opinion. The starship troopers are just normal people, not even augmented, they would be guardsmen if anything.
Space marines are super human, their models, and often codex/dodgy black library fluff completely fails to portray the huge, powerful creature that they are. More suited to terminator and bionic woman/million dollar man type references not so much because of regeneration (which they are quite capable of, knife wounds would visibly heal or fail to inflict any serious damage Hollywood style, while anything short of death can be fixed in their med "labs" or bionic upgrades, but their sheer power and unstoppable physique combined with the very best of military training and hardware.
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Re: Fun fact
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2011, 07:36:54 PM »
Quote from: Emperor Fooble on June 16, 2011, 07:32:44 PM
Agreed with Carson about GW not being very original in almost anything, but neither do they hide the fact so It does not bother me.

Although starship troopers and space marines have absolutely no similarities at all in my opinion. The starship troopers are just normal people, not even augmented, they would be guardsmen if anything.
Space marines are super human, their models, and often codex/dodgy black library fluff completely fails to portray the huge, powerful creature that they are. More suited to terminator and bionic woman/million dollar man type references not so much because of regeneration (which they are quite capable of, knife wounds would visibly heal or fail to inflict any serious damage Hollywood style, while anything short of death can be fixed in their med "labs" or bionic upgrades, but their sheer power and unstoppable physique combined with the very best of military training and hardware.
They are different in the book than th emovie.
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Re: Fun fact
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2011, 11:03:37 PM »
Horus- ancient Egyptian god
Abbadon- In the Revelation of St. John, is the king of tormenting locusts and the angel of the bottomless pit
Ultramarine-  is a naturally occurring blue pigment
Lionel Johnson- an English poet, essayist and critic
Vulcan- the blacksmith god of fire and volcanoes in Roman mythology
Lysander- a Spartan general


Just a few.
Man i love wikipedia
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