User:Freighttrain/Warhammer Fantasy and 40k

( Updated as of 30/03/2021 )

Contact e-mail : freighttrain@email.com

This is just a short description of my headcanon retcons from the Games Workshop's Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 franchises, and in the same vein as most of my other blog posts, this is just to change it so that things make more sense, I also have a decently comprehensive knowledge of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 lore (though my knowledge there was a bit better in the past). At the moment I only focus on Warhammer Age of Sigmar; which in its entirety is unnecessary far-fetched nonsense; and also new developments in Warhammer 40,000; specifically the Great Rift and Primaris Space Marines. My headcanon retcons do not go into too much detail and are outlined in the notes section below.

Key :
 * TGR = Tightened Galactic Rectum The Great Rift
 * PSM = Premenstrual Syndrome Primaris Space Marines

Notes :
 * At the moment this is just a rough point-by-point summary.

= Warhammer =

Warhammer Age of Sigmar

 * Warhammer Age of Sigmar is bullshit, the setting and backstory is not only far-fetched garbage, but also has an unnatural and unattractive aesthetic, and as a whole was completely unnecessary, Warhammer Fantasy Battle was perfect as it was, with a great setting, backstory and aesthetics that could not really be improved upon, only added to.

= Warhammer 40,000 =
 * The Great Rift is bullshit that heavily interferes with the galactic sandbox dynamic.
 * Primaris Space Marines are bullshit, they are basically just an overblown, radically new non-codex Space Marine Chapter, though they are also an auxiliary option for players of the standard Space Marine faction, which already has more options than most other playable armies anyway, so they have put a whole lot of resources, design work and lore development into a faction that already dominates all others in those areas, the PSMs honestly just look and feel like some kind of unnecessarily roided-up growth on the Space Marine faction, and I'm surprised that Matt Ward didn't have anything to do with it.
 * The alleged reason behind the PSMs was the tabletop miniature size ratios between Space Marines and Imperial Guardsmen, meaning the Space Marine miniatures were not large enough to show an accurate size contrast to Imperial Guardsmen etc., so they created PSMs to reflect a more accurate size scale between the miniatures, though obviously this did not solve the scaling problem as standard Space Marine miniatures are still the same size, they actually created more potential scaling issues since in order for true miniature scale, they would now also have to scale up the size of the PMS miniatures in addition to the standard Space Marine miniatures.
 * Poor design:
 * Reivers/Infiltrators/Incursors/Eliminators — Their posture somehow makes it look as if they are wearing high heels, or have kickstands coming out of their asses, I'm not sure how to describe it exactly, just something off and inhuman about their posture.
 * Gravis Pattern Power Armour — They (mainly Aggressors) look like pregnant belly dancers prancing in a meadow (no wonder it is called the 'Gravis' pattern, i.e. gravid), the belly-bling hanging from their lower waists really adds to this look.
 * Inceptors — They look like paraplegics in some kind of anti-gravity wheelchairs that are designed to accommodate; ironically enough; the seizure-like flailing of limbs, they've got those football helmets on too so they don't hurt themselves with the f l ailing.
 * Vanguard Suppressors — These are just a rip-off of Eldar Shadow Spectres.
 * Invictor Tactical Warsuit — A fucking deathtrap on the battlefields of the 41st millennium, it is a vehicle that sticks a PMS high in the air; unable to evade by ducking and weaving; with only a couple of roll bars between the marine and all manner of projectiles and long stabby things, you wouldn't want to be stuck in a P-5000 with xenomorphs around would you.
 * Invader ATV — This is basically just a slower, less flexible and terrain-limited Land Speeder, though really it's just an Attack Bike with more leg room, and so completely redundant.
 * All of the new Primaris grav-vehicles — These are all basically rip-offs of Eldar vehicles with a Space Marine aesthetic, under guise of 'gravved-up' Rhino/Land Raider-chassis vehicles, they add nothing new or genuinely innovative and do not belong.
 * Astraeus Super-heavy Tank — This thing is just ugly, no kind of aesthetic whatsoever and completely innnapropriate for a tactical force like the Space Marines, plus it's just a rip-off of the Eldar Tempest Super-heavy Grav-Tank.
 * Hammerfall Bunker — Not a PMS-exclusive piece, but this new addition is not a bunker, it is an emplacement.