Re: Chaos Space Marine backpacks

Posted by MortiS-the-Lost on Oct 08, 2011; 4:15pm
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/Chaos-Space-Marine-backpacks-tp6872696p6872745.html

messyart wrote

But yes, just like how they made many, many strange customisations to their armour (Go look up John Blanches chaos colours illustration to get a few ideas) I can see them doing this.. Granted, the scale on which they've done it seems odd, considering they would all have come from the basic pre-heresy-style backpacks [with the funny ear-like vents..].

yea, fully understand the whims of chaos would make you alter armour in all kinds of strange ways (I love the John Blache Chaos Space Marines Conversion illustration from the Codex and have tried a few of them out over the years). Adding spikes, Runes, decorative trim, skulls, weird organic details etc.  But the extending back pack vents is a very specific thing for all the Traitors to have had happen/done to their back packs, especially considering how varied Chaos Spacemarine amour is. Having some of the Chaos Marines with this sort of thing I can understand, but all of them?  

messyart wrote

Almost as if some supreme overlord came along and said that they all have to change their packs the same way..

-"I am Horus lord of Chaos and I want you all to extend the upper vents on your back packs in some way or another so they stick out past your shoulders"
-"but  won't that make it difficult to get though doors - you know if we're on a ship or space hulk or something?
-"You dare to defy the Lord of Chaos?!"
-"no but, I'm just saying it will make it difficult to get through doors ... er ... my Lord"
-"HAVE THAT MARINE EXECUTED!!"