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Hello, I was just wondering, when it comes to painting Space Marines, how many people actually created their own chapter, or, actually paint their armies from scratch?

I've started and abandoned two custom chapters. In the end I felt they just did not mesh well with the fluff history of the game. I wanted to feel like my army belonged more so I want ahead and started dark angels. I also like my models to have the right markings and picking an army that has transfers in every marine box helped. I do feel sometimes my own chapter would be fun though. The great think about 6th is you can actually do both. Create a custom chapter and a stock chapter and play them as allies.

I eventually converted an abonaded chapter to a custom blood anges chapter. but I only have a handful of models that are codex specific. Thats the great thing about space marine armies, you can often play them out of more then one book.

I have one going and well established and one that I'll be starting very soon.

The Emperor's Watchdogs, my principle chapter, are descended from Space Wolves. They wear black armor and for each successful campaign or sorte marines are allowed to paint one of their armor plates gray. In turn veteran marines and commanders have armor that mimics the Pre-Heresy scheme of Space Wolves. The Watchdogs are a 10th founding Chapter from M35, not a second founding, and as such I don't run stuff like Thunderwolf cav or Fenrisian Wolf packs... in essence they're domesticated, hence WatchDOGS.

The others, that I'm planning right now, are going to be Ghost Bears. An homage to my favorite clan from the Battle Tech Universe the Ghost Bears are going to use the rules for Grey Knights. In terms of models I'll be using basic Tactical marine models but with weapons, melee and ranged, for Grey Knights to make them visually different. I handn't worked out any background for them yet but I was thinking something in blue.

Every other marine army I've done has been taken from pre-existing chapters within the Gamesworkshop mythos.

The fact that GW left 2 "missing chapters" was always a key for me to make my own chapter. I've stated before that modeling and painting are my primary attractions to this hobby, however other players, including my best friends, are not cool with playing with home brewed armies. Even if it's just simple chapter tactics. Does this mean I can't just make a successor chapter? Of course not, but I've never been one to just paint something and name it something else.

shauni55 wrote:
The fact that GW left 2 "missing chapters" was always a key for me to make my own chapter. I've stated before that modeling and painting are my primary attractions to this hobby, however other players, including my best friends, are not cool with playing with home brewed armies. Even if it's just simple chapter tactics. Does this mean I can't just make a successor chapter? Of course not, but I've never been one to just paint something and name it something else.

gee dubya made two missing legions. Then there's also a bunch of other things, like, the alpha legion and penitent legions that made it through the fire, were forgiven but lost all of their source history (except everyone hates these legions with a passion, because the way they have typically been presented is just annoying and all you want to do is smack GW and deliver a blow between the legs and have them just spill the beans on the Blood Ravens because this bad-boy crap is getting annoying). There's many different ways to getting into your own legion. What you have to recognize though is that certain fanatical individuals will go nuts for anything that doesn't adhere rigidly to canon. Before the canon got flushed out i ran SOB in my army and when pressed about their presence i'd shrug, point at the missing two legions and say those legions were killed off because they solved the problem of making the gene-seed work with an x chromosome. Some of that research survived and this chapter lives on the fringes of imperial tolerance and at the threat of excommunication and inquisitorial sanction. If they kept whining past this point, it was a clear indicator to under no condition or circumstance allow myself ever to play with this person.

I've made my own chapter. I call them Angels Resolute. DA successors who are low on high end gear due to recent losses so no Termies or Land Raiders. Dark Green with black knee and shoulder pads. Golden trim on their back pack nozzles, mouth piece and shoulder pads.

 Dust wrote:
I have one going and well established and one that I'll be starting very soon.

The Emperor's Watchdogs, my principle chapter, are descended from Space Wolves. They wear black armor and for each successful campaign or sorte marines are allowed to paint one of their armor plates gray. In turn veteran marines and commanders have armor that mimics the Pre-Heresy scheme of Space Wolves. The Watchdogs are a 10th founding Chapter from M35, not a second founding, and as such I don't run stuff like Thunderwolf cav or Fenrisian Wolf packs... in essence they're domesticated, hence WatchDOGS.

That is an awesome idea. If I ever did another marine army, I might steal that.

I play the Sons of Gorgon who are BA successors. Primary color is brown with a red helmet and their shoulder outline denoting their role. Red is Tactical, Blue is Assault and Yellow is Devastator. Veterans and commander have brown helmets and red shoulder pads.

Their whole thing is siege warfare/ urban warfare. Lots of CQC elements, close range guns and heavy weapons. Favor razorbacks and Vindicators.

Half their chapter went renegade on their home world of Poli-Aima. Local PDF was called up to fight and eventual, when the chapter was sent on a repentance crusade, was raised to IG status. So my IG and BA come from the same planet and fight together (which means the allies rules were a dream come true for me ).

I also have the Knights Liberto. Not much work done with them, but they have a quartered Grey/Red scheme and are heavy on the whole "knight" thing.