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Hey I'm planning on making my own marine chapter and I wonder. Can I make my own characters? Do I have to use GW's characters or can I make my own out of bits?

Meaning like a Calgar character.

Yes, but they will not be accepted in matched play without your opponents consent (and never in tournaments, essentially). So this depends entirely on your gaming group and your opponents - also how good you are at writing rules.

Generally speaking (as a rules/game designer), almost 85% of custom stuff I see drawn up for 40K is overpowered nonsense. If you can create a reasonable and not-overpowered custom character, most people would be fine allowing you to run it. You should start with a GW profile as a basis (use the stat-line from Calgar but then change his weapons and some of his special rules, etc.). Then add 10-15 points onto the cost as a tax for creating your character.

An interesting character would also have some penalties along with the bonuses, but even GW doesn't bother with that because...time?

What you can do is paint your guys however you want and kitbash characters however you want and then make them counts as an official chapter and use their rules.

I.E. play as Black Templar and use all the Black Templar rules but make your own models for their named characters and just say fluff wise they are your own dudes.

 Elbows wrote:
Yes, but they will not be accepted in matched play without your opponents consent (and never in tournaments, essentially). So this depends entirely on your gaming group and your opponents - also how good you are at writing rules.

Generally speaking (as a rules/game designer), almost 85% of custom stuff I see drawn up for 40K is overpowered nonsense. If you can create a reasonable and not-overpowered custom character, most people would be fine allowing you to run it. You should start with a GW profile as a basis (use the stat-line from Calgar but then change his weapons and some of his special rules, etc.). Then add 10-15 points onto the cost as a tax for creating your character.

An interesting character would also have some penalties along with the bonuses, but even GW doesn't bother with that because...time?

Oh I mean like a "counts as". I want to make my marine chapter a different color and have my own figures be Vulkan or Calgar etc. I'm not trying to make my own rules.

Definitely go.for it. Kit bashing and conversions are the best bit of the hobby for me.

This is what I use for Belial

 Flinty wrote:
Definitely go.for it. Kit bashing and conversions are the best bit of the hobby for me.

This is what I use for Belial

Awesome! I'm able to paint and model again for the first time in years (medical issue with my hands). I want to make an all primaris chapter of space marines based off of Doom. I want my Guilliman to be a primaris marine on a large base standing on corpses to be the proper height of grandpa smurf.