These guys were overachievers at their Best Halloween costume contest.
Okay, for the record -- all you WH40K geeks -- I don't know anything about where these came from either, so don't ask.
This is a legendary picture in WH40K online circles. The two guys are armored as Space Marines from the First and Second Companies of the Ultramarines Chapter. They represent the Holy Grail of WH40K geekdom: armor costumes. I'm sure even a layman can tell that suits of armor like these aren't easy to make and have the finished product look good. While there are dozens of armorers turning out servicable Star Wars Imperial Stomrtrooper costumes, no one is performing a similar service for the WH40K fans with money to burn. So whenever this picture turns up, the WH40K geeks start deluging the poster to find out if he knows who made the armor, and how much it would cost to have similar suit made.
Give it up, geeks.
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In the WH40K storyline, or "fluff" as we call it, Space Marines are seven foot tall, genetically enhanced human tanks even without their armor on. Think Arnold Schwarzenneger in his prime, but bigger. Their faces are broad, their chins are square, their noses are battered out of shape from the abuse of constant training. These guys can spit acid, and chew through metal. Their chests are like barrels because their ribcage has been fused together into a solid armor plate. They can take massive damage and keep going because they have a second heart and quick blood clotting. If there is any oxygen in the air at all, they can breathe through a third lung with special filters. There are few poisons in the galaxy that can affect them. Their endurance allows them to go for days without sleep.
Heck, they can even survive short periods in a complete vacuum without their armor.
Now look at the two guys modeling the armor. Dweebs. That is the real reason no one is making space marine armor for the masses. None of us pasty faced geeks with paint under our fingernails can hope to match that image.
Put a helmet on, guys. You're ruining the illusion for me.
What happens when you've got to use the bathroom?
Hmmm, well, I don't think people living in science fiction ever do use the bathroom.
I know they recycle their own waste in "Dune." I'm sure Shinobi.wind can tell us which Star Trek movie was the first to feature a commode. I don't recall seeing a lavatory in the Death Star plans hologram...
I'm not sure Space Marines have bodily functions.
If you're asking about these dorks in the armor... one word: diapers.
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