Warhammer 40k

Burren said:

Weird and won’t be allowed in a competitive sanctioned event, but if you aren’t doing that then just make stuff that will be fun and make you happy.

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Palum said:

No one gives a shit about your army story but you. If it looks cool, looks cohesive and is a legal list you can paint them whatever you want and the worst thing that will happen is no one else will think they look cool.

If you're looking for random people to take an interest in your fanfic and follow you on Instagram you'll need to grow tits.

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Chris said:

Well is Deathwatch allowed? Because it's that with white/gold not black/silver.

I am concerned about being tournament legal.

My other idea is Omega Marines and just paint it Alpha Legion colours but say it's Ultramarine successors and not elaborate further lol.

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You misunderstand me. I don't care about explaining my fanfic, that's why I'm hesitant about the theme.

I read some guides on how to make a custom chapter and there were a lot of things to avoid, mostly around making a Mary Sue bestest ever chapter. I think I took it to heart too much as top of every list was "don't make a lost primarch chapter" when the lost legions are explicitly there for you to make them lol.

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Chris said:

Well is Deathwatch allowed?

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Palum said:

I don't understand what you're asking then. It really doesn't matter what colors you use as long as it's a legal list to play. You can come up with a justification in lore if you want, or don't. If you want to make a deathwatch but another color, that's fine.

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Chris said:

Basically, if your opponent turned up with this theme, would you cringe or think it's shit or against the rules?

I don't want to waste time and money on a shit idea.

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Palum said:

I feel like the reason you keep asking is because you don't like it? It doesn't exist in lore and contradicts how he's portrayed in the real stories and the implication that the ultramarines are now legion plus strength again, other than a few forays with specific ultra chapters like the white consuls.

You can't run Guilliman with deathwatch units in a detachment because he has the ultramarines keyword. Otherwise you can paint your "ultramarines" in any colors you want with deathwatch bits and use any detachment they have access to.

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Chris said:

I'm going to run it as Ultramarines, it isn't Deathwatch just a similar idea to let me use all the chapter specific upgrade bitz I want.

I just get an idea sometimes and get stubborn about it, so need a reality check.

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Chris said:

OK in my final stages of planning my Space Marines Chapter, need someone to call me a faggot if my idea is stupid. There's a TLDR at the end if you don't want my thought process.

First idea was each squad being from a different chapter so I could have White Scars Bikes and Blood Angles Jump Packs and not have to choose a specific chapter. Apparently a competitive no to do this and a cohesive look would be better anyway.

Second idea was a chapter that took inspiration from The Emperor's original legions, with each company being based on a first founding chapter and having their shoulderpad/colour but otherwise silver colour scheme. I realised it's too convoluted and I'd have to explain it every time I play.

Third idea was to just do Ultramarines and then I could use the characters which sounds better for competitive. That's too simple though, I like to do something a little extra.

So TLDR my fourth idea is to have a Deathwatch style chapter, but it's inverted colours (white/gold/chapter shoulderpad) and Gulliman's personal honour guard drawn from all chapters. That way I can say "it's like Deathwatch" to explain it and also get to use Gulliman and maybe other characters.

The concept exists in 30k (Invictarius) and in 40k (Vitrix) but just for Ultramarines, so I'm just making a slight iteration on it. Thinking of calling them the Invictarius Guard.

I don't want to make a Mary Sue Chapter so is this gay?

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Nirgon said:

Unless you're playing someone else doing something like this, I think you're going to have to love getting owned or do something else

Would be cool if it worked ofc

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Chris said:

Don't get what you are saying here?

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Nirgon said:

Take it or leave it

I think dedicating some vehicles to Iron Hands, bringing in some Knights, and an inceptor team of Ultras sounds buck nasty and all or whatever ye're doin there is kew

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Chris said:

Er thanks? Are you bradding it up today?

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sukik said:

Any suggestions for touching this neck up? I'm thinking a notch below to chin plate. Its s chaos Sorcerer in Terminator Armor kitbasked int a 1k sons Sorcerer in Terminator Armor with extra bits from my 1k sons Terminator kit. I want to get some paint on him soon. Head wasn't a perfect fit, so I made it work.

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Palum said:

Well generally you have to pay for codexes still I think? In this case the Typhoon moved to legends so that's possibly why. Lots of stuff got cut.

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Nirgon said:

Ya for adding Legends units to app.... guess I'll be lookin' around for how to on that.

And relics are gone? Just got my codexes finally.

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Palum said:

Yes them too IIRC. It's all gaymaris or transgaymaris now.

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