Olympics Schmolimpics...Let China host them over and over again...they seem to like to throw cash at anything.

I always wonder about the process by which Warhammer 40K characters get created. I imagine it as going something like this.

“OK, this new dude. He’s like eight feet tall. Entirely covered with muscles. But you can’t see the muscles because he’s wearing this impenetrable armor that weighs five hundred pounds.”
“So,…

Oh, you also forgot Commissar Yarrick, he is so badass, his weapon was an Ork Power Klaw he used to replace his severed hand. He was also one of the main reasons Ghazghkull Thraka’s second Armageddon War failed. Seriously look at him, LOOK AT HIM!

Leman Russ may be a half step down from a few of the demigods on this list in terms of sheer badassery, but I do believe the Primarch of the Space Wolves who has a class of tank named for him deserves a spot on this list :)

You know it’s Grim Dark when this is a good guy

Needs more Sisters of Battle.

Drive me closer, I want to use my sword!

The Space Marine Omnibus. Also check out the Wiki.

Every time I see this image of Vect, I can’t help picturing John Cleese as Hafdan the Black in Erik the Viking.

Stick with Ciaphas, it’s the best series of book to read while sipping some Valhannan Tanna, and giggling incessantly.

Malcador the Sigillite: One of the most powerful psychic humans who ever existed. Was able to sit upon the Golden Throne and keep the Webway Extension safe for a time while the Emperor was off doing something else. Any other human would have been instantly slain by the experience. Was one of the Emperor’s greatest…

What other industry can be represented by an angry unicorn breathing fire?

Oh how I loved Thundar.

Actually it was a runaway planet. And I remember the disaster well. I was a junior in high school, and half my class was wiped out by the resulting volcanoes. We lost another third to Moks.

Demon dogs! Lords of Light! I love that opening (and all the awesomeness that followed the opening).

I’ll raise...