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Hmm. . . taking a trip down memory lane has brought many nice memories.
I think the first time I saw a beakie space marine was in Dragon Magazine I think. ?It wasn't a GW publication and I spent my junior year in High School drawing beakie marine battles everywhere I went and didn't know anything about them. ?A friend of mine gave me my first two beakie marine minis which were metal, but I painted them up as Colonial Marines in power armor for our custom Aliens game we made. ?Yeah, I can't remember who made them, but someone released some excellent Aliens minis based on the movie and we bought a lot of them.
Anyway, When I finally picked up rogue trader, I tried to make my marines as Dark Angels, but the green back then didn't work for me and I jumped to the Ultramarines. ?I have been primarily an Ultramarine boy since even though they are turning into the more boring of the marine chapters. . . ?
When I discovered AT, well, that just blew my socks off and I made a huge Ultramarine Army, as well as a rival Sons of Horus/Emperor's Children army. ?Man, those were the days. ?I had friends get into the other Chapters so we all had our own favorite until the other armies followed. ?After that, I think only two of us ever stuck with the marines period; everyone went on to Chaos, Squats, etc.
I think my favorite model back then was a custom Land Raider I made with Horus himself halfway out of the hatch. ?Custom banner as well. Horrible by today's standards, but at the time no one had seen anyone do that back then.
I guess if I were to make my own Chapter today, I think I could make something along the lines of the Ultramarines only much more noble-like. ?Maybe some kind of divine-like angle symbol. ?Honor, respect, justice, sacrifice, and all that BS. ?I like dark secrets and I'll always like the Dark Angels, but **If I was actually in a Chapter, I would want it to be a just/noble one I guess**. ?That may shock some of you. ?
I wish the 1st Company of the Ultramarines did something other than wear white helmets. I think with my own chapter the uniforms would be highly decorative anyway, but you would also know a veteran or a hero when you saw one. They would almost have a aura around them, something of a awe I guess. Usually spending their time guiding the younger marines, but when the company came together as a whole it was serious business. I also think a military unit of 1000 is so unfeasible that I'd have to give mine some extras. Maybe instead of being a chapter with some splinters, they all form togther under this one during times of need. Like five chapters worth, you mess with one you mess with them all. Maybe I should work on this.
I loved the Emperor's Children back in the AT days, although today I think Black and Pink has got to go. ?I don't like any of their models either, so it's a bit of a disappointment. ?I don't like the fact that the Son's of Horus name isn't still around either. ?To hell with that prissy Abaddon, nothing is better than the original! 
Man, those were the days. . .
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