Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-8704612-20130425145556/@comment-7232811-20130428162251

To add to this (post heresy):

Dark Angels: dark green armour (with the exception of their first & second companies who wear bone-white & black armour respectively), primarch Lion El' Jonson, make strong use of power & plasma weaponry, are based upon monastic knights & are constantly hunting down chapter traitors known as the Fallen Angels; have specialised first & second companies as well, the Deathwing & Ravenwing respectively, the former is clad wholly in Terminator armour, & the latter is mounted upon bikes, speeders, & flyers.

White Scars: white armour with red trim, primarch Jaghatai Khan, are masters at hit & run tactics & lightning warfare, & are based upon ancient Mongolian tribes.

Space Wolves: blue-grey armour (often with wolf fetishes), primarch Leman Russ, prefer close assault, & are based upon Nordic legends & Viking warriors; notorious for being highly rebellious.

Imperial Fists: bright yellow armour, primarch Rogal Dorn, are siege specialists, & are fierce rivals of the Iron Warriors; make use of a device known as the pain glove to atone for past sins.

Blood Angels: red armour, primarch Sanguinius, utilise many assault & skyborne units, & are afflicted with a couple of gene-seed flaws, the Red Thirst (which gives an individual an insatiable thirst for blood) & the Black Rage (which drives the victim berserk to the point that they are put in units of similar Blood Angels, known as the Death company); are a sort of cross between angels & vampires, cultural wise.

Iron Hands: black armour, primarch Ferrus Manus, make use of stong assault tactics, have a strong tendency to replace their bodies with bionics.

Ultramarines: blue armour, primarch Roboute Guilliman, are generalists in terms of their tactics, are the archetypal space marines throughout the Imperium, & the ones who wrote the Codex Astartes; based upon ancient Roman & Greek culture.

Salamanders: forest green armour, primarch Vulkan, tend towards short-range fire fights & master crafted wargear (particularly flamers, meltas, & thunder hammers), & are highly compassionate towards common humans.

Raven Guard: black armour, primarch Corax, make use of guerilla tactics & unseen warfare, & make use of lots of scouts, jump troops, & drop pods.