TyrantKaiser

Wow, I didn't know there were so many hobby stores in central Texas. Glad I live here now. :P

Very true... This is good that this is good. Ok. I was thinking more along the lines of little details anyways. I suppose you're right. I mean, old Scotland had a ridiculous amount of politics between the clans. Well, I've always seen Marines as superhumans with severely repressed personalities and memories. The training is just a shell which is needed for a human to survive in a hostile and deadly environment: as if one was in a desert. I like to think that, deep down, there's a little conscience crying out in suffering for being nearly murdered with psycho-conditioning, and that the sub-conscience of the marine is very, very angry at the Imperium and the marine himself for serving it. The human aspect can be repressed, but the fact remains that a human's personality cannot be destroyed no matter what is done. Which shows how all marines are quite different from one another on a very core level. And because one's home is a part of you, these core traits will still remain even in the middle of war. Thus, one's home is very much a part of marines, but in a very deep down sense. A little wordy, but do you get what I mean? Conveying such a thing would be as simple as describing a Stone Hearts' daily lifestyle and practices, to writing a piece of fluff which talks a bit about it, to even having pictures of marines with little deviant symbols or unique features on armor. Well, I don't have a really organized chart or anything, and it's not really big, but I was thinking something along these lines: Each company is called a clan, and each squad in each company is called a warband. That's really it. So a reserved chapter, not a frothing-at-the-mouth-kill-the-xeno/heretic-and-then-pray-and-fast-for-100-days-kind of chapter. I get it. Despite criticism from more zealous or puritanical chapters and factions, the Stone Hearts are not any less faithful than the Black Templars, right? Yeah, I was thinking something like that. When they just can't help it anymore, they may just laugh in the face of a warboss and take him on single-handedly with no weapons because they really just want a damn good fight. Very Scottish indeed. Perhaps barfights in times of peace are rather frequent? ;) Yeah, I was wondering why they charge so much when they just keep losing. Braveheart really got it wrong, no? :) Anyways, I regretfully admit I have no knowledge of these things. But thanks to teh holy Interwebz, I can look it up in an instant. I'll get back to you on that. Who says? We could just say plaid man-skirts! ;) Then PMing it is. I guess we can start after this. I would send this in a PM but I'm just a little too lazy ;)

With Molotov being pretty much the foremost expert on DIY overall IMO, I have to agree that the most lacking parts of the IA right now are still the heart and soul of the chapter. History can be inserted however we like. But the rest reflects the chapter itself. Well, I don't want anything like Braveheart in space, and I already like the subtle theme going on. Right now they are a chapter with hints of a Celtic heritage, but it has its own history and personality like any good chapter out there. I like that. I do believe that a chapter like this may have a slightly deviant organization with perhaps different names for companies and squads, but not an actual change in structure. Really it comes down to how much you think the chapter is Imperialized, and according to the bit on the homeworld they come from a world with very little structure or politics. I'm guessing that some of the way that the people on the planet live has been transferred to the way these marines live, as is typical for every chapter with a home planet out there. I do have something in mind the different names, if you want to see it. Anyways, for the beliefs, from what I gather they are Codex-adhering and have a decent connection with the rest of the Imperium, though perhaps not necessarily the Inquisition... And they are moderate in zeal, right? Obviously if we made them all non-stop crazy and charge-y, they wouldn't be much more than Space Wolves from Scotland. Perhaps they have a relatively untapped vigor or zeal or rage which they build up until they unleash it in either the most appropriate or the most desperate situations, leading to glorious victories and gruesome defeats for both circumstances? Just brainstorming. For that matter, what are some of the less "insane-bezerker" aspects of Scottish warfare? Well, it takes someone really manly to pull a kilt off, and Space Marines are the epitome of manly. But if you don't want any kilts I'll oblige you! :lol: And we can do it via PM if you want. Your choice.

I really like what you've done for them. The whole dueling thing sounds cool, at least to a pathetic writer like myself. :lol: I can definitely see some Scottish undertones in there, with the clans and friendly dueling (well, perhaps not the dueling) And there seems to be a lot of potential for greatness in there. The tactics of the Chapter seems to reflect what I wanted for my Knights Ignoble but failed to pull off. What would you like to expand first?

Indeed.

No, seriously, what's your secret?

Yeah, yeah, that's what they all say. :)

The Castigators have a great feel to them, and it is a very well-developed chapter. Tell me, what's your secret, Commissar?