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I don't follow the board game / painted figures fanaticism of 40k, but I do enjoy looking at the massive armies and awesome skulpts whenever I walk past the workshop stores. I find the universe a little confusing, the game itself (and the rules) even moreso. I've always thought the 40k series to be rather geeky, but I've come to appreciate it moreso as a hobby and an "art" over the past year from afar.
The IG look rather formidable and battle hardened in your set zed. The IG in the dawn of war game series look like conscripted skinny peasant farmers with toy guns.
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The 40k universe is a big jumble of various ideas and influences from scifi, mythology and history. Admitedly though the 40K universe is to large and hard to fathom. The defined history of said universe is better established than the myriad Transformer universes.
I think the appeal of the universe come from it being a very dark and twisted universe, perhaps testimony to it's British origins, the base conflict of the 40k Universe is that of order vs chaos rather than good vs evil. I prefer the fiction that harks back to this rather than some of the more cheesy sci fi elements like the Tau and Necrons.
The Imperial Guard in the pictures are rasied from the planet Catachan a rather inhospitable high gravity jungle world where only the strong and evidently ripped survive. Mine were actualy themed after GI Joe, due to the Vietnam war influences in the Catachans design.
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Are there chrome paints available at the Games Workshop stores for say...refurbishing the engine in my sandstorm or galvatrons knee caps?
