Lathe Biosas Posted December 27, 2025 Share Posted December 27, 2025 I had an idea for a Deathwatch Kill Team, featuring the most disliked, disreputable and downright dastardly Loyalist Chapters tossed together into a single unit. Obvioulsly, the Marines Malevolent have a spot... but who else fits the bill? N1SB 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamiel Posted December 27, 2025 Share Posted December 27, 2025 Flesh Tearers Lathe Biosas, DemonGSides, N1SB and 1 other 1 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted December 27, 2025 Share Posted December 27, 2025 Minotaurs Marines Malevolent N1SB, Lathe Biosas and grailkeeper 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamiel Posted December 27, 2025 Share Posted December 27, 2025 Knights of Blood N1SB and Lathe Biosas 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lost Son Posted December 27, 2025 Share Posted December 27, 2025 Blood drinkers, flesh tarer's, from the sounds of them the libators could fit the theme N1SB and Lathe Biosas 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacitus Posted December 27, 2025 Share Posted December 27, 2025 The Fallen. N1SB and Lathe Biosas 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazer Rackham Posted December 27, 2025 Share Posted December 27, 2025 (edited) Angels of Redemption, but don't expect them to still be there when you turn around - or need them. Whichever comes first. Edited December 27, 2025 by Mazer Rackham Lathe Biosas and N1SB 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted December 27, 2025 Share Posted December 27, 2025 Blood Ravens have a meme-worthy reputation for stealing any artefacts that are not nailed down. If they are nailed down they steal them and they nails while they are at it. N1SB, Lathe Biosas, Mazer Rackham and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Anderson Posted December 27, 2025 Share Posted December 27, 2025 1 minute ago, Karhedron said: Blood Ravens have a meme-worthy reputation for stealing any artefacts that are not nailed down. If they are nailed down they steal them and they nails while they are at it. You could use a bunch of parts from the various chapter upgrade sprues with ravens painted over the iconography Felix Antipodes, Karhedron, N1SB and 2 others 3 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lathe Biosas Posted December 27, 2025 Author Share Posted December 27, 2025 7 minutes ago, Brother Anderson said: You could use a bunch of parts from the various chapter upgrade sprues with ravens painted over the iconography Mazer Rackham, Karhedron, N1SB and 4 others 6 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1SB Posted December 28, 2025 Share Posted December 28, 2025 2 hours ago, Tacitus said: The Fallen. This legit is such a good idea. As in, The Redeemed, and part of their redemption is to serve the Inquisition that hates them. Lathe Biosas and Felix Antipodes 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Antipodes Posted December 28, 2025 Share Posted December 28, 2025 I would look to add both Chapters who have done periods as renegades like the Soul Drinkers (mud sticks) and those Chapters too closely linked to the Inquisition who chase those renegades down (nobody likes a rat). N1SB and Lathe Biosas 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted December 28, 2025 Share Posted December 28, 2025 The Lamenters with their curse of bad luck are another interesting option. Lathe Biosas and calgar101 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamiel Posted December 28, 2025 Share Posted December 28, 2025 Maybe: Charnel Guard Lathe Biosas 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Eye Posted December 28, 2025 Share Posted December 28, 2025 A bit of an obscure pick for me- The Red Hunters. Basically the Inquisition's personal chapter, get mindwiped between assignments. Basically Space Feds. I'd argue the Carcharodons/Space Sharks to some degree for their sheer brutality and slightly, uh, questionable treatment of other Marines (though not Minotaurs level). Outside of canon chapters, one of my homebrew chapters (the Death Crusaders) could qualify too- admittedly they're actually pretty decent to Imperial citizenry and the Guard, and aren't "What is collateral damage? Funny way to spell bonus points!" like the Marines Malevolent, but they're still incredibly ends-justify-means minded, do not give a flying fart what other Imperial institutions think of them and deliberately antagonize other Astartes chapters, including their most likely parent chapter, the Dark Angels. They'd have been censured long ago if they weren't A: incredibly loyal, B: extremely effective, C: willing to go into combat zones no other chapter would and D: one of the main bulwarks against the foes of the Imperium in the benighted Abysmus Sector. Also the fact their Chapter Master is a scary enough individual that Custodes find him a little intimidating. LameBeard and Lathe Biosas 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LameBeard Posted December 28, 2025 Share Posted December 28, 2025 Relictors? Or did they finally get booted? Lathe Biosas 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacitus Posted December 28, 2025 Share Posted December 28, 2025 21 hours ago, N1SB said: This legit is such a good idea. As in, The Redeemed, and part of their redemption is to serve the Inquisition that hates them. I wouldn't even go that far. Just put together a bunch of "fallen" Dark Angels as Black Shields in the Deathwatch Kill Team. Lathe Biosas 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus_Ex_Machina Posted December 28, 2025 Share Posted December 28, 2025 On 12/27/2025 at 3:42 PM, Lathe Biosas said: I had an idea for a Deathwatch Kill Team, featuring the most disliked, disreputable and downright dastardly Loyalist Chapters tossed together into a single unit. Obvioulsly, the Marines Malevolent have a spot... but who else fits the bill? Angry Marines. Lathe Biosas, LameBeard and calgar101 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
calgar101 Posted December 28, 2025 Share Posted December 28, 2025 Mentor Legion possibly? Can be somewhat arrogant. Lathe Biosas 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arikel Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 Not so sure about current lore, but the Iron Hands were the most brutal of the big 8 chapters. There’s a blurb in the 5th ed codex about how they put down a chaos rebellion in a sub sector called Contqual, executing the populations of entire planets along the way. After the entire subsector was pacified, they took an additional year to execute a third of the remaining population as punishment fir allowing such corruption to occur. https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Purging_of_Contqual Gamiel, Felix Antipodes and Lathe Biosas 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lathe Biosas Posted December 30, 2025 Author Share Posted December 30, 2025 7 hours ago, Arikel said: Not so sure about current lore, but the Iron Hands were the most brutal of the big 8 chapters. There’s a blurb in the 5th ed codex about how they put down a chaos rebellion in a sub sector called Contqual, executing the populations of entire planets along the way. After the entire subsector was pacified, they took an additional year to execute a third of the remaining population as punishment fir allowing such corruption to occur. https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Purging_of_Contqual I totally forgot about the Iron Hands. They’re also known for attacking fellow loyalist Space Marine Chapters, stealing Dreadnoughts and blowing up their flagship. (See the Hospitallers Chapter) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6148927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
calgar101 Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 15 hours ago, Arikel said: Not so sure about current lore, but the Iron Hands were the most brutal of the big 8 chapters. There’s a blurb in the 5th ed codex about how they put down a chaos rebellion in a sub sector called Contqual, executing the populations of entire planets along the way. After the entire subsector was pacified, they took an additional year to execute a third of the remaining population as punishment fir allowing such corruption to occur. https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Purging_of_Contqual Yeah the Iron Hands don't mess around. Lathe Biosas 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6149070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamiel Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 Maybe the Space Rats? Nothing about them say they are disreputable, but they have spent a millenium isolated likley leading to strange traditions, have a two-tailed rat as their symbol, and have notably mutated gene-seed (giving them infravision and some kind of telepathic ability). Feels like a combination that would make many other chapter give them side eyes. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6149082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Nord in Gravis Armour Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 20 hours ago, Arikel said: Not so sure about current lore, but the Iron Hands were the most brutal of the big 8 chapters. Yeah, I really wish they'd have stuck with that, but unfortunately current lore has Kardan "Percival Pureheart" Stronos challenging chaos to a pillow fight. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6149121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lathe Biosas Posted December 31, 2025 Author Share Posted December 31, 2025 2 hours ago, Lord Nord in Gravis Armour said: Yeah, I really wish they'd have stuck with that, but unfortunately current lore has Kardan "Percival Pureheart" Stronos challenging chaos to a pillow fight. As horrifying as this sounds, I'm strangely intrigued. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387310-who-are-the-most-disreputable-space-marines/#findComment-6149128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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