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I'm thinking of starting a new modelling project where I make a captain for each of the first founding chapters.

So for fuel this idea I thought I'd put it to dakkadakka to tell me what traits and characteristics you think a typical captain of each of the 1st founding chapters should have.

Any cool idea's that are different to the norm are also definitely welcome.

You don't have to write something for every 1st founding chapter, if you just put something for the ones you know best that would be great!

Thanks

Interesting concept.

Space Wolf: Savage. Action pose, CC weapons swinging. Toss some gore around.
White Scar: Wild. On a bike. Try to capture speed and movement.
Imperial Fist: Stubborn. Weathered, gritty, rugged.
Blood Angel: Noble. Clean, grace, and perfection.
Ultramarine: Commanding. Calmly directing the battle, above the fray.
Dark Angel: Baroque. Ancient weapons and hidden secrets. Shrouded and over-wrought.
Raven Guard: Precision. The tip of the spear. Swift striking, then moving to the next foe. Practical.
Iron Hand: Efficient. Machine-like in his execution. Inevitable in victory.
Salamanders: Artist and craftsman. Finest gear, forged for war.

Take a look at the minis from Deathwatch Overkill, they could be a nice source of inspiration. Looking forewards for some pics!

An Iron Hand would definitely be pretty much a cyborg.
A Salamander would definitely have some kind of flamer weapon.

The only official Salamanders captain I can think of is Pellas Mir'san, whose main trait is as a duellist.

The Space Wolves currently have, out of their twelve, two separate Wolf Lords who love flames and flame weapons in their companies, and hate each other. They also have one Wolf Lord who uses lots of tanks and I believe a separate one who likes mechanized troops, although I am not about to check. Of course they also have wulfen-happy and scout-friendly Lords too.

The most famous Blood Angel captain ofc is Tycho, who carries a combi-weapon and walks.

So I think that you should look at the Deathwatch board game and then go pretty far in the opposite direction.

For example, I think a representative Raven Guard captain should be in Terminator TDA. This is because Raven Guard actually have a mild inclination against TDA, but they love sudden strikes after softening up by stealth, they have stealthy squads that don't need a captain to directly command them, and so it would be likely that a captain could fill the job of sudden Terminator support. I think combi-melta and lighting claw would do.

Imperial Fists have two characteristics. One, they do complex siege type operations with a strong hierarchy of supervision. Vladimir Pugh is said to rely on his officers to perform most direct oversight. Two, they have a character of a duelling culture with the Feast of Blades, Sigismund, and the Germanic duelling-society, and of self-abnegation re the pain glove. The captain should have a sword somewhere for duelling, but he should have very plain power armor because his job is more directing large scale groups of troops at once. That doesn't mean he shouldn't have a jump pack, bike, or rhino transport, because he could use them to observe and move between units better. Definitely no TDA.

That's what I've got.

Black templetr Marshalls are very independent, very good in CC, its in the selection process. Zelous, very much close combat focused and equipped to match.

Most likely favour getting in enemies face with a powerfist than shooting them.

BA could be a frothing at the mouth like Seth or a slightly reserved artist but do anything like Azkellon. Or anything in between.

the ancient wrote:
BA could be a frothing at the mouth like Seth or a slightly reserved artist but do anything like Azkellon. Or anything in between.

Seth is not a Blood Angel, same primarch but very different philosophies.