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Right now I have about 2,000 point of chaos and am looking to expand my way into a squad of chosen along with another Rhino. My army is a Death Guard variant, with rotting greens and greenstuff wounds around to share. Looking in my Codex, I think a squad of 5 chosen armed with Plasma Pistols and Lightening Claws along with a mark of slaanesh would give me much lulz when facing my space marine buddy. Thing is, how would you react in if you played me at a store. Would you care that the Mark of Nurgle is actually a Mark of Slaanesh in my army list? I would make it clear and show my opponent the list and models in question pre game. I don't want to waste money on models that I can only use with two or three people.

As long as its fairly obvious, I don't think many people would give a damn. I know I've thought of Plague Marines for my Iron Warriors using cybernetics and the like instead of plague and zombie stuff.

I wouldn't be too keen on it. It is one thing for them to be painted green and slimy and carrying the Slaanesh Symbol on a big banner pole - that is just fine and dandy with me. I can look at the unit and I know what it is.

If it is a green and slimy unit carrying a big Nurgle Icon on a banner pole and it is a unit with the mark of Slaanesh that just doesn't sit right with me - it is like saying this guy with a bolter is a meltagun, and this guy with a bolter is a flamer - you have to be able to tell what a model is when you look at it.

This might not be an issue if you play with the same group of guys over and over, but at a store or especially a tournament it would be a real pain.

Personally I don't care about Chaos or know much about their marks, however I can see that for someone who does, it would be highly misleading to badge up your army as one specific type and count it as another type.

Until I get plague terminators back people are just going to have to deal, I'll say the mark makes my foes sick enough where they can't move as quickly as normal.