User blog:Supahbadmarine/Cream of the Astartes Crop

Have any of you ever gotten frustrated with the sheer number of Space Marine Chapters and Warbands that are pretty much there to fill space? I know I have. I finally got ticked enough to do something about it. So I went through every Non-Legion Astartes Chapter and Chaos Warband on our sister site, and I compiled a list of the ones that stood out somewhat (still a mighty big list). I didn't necessarily have solid criteria for my judgement, so if i missed your favorite or something you will have to forgive me. Also I counted the Warbands that split from their parent Chaos Legion as their own. Those Chapters and Warbands that are marked with a * are those I felt particularly stood out amongst their peers. Enjoy!

Loyalists

 * Angels Encarmine
 * Angels Sanguine
 * Angels Vermillion
 * Angels of Absolution
 * Angels of Redmption
 * Angels of Vengeance
 * Angels of Vigilance
 * Aurora Chapter
 * Avenging Sons
 * Black Consuls
 * Black Dragons*
 * Black Templars*
 * Blood Drinkers
 * Blood Ravens*
 * Blood Swords
 * Brazen Claws
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Carcharodons/Space Sharks*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Celestial Lions*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Consecrators
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Crimson Fists*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Dark Hands
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Dark Hunters
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Death Spectres
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Death Strike
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Disciples of Caliban
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Doom Eagles*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Doom Warriors
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Eagle Warriors
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Emperor's Warbringers
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Excoriators*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Executioners*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Exorcists*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Fire Angels
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Fire Hawks/Legion of the Damned*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Fire Lords
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Flesh Eaters
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Flesh Tearers*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Genesis Chapter
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Guardians of the Covenant
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Hammers of Dorn*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Hawk Lords
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Howling Griffons*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Imperial Harbingers
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Invaders
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Iron Fists
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Iron Knights
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Iron Snakes*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Knights of Blood
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Knights of the Raven
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Lamenters
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Mantis Warriors*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Marines Errant*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Marines Exemplar
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Marines Malevolent
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Mentor Legion*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Minotaurs*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Mortifactors
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Nova Marines
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Praetors of Orpheus
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Raptors*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Reclaimers*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Red Hunters
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Red Scorpions*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Relictors*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Revilers
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Sable Swords
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Scythes of the Emperor*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Shadow Wolves
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Silver Skulls*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Sons of Dorn*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Sons of Guilliman
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Sons of Medusa*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Sons of Orar
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Soul Drinkers*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Star Dragons
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Star Phantoms*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Steel Confessors*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Storm Giants
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Storm Lords
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Storm Wardens*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Subjugators
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">White Consuls*

Chaos

 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Apostles of Contagion*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Beasts of Annihilation
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Berzerkers of Skallathrax
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Blood Disciples
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Blood Gorgons*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Children of Purgatos
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Company of the Shadow
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Dark Tusks
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Dragon Warriors*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">The Faithless*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Flawless Host*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Lords of Decay*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Oracles of Change
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">The Purge*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">The Pyre
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Red Corsairs*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">The Sanctified*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">The Scourged
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Skulltakers*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Skyrar's Dark Wolves
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Sons of Malice*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Sons of Vengeance
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">Steel Brethren
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">The Tainted*
 * <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%">The Violators*