Re: [Epic] Nukes in Epic universe

From: Dan Lobb <danlobb_at_...>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 03:17:42 -0800

Seth Ben-Ezra wrote:
>
> 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
Yes, but the Tyranids are even the same color as the Brood in X-Men
(which came out after the Alien movies) Their enemy travelled around in
Worldships and looked suspiciously like the Eldar.
Received on Tue Jan 28 1997 - 11:17:42 UTC