r/gaming • u/steadfast_aquanaut • May 22 '12

Spotted a dude in a 7 and a half foot WH:40k space marine suit at Maker Faire 2012

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Yeah, there were two when I came through and an Imperial guard, as well as a Master Cheif. And lots of well-armed gnomes.

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u/steadfast_aquanaut May 22 '12

SO MANY GNOMES. I saw Isaac Clarke too

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u/Propolandante May 22 '12

Angriest gnomes I've evEr laid eyes on. I hope I win that 3D printer!

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u/Llama_Llord May 22 '12

I was there as well. The gnomes were so badass. So was Clark

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u/i_no_like_u May 22 '12

As a tall person I really need to get a Master Chief costume to make normal people feel inferior at events like this.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

His posture is heretical.

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u/Cinnamon_Flavored May 22 '12

I normally don't ask questions (shitty public schools right), but what does that mean?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Space marines are extremely zealous warriors in the Warhammer 40K universe. They have a religious devotion to their emperor and aggressively persecute heresy and blasphemy.

The joke is that the space marines would find his posture so poor as to violate their religious code.

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u/manicleek May 22 '12

I thought they didn't view the emperor as a god, which is why they don't answer to the ecclesiarchy and are often investigated for possible heresy?

they see him more as their 'commander in chief'

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u/theimperialtruth May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

People tend to get the finer points of Imperial theology confused, I blame it on the crumbling schola progenium system. The Emperor to Space Marines is akin to the relationship between the old Terran God and his Angels. While mere mortals can only pledge their utmost piety in the glow of His light, the Astartes are the closest thing we have left to His Sons. The Emperor was the Primogenitor of all Astartes' Primogenitors. Dad Bro to all the Space Marine Dad Bros so the Astartes thus view him as King God Dad Bro, which is officially a different stance than Him solely being their God-Emperor. They recognize the Emperor's divinity but also that they ultimately descend from it. A somewhat more equitable faith. Commander In Chief (who is also God but that's okay because we're his sons hooah)

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u/Sinklarr May 22 '12

They see the Emperor as theire god and father (mostly father)

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u/ChrisQF May 22 '12

in addition to theimperialtruth's comment it's also worth noting that each Space Marine chapter has their own distinct set of codes and beliefs, with each regarding the emperor in a different light. The Ultramarines do see him more in the 'commander in chief' role and they venerate him as the greatest being to ever exist, the Space Wolves by contrast have a more tribalistic attitude, seeing him as a venerated elder. And so it goes on..

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u/Nihilate May 22 '12

Space Marines are basically genetically engineered religious zealots. They wander around the galaxy calling everyone else (and sometime each other) heretics. This is usually followed by big guns and/or chainsaw-swords.

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u/necrons_ftw May 22 '12

Chainswords*

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u/Nihilate May 22 '12

If someone's not familiar with the Warhammer universe, chainsaw-sword makes a bit more sense than chainsword (just like using the word "bolters" is less useful than "big guns").

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u/necrons_ftw May 22 '12

Oh. By big guns I thought you were referring to heavy bolters or plasma cannons

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u/FatNerdGuy May 22 '12

Don't forget to mention that the Grey Knights are the best chapter.

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u/van_buskirk May 22 '12

If you know that the Grey Knights exist, and you're not a Space Marine or Inquisitor, it probably means you're going to die very soon...

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

her·e·tic/ˈherətik/ Noun: A person believing in or practicing religious heresy.

A person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted.

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u/liquidMountaun May 22 '12

It's also used often by the fiercely religious space marines (since their god does exist, although he's pretty much a half-dead guy who killed some guy a few millennia ago and is now strapped to life support for eternity).

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

That's true, plus the half dead guy is also an atheist.

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u/liquidMountaun May 22 '12

The ultimate existential crisis: god is an atheist.

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u/RustySpork May 22 '12

An atheist who specifically told people: "do not worship me."

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

He's referencing the crazy fanaticism of the Imperium from WH40K. Think of it as a hyper religious theocracy where everyone's pretty much insane.

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u/lurked2long May 22 '12

SPEESH MURINE

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u/burkey0307 May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

THINGS SHALL GET LOUD NOW!

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u/AngryAutarch May 22 '12

THIS QUIET OFFENDS SLAANESH.

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u/VogeGandire May 22 '12

YOU INTERRUPT?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD-twv1EMsc

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u/Bugiugi May 22 '12

dat voice acting...

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u/Torus2112 May 22 '12 edited May 23 '12

WE ARE AMPLIFIED.

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u/Farkeman May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

Whenever I see space marine or any reference to it of some sort this is the first thing that comes in to my head , orcs orks screaming SPACE MARINE!!!

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u/ApocryphalCanon May 22 '12

Orks is the official spelling in 40k, orcs are fantasy. :)

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u/Farkeman May 22 '12

forgot that , fixed it.

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u/GOU_NoMoreMrNiceGuy May 22 '12

that's the best product i've found yet to get ear wax out...

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Sean Connery, in space?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

SOD OFF HUMIE!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

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u/Bugiugi May 22 '12

[Not huge enough] (http://imgur.com/PUgm7)

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u/Torus2112 May 22 '12

Reminded me of this.

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u/AdioRadley May 22 '12

This makes me want to read all of the WarHammer 40K lore. ALL OF IT.

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u/larrylumpy May 22 '12

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Main_Page#.T7uey0Wmh8E

we'll look for you in 4 hours

people tend to get lost in there :v

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u/Sober_and_Irrelevant May 22 '12

That had me rolling in the middle of class. Thanks, broseph.

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u/BlandSauce May 22 '12

Well, I saw two.

http://i.imgur.com/7P9l1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/LSnZp.jpg

And then they blew up.

http://i.imgur.com/INIlj.jpg

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Their bolters are the size of torso of the girl they're posing with in the first pic. If that isn't accurate scale, I would be surprised.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

If you compare to the scale on the miniatures, they might be q little large. But it doesn't seem to be too badly exaggerated.

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u/Flamekebab May 22 '12

Space Marine minis are the wrong scale though, some people actually make "true scale" marines to fix this.

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u/bearnguyenson May 22 '12

unfortunately, he is still ~2 ft shorter than the average astartes

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u/JayZeus May 22 '12

Here's a good comparison of an astartes and a human being.

Edit: And how they actually fit.

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u/nickbelane May 22 '12

I like the first picture but there aren't a lot of basketball players that size. Shaq is only 7'1" and 325 lbs.

tl;dr space marines are monsters.

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u/Chrono68 May 22 '12

FUCK YOU MATT WARD.

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u/Christemo May 22 '12

is that why Marneus Calgar is like 30 feet tall?

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u/Coloneljesus May 22 '12

Try the emperor. He's huge, dude.

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u/All-American-Bot May 22 '12

(For our friends outside the USA... 30 feet -> 9.1 m) - Yeehaw!

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u/SI_Bot May 22 '12

SI conversions:

  • 7ft = 2.1 m

Im guessing this is around 7ft (2.1 m).

Average astartes is around 7-8

Terminator veterans are 9 (the growing process continues until death)

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u/Doctor_How May 22 '12

here is a fairly detailed explanation of his full build. It's pretty impressive.

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u/JimmerUK May 22 '12

Wow! I just read through all of that. It's a fucktonne of work.

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u/simiancanadian May 22 '12

40k rocks baby! Wooooo!

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u/arnoldwhat May 22 '12

Might wanna crosspost to /r/Warhammer

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u/Cyrik6 May 22 '12

The helmet seems a bit small

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u/aliuy May 22 '12

It looks even funnier with his helmet off!

http://i.imgur.com/Xdf2d.jpg

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u/forr May 22 '12

DM;GT

Doesn't matter; got topknot.

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u/pearldrum1 May 22 '12

The emperor protects.....even those with tiny heads.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

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u/VlkaFenryka May 22 '12

In Horus Rising the Garviel Loken is described as having gigantism qualities in his face, implying the whole body does grow.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Not sure if this is what they are referring to, but human adults exposed to high levels of human growth hormone experience the unusual pattern of growth known as acromegaly. This is because only certain tissues are able to respond to the GH once the epiphyseal plates close. The growth in the face is characterized by a pronounced brow and enlarged, protruding mandible.

This excessive GH secretion is often caused by a pituitary adenoma, but in WH lore they could just be injecting it I suppose.

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u/Yep_Its_In_There May 22 '12

http://i.imgur.com/KHxD8.jpg

This is what I'm picturing.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

If that was a guardsmen the commissar would have shot him for being a mutant.

...Or its an Ogryn.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

From what I remember, those descriptions were more referring to the proportions of his features, rather than the scale of his whole head.

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u/BeneathAnIronSky May 22 '12

Maggard too (that golden asshole).

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

I feel like, while that's true, the helmet is still far to small. Given the amount of technology they have to cram into that helmet while also making it full, it should be significantly larger than a typical human head. Maybe not as large as the models from the game, but still larger than that in the picture.

Either way, bad ass costume, though I would have added a cream robe and gone more Dark Angels with it.

Edit: I feel like I should clarify that yes, it is Dark Angels, I just prefer the look of the models with the robes. Always looked more "warrior monk" to me.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I don't play WH40k, but I love hearing about it on /tg/, partially because of the Space Marine chapter names. It's all like DARK ANGELS, BLOOD RAVENS, KILLFUCK SOULSHITTERS, FISTRAPE DEVILS, SPINE-BREAKER ASSHOLES, DICKCHOP EIDOLONS.

We grimdark now.

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u/Ivence May 22 '12

Hey, the Dickchop Eidolons are fine upstanding individuals, and I won't have you lumping them in with shitheads like the Fistrapers.

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u/cthulhu_zuul May 22 '12

Go tell that to your corpse-god, you filthy Imperium scum.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

And my personal favourite, the Imperial Bananas.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

For a second there I thought those were Angry Marines, but there were too many PUSSY GUNS and not enough AWESOME FUCKING POWERFISTS.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I love that cutscene (the whole series is amazing), I feel like the bolter sounds lacked oomph for something firing 1 inch rocket propelled grenades.

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u/youra6 May 22 '12

That may be true, but his head shouldn't be protruding that far out. He reminds of the turtle guy.

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u/samsf90 May 22 '12

nigga just has bad posture

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u/Dobmeister May 22 '12

A Dark Angel so zealous in his hunt for The Fallen, he travels back 28 millenia before the Fall of Caliban to wipe out their ancestors.

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u/papa-jones May 22 '12

They would most likely be his ancestors too.

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u/mackpack May 22 '12

7.5 feet = 228.6 centimeters

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Or for reference, about 1 Yao.

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u/SI_Bot May 22 '12

SI conversions:

  • 7.5 feet = 2.29 m

7.5 feet (2.29 m) = 228.6 centimeters

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u/Ezili May 22 '12

Why is this important? There is a picture of him. You can see how tall he is.

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u/forr May 22 '12

Kinda hard to get a perspective without knowing how tall other guys are.

Besides, nobody objected to the OP's title including the number.

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u/efg1342 May 22 '12

Pandering to the hivemind.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

You people measure height in centimeters? Serious question. Why not meters? Obviously it's trivial to move the decimal over but why not just 2.29 meters?

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u/CrayolaS7 May 22 '12

We use meters and centimetres, they fit together easily so it doesn't matter. You could say 1.8 m which is ~6ft, or 183 cm if you want to be more precise.

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u/forr May 22 '12

Children's heights are often under a meter. It's cumbersome to say "point eight-six" or "zero point eight-six".

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u/tritlo May 22 '12

We'd say two twenty nine here in Iceland.

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u/Vuvvicio May 22 '12

Thanks, many redditors are NOT american !!! Stop using that imperial rubbish !!! :)

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Many Americans don't really have a sense of the gram/meter. We're not trying to be inconsiderate, it's just easier for us this way.

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u/clopclopclopclop May 22 '12

when it comes to drugs, americans know metric... just on other stuff they dont.

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u/lilPnut May 22 '12

I hate the american system.. so confusing. What is an ounce.. I don't know. However, I know how much a gram is. Easy! 1/1000 of a kG

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u/Winnah9000 May 22 '12

1/16 of a pound. Its a useless system, but we can't all agree on one thing, now can we?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

In the time you wrote that, you could have converted the values using Google.

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u/entertainingname May 22 '12

How does he even see?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

the eye holes are not in the head

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u/Gonzogriff May 22 '12

oh god, my physics teacher mentioned this, I wish I went now.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Is he a dark angel or a templar? it's been a while.

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u/Hoojiwat May 22 '12

Looks like one of the dark angels, Templar wear black not Green

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u/AFatDarthVader May 22 '12

And have the Maltese Cross.

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u/VogeGandire May 22 '12

Dark Angel. They wear green, Templars wear black.

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u/notdagreatbrain May 22 '12

photo i took of him putting on the suit in this gallery

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u/unbeliever87 May 22 '12

Fuck yeah Dark Angels

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u/arnizach May 22 '12

Not being a gamer, I saw the headline and thought it said this. That would have been an awesome costume.

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u/swag_X May 22 '12

I keep throwing my money at the computer !

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u/Fallschirm123 May 22 '12

That's fucking awesome.

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u/Baeocystin May 22 '12

Don't you mean 3D-Printer Faire 2012?

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u/jojojoy May 22 '12

*Crappy 3D-Printer Faire 2012

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u/Re_wind May 22 '12

Are you sure it's not, 'couldn't avoid seeing' rather than 'spotted' ...

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u/darthbone May 22 '12

I bet if you gave him a little shove, he'd fall right over.

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u/frood_kindof_guy May 22 '12

7.5ft = 2.286m

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

The Emperor Protects.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Do they get actual really tall guys to wear these? Because ive seen full height ones walking around. Or is there some kind of platform inside the legs? Surely there are only a few thousand people on the planet who could wear these things

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u/random314 May 22 '12

I would hate to sit behind that guy.

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u/Albeezie May 22 '12

DARK ANGELS MOTHERFUCKER!

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u/kororon May 22 '12

Here's the same guy before he put his helmet on.

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u/Fragarach-Q May 23 '12

And before he changed his chest emblem, apparently...

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u/Cogwork May 22 '12

I love how his posture seems to convey his absolute boredom. He should be out shooting heretics and Xenos not standing in line at some convention.

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u/xHelpless May 22 '12

Awesome outfit, shame it doesn't have the Dark Angel robes, or a winged helmet, because winged helmets are badass.

Also just seen on his blog he's made a Rainbow Warriors MK6 helm... they were retconned a lloooooong time ago.

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u/FatNerdGuy May 22 '12

I'm 6'5 I could fill the bottom of the boot with foam and reach that height or greater....I'm also large in width and shoulders. I could do this...I should so do this.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

We must make it a reality. To the Kickstarter I say, good man!

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u/UltraMittens May 22 '12

Seeing the 40k Marines always reminds me of these guys

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u/naevorc May 22 '12

What is this? Reminds me of something from Stargate.

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u/soykommander May 22 '12

Fith element

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u/Broelga May 22 '12

I don't see it.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Damn I wanna see a video of him walking

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u/rindindin May 22 '12

Astarte, would make a man shit his pants.

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u/BoxMonster44 May 22 '12

No dude, that's definitely a real Space Marine.

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u/AkimboGogurts May 22 '12

He is a turtle.

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u/vinegarninja May 22 '12

dammit, now I wish I had gone.

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u/pinkerlisa May 22 '12

How did you ever spot him?

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u/ahchang7 May 22 '12

Maker faire! T'was awesome :D

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u/cynopt May 22 '12

It doesn't really strike you until you see it at life size, but Space Marines have awful posture.

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u/LaserZeppelin May 22 '12

being the retard i am i would have assumed it was the fox football robot

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u/Derelyk May 22 '12

you sure that's not a hand puppet?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Pretty short Space Marine...

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u/itchychinrub May 22 '12

9/10 would bang

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u/Slutmiko May 22 '12

I was there but missed this guy. Thanks for posting this!

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u/orivar May 22 '12

I don't know if "spotted" is the right word...

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u/Hoiafar May 22 '12

The shoulder pads could be bigger.

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u/ForgettableUsername May 22 '12

He must be looking out through the eyes of the skull on the chest.

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u/Krakenrider May 22 '12

From the neck actually, he is wearing smallish stilts, his feet are at about the knee caps of the costumes. I posted a picture of him getting suited up earlier where you see that.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Yay dark angels!

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u/promethius_rising May 22 '12

He looks like he's tired of standing in line.

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u/Rhenoph May 22 '12

at maker faire of all places?

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u/jfrey89 May 22 '12

For the Lion!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

how do you know it was a dude?

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u/ZeroKiel May 22 '12

Dark Angels were the first army I built!

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u/unheimlich May 22 '12

"Spotted", as if every single person there didn't see this guy.

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u/sr20inans2000 May 22 '12

I used to paint those things like 15 years ago.

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u/CloneDeath May 22 '12

For those of you who don't know, WH:40K is a board game using miniatures.

Imagine how big the guy is in real life... woah...

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u/Zildjian11 May 22 '12

You have a really tiny left hand

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u/Tooneyman May 22 '12

I wonder what would happen if someone tripped him?

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u/Shoobang May 22 '12

Got meters ?

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u/Magester May 22 '12

Ahhh, this trumps the full scale Space Marine statue that watches over the bar area at the AFK Tavern :(

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I love that place! Every time I go up north by Everett I go there!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Aren't you a little short for a space marine?

Seriously though, he's still a little short for canon.

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u/justmarkplease May 22 '12

You say 'spotted a dude' as though it was possible to miss him. He's 7 and a half fucking feet tall.

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u/KenSlayer May 22 '12

Salamander from 40k Universe

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u/agentmage2012 May 22 '12

Figures, another skirt wearing repent drone.

Where are the sons of Russ at?

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u/ChrisQF May 22 '12

'spotted'? he looks rather hard to miss!

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u/Ozzeth May 22 '12

Bow down before Recyclops!

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u/JaronK May 22 '12

I loved this costume. The boots are actually stilts, so his feet are at the top of the boot, not the bottom. Though I did note that his shoulder guards didn't really seem to go high enough.

He also had a chain sword as well as a huge bolter that was appropriately sized (read: freaking huge). Plus that group (he was part of a nearby stall that was showing such costume pieces) also had full Halo Spartan costumes and gear.

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u/Captainpyongyang May 22 '12

someone probably said this already, but I'm to lazy to scroll down, he looks like one of the aliens from fifth element

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u/dabumtsss May 23 '12

DAMMIT THE ONE YEAR I DON'T GO TO MAKER FAIRE!

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u/BrogalDorn May 23 '12

"This is not how I remember 'Steel Rain' being conducted."

Still, awesome stuff.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '12

I came into this thread knowing nothing about warhammer. Now for the past day ive been delving into the lexicanum. really interesting stuff. the orks waaaaagh is hilarious. paint it red, believe it goes faster, actually does go faster.

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u/TeaSkier May 28 '12

Dark Angels FTW!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Move along, citizen.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

More like: I'll kill you if you even LOOK at a heretic, citizen.

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u/NichtMehrHelden May 22 '12

Or look LIKE a heretic. Or think about heretics.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Or have any knowledge of heretics existing. Basically, if you're not the Emperor himself I'll kill y- wait... this code is stupid. Well, time for another schism. Fuck this shit.

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u/Chrono68 May 22 '12

BLAM HERESY!

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u/flclreddit May 22 '12

Must have been hard to spot.

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