New Space Marine army = hard nut to crack

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**Desubot**

VictorVonTzeentch wrote:
Red Scorpions

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Red_Scorpions

Literally this

**Desubot**

If you are going full ham on it and making lore then just dont make them super mary sue, part of events that are pretty clear cut.

otherwise paint them up nice and make them look cool.

If anything you could make them a successor to a chapter that used mk 4 a lot.

It seems to be a thing of the red scorps or iron hands so make an iron hand successor chapter that went of to crusade in some back water region of space.

**Desubot**

Purifier wrote:
Evro wrote:
The tricky thing is to get it lore friendly.
I also have the more unknown chapters in mind. Like Nemesis and Imperial Paladins for example. Or is there any taboos when it comes to chapters with almost non history?

It really isn't tricky at all. 40k's lore is intentionally cataclysmic in scope, specifically so that any chapter you can imagine and any special traits and kinks they have is possible. Just make up your own stuff and have them be from a little known moon in the god-knows-where system. There is nothing wrong with making your chapter exactly what you like. If you want to stick to some kind of lore, then read some books and make something up off of that. If not, you can play Angry Marines if you want, or anything in between.

Its fine and often hilarious fun when done right.

and then there are the mary sue marines. the favorite successor the the ultra marines. single handedly against all odds wiped out a hive fleet of screen without losing a single guy. also name dropped by the big E.

Ether take it serious and make it something that could be in the universe

or take it WAY out into left field and make something fun.

anything in between will cause some major eye rolling.