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I use Testors spray lacquer with my Blood Angels and it does darken them up a bit, but never any texture or residue.

The more I think about a mostly vanguard RG army the more I like it. The mobility shenanigans are very appealing. Even if they aren't exceptional at melee, I'll always have my BA for the rip and tear fix. The ninja aesthetic of the RG is just so appealing to a child of the late 80s-early-90s such as myself. Lol

That's what I found most appealing about Blood Angels and what interests me the most in Raven Guard.

Salamanders are moving up the list of potential next armies. I don't love the flamer focus, but everything else I know about them seems awesome. Agatone is probably my favorite Primaris model as well.

That's really interesting. One of the reasons I chose Blood Angels was my assumption that because melee was generally worse than shooting in 8th, picking a melee space marine army would mean they would be effective at both.

I struggle with indecisiveness so I know a custom chapter would probably be the right call in the long run. With that in mind then, it comes down purely to how you will favour combat. I would think it hard for a hardcore blood angels player to get out of the melee mode quite so quickly so some armies are certainly not as good an idea. At that point, Iron Hands aren't so great due to lacking mobility (something you may not like) however Salamanders may step in not too bad, they like it close and personal like raven guard but instead of mobility they tend to have enhanced hitting power. From there I would say however that Salamander Relics tend not to be as great imo, not as much variety (last I remember reading their codex, more melee and nearly no ranged relics). However if you like gimmicks...you can make a T7, 8 Wound Gravis Captain with a 6+ FNP and -1 to wound relic from salamanders. He may not be fast but he eats a lascannon to the face pretty confidently and a majority of other weapons have to wound him on 6s. A Gimmick yes, but my experiments and screwing around with codices is where I find joy (once made a 11 Strength Abominant in GSC. Melee attack was swinging at strength 22, pretty sure he would wound TITANS on 2s). I think I'm too much of a beginner to be considered a hardcore BA player. I haven't added up my new points total, but it should be just over 2000 now. Not including the Indomitus box I have coming. I've read that taking units that don't take advantage of the BA melee bonuses is only going to handicap myself. Things like Eliminators, Redemptor Dreads, Repulsor Executioners, etc. I'm not trying for a tournament winning, hyper competitive list. I just don't want to play an already seemingly not very beginner friendly playstyle on hard mode. Most likely I'm just over thinking the whole thing.

I struggle with indecisiveness so I know a custom chapter would probably be the right call in the long run.

Hello all! For context, my main army is Blood Angels and I enjoy their playstyle very much. However, if I were someday build a second SM army, I'd prefer them to be more versatile. My assumption would be either Dark Angels or shudder Ultramarines, possibly White Scars? Raven Guard? Appreciate any insight!