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"Emperor's Pointy Sticks, eh? Say, we're not one of those whacky "theme" armies are we?" - Cmdr/Gunner Kren Well, yes and no (but mostly yes). To anyone not familiar with the EPS from the webcomic Turn Signals On A Land Raider, you can check out there "historical documents" using this LINK. I may be incorporating other elements found at the TSOALR site & forum, and I will attempt to steer elements towards a normal sounding space marine chapter - perhaps unsuccessfully, but I'll try. Hey, if there can be angelic names, nordic names, etc why not a naming structure around trees, right? Adeptus Biologica should be represented somewhere! This will very much be a work in progress, as I'm also working on constructing an actual playing force of models. I've never done one of these before, and I'm looking to many others Index Astartes files for inspiration. So, if anything looks familiar style wise it's meant as a compliment not a rip-off. THE EMPEROR'S POINTY STICKS CHAPTER NAME: IMPERIAL SPEARS [Cognomen - Emperor's Pointy Sticks] CHAPTER FOUNDING: 2ND [1/821021M.31], Chapter 313 CURRENT CHAPTER MASTER: Sequoia (Sequoiadendron Giganteum) HOME WORLD: Fleet-Based (Ref: Adeptus Biologis, Forge V'ley, Geodesic Domes) FORTRESS-MONASTERY: Arx Arborvitae FLAGSHIP OF THE FLEET: Dies de Triffids CHAPTER SYMBOL: Brown Pointed Stick with Green Leaf ARMOUR COLOURS: Purple, Skull White, Blood Red COMBAT TRAITS: Cleanse & Purify, Die Standing STRENGTH: Less than 300 BATTLE CRY: "POKE 'EM INNA EYE!" REFERENCES The Octaguide 2.0 by Octavulg Founding of the Emperor's Sticks by SteveC86 Colour Scheme of the Emperor's Pointy Sticks by SteveC86 Army List for the Emperor's Pointy Sticks by SteveC86 Do the Emperor's Pointy Sticks have Traits? by SteveC86 Which Company is featured in the comic? by SteveC86 I'm thinking of drawing inspiration from the Roman Hastati. This will essentially be a vanilla style army (for now). The Hastae Pura was actually an award of merit, referencing a spear without an iron head (pointy stick?). Also thinking of a culture/origin surrounding an Old Earth Biologica ship that either settled on some previously lost world or found floating in space. Thanks for reading, Chapter Master Sequoia, signing off.

Yes, another 'Born Again 8th Editioner' right here! I've played 3rd, 4th, and 5th editions and then unwillingly dropped off into the Warp. I'm back now and feeling a bit rusty. Actually, very rusty. Honestly, I feel Tin Woodman rusty. I started tackling the rule book and codex for an army of space marines. Wow. Next up, I'll be ordering some models. Meanwhile, I signed up to watch Warhammer TV figuring to watch how some 40K games are being played. While watching today, there was a segment on 'Hobby Tips' which was informative. One of the Warhammer hosts mentioned they were doing a 'Hobby 500 Challenge', where the challenge is to paint 500 models - on whatever state of completion they were. I'm nowhere near that ambitious or confident in my abilities to get anywhere near that many models done. But, I liked the idea of it. It's a new year, I'm back into 40K, why not set a bar - however low - and see what I can get done? My old space marine army, the Dark Blood Wolf Templar Angel Fists, were cold ashen grey warriors (okay, they were unpainted and would proxy as several armies back in the day). They have long since passed into that 'Good Night'. It's time for a new army. Maybe I'll plan one of those whacky "theme" armies, as my fragile sanity needs to hang onto something from the old days. Until my models arrive (and pictures of my progress posted), this is Chapter Master Sequoia signing off.