Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) - Codex Compliant

[@gerardmontgomery280]

"All bases must be goblin green to play in store" "but this is a desert planet" "all bases must be goblin green, what don't you understand?"

[@Lazy-Monkey]

And then you realize you're in your friends garage at a ping pong table... and your friend is the one saying that. Goblin Green, one of us. One of us.

[@tenletters5889]

Well it doesn't say what color the sand is on that desert world now does it?

[@Bluecho4]

@@tenletters5889 Honestly, that would explain a lot. The Rogue Trader era wasn't played on grassy planets. But rather desert planets with green sand. D E E P E S T L O R E

[@bigpoppa1234]

It's not the bases fault the person who made the table used the wrong colour.

[@DillJosh007]

Being so overzealous that even an Inquisitor is like "dude....stop" Classic space marines

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

There are 1000 Marines in that photo, but the squad numbering is wrong. There aren't enough Command Squads and I can't see enough Fast Attack Units either. By the Throne, what am I doing with my life?

[@Senbei01]

The army shown was put together during 2nd ed... when company composition was more related to the 2nd ed Epic rules than anything else (due to 2nd ed epic army building using entire companies as the basic building block of army composition, bolstered with detachment and special choices).

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Fair point. I'm so used to the fourth edition Marine Codex's guide to a chapter's company composition, I just assume that's been standard since Second. I never played second or third, so I've never been 100% sure.

[@Senbei01]

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer All the company sizes used to come printed on cards for when you wanted to build your army. The company composition was different back then too (a Battle Company was 1 platoon of 30 Tactical Marines, 1 platoon of 30 assault marines, 1 platoon of 30 marines in Devastator squads and a command squad - all with accompanying Rhinos). Nowadays I think they may have made them go heavier on the Tactical squad complement. It did limit your options a bit, for larger games. I don't think you could make a Space Marine army big enough to face the old Epic Ork horde I have. You'd still have about 2/3 of your points left to spend even after you'd bought your 10 companies... and That horde is just a '1 or 2 of everything' army designed to sit in a cabinet.... if I ever finish it.

[@JosephStraughn]

Perhaps they are just in a normal squad formation, tactical squads are the basic squad formation. No point being in a battle organisation for a single photo.

[@auretioustaak6579]

@@Senbei01 the 3rd edition Space Marine literally spelt out exactly what was in each company in the codex itself. They didn't just display the whole chapter without other context. Your Battle Companies had 6 units of 10 Tactical Marines, 2 units of 10 Assault marines and 2 units of 10 devastator Marines, plus company command and supporting transports and vehicles listed. Whilst there are indeed 1,000 space marines in the Chapter GW painted at the time, it also was not perfect because it was painted in the generalised a battle company has 60 tactical 20 assault 20 devastator units, a reserve company had x units in x ratios etc, but was also lacking enough command models/units. Contrary to this, the page in the 3rd ed Space Marine Codex that detailed the data on what the Ultramarines Chapter comprised of, many of the units listed are under strengthed or in varying numbers and sizes not strictly to what the companies are defined as elsewhere for the time. E.g The 9th Reserve Company did have 10 devastator units but these were 6 units of 10, 1 unit of 9, 2 units of 6 and 1 unit of 5, and then on top of that, there were only 8 rhinos assigned to the company, as opposed to other listings at the time where a rhino was present for every 10 marines on foot in the chapter. I like to look at it as the detailed break down of the Chapter showed that they were a normal military body with casualties affecting unit compositions till new recruits could fill their places, and not the pristine perfect exemplars of the Codex that they seems to be these days. Still, for the time, tha5t Chapter was amazing and that Thunderhawk Gunship, there were very few of them on the planet at this time so it was extra spicy especially if you were a kid during this era.

[@TheNoobPainter]

Codex Zoats is the best codex! In my heart...

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

I must admit, it has peaked my interest! xD

[@kingwiku9735]

YES! Please do some deep dive into the Tyrannid's heralds/translators of the rogue traitor era! Also, they were Wood Elf allies I believe also?

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

@@kingwiku9735 You have just said several relevent things wrong and made it all sound like age of sigmar. I'm proud of you.

[@aldergodric4324]

The Noob Painter well, if you look at Warhammer Community, I have interesting news

[@sharklegioncain4044]

True

[@GreatgoatonFire]

"We can't stop here! It's Rogue Trader country!"

[@EDuarteVillanueva]

(gets attacked by a wild pack of astral hounds)

[@Jojo-dj1ic]

So thats where 1d4chan got there "Daily routines of xy-chapter member".

[@harbl99]

That was an old RT-era gag originally.

[@KillerOrca]

Yep, and we thank them for it because they are fucking hilarious. Technically I think some of that came from 4chan itself as many things on 1d4chan do but

[@k-leb4671]

Blood Ravens... 4:00am - Wake up 4:01am - Steal a brother's breakfast

[@mrmora1673]

And for some of the chapters not just a member, I recommend the lamenters daily routine

[@Onbu_]

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only wolf flavored ice cream

[@ummdustry5718]

uWu

[@kharak6204]

how do you make that? milk the wolves?

[@CAP198462]

THE KHARYEST OF THEM ALL simpler than that, just get some fenrisian snow and pour on the wolf flavouring.

[@kholtonthebarbarian2590]

CAP198462 YOU FOOL!!! That is the recipe for wolf flavored shaved-ice!!! Not ice-cream!!! They are two entirely distinct Fenrisian treats!!!

[@Joetime90]

She called me a goblin green base, I feel so flattered.

[@harbl99]

You are a thing regarded with nostalgia and affection, and exactly as the creators intended.

[@charlotteeo7803]

I look forward to the upcoming Codex: Zoats Kickstarter campaign 👍

[@dilophosaurussk4333]

With how creative the warhammer community can get if they really want something, that is actually quite possible.

[@penguinsentinel8508]

If I recall correctly (and I pride myself that I do), each GW store painted a company of 100 marines each. I *think* GW Birmingham had the 7th, Purple, company of 10 tactical squads, plus Rhinos.

[@Senbei01]

Whilst GW did used to outsource Gamesday minis to their stores, the company had over 100 stores at this point, and I don't remember the local ones being involved in that way with this effort. I do remember the Thunderhawk gunships they used being cast in pewter though. Ultimate paperweight.

[@Agamemnon2]

That display is actually the origin of the metal Thunderhawk miniature, which was never intended for sale originally, but it was eyecatching enough that they sold a few hundred via Mail Order at £400 apiece.

[@gerardmontgomery280]

Not just metal but lead. Massive lead flyers, what could go wrong.

[@gileschenery2536]

@@gerardmontgomery280 sounds like a tasty snack

[@hullhistorynerd]

It's true, I worked in a GW store and some of my painting is in that photo! Not every store painted a squad, some got to paint tanks and dreads. Most of the rest of us got a bog standard 2nd edition box set tactical squad to paint...

[@Vespuchian]

I would have assumed Dark Angels were pistachio and Space Wolves were mint.

[@ArchArturo]

And Salamanders are Spicy Mango :p

[@waynes.wilson6616]

Marines Malevolent is Praline ice cream.

[@hoebread7584]

No space wolves are wolf flavoured

[@danielolsson7134]

@@hoebread7584 White Scars are vanilla flavoured.

[@Mrkabrat]

@@danielolsson7134 White Scars taste like cocaine

[@shakurasender5583]

"We havent finished painting our drop pods" idk those look pretty finished to me.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Especially Snipe's one.

[@topkek996]

I went to a tournament with toilet paper rolls that had a brown ":^)" painted on them as my drop pods. Those look absolutely finished.

[@jburns272]

If I remember correctly, this is the codex where, under the heading "Why Collect Space Marines?" GW printed something along the lines of, "Individual space marines cost more points than models in other armies. This means that it is easier and cheaper for new players to collect an army."

[@christophersmith8848]

Hahahahahahaha

[@roaringlaughter3812]

Still true to this day its just more expensive with new models, codexes and supplements each quarter of the year

[@EternalQuestion]

The entire ultramarines chapter was a display they had at warhammer world back in the day. The fact that it had a thunderhawk gunship before forgeworld actually released their 40k scale version of it made it pretty awesome!

[@BenersantheBread]

The most important question is what Snipe's shirt wants us to not forget to do. Keeps me up at night.

[@subatomicseal7789]

It says ""don't forget to love each other". It's a Critical Role thing!

[@colinnf325]

@@subatomicseal7789 woo woo critical role!!!!

[@Tinblitz]

Of course Crit Role is inclusive, and of course Snipe and Wib love it. ❤️

[@devononair]

@@subatomicseal7789 Thanks, I was wondering too.

[@MizantropMan]

Reminds me of when I first got into Wh40k. It was in 5th edition and I have a photo of my chubby, 11-years-old self, reading the infamous "Matt Ward Codex" and enjoying the hell out of it.

[@jamesgarratt9334]

Same here.

[@Isaac-ze4fl]

I was 7 years old and dad bought me the mat ward blood angels codex and that was how I got into warhammer

[@KuK137]

Ward codex was actually best one SM ever got, with tons of different fluffy builds, 4chan imbeciles just rabidly screeched about it due to 2 lines of lore (that were written by Phil Kelly at that, not Ward). Too bad it drove the dude who made most fun and balanced edition of 40K out of company :(

[@deadbydayinblack]

Awwww Saxon. Classic British heavy metal...just listen to " 747 Strangers in the Night" is over blown crazy bare arse to the wall music .

[@therasslintheatre2960]

Their latest album, "Thunderbolt" is pure gold

[@devononair]

Not sure I've seen metal bands put their bare arses to the wall at any point, but I appreciate the mental image!

[@deadbydayinblack]

@@devononair Well classic British Metal was very much hairy arses to walls, windows and all manner of things

[@jacobdriver2151]

"The one character that isn't playable is captain cortez" Cries in Xavier

[@blessedpeas]

"became canon simply by merit" that's a genuinely good pun there

[@CaptainFloflo]

My first army was the imperial guard. 'Can't wait to see a codex compliant review about them.

[@amandafranks5108]

same, back in 4th edition I think, geese the guys back then were legendary.

[@coh2conscript851]

Still waiting...

[@joshuadarrow]

Did... did that dreadnought just uwu at me?

[@kharak6204]

owo

[@lilith-punkpollock609]

Tau: For the Tau'va! Dreadnought:UwU Tau:OwO This was written by a tau player

[@navysealinguardiantank2679]

Wait what? WHEN

[@Setsuraful]

Remember when every single person painted their bases and/or rims with goblin green? That's some real nostalgia..

[@Mullers1]

3rd edition is when I got in to 40k. Seeing the minis, codex(codixes??), white dwarf issues, paint schemes & artwork provides unadulterated nostalgia. Thanks!

[@WAcrobat19]

But I want to see Codex Zoats

[@ka1juhunt3r]

8:56 Sad to point this out but the salamander’s lost chaplain Xavier while he was fighting off a drukhari raid party alone with multiple stab wounds but he made sure to kill every single one of them before succumbing to his wounds, I wish we still had him but we still have his relic of villains sigil a relic I use in a melee focused salamander build of mine, Also to run further salt into my heart salamander’s lost two more characters going into 9th edition however those character never had models but datasheets leaving us salamander’s with only 3 named characters and no unique units and 1 of them being a forge world exclusive (albeit a beast of a unit) salamander’s GW forgers us a lot and I hope I eat my words later down the line.

[@AFnord]

The page on the Ultra Marine chapter actually shows that there are more than 1000 marines. Once when I was very bored, about 7 or so years ago, I decided to actually count how many space marines were there, and while I don't remember the exact number, I think it was about 1500, which is significantly more than it should be, and that's with the damaged squads.

[@amandafranks5108]

they probably thought nobody would count when they took the picture xD

[@AFnord]

@@amandafranks5108 Yeah, who in their right mind would have an excel sheet where they add together all the marines from all the different vehicles..... That's really the source of most of the extra marines, by the way. They make it clear that the vehicle crew are not from the regular squads, but that each vehicle has its own crew, so each rhino is +2, and each squad has its own rhino, and each company also have a set of other vehicles, most of which have 2 crew members, and then there are marines that are outside of the regular company structure. And those add up.

[@iamalpharius9483]

I just found you guys. Now I cant stop watching. Fun. Thank you.

[@waynes.wilson6616]

One of my brother's friends gave my brother this and other retro codicies and they are amazing time capsules for seeing what others played with before I was even born.

[@simonwolfie2]

This is the best playlist ever. Thanks guys you've really updated my GW banter

[@KarlRosner]

It was such a good codex, I pine for the days when codexes were thin, tight and classy.

[@JennFaeAge]

Ah, 3rd edition, also known as the kitchen sink era of 40k. Well, known as that by me. As of five seconds ago :-P

[@sandragruber4596]

My first codex... Brings back memorys of more simple days. When I was "young and beautiful". Now I am just "and". "And" even that is borrowed 😅

[@billdagrasshawking]

you two make bad days better, thank you.

[@MannyKunV]

2:20 i actually did count it as a kid. theres about 85 full ten man squads, 10 five man squad of terminators, the remaining number is a mix of everything else. i dont recall if i counted the vehicles too or the marines that 'would be' piloting the vehicles etc

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

This was my first exposure to the 40k setting. I distinctly recall thinking that orks could combine like voltron into Gazkull and that there was a secret portal to the human world under the fight between Horus and The Emperor. I was a weird kid.

[@SawedOffLaser]

The best series on KZbin makes a glorious return!

[@JackwagonInc]

So, I was in an ROTC leadership program in college where we all stayed in our own dorms and got plaques to put on our doors each year that specified our year and position. Once you got to be a junior, you were allowed to put a quote or two of your choice on your plaque. Naturally, I decided I had to find the most outstandingly sarcastic 40K quote out there. Low and behold I stumbled across a quote from Cortez that goes "I haven't lost my arm, brother- it's right over there!" I immediately chose it. Pure gold.

[@blah007001]

There is a rumor I heard, that I do not know the accuracy of, that Matt Ward originally thought he was writing the Ultramarine codex and that it got changed to be the general Space Marine codex at the last minute.

[@Navy735]

That makes too much sense.

[@Minisoderr]

This codex was not written by Matt ward

[@WhatsUpGazpacho]

This is the best 40k video series on the internet

[@LinkiePup]

I can confirm that yes, that is the entire Ultramarine chapter. Each tactical squad is made up of ten members, and there is 100 (or about) members of 1 company. Meaning, that all I had to do was count the Rhinos, and special characters.

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

But... but... you know that “bottom of the barrel” itself is a food metaphor, right? Huh??? Huh??? 😉. Love you guys- thanks for these awesome videos!

[@Bluecho4]

I read this book a little while ago, and it did more to help me get my head around the things like Force Organization and the different unit types. Plus, I like the guide for making your own terrain.

[@kairos468]

Hell yeah! Thanks guys, been looking forward to this one.

[@greysky1252]

Dude, today I was just listening to an interview on Sirus XM with a guy from Motorhead telling stories about how they tried to promote a fellow british band I never heard of called Saxon. And now Im hearing about them again in the same day!

[@treborschafer3945]

Probably my first Codex. Nice to look back at the blocky old models. Something about their simplicity and the simplicity of the time appeals to me.

[@EdFortune]

2:09 - Gav Thorpe with his Legend Award, the only literary award that can also be wielded as wargear. (They don't do the Gemmel Awards anymore, so it's pretty special.)

[@Ironic_daemonic]

That awesome cover is why I started out on crimson fist.

[@TheGrayfrog100]

I just learned a thing!! Had a upper ear piercing for years didn't know what its technical name was untillI watched this. Thank you Snipe :) its never a bad day when you learn a new thing!

[@northumbriabushcraft1208]

back in 3rd edition i had a force commander w/ chainsword & storm bolter, and a vetern sgt w/ lightning claw, combi plasma, iron halo & terminator honours, had him in 4th edition too

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

I happen to have enjoyed a pralines & cream ice cream from a local company for many years, and I think it's a perfect space-wolves ice cream favor. Not only is it humorously dessert-y for a space wolf, it's also noticeably spiked with whiskey. Also, I had that codex when I was a kid, and I did in fact count them; there are 1000 marines in those pictures, excluding HQ and anyone inside a vehicle.

[@infernocanuck]

I love, regarding the diorama, they talk about he Emperor and Horus, and not the giant fabulous hawkboy lying on the ground. I mean, yeah, sure, he's very, very, very dead, but his model is still there!

[@teecefamilykent]

"You must have been one weird kid".....brilliant line!

[@Szoki86]

Do vehicle drivers count to the 1000 Marines per chapter limit, which the Ultramarines would surely never break? Because if they do and there are 2 dudes per vehicle on average, it's almost a full thousand (I got 997 with drivers, but some models, especially scouts, are obscured and hard to count) of Smurfs in those pictures. Now excuse me, but I have a model to paint.

[@lordofuzkulak8308]

Fairly sure vehicle crew don't count towards the 1000; same goes for the 'specialists' such as Librarians, Chaplains and Tech Marines iirc. And I think it only counts 'Full marines', so the neophytes that haven't finished all the bioforming and graduated to the Scout Company don't count either.

[@Szoki86]

@@lordofuzkulak8308 OK, then the Ultramarine army in the pictures is about 150 men short of full chapter numbers.

[@josynaemikohler6572]

Interestingly, the Ultramarines lineup is based on them shortly before the battle of Macragge, with Saul Invictus and Ancient Helveticus still being alive, while we also have some fluff pieces of Tigurius talking to Calgar of the incoming battle. However, the Codex is itself set in 995M41, making it already outdated.

[@arlow5497]

The knight picture straddling the frame is all I can think about.

[@Gorbz]

Ha! Codex Zoats would be like the original army list of the Necros - about 2 units and a paragraph for background

[@hurrhurrmurr]

One of my favourite things about 3rd Ed era was that Fists and their successors were the face of the game. Imperial Fists for Epic40k, Templars on the rulebook and their own codex, Crimson Fists on this.

[@gerardmontgomery280]

Bringing back the OG vanilla marines.

[@ironreed2654]

Im Ready for the 4th edition versions of these videos. #morecodexcompliant.

[@zephyrstrife4668]

Damn, you've got to be pretty damn zealous if even an Inquisitor says "Alright, maybe you should crank that dial back a few notches."

[@santonopoulou]

I love all the stuffed animals in the background in your videos LOL :P I have some of them as well..those squishmellows are incredible when you need a cloud to sleep on :) Also, great videos! These bring back some serious memories for me as a child playing these games; I now own a local game store. Reminds me of the good ol' days..when turns took hours, and games took weekends...and you were terrified to turn your tanks and expose the weaker armour...and when you could shell your own men because of scatter...and...ah well..this old fart is off to bed. :) I also saw your recent video with Armorcast. I know the gentleman who owns that now, and stock some of his stuff. High quality miniatures, and great conversation every time he stops into the shop to paint (he's quite the painter as well). Ah well...now it's really time to go to bed LOL.

[@williamthomson7631]

Love the video guys. I tend to enjoy most of your content but this codex compliant stuff really gets me nostalgic. This was the first codex I ever bought although I inherited a couple of 2nd edition ones before this but I remember this being my launchpad into the wide world of 40k.

[@KilroyWasHere1941]

Now all I can think about is that somewhere in the great expanse of the Imperium of Man in the 41st/42nd Millennium are ice cream shops that legitimately sell various kinds of flavored ice cream based on the loyalist Space Marine chapters. In the Warp daemons and heretical traitors would sell flavored ice cream based on the traitor chapters and the particular Chaos God/or Undivided they follow!

[@RedMageUltra]

My favorite ice cream is Rocky Roboute, with Blood Angel-berry being a close second

[@vinnycochrane5139]

I remember when I was a kid, trying to paint some ultramarines with my friend in his parents’ dining room. We spilled a small amount of blue paint and had a total panic trying to get it cleaned-up before the grown ups got back from shopping. They are now divorced, so the boys in blue have much to answer for.

[@retributionangel5078]

2:21 800 marines 50 termi 50 vets 50 comand squad marines 25 scouts few characters but do they count? Still short a few to 1000

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

I remember GW confirming that the cover art was definitely a deliberate reference to the old Crimson Fist art (also yes there are 1000 Ultramarines in the epic)

[@magicalsealand5076]

Ahhh yes finally , a new codex compliant

[@orlmaf7553]

very good video and one i have been looking for for a while.

[@MayaWu44]

I don't believe you've never count them! That picture was a holy grail back then... ;]

[@WulfenLooseInLondon]

Nostalgia button well and truly pushed.

[@loadeddice4696]

My first ever codex. In fact, my first ever 40K book

[@korub1]

I had the Fourth Edition space marine codex which had a similar wargear system. It was never good, but it was always fun

[@Ironic_daemonic]

This was my first warhammer book. Super nostalgic for me and many others I'm sure.

[@MinisModelsMayhem]

I painted an Assault Squad and Rhino for the Ultramarines chapter in that codex !

[@KillerOrca]

Young Snipe and you me would have been amazing friends, I can already tell. The two of us sitting over a gaming table at a local hobby store complaining about how none of the marines look "real" with their liveries.

[@techmaster9775]

Wait purity seals were wargear? And 5 points?!

[@davedogge2280]

UK stamps cost 25p

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Same for fourth. Fifth turned them into some nice little decoration.

[@k-leb4671]

Faith and parchment doesn't come cheap, mate.

[@nicksurename5392]

Been waiting for this one for a while!

[@CAP198462]

Wow snipe was busy writing codices: Cities of Sigmar, Sylvaneth, and Zoats! I’m impressed 👍

[@timthetechpriest8876]

Wib: "I hated the ultrasmurfs before it was cool"

[@animemanXLK]

fun fact space marines get just 15 minutes of free time per day. Like in a full 24 hour day they have only 15 minutes to do what they want(If the chapter master permits it). On top of a four 4am start they get no breakfast their lunch break is is 1300 hours and is a measly 15 minutes and their dinner at 2100 hours is only 30 minutes in which time their expected to eat what normal humans would consider a feast.

[@titusmaximus6103]

Strawberry ice cream is now the official food of the blood angels

[@smytheplaysgames1106]

I want to see Codex Zoats!!!

[@danesorensen1775]

Saxon, "endearingly crap"? I checked my "everything" playlist, and I somehow have three of their songs. Six degrees I guess.

[@grozwald]

Soooooo much nostalgia. This is still my favorite Codex ever, even though the newer ones are objectively better made and have way more lore.

[@Joetime90]

I do miss the old terrain and painting sections. When I was young those really helped me get interested in customizing my units.

[@grozwald]

@@Joetime90 It's bringing back memories of my old Marine chapter, the Blood Fists (I was 14 at the time).

[@Joetime90]

I never played SM myself, but my brother played Iron Hands. We had this Codex with Index Astartes and I helped him with painting them based on the pictures.

[@grozwald]

@@Joetime90 Good times.

[@Aermydach]

I used to play 3rd ed marines back in the day. I did count the number of marines on the inside. There are indeed 1,000 there. Ahh, the joys of being a young adolescent.

[@graefx]

That full chapter picture was a thing of beauty, legit or not.

[@nerowulfee9210]

Wolf flavoured ice cream? GIVE ME ALL OF IT!

[@malusignatius]

Go on, do Codex: Zoats, you know you want to... :P (Slightly more) seriously I'd be curious to hear your opinions of the 3rd Ed Codex: Eldar. I know a lot of Eldar players *haaaaated* that codex.

[@gerardmontgomery280]

Nah the 2nd edition "taste the rainbow" codex was worse.

[@steinarbergstl5799]

@@gerardmontgomery280 You apologize for that! The Taste The Rainbow codex was glorious! Shuriken catapults with the range of boltguns and better armor penetration! D-Cannons with gloriously fun and complicated rules! Eldar Dreadnaughts (wraithlords) and wraitguard with vehicle damage rules which could go boom when hit and take half your army along with them if unlucky! Lore, lore and more lore! SPACE ELVES RIDING SPACE DINOSAURS!!!

[@-Thunder-Warrior-]

Still got the old 3rd edition Codex Imperial Guard and Codex Catachan Jungle Fighters somewhere. I believe the lore has changed somewhat since my day ;)

[@bigpoppa1234]

Marine Veterans were the goat unit back then. 264 points for 8 of them with terminator honours, bolt pistol & CCW so they'd get 4 attacks on the charge, I'd chuck them in a rhino with a chaplain and if it was a big game, a hero with a lightning claw & storm bolter and they would absolutely blend anything with their ~10 pistol attacks, 2 storm bolter attacks then charging to get 32 assault attacks, then 4 chaplain crozius attacks & 4 force commander lightning claw attacks (with a re-roll for being master crafted then re-roll wounds for being a LC). If you really wanted to be That Guy you could also give the Chaplain a holy relic to add another attack to everyone within 2d6 inches of them on one turn. This whole setup would only cost about 500 points so most games you'd have another 1000 or 1500 points to spend on regular marines, vehicles etc.

[@Minisoderr]

I did the math and there's at least 280 space marines on the top picture.

[@Tinblitz]

8:32 I think the term you were looking for was "90s Liefeld".

[@vivimusjenos8174]

Yes there are 1,000 marines plus command staff and what not in the 2 pictures.

[@roaringlaughter3812]

The drop pod rule was even more bonkers when you realize that you didnt have the 9 inch min distance back then

[@TheBunnan]

According to codex astartes every commander needs a bike to do donuts on.

[@tonarsilverwolf6485]

that artwork of Marneus and the grenade marine are very VERY anime imo

[@fireinacan]

Excellent rundown!

[@reisakashiya]

Turns out Snipe predicted the Zoats' return

[@Tinblitz]

Funnily enough, I still have a can of old style (but not quite that old) chaos Black spray paint that's still good to go. And a jar of Goblin Green....

[@lanasmith4795]

And now I'm starting to wonder what wolf flavored ice cream would taste like