http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9257898.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9257898.page GMT
Appearance wise I find the Dark Angels with their hoods and gimmicks to be rather boring. I do not care for their aesthetic. The Templars however look pretty metal.

Tabletop the Dark Angels are leagues better. The Templars are in a shooty codex that relies on shooty gimmicks and allies to be competitive which they are not optimal towards. They have very poor defense against psykers if taken without allies.

Dark Angels on the other hand are a very varied and interesting army with a healthy variety of ways to play. They win on being competitive, casual and interesting by leagues.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9257906.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9257906.page GMT 40k it seemed like they were pushing the Space Marines as homicidal space monk zealots, and that idea kind of stuck in my head. It seems like now the Space Marines are actually reasonable and they don't worship The Emperor as a god. I like the Black Templars as they fit more into my original understanding of what Space Marines were.

Dark Angels are my least favorite Traitor Legion.
(I actually need to read more into their fluff, I've only caught pieces of it here and there but I've never purchased a codex or novel that focused on them.)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9257993.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9257993.page GMT DA where I only really like the Ravenwing portion of the DA. They don't have the Holy Hand Grenade as a weapon option, whereas the BT once did, once upon a time.

Plus the Emperor's Champion is by far one of my favourite SM models, so the BT largely win in the looks department as well.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9258005.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9258005.page GMT
Fluff wise, they are pretty neat (read as psychotic zealots) and are much more interesting than the angst laden Dark Angel fluff. Add in their disregard of the codex astartes and their universe wide bro tour of heretic smashing, and you end up with a chapter that's quite unique.

Also, much hilarity will ensure if you ally with the sisters of battle. 2 armies if zealot nutters? CHOO CHOO! ALL ABOARD THE PURGE TRAIN!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9258230.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9258230.page GMT HH era novels I could barely get through and I gave them away once I had read them.

Black Templars I had no strong views on until I read Helsreach which I found awesome and now been building up the BT force I have. They also work nicely with my Sisters army so that's fun.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9258308.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9258308.page GMT BT fluff, I much prefer DA aesthetics, DW in particular, and DA are generally better on the tabletop. The fact that I can run a much wider variety of rosters with DA is a nice plus as well, plenty of room to experiment with lists.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9259167.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9259167.page GMT
everything else: black templars]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9259201.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/720936/9259201.page GMT