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Picture question
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Picture question

Hey guys, bit of an odd question, but I spotted a picture of the fourth company in a recent article on how the new edition's campaign system works.

This feels like the first time we've seen fourth company miniatures (barring Ventris), which is a little weird for a community article still, and I was wondering if you guys knew if these studio models had been used in pictures before (like the 500 worlds book, or in the background of ventris promo shots).

u/EasyZookeepergame845 — 27 days ago
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Hey Lore buffs,

I've been a big collector of 40k Blood Angels, but one inconsistency in their lore I haven't seen explained is how pitiful their fleet is compared to other chapters, despite the fact that it is referred to as "standard size" for a Space Marine chapter.

The Dark Angels, Space Wolves, and Ultramarines are said to have between 7-8 Battle Barges each, and a strike cruiser count of 15 (Ultramarines), 16 (Dark Angels), and 30+ (Space Wolves). Compare this to the Blood Angels' count of 2 Battle Barges and 5 Strike Cruisers, and you can quickly see that the sons of Sanguinius' fleet is a third of the listed average. (Note these are the numbers listed at the end of 7th ed 40k, before the fall of Cadia and Devastation of Baal)

I can see why the Dark Angels (entirely fleet based) and the Space Wolves (numbers between 2-3 times the size of a normal chapter) would have a larger fleet, but the Ultramarines being strictly a "by the book" chapter is telling me it is the Blood Angels that are the problem here.

Worse, there's a bit of fluff where Dante recieves the brand-new Battle Barge Baal's Fury, decides against having three powerful battle barges, and gives Bloodcaller to a successor chapter.

So what gives? Is there any lore in the BFG books that explain why a first-founding chapter like the Blood Angels shun void warfare to a near comical degree? I would have thought that a chapter with some of the most famed boarding actions would be better equipped than this.

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u/EasyZookeepergame845 — 1 month ago