Counts as Blood Angels - Bear/Slavic themed (HELP?!?)

[Jeremiah2911]

Okay, so I really want to create a generally close-combat based Space Marine force that is heavily bear and Russian/Slavic themed. I thought that through some means (such as originally deriving their geneseed from the BA) they have a similar degenerative bloodlust condition, that essentially reduces them to an enraged predator (like an angered bear) and I thought the BA codex could help model this pretty well??

 

Problem is, from their I've hit a brick wall. I can't decide how they would've gotten such geneseed, why it is just a bloodlust and not visions of Sanguinius etc., when/why they were founded, and the like. I've just completely floundered, and I was hoping i could get some good ideas off of here to spur a new train of thought in ccreating my IA.

 

One thing, as for colors, I'm pretty sure I want to go with some dark, brooding colors. Something I thought would look cool would be mostly black, with a red or red-accented helmet, and red hands. Army theme, lots of CC oriented stuff. Lightning claws when possible. The like.

 

Name: Not even sure. Russian for Bear is "Medved". Rather uninspiring. Black Bears, no. Blood Bears, no. Everything sounds too biological or just ridiculous.

 

So I've ot my general idea: Brutish marines, who perhaps shun outward expressions of any emotion other than rage, and in the heat of battle or just before it, many become just bezerkers with an insatiable desire to maul things (and they're good at it) so naturally, I would want a good number of termies to keep up the bear-theme.

 

Anyways, ideas, comments, suggestions, criticisms? All is welcome and much appreciated!

 

P.S. This is the first chapter I've ever started to create myself... Yeah, I'm a newb.

 

VIVE IMPERATOR.

 

I'm sorry, also a newb to foruming in general, put this in the totally wrong spot. If a Mod was feeling benevolent and could just move it, that would be superb.

[Marine5]

I’m with you just starting out. It sounds to me like you have some kinda cross between the Blood Angels and the Space Wolves. This could come from the 13th or cursed founding. This could also give you the brutish look and feel you are looking for. Your new chapter could very possibly be hounded or even hunted by the Inquisition.

Hope this helps some.