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Description "The Arch Angels are a chapter that has eluded Inquisitorial investigation countless times. It is well known that they hide many things from my Master, and it drives him to extreme lengths of frustration. While my Master would like nothing more than to deem them Heretics, the evidence to any Heretical activity is non-exsistant. The Chapter displays devotion to the Emperor, yet they don't pray or make any sort of reference to the Emperor being the divine being that he is. Numerous visits to the homeworld of the Chapter reveals the lack of statues of the Emperor as a God. Unlike on many shrine-worlds, the Chapter does not embelish their statues of the Emperor with gold and jewels. They only refer to him as the mightiest of men, which has them on constant odd against the Inquistion. The oddest thing is they have a large statue in th center of their capital, Zion of the Emperor and another individual that can't be identified. This leads to me to the part of my report that speculates the Chapter's origins.

Even though the idea has been shot down repeatedly by my Master, I believe the Arch Angels are one of the First Founding and this strange hero alongside the Emperor is their Primarch. Even though my Master is adamant that the Arch Angels receive their gene-seed from either the Dark Angels or Blood Angels, the information is inconsistent as they don't show aspects from either gene-seed. This is what has led to my belief even though my Master says otherwise. The fact that there are two missing sets of records on the Legio Archives begs the question on who these missing First Founding Legions are.

It is obvious that the Arch Angels don't follow the Codex Astartes to the letter, with a noticable divergence. This is to be expected, as the Blood Angels and the Space Wolves more or less divert to suit their teachings. The Arch Angel's organise their Chapter quite differently however, referring to Battle Brothers as Brother Knights. The evidence that the Chapter has come from a world that was populated BEFORE the Age of Strife is also a key factor in determining the origins of the Arch Angels.

In my opinion, the Arch Angels are amongst the most duitful and loyal Chapter I've seen, with the exception of the fact they don't worship the Emperor as a God. Although, as memory recalls, many other Chapters do the same."

-A report on the enigmatic Arch Angel Space Marine Chapter by Ignus Hans
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someon3lse [2009-05-10 22:37:15 +0000 UTC]

All the 1st founding chapters are WELL cataloged, them being the only ones around at the time of the Horus Heresy. Then they were legions - ten thousand Marines per legion. The only 1st founding chapters are those that retained their legion name, viz Blood Angels, Dark Angels, Ultramarines, etc. The 2nd founding chapters were what was left of the Legions after the 1st founding chapters were chosen. Examples would be Black Templars, Angels Sanguine, Doom Eagles, Angels of Absolution, Storm Lords, etc.

All additional foundings were mandated by the Lords of Terra. (With one or two official exceptions.)


Heads look small compared to armored space marines, given that they are wearing inches of reactive armor and that they are augmented from normal humans so their heads would probably look a little small to begin with. Helmets on the other hand look proportional to their armor.



Also, I too have a chapter "Archangels". Their full name is the "Bloodied and Unforgiven Archangels" but that is just TOO long, but is about as pretentious as the rest of 40k... My chapter is a Dark-Angels descendant, resplendent in their crimson armor with grey trim and a modified Dark Angels logo - a sword through the winged circle that appears on lots of chests of space marines. The logo is slightly different for each Company, the above being the 1st Company, and then all the other companies put the number of stars on their pauldrons (equidistant from each other) of their Company. The 10th company has just the sword and ten stars.

Your design is pretty cool though. Why did you go with the crusader-pattern helmet and not just the standard helmet or the old "beakie"?

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NCmedic125 [2009-04-26 00:00:04 +0000 UTC]

Nice... I'm a big space marine/ Imperial gaurd player (Yes I nerded-out and bought two armies). Is this your soldier's design, and if so could you post a photograph . Just ask'n cause the drawing looks so darn good. Aslo... Do you draw tanks (I wanna see a Leman russ!). Fave!

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Blinkd [2007-12-14 14:42:39 +0000 UTC]

Hah. Helmet and bolter style from back in the Horus Heresey. Remember, Space marines are completely unproportional in comparison to normal humans, so the head is a bit too large. Other than that, great job.

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shortsonfire79 In reply to Blinkd [2008-01-14 04:29:21 +0000 UTC]

really? i always thought the heads were inky dinky compared to their bodies, especially on terminators.
though, this one does look kind of proportionate

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darkfalcon-1 In reply to shortsonfire79 [2008-03-31 23:31:38 +0000 UTC]

their heads are proportionate to their bodys but not their armour I find

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shortsonfire79 In reply to darkfalcon-1 [2008-03-31 23:39:57 +0000 UTC]

yeah i guess, but still looks retarted

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Gameman87 [2007-11-29 00:39:50 +0000 UTC]

Sweet idea! I love the fact that they don't treat the emperor like a god but as the greatest warrior ever. When I first heard the name Arch Angels Marines I got a little worried. I kinda have an idea that has a similar name but after reading this I relaxed. My idea is still safe. Mind you I have no thoughts to create a new chapter. It's more of one person..........

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Templarbsp [2007-01-10 03:17:40 +0000 UTC]

Excellent work here. The knight aspect has been done before, as has the Inquisition trying to bite into the Adeptus Astartes for their divergent behavior, but I enjoyed the passiveness of the Arch Angels' attitude towards the official "religion" of the Imperium. It gives a nice β€œgray area” to the strictness the Space Marines normally conduct themselves with.

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KillerWatt In reply to Templarbsp [2007-01-10 08:09:09 +0000 UTC]

Awh heck, they were being Knights before it was cool. Their planet was much like fuedalistic England before the Emperor came. And yeah, the Inquistion does try and pry into things that don't concern them. They do it to alot of the Space Marine Chapters, the Black Templars included. I didn't want to leave the Angels out off the loop, I mean, what makes them so special the Inquistion leave them alone? XD

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Templarbsp In reply to KillerWatt [2007-01-10 21:41:16 +0000 UTC]

Nobody expects the Imperial Inquisition!

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KillerWatt In reply to Templarbsp [2007-01-10 22:03:56 +0000 UTC]

Just what I was thinking! XD

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Keydan [2007-01-09 13:48:24 +0000 UTC]

WH40k rulz...
Do wou know any sites where there is history from WH?

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KillerWatt In reply to Keydan [2007-01-10 08:10:14 +0000 UTC]

Try the Games Workshop website.

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Otherwise, you're better off with buying the rule book or any of the army books.

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Keydan In reply to KillerWatt [2007-01-10 13:12:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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CommissarGrimsson In reply to Keydan [2009-04-24 00:59:27 +0000 UTC]

Lexicanum Online

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