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I play Blood Angels, and I've got a bunch of leftover marine models. I don't really have any need for tactical marines, since I can use assault marines as troops. I don't really want these drop pods anymore, since I'd rather use a stormraven(s) to deliver dreadnoughts. And I have plenty of assault terminators already, and don't think shooty terminators work well with the Blood Angels.

So... what can I do with them? I figure my options are:
1. Paint them as some other specialist codex.
2. Paint them up as codex marines, using some nifty chapter.
3. Sell/trade them.

I'd like your help deciding what to do. I clearly prefer 1 and 2, but I could be convinced to go to 3 if you can tell me why it's a bad idea.

So, the questions are:
* Which of the above options do you think I should go with?
* If 1 or 2, which chapter do you suggest?

In terms of potential chapters, I'm looking for one whose playstyle would be nice and distinct from both Blood Angels and my other 40k faction, the Tau.

To help you help me, here's a list of what I've got. This is everything I own that isn't already covered in Blood Angels iconography:
* 2 Drop Pods
* 10 Ordinary Tactical Marines
* 2 Tactical Marines w/Flamers
* 2 Tactical Marines w/Meltaguns
* 2 Tacitcal Marines w/Missile Launchers
* 1 Tacitcal Marine w/Plasma Pistol
* 5 Assault Terminators w/Lightning Claws
* 4 Shooty Terminators (PF/SB, CF/SB, PF/AC, and PS/SB)

This would be a side project, so I'd like to avoid spending money as much as possible. That said, I don't mind the idea of picking up a box or stalking eBay for a while. For example, I'm well aware that I need at least one more shooty terminator to put them on the field. That's not a problem I also actually like sculpting and converting and have a pretty extensive bits box. What won't do is start ripping apart Blood Angels models. They are and will remain my primary marine army. This could be fun... provided it isn't stupid.

continue them as BA for apoc games, can never have too many for that

How can you ever have too many Space Marines?

Just add them to your Blood Angels army and give yourself flexibility. Can always field your Blood Angels as Codex: Space Marines too if you need a change.

Heck, if I truly had extra Space Marines, I'd start whipping up objective markers with casualties, or vehicle crew members just because who cares. But in your case, I think the best thing to do, especially if they are already assembled, is add them to the army, and give yourself the option to play different styles in the future.

Craft service.

Templars. Get CMLs for the Terminators, get lascannons and plasma guns for the tactical marines and you have the core of a Black Templars army.

Send them to me.

buy spare jump packs


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or convert them to devastator squads

Just paint them as Blood Angels. You never know when you might want to have a change from your usual list. If you don't have different units, you can't do that.

And, as someone said, if you ever find yourself in an Apocalyse game, you have some extra bodies to throw on the table.

Be creative. I dunno, try and convert 'em into CSM. Try and make cyborg robots. Make Blood Angel corpses to serve as objectives.

If you don't like that they aren't all Blood Angel-y, you could always paint them as some Blood Angel successor Chapter and use them when you really need the extra juice.

Paint them up and use them when you are short a few points.

Paint them as Blood Angels. Who cares. If they are AOBR marines you could even use for a Codex Space Marines list since the AOBR marines don't have any specialized marking that make them different.

You can paint them as some chapter that is closely cooperating with Blood Angels. That way you could use them together in an apocalypse game.

Sounds like a perfect excuse to start an angry marines army...

MrMoustaffa wrote:Sounds like a perfect excuse to start an angry marines army...

Not enough Power Fists...

ergotoxin wrote:You can paint them as some chapter that is closely cooperating with Blood Angels. That way you could use them together in an apocalypse game.

This is actually a neat idea. I get a little variety in my paint schemes, and I can use them as allies to the Blood Angels (that is, as more Blood Angels) in big games, or field them on their own, or field them on their own and use some of my Blood Angels to back them up (since they are allies, after all). Which codex I use can vary depending on my mood. The BA codex for when I'm fielding mostly BA with these guys as backup, the standard codex when it's all the allies, or mostly the allies with a few Blood Angels as backup.

Does anyone know of any chapters that famously cooperate with the Blood Angels?

ElectricPaladin wrote:Does anyone know of any chapters that famously cooperate with the Blood Angels?

Pretty much any SM chapter out there.

And the Necrons.

DeathReaper wrote:

ElectricPaladin wrote:Does anyone know of any chapters that famously cooperate with the Blood Angels?

Pretty much any SM chapter out there.

And the Necrons.

Step 1: Paint marines as necrons
Step 2: Buy necrons codex
Step 3: ????????
Step 4: Profit?

In all seriousness though, the idea of painting them as an ally chapter sounds like a really cool idea. I don't know much about marines, but I'd much rather play against a guy who had an "allied force" instead of just some guy who fielded 5,000pts of plain ol blood angels.

ElectricPaladin wrote:

ergotoxin wrote:You can paint them as some chapter that is closely cooperating with Blood Angels. That way you could use them together in an apocalypse game.

This is actually a neat idea. I get a little variety in my paint schemes, and I can use them as allies to the Blood Angels (that is, as more Blood Angels) in big games, or field them on their own, or field them on their own and use some of my Blood Angels to back them up (since they are allies, after all). Which codex I use can vary depending on my mood. The BA codex for when I'm fielding mostly BA with these guys as backup, the standard codex when it's all the allies, or mostly the allies with a few Blood Angels as backup.

Sounds like a plan! Honestly, I was going to suggest just making them more BA; even if these units aren't optimal now (though I'm in the middle of building a BA list which will make heavy use of Tactical Terminators, and plan to add Tacticals at some point as well) they may well become optimal later- this has a strong tendency to happen when GW releases a new rules edition or a new version of a codex. Having a rounded collection of models and units for your army is the best way of adapting easily to such changes.

ElectricPaladin wrote:Does anyone know of any chapters that famously cooperate with the Blood Angels?

I would look first at their Successors. Fluff-wise they make perfect sense, and visually they also often make a nice compliment. I painted up some Flesh Tearers for our Adepticon Team Tournament armies this year, and wound up LOVING how they look and how they complement my regular BA. I'm using them alongside the regular BA pretty regularly now. Lamentors are another really dramatic contrast (the yellow and the checks can be gorgeous, and yellow's much easier to paint nowadays since they introduced the Foundation/Base paints).

Second choice would be to not worry about the fluff, and just pick a chapter whose color/s go well alongside red. I wouldn't go Salamanders as the Red/Green thing tends to look too Christmasy. But yellow (Imperial Fists), white (White Scars or other), black (Ravenguard) or even blue (Ultras?) can make a great visual contrast and a really striking force. One of the most gorgous armies I ever played against was a SM Crusade army at the 2001 Baltimore GT. The guy had Ultramarines, Storm Lords, and Red Scorpions all in one army, with the same basing scheme and with Cresade markings/banners to tie them together. It was stunning and won best army.

i don;t know if this is 5yo of me or not...but how about nukeing them in a microwave?? and painting them up as scenery peices?

lol i think i will actually do that for myself...melted corpses on the battlefeild

The new vanilla codex is coming, consider holding onto them and either using them or selling them.

Set 12 aside and make a blood bowl team.