When I began playing Warhammer 40k I decided that I would play Space Marines. I knew little to nothing about the lore of the 41st millennium or about individual Space Marine chapters. I started painting my army Regal Blue, Ultramarines Blue, and Dwarf Bronze for the trim. I later changed the scheme from Dwarf Bronze to Boltgun Metal. I had though of changing my army over to a preexisting chapter, but I had already committed to my paint scheme so I decided that I would continue and found my own Space Marine chapter.
After much thought and a little research I settled on the name "Rune Bearers". Originally I mused with names like "The Faithful" trying to capture that zealous aspect of Space Marine lore. I even thought up "The Word Bearers" only to discover it already existed as a traitor chapter. I had already begun using rune letters to decorate my models so I decided I should capture that idea and develop it further. The runic alphabet I use comes form the works of J.R.R Tolkien. I marry both my love of Tolkien and 40k in my concept for this chapter.
The most challenging aspect of creating a chapter so far has been designing a chapter symbol. Transfer sheets included with just about every set of models are a huge advantage for decorating your models accordingly. As I don't have that luxury I'm stuck at the moment, though I have a talented friend who pledged to help.
I will post some pictures of my work, though I don't consider anything to be complete.
Glory to the Emperor,
Talagand
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