"That looks like a mix of Star Wars and Mad Max"

[Karak Norn Clansman]

Last year my stepbrother, at eleven years of age and with zero familiarity with the setting, described a 40k Imperial ship as "a mix of Mad Max and Star Wars."

 

That's the best description of 40k I've ever heard or seen.

 

Do you have concise descriptions of 40k to outsiders to share? Perhaps coined by you or invented by people who doesn't know 40k? Or maybe some fun anecdote? Please share!

[Lord_Ikka]

A sci-fi universe that took normal fantasy races and mixed them with meth and nihilistic poetry.

[Jings]

A sci-fi universe that took normal fantasy races and mixed them with meth and nihilistic poetry.

Yup, I usually go with the similar "It's Star Wars on crack".

[USNCenturion]

I always liked the Science Fantasy name

[MARK0SIAN]

It’s history, science fiction and fantasy combined then dialled up to 11!

[Master Sheol]

It's a mix of Dune and Starship Troopers with added LotR races ;)

[phandaal]

Sci-fi from the cover of a metal album.

[NTaW]

Sci-fi // Monty Python // hyper-violence.

[chapter master 454]

Doom Slayers favourite holiday resort. Nothing but Ripping and Tearing til it is done...and it is never done.

[Snazzy]

Gothic science fiction.  But, that's only if the Imperium is well represented.  Someone seeing Craftworlds vs Tau may get entirely the wrong impression about our little galaxy.

[tentagil]

Orks are very much Mad Max, just in Green.

[Arkhanist]

Starship troopers, if it was fascist steampunk.

[MegaVolt87]

Just happened today, my mum asked"why are all these guys bald and look like Bruce Willis?" I still don't have an answer to that after 20 plus years lol.