This Ultramarines project was built quickly for a tournament, so the main goal was speed without losing the cool factor. I leaned into a simple, dark blue armor tone with enough battle damage to keep everything interesting on the table. It’s quick to reproduce, forgiving to paint, and makes it slightly more interesting than the classic ultramarines look.

This is a community army project. So far, my friends have played more games with it than I did. This pleases me greatly, for some reason. The tokens are a great addition in that regards, they help remember some special rules.

The main appeal of Ultramarines, at least for me, is the special characters. So of course we have both Roboute Guilliman and Marneus Calgar in there. It helps that there were completely busted when this army was built. The Lieutenant is also a staple in every Space Marine army. The Company Heroes was my favorite of the newer Space Marines kit, but with the new Vitrix Hornor Guard release, I don’t know that they’ll see much play.

I also made a Callidus Assassin to fit with this scheme. Just because the one I had has a different base. Not only the base, but now the weapon also match the ones on the Ultramarine army.

This is first and foremost a gunline army. So we have the biggest guns available, in the form of Ballistus Dreadnoughts and Vindicators. Three of each, for good measure.

To round out this army are two utility units, the Incursors and the Infiltrators. This army is very much an optimized list (or was at the time it was built and painted anyway) so troops and more standard infantry will have to be part of a future update.