(Reblogged from the original post on my other website)

In a post a long time ago, I mused about a photo showing the proportions of the fictional Adeptus Astartes from the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe.

 

In a celebration of passing my PMP, I downloaded a new game for my PS3: Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team. I like that it’s in this universe. The game is a little repetitive, but oh well.

It reminded me that I used to be quite interested in the whole Warhammer 40k universe, including painting and playing with the tabletop miniatures. By a long time ago, I mean like 17 years ago!

In a fit of inspiration, I searched some old boxes and found that I still had most of them! Here are photos of some of my miniatures

 

Comparing to the video game Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team, I noticed quite a resemblance! They are based in the same universe, but I appreciate that the model I painted looks like the character in the video game.

So, what was the point of this post? Well, to show pictures of little 3cm tall figures I painted almost 20 years ago! Well, kinda.

I feel a strange compulsion to get back into the ‘hobby’. There’s something that sounds peaceful and appealing about finding a couple of hours to sit and paint miniatures. The store I used to buy from is still there. I still have my old paintbrushes, but the paints from then have unsurprisingly dried out. I’ve even made a shopping list of which figures I’d like to start with.

My reluctance is trying to justify the time to myself. I’m so focused on professional and health improvement that I don’t see how an introverted hobby like this is a good thing. I know I need rest days, but maybe I should invest my time instead in things like Toastmasters.

We’ll see what I get the urge to buy after Around The Bay.

(This post is re-blogged from its original post on my other site here)

When I was much younger, I played a tabletop game called Warhammer 40k. I recently stumbled upon a wiki with information about the lore of this piece of my childhood.

The most famous ‘human’ fighting force in this hellish, science-fiction future are the Adaptus Astartes or Space Marines. These fictional warriors are given implants and intense hormone training to become unstoppable warriors. Until I read this wiki page about them, I didn’t realize the proportions of how large these sci-fi warriors would be.

Take a look at the size comparison on the bottom. The ‘Average human’ at 5’9″ is about my size. Now look at the Basketball Player, then the massiveness of the Space Marine! Imagine humans at 7’6″ and 780 pounds! The only exiting humans I can think of with that build would be Andre The Giant and the WWE’s Big Show. It just kind of boggles to mind to even imagine humans with that much mass.

However, I imagine these 780 pound humans wearing 200kg of armor wouldn’t run too well.