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Picking a company for my army.


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I've finally managed to collect and paint up a rather large army, so I'm looking to paint on all the heraldry for different squads and a company badge.

 

Looking in the codex at the chapter makeup, I'd like my force be between the 2nd and 5th company. However i know nothing about the fluff of the different companies other than 1 or 2 stories in the codex.

 

Does anybody have any suggestions? And why.

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Well the only info I can add off the top of my head was that Tycho was the 3rd companies Captain so look at his fluff for them. And they have a canon Company banner, which may or may not have changed after the 3rd Battle of Armageddon

 

Another option is to go with the 5th Company, purely because they use the Black Blooddrop which can be taken from most transfer sheets if you are worried about freehandiong heraldry, same goes with the 2nd because of the yellow Blooddrop

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I initially went with 5th but changed it to 3rd. Biggest problem with 5th is that the black blood drop on the sergeants shoulder pad is a pain as you need to line it with white. Also 3rd has a Company Standard in the codex & if you ever decide to include Tycho then he will be in the right company. Otherwise it's just aesthetic reasons in that I don't like either yellow or green blood drops.
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3rd for me as I have always been a Tycho fanboy :P Bonuses include company standard has been around since Angels of Death and the white blood drop looks great against the red.

 

However my bikers are getting repainted as 8th Co. (reserve assault company, two green blood drops) as I plan on having both assault squads from 3rd, and as bikers are now consdered 'weird' :) by their brethen I think there is more chance of them coming from the reserve company.

 

So....."Glory to the 3rd!!! And supports!"

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