Favourite Space Marine Chapter and why?

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Re: Favourite Space Marine Chapter and why?

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MagickalMemories wrote:
spiralingcadaver wrote:Don't actually know anything about them.
That's because they're my home-brew. :mrgreen:

Eric
lol, that's a pretty darn good reason :P

In that case, what's your BG?
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BG?
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BG = Background
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My favourite would be the Grey Knights, not because they are "OMGZ OP!!!" but because of their fluff. I love fluffiness when I start armies or build lists, Grey Knights do it well for me. Same with Tyranids, but that's bias because I grew up on the Alien movies and absolutely fell in love with Tyranids.
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Re: Favourite Space Marine Chapter and why?

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YoungWolf777 wrote:BG = Background

Oh.
Well, that's easy.

You see, Primarch Eric saw the Raptors Iconography that Forgeworld was putting out and LOVED it. Then, he saw the Raptors color scheme and... didn't.
So, since this was an edition that allowed customization of armies, Primarch Eric assembled his troops in a manner that allowed him to take a crapload of bikes and Devastators. He put the Raptors iconography on his tanks (it was not available for troops at that time) and used Winged Ravenwing fronts on all of his bikes.

Then, he named them what he thought was a cool name.

Thus, the Iron Griffons were born!

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MagickalMemories wrote:
YoungWolf777 wrote:BG = Background

Oh.
Well, that's easy.

You see, Primarch Eric saw the Raptors Iconography that Forgeworld was putting out and LOVED it. Then, he saw the Raptors color scheme and... didn't.
So, since this was an edition that allowed customization of armies, Primarch Eric assembled his troops in a manner that allowed him to take a crapload of bikes and Devastators. He put the Raptors iconography on his tanks (it was not available for troops at that time) and used Winged Ravenwing fronts on all of his bikes.

Then, he named them what he thought was a cool name.

Thus, the Iron Griffons were born!

Eric
That Primarch Eric sounds like a smart guy, I can see why you took to his theme ;)
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Re: Favourite Space Marine Chapter and why?

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1st and greatest chapter...Dark Angels. Lion is the ONLY person to EVER beat Russ in a fight (even if it was a sucker punch).

Honorable mention to Scythes of the Emperor (In the early 90s fluff, Hive Fleet Kraken was only beat at the sacrifice of them and craftworld Iyanden.). Now they are reborn to full strength (current codex).
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I love my Space Wolves! Great fluff imo, and I will be allying them with DA (sucker punch!). Its blasphemy but beards plasma and robes can't be wrong!
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tazbeast wrote:Honorable mention to Scythes of the Emperor (In the early 90s fluff, Hive Fleet Kraken was only beat at the sacrifice of them and craftworld Iyanden.). Now they are reborn to full strength (current codex).
There was an addendum in White Dwarf magazine that had special rules for Scythes terminator squads in Epic. I thought their colour scheme was different enough to interesting, for one thing.
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Blood Angels.
I have always liked the fluff - Sanguinius making the ultimate sacrifice. Also like them because of the Flaw. Something deeply nobel about them. And red is the color of war!
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The Fallen Angels. I waited patiently for four editions to get some decent rules for Cypher...

That and the Lion sucked.
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I have Cypher...what rulebook is he listed in? He used to be in CSM.
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Re: Favourite Space Marine Chapter and why?

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He was one of the Advent releases, as I understand.

Eric
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His rules are in it?
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Re: Favourite Space Marine Chapter and why?

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He was released on Christmas Day. He is basically the best gunfighter ever. And he pisses off Dark Angels to no end.
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