Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition) - Codex Compliant 

Fun fact: that random mention of Calth is the inspiration for the word bearers attacking it in the later horus heresy fiction. Source: me, the less famous co-author of the original Word Bearers Index Astartes article.

A friend of mine (he was 'that' guy) converted his entire 5000pt marine army to be legion of the damned, and then couldn't figure out why nobody wanted to play him. The paintjob on all those minis was pretty good, but he was still That Guy.

"and whose primarch literally wrote the book on how to do an Astartes good" lol

"... something boring like a tactical advantage over your enemies" why can't I stop laughing at this?

Yes! Only codex I'm really looking forward to now is the video on normal imperial guard (catachan was nice, but a supplement without the base book is a bit odd). And of course, the cursed 2nd expansion set review we got teased with a while back

Ah my 1st codex. My friend got eldar. The power difference was staggering.

The 1989 Space Marine rulebook has a page-sized (so large for the time) piece of fluff about the opening stages of a battle between the Ultramarines and the Word Bearers during the Horus Heresy. The Word Bearers are described as having deployed in full strength (though that's referred to as the full chapter being on the field, as back in 1989 they were not yet commonly referred to as legions, despite them being much larger than 1,000 strong chapters during the Heresy) and the Ultramarines being implied to be deployed in a similar way. Though the choice of battlefield does not appear to be described this could be a starting point for what became the Battle of Calth. It's odd that this bit of lore was forgotten about by the time Codex Ultramarines was released in 1995. Thanks for all the content you've put out this year and I look forward to whatever you have for us in 2022! I hope it proves to be a great year for you both. 😀

The legion of them damned section is mint. The iconography/chapter marking sections used to be amazing

The colour sections of older codexes or army books are always nice to see. Even more if they show conversions (both made or how to make them)

This video mentions Marnius Calgar and NOT his writing desk made from a dinosaur! How are we going to see the return of the Dino desk unless we keep reminding people about the Dino desk?! Calgar has a Dino desk! Why? How? We don’t know! More Dino desk research must be done! I am super serial you guys

That takes me back - which has been the theme for the past couple of days since I found your channel and have been going through Codex Compliant videos whenever I've had the time, feeling all nostalgic. 2nd Ed was my gateway to 40k - I'd had a Space Hulk box earlier, but it was during 2nd that a GW store opened up here in Sydney and I wandered in to ask "Is Space Hulk still a thing?" and discovered the game it'd spun off from. Can't think what happened to my old 2nd Ed codices, I'm sure I didn't just throw them out because they're books, you can't throw out books - probably offloaded them to a second-hand bookstore after 3rd Ed came out; I've still got all my 3rd books, that was totally my era of 40k, with my Dark Eldar, my Craftworld army that I never actually managed to field because I just painted one of each aspect warrior then moved on to the next one, my Chaos army that, well, my Chaos champion, I did honestly mean to paint an army for her eventually (but she's canon!), and my female Space Marines, look gimme a break I was young and thought I was *so* original okay? Anyway, good times, and you two have really brought me back there after a long stretch of 40k being 'those books on the shelf over there', so I just have to say thanks.

2nd editions kinda weird melee rules is an understatement. Whatching you friends face as Jain Zarr charges about 20 inches, then proceeds to slaughter most of his Ork army on the first turn is a memory that'll stay with me forever.

I love those stupidly detailed descriptions of all the emblems and icons and symbols Space Marines wear. I’ve been using them on Primaris models, and they look great on the bigger marines!

I like that you could take Eldar as a support for Ultramarines, great video guys!

Side note on one of those Ork weapons that takes up an entire page to figure out: one of them rolls scatter dice using a blast template, then rolls to wound/saves/etc. Then it rolls the scatter dice again. It keeps going until you roll a misfire. While the chances are small, you could hypothetically kill every model on the table the first turn with one shot.

I loved the kind of super pedantic iconography stuff they used to put it. Very creative.

I fondly remember my mate owning this Codex, and he played Nova Marines, because the chapter colors reminded him of Blackburn Rovers. Who he was a big fan of. I today wonder if GW copied many of the English football team's colors? With Eric Cantona in mind he could as well be a Blood Angels with he's jet pack tactics to a fans face. 😂

Cc ultramarines was the actual name of my notification lmao

So, let me get this straight, if you owned Codex: Ultramarines, then by default you also owned Codex: White Scars, Imperial Fists, Iron Hands, Salamanders and Raven Guard?

Imagine Roboute Guilliman made a new codex every 2 years and charge you £40-$50 each time from 30k all the way to 40k

I'm still disappointed that this codex updated the Rhino datafax stopping Dreadnaughts riding in them.

I dont know why but it bothers me that Stubbers have become part of current Space Marine equipment, they've always been around but I've assumed they were sub standard so given to the guard/knights not marines.

Oh no, the Primarch Domain Controller has frozen! Call the techies, they need to ... Reboot Guilliman! (C'mon, I can't be the only one who says "reboot guillimaaan" out loud when they restart a server. Right?)

I was lucky enough to stumble upon your channel about a week ago, and I've really been enjoying these Codex Compliant videos :D I also really like the Objective Model Reviews, that awful Bigfoot reality show you took a gander at, as well as that WH40K VHS with the power rangers level of costume design and the immortal phrase _"The Hole Weakens"..._ x3 Thank you for keeping me thoroughly entertained, edified and educated this week!

Now the only marines left to do is Angels of Death and Chaos Space Marines, then you officially got the second Ed marines done

Yeah, that Birdemic song is the most earwormy thing that ever happened

Thinking back to my early days of 40K, the default chapter for the studio army and army was centred mostly around the Blood Angel; the Ultramarines only hit the spot light toward the end of 2nd edition.

Buhahhaha I love this!! I paint all my 9th edition Ultramarines like they're in 2nd edition. Primaris with yellow shoulder pads and red bolters. The only thing I'm missing is Goblin Green bases..

That Red Dwarf reference at 10:23 made me unusually happy.

Keep the 2nd ED stuff pumping guys It’s great too see people coming back to the golden edition 😊

"Talkie Toaster..." I understood that smegging reference.

I first dipped my toes into the hobby in late 7th edition and it is really cool and crazy to see where things came from and how things used to be! Thanks a bunch for your channel and videos! ~Cheers!

This brings back some really good (if weird) memories from the 90s. A friend of mine (who played Ultramarines) insisted on calling the UM's homeworld MacReggae, and pronouncing the Primarch's name in an exaggerated West-Indies accent. Of course we retaliated by maintaining that Captain Convictus [sic] should be confined to the stockades indefinitely, Ancient Helveticus should cease his constant yodeling, and scouts should wash their own kilts. [Note to self: as I have the bits, get to kitbashing those kilt-wearing scouts.] "Ach aye lassie and laddie, Irie."

10:22 *Grimdark voice:* _Ah, so you're a waffle man?_ Also, I adore the little Boba Fett mounted on Bulbasaur in the background. 😁

My gaming club have taken up 2ed again thanks to your videos, so if you are ever in the Copenhagen area, here is an open challenge to stop by and have some retro fun.

The best part about C: Ultras for me was that it was essentially just an expanded gear list for C: Chaos. Between the two of them you could make any sort of chapter, even if you paid a bit extra for ultra stuff sometimes (most chaos stuff was better anyway). Gave a whole "the old stuff was the good stuff" feel to the wh40k universe for me in my youth. Between the two of them you had a pretty massive allies list, so you could cherry pick stuff, or just buy stuff you liked the look of, and retool your army list to include it somehow.

Because of my distain for space marines, I like the old lore where the Ultramarines legion was a traitor legion. Those old color pictures are very nice, though. I have the 2nd edition Imperial Guard codex, and it also has a bunch of details on campaign badges, section badges, and vehicle badges. It's a nice touch that I wish GW would bring back.

I really enjoy the way the helmets look in the illustrations and 2nd edition models. They all look like constipated fish

Laughing at the opening creates a paradox, where they intended to not make a joke linking it the Christmas but did, where this video is both not and is related to Christmas

Man I'd LOVE to see a codex compliant dedicated to Legion of the Damned. That would be epic

Loved this video! I was an Ultramarine player back in 2nd ed. Persoanally, one of my favouirte things that this iteration of Ultramarines could do was upgrade any squad's sergent to a Vetran sergant, then give him Terminator armour. A scout squad led by a Terminator with lightning claws was always hilarous.

Clearly this is one of the best Ultramarine codexes, it didn't have Cato Sicarius in it!

I can't believe they named an ultramarine after a font and it's not times new roman, absolutely devestated.

Tech marines in terminator armour is still a thing in Horus Heresy, with fun rad grenades (-1 to toughness)

As someone who is a relatively new 40k fan, these codex compliants have been invaluable in understanding where the game and lore comes from. There's so little explanation out there about Warhammer that isn't about the absolute newest stuff. Happy new year!

I heartily approve of the Jazz Jackrabbit christmas outro

The greatest christmas video we could get is a video that has no relevance to christmas

Great video as always. I enjoy reading through that particular codex. Like you said, it’s so full of information on everything Ultramarine/space marines. If you ever felt like doing an entire chapter “by the book”… it’s all right there for you.

A happy New Years to you all. And. Wib? That 3rd edition Codex Space Marines cover is indeed a nod to the Rogue Trader cover art.

Here's 2022 to you, Snipe and Wib!

A new Snipe and Wib video on Retro 40k? Awesome New Years gift! 😎

Yep, I remember when Space Marines didn't need an entirely new codex every 18 months.

This was a brilliant video, loved the Bobby G skit and the "yes I am going to paint a tank" lol Happy New year :-D

I spent hours pouring over that Codex in Middle School and High School. My friends and I played 2nd edition during 2nd and 3rd edition. I had a Home Brew Chapter called Dark Phoenix . They were red with black flames. I wanted to play Legion of the Damned after seeing them in the painting guide, but when it seemed like you couldn't I just inverted the colors.

There is only ONE Grandfather! And that is Grandaddy Nurgle

New Codex Compliant *Generates Serotonin*

Ultramarines were my first ever models and army and this was my first codex, I wish I still had the codex. I read the entire thing but was completly lost as a 12 year old who hadn't read any lore before and is not english native speaking. I did wonder though if ancient helveticus name was by chance or by some design. Since Helvete is the swedish word for hell

Thanks for this year's stuff and all the rest--you guys are basically the only way I have of knowing what goes on in 40k these days!

I remember back in the day, in certain corners of the internet, this codex was still cherished.

Love the shout out to Birdemic! Another amazing video.

The Eldar Codex of same era had rules for Exodites..😁 Eldar with Dinosaurs for Snipe!!

4:19 Phew... i wasn't only one doing that 😂

I think that 'oppps, we missed the Heresy' background was justification for them being one of the largest intact Chapters post-Heresy, thereby also justifying why the Ultramarine organisation was 'default'.

Bulba-Fett in the beginning is adorable.

YEEEEEEEESSSSS. I would like to apologize if this message would be considered like one of the chuds. But I have been paying tribute to the Green Fairy all night, I just wanted to make sure y’all know that I highly enjoy y’all’s videos that you put out. I am probably going to have to rewatch this one but even in the first couple of seconds on my first watch I know it will be a good watch. Hope y’all had a great New Years.

All that sunburst yellow. So glorious to look at but so difficult to paint well 😅

It's a Christmas miracle! I love this series, great job yall!

Snipe and Wib the gift that keeps on giving

0:01 Automatic like for Six seconds of love T-shirt

There's a Batman head in the M of Compliant and I can't unsee it now.

Ultramarines had their own codex? Wild.

Still a bit christmassy tbh - Ultramarines top lad Girlyman is has a lot in common with another seasonally appropriate GW-owned intellectual property... Thats right, Jesus. Generally being a nice chap, father issues, came back to life, questionable relationship with Yvraine/Mary Magdalen) and i've never see them in the same room. coincidence? i think not. Happy birthday Roboute.

Captain Titus got taken away at the end of Space Marine by the Inquisition, got demoted to Lieutenant and returned as a Primaris Ultra Marine by Space Marine 2.

Two minutes in and thank you for mentioning that. Ultras beem representing for a long time. I remember reading that book after the Angels of Death codex and having a "ohhh I get it now" moment. Been a fan of space Romans ever since. Also, tyranids in 2nd Ed. Loved the book...couldn't even hope to buy models to field and army 😆 Then 3rd Ed and I was Dark Eldaring it up!

The Legion of the Damned Chapter. Unknowable. Mysterious. Appearing when the need for the Imperium is the greatest and then dissapearing without a word. But by Guilliman's beard they are codex-compliant. I mean they aren't savages like the Wolves. You think some inquisitor spent about 50 years trying to figure out is they followed the codex or not.

You sneaky folks, getting this one literally on the last day of the year. Appreciate it.

Beardy ultramarine tactics. you could give a sargent of any squad terminator armour even with the rest of the squad in power armour. And 2nd edition rules meant you targeted and killed the closest target of a squad member first. So...... 10 man devestator squad 4 heavy weapons and a Sarge out front soaking up every bullet and shot. 2nd Beardy army tactic which was useful for take and hold or survival type missions. Take captain Invictus in term armour and a term squad. He allows every terminator to havev a wargear card. Take a team of thunder hammer terminators and an energy field of some sort or wargear for each squad meember and you have terminators rolling on 2d6 3+ save (modifiable) and a 4+ unmodified on 1d6 and ANOTHER 3,4,OR5+ unmodified 1d6 armour save!

Granpa Guilliman brought me some very warm tactical socks!

On the back of every space marine individual chapter codex from this era I think they call every chapter ferocious specifically. Correct me if I’m wrong though which is entirely possible.

happy new year, and thanks for all the great content! (p.s. who knew that the jazz jackrabbit score had such a bop? not me)

My brain has connected Bobby G standing around a bit during the Heresy has connected with Father Ted and he's Dougal now. That's cast iron, black belt, weapons grade Lore now.

Its crazy for me to think that I was actually alive and cognicent for Second Edition to exist. Mind you I was stupid stupid young, but I SWEAR I remember seeing models exactly like that being played on a tabletop when my dad took me to the game store to go buy something for himself. If his story is anything to go by I attempted to eat a Terminator.

Skulls for the Skull Toaster!

Let me just say that 2nd edition is far superior to the modern editions, not in balance, not in the competitive scene, but in the heart of what 40k is; A wonderful narrative universe. And the 1 page rules for weapons is something that should be embraced, rather than looked down upon - during play they cause memorable moments that last for decades.

Just a quick quibble, there was actually a Legion of the Damned model pre 2nd Edition.

At least Grandfather Guilliman brings better gifts than Grandfather Nurgle.

I’m having a bit of a blue holiday season so this works for the holiday video

Strange little fact: The skulls on the inside of the codex were painted by Wayne England who was a regular artist for Games Workshop as well as d&d and Magic the Gathering.

Ah, the space spurfs as one of my gaming group called them when I was a teenager back in the 90s

Thank you for the smiles in a very dark time, wishing you a happy new year.

These literally make my day when you upload them!

Actually, there was a complete and original release (in box) of Hero Quest under the tree for me

I think bobasaur might be my new favourite Pokémon

Yeah. Ultramarines. Y’all are so cool

*Sings* Ultramarines live longer with Calgar! Thank you for the nod, I guessed this codex was coming and thought it was a useful bit.

Yup #1 that’s for damn sure!!

Unrelated side note, I still appreciate the decision to go the supplement route with the most recent codex. Sure it means owning 2 books, but it does standardize a lot of thing that we're frequently a bit chaotic rules wise. Not to mention that it gives a more in depth lote and color scheme for that specific chapter

Have a good -22! You guys are great.

I’ve been waiting for this for a looooonnngggg time!

I was just painting Marneus Calgar and the Victrix Guard. Coincidence I don't think so...