my pick: the rainbow warriors.
I'm sure there are some other gems out there though...

Blood Ravens. They don't even exist as far as canon is concerned in the codex.

Ultramarines, obviously.

Blood Angels are a close second, as much as I like their codex.

Space Furries. 'nuff said

Ultramarines.

They used to be cool though.

Blood Angels.

They used to be cool though.

Dark Angels.

They used to...

See a pattern here?

what about the minotaur warriors? they are famous for charging and then retreating, charging and then retreating, chargin and then retreating. like a bull.

On their name and chapter badge alone: The Space Sharks

I like the ultramarines fluff, the whole "hey were roman/greek soldiers" vibe is cool in theory. It just doesn't translate well to the minis. Blue and yellow are boring colors imo.

The worst HAS got to be Rainbow Warriors, not only do they sound like space queers, but their based off of Aztec warriors? I don't know about you but I don't want to model my army off of people that got roflstomped by SPAIN. Thats allmost worse than being beaten by France...allmost

Easy.

Dark Angels.

Everytime I read Rainbow warriors I keep thinking about that ship that the french bombed in New Zealand!?


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Obsidian wrote:On their name and chapter badge alone: The Space Sharks

I respectfully disagree good sir. No chapter is quite so jawesome.

I don't like what Blood Angels have become. I liked them a lot more when they were closer to a codex chapter.

I'm gonna go ahead and say Wolfies on this one.

Rainbow warriors as far as name goes.

I'm torn between the space vampires and the space furries.

I have to disagree about the rainbow warriors, those guys are classic. And kind of the best option for those of us who really can't decide what colour to paint our space marines :-P

I think one of the lamest chapters is the Mentors. I don't like their colour scheme much, and their fluff about going round mentoring other chapters just makes them sound annoying.

I would also give lame awards to any chapter that has "Angels" in the name, who aren't Blood Angels (Especial if the chapter is called Dark Angels)

Also any chapter who's name begins with the word 'Space'

I don't know if there is a chapter called 'Space Angels' but if there is... They're the lamest.

Rainbow warrior

what kind of a name is that?
Ultramarine is a color/ and a pun ULTRA marine
Blood raven is because they are red and have Aquila all over them
Grey Knight is a theme
Blood angels have wings and like reds
Space Wolves are exactly that

RAINBOW WARRIORS?

With the amount of man-love that gets spread around the Space Marines, it's nice to have a chapter that's open about it.

I'm going to go with Space Furries...sorry Russ.

The Allfather will destroy the naysayers.

I almost hate to say it, but, like, Imperial Fists. They're all, "Our adherence to the Codex Astartes is the envy of all Space Marine Chapters! Except for the Ultramarines... feth."

They just don't fill a niche. Sure, some people say they're the masters of fortification, which would be useful if Space Marines were primarily deployed in a defensive capacity, which, well, they aren't. I don;t even think you can give them that though. They don;t even have a home fortress. They fly around the galaxy in a Death Star-type contraption.

Kurgash wrote:Blood Ravens. They don't even exist as far as canon is concerned in the codex.

Their are ,,canon". Not only have they an offical game, novels, they even got an Index Astartes Articel.



My choice would be the rainbow warriors too.

Blood Ravens.

Damn, you're telling me 15 or so marines can take on an entire Hive Fleet invasion whilst kicking Eldar and Ork ass? That's ridiculous.

+1 for Rainbow Warriors.

I mean reallY?

I can just picture the Brother SRM cartoon now...

Anything that isn't a Space Shark. And Space Wolves doubly suck.

Brazen claws and the Sons of Orar.

Iron Hands

Ultramar...who am I kidding? Dark Angels.

@Doctadeth: Why the hate against the Sons of Orar? I though they actually had a decent paint scheme.

Jokes apart, this kind of opinions are like [Mod Edit - no-no!], everyone has one and think that the other's stink.

I actually think alot of these opinions are really good... I forgot all about the space sharks. Some guy in my area made this chapter, complete with (you guessed it) fins on their heads. Mentors sound pretty dumb too.

As far as founding legions I vote raven guard. "we look like crows. and we die. Nevermore." Lame-O

I think it's one of the "missing" founding legions the Pink Pansies - a legion so fearsome that even Khorne himself wouldn't let his daemons near them for fear of losing them the to the Pansies.

Be nice to the Rainbow Warriors. Whose shoulder are they gonna run to? Mine. Because I don't hate them.

Rainbow Warriors rock! One of the first twelve chapters named by GW (before imperial fists and raven guard and all those other noob chapters )

So what if the the haters make fun of them for sounding gay? After 100 years on a spacecship with just your well-muscled, hormone-filled comrades for company, who you train with, fight with and die with, you might just end up sleeping with them too!

I am proud of my rainbow warriors army.

OT I think the lamest chapter name is the Salamanders, have you seen a salamander?

(ok actually I just googled Salamander turns out some of them are HUGE - I just thought they were tiny )

Ultra smurfs
SPHEES MARINS aka blood ravens

I dont see a problem with the rainbow warriors , for sake blood angels have nipple armour , space wolves are a band of traitors and morons .

How are space wolves a band of traitors and morons exactly? please enlighten me. if they're traitorous then I would say all marines are? except for the rainbow warriors....bad name....bad colour scheme....but if they wear that they must be hard as!


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How are space wolves a band of traitors and morons exactly? please enlighten me . if they're traitorous then I would say all marines are? except for the rainbow warriors....bad name....bad colour scheme....but if they wear that they must be hard as!

Uhm, I know this isn't technically a chapter but: World Eaters.

We kill, kill, kill, kill. We get it, you like killing stuff, now shut up and go do this killing you profess to love doing.

And they're led by an angry primarch: Angron.

And who in the hell is crazy enough to actually volunteer for a lobotomy? I'd believe combat drugs, but a lobotomy? Really?

Space wolves , lets go attack da thousand sons , lets drink till were pissded , lets act like a bunch of lets do things that traitors do , plus them being dogs really puts me of but i will one day get the space wolfs pack.

Lol, you hate them but will one day buy some? they can't suck that much then can they! or are you just such a nerd you can't help but try and buy every one of GW model kits before you die? I know i'm a sufferer of that, but i've been strong and have never bought eldar....

Actully the kit is ripe for conversions and would make good chosen marines , plus i did say they are traitors

xxBlazinGhostxx wrote:Uhm, I know this isn't technically a chapter but: World Eaters.

We kill, kill, kill, kill. We get it, you like killing stuff, now shut up and go do this killing you profess to love doing.

And they're led by an angry primarch: Angron.

And who in the hell is crazy enough to actually volunteer for a lobotomy? I'd believe combat drugs, but a lobotomy? Really?

The lobotomy is to give them a sense of no self preservation and untap the inner rage they all have. And really yeah the kill kill kill kill kill!!! sense they give off dries up.

I can just imagine the recruiting.

WANTED: Strong, tough men, will become 10ft tall super-soldiers.

NOTE: Will have to lose a part of your brain.

xxBlazinGhostxx wrote:Uhm, I know this isn't technically a chapter but: World Eaters.

We kill, kill, kill, kill. We get it, you like killing stuff, now shut up and go do this killing you profess to love doing.

And they're led by an angry primarch: Angron.

And who in the hell is crazy enough to actually volunteer for a lobotomy? I'd believe combat drugs, but a lobotomy? Really?

Did I happen to mention you are one of my newest Favourite people on Dakka?

And lets be honest, would you KNOW if you had volunteered or not after the fact?

Touche, and no I did not know that!

Though (becomes really nerdy). the part of your brain that controls fear, the amgydala, is also the part that controls anger and it's physically at the brain stem. A lot of stuff would get messed up in removing it. It would also mean that when someone is yelling in your face, you would do this: why are you talking so loud?

I thought the amygdala acted as a floodgate, so to speak, for emotions like anger and fear, rather than controlling them? Wouldn't removing it cause the Berserker to feel both emotions more vividly? Wouldn't that drive him a little bit insane?

Eh?

(Then again, I have exactly no background in biology or medical science, so I could be wrong!)

Either way, lobotomies don't work!

Fair enough!

Leo_the_Rat wrote:I think it's one of the "missing" founding legions the Pink Pansies - a legion so fearsome that even Khorne himself wouldn't let his daemons near them for fear of losing them the to the Pansies.

they are surely a Slaneeshi marine?

Imho, the theme makes or breaks the chapter. Angry marines, Puppy marines, Vampire marines, marines seeking redemption, Roman marines, are all +1. I may not like the chapter in particular, but at least they have an identity.

the very worst of these themes belong to the Lamenters. Sad/unlucky marines who have the most horrible color scheme ever. They were supposed to be like blade (made from vampires, with all of their strenghts but none of their weeknesses) . . . didn't turn out that way i guess.

100th post . . . lame

I think Lamenters are hilarious. I can just hear their whiny chapter master, Dante Hicks, saying "I'm not even supposed to be here today!"

I'm probably opening myself up to loads of abuse now, but what about the non-Codex Angry Marines? I mean yellow armour sheesh.

*Quickly ducks for cover*

Lamentors, I get that they descend from the Blood Angels and allegedly aren't afflicted with the flaw, but what does it in is their badge. Bleeding winged heart in a circle with racing checkerboard pattern, what?

xxBlazinGhostxx wrote:Uhm, I know this isn't technically a chapter but: World Eaters.

We kill, kill, kill, kill. We get it, you like killing stuff, now shut up and go do this killing you profess to love doing.

And they're led by an angry primarch: Angron.

And who in the hell is crazy enough to actually volunteer for a lobotomy? I'd believe combat drugs, but a lobotomy? Really?

I actually love world eaters, just because they're the 1 marine army that doesn't give a
1 world eater vs 12 genestealers? lets do it. they dont even think twice. I love that insane bravado. Im surprised at how often they pull off wild victories on the tabletop too. They're kind of underrated imo. anyway.... but yeah angron sucks.
AF


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ChiliPowderKeg wrote:Lamentors, I get that they descend from the Blood Angels and allegedly aren't afflicted with the flaw, but what does it in is their badge. Bleeding winged heart in a circle with racing checkerboard pattern, what?

Even more than dark angels they are THE emo marines.
If I had this army I'd paint eye liner and multi-colored arm bracelets on every 1 of them.
Because life is so sad.
When you're a ...
Lamenter.

feth!i didn't remember the lamenters ... yeah... +1 for lame!


Angry marines, yeah... i think yellow fits no one, or at least, no one who's cool BUT they're the exception to the rule..... 'cause they're angry.... all the time!!!

Kurgash wrote:Blood Ravens. They don't even exist as far as canon is concerned in the codex.

Page 112 5th edition codex.

Please check your facts before you insult my first army


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Smarteye wrote:I like the ultramarines fluff, the whole "hey were roman/greek soldiers" vibe is cool in theory. It just doesn't translate well to the minis. Blue and yellow are boring colors imo.

The worst HAS got to be Rainbow Warriors, not only do they sound like space queers, but their based off of Aztec warriors? I don't know about you but I don't want to model my army off of people that got roflstomped by SPAIN. Thats allmost worse than being beaten by France...allmost

Smallpox had nothing to do with that...

And Spain was undisputed master of ze world for night on a century!

The Black Dragons. Quite possibly the worst fluff ever.

what about the guys who spontaneously combust? The Flame Falcons or something. pretty high suck potential there.

chowderhead13 wrote:The Black Dragons. Quite possibly the worst fluff ever.

What? I just looked them up and they seem awesome!

Pretty much any chapter that isn't the Rainbow Warriors or the Space Sharks. All chapters aspire to be as ass-kicking awesome as these guys.

Ultramarines. Dark Angels. Black Widows. Black Legion.

the Black Legion? Really? They're like the heart and soul of chaos.... the praetorians of the war-master himself.... a tragedy of misplaced loyalty... brought nearly to extinction and now rising phoenix like from the ashes of the Sons of Horus legion to become the scourge of the imperium, at the forefront of every unholy crusade waged against the hated imperium.

The Black Legion is Awesome.

AbaddonFidelis wrote:The Black Legion is Awesome.

All twelve of them.

I'll give this to the Black Legion; at least they're doing something against the Imperium. Only other legion that did something was World Eaters, and only once.

Henners91 wrote:

AbaddonFidelis wrote:The Black Legion is Awesome.

All twelve million of them.

slight edit

hmmm, ultras simply because i hate them so much

Cryonicleech wrote:Blood Ravens.

Damn, you're telling me 15 or so marines can take on an entire Hive Fleet invasion whilst kicking Eldar and Ork ass? That's ridiculous.

Actually, if you pay attention you'll notice that Guard are fighting on all three planets (there's a piece of wargear that lets you get artillery support from the PDF based on how many communication arrays you have). The Blood Ravens are, effectively, doing their damndest to ensure the Guard and PDF forces aren't overwhelmed by attacking the most critical locations of the enemy. And of course, given the Blood Ravens have many fortresses on the desert world, you can be sure that more than just fifteen Marines are defending that one-- actually, on the mission where you can see plenty of Blood ravens fighting, including Davian Thule himself, a predator, and several tactical, scout, and devastator squads.

Melissia wrote:

Cryonicleech wrote:Blood Ravens.

Damn, you're telling me 15 or so marines can take on an entire Hive Fleet invasion whilst kicking Eldar and Ork ass? That's ridiculous.

Actually, if you pay attention you'll notice that Guard are fighting on all three planets (there's a piece of wargear that lets you get artillery support from the PDF based on how many communication arrays you have). The Blood Ravens are, effectively, doing their damndest to ensure the Guard and PDF forces aren't overwhelmed by attacking the most critical locations of the enemy. And of course, given the Blood Ravens have many fortresses on the desert world, you can be sure that more than just fifteen Marines are defending that one-- actually, on the mission where

Spoiler:

Thule gets "killed" and has to be put in stasis to be turned int a dreadnought

you can see plenty of Blood ravens fighting, including Davian Thule himself, a predator, and several tactical, scout, and devastator squads.

You'll actually also notice that several hundred Marines die over the course of the game - or less, if you're good at keeping your own guys alive.

...when your Marines die, and you replenish them using a beacon, do you think those are the same Marines coming back from the dead?

No.

You're playing several hundred marines, not several.

Just a handful at a time.

Blood Ravens are darn cool! Also, they are mentioned in the painted guys section of the most recent Marine Codex. The lamest is probably the Blood Angels, in my honest opinion. Don't rip me bloody ead off though. Either blood angels, or my own chapter until if de-*%&@ the fluff of them.

As for my opinion... the Sons of Malice. Their fluff is ridiculously fanboyish, and to Sisters players it's just plain insulting.

AbaddonFidelis wrote:the Black Legion? Really? They're like the heart and soul of chaos.... the praetorians of the war-master himself.... a tragedy of misplaced loyalty... brought nearly to extinction and now rising phoenix like from the ashes of the Sons of Horus legion to become the scourge of the imperium, at the forefront of every unholy crusade waged against the hated imperium.

The Black Legion is Awesome.

They have some nice background, but they are kinda like the Ultramarines of the Chaos Space Marines. They have no real theme and pretty generic looking tbh.

Melissia wrote:As for my opinion... the Sons of Malice. Their fluff is ridiculously fanboyish, and to Sisters players it's just plain insulting.

Ah Christ... Incoming poopstorm ahead. Deploy the umbrellas.

funny you should mention sons of malice.... Melissa.... I actually like them alot quite independent of their fluff battle with sisters... I just think their quartered color scheme is cool and it makes sense that chaos would have a god personifying the force of self destruction, since chaos by its very nature works against itself so much.

Besides dread axes, their chapter weapon if you will, were the shiznit in 3.5
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yeah black legion is definitely the chaos counter part to ultra marines. I dont like the way they redid their fluff as being a mish mash of renegades all wearing the same armor. It used to be that they were the hard-azzed embittered praetorians of a fallen god, the most die hard fanatical haters of the imperium. Now their fluff is pretty disorganized. I also like their character. Other renegades worship the chaos gods. The Black Legion can worship 1 god 1 week and another the next, because their real religion is.... themselves. As with Lucifer pride was their down fall.

about the poop storm.... if it happens it wont be from me. I've already had the sisters discussion I'm pretty much done with it. If people start arguing about it I'll sit it out.
AF

I know the old fluff well. I have 3.5 too. But I still find them dull. Might be because of the studio army I guess. Seeing the same scheme over and over does that.

Always something new to learn!

I have to admit to really never having heard of the Sons of Malice.

They are certianly no more fanboy-ish than Sisters themselves, actually.

What they are is silly, much like most of the Chaos Space Marines outside of the Original Sinners.

Anyway, the problem with threads like this is that someone is going to be a 'funny guy' and say Space Wolves, then the Space Wolves fans jump in, rage, rinse, repeat.

Basically, threads that are, in essence, negative?

Not sure how much longer this one's got, really.

AbaddonFidelis wrote:

Henners91 wrote:

AbaddonFidelis wrote:The Black Legion is Awesome.

All twelve million of them.

slight edit

Meh, exaggeration on my part but I'd read that they were small in numbers... even with the volunteers from other sources.

The lamer-est:

Space Vampire tragic renaissance marines chapter.
Space Vikings with occasional lycanthropy issues chapter.
Space monks (Yep, pretty much the rest of them).

The like, Ultra-marine ones. Just because I hated them in the RT rulebook, let alone later.

Doom Eagles. Marines so shiny that they look like the Cylons from the old Battlestar Galactica Series.....wait does that make them awesome or terrible

space angel vampire tragic berserk doomed crazy renaissance marine chapter.

oh course whole 1th company with supports should be killed by single sister....

I like the rainbow warriors for some reason! On lexicanum the picture shows them blue withrainbow stripes on their head.

I hate salamanders mainly because i think its stupid having jet black skin and red eyes come on games workshop no more cheesy chapters!

Anyone else notice that the Lamentors.. are actually the Lame-ntors?

I vote for them being the lamest.. as they seem to be the ONLY chapter that even encorporates the word "Lame" in the chapter name.

-P

Porkuslime- I think you'll find that any chapter with the word "flame" also incorporates the word "lame".

Henners91 wrote:

Kurgash wrote:Blood Ravens. They don't even exist as far as canon is concerned in the codex.

Page 112 5th edition codex.

Please check your facts before you insult my first army


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Smarteye wrote:I like the ultramarines fluff, the whole "hey were roman/greek soldiers" vibe is cool in theory. It just doesn't translate well to the minis. Blue and yellow are boring colors imo.

The worst HAS got to be Rainbow Warriors, not only do they sound like space queers, but their based off of Aztec warriors? I don't know about you but I don't want to model my army off of people that got roflstomped by SPAIN. Thats allmost worse than being beaten by France...allmost

Smallpox had nothing to do with that...

And Spain was undisputed master of ze world for night on a century!

What's wrong with Blood Ravens? at least they don't have the problems of other chapters.... apart the lulzy speach of some of their officers....

yeah... we were the true "plague bearers" of that time....after the rats...


Any problem with us Smarteye?

Leo_the_Rat wrote:Porkuslime- I think you'll find that any chapter with the word "flame" also incorporates the word "lame".

Where is that face-palm Ork gif..

Leo.. you are SO right.. I musta had blinders on.

porkuslime wrote:

Leo_the_Rat wrote:Porkuslime- I think you'll find that any chapter with the word "flame" also incorporates the word "lame".

Where is that face-palm Ork gif.

Just on the left...

svendrex wrote:Doom Eagles. Marines so shiny that they look like the Cylons from the old Battlestar Galactica Series.....wait does that make them awesome or terrible

tbh I think the biggest turn off for the Doom Eagles is how much they remind you that you are going to die eventually.

svendrex wrote:Doom Eagles. Marines so shiny that they look like the Cylons from the old Battlestar Galactica Series.....wait does that make them awesome or terrible

Doom Eagles don't look bad. They have a decent name, an oddly original colour scheme, and good contrast. My main problem with the Doom Eagles is that I don't really like metallic colours on miniatures.

However if someone was to paint up a chapter of Doom Eagles using a non metallic metal effect

Like THIS

Well surely then; they would be hands down the most awesome chapter ever!

terribletrygon wrote:

Ah Christ... Incoming poopstorm ahead. Deploy the umbrellas.

I just looked up the Sons of Malice and I lol'd.

The F-lame Falcons. Their fluff talks about how they all caught on fire in the heat of battle- a fire that did not hurt them, or their equipment, but only their enemies.

How do they respond to this miraculous sign of faith? They call for the inquisition because they think their geneseed is bad, then decide their geneseed is good and go party on their homeworld. The Inquisitor gets there, summons the Grey Knights and they finish off the burning marines.


That's right- a chapter of marines that is on fire. All the time. Always burning! All the time!

Never heard of the Sons of Malice until now either. Wouldn't say they're fanboyish - more just gross. Anyways its the Sisters fault for dropping right in the middle of them. Standard martyr tactics.

Leave us Angels alone or else I'll go cut myself to MCR.

Smarteye wrote:I like the ultramarines fluff, the whole "hey were roman/greek soldiers" vibe is cool in theory. It just doesn't translate well to the minis. Blue and yellow are boring colors imo.

The worst HAS got to be Rainbow Warriors, not only do they sound like space queers, but their based off of Aztec warriors? I don't know about you but I don't want to model my army off of people that got roflstomped by SPAIN. Thats allmost worse than being beaten by France...allmost

How about you actually do some reading on the Aztecs before herping and derping all over this thread?

flame not good sir..... I beseech thee

Leo_the_Rat wrote:Porkuslime- I think you'll find that any chapter with the word "flame" also incorporates the word "lame".

Sigged

I'm honored.

At least we can all agree on the best chapter...

ANGRY MARINES!!!!! WHOSE CHAPTER SYMBOL IS > : ( !!!
WHOSE BATTLE CRY IS

ALWAYS ANGRY!! ALL THE TIME!!!

WHO FIGHT FOR THE "ANGRIEST ONE"

WHERE DOUBLE POWERFISTS = DOUBLE DEADNOUGHT CCW!!!

Where else are you going to see double chainswords, a marine chapter with its own titan, one that shoots land raiders and angry marines from its guns, and that has an inquisitor who helps them prank-exterminatus planets by mass dropping catachcan barking toads on it?

Leo_the_Rat wrote:I'm honored.

I would have to say the Ultramarines.

I just stumbled onto this thread... LOL...had no idea about the Space Sharks Chapter.. I don't mind the grey-color or the red face-stripe, but the chapter symbol is garbage- looks like Bullet Bill from Super Mario Bros.