Hey everyone, and welcome back to Rites of Battle, and to the first official installment of my newest series, Lex Verum Astartes. For those of you who haven't brushed up on your Latin, or are too lazy to hit up the Google Translation... this title roughly translates to "The True Warriors Project." The goal of this series is to stop wishing that Space Marines were more like their fluff, and try my hand at making it a reality.
As one may expect, there are a lot of elements which require attention to make the shift from the currently existing Games Workshop interpretation of the Space Marine on the tabletop into that which we fans of the Space Marines want from them after reading any of the Black Library novels. Breaking these elements down into manageable categories, the project I have in mind will focus on three major components...
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