The future of the 1950's is not the future of 40k

Space cowboys isn't very Grimdork

It would be cool if Britain had Cowboys to base their sterotypes off of. But they don't.

>>16747884
That's only because you aren't imagining cowboys with skulls on their boots, hat, and belt. Adding superfluous skulls makes anything automatically grimdark.

>>16747899
Britain does not have Mongols or Vikings but they based chapters on those

>>16747899
There weren't many Mongols in Britain, last time I checked.

WE MUST MAKE THIS.

THEIR LEADER MUST BE NAMED MAURICE.

>>16747912
They had Viking, just not Mongols

>>16747926
Okay, so we have marines who all wear cowboy hats (or at least the sergeants do, hard to wear a hat over a helmet), and who have high BS bolt pistols, led by Chapter Master Maurice. Let's keep this going.

Its because nobody with any sort of intelligence likes cowboys.

Space Scots? WHO WHERE WHAT CHAPTER?

>>16747975
You do realize we're talking about 40k, right?

Heh, they have to have some sort of super horse, or at least ride their rhinos with a saddle xD

>>16747980
dude, Storm Wardens

>They fought like seven hundred!

Yep, sounds like Space Marines to me.

>Every few years, a frontier world is raided by a chaos pirate lord. With little hope, they travel to a nearby system, home to a chapter of Space Marines that has fallen far from the rigid form of the Codex Astartes.

>>16747988
Take bike units, model them as riding augmetic horses

>>16747970
Maurice person here. I can't help beyond that. When it comes to 40k, I know precisely...

...
...
squat.

>>16747975
>Ghost Riders in the Warp
>not thinking this is among the best of things
>oh well, not everybody lies everything
>man it's bright in this picture

Their Chapter Master shall have No Name

>>16748003

FORBIDDEN VERBIAGE DETECTED!

>>16747992
Herp, that's what I get from not playing DW. Which I should... once my essays are out of the way.

YOU MEAN LIKE THE MARINES IN STARCRAFT?

>>16748031
I think you were looking for this thread
>>16747697

Starcraft is actualy a good base for cowboy marines.

>>16748013

THISTHISTHIS!!

And instead of riding bikes, they ride giant, muscular horses bred on their homeworld.

We need to come up with a name for these guys, the Space Cowboys is a little unoriginal, even for 40k.

>>16748207
see>>16748002

They choose their initiates by holding a planet-wide trick shooting competition, those who perform well then face off in a series of quick-draw gun duels.

>>16748209
Sergio Legion.

>There are SM chapters for just about every stereotyped group of people, only in Space.

Didn't someone make a Space Cholo chapter or something on /tg/ once?

Lone Stars

If this was real...I'd play 40k again.

They could ride mechanical bulls

>>16748331
What do you mean? The whole point is we're trying to homebrew it right here, join in.

THE REAL FOOOORU-KU BURUUUUUS

> Repairing my bolter
> Chapter master calls me.
> Sergio! The Drop Pods are malfunctioning!
> I look at them
> The release control is a toaster.

I'll just go. Yeah. I'll show myself out.

Brother Spike-aru, on the battle barge "Literny of be-bop"....

Space Cowboys OP?

>>16748209
Peacemakers

WTF captcha? A crosshair? Seriously?

Can it be an Iron Hands offshoot legion? They can replace one of their hands with cybernetics that are hardwired into the autosenses of their armor thus making their aim and drawing speed faster and more accurate than normal.

YOU STOLE MY IDEA!
GET OUT OF MY HEAD OP

>>16748209
Me and two of my players made such a chapter for Deathwatch.
The Star Bearers.

>>16748429
Mite B Cool, that could also explain why their guns are all of such high quality

>>16748286
>no comment
That feel ...

>>16748389
>chatting with sisters of battle on the radio
>emprah calls me
>SERGIO!!! THE ASTRO-THINGY-CON WON'T TURN ON
>the sacrificial psykers are burritos

SPACE WRANGLERS

Groxherders from hell!

Also, I immediately thought about Republican Space Rangers from GTA IV,

o' course being 40k they would be more Grox-boys and tribals then cowboys and indians.

Captcha "Berlin agrees"

>>16747980
The storm wardens

>>16748469
Best show evva

>>16748286

Dear Gods, it's beautiful...

>>16748438

Might as Well Contribute,

Lone Stars is a good name

Characters should be modelled with hats

Chapter master has no name

Good with bolt pistols, So abnormal ballistic skill

Based on a Frontier world

Extremely codex divergent, problem with authority

Bounty Hunter tendencies?

Any one have ideas for a colour scheme? i was thinking a leather brown with sky blue shoulder plates, maybe modelling some green stuff ponchos for some marines.

...employs and unorthodox patern bolt pistols with more precise firing mechanisms, for if they were to use a normal bolter pistol, the sheer speed and force of their draw would cause the gun to discharge before the shot was properly aimed. The pistol also features a small powered blade at the bottom of the grip, which is often used in a pinch to cripple or even decapitate foes unlucky enough to enter melee range.

>>16747993
>They were only 7 but they fought like 7 hundred
I love you.

>>16748529

I like

Captain Butch Cassius of the First Company?

>>16748429
>>16748493

+! to these idears, pardner.

Bike units are good, they don't need to be horses.
(Ain'tcha never heard Bon Jovi?)
So cyber-horses are their own thing.

So the basic mreen gets a bolt pistol and chain sword.
two specials per squad, I figure.
upgrade +20 per dude, and give the squad bikes or horses.

bikes are bikes, horses are CAVALRY, for sweet 12" charges.

>>16748529
This, coupled with their wide use of fast attack vehicles such as Space Marine Bikes equipped with side-mounted multi-meltas more than make up with their lack of heavily armed and armored Devastator marines.

The Terminators of the chapter would also probably use melta guns or something like that.

>Cowboys in space
>Chapter-Master isn't named Reynolds.

Then again, I suppose he doesn't really fit in with the Imperium. Rogue Trader, at best.

Honestly, I think the whole of 40k would be much better if it had a more "western" feel to it. Then again, after reading the Dark Tower and seeing Firefly, I tend to think EVERYTHING would be much better if it had a more "western" feel to it, so whatever.

>>16748337
>>16748013

Nameless CM? Me likey.

Bulls are for Elites.
Sternguard on bulls. yikes.

>>16748605
Definitely RT, he probably hates the Imperium and Chaos both for not letting other worlds just live in peace on their own.

To be honest, it sounds like this chapter would probably be better as Chaos.

>>16748605

>he thinks Malcolm Reynolds is more of a cowboy icon than the Man with No Name

Wait, do these guys have a homeworld or are they fleet based, cruising around and showing up just in the nick of time.

>>16748633

Homeworld is a Frontier World.

Battle Barge Fortress Monastery.

>So the basic mreen gets a bolt pistol and chain sword.
Nope, badass combat knife. No other option.

>>16748633

Definitely fleet based, the only home they have is the cold empty frontier of space.

How about Marshals for the chapter name?

>>16748629
Nah, I agree. I just like the idea of Mal being the chapter-master - particularly from how devout he was before Serenity Valley. Honestly, if the CM wasn't either Eastwood or Mal, someone would have to be shot.

Like I said, Mal fits more as a Rogue Trader anyway.

>>16748633
>>16748593

They're wanted, on a steel horse they ride.
They're wanted, dead or alive.

>>16748645
>>16748643
Maybe they're fleet based but recruit from every frontier world they come to?

Do they borrow Dark Angels scouts for tracking purposes?

>>16748651
Look, Fifefly is a great series, but Mal is not the #2 choice for leader for marines based on cowboys.

>>16748644
See
>>16748529


Also, get this.

If they were Chaos, they could have these: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Flesh_Hound

And ride these: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Juggernaut

You are now imagining two tactical marines with cowboy hats standing outside of a saloon staring each other down, preparing to have a quickdraw duel with bolt revolvers.

Frontier Recruiting world, chapter Battle Barge based?
It has to reference the Bebop just for the hell of it.

>>16748666
Don't need 'em, they can track a Space Wolf through a blizzard.
>>16748672
>bolt revolvers
Done and done, signature weapon is the bolt revolver

>>16748591

Very Yes
VERY VERY YES

>>16748624
>>16748671
Nah, these are white hats, riding in to save the town.

>>16748689

Could be the modified pattern of bolt pistol I mentioned earlier?

Entire chapter on bikes, except sometimes there are squads of the forsaken (or whatever the ghost dudes with 3+ invulns and relentless are called) and a few scout sniper squads.

Model everything like ghost rider.

>>16748644

I'll give you that.

Dreadnoughts? Do the star wardens get dreads? For a chapter likely prone to death (ie: every movie about them ever) they might have quite a few. As a chapter wandering from world to world and wanted by the inquisition, they might not have the supplies to maintain them. How do we "cowboy them up" if they do have them?

>>16748669
Sure, if it weren't for the fact that they are cowboys IN MOTHER-FUCKING SPACE.

Which, you know, was kinda' Firefly's schtick (ignoring the "everyone knows chinese" bit).

But, again, Mal is a better fit for rogue trader anyway. I could see him being chummy with these guys, though.

>>16748672
>You are now imagining that they keep their tactical reserve on their homeworld, one marine to a town, each holding back the Feral Orks that infest the wilderness and using these skirmishes as an opportunity to spot potential recruits among the human inhabitants.

Does that mean Cypher is a space cowboy/

Their origins should come from a frontier world.

>>16748710

Stay on Target!
Stay on Target!

>>16748286 Sergio Legion.

>Sergio Leone

I like where this is going, anon.

Dual wielding bolt pistols? In my marines? AWWWWW YEA!

>>16748703

Yes, yes it can

Signature Weapon:

The Lone Star marines employ a non-standard pattern Bolt Pistol more accurately referred to as a Bolt Revolver, the Bolt Revolver sacrifices Ammo Capacity for a sturdier design capable of handling the intense forces that a Lone Star marine exerts upon it due to their, even among other marines, lightning reflexes.

>>16748753
Why justify it logically? Why not just say that its similarity to the Stub revolver, that most ancient and sacred of Terran firearms, is of deep spiritual importance to the chapter?

>>16748708
Pretty sure you're thinking Legion of the Damned, they are a seperate chapter.

>>16748710
Is that you Wayne? Regardless I think it makes less sense to credit a recent pastiche than to credit the older stuff that pastiche was based on, hence using spaghetti westerns. I'd also be in favor of incorporating John Wayne and Sam Elliott somehow.

>>16748709

Dreadnaughts have fuck huge custom resized "bolt revolvers" that are basically just cannons.

>>16748713

I'm not imagining it, i'm using it, sounds like a great idea.

>>16748774
Dreds have Winchester Lascannons.

>>16748713
This is an amazing idea and should have been years ago!

>>16748709
They have a few dreads. Rare and ancient; they are warriors who know their time has passed, but have skills that are needed in the most desperate of times.

>>16748714
yes, he's a rogue marshal, whose loyalties are unsure. but for licensing purposes, we'll name him John

>>16748763

Can we have both? The archaic design is a homage to the chapters deep held reverence for ancient Terran "Wes-Terns"

>>16748782
I'm
>>16748441
And that idea was the way the Star Bearers recruited.

>>16748782

>They have a few dreads. Rare and ancient; they are warriors who know their time has passed, but have skills that are needed in the most desperate of times.

>>16748781
Also the dreads are all MkIV so they can wear cowboy hats. Speaking of the hats, we need to invent an animal native to their homeworld whose hide is so tough that if you make a hat out of it it protects just as well as a full helmet, and maybe even grants a 00-15 field save or something.

They need plasma pistols, not bolt pistols.

Plasma seems more six shooter than bolt pistols which are full auto.

They also need variates of melta guns like the Space Marine melta shotty.

>>16748709
"Ancient Duran, the Emperor calls you forth once more."
"Aw, techy-boy, here I thought I'd got my peace at last. Well, saddle me up again..."
Dreads are cowboy enough already. They're the old sheriff back from retirement for one last time.
Over and over again.

>>16748816

So the dreads reference Unforgiven?

Clint gets to be a dread right?

>>16748819

We're going with custom Bolt Revolvers for the chapter

>>16748831

Yes.

>>16748831
Clint isn't a dread, he was once so badly wounded they thought he'd need to be a dread but despite having 7 bullet holes in his back, he was returned to life by the Emprah's grace.

>>16748817

The cowboy hat should probably kept downplayed, like maybe only Captains and Characters really wear them. You don't see every single Ultramarine wearing nothing but laurels, or every single Dark Angels with feather headresses, but you do see them. Maybe incorporate the cowboy hat into the marine helmet somehow? I feel like if we get a cowboy hat on every single one of them then we just teeter towards "Space Wolves Syndrome" where they are overloaded on iconography and symbolism.

>The archaic design is a homage to the chapters deep held reverence for ancient Terran "Wes-Terns"
The Wes-Terrans, great warriors from the ancient areas of Tejas and Granrio.

>>16748817

The recruits who survive training must fashion a hat out of the beast, hunting it down with only their plasma-bowie, and three yards of rope.

>>16748840
They better be heavy bolter sized variates then.

I want big ass six shooters.

>>16748853
So, is he now the head chaplain?

>>16748858
Yesss.

>>16748853

"Even when they thought I was dead, I still served the Emperor..."

>>16748862
>Implying they don't use gatling style weapons for heavy machine gunning.

>>16748855
Sorry, but >>16748860
is way cooler

>>16748862
How about this: ALL of their pistols are actually revolvers. Regular marines have bolt revolvers but captains and such might have plasma revolvers.

Oh lord can this be a marine chapter that actually sees shotguns being commonly used?

>>16748817

Some kind of Dino Bull?

A Vrexios is a species native the the Lone Star recruiting world, These large reptilian quadrupeds are a herbivourous but fiercely territorial creature. Vrexios hide is prized for its toughness and is reputed to be able to withstand bolter fire.

>>16748881
Melta Shotguns seem to fit them.

One Crusade, one Chaplain.

>>16748891
Done.
>>16748893
>pump-action meltaguns
Yessssss

>>16748879
Revolver Melta's

YEP

Also I'm sort of am amateur designer so I came up with a rough draft of a potential chapter heraldry

Cow skull star thing? I know we dont have a name or colorscheme so this is subject to change.

>>16748907
Here, apologize for my derp because obviously I meant to type
>double-barrel meltaguns

>>16748907
And the plasma rifles are Winchester style

>>16748911
Make it an alien skull. Or a grox skull.

Techpriests in this chapter should be rare, but incredibly valuable, as they service the highly customized bikes, dreadnaughts, and specialized weaponry of these cowboy marines. The reason why they're rare is because the Tech Priesthood views the custom weaponry of the chapter as close to heretical, as the maverick chapter rarely goes out of their way to get approval for anything, much less asking for permission to modify their weapons.

>>16748860
That the trophy horns of the beast are then later Incorporated into the armor of the Battlebrother, should he survive the grueling training and surgery,

>>16748911

Looks pretty good, will probably have more to go on once this get's fleshed out a bit.

I'm working under the impression that we are Calling them Lone Star marines

blizzards already covered that

his name's jim raynor.

>>16748891
>>16748860
And the senior marines often go and hunt an especially big one to make a full duster out of it, similar to how veterans in other chapters wear robes.

>>16748911
Bit hard to fit all that on a shoulder pad, but it would be a good design for a banner. I'd go with just a star for the shoulder.

>>16748933

*Techmarines

Welp... Time to go watch Pale Rider.

So, what should the color scheme be?

>>16748949

Good call, anyone want to drawfag up the beast since we are using it for a fair bit now?

>>16748891
Sorta like that but with horns, take creative license.

>>16748978
Drawfagging of that can wait, we need drawfaggery of a Marine with a bolt pistol and winchester plasma rifle, or a devastator with a gatling bolter.

>>16748968

Leather brown, with dust streaks from the feet upwards a bit, sky blue shoulder pads, gunmetal for detailing?

Can we make them less than a thousand standard to account for their recruits being higher than normal Space Marine quality?

Voting for Sergio Legion as the name.
Also, some sort of land trains are required as the main vehicles. Think what the squats used to have, but coal-fired and carrying chests full of gold as well as weaponry.

They should all wear leather trenchcoats.

Hows about some hand-cranked heavy bolters/ assault cannons?

>>16748935
YEAR!

Q:Artificer armor for teh chapter master with no name?
A: A Vrexios-hide duster, hardened with plates from the reactor shielding of a lost battle barge.
(ya gotta have a furnace plate armor, guize!)

>captcha: high-octane bylexc

>>16749028
No, only the veterans.

>>16749033
We already have the weapons down.

>>16749028
No, captains only.

>Lone Stars Chapter
>lead by a chapter master with no name
>gruff and no nonsense
>under handed, victory is all, honor gets you dead fast
>notoriously bad blood with the Inquisition
>very friendly with civilians and guardsman
>affinity for lho sticks and alcohol
>very good ws/bs with boltpistols and combat knives
>scouts wear woven ponchos and straw hats
>favor lever action repeating bolters
>favor armored bikes for vehicals

>>16749033
see>>16748999
>>16748878

>>16749052
>>16749047
They're all captains/veterans

>>16749044
Wait, is he still chapter master or has he gone pale rider and become the head chaplain?

Just read the thread. This is fucking brilliant.

Ok More horns, took away the star till further notice.

>>16749064

BOTH, dickhead.

He's fuckin CLINT EASTWOOD.
He's probably got a Korean Servo SKULL waxing his JETBIKE right fuckin NOW.

OP here, this is my face

So let's a make a list of everything we got down.


>>16749094
Much better, but can be improved.

Veteran Scout Sargent.
Often mistaken as foolish or unprofessional by new recruits.
Is actually a master strategist and diplomat.
Wields a master crafted Bolt Revolver.
True name, unknown.

I should really finish this.

>>16749121
No, you should draw a Lone Star first.

>>16749105
Modified Bolter Pistol Primary Weapon
All Weapons based on a revolver patern, (revolver meltas ,ect)
Rides Bikes with side mounted weapons

Thats all I got

You're all a little late to the party. /tg/ did this a while back.

Coincidentally, cowboys also used axes, tomahawks, whips... loads of other things than just >>16748644 bowie knives...

>>16749094

I really like that for the skull, REALLY like it

Any drawfags draw on this for Vrexios art please

Also i just DOWII 'd the leather and blue colour scheme, looks great on everything but the force commander, but will look unconventional anyway.

>>16749129
Recruits must hunt a bull Vrexios and make a stetson out of its leather. Veterans often hunt big ones to make dusters.

>>16749121
Don't bother.
Pic related: Auto-pictor savant's image of the feral orks native to the chapter homeworld.

>From the records of Inquisitor Santos, Ordo Hereticus, indeterminate date:

>'I recently returned to my home quadrant after the exterminatus upon the corrupted Aggro world of Gentel 7. My return was expedited due to the call to investigate and ratify a new Chapter Master for a, for lack of a better term, unique chapter.

>"Having been a member of Black Templar crusades I am not unfamiliar with travelling chapters, but the strange, almost archaic, habitats enshrined by this chapter gave me pause. Instead of a normal agro facility one entire deck was an abandoned wreck, covered in strange plants with barbs, dust so thick it was packed into stone, and large number of vicious animals the servitors called 'kay-otes.' Which I was told are a native to the world of the chapter's founding.

>'The ritual was to be my objective, as I was tasked by my lord to witness it for any inconsistencies since the chapter's last evaluation two hundred and fifty-seven years prior.

>'The original master was said to have been killed after taking seventeen shots to the chest at a standoff between himself and seven Kroot. None survived.

>>16749140
Did that thread get archived?

>'His replacement took the oaths of faith, duty, and devotion to the Emperor as well as to the 'long ride, hard roads, and saddle.' Requested my adept to research the relevance.

>'He was presented his stations of office by the head librarian who shocked me with his dress. His power armor, instead of the normally formal browns and blues of the marines and sergeants respectively, was deep tan. Every inch was covered by scrimshawed runes that had then been colored. The Liberian himself bore a great feathered headdress and a mighty staff made of wood and bone. His force weapon was a similarly feathered axe of miniscule size. Morbidly I noted several batches of hair hanging from his waist. When I asked later I was informed they were the scalps of traitors and heretic psykers.

>'The badges of office mentioned earlier are the below items: One iron halo in the form of a bright five pointed star affixed to the left side of the chapter master's chest, directly over their first heart. And an ancient stub revolver that must be as old as the chapter itself. The gun was made for a space marine as the fully gauntleted fingers easily slipped around the weapon. It was holstered on his hip and then drawn with speed beyond even my Death cultist's eyes. The six shots that rang out hit above six stone tablets made to honor previous chapter masters.

>"Finally the chapter master holstered the ancient weapon and took up his normal fire arm, a massive and more modern version of the previous easily recognizable as a Bolt weapon.

>"Mount up boys," he drawled to his men, "Daylight's burnin' and the Emporah don't forgive laziness."

>"Emperor and the great sun protect." His men replied.

>"Final report is this: Chapter is not risk for heresy, but still recommends additional analysis as normal."

Sorry for the writefaggotry, but it stuck in my head and had to get it out.

>>16749129
Not that's wrong.

Heavy Bolter Caliber revolvers
Winchester Plasma rifles
Double barrel melta shotguns
Gatling heavy bolters
Augmented horses instead of bikes
Some sorta train tanks
All brothers wear hats
Veteran wear hats and trench coats

I get it all?

>>16749140

Glorious, we have our poster boy

>>16749175
>Librarians use Injun magic, probably send recruits on dream quests
Love it

>>16749175

Write faggotry is good, keep at it man

Just make them a White Scars successor chapter.

>Chapter Master No Name
>Scout Master John Marston
>1st Company Commander Angel Eyes
>Tech Marine Tuco Benedicto

>>16748713
>>16749182

>>16749223
Sorry, we already decided that Butch Cassius is the 1st Company Captain

Changed the skull, up to what you guys really.

>>16749223

And many homage in the form of Sarges

Blondie
Callahan
etc.

>>16749156
>>'The original master was said to have been killed after taking seventeen shots to the chest at a standoff between himself and seven Kroot. None survived.
>seven Kroot

Somebody's tellin' a tall tale.

>>16749249
Should be an Alamo reference.

If you do this, and Gary Cooper isn't involved, it's fucking heresy beyond belief.

>>16749175
>>16749156
Please good sir, continue with the write faggotry. I enjoyed that.

How about a special character called "Walker McQuade"

He uses power fists at initiative speed in combat. or he can trade in all his attacks round-house kick with power-spurs against every model in base to base contact?

>>16749249
Good eye, Encyclopedia Brown.

We should Play chapter approved with this or something.

This is really fun. Have we decided on colors yet?

>>16749249
To be sure. The master did not die until he handed off the badge on his chest to the one he chose to replace him.

His last words, which were etched into his death stone were thus: 'Waitin' for somethin'? You're in charge now, fight on. for the Emporah and the long ride."

I am so tempted to buy a space marine army and make this. Goddamn I love you /tg/

Someone made a pdf of rules. I aim to misbehave.

Home world is called Tombstone.

This isn't even a question.

Chapter Master should have a name. Except he just goes by the title of this chapters office (instead of chapter master), which is "Justice."

There should be a Chaplain with no name.

>>16749235
>liking Butch Cassidy

Then this is not the thread for me then! The only good westerns are the spaghetti ones. Off I go then.

Okay, so so far, their archetypal enemies would be Orks who're modeled after your common western desperado. How about an Indian equivalent. I'm imagining Eldar or Chaos filling that role nicely. Eldar cause their sneaky, quick buggers that can just meld into the countryside, and Chaos for the mysticism angle Indians got.

>>16749307
>Firefly

Really. You're gonna bring Whedon tripe into a thread with the titans of Western lore?

Die in a fire.

>>16749314

Heavy Bolter Caliber revolvers
Winchester Plasma rifles
Double barrel melta shotguns
Gatling heavy bolters
Augmented horses instead of bikes
Some sorta train tanks
All brothers wear hats
Veteran wear hats and trench coats

Homeworld is Tomestone
Captains and chaplains need to be worked on.

>>16749322
>not liking one of the best Westerns ever

Good riddance, leave and never come back.

So are these guys going to have calvary units that ride appropriately huge genetically-enhanced horses? Because nothing would be awesomer than guys riding horses out of drop pods.

>>16749315
"You do wrong 'gainst the Aquila and you pray it's Justice and his boys that comes for you, and not that one with no name. They say he wears nothin but black, and his face ain't nothin more than a skull."

>>16749314
Waaay too overt.
I went with Airlock for the Star Bearers. Same origin- except a space explorer's grave is the void. "All you'll find out on the fringe is an open airlock."
Also, sounds like Warlock.

>>16749323
Native American equivalent would be Eldar Exodites. Tied to the land, mystical, ride animals too.

Chapter Master is Marshall
Captains are Sheriff
Brothers are Deputies

>>16749330
See
>>16749228

>>16748816

>>16749323
>>16749352
I thought we decided the Lone Stars incorporate Native American stuff, like calling their Librarians Injun-bloods.

Also, instead of codex uniform squads, their brothers are organized into irregular "posses" each led by a Marshall.

DW stat boosts are obviously +5 BS, +5 Ag.

>>16749350
this game was the shit! The Arcade back in my hometown had this; I Played the fuck outta it with me and my 3 besties back when we were in elementary school.

>>16748816
Naw naw naw, first Dreadnought of the chapter was an Apothecary who became deathly ill while fighting alongside the first Justice of the chapter.

Okay so we've got the framework and the ideas it's time to reign it in a little and work on chapter lore, origins, Major conflicts etc and make it coherent.

Saddle up /tg/

>>16749323

Orks should be based off of Mexican Banditos. The lulz had from it would be epic.

Chaos would be your classical evil Black Hat, contrasting the White Hat image of the Space Marines.

Eldar for Indians work extremely well. Plus, we get delicious brown elves from it.

>Report to Segmentum Command
>From: Lord Commander Samuel Houston
>Subject: Lose of Planetary Fortress "Alamo" on the Planet Tejus
>Combatants: Elements of the Lone Star chapter/ Orkish Horde reference number 213xd23 lead by Warboss codenamed "Sant'A"naz da choppa"
>Summary: My lords, it seems our reinforcement fleet was in fact too late, the once mighty fortress Alamo was found burned to the ground with only the central keep left, the site was littered with thousands of orkish dead along with the bodies of the noble Astartes who fell defending it. After the main body of my Imperial Guard forces land we set out to force battle with the brutes. Our forces moved in to find the Orkish forces disorganized and without a leader, it seems that the Company Commander of the Lone Stars dueled the foul beast in hand to hand combat, dispatching him in his last act. The orks were camped on the side of a swamp. After encircling them, placing units of the famed Catachan world in said swamp. The entire horde was drove into the kill zone. There were no survivors, all bodies were burned. The men of the campaign should be noted for their bravery, after seeing the destruction of the Fortress Alamo and the bravery and heroic sacrifice of the Astartes the men took up the rousing cheer of "REMEMBER THE ALAMO!"
>Your Obedient Servant Lord Commander Samuel Houston

Im not that good of a write fag, but I hope someone likes it

>>16749350
>>16749396
Oh hey, Sunset Riders! I remember playing that, too; I was always Cormano because I actually was the token Mexican of my group of buddies.

Chaplins and apothacarys merged

called Medicine man

Heavy Bolter Caliber revolvers
Winchester Plasma rifles
Double barrel melta shotguns
Gatling heavy bolters
Augmented horses instead of bikes
Some sorta train tanks
All brothers wear hats
Veteran wear hats and trench coats

Homeworld is Tomestone
Captains and chaplains need to be worked on.

Chapter Master is Marshall
Captains are Sheriff
Brothers are Deputies
Some system like this.

Banner is that skull
Badge is the star from that picture of the Space Marine.

>>16749340

yup.

>>16749435
that and dual wielding shotguns

>>16749394
Right but the analog for Injuns is Exodite Eldar. So they have ties ot the Exodite Eldar, and the terminology would stem from that. "Spirit Talkers" or "Spirit Walkers" would be their Librarians, or something like that.

The infinity circuits of an Exodite world are called "World Spirits" and are tied to a bunch of sacred spaces (sacred burial ground Native American analog here) scattered across the planet that are either like, valleys full of crystals or weird stone-henge like structures.

It's completely reasonable to have Lone Star vs Exodite skirmishes over these "sacred grounds" in a perfect Western motif. Lone Star "Spirit Talkers" in some way recognizing their power and, well, being able to talk to the spirits housed in them.

How do these guys see the Imperial Guard, Sisters of Battle, and the rest of the Imperial forces/Space Marine chapters??

>>16749474
P.S. Orks as Mexican banditos is awesome.

>>16749484
"Don't see mucha them 'round these parts."

>>16749424

You mean, something like this for the Eldar...

>>16749484

They rarely do, They are a frontier chapter. They barely ever see the IG/Sisters or anyone else, which is why they have such unorthodox ways.

The chapter is quite resource poor, or comes from somewhere that is. This explains much of the rough and ready aesthetic we're trying to mesh them with.


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Chapter members and kit tend to have a worn, gritty, even dirty look to them, simply because they see much heavy use without frequent opportunity or infrastructure for ideal maintenance levels, and because scarcities makes the preservation and passing on of old equipment common; a scout might likely use a common, decades old pistol bequeathed to him by an older battle-brother, who himself recieved it as a gift from one of his mentors. By and large marines from this chapter don't use chainswords, because they don't have a lot of them, or because a mundane blade has less breakable parts, etcetera. So instead they use massive Bowie-shaped combat knives or a second bolt pistol. Their Scouts tend to prefer Shotguns over Bolters, as with the right loads they're almost as strong for much less resources- Bolt rounds are valuable and ought to be conserved.

Bolt Revolvers are very commonplace, due to their ability to pack a bolt round's full punch while using a considerably simpler and more robust gun mechanism, even lauded over regular Bolt Pistols by many within the Chapter because the limitation to a handful of rounds per cylinder encourages the development of superior marksmanship and ammo conservation. Because the mechanism of a bolt revolver is so easy to manufacture compared to a conventional bolt pistol, and because reloading them can take more time than is wise in the midst of a firefight, many marines carry more than one bolt revolver, though generally not more than two.

>>16749499
>>16749504
What about Nids?

>>16747874
Wouldn't it be time-consuming if they all needed to lay down dramatically and point at their killer while saying "Bang" whenever they died?

How do you guys feel about a token black sarge.
We'll call him Curtis.

>>16749519
>refers to the worlds they protect as "the heard"
>Nids as "the predator"

>>16749515

The Chapter's homeworld is, overall, temperate, but at the same time kind of a dusty place, full of deserts, plains, badlands, and grasslands. It's inhabited by many extremely dangerous native species, such as giant ursinoids, venemous snakes and arachnids, vicious packs of wild canines, and several varieties of deadly wildcats. It has multiple distinct populating civilizations, and the overall technology level is low, meaning that a successful life is often a hard one, but for that also one that a man can be proud of. Though their weapons haven't really reached past the earlier stages of stub firearms, the Imperium's ability to manufacture mountains of them for peanuts without batting an eyelash means that the prevalence and ownership of weaponry is massive amongst the world's citizens. Here, man who cannot use a gun is a man without proper life skills and education.

>>16749484

Guardsman, see them as brave, but incompetent men, they respect them, but don't listen to their advice or follow their strategies.

They treat other marines with courtesy, still see them as brothers, but tend to keep to their own.

Someone else write sisters and expand on these points i guess.

>>16749534

One of these groups is as marked by its fractiousness as by its loose unity; they are the closest descendants of foreign Imperial colonists from millenia ago, whose culture revolves around agriculture and animal husbandry, and prizes self-reliance. As one of the strongest bastions of Imperial culture on the planet, they are amongst the most prominent; only loosely governed, and largely left to their own devices and means. As such, civilized areas are sparse and tight-knit, bound together by ties of community and the development of a sort of warrior's code for the common man serving to enforce notions of honor, law, and justice. Outside of the agricultural areas, the planet is inhabited by many nations and nomadic tribes of indigenous humans from before Imperial colonization; these groups, though they officially gave their allegiance to the Emperor during the world's annexation millenia ago, do not see themselves as beholden to the colonists' government, only to the greater Imperium, and as such are forever in a state of tenuous and uneasy relations with one another and the settlers; feuds, raiding, and outright warfare are not uncommon. It is a harsh and a rough world for this reason, but the harshness breeds strength of body and character in all sides, and as such provides many suitable recruitment populations for the Chapter to draw from.

>>16749519

Nids are nids.
If you want an example of Cowboy Marine-Nid relations, look at StarCraft.

>>16749515
The Bolter revolvers are larger than normal.

Heavy Bolter sized. Additional stopping power makes up for the lack of bullets.

>>16749484
As the Cavalry of course.

The chapter fights losing battles against overwhelming numbers so that the Guard have time to arrive and crush the foe with numbers.

>>16749329
>titans

That's all I saw, and I swear to Christ the image of revolver the size of a schoolbus popped into my head.

>>16749519

No real idea. Daemons have to be some kind of Indian Spirit pastiches. Maybe on their "vision quest", the initiates have to confront and single handedly defeat a lesser daemon with only their trusty revolver and knife.

All the chaplains Rosariuses are star shaped and wear dusters.

>>16749470

>>16749519
Like in this. They are weird monsters that fuck up all the good folk and a Sheriff needs to come in with his deputies, round up a posse, and take them down.


Speaking of rounding up posses that should be a thing. A typical Lone Star attack force is like... a Sheriff, his deputies, and then a "posse" of IG equivalent/PDF types.

>"Final report is this: Chapter is not risk for heresy, but still recommends additional analysis as normal."
>Report from Commissar Jenkins of the Mordian Fifth and Ready:
>The orks had taken us by surprise. Official action was made against general Act’ion on the third day after he began to grunt and wheeze from a lung wound while giving orders. Action was taken in private, as opposed to normal due to respect for the man.
>The planet, and the blockade it was the lynch pin of, was believed to be lost. However in the middle of the fifteenth night a sudden fire erupted on the outskirts of the ork lines. From it came a series of rings or brightly colored smoke. My personal servant fell to his knees and wept from the emperor’s forgiveness at the sight.
>The Adeptus had come.
>Warboss Graknuch believed himself able to eat tanks and gain explosive power from devouring their engines. As such he had targeted the late general’s prized Stormlord as his next meal which would give him the power to, as quoted from the final communication before total black out, ‘PUNCH DAT ZOGGIN EMPRAH O’ YOU PINKIE SNUBS RIGHT INNA POINTY NOZ!’
>The tank had been placed at the back of our lines, and was now to be the death warrant of all those in front of it. As I contemplated how to maneuver the men mass hysteria broke loose as the sight of Graknuch and his massive mechanically enhanced steed, a war grox of some kind, appeared on the horizon. Followed by all seventeen thousand of his kin. Projected by a visual device stolen weeks before. I was about to administer the correct amount of morale boosting when my fire was superseded by six mighty shots that would have dwarfed even the Stormlord itself.

same writefag as before

>>16749573
"Don't know much 'bout them spirits, better you go ask one of our Spirit-Talkers."

Daemons = Wendigos.

Shit like that.

>>16749597
Forgot my pic, sorry. The movie "the Burrowers"

>passing on of old equipment common; a scout might likely use a common, decades old pistol bequeathed to him by an older battle-brother, who himself recieved it as a gift from one of his mentors.
But this is normal in 40k. Centuries old wargear is passed out to new recruits left and right. The only thing they don't make to last in the Imperium is ammunition. Mostly.

>>16748605
>>16748790
>>16748710
>>16748669
> etc

We're done here.

I tell ya boys, this town was in a bad way. See, we had bandits an’ xenos comin’ out of the woodwork, tryin’ to harm us Emperor fearin’ folk. We was here to dig up that black gold, prometheam from underneath the sands. The town was doin’ right prosperous, till we ran afoul of some of them damn raiders. Chaos boys, wouldn’t ya know. There leader was a right damned creature, faster’n anys come before. Many a sheriff fell to ‘im. One day though son, a stranger visited our little town…

A hush fell over the mumbled conversations occurring at the shadowed tables; the dancing tune that was being played on the piano died away. All eyes turned to the swayin’ doors, and the figure that had entered. Encased in battered power armour caked with trail-dust, the towering figure halted just past the doorframe. The silhouette from the burnin’ desert sun outside highlighted his massive frame. A veritable giant, he was. Smoke wafted from a lho stick jutting from a corner of his grim mouth. Eyes like cold hunks of coal surveyed the room from underneath a wide-brim leather hat. Belts hung about the strangers waist; with glinting gun metal shinin’ in the holster by his side through the bullet-torn duster he wore. His stride brought him up to the bar, spurs clinkin’ with each step.

>I faced five space marines. My first. Each wore a great cloak that bore semblance to my own trench wear, but seemed to be built into their suits. Their leader bore a massive double barreled rifle under one arm and had raised his side arm, an equally large bolt pistol, into the air. Each marine beside him had instead of the normal helmet face, a skull like countenance. Some had even wrapped fabric bearing their chapter’s symbols around their necks.
>He stepped forward spinning and holstering his weapon with a speed that dumbfounded me. ”Ya’ll seem to have a problem. Them green-skins will be here in three days.”
>When I inquired to the plan of action. The lead Marine turned on his heal, a slight jingling sound coming from two metal spurs in the shape of stars on his heels was the only answer I received.
>Three days went by very fast.
>As the Orks charged Graknuch tore through the lines his heretically enhanced grox bearing right for me, my command unit, and the Stormlord.
>As he raised his enhanced left fist to pummel the air the Marine’s leader leapt from behind our lines on a massive motorcycle. It’s front plate replaced with the skull of a grox or horse of some kind, its design more akin to an ork war bike than a marine’s holy implement of war.

>>16749500

/tg/ worked on a Craftworld called Skan'iya or something that was very much based upon Native American mythology etc.

Also with regards to those who would attempt models:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat490066a&prodId=prod1120119

Over-under shotguns that might be worth it for bits. If you were to cast it one could do a force relatively easily. If I recall correctly there was also a stub revolver on a model that could counts-as bolt pistol. Although I am sure there are numbers of places like hasslefree that produce revolver bits.

“A bottle of sacra, iffin’ ya would.” The stranger’s voice ground like a rockslide, spurrin’ the bartender to action. The stranger flipped a throne onto the counter as a gesture of thanks, and reached for the bottle. Before he could grab it, though, it was snatched up by a black gloved hand. Turning, the stranger came face to face with seven of the most feared outlaws plaguin’ this planet. They was part of Snakeeye’s gang, blasphemous deviants all. The black gloved feller’ took a long swig o’ sacra. “Thank e’ for the drink stranger,” the bandit hissed through missing teeth. The stranger turned back to the bartender and raised his finger for another bottle. Like the strike of a rattler’ that bandit drew steel an’ shot the bartender dead. “A’m sorry stranger, but I don’t like being ignored.”

Getting’ up from where he was sitting, the stranger towered of the gang. “Naw, I reckon’ you don’t.” An’ with little more’n a blur to show what had happened all five bandits was dead on the ground, a bullet hole clean through their skull. Whipping back his coat the stranger holstered his gun; a massive chrome bolter, six chambered an’ covered in the Emperor’s own prayers, bless ‘im. The giant grabbed the bottle from the lifeless hands of the black gloved devil an’ took a long draw.

Ever heard of Blood Meridian by McCormick. There a character in there, a scalp hunter who goes by the name of Judge Holden. For a quick rundown, he's:

a mysterious figure, a cold-blooded killer, and a pedophile. Aside from the children he openly kills, he is seen enticing children with sweets, he has a naked 12 year old girl in his room, and a child often goes missing when he is in the vicinity. Holden displays a preternatural breadth of knowledge and skills — paleontology, archaeology, linguistics, law, technical drawing, geology, chemistry, prestidigitation, and philosophy, to name a few.
He is extremely tall, massive in frame, and enormously strong, capable of holding and wielding a Howitzer cannon much like a regular gun. His skin is so pale as to have almost no pigment. He is entirely hairless, not even having eyebrows or eyelashes. This strange appearance, as well as his keen, extremely fast reflexes, strength, apparent immunity to sleep and aging, and other abilities point to his being something other than human.

Course, that's just a basic rundown. He's much, much, much worse in the book.

Anyways, that's how I'd imagine the Chaos counterpart to these guys to be like.

Lone Star

Heavy Bolter Caliber revolvers
Winchester Plasma rifles
Double barrel melta shotguns
Gatling heavy bolters
Augmented horses instead of bikes
Some sorta train tanks
All brothers wear hats
Veteran wear hats and trench coats

Homeworld is Tomestone
Captains and chaplains need to be worked on.

Chapter Master is Marshall
Captains are Sheriff
Sergeants are Deputies
Some system like this.
Chaplain still needs work
Librarians are Spirit Talkers who are very rare
Techmarines are also rare yet highly skilled
Apothecary is 19th Century style doctor who uses faith along with interesting methods

Banner is that skull
Badge is the star from that picture of the Space Marine.

The stranger didn’ get much rest though. A deafening boom sounded from outside the saloon, a gunshot like a thunderclap from the warp. The stranger knew exactly what it was; a challenge. On the dirt road outside stood Snakeeyes, frothing at the bit an’ waving his pistols inta the sky. Snakeeye was an ancient bastard, of the same super-human ilk as the stranger. He’d been robbin’ and lootin’ since them Heresy days, and causin’ endless trouble for us simple folk. Seein’ the stranger sent him inta a fury, roaring an’ raging his defiance. His red armour shone like blood in the sun; a hangman’s noose wrapped around his neck. The stranger stood before him, still as a tombstone. Their eyes met, flinty coals and burning embers.
Some unknown signal passed between them two giants, an’ the stranger whipped back a flap of his coat, sliding metal outta that leather faster’s a heart’s beat. Glinting in the sun, that silver bolt buried itself fist deep in ol’ Snakeeye’s patch-work face. A second later nothing’ was left but a ragged stump a’ bleeding meat. Drawin’ a life bigger n’ my arm the stranger carved a line inta his pistol. Son, I tell you, I tried to count the marks, but I lost track. Pullin’ down the brim of his hat the stranger let out a sharp whistle, and over came a monster of a horse. Effortless, that giant hefted himself onto the steed, an’ road off in the direction of the sun. We ain’t had no more bandits here since.

>>16749585
You.

I like you.

>His voiced, enhanced by vox, barely reached Graknuch, but barely was enough. “You think you can punch me old son? Try it!”
>The roar Graknuch and his bestial escort unleash drowned out the sound of the marine’s ridiculous engine as he drew his double barreled weapon and fired. Five shots sent burning plasma into Graknuch’s escort. Discarding the weapon the Marine drew his bolt pistol and aimed. Three shots: one for Graknuch’s prized Powerklaw, one for the even more prized war grox, and one for Graknuch’s head.
>The beast rolled to a stop depositing the corpse of the Warboss at the marine’s bike’s front wheel. “Whelp.” He said, removing his helmet and scratching his stubble covered face, “Guess the boys can handle the rest.”
>The remaining marines proceeded to command and destroy the various lieutenants that tried to rally the Waaagh! in Graknuch’s place before they approached me, thanked me for a ‘Damn fine job of teachin’ these boys to shoot straight’ and left. I would also wish to include smoke rings, of prescribed incense of course, to be added to the fifth and Ready’s weekly rounds of worship. Justification added as addendums to this file.

Final one for this report...

>>16749642
Yeah, and it fits the Exodite = Indians thing. The Exodites have all these stories about crazy monsters and shit, so a native just assumes that it's all weird Exodite stories.

Then that night round a campfire your posse's Spirit-Talker gets all distant and spooky and busts out, "Those aren't stories. They're warnings. The Exodites been dealin' with them longer than us."

Dreadnought assault cannons modeled as gatling guns.

A special character with a lariat that works like the lash of torment.

man all these posts and this isn't posted?
Someone on the b&c had the idea years ago tg.

>>16749682
Chaplains are the "Riders in Black."

They always ride alone.

They always hide their faces.

You do wrong by the Aquila, by the Lone Star of the Chapter, you fall too far into the arms of the Exodites, you start chasing Spirits...


They come for you. The Black Riders.

>>16749730
>fall to the arms of an Exodite

If they looked like
>>16749500
Its gonna be hard not to

>>16749730
I like this. Adding it to the list.

Lone Stars

Heavy Bolter Caliber revolvers
Winchester Plasma rifles
Double barrel melta shotguns
Gatling heavy bolters
Augmented horses instead of bikes
Some sorta train tanks
All brothers wear hats
Veteran wear hats and trench coats

Homeworld is Tomestone
Captains and chaplains need to be worked on.

Chapter Master is Marshall
Captains are Sheriff
Sergeants are Deputies
Some system like this.
Chaplains are black riders who's face is always covered.
"You do wrong by the Aquila, by the Lone Star of the Chapter, you fall too far into the arms of the Exodites, you start chasing Spirits. They come for you. The Black Riders."
Librarians are Spirit Talkers who are very rare
Techmarines are also rare yet highly skilled
Apothecary is 19th Century style doctor who uses faith along with interesting methods

Banner is that skull
Badge is the star from that picture of the Space Marine.

The "Lone Star" they're named after is an old legend:

"When times were bad and all things went to dark, we had but one star- One single star in all that void to guide us, and we chased that one lone star- and it led us here."

Spoiler: It was the Astronomican/Terra.

>>16749785
Terra be damned. That is good. Also putting that on the list.

>>16749785
Also makes a good lead in to a Sanguinator-equivalent.

Can this be the basis for their tanks? Please....

Also you could work in a "civil war" aspect that a lot of the old west movies had, where ex confederate soldiers had to work with Union soldiers out west after the war. Maybe work in a civil war on the planet between to large factions, the marines refused to help either side, they watched. When soldiers showed intense bravery and skill, they would be snatched from death and turned into marines. Much like the Space Wolves do.

Could make for just some interesting flavor in the chapter. Thats just me, iv always got a hard on for the ACW

>>16749823
>Wild Wild West
I was looking for some way to get that in here.

Yes that is going on the list too.

Someone archive this yet?

>>16749823
and what about loveless mech spider?

>>16749865
Titan from an ages long ago.

>>16749785
Building off that... what if this Chapter has no fleet, no space navy, kind of a lost chapter? They've got no real way to articulate shit the Navigators would know...

They've got no Crux Terminatus, instead they got another badge:

This is a chapter of riders, and they ride hard- If you're will is strong, and you do right by the Aquila... maybe their Spirit-Talkers can work out a little deal with the spirits. The good spirits, they say, they let you ride the stars. You wear the badge of the Ghost Rider, and there is no distance you can't cross.


(Spoiler: Spirit-Talkers and Ghost Riders can use the webway.)

Or some other name like "Ghost Riders" that does the whole haunted horseman vibe.

>>16749823
Predator, no sponsons, autocannon turret.
>>16749865
2x CC weapon Defiler.

>>16749879
Gonna go with no.

>>16749823
That's as easy as saying there are two Governors butting heads and the Lone Stars aren't interested in the politics, just about protecting people in the wastelands. Not much call for them to go into the big cities.

after their training, all marines make an oath to uphold justice in the name of the emperor. this oath is attached on the breast above the original heart with a 5 pointed purity seal cast in gold

>>16749823

Thinkin too small. Now this right here would be a carriage worthy of one of the boys.

>>16749879
Me no like, to heretical.

Give em decrepit old shitty ships, barely can make it out anywhere. Give em a system to look out for. Almost beyond the light of the astronomicon. On the edge near Eldar centric space, lots of exodite worlds. Encounters with Necrons, Eldar, Orks are the most numerous. Tyranids have been encountered and are very respected as a very very very deadly foe. Chaos does happen, but more isolated demons and heretics and less WE ARE LEGION CSM. Tau are encroaching on the system just a little.

>>16749906

Forgot my pic

>>16749879

That is some pants on head retardation you got there.

>>16747970
>Okay, so we have marines who all wear cowboy hats (or at least the sergeants do, hard to wear a hat over a helmet)
BUT THEIR HELMETS HAVE BRIMS
Sort of like how Ultramarines used to have those red things like Romans, and Space Sharks used to have fins.

>>16749910
The Emperor was building webway paths before he fell.

>>16749903

That's good, each brother gets a custom purity seal in the shape of a star, to the list it must go

>>16749928
It's just Legion of the Damned on horses with a better explanation. Welcome to 40k.

>>16749934
We don't like ta speak 'bout our "fallen" brothers, don'tcha bring it up again.

>>16749934

Because the majority of us don't think cowboys are gay?

Basic Exodite. They dont need the armor to kick ass.

There's a very important consideration for cowboys: What fold of hat do they wear? I propose the pictured one. It's used in Montana (as you might guess from the filename). A lot of people seem to like that ridiculous Texas fold, but their opinions are shit.

>>16749934

We don't need to. Homosexuality to a space marine is like water to a fish. They thrive on it. It's called pederasty or shudo. That trip out camping they take the scouts on? Its more than just a trip if ya know what I mean.

>>16749932
Hats are whatever. Some wear hats, some dont. Basically it's a stylistic choice and not something that we need to codify into the chapter.

Run! Tell all the other curs the law is comin'! You tell 'em I'm comin'! And the Emperor's comin' with me, you hear?

The Emperor's comin' with me!

>>16748644
A special Power Knife made by Techmarine Jim Bowie.

>>16749967
why not? Nothin' wrong with it. Do yer share and what happens after dark's yer own bizness.

Necrons can be linked to aztec or mayan mythology. Like tales of lost mexican gold. Their tomb structures can be step pyramids.

The Tau should have a large presence. They want to come in and civilize the frontier. Open up easy trade. Populate the planets and make cities.

>>16749946
Added

Lone Stars
"When times were bad and all things went to dark, we had but one star- One single star in all that void to guide us, and we chased that one lone star- and it led us here."

Heavy Bolter Caliber revolvers
Winchester Plasma rifles
Double barrel melta shotguns
Gatling heavy bolters
Augmented horses instead of bikes
Tanks from Wild Wild West, slow but with heavy armor and a lot of guns.
All brothers wear hats
Veteran wear hats and trench coats

Homeworld is Tomestone
Captains and chaplains need to be worked on.

Chapter Master is Marshall
Captains are Sheriff
Sergeants are Deputies
Some system like this.
Chaplains are black riders who's face is always covered.
"You do wrong by the Aquila, by the Lone Star of the Chapter, you fall too far into the arms of the Exodites, you start chasing Spirits. They come for you. The Black Riders."
Librarians are Spirit Talkers who are very rare
Techmarines are also rare yet highly skilled
Apothecary is 19th Century style doctor who uses faith along with interesting methods

Banner is that skull
Badge is the star from that picture of the Space Marine.
Each Marine gets a custom purity seal etched onto a golden star placed on their chest above their first heart. Each purity seal is different and made by the Black Riders and given by the Marshall.

>>16749995
The Tau are just Alien vs Cowboying it up.

>>16748713
>>16748776
>>16748782
>>16750004

>>16748817
The point of a hat isn't for protection, it's to keep the sun out of your eyes. If it boosts anything, it should boost BS.

>>16749994

Them boys ain't right I tell you what.

>>16750004

Can you get a second list up with planet features, and general stuff not directly chapter related? Just for summaries sake.

>>16750035
Leadership modifier too.

>>16750004
Their Deathwatch service members are treated like the US Marshals from Tombstone.

So, what is their flaw/s?

>Gatling heavy bolters
Just use assault cannons.

SOME PEOPLE CALL US THE SPACE COWBOYS

SOME CALL US THE GANGSTERS OF EMPS

WE CALL OUR BOSS MAURICE

CAUSE HE SPEAKS WITH THE POMPITIOUS OF HATE

>>16750092

>>16749323
Man, what? Orks as injuns, Chaos as desperadoes.

Tau represent bureaucratic "Eastern" in terms of the East Coast of the USA, Government, contaminating the honest days work hard life planets of the system. Civilizing it with their city ways and such.

Much like the Government ruins everything it touches by making it "civilized" the Tau are doing it to this system. They've come to tell the system to live by their rules, to uplift them, to meddle in our affairs and tell you whats right and whats wrong.

Wait i got something,

Members aren't as adverse to joining the deathwatch as other marine chapters because they see it as just another posse out to do justice, within the deathwatch their unconventional tactics and weapons however become a point of contention within squads, particularly chapters that strongly adhere to the codex.

>>16749499
>>16749484
"they's good folks, far as I heard, but they keep back to the galactic east."

>>16750044
I'm not sure what you guys are liking but I'll try.

Tombstone is a planet of mostly grasslands and deserts. It has hostile creatures covering it including dozens of Ork bands, Eldar webways, and small amounts of Necrons bases which attract the Eldar. The world is rich in Promethium and is covered in ancient railways.

Each town has a single Space Marine in it acting as the town enforcer. He protects the town, enforces the emperor's will and scouts for recruits. Some times they train a rookie or two.

Chaos is rare on the world but not absent from the world.
There is no official guardsmen regiments but each person has a weapon on the world due to the lawlessness of Tombstone.

[Insert stuff about initiate rites]

This good so far?

40K is swimming in thinly veiled cowboys in space stereotypes - they are just not space marines.

Have any of you guys read anything to do with Necromunda or any other Hive city?

And cowboy space marines does make me think of StarCraft.

I suggest one Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn as a Dread. Only makes sense. He tends to shoot down them Heretic types. But only in self defense. Or in the line of duty. Or cause they ran.

>>16750146
I like it.

>>16749971
We could have each company wearing their own fold. They say in the old days folks at each ranch wore a different fold, so that fits fine.

Lived in a town by the cold water years back.
Used to have trouble with this one guy, giant in huge red armor.
A vicious killer, who wielded his pistols with the speed of a daemon.
20 Arbites had gone to deal with him.
20 Arbites were dead.
One day this guy in similar armor with a big pistol on his hip comes into town.
Cept his armor is black and he's got his face covered.
Everyone's avoiding him cause we figure he's the giant in red's buddy.
The guy in black tells us he's Astartes, and he's looking for the Red Giant.
Now, of course, we don't want to tell him, cuz he'll just end up like them Arbites.
Either way news reaches the giant and he comes into town to make it 21.
Early morning the Red Giant and Black Astartes face off in the street.
The Red Giant goes for his pistols, and
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Faster than greased lightning, the Black Astartes already drawn and put 3 shots in his chest.

>>16750126
Unless I'm mistaken, Tau live in the Galactic North. These guys should obviously live to the Galactic West, meaning they'd not often see Tau.

>>16750146
Northern latitudes are like Montanna or something.

It should be important that they have some way to rally the marines stationed in each town; like some sort of visible satellite.
REFLECTIVE SPACE STATION.
THE DAWN STAR.

Also, very few terminator armor suits/vehicles. Mostly scout units.

Sisters of Battle guard holy relics.


With their weapons;

Orks, Eldar, and Necrons is a bit excessive. Why not just feral Orks (Deff Skull descendants = bandits, Snakebites = cliche villain Indians) and Exodites (less one-dimensional Indians, and capable of allying with the humans).

>>16750160
Pretty much this.

And frankly, I'm a little troubled by /tg/'s need to turn everything into Space Marines.

How many chapters is /tg/ up to by now?

>>16750237
It in an entire system.

Exodite Eldar Injuns
Necron Mayan Aztecs
Ork Mexican Banditos
Chaos Desperados

Remember in 40k enemies are everywhere, thus allowing combat with any army any place to facilitate gaming.

just roll with it baby

>>16750243
OLRIGHT
NOW WE IS GOIN' TER DESIGN
A COWBOY THEMED ORK TRIBE!
So's we'll 'ave someone ter fight da Snakebites!

>>16750227
We need to do terminators and vehicles.

I think that they should have only 4-5 terminator suits for the whole chapter. Heavily modified to carry a lot of firepower or something. Maybe Terminator Revolver for a sidearm and non-attached assault cannons with dual powerfists.

>>16750243
Its because

Spoilers!

No one fucking likes Necromundia

>>16750269
Now Cowboy Ork freebooters WOULD be awesome.

>>16750280
vehicals are done.

Tanks are modeled after the Wild Wild West tanks, defilers are used as well. Pre Heresy dreads passed down over generations, Regular dreads as well. Only a few of them. Rhinos look like the lead car of old coal trains.

>>16750300
I'll update the list then.

What we doing for terminators and power weapons?

Has any of this been archived? I'm liking what I'm reading and hate for it to die after this.

Also, Sergio Legion should be the High Gothic name.

>>16750324
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html

Yes I archived it.

I'll also add the Sergio Legion to the list for high gothic.

Anyone want to make a 1d4chan page?

>>16750095
I was boooooooorn

Six gun iiiin my haaaaaand

Behiind a guu-uun

I make my fiiinal staaaaaa-aaa-aaand

quick color scheme

>>16750354
Eh, I don't like it, just doesn't feel cowboy.

Also can you move the seal to the other side?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGmUsJvRv7U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgI5DMVegIk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgvxu8QY01s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYV-JSjpyU

Some music relevant to the thread

>>16750300
So they are using non-chaos defilers?

>>16750354
Looks too gold. Make the color more neutral.

>>16750354
Needs a hat.

All I have in my head is a Sister of Battle convent singing Ecstasy of Gold. This Order could also be more explosives-oriented than other groups of the Sisterhood. Their more advanced Rhinos could be outfitted with drills, for helping to mine the promethium which fuels their obsession.

>>16750399
Here, some ones with more entropy and futility and helpless rage. Pardon the crap recordings, there really aren't enough good ones of Utah Philips' songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKCWiPwBK3E&t=0m32s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlTLa8Sx_7o&feature=related
Man, nobody puts the right amount of rage into the "I know someday I'll be just the same" verse.

Bump for the bump god

>>16750655
Do not ask what creature screams in the night.
Do not question who waits for you in shadow.
It is my cry that wakes you in the night
And my body that crouches in shadow.
I am autosage
And you are the puppet
That dances to my tune.

>>16750676
FOUL BEAST!

Anyone want to archive?

>>16750227
THIS.
OH GOD THIS.
THE LONE STAR.