Warning - this thread may offend SM-fanboys.

I am 28 years old, and I've enjoyed playing 40k and WHFB since I was 14. Lately a problem has begun to appear when facing space marines:
The lame names people give their chapters!

Note: English is not native language so maybe it's just the language barrier...

But come on! Really! These are some examples I've found:
http://uk.games-workshop.com/spacemarines/chapter%2Dgallery/1/
http://uk.games-workshop.com/spacemarines/chapter%2Dgallery/2/
http://uk.games-workshop.com/spacemarines/chapter%2Dgallery/3/
etc etc.

Names like:
Celestial Lions
Black Wings
Space Sharks
Iron Snakes
Rainbow Warriors (!!!!!!!!!)

Why not add the name of the fugly car from the movie "Grease" - Greased Lightning

Note that some chapter names are cool like
Imperial Fists
.... only cool one I could think of...

What do you think? What is your chapter called?

/Grindah

All those examples are GW chapters, not home made ones....

I play the Emperor's Bovines. I have about 3 squads done in dairy cow black and white with green helmets and standard red bolters. I will bemaking an udder for my dreadnaught.

Motto: "We bring our own cheese"

It's my break from IG, which are black and blue swat stylle PDF that take forever to paint, and I paint slow.

Celestial Lions is an awesome name, Iron Snakes is pretty cool. Rainbow Warriors is a classic. But yeah, there are some grossly misjudged names out there, especially home-brew names.

WHen I was around 12-14ish (when I first started getting into GW), I loved how my favourite Chapter was called "Blood Angels" - the juxtaposition of angelic splendour with blood letting was something I'd never come across up until that point. However, I really hate how a lot of people call their boys "Angels" of one type or another, and other stuff of that type. It's the ******g Emos, they're ruining it for the rest of us.

Some of you may not know it, but the Rainbow Warriors was the name of all the University of Hawaii mens teams (football, volleyball, etc...) Looking back at the page in Rogue Trader, that marine was painted in traditional UH school colors. So, no. I don't really think that one is lame.

You may have a point with Space Sharks though. Sounds like a really bad straight to DVD Disney Movie.

Space Sharks is craptacular.

There's a guy locally (Whitedragon knows him I think) who plays at the GW store.
His army is pink... not "Emperor's Children" pink. No.
I'm talking more like, "Is your armor made out of cotton candy?" pink.

In a recent tourney, we wre joking around, and I referred to them as the Emperor's Hairdressers.
I don't know what his chapter name is, or if it even has one.


I have a chapter in the works:

"Iron Griffons"

I might tweak the spelling to "Gryphons" or something, to be "different," but i haven't decided.


Eric

The Space Sharks could fight the Space Jets in an expertly coreographed off broadway play.

Hey don't say the name rain bow warriors or the inquisition just might make it a priority to come to your house, and you know the rest. they were one of the first founding chapters to have had an exterminautus carried out on them.

Rainbow Warriors weren't First Founding.

I think he means in RT they were big but they kind of got GRIMDARK-ed out of the story. Also, Gay Marines, LOL... (Rolls eyes)

I actually always thought Celestial Lions was really cool. Sort of the basis for my friend's Astral Raptors Legion.

But yeah, a lot of the chapter names are lame. I called my Chapter the Sons of Hordini though, so I don't know.

I like Celestial Lions.

As others have pointed out... Space Sharks sucks pretty bad.

Personally... my chapter is known as the Azure Phoenixes. Works for me

AzurePhoenix wrote:I like Celestial Lions.

As others have pointed out... Space Sharks sucks pretty bad.

Personally... my chapter is known as the Azure Phoenixes. Works for me

Phoenixes sounds off. Change it to Disciples of the Azure Phoenix or some such.

Chaos got all the cool names. Thousand Sons. Black Legion (generic, but thats the point). The Fallen (sorta...)

-LEO037

I like:

Steel Vipers
Jade Falcons
Cloud Cobra
Fire Mandril
Diamond Sharks
Ghost Bears
Goliath Scorions
Hell's Horses
Ice Hellions
Nova Cats
Smoke Jaguars
Burrock
Wolverines
Widowmakers

Of course, these are all stolen from Battletech

I always thought most of the Battletech Clan names were really cool sounding. Ghost Bear FTW!

My Chapters name is the 'Illuminareus"
We bring the Light of the Emporer.


Yeah, Battletech had some cool Clan names.

Originally called my Crimson Fists, but apparently that one was taken... So it was changed to the Burning Fists.

By the Lord of Terra, I wish I was drunk.

(I am at work!)

My loyalist SM are "Knights Sovereign". I spent a while before I settled on that name, for much of the reasons you give.

Cypher037 wrote:Chaos got all the cool names. Thousand Sons. Black Legion (generic, but thats the point). The Fallen (sorta...)

Not so much.

Look at the most recent Codex with all of the lame X of Y names: Angels of Ecstacy, Apostles of Minithras, Brotherhood of Darkness, Claws of Lorek, Company of Misery, Disciples of Destruction, Knights of Blood, Lord of Decay, Oracles of Change, Sons of Vengeance, Swords of Khargoth, Warriors of Mayhem. Reading these, you don't know whether to laugh or cry.

There is a reason why marketing guys get paid stupid crazy huge money to think up good names for new products, and trying to properly name a Chapter is a good example.

I like Space Sharks.

Anything called Fists reminds me of fisting.

The rest of those names are great.

My own chapter is called the Dust Devils.

This discussion of names puts me in mind of the problems of naming products internationally. Sometimes a company gives a new model car a really cool name in their own language only to find out it means "broken" or "slow" or something in a target market.

I would like to hear some non-English chapter names from members.

I suppose really all chapter names should be in high gothic.

KiMonarrez wrote:Some of you may not know it, but the Rainbow Warriors was the name of all the University of Hawaii mens teams (football, volleyball, etc...) Looking back at the page in Rogue Trader, that marine was painted in traditional UH school colors. So, no. I don't really think that one is lame.

You may have a point with Space Sharks though. Sounds like a really bad straight to DVD Disney Movie.

I always thought the Rainbow Warriors were another RT in-joke. Asnother "gay" chapter like Dark Angels. God thats the 2nd time I've mentioned the Dark Angels inspiration on this forum, hop no one gets the wrong idea

One thing I always sort of was amused by is how many chapter names are based on obscure or uncommon Terran animals. In other words, animals from a planet that had been one giant city for what, 15 millenia? I have to wonder just how many of those things could possibly be extant by the time the chapters were named.
I mean, ok lions, dragons, those sorts of things are pretty engrained into the human story. But where are the scary, non-terrestrial critters? Catachan Devils.... and what? Where are the Astral Jugonu'Pa or something.

"In the grimdarkfuture, horrifying monsters lurk in the wilderness of the stars. But people still think wolves are scary."

wtf?

I always refer to my marines as "The Emperor's Adjective Pronouns". It kind of covers everything.

This would be a great idea for a little flash random Chapter name / Color scheme generator. The adjective determines the trim color, and the pronoun determines the base. Then load it up with homosexual innuendo and voila, a tool that even Lion'el Johnson would admire with secret yearning, and a glint of perspiration.

The Emperor's Flaming Blades

The Glistening Seals

The Violet Knights (purple helmets)

The Knights Dominant

The lame names go with lame color schemes. In the grim darkness of the far future the Emperor's chosen warriors will be clad in... bright red armor??? bright blue armor w/ yellow highlights???? bright yellow or [insert colors here].

Yeah, the names are lame and paint doesn't help either.

Do other people find the names of the primarchs to suck, or is it just me?

That's a fantastic picture.

The best name for either a Space Marine chapter or a Chaos Space marine...um...army(?) is The Damned Company of Lord Caustos. It's so cartoon villain-y.

Sergeant: Sir, we're under attack!

Commisar: What? By who?

Sergeant: It's Lord Caustos, sir! And that damned company of his!

Commisar: Blast! Ready defenses!

*Later, after the Imperial Guard defeats The Damned Company, as Lord Caustos escapes on a Hell Talon*

Lord Caustos: I'll get you next time, Imperial Guard Regiment 53978263484!

Stormtrooper X wrote:I always refer to my marines as "The Emperor's Adjective Pronouns". It kind of covers everything.

It sounds good, but chapter names don't include pronouns.

Wehrkind wrote:One thing I always sort of was amused by is how many chapter names are based on obscure or uncommon Terran animals. In other words, animals from a planet that had been one giant city for what, 15 millenia? I have to wonder just how many of those things could possibly be extant by the time the chapters were named.
I mean, ok lions, dragons, those sorts of things are pretty engrained into the human story. But where are the scary, non-terrestrial critters? Catachan Devils.... and what? Where are the Astral Jugonu'Pa or something.

"In the grimdarkfuture, horrifying monsters lurk in the wilderness of the stars. But people still think wolves are scary."

wtf?

I'm gonna name my chapter "The Imperial Carnifexes"!

MagickalMemories wrote:Space Sharks is craptacular.

There's a guy locally (Whitedragon knows him I think) who plays at the GW store.
His army is pink... not "Emperor's Children" pink. No.
I'm talking more like, "Is your armor made out of cotton candy?" pink.

I do know who you are talking about, and it's more disturbing if you know more about the guy...

Also, at Adepticon last year, I played against the Cold Steel Merc's (Mannahin's Team) and one of their players had the Strawberry Shortcake Marines, which made my soul die a little bit inside. Although, I got quite a perplexed look from the gentlemen when I informed him that the template from my basilisk would be placed directly on one of the Butterflies on his predator. I would have thought that you have to already have an attitude that this isn't all that serious if you paint your marines in bright pink, but apparently he didn't think it was funny that I was individually targetting butterflies.

Wehrkind wrote:One thing I always sort of was amused by is how many chapter names are based on obscure or uncommon Terran animals. In other words, animals from a planet that had been one giant city for what, 15 millenia? I have to wonder just how many of those things could possibly be extant by the time the chapters were named.
I mean, ok lions, dragons, those sorts of things are pretty engrained into the human story. But where are the scary, non-terrestrial critters? Catachan Devils.... and what? Where are the Astral Jugonu'Pa or something.

"In the grimdarkfuture, horrifying monsters lurk in the wilderness of the stars. But people still think wolves are scary."

wtf?

You won't find any... Because "Blood Marmosets, ""Death Ferrets," and "Iron Hamsters" don't scare anyone.
LOL


Eric

there need to be two brother chapters the "Crouching Tigers" and the "Hidden Dragons" just because!

but as far as cool marine chapter names go, i like "Archangels"

Doctor Optimal wrote:I think he means in RT they were big but they kind of got GRIMDARK-ed out of the story. Also, Gay Marines, LOL... (Rolls eyes)

Given the time frame, I'd always thought that the Rainbow Warriors were a reference to this.

AlexCage wrote:

I like this one better, especially since Kharn's got the Commissar hat on.


Real swell guy, that Kharn.
(big version here)

I once ran into one chapter called The Cutting Swords. Not outright bad, but really kind of The B&C name generator once gave me a chapter called the Thunder Hippos.

My own marines are called the Ouroboros Razors, while my SoB belong to the Order of the Ouroboros Ascendant (what can I say, I like infinity).

I do think Angel is a very overused word with space marines. Though I still like the Dark Angels :p But I didn't really like allot of the GW names so I made up my own.
My Company as known as the Hunters of Chaos. They are hunted by the inquisition because they stopped believing in the emperor.

I'm pretty sure that "Dark Angel" was at the very top of Jello Biafra's long list of really bad band names...

Pariah Press wrote:I'm pretty sure that "Dark Angel" was at the very top of Jello Biafra's long list of really bad band names...

But it made for a quite good TV series.

Nooooooo. Jessica Alba made for a quite good TV series.

KiMonarrez wrote:Nooooooo. Jessica Alba made for a quite good TV series.

There are few things she doesn't make for a quite good something.

Name 1.

I always thought "The World Eaters" was a nice name for a Space Marine Chapter. Same with the "The Blood Drinkers", "The Flesh Tearers", and "The Rampagers". "The Thunder Hippos" isn't so bad when you think about it: hippotamus' are incredibly dangerous and violent animals.

Also, that "Angry Marines vs Kharn" picture is awesome.

MagikalMemories-You won't find any... Because "Blood Marmosets, ""Death Ferrets," and "Iron Hamsters" don't scare anyone

That actually made me cry a bit because I was laughing so hard.

EXALT-FTW.


Iron Hampsters.chuckle.....

I went for the "Kriegmarines" because of my fluff combined with it's historical basis. I left the 's' off Kriegs to distance them a little from the actually WWII navy of Germany, but it fits. Being one word it escapes the track of the "X of Y" marine names, but is still in a similar vein.

Nurglitch wrote:Also, that "Angry Marines vs Kharn" picture is awesome.

I agree. So much so in fact....

Bastirous666 wrote:there need to be two brother chapters the "Crouching Tigers" and the "Hidden Dragons" just because!

Well, in that case "just because", here they are:

Crouching Tigers:

Hidden Dragons:




Viperion

love it, great colors.

now how about Brokeback Marines!

Bahahahaha. No.



Well, OK then.


(Watch out for the power fist )

Viperion

*cackling madly*

Stop it you guys, y'all killing me here.

And I didn't miss the knee-pads either!

My marine chapter is the Desert Wolves

i love it. all of it. now i have to go out and make all three of these armies.

"Brokeback" Is that local slang for "Gay"?

Brokeback, in reference to the brokeback mountain movie. all this tom foolery should not be taken serious in any way, it is intended to insult a movie.

anyway...i lost my train of thought

Oh, well then, so long as all the bigots are telling jokes like that it's okay. After all, it's okay to offend people if you don't mean to, right?

Not too local actually. Quite widely used, actually. It WAS a movie about 2 gay cowboys after all. And really, what's it going to be remembered for in 30 years? That it was about 2 guys and their experiences as cowboys in the 60's? Or that it was about 2 gay guys?

Seriously.

Doctor Optimal wrote:I think he means in RT they were big but they kind of got GRIMDARK-ed out of the story. Also, Gay Marines, LOL... (Rolls eyes)

Nothing says gay marines like Lion'el Johnson and his Dark Angels.

(Look it up, it's a conspiracy I tells ya!)

Given that "Brokeback Mountain" isn't unique in involving two gay protagonists (even two gay protagonists that are cowboys), one would hope that it was remembered for its beautiful photography, meticulous composition, and story about the effects of the closet on the protagonists and their families.

I get why people that haven't seen the movie think it's about two gay dudes, rather than emotional intimacy or lack thereof, but I don't get why some people are stupid enough to confuse it for "Black Daddies on White Twinks Ass-Banging Rodeo IV".

KiMonarrez wrote:Not too local actually. Quite widely used, actually. It WAS a movie about 2 gay cowboys after all. And really, what's it going to be remembered for in 30 years? That it was about 2 guys and their experiences as cowboys in the 60's? Or that it was about 2 gay guys?

Seriously.

It'll be remembered for being the movie made by the guy who directed both
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon AND the Hulk.

Natch.

It's a good film.

malfred wrote:
It'll be remembered for being the movie made by the guy who directed both
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon AND the Hulk.

Natch.

It's a good film.

No one wants to be remembered as the guy who made The Hulk. Well, until we see the next Hulk movie(hopefully).

malfred wrote:
It'll be remembered for being the movie made by the guy who directed both
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon AND the Hulk.

Natch.

It's a good film.

That's where my joke came from...i already said do crouching tiger, and the hidden dragon marines, so then i said do the brokeback mountain marines. and yes brokeback mountain was a good movie, i saw it myself, and thought it was a great love story.

Crouching Tigers: They're Grrrreat!

Anyways, Rainbow Warriors were from RT, and from what I've heard their insipiration was actually the Greenpeace ship "Rainbow Warrior" which was sunk by French intelligence agents for it's role in protesting Nuclear Weapons testing in the Pacific. Background wise I don't believe they actually went to Chaos, but they've not often seen eye to eye with the Administratum and have had numerous run-ins with the inquisition. (The main RT era picture of them was of one being toasted by a Sororitas with a flamer) The Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior was actually inspired by a mythological Native American warrior, and the Original Rainbow Warriors chapter also had numerous Native American elements to them, I believe.

For the other names on the OP's list, they're all good names, with powerful or frightful animals (lions, Sharks, and snakes) linked to words indicating either strength or honour (Celestial, Iron), or indicative of what they do (Space, as the Space Sharks, background wise specialize in Naval Boarding actions) The Black Wings aren't a great name, but for an orbital insertion strike force in invokes the appropriate mental imagery in the reader.

Alot of the names don't sound terribly terrifying or anything when your first hear them, but they make alot more sense when you look into the background of the chapter. (when such background exists) For example: The White Scars. Doesn't sound that impressive, or really make that much sense, until you go back into the background and find that the warriors of the white scars artually ritually scar their faces to celebrate major victories or campaigns, as their forfathers on Mundus Planus/Chogori have done for millenia.

My DiY chapter is the Imperial Hammers, being successors to the Salamanders and following in their legacy of craftsmen and artisans.

I like that it's nice. have to admit my idea "Archangles" is way too overused (the angel part)

One thing is that Space Marines are the 'Angels of Death', so of course there will be lots named after angels...

JohnHwangDD wrote:Look at the most recent Codex with all of the lame X of Y names: Angels of Ecstacy, Apostles of Minithras, Brotherhood of Darkness, Claws of Lorek, Company of Misery, Disciples of Destruction, Knights of Blood, Lord of Decay, Oracles of Change, Sons of Vengeance, Swords of Khargoth, Warriors of Mayhem. Reading these, you don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Not to mention the Angels of Death, Harvesters of Sorrow, Symphonies of Destruction, Tornados of Souls, Persistences of Time, and Souths of Heaven. I think those are all Chaos renegades or something?

Actually I think the most incongruous name is "marines". They don't have anything to do with the sea.

SM Chapter Names are very formulaic. If you break the mold too much, you won't really be fitting in with the fluff. So the key is to slip in words with a fun vowel pattern or slightly off-kilter words into the mix.

Some chapter names I've come up with:

Crimson Scythes
Wardens of Etrolus
Sons of Onan
Scions of Absalom
Rift Wardens
Children of the Hunt
Disciples of the Wounded Saint
The Emperor's Sting
Leviathans

Of the ones on the GW site, I like:

Iron Hands
Emperor's Children
Iron Snakes (even if it is a bit phallic, it's a great icon)
Marines Errant
Salamanders
Ultramarines (it's really clever the first time you hear it, and then it quickly fades into being cliche )

And I never realized the U of Hawaii reference with Rainbow Warriors. I've seen a couple armies painted up as like, Duke U or the Indianapolis Colts (wait, no, those are Ultramarines), so a football army is kind of a happy surprise.

snooggums wrote:The Space Sharks could fight the Space Jets in an expertly coreographed off broadway play.

Indeed, the highlight would be the army commanders squaring off with their power switchblades.

MagickalMemories wrote:

Wehrkind wrote:One thing I always sort of was amused by is how many chapter names are based on obscure or uncommon Terran animals. In other words, animals from a planet that had been one giant city for what, 15 millenia? I have to wonder just how many of those things could possibly be extant by the time the chapters were named.
I mean, ok lions, dragons, those sorts of things are pretty engrained into the human story. But where are the scary, non-terrestrial critters? Catachan Devils.... and what? Where are the Astral Jugonu'Pa or something.

"In the grimdarkfuture, horrifying monsters lurk in the wilderness of the stars. But people still think wolves are scary."

wtf?

You won't find any... Because "Blood Marmosets, ""Death Ferrets," and "Iron Hamsters" don't scare anyone.
LOL


Eric

I beg to differ. I can't remember how many times I've woken up in terror, dreaming of the Iron Hamsters. They look cute and cuddly, but they are made of IRON!!!

Nurglitch wrote:Oh, well then, so long as all the bigots are telling jokes like that it's okay. After all, it's okay to offend people if you don't mean to, right?

If the jokes aren't intended to harm then yes, it is ok to offend people because somoene will be offended by anything that is said. I'm sure someone is offended that you are calling people who joke about gays being bigots, including gays who joke about gays.

Brokeback mountain will be remembered for being about two gay guys, but it will be remembered because it was a good movie (or so I hear, haven't seen it myself). I personally thought the guy who did the Brokeback Marine should have put a cowboy hat on it.

Y'know, though JohnHwangDD criticizes the X of Y Marine names and everyone else decries the limited nouns, I think Arkion has a god point: These guys _rely_ on being formulaic. I mean, they're billions of lightyears away from Terra, but still pull all their tactical doctrines from the same playbook (ye olde Codex Assha... er, Astartes). They're pretty darned orthodox. They like it that way, and they're making an ideological point about sticking to fundamentals. This could also explain the fixation on Terran animals and legendary creatures, despite having encountered every other form of scary amongst the stars.

Of course that's a silly after-the-fact fan explanation, but aesthetically I think it makes sense.

On a side note, it's interesting (and goes with my theory) that IG regiments are more likely to have Xenoform-based names- the Catachan Devils, and... er... I seem to recall reading more of those. Um, somewhere... Maybe I should've opened the window when using all that plasticine cement last night.

Nurglitch wrote:..."Black Daddies on White Twinks Ass-Banging Rodeo IV"...

Isn't that the EC homeworld?

Abadabadoobaddon wrote:Actually I think the most incongruous name is "marines". They don't have anything to do with the sea.

I'm pretty sure the use of the term "marine" in this case stems from the use of the word to refer to soldiers who operate from sea-faring ships. Since in the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, space travel on space "ships" is relatively common, and most space "marines" operate from these space "ships," it makes sense.


Also, for all you fluff people, keep in mind that not all marine chapters pull their doctrine from the Codex Astartes as heavily or completely as others. The Space Wolves is a popular example, but I'm sure there are a lot more than just them.

I read through these various chapter name lists, and all that comes to mind is that old nick show, "Legends of the Hidden Temple"

Let's see, it's my orks, vs. the silver snakes.

Or purple parrots.

Green Monkeys,

Orange Iguanas....

What abot...

"Steel Magnolias"
"Emperors Hand-maidens"
"Army of Inevitable Ablutions"
"Excrement Slammers"
"Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers"

akira5665 wrote:"Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers"

Pure cheddar-ite!

Teek wrote:I read through these various chapter name lists, and all that comes to mind is that old nick show, "Legends of the Hidden Temple"

Let's see, it's my orks, vs. the silver snakes.

Or purple parrots.

Green Monkeys,

Orange Iguanas....

The Blue Barracudas were always my favorite.

@ Pariah Press- A Harry Harrison fan. I just put you up on a pedestal Sir.
EXALT

Red Jaguars!

I always like the name "Griefbringers" - as in, the name of a marine chapter that featured in one of the stories in the old Deathwing book.

Of course, I couldn't bring myself to paint them in the "bileous" lavender and green armor that they're described as wearing.

"Excrement Slammers"

That chapter is da s&*%

off-topic

No one wants to be remembered as the guy who made The Hulk. Well, until we see the next Hulk movie(hopefully).

http://www.spike.com/presents/hulk

Savnock wrote:This could also explain the fixation on Terran animals and legendary creatures, despite having encountered every other form of scary amongst the stars.

Presumably many Imperial worlds were terraformed during the DAoT and therefore any fauna would be descendants of introduced Terran species. Also, xenos species may have been named for their resemblance to Terran animals. A "fenrisian wolf" is not necessarily a relative of Canis lupus. There are numerous examples of this in the real world - the Tasmanian Tiger/Wolf was neither a tiger nor a wolf and the horseshoe crab is not actually a crab (or even a crustacean).

I'd also like to point out that the Lamenters are a good example of a name that rests at the edge of the orthodox SM stuff- it's a Latin-based noun that comes from an action (what's that called? A gerund or something?). And it's sombre. But it's also an odd concept- sad little SMs. I like it best out of all the Badab chapters, many of which were a bit silly.

I wanted to do Executors, but the problem is that too many people wouldn't be smart enough to distinguish them from Executioners...

JohnHwangDD wrote:I wanted to do Executors, but the problem is that too many people wouldn't be smart enough to distinguish them from Executioners...

Well, just call 'em the Literary Executors. That'll keep people from getting confused.

When I was like 14 and got off of how cool I thought Ultramarines were, I designed my own Chapter. I wish I could remember what I called them... Black Lightning or something maybe But they had black armor and I used the metallic copper trim. I thought they looked great!


Until everyone in the store I played at called them the "Duracel Squad".... :S

Fear the power of the Copper Tops!

Their only fear is the pink rabbits of Tzeentch. :p

I've never come up with a good Marine army name. It's like naming characters and planets, it's just hard for me, and I don't understand why.

The best one I came up with was the Storm Ravens... then I found out I didn't come up with it.

The best one before that was the 'Imperial Death Waves'... but that was 15 years ago when I was like 10 years old and I thought it was lame then.

Then there was the Aquamarines - the Space Marine equivalent of Aquaman no doubt...

BYE

H.B.M.C. wrote:I've never come up with a good Marine army name. It's like naming characters and planets, it's just hard for me, and I don't understand why.

The best one I came up with was the Storm Ravens... then I found out I didn't come up with it.

The best one before that was the 'Imperial Death Waves'... but that was 15 years ago when I was like 10 years old and I thought it was lame then.

Then there was the Aquamarines - the Space Marine equivalent of Aquaman no doubt...

BYE

Wow! Those defy belief! Aquamarines, LOL!

Too long have I waited for a thread with the almighty angry marines in it! Check more of them...

http://demonmads.deviantart.com/art/Angry-Marine-Seeks-Help-60822775
http://filthybusiness.deviantart.com/art/Always-Angry-53497889
http://filthybusiness.deviantart.com/art/Only-Angry-53506484
And the Preditor Angrinator!
http://40-kun.deviantart.com/art/Predator-angrinator-61232833

Also worthy of mention are the pretty marines, eternal rivals of the angry marines...
http://jaekyu.deviantart.com/art/Pretty-Marines-III-53086061
http://jaekyu.deviantart.com/art/Pretty-Marines-II-53031539

On a serious note I named my chaos warband the Plague Lords (nurgle, obviously), and their loyalist opposite the Shields of Redmourne. I didn't think they were too bad.

Hordini wrote:Also, for all you fluff people, keep in mind that not all marine chapters pull their doctrine from the Codex Astartes as heavily or completely as others. The Space Wolves is a popular example, but I'm sure there are a lot more than just them.

So are Blood Angels and Dark Angels, and look how different *they* are...

As 5th Edition moves along, it would appear that variances from the Codex Astartes are going to be smaller and smaller.

You call it variances, Marneus Calgar calls it DEVIATION.

Someone (preferably s person with programming skill) ought to write a Spam chapter name generator.

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Hordini wrote:Also, for all you fluff people, keep in mind that not all marine chapters pull their doctrine from the Codex Astartes as heavily or completely as others. The Space Wolves is a popular example, but I'm sure there are a lot more than just them.

So are Blood Angels and Dark Angels, and look how different *they* are...

As 5th Edition moves along, it would appear that variances from the Codex Astartes are going to be smaller and smaller.

Dark Angels and Blood Angels have never been that Deviant from the Codex. Dark Angels basically just have Deathwing and Ravenwing (which have existed since before the Codex did), while Blood Angels just put alot of extra emphasis on Assault Squads. (which makes sense, since their founding primarch could fly)

Truly Deviant chapters are the Space Wolves and the Black Templars. And the White Scars, though they've been ignored and not gotten their own Codex.

On the subject of scary things, I tried to think of the scariest thing possible.

Based on Holy Terra, deep in the bowels of the Imperial Revenue Service, there exists a secret marine Chapter dedicated to rooting out the most insidious threat to the Imperium- corruption! Heretics fear the Inquisition, xenos scum fear the Ultramarines, but everyone fears the Emperor's Auditors... .

Lois McMaster Bujold already did Imperial Auditors. They were just as scary as the Inquisition is in 40K.

JohnHwangDD wrote:As 5th Edition moves along, it would appear that variances from the Codex Astartes are going to be smaller and smaller.

I agree. Even Chaos and Orks are following it these days!!!

BYE

In retrospect, I can hardly believe I posted that "serious" comment on fluff in regards to the Codex Astartes.

In reality, I think that anyone who would tell another player to give up a creative army idea because it "goes against the fluff" is not doing anything beneficial or constructive for the gaming community.

The Pan-Fo being the exception, of course.

I'm not sure if this has been brought up yet but behold the weird chapter names:

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/liber/CantinaChapterCreator.html

Dancing Hippos; CHARGE!!!

The first chapter that I got was the "Ice Eagles."

Not as completely horrible as I was expecting.

The second one was the "Storm Swords" though. Isn't that a WARMACHINE unit?


Okay...the third one takes the cake - the "Amethyst Amazons." If anyone is itching to do an all-female chapter, I think this is the name for you.

Fourth one I got was Sapphire Redeemers, which is ok.

Of course the third one I got was the 'Doom Bees'... so results may vary here.

BYE

Ok I'll keep going:

Fifth one was Thunder Stalkers. Nice.

Howling Dragons.

Orange Salamangers... what?

Cryptic Dogs! LOL! Ok, that's too funny.

Desolation Brothers - aren't they in the new Chaos Codex?

Grey Guard - led by their Chapter Master John Smith!

Space Brothers - There's one for Kyoto.

Arctic Templars - Cool, but a little too Earth-centric.

Polar Champions - Hmm...

Black Falcons - Too derivative.

Fire Swords - LOL!

Blood Skulls - There we have it folks, about the most derivative name you can get without trying to hard. The only thing that would improve this is if they were the Screaming Blood Skulls.

Ozone Swords - Huh?

White Phantoms - Ok, that is pretty cool.

Screaming Sisters - Another female chapter?

Death Crusaders - More derivative names.

And finally... *click*

Furious Angels - Ah yes, led by Chapter Master Dougan, a chapter that hates women and is obsessed with death, but has great hymns to ride into battle with.

BYE

Hordini wrote:
The second one was the "Storm Swords" though. Isn't that a WARMACHINE unit?

Nope, though it is very close. You're probably thinking of Stormblades which is also a Baneblade variant, IIRC.

I think the Blood Skulls's icon should be a screaming skull on top of crossed forearms pointing with a drop of blood behind it all. The skull should also have a smaller screaming skull on its uvula.

Abadabbadoon probably has a good point about the terraforming w/ Terra veggies and fauna, but at the same time, I doubt many worlds would bother to put snakes on them. The Imperium strikes me as being much less "eco-friendly" than "We need to breath, and grow stuff. Maybe not breath so much."

I suppose the main issue is that outside of Catachan, not many worlds have been really described to the point that Apex predators would be relevant or known. I think there was some sort of giant lion thing named in one of the Eisenhorn books, but that's about all I can think of.

i got the...
Brazen Sons
Shadow Stalkers
Desert Talons
Grail Warriors
Blood Guardians

overall not bad i thought

Feor wrote:Dark Angels and Blood Angels have never been that Deviant from the Codex.

Nonsense. Dark Angels and Blood Angels are 2 of the 4 Deviant Chapters. Deviant Chapters are different than Codex Chapters because Codex Chapters follow the Codex Astartes but Deviant Chapters do not. You can tell which Chapters are Codex Chapters and which ones are Deviant Chapters by walking into a GW store and looking on the shelf - if the Chapter has a codex named after it then it is a Deviant Chapter. If not then it is a Codex Chapter. The end.

Truly Deviant chapters are the Space Wolves and the Black Templars. And the White Scars, though they've been ignored and not gotten their own Codex.

Not anymore. White Scars are now a Codex Chapter that uses bikes slightly more than average. Yay for retroactive continuity!

Except that they're only Deviant Chapters in rules, not in fluff. And the Dark Angels are hardly even deviant in rules. "Hey, look at us, we deploy our Landspeeders in groups of 5, and let our Terminators and Assault Terminators play together!"

Rules and Fluff should not be compared to each other, they'll rarely, if ever, line up perfectly.

"Atomic Phantoms!" Yow!

Feor wrote:Rules and Fluff should not be compared to each other, they'll rarely, if ever, line up perfectly.

And that's the single greatest flaw with 40K. Rules and fluff should be 100% congruent 100% of the time. The more fluffy your list is, the more powerful it should get. Historically this has been a problem for GW, as an army like Iron Warriors did exactly that, and everyone complained.

But that'll never happen. GW exists to sell their shiny new model kits, so shiny new model kits get great new rules (Lootas anyone?), while old ones get nothing. If everything was equally useful and fluffy then they couldn't push the new version of the model, as everyone would own it already.

BYE

My favorite from the Generator was: "Polar Hornets." Sounds like they should join with the "Doom Bees" for some Apoc ass-kicking!

As far as GW official chapters, does anyone remember the Marines Celebrant? They were uber-lame, too. Notice they have fallen FAR out the the game now.

EDIT- haha... the filter changed "uber-oppositeofhetero" to "uber-lame."
EDIT 2- Just got "Cryptic Turtles." Thought that was pretty funny, too.


Ghidorah

crap... hit quote instead of edit...


i are nub

Ghidorah -i are nub

fixed your typo

Ghidorah -i are Noob

/lol-just fooling!

"Scarlet Trust"

"Templars Mendican"

"Terran Exiles"

"Vostroyan's Sons"

"Thunder-Iron Legion"

Meh.....

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Furious Angels - Ah yes, led by Chapter Master Dougan, a chapter that hates women and is obsessed with death, but has great hymns to ride into battle with.

That was pretty great, but now I've got "Clubbed to Death" stuck in my head.

I almost don't believe I'm using the same generator that you guys are. So far I've gotten Atomic Bringers, Dancing Saints, Ultra Guardians and Umbrageous Monitors. . . .

Umbrageous Monitors - From the planet Trinitron, those pixels take offense at ANYTHING!

I like the Dancing Patriarchs out of my batch. makes me think of Orthodox Christian holymen doing a pirouette.

Feor wrote:Except that they're only Deviant Chapters in rules, not in fluff.

That's what retroactive fluff alterations are for! Forget all the old fluff we wrote - it is hereby changed to whatever it needs to be to match the rules we just made!

Wow, I got some great* names from that generator:

Stealth Liberators
Flying Cats
Tundra Consuls
Shrieking Destroyers

and the

Furious Shades

*By 'great' I mean 'not great'.

+++Edit+++
...and fantastically, I generated the Rainbow Warriors' eternal enemies, the Purple Destroyers.

Also the 'Wicked Lords', which isn't so much comical as

Furious Guard
Ultra Foxes (Perhaps an SoB order?)
Star Turtles (Need a rule to be very Terminator-based)
Penitent Guard (Actually, not a bad one, if not for the fact that 'Guard' would make people think it's IG. Still tweak to Penitent Sentinels and you could have a good Chapter that feels Angst about something.)
Desolation Salamanders (I think this was an 80s hair band album...)
Blue Acolytes (Led, of course, by th Blue Man Group)

Back in The Day I amused myself on the GW boards by helping the wee ones posting custom chapters make them make more sense. I guess it was a mild form of trolling, but it was definitely fun and most actually received my comments well. I tried to take a silly idea and make it fit my personal interpretation of the setting as well as remove some of the most annoying fluff violations.

Atomic Bringers, FTW! That's hilariously bad...


I would actually use a name like Star Turtles, just because it sounds so cheesy. And I like turtles.

Maybe Space Turtles? How about Solar Turtles, Galactic Turtles, Universal Turtles, Atomic Turtles, Nuclear Turtles, Celestial Turtles, Astral Turtles, Turtle Claws?

Turtle Wolves. Turtle Angels. Turtlemarines. Ultraturtles. Turtle Guard. Turtle Legion. Raven Turtles. Sun Turtles. Turtle Shells. Water Turtles. Green Turtles. Shock Turtles. Strike Turtles. Flying Turtles. Lightning Turtles. Fast Turtles! Oh, so many choices...

No, no. I got it! Thousand Turtles! Turtle Sons. Oh man, I could go on and on.

'Something something Turtles' has a ring to it. Maybe the 'Emperor's Snapping Turtles'?

Anyone got 'Atomic Kittens' yet?

BYE

no but i got...
vigilant cats
Ultra Turtles (funny that i got this right after Hordini's comment)
Adroit Hippos
Raging Saints
Brawling Bees
Azure Golems (i like that)
Snapping Cobras
Dancing Champions

you'd think they would make the generator not able to put names like turtle with ridiculous things like ultra and dancing. I used to code programs in HS/college and it wouldn't be that hard, just some if/else statements, or cases.

There's the Fire Wasps. Why not the Burning Bees? Or the Emperor's Fiery Bees. A fiery red and black striped livery would be cool.

Somethng like: http://bolterandchainsword.com/sms.php?bpe=000000&bpj=000000&bp=000000&bpc=000000&hdt=000000&hdm=FC5000&hdl=FC5000&ey=02F2FA&er=000000&pi=000000&nk=000000&ch=FC5000&eg=000000&sk=000000&abs=FC5000&bt=000000&cod=FC5000&ull=FC5000&lk=FC5000&lll=FC5000&lft=FC5000&url=FC5000&rk=FC5000&lrl=FC5000&rft=FC5000&slt=000000&sli=FC5000&srt=000000&sri=FC5000&ula=FC5000&lel=FC5000&lla=FC5000&lw=000000&lh=FC5000&ura=FC5000&rel=FC5000&rla=FC5000&rw=000000&rh=FC5000&bg=FFFFFF&rb=000000&gr=000000&wg=true&mk6=true&hse=000000&aq=true&mk7=000000&bs=000000&mk6kn=true&blt=000000&krk=CC0000&spl1=533B1C

With a bee emblem on the shoulder pads.

That is funny you actually got Ultra Turtles. That just goes to show how versatile the Turtle is for naming a Space Marine chapter!


And Nurglitch, why not just call them the Killer Bees?

Nurglitch wrote:Given that "Brokeback Mountain" isn't unique in involving two gay protagonists (even two gay protagonists that are cowboys), one would hope that it was remembered for its beautiful photography, meticulous composition, and story about the effects of the closet on the protagonists and their families.

I get why people that haven't seen the movie think it's about two gay dudes, rather than emotional intimacy or lack thereof, but I don't get why some people are stupid enough to confuse it for "Black Daddies on White Twinks Ass-Banging Rodeo IV".

Oh come on, even if Brokeback Mountain was about two gay cowboys and I have no desire to ever watch it, I'm not all about gay cowboys. I watched that one with Sylvester Stallone in it and was like, hey, this is definitely not Rambo, and why is he wearing rhinestones!? But come on, it had to be head and shoulders above Black Daddies on White Twinks Ass-Banging Rodeo IV, that movie was terrible!

Oh, and when I did play Marines my chapter was The Void Wraiths.

Bastirous666 wrote:Dancing Champions

Dancing Champions hey?

Lascannon fire criss-crossed in front of the Marine position, as Captain Chan and his command squad waited for his Chapter Master's order to attack. The battle had been raging on for nearly three weeks with no sign of slowing down. If this one attack worked, the Dancing Champions would be able to take the world and bring it back into the Emperor's domain.

'Soon, my Lord?' asked Ancient Le'caen.
'Yes,' Chan said. 'Soon.'

The comm-channel burst to life, the voice of a frantic Guard commander filling the Marines' ears.
'The Emperor's Children have broken right through!' the voice said. 'Captain Chan, they're heading right for you!'.
'Then let us meet might with might," Chan said. 'Dancing Champions - advance!'

As one the Marines of the 4th Company roared, rising over the trench line and running straight towards the enemy position. Chan spotted his equal among the Traitors, a vile pink-clad Chaos Lord surrounded by the sinful warriors of his Chosen Retinue. The two command squads stood feet apart from one another, and the two commanders eyed each other cautiously. Without a word being spoken between the two, one of the Chosen set an arcane device upon the ground. Neither Chan nor his adversary looked away from one another as the Chaos Marine performed his dark ritual.

When he was done the Chosen warrior looked up from the device.
'Lord S'thor, it is ready," the Chosen warrior said.
'Then let's play...' the Chaos Lord hissed.

The Chosen warrior struck a rune upon the unholy relic, and instantly a piercing wail began to eminate from the daemon-like mouth of the device. To an incomprehensible beat, the Chaos Lord began to dance. He moved with an unearthly speed, his movements both rythmic and grotesque. Chan wanted to look away, but knew that he could not show fear in the eyes of his own men. It was a battle he could still win - the Emperor was on his side, and he needed no other helper.

Eventually the movements ended, and the Chaos Lord stopped. Around them the Chosen began to chuckle to themselves. One of them uttered: 'You just got served!'

Chan's heart pumped, his face turned into a scowl.
'Heretic,' he began. 'Listen closley. I am Captain Magnusson Galator Chan, 4th Company Captain and Master of the Floor, the Saviour of B'Gee, the one who stopped the Saturday Night Plague of the 70 System, Hero of S'dio 54. I have never met an equal to my abilities, and now it is time to show you just why we are called the Dancing Champions.' He lent in closer, so his face was mere inches from the Chaos Lords face. 'Oh no vile traitor, you are the one about to be served!' He turned to his command squad. 'Brother Volta - Hymnal 73. And play it at double speed!'

By nightfall the Emperor's Children army was no more. Shamed by their loss to Captain Chan, the Chaos Lord had taken his forces back to the Warp Gates and left the planet forever. The Dancing Champions had been victorious, and Captain Chan had another title to add to his glorious history. The celebrations aboard the Battle Barge Sphere of Mirrors lasted for days, and never again would the forces of Chaos challenge their rule of the planet..."

Yeah... not so scary methinks.

BYE

i love the story, and i think i have to make this chapter now just so that i can model the lords retinue with a boom box, and have all of the vet champs break dancing and such.

oh wait i got some more god ones
Zeta Owls
Umbrageous Barracudas
Emerald Lords
Sapphire Scorpions
Wild Chameleons
Snapping Fists
Doom Kraken

what was the man who made this smoking, or at least why didn't he put some things in there that couldn't be matched up to make the most ridiculous names. yes it's good for ha ha chapters, but not for ones that your trying to be serious with, at least not without wasting several min clicking the button to get a good name