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Old 21 Apr 2004, 16:22   #1 (permalink)
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Default Speculation on the deleted chapters

In the back of the codex, the list of the 1st twenty legions omits

numbers 2 and 11.

This topic is for the speculation on who they were, and any

evidence regarding who they wer ethat may have existed pre 2nd edition

*NOTE*

Deathwatch are made up of volutneers from other chapters, GK are a 2nd founding with ,

IIRC, unique geneseed, and the Legion of the Damned are the fire hawks, who were not one

of the legions, but were a 21st foudnign chapter.
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Old 21 Apr 2004, 18:44   #2 (permalink)
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I think that were

deleted due to GW not supporting them (i link that the owns that developed the idea

behinds these deletec chapter left GW before 2nd edtion came out, much like if Gav Thorpe

left, the Dark Angels might vanish)

I think one was entirely tank based (sorta

like an that every unit must a Rhino compulsory), but the rhino didn't come out

until much later. I vaguely remember a battle when I was about 5 (one of the only battles

that I watched at the age and still remember, of sorts that is) and he was using some

tank from WW2 to represent his Rhinos and tanks. But I don't know that is reliable

or not.
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2) Adeptus Custodes.


11) Rainbow Warriors.
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Old 22 Apr 2004, 10:20   #4 (permalink)
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I don't think

the Adeptus Custodes were a space marine legion, but the rainbow warriors were in fact a

true Legion. The Adeptus Custodes were a organisation of the Imperium like the Adeptus

Astartes, Ministorum and the Titan Legion.
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gold star for tyross

no the custodes are not marines thay are either just less than a marine(pre-CCG) or UBER

marines(what the CCG seems to implie) the rainbow warriors if they were a legion not a

chapter(i dunno either ive only played 10 years...) i think the ones in question

were owned by the same guy that owned malal so when he left and demanded a huge royalty

GW just stoped useing them.
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Or possibly the

Rainbow Warriors got sunk by some frenchmen.... :-\
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Old 26 Apr 2004, 15:54   #7 (permalink)
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I personally think

they dropped them because the name sucked and that no one could be asked to paint them in

the colours (or could afford all that paint).
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i wonder what

they look like... ive never seen them before... has ne one else seen the rainbow

warriors?
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Actually, Rainbow

Warriors were a darkish blue.
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A bit like the World

Eaters starting out being completely different from their gold red (or is it blood

smeared) power armour they wear now.
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