Re: [Epic] Nukes in Epic universe

From: Seth Ben-Ezra <Azathoth_at_...>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 17:38:06 -0500

On 25 Jan 97 at 2:25, Dan Lobb wrote:

> Lorenzo Canapicchi wrote:
> > >have your archetypical alien bug race, complete with hive mind.
> > >(Tyranids, anyone?) Besides, it's a cool book. (It even includes the
> > >use of infantry-carried mini-nukes!)
> >
> > Yes! ... and I think that someone at GW also read Heinlein ... and steals
> > ideas >:]
> >
> Actually, I think the Epic Tyranids remind me more of the Brood from
> Marvel Comic's X-Men series. The figures even look like the comic
> drawings. Of course, the writers of that magazine may have read
> Heinlein...
>
> danlobb_at_...
>
Actually, IMHO, Tyranids come to us courtesy of the movies Alien and Aliens (I
have surgically removed the part of my brain that has memories of that
third film). Look at 40K scale Hormagaunts and tell me that GW didn't
skirt the fringes of copyright law on that mini!

Seth Ben-Ezra
Great Wolf
Received on Fri Jan 24 1997 - 22:38:06 UTC