#Space marine chapter tactics how to#

What Chapter or Warband spawned your Chapter? This also goes for general temperaments, etc. Some PrimarchвЂ™s gene-seed has ever-present mutations like Sanguinius, or certain organs no longer function like the BletcherвЂ™s Gland in CoraxвЂ™s line. Keep in mind the relevant traits and conditions of the Primarch youвЂ™re thinking of choosing if you choose one. This is again optional based on if the Chapter/Warband knows of its original Founding and Successor Chapter. Also this would not be legal in any Tournaments or most Matched Play really. That doesnвЂ™t mean you canвЂ™t make a Chaos Ultima Founding chapter necessarily, but your army will essentially be playing as all Primaris Marines in an army that has no Primaris units soвЂ¦. Some key rules here however, are almost all Primogenitor Chapters ( 2nd Founding) are accounted for, and all Chapters of the Ultima Founding are 100% Primaris and Loyalist as of current state of the lore.

This one is entirely optional, as most Chapters donвЂ™t know their Founding of Origin. If a Loyalist, bonus points for using Google Translate to make something into Latin and then tweaking it to sound cooler as High Gothic.ДЄ Founding is the Imperial Founding or Chaos Warband split, that your Chapter/Warband originally came from. Otherwise, take something to go with their preferred tactics. IвЂ™d recommend waiting until you go over some of your history to pull something from their past. This is an optional but obviously large factor in hitting that Rule of Cool meter. What do your warriors call out in challenge of the foe? Practically all names for both Loyal and Chaos Chapters are between one and three words, depicting subjects such as: heritage, allegiance, defining feature, and something simply intimidating. The vast majority of selling your Chapter/Warband as the definition of the вЂњrule of coolвЂќ is done in your Name. This is a rather important point in the whole endeavor. Notable Miscellaneous: Chapter/Warband Name: If it helps you, which itвЂ™s certainly helped me in going through this list, hereвЂ™s a copy/paste of the list I threw together to go over all the key points in the description of a Chapter or Warband: Give it some thought, and once you have a core concept to use as your compass moving forward letвЂ™s get to the thick of it. There are even space cats in the Dark Ange- I mean the Celestial Lions. So whatever theme youвЂ™ve got, it canвЂ™t get much cheesier. Blood Angels are space vampires, Space Wolves are space werewolves, Charcharodons are space sharks, and Black Dragons are space dragons.

Now before we get into hard stats that will be likely displayed to anyone you share your Chapter with, to help you keep everything neat and tidy, itвЂ™s often a good idea to get an idea of the Theme you desire for your Chapter as that will help any writerвЂ™s block you run into as well as you avoiding вЂmistakesвЂ™ like naming the Chapter the вЂњDusk WraithsвЂќ or the вЂњHidden VictorsвЂќ that give the idea of stealth and then in Preferred Tactics you list Armored Warfare or Frontal Assaults.ДЄnd while it might sound cheesy at first, all Chapters/Warbands in 40K have a theme thatвЂ™s usually quite clear. That being said, letвЂ™s get into the meat of it: Theme: It just adds some realism into the whole affair. However, please find some clever way of incorporating it, like вЂњIt remained a constant source of debate among the Codiciers of the ChapterвЂ™s Librarius as to when this event truly took place.вЂќ etc. Of course, if you want to slide in some calendar inconsistencies, that would be fitting considering the state of the Imperial Dating System and record-keeping. And if there happened to already be a вЂњ Bone KnivesвЂќ Chapter, against all odds. Because you never know if youвЂ™re going to be sharing your custom Chapter to someone only for them to point out that the Eldar Craftworld you fought was on the other side of the galaxy at the time of your greatest victory, or the Crusade your Chapter fought in happened a thousand years before your Chapter was reportedly founded. Always check to see if your idea already exists somewhere already. That being said, letвЂ™s get started.ДЇirst rule that applies to everything here. Whatever the case, here IвЂ™ll go over all the relevant details with some pointers and some guidelines to help create a believable Chapter/Warband. You would want a Custom Chapter if youвЂ™re looking to create your own corner of lore in the Warhammer 40K universe just because itвЂ™s simply fun, or as an excuse to paint out your own army in a way you desire, or want to really flesh out your custom army with characters and history to drive you onward to greater victories on the tabletop.

#Space marine chapter tactics how to#

Today we will be looking at how to go about creating a custom Space Marine Chapter or Chaos Space Marine Warband with the background and lore to be nigh-indistinguishable from canon Space Marine Chapters/Warbands. How does one declare a Founding of the Space Marines?