Datasheet Cards: Space Marines
The Space Marines of the Adeptus Astartes are Humanity's greatest defenders – genetically enhanced post-human warriors raised to know no fear, armed and armoured with the best wargear the Imperium can provide.
The Space Marines of the Adeptus Astartes are Humanity's greatest defenders – genetically enhanced post-human warriors raised to know no fear, armed and armoured with the best wargear the Imperium can provide.
The most heroic battle-brothers in a Space Marine company often form an elite retinue, sworn to fight alongside their Captain. These specialists provide vital support as honour guards and aides – Company Champions defend their Chapter's honour with martial excellence, Ancients guard its inspirational banners, and Company Veterans lay down hails of fire from relic bolt weapons.
Space Marine Captains equipped with jump packs can lead their warriors as the speartip of an airborne assault. Superlative warriors and inspiring leaders, they thrive at the very forefront of battle, executing ingenious strategies that employ fury and mobility to devastating effect.
Intercessors equipped with powerful jump packs soar over the battlefield, slamming into the foe like a hammer from the skies. They swiftly cut down all opposition with point-blank pistol fire and furious slashes from their chainswords, before launching off to engage the next target.
Chaplains rouse Space Marines to war with their litanies of faith, and never is this spiritual fortification more vital than amidst the blood and horror of boarding actions and beachhead strikes. Thus, Chaplains are trained to wear formidable Terminator armour so they can fight alongside veteran battle-brothers in the heaviest combat.
Desolation Marines specialise in unleashing widespread devastation throughout the enemy ranks. Whether direct-firing warheads into massed infantry and enemy armour, or raining down arcing salvoes with their airbursting castellan launchers, these warriors reap a grievous toll amongst the foe.
Space Marine Lieutenants are experienced tacticians, keen strategists, and highly skilled warriors. Experts in all the lethal weaponry of the Space Marines, they bellow orders and coordinate their brothers’ attacks even as they strike at the foe with their own arsenal of powerful weapons.
Sternguard Veterans possess an unshakeable calm and are renowned amongst their brothers for their exemplary marksmanship in the fiercest battles. Proficient in all of the Chapter’s ranged weaponry, they can always be found where their pinpoint volleys will best shatter the foe.
The Brutalis Dreadnought is a line breaker and a terror weapon – a bipedal combat walker, armed for close combat and piloted by a fallen hero of its Chapter. This hulking war machine lays down a hail of covering fire as it storms towards the enemy lines, but the greatest threat lies in its massive arms. Mounted with crushing fists or ceramite-sheathed talons, these can crush an armoured warrior like spoiled fruit or punch through a bunker wall like parchment.
The Adeptus Astartes know no fear, which explains why their armour is painted with bold heraldry and markings. These dice will fit right in with your miniatures, featuring a blue and silver colour scheme.
Librarians are the battle-psykers and lore-keepers of the Space Marines, and when clad in Terminator armour lend a lethal psychic edge to their elite infantry spearheads. Whether in gruelling boarding actions, ferocious urban combat, or a stand against overwhelming enemy numbers, these psychic juggernauts carve a path with powerful empyric blasts and unnatural foresight.
Vashtorr is the Soul Forge King, a daemonic demigod of unrestrained invention and abominable artifice. When the Arkifane takes physical form, it is as a horror of pallid flesh stretched over infernal mechanisms, soaring to battle amidst a cloud of lightning and smog. Vashtorr deals destruction with every whirring step, unleashing techno gheist curses upon his foes even as he fashions enhancements for his indentured daemon engines from the raw stuff of realspace.