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Just wondered why they wear them and no one else does.

I think it's just a tradition particular to the chapter and they signify rank or some sort of accomplishment.

Thanks.

So they don't have to wear pants.

Also, wearing the cassocks is a tradition dating back to the Knightly Orders of Calaban.

Those are nightshirts - they just woke up from a nappie-poo.

Well, you see the Green Space Marines have a terrible, dark secret that I'm not going to tell you. Because it's terrible. And dark. And SECRET. You see this one time the Emperor and the Boss Green Space Marine were in Tiajuana and they were doing tequila shots and the next thing you know? WAIT! You almost tricked me into telling the Dark Terrible Secret! Let's just say that the Boss Green Space Marines like to wear dresses and hang out with midgets. And the Big Green Space Marines likes to wear feathers. Then there's the naked water polo. OK. That's all I'm saying. You can draw your own conclusions.

Also, from an aesthetic point of view, the Dark Angels have a monastic feel about them, and the robes help accentuate that.

And because they are pussies

As a SW player I had to say that.

No really, it is to accentuate the vision we have about them being warrior monks who are always somber and don't like to talk with people outside their own brethren. Heck, even amongst them they can't share secrets!!! Because they are terrible, dark and secret!!!

Because they're snazzy and they can sell some extra kits.

Would you rather they wear hoodies?

Blobpie wrote:Would you rather they wear hoodies?

too late

Don't look now, there might be a Jawa in that Power Armor.

So THATS the secret.

the Watchers in the Dark are really just Dark Angels without their armor on

Because they'd look like salamanders otherwise.

Or maybe it's because they're cold and coats and snuggies are lost technologies.

gf123 wrote:Just wondered why they wear them and no one else does.

Because they:

1 - Look cool.
2 - The robes make them more secretive ( even Grey Knights are jealous )
3 - And since the first started to wear them no other organisation or race don't have the copyrights on them ( they actually don't want to get sued ).




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Omegus wrote:So they don't have to wear pants.

Holly Terra... So that is why their robes are so LONG......

Harriticus wrote:Because they'd look like salamanders otherwise.

Funny fact: The current color known as Dark Angels Green was originally known as Salamander Green.

Y'know, because back then(Rogue Trader) Dark Angels were black and Salamanders used the dark green the Dark Angels are known for today.

Platuan4th wrote:

Harriticus wrote:Because they'd look like salamanders otherwise.

Funny fact: The current color known as Dark Angels Green was originally known as Salamander Green.

Y'know, because back then(Rogue Trader) Dark Angels were black and Salamanders used the dark green the Dark Angels are known for today.

And in current Fluff pre-heresy DA wore Black Armour but repainted it after the HH, soemthing to do with unamed shame

Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:

Platuan4th wrote:

Harriticus wrote:Because they'd look like salamanders otherwise.

Funny fact: The current color known as Dark Angels Green was originally known as Salamander Green.

Y'know, because back then(Rogue Trader) Dark Angels were black and Salamanders used the dark green the Dark Angels are known for today.

And in current Fluff pre-heresy DA wore Black Armour but repainted it after the HH, soemthing to do with unamed shame

I belive the Green armor is in memory of the Dark forests of Caliban and the shame at destroying it.

Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:

Platuan4th wrote:

Harriticus wrote:Because they'd look like salamanders otherwise.

Funny fact: The current color known as Dark Angels Green was originally known as Salamander Green.

Y'know, because back then(Rogue Trader) Dark Angels were black and Salamanders used the dark green the Dark Angels are known for today.

And in current Fluff pre-heresy DA wore Black Armour but repainted it after the HH, soemthing to do with unamed shame

Yes, I know.

It's an homage to their RT colors and is given as a reason as to why it was different in 2nd ed.

Cause they're friggin pansies! *Space Wolf player*


Just kidding, but probably has to do with the monk-additude, or maybe the love the breeze between their knees!

"We should totally all wear robes because robes are all secret and gak."

-Azrael

He totally said that

Because the dark angels weren't made impotent like the others and need the extra room?

because the people at GW take a normal SM and put a robe on it then charge more money

Nightwalker wrote:because the people at GW take a normal SM and put a robe on it then charge more money

Ironically, buying 2 of the Dark Angels upgrade sprue would cost you less (by about $4-5) then the Tactical squad and give you the same number of guys. Now, it doesn't come with special/heavy weapons, but savvy buying on Ebay/bitz sites can remedy that. The more picky downside is that robes are for vets, and making your ENTIRE army out of them MAY lose their uniqueness. (That's personal opinion of course)

As for the fluff behind the robe thing, others have it covered: It gives them a monk feel, which, all though is true for most Space Marines, Dark Angels play off the imagery more. One thing that I liked about that imagery, was that all the special characters have biblical names, Hebrew I believe to be precise (though, most if not all biblical names started in Hebrew, but I digress) From that I get a kind of ancient, Middle Eastern vibe from them, and such my Dark Angels will probably be Desert based. Kind of like a Deathwing squad would be more akin to a wandering warrior of the sands, arriving in mystery and striking at the precise moment. Or the Ravenwing being like swift Arabian cavalry.

I think I may have gone off track a bit.

Actually, for Dark Angels the robes just signify them being inducted into the "Mysteries" of the Chapter.

You can be a veteran and not have been inducted yet.

You won't be getting into the Deathwing or Ravenwing if you're not trusted though.

Botten3 wrote:Cause they're friggin pansies! *Space Wolf player*

Easily said whilst hiding behind a screen! Why don't we settle this with the ritual Chapter Champion Duel?! (if you know your fluff you will know what I speak of).

Anyways, the DA wear robes for several reasons as has already been said:

Monastic feel
Secretive look and bla di bla bla.
But its also only veterans and warriors who have proven their worth who get to wear them.
IT LOOKS AWESOME

Has nothing to do with "proving their worth".

Has everything to do with "proving they can keep their mouths shut".

Induction into the Mysteries of the Chapter requires trust, and usually comes about through an encounter with forces that operated alongside a member of the Fallen.

Actually, the robes stem from an administrative error during the heresy, where they forgot to order the crotch sections of their armour from Mars, they then realised they'd need to cover up, thus the curtains.
This is the "dark secret" of the dark angels.

You heard it here first folks!

Because the order of knights that the Dark Angels came from worre them. Thus, it is tradition.