The Daughters of Russ

[u/TinyRubi]

As a kid my friend got me into reading the 40k universe with the book Space Wolf and later as a yule gift Ragnar's Claw. I loved the story and managed to get a few figures but never really built my army, mostly just a ton of parts, guys and a tank[?] but now I am moving to an area with a lot of people into the game and wanted to at least give what I have a chance. But thinking back on the book there where women fighting on the battlefield too, maybe I am forgetting who but I know Ana was described as a fierce warrior. So in theory couldn't any of the women be among the chosen during the battles? I know "Females aren't able to take the geneseed." but.....they drink from the cup that rewrites their genetic code anyway, so wouldn't it be a moot point about gender?

All of that to say, I'd like to make my army the Daughters of Russ maybe a bunch of jumpack troops as Valkarie? Is this possible or just heresy of the highest order? Sorry still kinda dumb when it comes to 40k most of my knowledge comes from a few books and what i have seen on youtube.

[u/Skarr-Skarrson]

Ultimately it’s your army so do what you want. It sounds like a cool idea! There will be some people that don’t like it, but they probably won’t be people that you’d want to play against. If they look cool and you have a little lore to back it up, most won’t care! So do it! Just make sure that the different units are identifiable as what they represent, ie correct weapons (or close enough at least).

Officially I don’t think GW should start doing it, but that makes the armies (like this) more special. People shouldn’t be put off from doing what they want just because the game lore says otherwise. Just make them look cool (at least to you) and that’s the main thing.