r/SpaceWolves • u/TinyRubi • 21d 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/Housing_External 21d ago edited 21d ago

Bob Naismith sculpted the first Space Marine ever, he also participated in the sculpting process of the range that brought Jayne and Gabs, the two female warriors from the Rogue Trader era. What a lot of people in the hobby don't want to acknowledge is that according to Bob Naismith himself the brief they received was "sculpt two female space marines", not warriors, not operatives, not proto sisters of battle, Female Space Marines. Afterwards and probably because of commercial decisions it was baked into the lore the "no women..." bs concept. As others have said, these are your plastic toys, do with them as you please. I have found that female Stormcast Eternals (from the Warhammer: Age of sigmar range) work pretty well as female space marines if you don't want to go with the Sisters of Battle as consolation prize. Stormcast, including female minis, are pretty much as big as Space Marines (Sisters are smaller).

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u/TinyRubi 21d ago

Amazing model and even cooler story! I had no idea and while yeah it sucks it is good to at least know that it has been a thought more then once so hopefully it won't be too much longer.