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So do Blood Angels become scouts before they are acctually space marines.

Yes, they do.

Yes, like almost all Space Marines Chapters (not talking about you, Space Wolves!), Blood Angels in training start out as Scouts (they will not have received all of the genetic modifications until they are full battle brothers - such as the Black Carapace which links the marine to his power armour).

The progression from there is different however. In a Codex chapter a Scout will commonly become a Devastator before progressing to Assault and then Tactical. A Blood Angel Scout will go Assault -> Devastator -> Tactical.

 Quanar wrote:
Yes, like almost all Space Marines Chapters (not talking about you, Space Wolves!), Blood Angels in training start out as Scouts (they will not have received all of the genetic modifications until they are full battle brothers - such as the Black Carapace which links the marine to his power armour).

The progression from there is different however. In a Codex chapter a Scout will commonly become a Devastator before progressing to Assault and then Tactical. A Blood Angel Scout will go Assault -> Devastator -> Tactical.

Does it specify that they go devastator before tactical? I thought i read they let only battle-hardened veterans who can stave off the Rage and Thirst become devastators and it would stand to reason those would be revealed after the Tactical training as going from being in the thick of the blood to being the farthest away doesnt seem rational given their affinity for melee.

Aye, it does kind of contradict itself a bit:

Page 24 wrote:Only when a Blood Angel has proven his worth in the Assault and Devastator Squads will he earn his place amongst the Chapter's Tactical Marines.

Page 26 wrote:In other Chapters, the Devastator squad is traditionally the first progression a Space Marine will make after completing his training in a Scout squad. {Snip} By contrast, the Blood Angels Devastator squads are thick with veteran Battle-Brothers, warriors who can be counted upon to hold the impetuous and reckless side of their nature in check...

Isn't that the veterans in the devs hold back the impulses of the newer members. Thats how I read it.

OK. I didn't make it clear in the codex and I became a scout before a neophyte on this forum.