minigun762 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Is it possible to have normal Assault Marines as opposed to Raptors, specifically for the Legions? Its easier to justify for a Renegade Chapter but I know that jump packs were rare back in the day, but they still existed. I guess my point is that not everyone with a jump pack went to the Raptor cult did they? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/150648-all-assault-marines-raptors/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
CernunnosX Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Nine Legions each with numbers into the dozens of thousands, yeah, I would say it is safe to say that not every single git with a jump pack became a Raptor. However, there aren't any jump pack/infantry entries in the Chaos codex other than Raptors and an option for Lords. Was that what you were asking? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/150648-all-assault-marines-raptors/#findComment-1751201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minigun762 Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Nine Legions each with numbers into the dozens of thousands, yeah, I would say it is safe to say that not every single git with a jump pack became a Raptor. However, there aren't any jump pack/infantry entries in the Chaos codex other than Raptors and an option for Lords. Was that what you were asking? Haha, yeah in alot of ways, thats what I'm asking. Reason being is I'd like to use Assault Marines for my Word Bearers (same rules as Raptors) but just be able to justify them (mostly to myself) that they're jump infantry Legionnaries and not some merc unit. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/150648-all-assault-marines-raptors/#findComment-1751256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CernunnosX Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I think the main problem is the dinstinctive look of the Raptor models, but that could be remedied by using the excellent pre-Heresy jump pack tutorial that is somewhere around the B & C, or you could use loyalist packs and Chaos 'em up with spikey bitz and the like. If they're painted up as Word Bearers and you say they're Word Bearers then they're Word Bearers. If you need to get fluffy just say the dark apostle or whoever leads your force was granted a vision by the Chaos gods way back when and he told 5-20 (I think that's the squad size of a Raptor squad in the Codex) of his assault boys to hang on to their jump packs when they headed into the Eye and to avoid wandering off into the skies of Daemon worlds. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/150648-all-assault-marines-raptors/#findComment-1751291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hereticus Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I am planning on doing something similar for my new Astral Claws army using some old school assault marines I have floating around. They are just a group of renegade marines who absconded with their Jump Packs Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/150648-all-assault-marines-raptors/#findComment-1751337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesI Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 My renegade marines have a unit of fallen assault marines. Sure they use Raptors rules. I use normal jump packs on Chaos marines rather than the raptors figures. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/150648-all-assault-marines-raptors/#findComment-1751894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 The Raptors don't have any special rules themselves, so it's easily justified by a model swap. Now, if they still had their Hit&Run and Scream then I'd say no, but as it is they have the same basic rules as assault marines anyways... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/150648-all-assault-marines-raptors/#findComment-1753338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tfcdogbert Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I use em, stripped down old assault marines and made em spikey and they do sterling service for my chaos. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/150648-all-assault-marines-raptors/#findComment-1753348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Stalker Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 i use assault marine jump pack and csm/berzerker corpus wiith various weapons as my Assault Squad. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/150648-all-assault-marines-raptors/#findComment-1753355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Skaav Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Have you thought of using the winged packs of the plastic Possessed Chaos Space Marines, the practically look like the old metal Raptor packs! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/150648-all-assault-marines-raptors/#findComment-1753366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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