/tg/ - Traditional Games

Simon Belmont likes this thread!

This clearly belongs in a 40k image thread

I love this one. It could either be a token of kindness, or the prelude to being made into armor paint.

>>20082635
Even pre-Ward retardation, weren't the GK sort of known for killing anyone who had seen them?

>>20082639

Or mind wiping them. I'm pretty sure a sister would be valuable enough to avoid execution.

>>20082515
I rather liked 15 hours
>>20082573
i've also liked images like this...it's interesting to see normal humans reacting to seeing one of the "god-warriors" of the emperor

>>20082665

Unless that sister is about to be turned into armor paint. That force weapon looks like it's been activated...

>mfw imperial guard

>>20082738
I thought Sabbat was a guy.

>>20082639
Not always killing them. They'd mess with the memory of those who were less expandable like other marines and sisters. They'd also do it to expendable dudes who'd proven their worth. Like if Creed were to battle alongside them, he'd probably be mindwiped. Then his troops would be mindwiped/liquidated as needed.

>>20082766
Nope. Gaunt's Ghosts novels made it pretty clear Sabbat had two x chromosomes.

not to derail the thread, but does anyone have images of the guard being...well...competent human soldiers? It's the main reason why i like the guard after all...among all the other bullshit, all the have to work with is a flashlight, some cardboard, and any other advantages humanity can or cannot give them

>>20082844
>chaos sisters
the heresy is overwhelming

>>20082854
>>20082844
I imagine they all have the personality of that japanese schoolgirl from Kill Bill...

Well, I'm tapped out. Might as well finish with teh Emprah.

>>20082883

Distinct lack of heresy. I'll post a few of my favorites.

>>20082844

>>20082849
I'll see if I can find anything.
Here's them taking cover.

>>20082880

>>20082849
A proper shooting stance, behind cover, and using the sights on his weapon!
Shock!

many years ago...like 3 or so maybe when I was but a grognard and dawn of war 2 had JUUUUUUSSST come out there was a thread by a concept artwork dude who worked for the company of the game.

he was taking requests.

I clearly recall the requests he undertook.

An inquisitor in IG dress.

A space wolf assault marine.

An imperial guardsman with a boinic arm

and a deamonette he did a few more I think but I remember this because the imperial guardsman was my request.

I will platonically love the anon or trip fag who would post that guardsman because my computer AND emergency flash drive died taking the only copy of my guardsman request that I have to the great recycle bin in the sky

>>20082941
i mean, i have a few, but the 40k universe doesn't often give the spotlight to joe guardsman, who took out a chaos champion with a lucky lasburst or bayonet placement. there's a few examples of this in DH (and OW is fucking rife with them, which is why i'm really sad i have no friends who i can play any tabletop game at all, much less OW with)...but it makes me sad. Millions of guardsmen die daily in the 40k canon...at least a few of them must have fucking badass stories

>>20082849
99.99% sure this guy isn't IG, but he looks cool, so I'd like to post him

>>20082965
i already have this pic, but yes, you're correct, it's astonishing that this dude is using his 40akog to actually...you know...aim. This is the shit i wanna see...because i can only assume that the Imperium has survived because of the relative competency of guardsmen like this for 10,000 years

>>20082965
>not using official image

>>20082965
>still dies horribly at the hands of one of the galaxies uncountable horrors

>>20082990
See, I'd like to see smart guardsmen. Crazy, zealous, yes.
But smart.
Smart as in, "Lets set up a proper L shaped ambush with armor support so we can pulp these Chaos fucks" kind of smart.
Oh, and arty.

>>20083028
but that's part of what i'm saying...i wanna see guardsmen with heavy bolter emplacements anchoring kill zones while they advance under suppression fire...not the fucking "1941 soviet army blood-charge" shit that we see constantly. If the Imperium has survived, it's survived on guard regiments realizing they have to use tactics to win wars...basically I wanna see Band of Brothers or The Pacific...but with guardsmen (admittedly their opponents might be any amount of nightmarish constructs, but that ain't nothing tactical application of fire can't bring down)

I'm just tired of the guard being mooks in artfluff...even if it might be true if the MUHREENS are around

>>20083017
I mostly chose this one because its A. a single guy B. Not a DEATH AND GLORY CHARGE IN GRIMDARK but something mellow C. I like it.
>>20083015
I sympathize, mostly because the /k/ommando in me wants a lasgun. Fuck the ATF!
>>20083022
Its the Imperial Guard. Thats part of the shell cratered, trench strewn hellhole of a territory you just inherited.

>>20083089
I have some sci-fi generic ish infantry that I could post. They could make good realistic IG.
Want to see them?

>>20083028

Sir you can never have enough Artillery. In my IG army, there are 9 earthshakers, and 4 quad guns.

Yes. 9.

>>20083106
i just want to see the "underdog" humans triumphing in a universe that is inherently inimical to their continued survival. I know 5ed rules were pretty damn kind to the guard (lolplasmalawnmowerspam)...but, fluff-wise, i can't help but see a force that has to adopt the best tactical practices to fight off the countless hordes and maintain the vestiges of a once-proud human empire

>>20083174
Not to argue with taste or anything, but the Marines from Halo are similar, with more of a tactical emphasis.

>>20083193
I don't disagree...in fact, the mini live-action movie they made for ODST is still one of my favorites. Even if it's cheesy, i still can't get over humanity fighting a technologically/physiologically superior enemy due to our willpower and elan. Humanity Fuck Yea is often overrated, but in 40k threads, I honestly think people underplay it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRMUYpH7bQk
THIS is how Stormtroopers should be portrayed!

>>20083165

Earth shaker carriages are so hard to remove in 6th edition, funny how one of the worst units in the IG/DKoK army list became one of their best.

>>20083174

I've always preferred infantry armies. There's something inherently ballsy about normal(although meaner than usual) men and women reducing alien monsters, superhuman mutants and tanks and robots into swiss cheese and tomato sauce. In 1500 point I field 3 platoons, each with 4 squads, command and a lascannon support squad. I don't like tanks as much as infantry so I field none.

Besides, I'm infantry trained myself so I'm biased...

>>20083252

My Earthshakers are all on stationary platforms, they are cheaper points wise.

Also, mfw deploying on "hammer and anvil"

>>20083267
>Space Marines
>not fun
my horde of a hundred green marines shooting wildly as they charge into combat beg to differ

>>20083248
>>20083193
Kindred spirits.

>>20083293
The last time i actually played tabletop was 4ed, during the guard doctrines. I ran drop troops (my fluff was that my regiment was seconded to the Imperial Navy as garrison troops, and only deployed during initial landings, like the USMC [the last 4 generations of my family have been USMC])...so, against MEQ armies i shredded due to the prevalence of plasma and meltas in my army...and my ungodly good luck with scatter and plas overheat rolls...
>>20083318
but this is what i'm really getting at. I want to see fluff more like the Halo ODSTs than what we see now for the IG. I want to see tactics, flanking, suppression fire, cover and advance, dynamic entry. The guard, if anything, shouldnt've regressed from modern forces. I just want to see images of them being a competent fighting force as opposed to the background blood sacks to ward's continual marine wank...and that's why I like the ODST stuff. The Halo universe has its flaws, but at least it portrays the human units as capable and tactically knowledgeable...especially the ODST people (plus, ODST armor was badass)

>>20083355
> The guard, if anything, shouldnt've regressed from modern forces.

Because ya know, its not like a whole lot of knowledge could be lost in 40,000 years.

>>20082844
They could Skull my Throne any day

>>20083370
>its not like a whole lot of knowledge could be lost in 40,000 years.
yes, but especially with the new "toys" the humans are up against, just as many things could be gained. The Administratum is obviously far too vast an organization to effectively disseminate this information, but for particular armies, one would expect that they'd transfer tactical know-how on how to fight their assigned enemies. With the exception of glory-hungry/bloodthirsty generals, it'd stand to reason that any guard unit would be relatively indoctrinated in "best practices" against their chosen enemy after about 6 months in-sector. Any unit that had survived multiple encounters of this kind would be the same kind of unit portrayed in the ODST trailer...a sort of "we may be shitty humans, but our tactics and 'fighting spirit (loljapan) will defeat you)'"

regardless of tabletop realities, I want to see fluff written/drawn with these considerations in mind

>>20083469

>>20083502
lnr2face

Anyone want some Medicae Triage forms?

>>20083502
>>20083530
inb4 "imagine life through his eyes"

>>20083554
who needs the medicae when you've got a harvest god on your side

[nospoilersontg]i've already seen the medicae triage forms though...[/stillnospoilersontg]

>>20083576
Alright...Anyone else interested?

>>20083591
Sure, they're fun to look at, and remind me of 9-lines and such. This time I'll be sure to save 'em.

Anyone got helmeted Sisters?

>>20083615
Alright then I'll post the ones I have.

>>20083632

>>20083642

>>20083647

>>20083657

>>20083657
Last one that I know of.

>>20083630

No but here's a helmet without a sister.

>>20083678
I used to love the Sisters' helmet design but then somebody told me it looks like there's some panties over their head and now I can't unsee it...

>>20083674
Thanks muchly. Have a funny AdMech.

>>20083692
my old FLGS had copies of this...i was tempted to buy it, but i didn't have the money...now that i have the money, i spend it all on heretical animu stuff and guns
>>20083714
for the omnissiah, hit it to make it go fastah! 'specially cuz we're red!

>>20083576
NOOOOOOOO
NO
THOSE AREN'T KRIEG GUARDSMEN!
THEY'RE ARMAGEDDON GUARDSMEN!

>>20083741
Spice and Wolf? Heresy? You jest.

We all gonna die!

>>20083551
is dat some blood pact

>>20083554
As a combat medic...gimme dat shit. Gonna start carrying that shit around and pass it out to a few of my buddies.

>>20083808
Already posted.

>>20083779
>respects my S&W collection
you sir, are quite fit to serve in my touch-fluffy-tail...eh...i mean, inquisitorial staff. Will you accept this quest? So long as you keep your mouth shut about my "companions" we'll be the richest retinue in the segmentum...what say you guardsman?!

>>20083455
If you wanted tactics, you just had to ask.

>>20083844
Hey hey, can I come too?

Mechanized warfare is best warfare!

>>20083844
An Inquisitor that doesn't want to BLAM! me? I'm in!

>>20083863
(for ease of storytelling, I am Inquisitor Lawrence...Former Puritanical, however leaning heretical after meeting "mutant" Horo and her merchandising ways)
>>20083779
>>20083863
"guardsmen, I shall welcome you, so long as you bring value, religious or monetary, to my Imperial quest"
[for what it's worth: neither of you can really know my relation with "Horo" other than 'she exists' in my mind]

>>20083885
you also, guardsman, know nothing more than this Inquisitor Lawrence speaks quasi-reverently of this "Horo"...but you have yet to see her...You have seen glimpses of an auburn-haired maiden round the inquisitor, but obviously you know better than to ask the inquisitor about such things

>>20083915
>>20083944
So long as I get fed, and paid decently... and a nicer las-gun maybe.

So why doesn't /tg/ use 4chan sounds to listen to their images instead of just looking?
[AngelsofDeath]

DEATH TO THE FALSE EMPEROR!

>>20083967
I guess /tg/ is just a bunch of primitive mon-keigh who can't keep with the times.
[Eldar]

>>20083967

I guess /tg/ is just a bunch of primitive mon-keigh who can't keep with the times.
[Eldar]

>>20083959
>>20083779
>>20083863
Inquisitor Lawrence, an unassuming man, save for his odd grey hair at the age of 23, addresses his guardsmen: "You three. Your commanders recommended you as relatively resistant to the...shall we say...oddities of the warp. This is fine by me. Bitch all you want about your transfers later, just remember that you receive double pay while under Inquisitorial Mandate, and my hearing isn't that good so long as anyone doesn't ask me any difficult questions. Now then, this emperor-damned world has some sort of economic destabilization-cult under way...how do you guardsmen think we should deal with it?"
>economic negotiation (get the inquisiton to grant additional worker's rights to this world)
>military negotiation (get the administatum to come and buttfuck this world for being "rebelliouis" (this could result in both positives and negatives for the imperium)
>social negotiation: (get drunk and party with bitches...your militarily jaded souls have no idea what this option will bring for this world)

Oh god this thread...

moar sisters of battle please!!!!! :3

>>20083944
Well of course, Inquisitor. For beauty seen at face value is to not live up to the expectation.

Or so I've heard.

>>20084028
I say we unpack some Kriegers on 'em.

>>20084070
While Kriegers always work, subtlety may be a little better, unless we go the Terranis route. (Which still holds.)

>>20084058
Guardsman Nerrik, the Inquisitor "kindly" directs you to his orders circa M41.999.4chanpost20084028. Strangely enough for your guardsman ethos, Lawrence seems to be a relatively forgiving sort of man, and merely laughs at your comments about beauty seen versus imagined: "Nerrik, I too once thought in these avenues! I cannot say more, merely that the emperor moves in stranger ways than you may comprehend with your current knowledge"

Out of quest: i haven't the vaguest idea what would be the roll for a character to gain knowledge of his boss from this encounter.../tg/, any ideas? I'm thinking 65+ on a d100

>>20084070
Also, Inquisitor Lawrence hears some scuttlebutt about summoning the Kriegers on this relatively compliant Imperial World, and deigns to pull said guardsman aside (please give yourself something of a name, if only for my ease).
"Guardsman, you must not understand the true value of the Imperium. No matter your jokes and jests about the ineffectiveness of the standard weapons of the Administratum, you must always face the foes of Humanity with a smile!...*silence*I can see it in your eyes, guardsman...you want to say something...didn't I say free speech was part and parcel of my retinue?!

>>20084112
Well, if subtle is what we're going for I suppose, partying is out as well...

Image limit

>>20084185
Man second thread I've seen do that today.

>>20084200
I think it would be best if we started a thread specifically for our dear inquisitor.

>>20084087
Nerrik: If you're still here, roll a D100
>>20084152
Sketch
If you're here as well, and want to be included, roll a d50...if not, tell me to fuck myself. If so, tell me what kinda guardsman you wanna be

>>20084215
I am ashamed to say I don't know how to roll dice on /tg/..

here's the continuation:
>>20084227

rolled 44 = 44

>>20084215
Well this shall be interesting indeed. I always liked the rank and file guardsman.

>>20084241
>>20084233
see
>>20084234
let people know!

>>20084255
Alright now what?

>>20084277
let people know, and keep on rolling, so i can keep on posting as the Inquisitor

>>20084234
>>20084307
well, just let people know...I'm about to roll a new quest to blow /tg/ away
laaaag
>>20084307
well, just let people know...I'm about to roll a new quest to blow /tg/ away

>>20084277
>>20084241
also, Nerrik and Sketch, if you'd be so kind to link me to the previous theads i'd be eternally grateful (of course you could never mention these things, but I'll grant you some serious thrones)

>>20084580
Previous threads?

>>20084580
Wot?