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What is your favorite Space Marine chapter? And why?


Feel free to get angry and voice your opinion of why another chapter sucks. Mwahaha

White Scars
Mongolian Space bikers?
Yes please

They're all pretty cool. It's hard to pick just one.

My interests have shifted over the years, but right now I'd have to go with Ultramarines. They may be as vanilla as they come, but I think that's just a part of their appeal. Their flexibility is probably what pulled me into collecting them.

From a gaming and modelling standpoint, with Ultramarines, I can buy and use just about any model without it feeling odd or out of the question for them to be using it in a battle. Another bonus is that they've been painted by many people over the years so there's countless resources out there for guides, inspiration, references, etc.

I've only been collecting them for about a year now, but my collection grew pretty quickly. Along the way I'd sometimes think about what it'd be like to start up another chapter and work around their theme ( ie Raven Guard with Scouts and Assault Marines ) but then I just stop and think how I'd be restricting myself to the theme and play style of that chapter. I think I made a great choice with this chapter. To most people, they're the most boring chapter, but to me they're the most exciting, because I can bring a little bit of everything to the collection.

Iron hands all the way... and they only got one vote before i intervened???

Alpha legion baby, they are SM.

Ultramarines take the cake as the backbone of the Space Marine line. And there's a Company for anyone depending on their likes. I prefer 3rd, with a good dose of Xeno fighting from Captain Ardias. Some of a more anti-daemon persuasion could swing for 4th, and the rigid militaristic have their 2nd. The good thing about being the poster boys is that everything is fleshed out.

Though, Raven Guard and Crimson Fists are very good reads too.

Black Templars

They embody what it is to be an Astartes. They continue the great crusade, always moving forward and never giving up. Besides that, the Emperor chooses THEM to send his visions through. They answer to no one other than the Emperor and their High Marshal. They boast perhaps the largest fleet in the current age of the Imperium and they are one of the largest chapters. Thousands of them...You can't compete against the combined might of the Black Templars.

The Sons of Orar! Beakie-wearing-Tyranid-killing decedent chapter of the Ultramarines with enough fluff for good existence in the setting but, enough to make your own? Give them to me!

Though the Scythes of the Emperor, Lamentors, Imperial Fists, and Sable Swords are up there. If I hadn't of gone with SoO, I'd probably of done SotE or Sable Swords. If neither of those, Death Strike.

Still, honorable mention... Salamanders got me into W40k.

Raptors.

Cool fluff, cooler look... probably the closest to how an actual space marine chapter would operate.

Thousand Sons. They were intelligent Space Marines, betrayed by the Emperor and the other chapters before being stabbed in the back by the Space Wolves.

Iron hands, love the bionics and ties to the mechanicum. Also they are a lesser known original legion, so they have some cool stories, but plenty of room to make my own.

 Otto Weston wrote:
Thousand Sons. They were intelligent Space Marines, betrayed by the Emperor and the other chapters before being stabbed in the back by the Space Wolves.

If you've read any of the fluff then you're either a.) supremely unintelligent - the antithesis of your 1k Sons or b.) just trying to start a fight

Either way, the Warmaster Horus was the one who ordered the Space Wolves to destroy the thousand sons. It was not their choice, they believed that the Emperor himself had told them to.

Also, Space Wolves, all the way. They're one of the few Legiones Astartes that are left. I mean, think about it. They hate injustice and try to right some of the wrongs in the IoM, plus, they are the same in 40k as they are in 30k, just minus a Primarch and minus a 13th Great Company.

 dusara217 wrote:

 Otto Weston wrote:
Thousand Sons. They were intelligent Space Marines, betrayed by the Emperor and the other chapters before being stabbed in the back by the Space Wolves.

If you've read any of the fluff then you're either a.) supremely unintelligent - the antithesis of your 1k Sons or b.) just trying to start a fight

Either way, the Warmaster Horus was the one who ordered the Space Wolves to destroy the thousand sons. It was not their choice, they believed that the Emperor himself had told them to.

Also, Space Wolves, all the way. They're one of the few Legiones Astartes that are left. I mean, think about it. They hate injustice and try to right some of the wrongs in the IoM, plus, they are the same in 40k as they are in 30k, just minus a Primarch and minus a 13th Great Company.

When I said betrayed by the Emperor I was referring to to Council of Nikaea. He had made up his mind before they could even defend themselves and had their entire fighting style and living choices banned.

Whether or not the Space Wolves actually believed the Emperor ordered them to do it, they could have gone about their orders differently. If they truly were honourable they would have besieged the planet and told the ksons the charges against them and the sentence. They chose to stab them in the back with a surprise attack, not giving them any respect as fellow marines.

Outside of my own (which really should be any creator's favorite chapter) have to go with the Guardians of the Covenant. Monastic warrior-monks in cool armor and robes? Can't go wrong.

Iron Snakes might be 2nd....Ancient Greek warriors in SPHESSSSSSS!

 EmperorsChampion wrote:
Black Templars

They embody what it is to be an Astartes. They continue the great crusade, always moving forward and never giving up. Besides that, the Emperor chooses THEM to send his visions through.

You know, those Pentacostals that shake and speak in tongues think God is talking through them too.

Black Templars are just sociopathic Space Pentacostals. The guy who flips out the best just gets a fancy sword and armor.

Recently I've embraced the emperors light with the Iron Hands (Red Talons 2nd founding actually), but that's more because I'm using them as a more points affordable half as good, but half priced quasi plague marines. And I want to paint red.

 FeindusMaximus wrote:
Alpha legion baby, they are SM.

Oh, you heretic.

What I love about the Blood Angels is the torn dual nature. They SHOULD have turned to Khorne and mindless rage, but they CHOOSE to fight it off, and remain true to the Imperium. (at least until they go insane, and eat up a pack of Space Wolves, or whoever else presents themselves). Very "Dark Knight" tragic hero stuff.

Plus, they paint and appreciate art in their spare time. So, basically 40th Millennium hobbyists.

Carcharodons, hands down. Space Sharks are sharks, in space. Minotaurs may be a close second. Codex: Space Marines? Salamanders or White Scars.

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:

 EmperorsChampion wrote:
Black Templars

They embody what it is to be an Astartes. They continue the great crusade, always moving forward and never giving up. Besides that, the Emperor chooses THEM to send his visions through.

You know, those Pentacostals that shake and speak in tongues think God is talking through them too.

Black Templars are just sociopathic Space Pentacostals. The guy who flips out the best just gets a fancy sword and armor.

Ya know I liked them before they became cray cray space zealots that worship the Emperor as a god. I like them why they were just normal cray cray space zealots that just hated anything that had a hint of psychic power.

Salamanders. Big green pyromaniacs. Gotta love em. And their primarch has that whole perpetual thing....

 Otto Weston wrote:

 dusara217 wrote:

 Otto Weston wrote:
Thousand Sons. They were intelligent Space Marines, betrayed by the Emperor and the other chapters before being stabbed in the back by the Space Wolves.

If you've read any of the fluff then you're either a.) supremely unintelligent - the antithesis of your 1k Sons or b.) just trying to start a fight

Either way, the Warmaster Horus was the one who ordered the Space Wolves to destroy the thousand sons. It was not their choice, they believed that the Emperor himself had told them to.

Also, Space Wolves, all the way. They're one of the few Legiones Astartes that are left. I mean, think about it. They hate injustice and try to right some of the wrongs in the IoM, plus, they are the same in 40k as they are in 30k, just minus a Primarch and minus a 13th Great Company.

When I said betrayed by the Emperor I was referring to to Council of Nikaea. He had made up his mind before they could even defend themselves and had their entire fighting style and living choices banned.

Whether or not the Space Wolves actually believed the Emperor ordered them to do it, they could have gone about their orders differently. If they truly were honourable they would have besieged the planet and told the ksons the charges against them and the sentence. They chose to stab them in the back with a surprise attack, not giving them any respect as fellow marines.

While I agreed wholeheartedly 1K sons are now CSM, I'd vote for the Blood Ravens but they didn't add them as an option

 Great White wrote:
Salamanders. Big green pyromaniacs. Gotta love em. And their primarch has that whole perpetual thing....

I also love the Salamanders, but I prefer to just ignore the coal-black skin appearance. As an American it's uncomfortably close to blackface.

I about choked when I read someone said Minotaurs. They are vile.

Lamenters forever!

I was originally drawn to 40K by the Legion of the Damned. A little research showed it'd be difficult to field them solo, so I started looking at their Fire Hawks origin for a standard chapter to field with them. A chance meeting in the used 40K section at a local book store guided me towards the Salamanders, and I've been hooked since.

 Wyzilla wrote:

 Great White wrote:
Salamanders. Big green pyromaniacs. Gotta love em. And their primarch has that whole perpetual thing....

I also love the Salamanders, but I prefer to just ignore the coal-black skin appearance. As an American it's uncomfortably close to blackface.

I disagree. Blackface has much more to its appearance than just the skin color. And I enjoy the skin color, it's an interesting piece of fluff and is different from all the other armies out there

Raven Guard!

A Spec Ops type of space marines that hit hard and withdraw, often times against a numerically superior foe. and all encased in armor that makes them a walking tank!

 brendan wrote:
I about choked when I read someone said Minotaurs. They are vile.

Lamenters forever!

You mean rigthous warriors of mankind

For me it was a toss up between Space Wolfs due to well, rather natural reasons. And Iron Hands

You made me choose between the Grey Knights and Imperial Fists...I can't, it's the reason why my main list I run uses both of them!

 brendan wrote:
I about choked when I read someone said Minotaurs. They are vile.

Lamenters forever!

The Minotaurs might be vile, but they're SO bloody efficient and brutal you can't help but like them. Plus their Chapter Master's fluff is just too cool. Is he a Perpetual? Is he merely a symbol with someone taking over each time he dies? Is he plausibly somebody that's just that hard to kill? Cool stuff.
They'd probably be in the three way tie between Carcharodons (who are probably just as vile as you can get) Iron Hands (their Council is a smart thing), and then Minotaurs.

There's just tons of Chapters that it's really hard to choose.

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
There's just tons of Chapters that it's really hard to choose.

Yep, amen to that. That's why I mentioned all these guys.

 Stormwall wrote:
The Sons of Orar! Beakie-wearing-Tyranid-killing decedent chapter of the Ultramarines with enough fluff for good existence in the setting but, enough to make your own? Give them to me!

Though the Scythes of the Emperor, Lamentors, Imperial Fists, and Sable Swords are up there. If I hadn't of gone with SoO, I'd probably of done SotE or Sable Swords. If neither of those, Death Strike.

Still, honorable mention... Salamanders got me into W40k.

The SoO are my army of choice and my favorite but, only because I can make my own fluff for them and they kill Nids. At the end of the day, they're just cool ultramarines with beakies. So if you had to have context or fluff, then that would put the Lamenters as my favorite. They're a bunch of good guys who get royally bent out of shape, and yet still try to do what is right. They'res not many of them. Which is the same deal as Scythes of the Emperor, except they have more fluff and better storylines.

Eh, Sable Swords due to the color scheme but, really the only true appeal they have to me is they took over where the Astral Knights left off. Salamanders got me into Warhammer 40k, on this game called "Kill Team," which was on Xbox live for 360. I shouldn't have even of really mentioned the fists in my first post but, they only reason I like them is their paint color. So really... Lamenters win out.

I agree, it's hard to choose just one chapter.