Thread 63960469

>This
>Imperial insignia on ukranian vehicles
>Some units named after inquisition
>A drone guy talking about his mini painting hobby
>All the patches
Its sad to think if it wasnt for a madman theyd be having a tabletop war instead of squatting in the trenches killing each other.

>>63960469 (OP)
But what would we watch then?

>>63960492
Shouldn't drone units use Tau symbols?

I'd make a joke about how all the aid is being laundered in order to buy plastic figurines, but all the aid given so far wouldn't be enough to purchase one complete set of IG plastic.

Didn't sone russian units use Ork symbology at one point?

>>63960772
>Ork symbology at one point?
Yes but actually no.

Ukies called them Orcs, and Russians tried to own that with pride the way niggers do with "nigger." It didn't go very far and eventually they memoryholed the attempt.

>>63960469 (OP)
>this whole time I thought this was an unwarranted act of aggression
>turns out Putin was just trying to dramatically decrease the number of insufferable 40k autists in the world
Forgive me Putin-sama, I... I didn't know.

>>63960793
Its not memory holed, Russians have always thought Mordor was cool. See: the published Tolkien fanfiction where the orcs were secretly the good guys, or several of their tactical brands having LOTR naming conventions, etc.

>>63960793
>>63960772
>Ramshackle technology each one made by their own mek
>Literal battlewagon and trukk looking vehicles
>Russian headbutting a drone getting shrapnel in the face and walking like nothing happen
>Using his own rifle like a club
>melee fighting with knife won by russian
>...

>>63960838
Unfortunately for the Russians, they don't have the 'believing something makes it true' thing going on.

>>63960838
It is a little on the nose, isn't it?

>>63960736
You're more likely to find a vatnik that's humane than a single person that likes blueberries (for the simple reason that the army was unplayable during 8th and 9th and still bad in 10th).

>>63960846
They sure behave as if that were the case though.

>>63960828
>Tolkien fanfiction where the orcs were secretly the good guys
I'd argue that that fiction is more known by Anglo interwebs than the Russians themselves. That said, there is something there in their psyche that they would try to be all like

>Ork pride! Sauron did nothing wrong! We wuz science kangs but white tree man keeping us down! Waaaaagh!

>>63960469 (OP)
>Some units named after inquisition
The Obiwan Sherlock Cluseau unit?

>>63960909
>>63960828
I miss orkposting regarding this war so much bros
>the children hospital walls are unbreachable!
>Grad will breach them
>GRAD! GRAD! GRAD!

>not a single AFU unit based on Deathwatch, Crimson Fist or Steel Legion
Shame

>>63960897
After seeing a few videos of them getting hit with multiple drones and still advancing.
They were using the 'ard as nails stratagem or the orks is never beaten.
When well have cyborgs irl youll see painboyz in each unit and theyll really be orks

>>63960909
>obliged to work
HATO warcrime

>>63960923
I feel like the steel legion would be the fucking best unit to represent one of the mechanised regiments, specifically the more hardcore cunts like the 3rd

>>63960919
>>Grad will breach them
I have that one. Once I get back to my desk I'll post it. Yes lotrpoating was one of the peaks. My favorite is where Faramir, Frodo, and Gollum are Ukraine, Moldova, and Transnistria respectively.

Fiercely gripping the trigger, with a manic grin as they close on their foes, Speed Freeks fire so many rounds that some just have to find a weak spot.

>>63960828
> the published Tolkien fanfiction where the orcs were secretly the good guys
Not exactly, Orcs are still brutal animals and definitely not the good guys and it works more like this
>"good" powers are WRONG!
>LOTR is just propaganda written by winners! Look how the "good" guys hide their war crimes, all the evils they've done to Orcs behind the thin veneer of "heroism" which is another word for "human supremacism".
>Humans, elves and dwarves persist in eternal conspiracy against orcs!
>Orcs have a distinct, unique, beautiful culture and humans are interfering and introducing their weak degeneracy.
Let this be a glimpse into the russian mindset. The russian doesn't want to stop suffering, it just wants everyone else to suffer more. Spoiler - you might see this behavior in the modern political left and it's an example how you can transplant the mental russian to a western person.

Smoky Gubbinz 15 pts

This loud, fume-belching device wreathes the bearer and his mates in a thick bank of smoke. This is hard for the enemy to see through, but has little detriment on the Orks’ own accuracy.

>>63960938
>>63960923
>Steel Legion
They discontinued the models, they are lost media. Same with Elysian Drop Troops.

>>63960923
Most current 40k fans are unironic newfags and never heard about anything other than Ultramarines.

>>63961003
i will fully admit i don't engage with the TTG or even the vidya at all and only read a few of the books (and listen to lore videos to fall asleep)

>>63960993
There are recasters and some damn good third party reinterpretations for both, though (and they're usually cheaper/multipart for mix'n'matching, too!).

>>63960469 (OP)
>Literal subhuman slavs are latching on to a shit sci-fi IP because their underdeveloped brains go “ugh ook urf grim and cool”

>>63961240
>Literal subhuman slavs are latching on to a shit sci-fi IP because their underdeveloped brains go “ugh ook urf grim and cool”

I like tabletop games with friends. Fun things are fun.
.t slav

>>63960888
Tau's okay now since they got buffed with their spotting mechanic rework

>>63960469 (OP)
>>63960484
>>63960757
It is that kind of stuff that gives SOVL to a war, something the GWOT conflicts severely lacked