Unarmored marines, any depictions?

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**thepowerfulwill**

So I was thinking and came to an odd thought, what do marines wear when they are not in power armor? Simple robes? Sci fi jumpsuits? Ad-mech sanctified space sivvies? I personally really like the idea of them wearing highly ornate versions of imperial guard uniforms, (sized up a bit of course). But anyways is there any art of this? Models? Fluff? I really want to know

**BrianDavion**

the novels suggest robes. with that in mind I suspect it varies from chapter to chapter. I doubt Ultramarines and Space Wolves have the same off duty dress

**thepowerfulwill**

True, my guess would be the white scars would wear leather jackets.

**Tactical_Spam**

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**Brennonjw**

in 'Horus Rising' it mentions marines wearing: loin cloths (late at night, while polishing armour), robes (when wandering around not wanting to be recognized), and in one case, it mentions a marine wearing a black shirt, so I assume before they got all religious, they had fairly standard fatigues of sorts when not in armour.

**casvalremdeikun**

There is artwork of a marine kneeling while chapter serfs start to apply the armor.

**MacPhail**

The RT-era books have great illustrations of that kind of stuff... gene seed being implanted, captains chilling out on their battle barges, etc. I bet some clever Google Image searches could turn up something. Rogue Trader, Compendium, Compilation, with the black & white filter applied?

**Blitzen the Solitaire**

Don't forget they also have the black carapace that allows them to interface with their armor. Most go with robes and etc as they are usually always in their armor(besides a bolter/cc weapon it's the most holiest thing to them) so there's not a high demand for XXXXXLarge clothing.

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I believe one of the Horus Heresy books also mentioned one of them being in his fatigues, but I'd have to reread them all to find it.