Saluting some of the gruesome creations you’ll find in the world of Warhammer 40k…
This article comes fromDen of Geek UK.
In the grim darkness of the 41st century, there is only war.
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Or, more properly, Orks, and other orkoid, greenskinned things too.
Lots of them, and they all smell really awful.
What really makes their extermination tricky, however, is the sheer number of the things.
Especially nasty, I think, are these nasty things with their wriggling sacs packed with more nasty things.
Im never pleased to see one of these killer wombs lurking near the backline.
Zoanthropes
The Tyranids share a horrendous hive mind, a collective will to destroy and purge and spawn.
Its also powerful enough to protect its useless, even pathetic body with a strong psychic shield.
Believe it or not, its even worse there, where the chaos comes from.
But it doesnt understand it.
The agents of the Warp are Daemons, and they are many and varied and chaotic to the core.
In the Warp, they have no presence, but in the physical universe of Realspace, they do.
And what an unpleasant presence it is.
Its the horns and cloven hooves that most probably give it away.
Im sure this sounds familiar.
And the Dark Eldar are like pirate elves who like to be extremely cruel.
Use your imagination, then double down on the least pleasant thing you just thought of.
Now venture to forget it and get on with your day.
The Necrons
Dying quickly can be merciful.
The Necrons wield weapons that will completely bypass such childish concepts.
Unfortunately, they have exactly the weaponry to do this.
You dont invent weapons like this when all you care about is efficiency, I promise you.
The Space Marines
Now, lets get to the crux of the matter.
Unfortunately, and much as it is today, the worst of the lot is very probably the humans.
And I dont mean the poor, blighted abhumans, dejected by millennia of genetic abuse.
I mean the holier-than-thou Space Marines.