Thread 96538380

Thoughts on abhumans?

>>96538380 (OP)
FUN!

>>96538380 (OP)
They're fun. Its a shame that GW does abhuman lore by naming a few specific subspecies rather than broad classifications, I'd prefer more generic alternatives than specifically using longshanks, ratlings, ogryns, felinids, ect, who all seem to be from specific places. It makes it feel more like an attempt to inject fantasy races (which it is) rather than something more sci-fi, and it'd make it easier to justify including abhumans.

At present, I'd need a pretty good reason to include a longshank or something similar in my games. Conceptually, abhumans are cool, and when writing an area in 40k I like using minor abnormalities as flavor. Its a good way to add character.

Grox Cum Bags.

>>96538380 (OP)
Breed the "cow" Sisters.

>>96538380 (OP)
Poor Longshanks getting absolutely mowed down by Black Templars.

>>96538440
I feel similarly, but I wound up just transplanting longshanks into my own scifi setting since they have so little in mainline 40k

>>96538726
Same desu. Though I had more inspiration from the Alliance/Union books and their portrayal of a spaceborne culture than 40k. I like the idea of a grav-adapted race.

>>96538380 (OP)
I think you should stick with subhumans in your general

>>96538380 (OP)
I don't give a single fuck about Warhammer or anything to do with it. So I have none.

>>96538772
Maybe you should log off the warhammer board then

>>96538380 (OP)
Think they should be nicer to the cow ones.

>>96538380 (OP)
I prefer the no-ab humans
Yep, the chest region is just directly attached to the legs. No abdominals needed.

>>96538707
You think that will stop me? You underestimate my zeal.

>>96538380 (OP)
variety adds spice to life, and I like the idea of ogyns being comic relief due to being lovable dummies.

I, for once, am glad nu-40k is bringing more spotlight to abhuman

>>96539200
>>96539247

>>96538675
Mossa is too powerful

>>96538894
It clearly isn't the Warhammer board considering Warhammer shit also gets spammed on every other board. Jannies won't contain the spam because it drives up engagement.

>>96540978
I will bring in the next generation of cow humans FOR THE EMPEROR!

>>96538380 (OP)
I don't like gw trying to force beastmen into being a chaos thing. They are cooler in-universe as a barely tolerated race forced to serve and suffer for an empire that does not like them. In chaos armies they just become mutants by any other name.

>>96538380 (OP)
They are cute

>>96538380 (OP)
>>96538675
>>96543572
Are there any STL or 3rd party of a tall Navy person? I wondered about converting one from Navy Breachers or Solar Auxilia, but feels like too much work.

>>96543677
>Find a breacher stl
>z scale 200%
>Replace head
>bonus points for finding a posable one so you can adjust z scale by parts

>>96541825
I kinda like the notion that they're a primordial form of Chaos as bizarre and alien to the common Chaos adherent as regular Chaos is to a normal person. But you're correct in that they're incredibly lackluster.

>>96538380 (OP)
clearly superior to humans

>>96554764
Holy based if tru???

>>96554764
And that's why we love him.

>>96554764
Another good reason he is /ourguy/

>>96538675
>>96543572
I genuinely do not understand how anyone can consider this an appealing art style. Every character this guy draws looks like a washed out crack whore.

>>96555364
You just don't get it man

>>96555369
Obviously not.

>>96554764
Revealed? Everyone here already knew this, redditor.

>>96555364
meet more crackwhores. theyre fun to talk to

>>96538380 (OP)
Ratlings have pretty soulful character designs in the Kill Team box. Glad GW added them and allowed you to bring some big retards along for the fun. Hobbits are pretty comfy characters

>>96540978
Old WF lore had mercenary beastmen working for the Empire

girl power

Heroes can come from anywhere

>>96556649
>Heroes can cum from anywhere

>>96538440
>. Its a shame that GW does abhuman lore by naming a few specific subspecies rather than broad classifications

I mean that is how abhumans are distinguished from mutants, abhumans are essentially stable human subspecies

>>96556599
Does anyone know what types of abhumans appear in the image?

>>96556725
Left to right:
Astropath, Beastwoman, Ratling, Ogryn, Felinid, Longshank, Nightsider, Navigator.

Does anyone know what the current status of all known abhuman races is?

>>96556786
What do you mean status? They all still exist but none except Ogryns are relevant. Beastmen straddle the edge of being declared abominable mutants depending on where in the Imperium they are. Any abhuman faces the risk of being beaten and burned alive in a pogrom if they happen to visit the wrong planet or station.

>>96556990
ratlings and squats are relevant because they have tabletop models. beastmoids too but only in chaos armies. we simply need longshank waifus added to the imperial agents or imperial guards.

>>96556990
The squats are the only ones who will not be burned publicly because if they were, the image says it all.

>>96556649
I like this picture, even if it is creepy.

>>96554764
You should assume this just by looking at his twitter feed, but he is also a great artist aside of that, and eternally /tg/-related.

>>96556761
>Astropath
Are they abhumans? I thought that they are just psykers and that the implication of the image is that blacks are abhumans

>>96557317
>and that the implication of the image is that blacks are abhumans
That's probably a deliberate joke, but she's there representing psykers, who are abhumans.

>>96556761
>>96556761
it's a negro actually

>>96555364
ok

>>96556599
Ah, the worst abhuman of them all, the nigger

>>96557270
>but he is also a great artist aside of that
That's how you know
Every artist or creative mind is like that

>>96554764
>South Korean artist turns out to be a horrible degenerate
Literally nobody was surprised by that "revelation".

>>96557024
Bringing back the old Imperial Beastmen concept would be a fun kit.

>>96557024
>beastmoids too but only in chaos armies.


You can always kitbash some yourself

>>96557024
>only in chaos armies
We used to be a proper wargame.

>>96538380 (OP)
the abhussy got me acting quite unwise

>>96556649
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only monoblock

>>96556649
I have always liked this picture.
I just like to imagine this hive as a dumping ground for nightsider veterans and that is how they have ended up being such a diverse looking bunch.

>>96557317
All Psykers are considered to be Mutants. ALL of them. If people in 40K actually thought/knew about this and followed it to the logical conclusion, they'd realise that meanr Emperor=Mutant and Malacador=Mutant. The Imperium of Mutantkind .

And how? The Psyker's Black, the Ratling and Ogryn are White, and the Navigator is probably kinda Asian. So the implication is 'All Humanity are Abhumans'

>>96568979
Wrong Heretic. That is that and this is this and it's just that simple.
Muties and twists are not the same thing as Psykers, but depending on who you ask are mutually despised as they should be.
The God Emperor of Mankind is beyond the reach of your paltry scorn.
Useful things like sanctioned psykers and the mutie Navs get a pass until humanities enemies are destroyed, then it's their turn.
We'll sort out the philosophical questions about purging faithful useful psykers when it actually stands to benefit.

>>96557270
Love this one in connection with his "Cultist and young Emperor" image set, Cultist keeps dying but Dark Gods keep bringing her back so her mind and memories must be scrambled to mush (she probably wasn't very smart to begin with). He's still the same person, greatest mind in the galaxy, he probably remembers everything, including all their earlier encounters.

>>96538440
>>96538675
>>96538726
Are longshanks just 40k beltalowdas?

>>96538380 (OP)
Ever since I seen artwork of Longshanks, I instantly like them, these tall skinny noodles

Has anyone made minis of them yet? or kitbash one maybe?

>>96569695
After learning what a beltalowdas is, yes but more or less their own subspecies adapted to low gravity instead of just looking like that because of the low gravity

>>96543677
I saw a cool kitbash using a trench crusade mini after looking this up

>>96570623
Cool stuff

>>96538380 (OP)
>>96538675
>>96543572
>>96557024
>>96557381
Thanks for making me want a tall, skinny, pale-skinned GF, /tg/.

>>96538380 (OP)
I want a god-emperor loving cutie3.14 ogryn wife

>>96556599
This looks like some tranny's self-insert fanfic.

>>96572023
OGRYN?!?!

>>96569860
It would be cool if they got a unit in the Imperial agents or imperial guard but i am unsure what their abilities would be. Maybe they are skirmishers with their long strides. Who knows.

>>96572066
That's because it is

>>96538380 (OP)
All abhumans deserve to be cuddled and told they are good boys/girls.

>>96538380 (OP)
This is all a consequence of mossa

>>96573925
might be the first to properly visualize Longshanks, but I think they had brief "caconical" mention in lore before just like Felinids

>>96573938
There have been mentions of tall, spindly humans bred through thousands of years spent living aboard low-gravity stations/ships for decades, being labelled as a specific abhuman is pretty recent IIRC. Unlike Felinids they've also appeared in at least one BL book, there's a scene where some Black Templars get an angry dressing-down from their commander (from another chapter) after killing some longshanks being held captive by orks alongside a bunch of regular humans.

>>96556761
I thought far left was a sanctioned psyker.

>>96573925
Oh yeah pretty much, but I think it's a good thing for it brought light to other Abhumans other than Ogryn and Ratlings

>>96556599
Longshanks-chan is loooong

>>96538380 (OP)
>Be guardsman
>Be deployed to fight a traitorous insurrection
>There are rumours that the locals have fallen so low as to worship devils
>You come across an abhuman woman
>Is she one of those "devils"? Is she a mutation caused by her parents' heresy?
>You aim your gun at her
>She pleads for her life
>You feel something in your chest
>It is mercy. The quality of humanity that separates us from animals and aliens
>You grunt
>"Get out of here! Out of my sight!" you shout at her
>The abhuman scampers away
>The supression operation escalates as it turns out that the insurrection was indeed connected to Chaos worshippers
>You fight. You shoot. You stand your ground
>You see things. Terrible things
>There are more than heretics on this planet
>Eventually the Emperor's justice prevails, but at a great cost
>Few people from your detachment survived, and none of them is like he was before
>An Inquisitor makes his presence known
>He proclaims that the survivors are to be executed

>>96574268
>An odd-looking figure with a helmet on leans close to the Inquisitor and whispers to him
>The Inquisitor gives you a calculating but unconvinced look, then he turns to his scribe servoskull and gives it some orders
>The servoskull buzzes as it writes on the roll of parchment hanging from where it's jawbone used to be
>The Inquisitor tears the piece of parchment, stamps it on the spot, and he hands it to you
>"Present this to your superiors upon returning to your regimental fortress" he orders
>Then he walks away with his retinue in tow
>The helmeted figure lingers for a moment
>It takes off it's helmet to reveal the face of the abhuman woman you spared earlier in the operation
>She gives you an appreciative smile before putting her helmet back on and walking away briskly to rejoin her lord
>You look at the parchment
>It is an inquisitorial gag order
>Your superiors are to not ask you about what has transpired and you are to be executed on the spot if you reveal anything
>But other than that, you are to return to your guardsman life and duties
>Gratitude. The other quality of humanity that separates us from animals and aliens

>>96574076
Astropaths are psykers, right? Just with a focus on communications rather than making heads explode.

>>96560592
Victoria Miniatures has stuff to make IG Beastmen if you're interested

>>96574268
>>96574275
I appreciate the writefaggotry, anon

>>96572023
>>96572420
>neither look like a 7/10 in London
Cowards

>>96573925
>consequence of mossa
Yeah, Mossa is BASED
I always liked the idea of Longshanks after reading the entire paragraph of fluff they've ever gotten, so seeing him realize and popularize them has been nice.

>>96556761
>Longshank
I always assumed it was void born due to the space suit.

>>96575054
She's just in the Navy. Voidborne are taller than average but not "shoulder height with an ogryn while kneeling" tall.

>>96556599
>nogs are considered abhumans in 40k
Based James

>>96575848
Longshanks are described as bald, have bulging eyes and only their legs are mentioned as being long (hence the name).

>>96575911
Longshanks just means tall person, not person with disproportionally long legs.

>>96574086
Is this a manga for ants?

>>96575911
Her eyes are pretty big.

>>96538662
Sexo.
https://exhentai.org/g/2112941/4d9db1f115/

>>96574076
I thought so as well, but the eye staff & motifs in her clothes I believe are specific to the Astra Telepathica.

>>96576208
>specific to the Astra Telepathica
The organization responsible for rounding up and training psykers?

>>96538380 (OP)
humie oddboyz look stoopid

>>96575955
And ratling means a diminutive rodent but in 40k both ratling and longshanks apply to specific abhuman strains with specified physical attributes. Slang definition isn't relevant.

>>96576508
>Headache Squad

>>96568255
>>96557205
It's got parts of All Tomorrows Blind Folk in them. They died when tectonic activity broke apart their shelters.

I like that ogryns are easily capable of killing space marines, even ones in terminator armor
Imagine surviving for 10k years in the service of chaos only for some shortbus mongoloid to lift you like a child and slam you on your neck, killing you instantly

>>96577616
Really kind of takes the piss out of the Space Marines...

>>96577616
>>96577700
That's kind of the point
A lot of things are stronger than a space marine and can take them
Gland warriors exist for a reason
But the point of a space marine is longevity, versatility, and being able to do other tasks besides combat

>>96574991
Well excuse me, I like my women to look like women.

>>96578226
Space Marines also pair strength with superhuman reflexes and exceptional levels of combat training; there are plenty of other creatures and warriors out there that are superior to Space Marines in one way or another but very few that bring together the whole package. An ogryn has super duper tard strength and is fully capable of just pummelling a Marine to death, but a Space Marine will win the fistfight because the ogryn is a lumbering brute that doesn't really know how to properly fight.

>>96578226
>But the point of a space marine is longevity
Which means shit when they bite the dust due to a sharpened stick.

>being able to do other tasks besides combat
...Since when?

>>96578433
>...Since when?
Since about 3e
That's when space marines were getting more expansion on their role in the imperium and what they can do other than just fight for the emperor once they've conquered the galaxy
Not only that but you could count on a space marine that drive a space ship, conduct diplomacy, and get into the deeper ideals of mankind

>>96578433
>Which means shit when they bite the dust due to a sharpened stick.
That just sounds like the "ewoks could destroy the whole empire by themselves" mentality I've seen around here
Sure someone could get the drop on one marine but that's not gonna work on all of them no matter how big the stick is

>>96578482
>conduct diplomacy
If you call "killing everything" diplomacy.

>>96578493
>That just sounds like the "ewoks could destroy the whole empire by themselves" mentality I've seen around here
More of "Empire kneecaps itself building nothing but Star Destroyers and Death Stars" as Marines are super costly; 100 Aspirants for 1 Astartes who is only worth 10 regular soldiers.

>>96578524
>If you call "killing everything" diplomacy.
Not all of them do that because they know the logistical cost of doing so would be too much for them to really handle
The "kill everything" method was something the world eaters and iron warriors were doing because their primarchs were tards
Most marines if they can will try to have the leader of a group surrender or come to different terms

>>96578524
That still doesn't mean you can go one space marine getting killed by a stick makes them all worthless

>>96538380 (OP)
Diversity wank and coomerbait.

>>96578433
>>96578524
Kill yourself ND

>>96579954
How desperate for the touch of a woman are you that you see that and think "That makes me want to touch my penis"?

>>96582420
Compared to what kinds of "things" people will get off to out there, Shelly Duvall in space is tame.

>>96579954
Tall gangly women cute

>>96582442
>Shelly Duvall in space
That would be that mouthwashing game girl

>>96583441
society hungers for shelly duvalls

>>96557317
Navigators are a stable mutant species with their third eyes, astropaths in general is just a job title for psykers.