Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-24.237.80.250-20140514234612/@comment-108.20.10.252-20140519222851

I would say try to be unique. Don't write about a chapter that is seen as outcasts by other chapters or is hiding a terrible secret or something like that because is been done with the Soul Drinkers and Black Dragons etc. etc. I would also stay away from the big 1st founding chapters too as GW has them rounded up well, BUT they can make an appearance in the book which would please fans of that chapter for sure. A successor chapter would likely be better than coming up with yours.

The best place to start I think is the good old who, what, where, how, and why. Then worry about how shinny the chapter likes their shoulder pads.

I am assuming you have read a few Black Library books since you are thinking about doing this. If you want elder for example read about them in a book, not just here in the wiki, learn about how they would behave. Big is better. Be brutal. DON'T recycle a single character. And if you have Chaos Space Marines have Black Legion. Its a pet peeve of mine that they are by far the biggest CSM Legion assailing the Imperium and they are not featured as much as the other Legions in novels. IWarriors Omnibus, WBearers Omnibus, Nigh Lord series common BLegion. Also they are my favorite.