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Re: RTB1 Space Marines WIP

Posted by MortiS-the-Lost on Nov 30, 2011; 1:02am
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/RTB1-Space-Marines-WIP-tp7037446p7045270.html

RobertTheDamned wrote
Awesome work so far dude, go for CF though...that'd look awesome.
Yes I think Crimson Fists shall be my chapter

RobertTheDamned wrote
Come to think of it I've got a bunch of Space Crusade dudes and weapons floating about somewhere that you can have if you'd like.


... er ... I mean - yes that would be cool

RobertTheDamned wrote
I've just had a quick check and I can't find them mentioned in any of the RT books I have (ie rulebook and all the WD compendium books). Obviously they were mentioned and shown in the 2nd Ed books but I'd not be surprised if they were invented for SC, none of the other chapters at the time were in such bright primary colours.
Yes, my own research seems to indicate the same.
Which makes me think yellow Spacemarines may have been a game design decision; Blue and Red plastic are obvious choices for 'player pieces', Ork and Gretchin Pieces had to be Green plastic so Yellow plastic seems the next obvious choice (note that the only common plastic colour not used in the Space Crusade boxed game is Bone). Also I believe Dark Angels were still Black around this time, so there would have been very few choices for a 3rd colour of SpaceMarines (see the Rogue Trader chapter list somewhere above here)

Talking of Green plastic; the Green RTB1 marines are still a mystery ...
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