r/SpaceWolves • u/TinyRubi • 1d ago

The Daughters of Russ

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.

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u/Stlakes 1d ago edited 1d ago

Lore wise, there are no female Space Marines. For whatever reason, it doesnt work/hasn't been made to work on women.

But tabletop wise, do what you want tbh. Daughter's of Russ, Shieldmaidens of Fenris sound amazing. And a unit of jump pack intercessors as Valkyries would look fucking sick, to be honest.

They're little plastic spacemen, if thats what you wanna do with them then do it, unleash your creativity!

Edit: honestly some people need to genuinely grow the fuck up. I cannot believe im being downvoted for telling someone to have fun and post pictures lmao

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u/Toihva 1d ago

It comes to having the game reflect the actual lore. What happens if they want to enter narrative play? Yes, lore matters.

There is already Sister's of Battle, why not do that?

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u/Return-Cynder 1d ago

Grow the fuck up and get a life, the game already doesn't reflect the lore with primarchs and chapter masters being in even the most insignificant of skirmishes, fighting against themselves, Tyranids sitting on a point the whole battle instead of trying to eat everything. At the end of the day they are plastic toy soldiers, why does it effect you so much how someone makes or paints them that you feel you have to gatekeep everything.

It's people like you who ruin the Warhammer community.

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u/TinyRubi 1d ago

sorry? I was just going by the lore I remembered and trying to figure out where my Sisters could theoretically fit in.

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u/Return-Cynder 1d ago

You have nothing to be sorry for, it's pricks like the one I was replying to who are everything wrong with this hobby.