Which Codex?

[Mortarion]

So now that we have a few different codexes around I'm wondering which is best used to represent each legion?

I ask really as I am trying to come up with a World Eaters list and find myself torn between Codex: Space Wolves or Blood Angels, both give me an assault orientated army but I cant decide which would better suit the WE.

So I thought maybe we could get a list going on what Codex should be used to represent certain Legions.

What do you think?

[Ilmarinen]

It really depends what you want your army to look like.

You can easily use any space marine codex to make a PH/HH army, as the Legions were much larger and had more roles (eg: siege companies, recon companies, etc) than their 40k counterparts.

Using C:SW you get a more useful troop unit and you can have terminator sergeants (Iron Hands), or an all veteran army, but your assault squad option is worse. C:BA is great for an assault company or mechanised company (rhinos, predators or land raiders).

I'm using C:BA for my post-Istvaan Raven Guard, but it would be perfectly possible to use the others too.

What time frame are your World Eaters going to be?

C:BA could do a great assault-heavy army (in rhinos or land raiders for max fluff) and death company could be proto-berserkers. Same with dreadnoughts. Include Astorath for maximum savagery!

[Mortarion]

Timeframe I'm looking at is sortof mid crusade, Angron's been with them for a while so they are starting to take on more the berserker nature but with a number of "veterans" who have shunned the butchers nails implants.

I am leaning more towards C:BA as like you say I can use Death Company for bersekers and throw in a DC Dread to really add punch!

[cobra6]

I vote C:BA - that's what I use for my PH World Eaters. To me, C:BA says "all-out assault, with a marked tendency toward violent lunacy," as opposed to C:SW, which I see as "really capable infantry with customisable terminators and guys riding monstrous steeds."