Question about marine chapters
I've been a fan if 40k for a long time, I used to build and paint models just for fun back when I was in middle school and never really learned how to play, and all I painted was Ultramarines. I'm 27 now and want to get into the game, and I don't really want to be ultramarines, I want a purple and gold colored army. I was looking at the hawklords and they seem neat but I don't really care much about the fluff, and then I found another chapter, Imperial Stars.
They have the color scheme I want, but all of their info is unknown. Does that give me permission to do what I want for the army? Can I use whatever tactics I decide on if I go with Imperial Stars? Am I better off just coming up with my own chapter to use the colors I want?
Posted Sep 2, 2018, 5:04 PM UTC
Paint them however you want and call them whatever you want. It's your Models! On the tabletop you can play them as whatever chapter you want. No matter if u pick existing colors or not.
Is that frowned upon? I don't plan on getting serious into tournament play, I'm just gonna play for fun casually. I want a dreadnought heavy army and was planning on kitbashing a chaplain dreadnought and using FW rules to field it as an HQ lol I don't want to play space wolves or blood angels for their dreadnought lists though, that's the problem I'm running into cuz normal adtartes don't really have specialized dreads like that, but I just love the way they look. I do like the way the Imperial Stars look and their emblem is cool and simple to free hand IMO. Think I could get away with just using them and trying out different chapter tactics until I found one I like?
That wouldn’t be frowned upon at all. They do not have there own chapter tactics so you get to chose which ones you use! The only rules when it comes to painting is in tournament play. The rules are that if you paint a unit as a chapter thy had specific rules (ie: salamanders, blood angels, black templars etc.) then you have to use their rules. If your chapter is custom or is not specifically given their own rules in the codex, your army can use whatever chapter tactics you want.
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No it's not frowned upon at all! You can do exactly that. Paint them as imperial stars and play them as blood angels. The only person who could possibly have a problem with that is a douchebag that you wouldn't want to play with either way.
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You're welcome brother!