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@Tony- Yeah, Maine is incredible. I think we want to go further north, like Bar Harbor or Houlton North.


I have another name idea or two:

Spartan Legion

Emperors Hoplites

I like Svendrex's ideas. You could buy the PAGK NFW arms off of GW's site, and use those. The termi arms are a little jarder to come buy. Try Bitzbox or, if all other means fail, ebay.

I can def stick a spear in a termi hand. I have about 10 extra termi arms laying about.

@Focused- My father's father lives in bar harbor, and it is great. I live in a small town called Marblehead. Ask your wife about us!

@Focused- I'm leaning twoard something with "Emperor's..." in the name. Has a nice ring to it. Any thoughts?

@Chowderhead-My wife got a kick out of the mention of Marblehead. One if her GrandFathers used to build boats out there and it was a regular pllace for them to visit. God, we miss being up there.

@ Tony_nids_10- I'll work on the name ideas. Some of the names from that time period are:

Hoplites(Well Trained citizen warriors, sort of like kights. The name came from their Shields.)

Alexanders army were "Macedonians"(Macedonion Legion?)

A group of Heavy Infantry of a sufficient number to field as a fighting force were called a "Phalanx".

Most of the Armies/fighting forces of that time were named for their city State so you may be limited in those types of choices. You could take modern names to say the same thing as Hoplites,
The Emperors Shields.

The term Olympian has a ring to it(Olympian Legion, Emperors Olympians?, Olympian Phalanx?)


BTW, I'm not proposing the Trojans because of the jokes that would be made.

Hope these help. If I come up with something else I will let you know.

Later

@focusedfire- Thanks so much! I think you hit the nail on the head with The Emperor's Shields! I think instead of companies I'm going to organize my army into phalanxs... What is the plural of Phalanx?? Either way I think I'm going to spend some time today working on fluff and research into some history for more ideas!

I was just going to suggest empreors shileds or spears.

The colors look like New Orlens Saints marines Just dont use that as your chapter logo. Or do and go all out with the joke. Chapter Master Brees!

Wow WM360, thanks for that

I really am leaning towards Emperor's Shields

Based on the background and color scheme I can see so far:

-Golden Shields
-Emperor's Lances
-Bronze Angels
-Marines Hellenic
-Sons of Macedon
-Sons of Hellas

Emperor's Shields

If you're taking a close combat style for this force, then definitely, use BA.

Assault marines - instead of chainswords, use spears/swords etc. If you really want to go to town on these dudes, then you should use the Sanguinary Guard armour on ALL (yes, you read that idea right!) your models! It'd create a force that looks awesome and yet very unique.

Then, just take 60 assault marines and charge. You can't loose unless the enemy want to use the only way to be sure.

anyone get that reference?

@Owain- Those are all pretty great ideas.


Come to think of it... I think everything I was looking to figure out has been covered! Once I get startred on the actual building of the arm I will be sure post a link to the plog!

Quick question: What's a Plog?

painting log at least thats what it means to me

Ah. I see. I thought you mispelt "Blog". Also, the Emperor's Sheilds is a great name.

i like "Emporer's Phalanx"

and i think i already have an idea for the emblem....

Segef, is your avatar from a batman movie?

APOLLODOROS Means "gift of Apollo" from the name of the god APOLLO combined with Greek doron "gift". could be the chapter master and you could use BA sanguinary gaurd the look very greek to me with body form sculpted Armour.

apothecary could be called,THAIS, means "bandage" in Greek

Librarian could be named Homer after the Greek poet
in Greek it also means "hostage, pledge" kind of fits a Librarian cause they record everything

ZOSIMUS could be a terminator
meaning "viable" or "likely to survive"

and for the chapter name blood of the emperor

im just bored hoped i helped you in any way

vignor wrote:APOLLODOROS Means "gift of Apollo" from the name of the god APOLLO combined with Greek doron "gift". could be the chapter master and you could use BA sanguinary gaurd the look very greek to me with body form sculpted Armour.

apothecary could be called,THAIS, means "bandage" in Greek

Librarian could be named Homer after the Greek poet
in Greek it also means "hostage, pledge" kind of fits a Librarian cause they record everything

ZOSIMUS could be a terminator
meaning "viable" or "likely to survive"

and for the chapter name blood of the emperor

im just bored hoped i helped you in any way

This is an awesome Idea. Also, how do you know Greek?

chowderhead13 wrote:

vignor wrote:APOLLODOROS Means "gift of Apollo" from the name of the god APOLLO combined with Greek doron "gift". could be the chapter master and you could use BA sanguinary gaurd the look very greek to me with body form sculpted Armour.

apothecary could be called,THAIS, means "bandage" in Greek

Librarian could be named Homer after the Greek poet
in Greek it also means "hostage, pledge" kind of fits a Librarian cause they record everything

ZOSIMUS could be a terminator
meaning "viable" or "likely to survive"

and for the chapter name blood of the emperor

im just bored hoped i helped you in any way

This is an awesome Idea. Also, how do you know Greek?

ive done alot of reading in my days knowledge is power

Samus_aran115 wrote:Astartans.

I lol'd so hard


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Samus_aran115 wrote:Segef, is your avatar from a batman movie?

I think its from a Pearl-jam music video

you could use my name - The spears of the emperor.
Tactical squads are called Phalanx, bolters are Doru [the spike] a xiphos [sword] is a bolt pistol.

Power armour is linothrax, and the spiritual patriarch is called Ares.

Storm shields are aspis ^_^


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Also, the colours aren't very greek - go more green and blue, and royal reds.

Salamis could be the chapters planet.Salamis was the sea battle fought around Thermopylae.and the Home planet geography could be described as having large archipelagos.and the government before the arrival of the emperor of course will be city-state with epic warrior cults there tech level would have been bronze age with "God Blessed" relic machines That were ancient and terrifying to the tech level on the planet thus just being simple power weapons such as a power sword or or spears and storm shields or flying trireme battle ships
that skimmed from the oceans to land troops into battle.the chapters emblem could be as the Spartans used for there Shields the symbol Lambda for Lacedaemon or commonly know as Sparta for their shields. which is just an upside down V,The fortress monastery name could be Frourio which is just Greek for fortress. on the island of
haima (blood).company captians could carry the title Strategoi before there name which means in the basic army leader in spartan army organization they are 10 leaders to a army and there are ten company's to a SM chapter so it fits.and to pick recruits for the chapter you can go the spartan route in which neophytes are raised in the warrior cult and only the strongest make it to scout marine or Hamippos, lightly armed infantrymen supporter of a cavalryman.and begin there journey to greatness of
adeptus astartes.and the people of Salamis could worship the emperor the way ancient Greeks worshiped there gods but of course the emperor would the main man Zeus and the other gods could be primarchs and saints.and i don't want to hear any one on here say thats Hersey cause the Tallarn worship him different from the rest of the imperium.and marines and priest would preside over all ceremony and sacrifices to the emperor.ill be later to add more if you want me to PART II Marines Could field individual Painted shields or Aspis featuring the effigy of a fierce creature the marine had to hunt to finalize There Training as scout marines.and an other bit of fluff for the past is the dreaded feral orks and grots that had grown and raised WAAAAAHGS in vast Hive sized grottoes. And the most infamous waaagh! in Salamis's History was in M25 fronted by the war boss zORKxes and his waagh of Two and a half million Green skins set off on his trail of destruction across Salamis they raged across island after island in the eastern hemisphere stripping them bare and using the Looted bounty of god machines and bronze and gold to build a towering golden monstrosity of zORKxes was named stomparuclius was fielded for first time against a warrior cult from Haima 300 haimans and there commander ieonidex armed only with bronze shields and power xiphas and an attachment of twenty flying triremes from the heriodos held the relentless waagh!!! at bay for 3 days and two nights at the only suitable land pass at thermopolix were zORKxes could pass his war-machines to give the other cults a chance to prepare battle lines on the fields of promethion primus.the delaying action was ended under the golden feet of stomparuclius and gargantuan squigs .zORKxes met his defeat to the prepared lines after two years of assault The WAAGH!! was winnowed down to mere Gretchen and squigs mobs running wild.....A Hero of mysterious lineage was the only true planetary hero of Salamis was horcules a man who said traveled the planet up until the arrival of the emperor.It was said he was a man of tremendous power it is said that he killed 7 horrific creatures that came from nightmares after a cult from khronidion built 4 pillars of Khaos at key points across Salamis......tony-nid if you want more fluff id love to write it

Hey, for a chapter name, what about the Golden Phalanx? Also, what about round shields? Might be difficult to do, but could add a neat Greek-like touch. What's the chapter symbol? What if you did something with lightning-bolts/olive leaves/fire? Kinda ancient Greek ideas. As far as codex, BT are neat, but they are limited in some areas, maybe you could combine BT with regular SM rules or somethin.

Wow guys! Thanks for all the ideas. I think I'm going to go with The Emperor's Shields as a chapter name.

Captain Solon wrote:
Storm shields are aspis ^_^

Also, the colours aren't very greek - go more green and blue, and royal reds.

I'm going for greek, roman, a few of the ancient civilizations of the area. Though I am going to add some more blue and greens to some of the vet squads too Thanks for the idea!

Fallanir wrote:
Hey, for a chapter name, what about the Golden Phalanx? Also, what about round shields? Might be difficult to do, but could add a neat Greek-like touch.

I think I'll use the Golden Phalanx for my sternguard or vanguard vet squads, Good call Round shields erm I mean aspis (thanks Solon)are a must as far as I'm concerned! They will absolutely be around.

@vignor- You are my hero. That is a near perfect base for all of the fluff. Amazing work and I will be sure to give credit where it is due. Also the names and such will be used for sure in one way or another throughout the army. You're right by the way, Knowledge is power!

@Segef- I cant wait to see your idea for the chapter symbol!

I'd check chapterhouse for some numbered pads, they have some good generic ones that will work for ya.

Thanks WM360. I'm going to be picking a few things up from sites like that for my army and my little bro's salamanders army! What other sites are there for conversion bits and such?

If your a making a custom chapter you can buy peices from the BT DA BA ect sets and swap for the best peices that fit your theme. I use the vanilla marine book but my sterngaurd are using the DA bodies with the robes. (blue armor red robes)

Thats on my to do list too

I'm planning on grabbing some bits from a ton of armies, both 40k and fantasy. Needless to say this is starting to look like a money pit It'll be worth it in the long run though. I was thinking of adding in some IG units with Large amounts of changes to their look. We shall see though.

tony_nids_10 wrote:Thats on my to do list too

I'm planning on grabbing some bits from a ton of armies, both 40k and fantasy. Needless to say this is starting to look like a money pit It'll be worth it in the long run though. I was thinking of adding in some IG units with Large amounts of changes to their look. We shall see though.

how about this:

Make a kill team first; one unit, heavily converted and go completely to town with 'em as the basis for the army - a vanguard squad would be pretty great.. no, an assault squad would be better.