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2011/01/19 16:57:19
Subject: So you want to name a Space Marine Chapter.
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Power-Hungry Cultist of Tzeentch
Iceland of doom
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purplefood wrote:I might actually try and make a squad of:
Horned Swords
Rainbow Paladins
Purple Golems
Snapping Angels
Snapping Angels... A BA descendant chapter that gets the Black Rage really quickly? 
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"If we attack those Imperial dogs now, we can spill more blood. Then we'll gain power from Khorne so we can kill even MORE in his name!" -Esirias, Chaos Lord of Khorne  
"If we don't purge the tainted heretics today, there may be no reconciliation in the eyes of the God-Emperor!" - Varigius, Ultramarines Captain   |
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2011/01/19 17:57:12
Subject: So you want to name a Space Marine Chapter.
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Preacher of the Emperor
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The article was good, and helpful as I'm currently trying to figure out a good name for my own forces, although I complicated things by making them a rogue trader's personal army including marines and inquisition elements.
The name generator is less helpful.
Ozone Sisters for a SM Chapter? Really?
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2011/01/19 20:12:30
Subject: So you want to name a Space Marine Chapter.
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Renegade Inquisitor de Marche
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TheLinguist wrote:purplefood wrote:I might actually try and make a squad of:
Horned Swords
Rainbow Paladins
Purple Golems
Snapping Angels
Snapping Angels... A BA descendant chapter that gets the Black Rage really quickly?
I liked the sound of the Purple Golems...
I might try a crusade force where each squad is painted a different colour... gonna need to come up with the fluff for each chapter because i'll need colours... this might be a whole load of fun.
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2011/01/19 21:41:01
Subject: So you want to name a Space Marine Chapter.
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Gargantuan Gargant
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I got Tundra Gators and Polar Wasps. Perhaps very distant SW successors?
Honestly, it's pretty easy to come up with either a VERB or an ADJ-NOUN/NOUN-ADJ name based on your fluff and/or color scheme. The trickiest part is making something that A) isn't already taken and B) doesn't sound like you applied the formula without knowing what the hell the words mean, which is the most common problem I've seen.
GW naming conventions aren't tricky, even going beyond SM chapters (Hive Fleets: Leviathan, Kraken... Jormundgangr? Sure. Hydra? Yes. Ill-tempered Housecat? You're doing it wrong.) Nothing said was wrong, really, I just worry that it potentially needed saying.
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2011/01/20 09:27:33
Subject: Re:So you want to name a Space Marine Chapter.
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Thunderhawk Pilot Dropping From Orbit
Imperium - Vondolus Prime
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In my opinion, it is best to designate the chapter history and its rich traditions first, as it makes naming it easier.
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2019/08/16 20:27:48
Subject: Re:So you want to name a Space Marine Chapter.
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Been Around the Block
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I am starting to pain a homebrew chapter who are actually successors to the Sons of Horus. I think their High Gothic name should be Felix Filii, which means Fortunate Sons; however in Low Gothic while they could go by that I'm tempted to call them the Forlorn Hope.
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2019/08/16 20:54:49
Subject: Re:So you want to name a Space Marine Chapter.
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[MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
Cozy cockpit of an Archer ARC-5S
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Locked due to severe thread necromancy.
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Fatum Iustum Stultorum
Fiat justitia ruat caelum
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Order of the Sable Heart
Grave Knights