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I thought it'd be interesting if there was a forum that listed many of the Homebrew chapters that abound on Dakka. I've had a look at old threads, but surprisingly, can't find anything similar that has already been done! So if you have your own marine chapter, I'd be really interested if you put a couple of pics and/or some fluff in this thread.

I'll be adding my own shortly. :-)

Sentinals of Uphrateus.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/341763.page
Everything i have on them is in that thread.

Space Crusaders, I am in the process of making a codex for them.

Dragon Guard, lightly based on Ancient Chinese culture.
A few pics can be see in my gallery.

Their Chapter Master is Zaoh'Ren, and they are a successor chapter of the Salamanders.

Dawn Guard
They are a forward thinking Chapter, who would rather look to the future betterment of the Imperium, including working alongside xeno forces if it seems it presents the best course of action to advance the cause of Mankind, rather than being hidebound by the past glories and mistakes man has made before (including a certain book by a certain Primarch...)
I still need to decide on a parent Chapter/legion that they are decended from

The colour scheme is in my picture

My chapter, the Sanguine Watchers, are a Blood Angels successor chapter whose chapter master has turned it's first company into an illuminati cult. They have managed to keep it so that even the rest of the chapter has no idea of the cults existence. The rest of the chapter just see the members as a goal to strive towards. As a normal Illuminati cult their main goal is to protect the sensai and revive the Emperor.

I have many though they are all in the process of being redone.

When coming up with my own fluff, the characteristics of the chapter I imagine tend to flux with whatever bit of fluff I'm reading at that time. Usually though, its a Grey Knights successor chapter, or the descendants of one of the two legions listed as 'no information'.

Phiasco II wrote:When coming up with my own fluff, the characteristics of the chapter I imagine tend to flux with whatever bit of fluff I'm reading at that time. Usually though, its a Grey Knights successor chapter, or the descendants of one of the two legions listed as 'no information'.

You are gonna have a lot of fun explaining that one.

Which part? Probably the 'no information' part. In codex:SM it lists all of the legions, and gives some info about them. Home planet, primarch, traitor or loyal, etc. Two of the legions say only 'no information', or something similar.

But what about the Grey Knight bit?

Phiasco II wrote:Which part? Probably the 'no information' part. In codex:SM it lists all of the legions, and gives some info about them. Home planet, primarch, traitor or loyal, etc. Two of the legions say only 'no information', or something similar.

In the Horus Heresy books, there's references to them. The Primarchs were definitely found, and did fight at the start of the Great Crusade. One was probably taken apart by Russ and his legion, the other was presumeably absorbed by the Ultramarines. There was nothing left of them really to make a second founding from.


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Having a Daemon Hunting Space Marine force doesn't require them to be a new founding of Grey Knights - look at the Exorcists for inspiration.

When I looked at the topic it really looked like Hebrew Space Marine Chapter for a moment, and I thought ' Well obviously that would be the Genesis chapter.'

The Cyclops chapter. I have allot of fluff for it which would take to long to post. In short though they use ultramarines gene seed and are very close to the codex in terms of organisation (although rankings and promotions follow a more defined system). They do not favour one form of combat over another again making them a very standard chapter. They have control over one system on the boarders of the Tau empire in Ultimar Segmentum and rule from the "civilised" world of Cyon. They also have a largish fleet (one strike cruiser for each of the 10 companies + a battle barge flagship). They DO NOT worship the emperor as a god, instead following his pre-heresy dream of the imperial truth. Their colours are dark blue armour with white pauldrons and silver trim (although the colour of the trim on the pauldrons donates the company).

Night's Justice

Ultramarine successor Chapter that no longer aligns itself with the Imperium. After suffering catastrophic losses in a Crusade, and their home system subsequently being attacked by an Ork Waagh, Terra wrote the Chapter off as lost. After a long fierce battle, several squads of marines and companies of PDF were succesfully able to repel the invading Orks with the aid of a nearby Craftworld (check my sig). The surviving marines saw the lack of aid from the Imperium as a betrayel and decided to rebuild as an independant power. They fully opened their stocks of gene seed, no longer feeling bound to the limit of 1,000 marines and rebuilt their numbers as quickly as possible. The entered an alliance with the craftworld both working together to mutually ensure their survival. Now they work primarily to defend the several systems that they control, and will occasionally strike out throughout the rest of the galaxy with the guidance of Eth Kariel's Farseers.

Phiasco II wrote:When coming up with my own fluff, the characteristics of the chapter I imagine tend to flux with whatever bit of fluff I'm reading at that time. Usually though, its a Grey Knights successor chapter, or the descendants of one of the two legions listed as 'no information'.

The main problems with this is that:
A. Their is no need to have a successor chapter to the Grey Knights, because the Grey knights do there job perfectly well and any warzone the successor chapter can get to the Grey Knights can get their as well.
B. A quick read of the Horus Heresy will show you alot of info on the 'lost legions' namely that they existed but do not any more. They are shown as 'no information' in the table as it is a document from the 40k universe (a document 99.9999999999% of IoM have no access to) this is due to the fact that the Emperor deleted them from existance (ala Stalin) and made the Primarches promise to never speak of them again.

BluntmanDC wrote:

Phiasco II wrote:When coming up with my own fluff, the characteristics of the chapter I imagine tend to flux with whatever bit of fluff I'm reading at that time. Usually though, its a Grey Knights successor chapter, or the descendants of one of the two legions listed as 'no information'.

The main problems with this is that:
A. Their is no need to have a successor chapter to the Grey Knights, because the Grey knights do there job perfectly well and any warzone the successor chapter can get to the Grey Knights can get their as well.
B. A quick read of the Horus Heresy will show you alot of info on the 'lost legions' namely that they existed but do not any more. They are shown as 'no information' in the table as it is a document from the 40k universe (a document 99.9999999999% of IoM have no access to) this is due to the fact that the Emperor deleted them from existance (ala Stalin) and made the Primarches promise to never speak of them again.

Luzl, no need for a GK successor chapter . That's not really the point, now is it? Nor would my GK successor chapter operate the same way GK's do. They'd be more of a crusading, fleet based, go from battle to battle force. It's my chapter, I get to make up the rules.
As to the lost legions, I've only read the first three books in the horus heresy. I didn't know that the Emprah simply got rid of the other two legions. But, again, in my imagination I can come up with all sorts of scenarios in which one or both of the lost legions weren't completely destroyed. 40k cannon? not even close, but thats okay. Nobody has to like the story line I come up with but me.

Phiasco II wrote:
Luzl, no need for a GK successor chapter . That's not really the point, now is it? Nor would my GK successor chapter operate the same way GK's do. They'd be more of a crusading, fleet based, go from battle to battle force. It's my chapter, I get to make up the rules.
As to the lost legions, I've only read the first three books in the horus heresy. I didn't know that the Emprah simply got rid of the other two legions. But, again, in my imagination I can come up with all sorts of scenarios in which one or both of the lost legions weren't completely destroyed. 40k cannon? not even close, but thats okay. Nobody has to like the story line I come up with but me.

If they are not going to hunt daemons, then what is the point of making them of Grey Knight seed?

You can diverge as far as you like with your own lore, but if you want people to take it seriously and not point out inconsistencies and such,there are certain realms of possibility within the setting you are recommended to stay within.

Angels of Dark Storm
A Dark Angels successor chapter based upon the world of Artica, an ice world home to a powerful pre-heresy planetary defense system known as the Dark Storm Cannon. They recently departed their homeworld for reasons unknown, and set off towards the Halo Zone. (My original army, retired after the new Dark Angels codex came out)

Halo Watch
A Dark Angels successor who have similar beliefs as the Angels of Absolution, except they believe that by turning their backs on loyal imperial forces to hunt the Fallen, they are allowing chaos to win again. If they can help it, they will never abandon Imperial Forces in battle, instead sending out specialized killteams to hunt the Fallen. They are fleet-based and operate off of a massive space hulk called The Watchtower. Their armor is colored green and back in a checkerboard pattern with purple shoulder pads. Their chapter symbol is a winged lantern. (My 5ed DA/SM Force)

Scythes of Sanguinius
My attempt at a Blood angels army back in 3ed, never really finished them.

The Ironclads, Virus Marines, Ubermarines
Purely fluff chapters based upon a devastator/armor heavy Salamanders successor (Ironclads), a loyalist version of the Death Guard (Virus Marines) and a plain and simple joke (Ubermarines)

My chapter is called the Stone Sentinels and decend from the Imperial Fists. They are skilled at defense and city warfare and can make a hive city as durable as any fortress if given enough time and are loath to give up any ground.

Their home planet is extremely mountainous, cold and wet. Because of the mountainous terrain, their tactics use less vehicles, usually only employing some rhinoes and the occasional tank if required. They forgo boisterous colors except to denote rank and use many shades of grey to blend in. They also have a geneseed mutation that their skin turns stone grey, leading to rumors that they are made of stone.

Their battle cry is "endure till end", or "endure" for short.

That's what I have so far.

The Sons of Gorgon, a Blood Angels successor tied to the Iron Hands.

wait what new DA's codex mad tanker

I call mine The Emperor's Finest. They have a rather unusual way of recruiting, in that they actually secret away the best trainees from other chapters (they are assumed dead) and use geneseed from all the legions, including the Lost Legions and those who betrayed the Imperium, due to the Adeptus Terra still maintaining very limited stores of them. They are small, numbering about half the size of a normal chapter, but are called into battle only when there is the direst need, because they are the best of the best, possibly on par with the Grey Knights. Their colors are the royal imperial purple, and gold trim, and are then only chapter permitted to wear the shade of purple. (its is a very dark, almost black purple) They also have no official chapter badge, and are represented either by a blank field, or the imperial aquila, as they are the empire's last resort' and are a rathe rshadowy organization.



-meh, its okay i guess, it needs some work, and some more history and reasons as to why this is actually possible, but i think i can work it out. That was the best I could do in like 15 minutes after deciding I liked dark purple and gold and wanting to make my own chapter

cptbravo wrote:I call mine The Emperor's Finest. They have a rather unusual way of recruiting, in that they actually secret away the best trainees from other chapters (they are assumed dead) and use geneseed from all the legions, including the Lost Legions and those who betrayed the Imperium, due to the Adeptus Terra still maintaining very limited stores of them. They are small, numbering about half the size of a normal chapter, but are called into battle only when there is the direst need, because they are the best of the best, possibly on par with the Grey Knights. Their colors are the royal imperial purple, and gold trim, and are then only chapter permitted to wear the shade of purple. (its is a very dark, almost black purple) They also have no official chapter badge, and are represented either by a blank field, or the imperial aquila, as they are the empire's last resort' and are a rathe rshadowy organization.



-meh, its okay i guess, it needs some work, and some more history and reasons as to why this is actually possible, but i think i can work it out. That was the best I could do in like 15 minutes after deciding I liked dark purple and gold and wanting to make my own chapter

This post has the stench of... heresy.

Happygrunt wrote:

cptbravo wrote:I call mine The Emperor's Finest. They have a rather unusual way of recruiting, in that they actually secret away the best trainees from other chapters (they are assumed dead) and use geneseed from all the legions, including the Lost Legions and those who betrayed the Imperium, due to the Adeptus Terra still maintaining very limited stores of them. They are small, numbering about half the size of a normal chapter, but are called into battle only when there is the direst need, because they are the best of the best, possibly on par with the Grey Knights. Their colors are the royal imperial purple, and gold trim, and are then only chapter permitted to wear the shade of purple. (its is a very dark, almost black purple) They also have no official chapter badge, and are represented either by a blank field, or the imperial aquila, as they are the empire's last resort' and are a rathe rshadowy organization.



-meh, its okay i guess, it needs some work, and some more history and reasons as to why this is actually possible, but i think i can work it out. That was the best I could do in like 15 minutes after deciding I liked dark purple and gold and wanting to make my own chapter

This post has the stench of... heresy.

We need more exterminatus bombs......

but the fluff is pretty good, I wouldn't say as good as the GK, but hey it's you're fluff, and how do they steal the best trainees? just old school kidnapping, and wouldn't the chapter they just stole from be like "wtf, were did he go" It's kind of hard to assume someones dead when they can't find a body....

There is a section on BolteranChainsword dedicated to homebrew SM chapters. Maybe you should look there. They also have an interesting set of guidelines for making a homebrew chapter come over more believable than that whole lost legions/SW/GK-successor thing. Sometimes they can be a bit too bitchy about that, but mostly the discussions there actually help to improve the fluff you write.

Myself, I am collecting a chapter I call the Vindicators, a DA successor specialising in hunting psychic Fallen, and also organized a bit more complex than even the DA. The colour scheme is a mixture of camo green and bone/parchment colour. Conveniently, their chapter symbol is a red cross and they wear a lot of robes and tabards.

I call mine the Deathbringers I am still developing the fluff for them but basically they are renegades that have developed their own empire outside of the Imperium on the Eastern Fringe near the Tau empire. They are an Ultramarines second founding so their worlds are based on the design of the Ultramar system as they are self sufficient and doing quite well for themselves.They do not believe the Emperor is a god and they don't teach that he is to their people and they do not agree with the way things are run in the Imperium especially the adeptus mechanicus. They believe that they should be working to advance technology as that is the only way to advance humanity. Their numbers have swelled to the thousands as they are not bound by the codex astartes(although they do have it they just see it as a help guide and not a religious text to follow to the letter). They are freindly with the Tau and see them as potential allies against the more destructive alien races and chaos.

This is all I have so far it was inspired by the Soul Drinkers novels if they had achieved their dream of being free from the Imperium but continuing the fight against evil. Except my guys aren't all mutated and dying out.

bombboy1252 wrote:

Happygrunt wrote:

cptbravo wrote:I call mine The Emperor's Finest. They have a rather unusual way of recruiting, in that they actually secret away the best trainees from other chapters (they are assumed dead) and use geneseed from all the legions, including the Lost Legions and those who betrayed the Imperium, due to the Adeptus Terra still maintaining very limited stores of them. They are small, numbering about half the size of a normal chapter, but are called into battle only when there is the direst need, because they are the best of the best, possibly on par with the Grey Knights. Their colors are the royal imperial purple, and gold trim, and are then only chapter permitted to wear the shade of purple. (its is a very dark, almost black purple) They also have no official chapter badge, and are represented either by a blank field, or the imperial aquila, as they are the empire's last resort' and are a rathe rshadowy organization.



-meh, its okay i guess, it needs some work, and some more history and reasons as to why this is actually possible, but i think i can work it out. That was the best I could do in like 15 minutes after deciding I liked dark purple and gold and wanting to make my own chapter

This post has the stench of... heresy.

We need more exterminatus bombs......

but the fluff is pretty good, I wouldn't say as good as the GK, but hey it's you're fluff, and how do they steal the best trainees? just old school kidnapping, and wouldn't the chapter they just stole from be like "wtf, were did he go" It's kind of hard to assume someones dead when they can't find a body....

It could be they steal the best aspirants as they make their way to whatever temple or fortress or whatever they're heading to.


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By the way, here's a link to my own homebrew Blood Angels successor chapter.

Its still very WIP, but there's a link in my sig so people can keep up if they want.

Mine are called The Swords of Bonnum i stuck all the stuff about them here http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/User:5P0G

Phiasco II wrote:

BluntmanDC wrote:

Phiasco II wrote:When coming up with my own fluff, the characteristics of the chapter I imagine tend to flux with whatever bit of fluff I'm reading at that time. Usually though, its a Grey Knights successor chapter, or the descendants of one of the two legions listed as 'no information'.

The main problems with this is that:
A. Their is no need to have a successor chapter to the Grey Knights, because the Grey knights do there job perfectly well and any warzone the successor chapter can get to the Grey Knights can get their as well.
B. A quick read of the Horus Heresy will show you alot of info on the 'lost legions' namely that they existed but do not any more. They are shown as 'no information' in the table as it is a document from the 40k universe (a document 99.9999999999% of IoM have no access to) this is due to the fact that the Emperor deleted them from existance (ala Stalin) and made the Primarches promise to never speak of them again.

Luzl, no need for a GK successor chapter . That's not really the point, now is it? Nor would my GK successor chapter operate the same way GK's do. They'd be more of a crusading, fleet based, go from battle to battle force. It's my chapter, I get to make up the rules.

A. 'a crusading , fleet based, battle to battle force' kind of describes the Grey Knights anyway
B. Yes the background of your force is up to you but you are in a community game (and on a forum designed to discuss official fluff and homebrew relation to official fluff) so if you diverse radically from the framework created by GW for their universe, you arew going to struggle convincing people.
C. 'Thats not really the point, now is it?' shows that in writing your fluff you are forgetting the setting you are writing in, of coarse it matters as that question plays an important part in the High Lords discussion as to when and how a new founding is made.