Vansh
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David Guymer:
What's your favourite thing about the Iron Hands? From the people I've talked to it's their 'simplicity' as in they have no gimmick to them like many of the other legions (trickery, psykers, etc) but literally an iron will (pun intended). How do you think they differentiate from the iron warriors?
David Guymer
The most interesting thing about the Iron Hands for me isn't the augmetics. It's the coldness. The willingness to get shit done no matter the consequences to other people who, in the Iron Hands' view, are eminently replaceable.
The difference between them and the Iron Warriors would probably be pride. The Iron Warriors *still* carry that old chip on their shoulder, and would gladly fight to the last man to prove their mastery of siege warfare. The Iron Hands are too ruthlessly logical for that. They don't care what other Imperial institutions think of them. They don't look for praise and they don't want it. If the Battle Calculus tells them that a particular engagement can't be won, or that the material cost will be too great, then the Iron Hands simply won't fight it. Sorry guys - have you tried calling the Ultramarines?
The Iron Warriors strike me as a dour lot, and the Iron Hands are similarly introverted and aloof, but I don't think that's by nature. Ferrus Manus was famously short-tempered and I think, that deep down, his sons are the same way. I always pictured them like Vulcans in Star Trek, these great boiling pits of emotion that they are unable to express and release. With the Vulcans, it's down to mental training, but with the Iron Hands its because of the heavy cyborgisation tamping down on those wrathful impulses. But they still feel them...
The difference between them and the Iron Warriors would probably be pride. The Iron Warriors *still* carry that old chip on their shoulder, and would gladly fight to the last man to prove their mastery of siege warfare. The Iron Hands are too ruthlessly logical for that. They don't care what other Imperial institutions think of them. They don't look for praise and they don't want it. If the Battle Calculus tells them that a particular engagement can't be won, or that the material cost will be too great, then the Iron Hands simply won't fight it. Sorry guys - have you tried calling the Ultramarines?
The Iron Warriors strike me as a dour lot, and the Iron Hands are similarly introverted and aloof, but I don't think that's by nature. Ferrus Manus was famously short-tempered and I think, that deep down, his sons are the same way. I always pictured them like Vulcans in Star Trek, these great boiling pits of emotion that they are unable to express and release. With the Vulcans, it's down to mental training, but with the Iron Hands its because of the heavy cyborgisation tamping down on those wrathful impulses. But they still feel them...
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Morten Høve
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David Guymer:
Hello David. I Absolutely love your Iron hands novels. Especially Eye Of Medusa and The Voice Of Mars. I am on my 3rd read right now, only have 40 pages left on Voice Of Mars. My question is, what does it have to take to get the 3rd book in the series? I've considered making a signing petition (Believe me, The Iron Hands community will sign) and send to Games Workshop. but will they listen?
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