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I got a whole bunch of weapons bitz, ranging from bolters , plasma guns , flamers and a multidude of combi weapons that i am told are chaos. Can i? Or may i use these for normal marines? If not how can i convert them unorder to. Or is it a pointless bunch if bitz for spacemarine models?

My Blood Angels successor chapter is full of chaosy bits.


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My Blood Angels successor chapter is full of chaosy bits.

It's your hobby, your money, your models and your narrative. You are free to do what you want.

I'm using the chaos heavy bolters on my 30K loyalist Death Guard.

 alanmckenzie wrote:
My Blood Angels successor chapter is full of chaosy bits.

But you guys love Khorne so its not really that much of a stretch is it?

Im going with a deathgaurd kinda thing, would using chaos bits be acceptable? I am having a hard time distinguishing what is chaos and what is not

Just use them. If anyone moans about your plasma gun having an arrow or spike on it, you can politely suggest that they reassess their priorities in life.

KINGPIN54 wrote:
I am having a hard time distinguishing what is chaos and what is not

All the more reason to just use them.

KINGPIN54 wrote:
Im going with a deathgaurd kinda thing, would using chaos bits be acceptable? I am having a hard time distinguishing what is chaos and what is not

I don't see why not. I'd remove any marks of chaos or chaos stars. Keep skulls and so on because even loyalist marines have pretty gothic equipment!

As you say, it is hard to distinguish what is chaos anyway.

Here's an assault marine sgt with chaos legs. You can hardly tell and most people miss it.



I have a LOT of chaos bits mixed in with regular stuff for my Marines. As long as you remove the really chaosy looking stuff, it works out great.

I got some of these dragon heads and spliced it with one of the backpacks that came in the bitz box, besides the backpack itself ( as i have tac marine backpack) could this be used for a unit of tacmarines and if so whT chapter would it suit best. I am paintinv all my mods different chapters, so any founding and succesor chapters will be in a unit. Thanks for the comments thus far guys


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That bit under the head on left is a loose piece of sprue clipping (not part of the backpack)

AS far as using Chaos bits go, I personally try and trim away any arrows, horns, mouths or 8-point stars. Depending on the Chapter being built, I'll remove some of the spikes and such, sometimes all.

But yeah, go for it!

That backpack looks awesome. Please post pictures when it is painted.

I wouldn't care if you stuck chaosy bits on the emperor himself, the rule of cool always prevails!

Thanks guys, i have 3 different size heads. And as far as yhe chapter goes, im starting a "imperial ghost" chapter. Basically a deathguard where every model is painted in a different chapter colour. So ANY chapter ( preferably official) you guys think a squad of that style backpack would suit. I will be having the veteran sargeant a first founding and the rest of the squad succesor chapters of that veterans chapter. Thanks for the comments
KP54

The dragon heads suggest Salamanders and their Successor to me.

Cool, then that is what it shall be, did not think of that, was thinking res dragons, but the green is a better option, as i have a bit of green paint ( from painting orks) will be posting wip picks on my other thread dedicated to this chapter. But will be posting other chaos/imperial stuff on this one for feedback and options. The spacemarine chapters are so vast i doubt one person knows everything

The biggest tell for Chaos is the star, pointed arrows and any legion symbols. Everything else isn't that different from standard loyalist fare.

AncientSkarbrand wrote:
It's your hobby, your money, your models and your narrative. You are free to do what you want.

THIS! This more than anything you'll read on Dakka is the truth. Go for it but most of all- enjoy! Feth the whiners and haters - just remember what above wiseman said

Any symbols appearing obviously Chaos (8 point star etccan generally be removed from the plastic with a knife and file with damaging any details you want to keep. Most other symbols can fit in with loyalist icography as well as Chaos.

Obviously avoid chaos god icons or the eight pointed star. Skulls, horns, and spikes are up to you. I think a lot of CSM bits can fit nicely into SM models. And at the end of the day, you can model your models however you please.

The backpack looks really cool. I did a conversion similar to that but with the longer dragon heads. Yours looks very salamander-ish (and much better than mine) so maybe go with that theme. Good luck

Actually, the pointed arrow symbol is used in loyalists as well as traitors.The most obvious example being the 'troop' squad designation on tactical marines.

I believe the original idea was the single arrow represented order, whereas the many, arrows in different directions represented chaos.

Now the pointed arrow is affiliated with both factions :S.

Chaos bitz on SM? did you hear abour Relictors?

Will check relictors out, did my first model with chaos weapons . http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/679639.page