My thought process

My decision to paint my space marines as Ultramarines was a bit of a surprise to a few of my friends in our gaming group (let along playing 40k, and not choosing something like Necrons). They questioned my choice as they called the Ultramarines the good guys and why I would want to do them when I could do something cool like Dark Angels or really anything else.

So why did I choose Ultramarines you may ask.

I like blue. It is my favourite colour. Not much more to it other than that. All of my miniature armies (except my Protectorate of Menoth, which was fully painted when I acquired it) have blue in them in some capacity, so it made sense to continue with that. My Kings of War undead army has all their cloth a light blue. My Kings of War dwarf army all their tabards are blue (and berserkers have blue hair). My Kings of War twilight kin (or elf depending on how the rules end up) are mostly purple, but their trims of their robes and armour have a rich blue to them.

So there you have it, I like blue. There was no real reason for me not to choose Ultramarines, as I had next to zero knowledge of the lore of 40k, and most pictures were of the Ultramarines that I had seen, so to me a space marine should be blue.

The bases are something that I felt should contrast with the blue of the power armour, so I went with a nice Martian colour (base in Khorne Red, Martian Ironearth, some Stormvermin Fur, more Martian Ironearth, Tau Ochre). It is fast and simple, just like how I painted my Ultramarines since I don't believe in playing with bare plastic.

Next time I will show off an early picture of an HQ unit in my army, talk about my paint colours and soon detail my first battle!