After the Horus Heresy, the loyal Space Marine Legions were split into smaller Chapters of a thousand Space Marines, in order to prevent any one person from being able to control so many troops ever again. Over time, the number of chapters has grown, and is said to number a thousand.
This is a pictorial list of the chapters named by Games Workshop in official texts, and does not include any "home grown" chapters, though it does include the Chaos Marine Legions and Renegade chapters.
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Mantis Legion
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(Mantis Warriors)
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Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, pgs. 34-35
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Marauders
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How to Paint Space Marines, pg. 81
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Marines August
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Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters, pg. 67
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Marines Errant
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Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, [Help]
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Marines Errantor
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Chapter Approved 2001, [Help]
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Marines Exemplar
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Marines Malevolent
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Codex: Armageddon, Armageddon Imperial Forces (accessed 2007.02.18)
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Marines Penitent
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Warhammer: Visions 12, pg. 97 - Lords of War Warhammer: Visions
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Masters of Proteus
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Marines Vigilant
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Games Day UK 99 program
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Mentor Legion
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(Mentors)
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Metamarines
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Space Marine Chapter Gallery (accessed 2007.02.18)
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The Metatron
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Warhammer Community - Kill Team: Johan Egerkrans’ Deathwatch (accessed 2023.07.04)
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Minotaurs
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Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, [Help]
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Mortifactors
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]Codex: Armageddon, Armageddon Imperial Forces (accessed 2007.02.18)
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Name
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Notes
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Panthers
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Chapter Approved 2001, [Help]
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Patriarchs of Ulixis
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Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 141
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Penitents
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Chapter Approved 2001, [Help]
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Praetors of Orpheus
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Punishers
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade Chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Purgators
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Chapter Approved 2001, [Help]
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Purge, The
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade Chapters
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Insignium Astartes, [Help]Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Pyre, The
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Renegade chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), [Help]
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Name
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Notes
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Rainbow Warriors
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Space Marine Chapter Gallery (accessed 2007.02.18)
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Rampagers
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Insignium Astartes, pg. 57
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Raptors
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also "Raptor Legion"
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Raven Guard
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Raven’s Watch
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White Dwarf 41 (2014), pg. 47
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Reborn, The
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Red Consuls
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The World Engine (Novel), Chapter 1, pg. 14
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Red Corsairs
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(Tiger Claws, Astral Claws)Renegade Chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Red Hunters
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Insignium Astartes, pg. 59
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Red Legion
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Red Scorpions
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Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, [Help]
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Red Talons
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Red Templars
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Insignium Astartes, pg. 52
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Red Wolves
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Insignium Astartes, pg. 61
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Redeemed
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Chapter Approved 2001, [Help]
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Redemptors
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Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition), French Edition, pg. 9
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Relictors
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Renegade chapters
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Codex: Eye of Terror, pg. 16
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Retractors
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Chapter Approved 2001, [Help]
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Revilers
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Insignium Astartes, pg. 59
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Rhetors
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Chapter Approved 2001, [Help]
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Name
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Notes
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Sources
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Sable Swords
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Salamanders
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Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, [Help]
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Sanctified, The
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade Chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Scythes of the Emperor
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Scourged, The
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
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Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) Revised Edition, pg. 50
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Silver Eagles
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Chapter Approved 2001, [Help]
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Silver Guard
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The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book), [Help]
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Silver Guards
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Renegade Chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Silver Skulls
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Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, [Help]
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Skull Bearers
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Insignium Astartes, pg. 60
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Skulltakers
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formerly Beserkers of Kharadon Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Skyrar's Dark Wolves
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade Chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Solar Hawks
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Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 38
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| No picture
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Sons of Antaeus
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Chapter Approved 2004, [Help]
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| No Picture
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Sons of Gideon
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Games Day UK 99 program
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Sons of Guilliman
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Insignium Astartes, pg. 61
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| No Picture
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Sons of Hate
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Sons of Horus
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Chaos Space Marines
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), [Help]
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Sons of Jaghatai
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How to Paint Space Marines, pg. 96
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Sons of Malice
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), [Help]Codex: Eye of Terror, [Help]
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Sons of Medusa
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Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, [Help]
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Sons of Orar
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Sons of Vengeance
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Renegade Chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Soul Drinkers
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Renegade Chapters
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[Help]
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Space Sharks
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Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, [Help]
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Space Wolves
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Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, [Help]
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Star Dragons
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Insignium Astartes, pg. 61
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Star Leopards
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[Help]
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Star Phantoms
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Chapter Approved 2001, [Help]
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Star Scorpions
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[Help]
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Steel Brethren
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade Chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Steel Cobras
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), [Help]
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Steel Confessors
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Games Day & Golden Demon 2005 Review - The Arena (archive page) (Full-sized Steel Confessors Space Marine, images not archived; last accessed 21/04/2019)
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Stone Hearts
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Warhammer 40,000 Chapter Approved - The Book of the Astronomican, [Help]
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Storm Callers
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Insignium Astartes, pg. 55
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Storm Giants
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Insignium Astartes, pg. 61
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Storm Hawks
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Storm Lords
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Insignium Astartes, pg. 53
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Storm Reapers
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Dark Imperium (Game), Primaris Space Marines, pg. 15 — Defenders of Humanity
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Storm Warriors
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Insignium Astartes, pg. 60
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Storm Wings
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Subjugators
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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Swords of Khargoth
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade Chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Name
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War Bearers
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Insignium Astartes, [Help]
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| No Picture
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Warhawks
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possibly lost during the Black Crusade of Doombreed
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[Help]
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Warmongers
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Insignium Astartes, [Help]
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Warp Ghosts
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), [Help]
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Warrior Adepts
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Insignium Astartes, [Help]
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| No Picture
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Warriors of Aggannor
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Warriors of Mayhem
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Chaos Space Marines/Renegade Chapters
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Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Warriors Tempest
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Chapter Approved 2001, [Help]
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White Consuls
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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White Minotaurs
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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White Panthers
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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White Scars
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Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, [Help]
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White Templars
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How to Paint Space Marines, [Help]
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| No Picture
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Wolf Brothers
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Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), [Help]
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Word Bearers
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Chaos Space Marines
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Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) Revised Edition, pg.41
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World Eaters
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Chaos Space Marines
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Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) Revised Edition, pg.45
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Wrathhost
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White Dwarf 475, pg. 70 — Flashpoint: Nachmund - Wardens of the Gauntlet
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This article or article section is based on information included with miniatures showcased in Warhammer: Visions. These showcases regularly featured miniatures submitted with written content by the hobbyist that made them and, as such, their content may or may not be in contradiction to established background lore.
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