Editing Power Armour (section)

==Power Armour of the Ruinous Powers==
The Power Armour of the Ruinous Powers are as varied and random as the [[Chaos Gods|very patrons they worship]]. Millennia of disrepair and maintenance had forced many traitor legions to scavenge for parts through raids and pillaging. Like, if you thought the Heresy Armour was a hodge podge clusterfuck, the post-Horus Heresy traitor legions make these Mark Vs look ''consistent''. This is not to say that the average Chaos Space Marine is running around butt-ass naked like a [[murderhobo]]. It just depends on the warband. 

Some much ''poorer'' and ''fractured'' warbands like the [[World Eaters]], [[Emperor's Children]] and [[Night Lords]] are caught struggling to even find a [[pauldron]] to make ends meet. But other more ''advanced'' and ''industrialised'' Chaos factions like the [[Thousand Sons]], [[Word Bearers]] and [[Black Legion]] is far more standardised as they have their own independent industrial base. Other traitor warbands like the [[Iron Warriors]] manage to even maintain a healthy pre-Horus Heresy era power armours for the sheer fact that they have a strong industrial culture and that don't lick the Warp's asshole. And then there is the [[Death Guard]], which is a special case, since their disrepair is ''intentional'' given that they are one of the better organised ones. Likewise, non-Chaos Space Marine factions like the [[Dark Mechanicum]] also maintain a strong industry in consistent power armour production and design, for a fee of course.

Nevertheless, when it comes to the Power Armour of the Traitor Legions - for the consistent ones at least - there is a distinct pattern for each one of them. Although they are unnamed and are most likely intense modifications/sub-patterns of Great Crusade-era and Horus Heresy-era armours.

===Chaos Power Armour===
[[File:ChaosAstartesArmor.png|200px|right|thumb|[[rape|I'm horny and you corpse-worshippers got the butts I CRAAAAVE]]]]
While many Traitor Marines are equipped with Marks IV or earlier (at least in the lore; if you go buy the models, almost all of them seem to have Mark VII armour, Mark III shoulder pads with Mark VI legs), Chaos power armor is often a mix-and-match setup. About the only unified feature of Chaos power armour is a distinct power pack with stabilizers on long curved fins, that still runs on solar converter core instead of fusion reactor of modern loyalist power packs. Because Chaos Marines often have to go long periods with no access to proper industrial facilities, proper maintenance and replacement parts became an issue (because a faction named ''[[Chaos|chaos]]'' [[Fail|may not be so good at logistics afterall]]) . Because of that, many subsystems in each suit of armor don't work and replacement parts come in the form of whatever they can dig up from plunder and take off of corpses after [[Orks|raiding and looting]]. Furthermore, Chaos Marines like to customize their armor with devotional iconography and personal trophies, making sure that virtually every suit of armor is personalized and none are exactly alike. Where things get even weirder is when the armor gets too steeped in Chaos and begins to twist, mutate, and turn partially organic, or had a daemon replace its machine spirit. It's quite likely that the parts of armor that don't work get replaced with warp magic, daemonic influence, or Dark Mechanicus tech-heresy.

Recent editions and artwork show senior Chaos marines with a sinister and more organic-looking power armour of Mark III through V, a look they pick up after a while either deliberately or due to the Warp's influence changing their outside look to match their corrupted souls. In the Rogue Trader Era, Chaos Power armor ''was'' organic, so this is actually a pleasant return to the old days. The Chosen models from the Dark Vengeance box set are commonly referred to as the harbringers of this new style, while the new Raptors/Warp Talons set incorporate this design, alongside the regular Raptors, whose design seems like being "metal-guilded armour, that's begun to blend together and form spikes and weird shapes", hinting of what's to come for the aging Chaos Space Marine range.

As of 2016, the non-[[Terminator armour|Terminator-armoured]] [[Thousand Sons]] are now fully equipped with modified, ornate suits of Mark IV armour, in the style of the original [[Jes Goodwin]] Thousand Son model and concept art that established their aesthetic back in the [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader|old days]]. Since most of them [[Rubric Marines|aren't really capable]] of changing out of their armour anymore, this makes their current models their most lore-friendly--and least [[neckbeard]]-[[Rage|enraging]]--incarnation yet.

And then, in 2017, GW started releasing new Death Guard Space Marines. The ugly bastards pretty much relive the original style from the old Forge World Death Guard upgrade pack (itself a throwback to Jes Goodwin's [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader|Rogue Trader-era]] Death Guard concept), decked out in rotted, space-AIDS-riddled suits of Mark 3 armour, with most sporting the classic reinforced belly plate to hold in their bloated guts and intestines.

2019 finally saw a major update to the main Chaos Space Marine line, including two new kits for the basic Chaos Marine squad (a fully monopose, set-loadout one in the Shadowspear box, and a semi-monopose standalone version with more head and weapon options a few weeks after). The new sculpts are like a less ornate version of the Dark Vengeance Chosen, mixed with the old-Mark-heavy look of the 2nd edition CSM metals, and with better proportions than both. The new Chaos Havoc kit extends this style further by adding recoil-dampening talon mutations on the boots, as well as Mk III-inspired reinforced frontal plating (although the actual suits seem to be based on Mks V and later).

In preparation for Horus Heresy 2.0 we got an "Armour through the Ages" article in White Dwarf 469 (nice), making particular note of the preferences of the remaining Cult Legions, with the World Eaters preferring Mk V and the Emperors Children hogging Mk VI (also in Line with Jes Goodwins original concepts). Thus we can conclude that once, if ever, Geedubs get's around to it we'll see Studs and Beaks galore all nice and corrupted.
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===Raptor Storm Armour===
[[File:Raptor_Storm_Armour.PNG|200px|right|thumb|So physically [[edgy]], it makes normal CSM look pedestrian.]]
A piece of power armour pattern worn exclusively by [[Chaos Raptors]]. 

Resembling heavily modified Maximus Armour, Raptor Storm Armour has gone through so much design changes and modifications that it effectively became its own thing. The Jump Packs used by Raptors are considered to always come with the armour system and are viewed as prized relics and badges of honour. Often the armour of a Raptor is modified with amplifiers and vox casters to emit terrifying sounds used to disorient their enemies, making them easier to shank, so the helmets also differed despite their wide variation; with the most consistent pattern being the addition of extra 'face grills'. ''Who'' exactly is giving them all these cool stuff is not known, although it is highly likely to be from the Dark Mechanicum.

Since Chaos Raptors consider themselves to be the ultimate predators of the battlefield, that rapidly turn their targets into giant shish-kebabs. The Raptor Shock Armor is designed to enhance this impression, [[Edgy|with their spikes and sharp edges placed everywhere.]] They differed ''a lot'' from their old models where the changes were far more drastic, such as their distinct 'screamo' helmet and cybernetic bird claws for feet.

Crunchwise, they are statistically viewed the same as standard Astartes power armour, so yeah, no screamo abilities unfortunately.

They were also shown as an armour unlock for [[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]] the Vidya for the Chaos faction.
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Chaos_Raptor_4th_Edition.jpg|<center>Old school Raptors</center>
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===Sorcerer's Power Armour===
[[File:CS_8th_ED.JPG|270px|right|thumb|Never have wearing a bath robe look this sinister.]]
The yet unnamed pattern of Power Armour that is often worn by [[Chaos Sorcerer]]s.

Like the Grey Knights, Sorcerers of the Ruinous Powers were their own specially designed mark of Power Armour to both assist in their psychic abilities and avoid getting turned into a [[Chaos Spawn|You-Know-What]] ([[FATAL|Success varies a lot]]). Each of these suits of armour are ancient, denoting their equally ancient wearers, and are marked with countless sigils of dark sorcery. Now a certain select Sorcerer Lords are known to opt in for Terminator Armour if given the chance like [[Nemeroth]], but most of them prefer the more mobile pattern of Power Armour they usually strut around in.

They are also all highly individually stylized. Not one Sorcerer looks identical to the other, even by Chaos standards. No surprise given the sheer ego-trip of these guys. If there is one thing that stayed consistent of these nerds from hell, is that most of them wore extremely....''pronounced helmets''. Like we are talking helmets with horns that make ''Dark Helmet from Space Balls'' look modest. Another consistent piece of attire is that all of them wear a robe, because you know, Space Fantasy and all that. Likewise, none of them wear a Librarian's Hood since they are already neck-deep in Chaos shenanigans, so the hood is effectively useless, and that all Sorcerer's Power Armour - as aforementioned - is covered in sigils of dark sorcery that aids them in battle (Which as you can imagine, is the complete opposite of Aegis Armour and its protective wards).

In terms of stats, they are pretty standard, so don't expect anything out of the ordinary.

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Sorcerer6th.jpg|<center>Old school Sorcerer with its infamous helmet</center>
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===Warp-Forged Armour===
[[File:AspiringChampionFleshmetal.png|200px|right|thumb|Through the fires of Hell, my [[Pauldron|pauldrons]] have mouths!]]
Warp-Forged Armour is a type of armour worn by the warriors of Chaos. It is, as its name implies, forged from the Hell Forges of the Forces of [[Chaos]]. As such, these armour are partially daemonic and, given the lack of supplies from the Traitor side, it sort of [[Count as|counts as]] a form of homegrown power armour. Warp-Forged Armour is often made by either the [[Dark Mechanicus]] or the [[Iron Warriors]], as these chaps are the only ones with the know-how in how to create and maintain these things. These armour pieces are mutated and possessed by a Neverborn and often worked in-tandem with their wearer.

One major advantage of these armour pieces is the fact that being partially daemonic, Warp-Forged Armour could heal over time, which eases the maintenance cost by a whole lot, and given that CSMs are in constant need for a diaper change, this means <u>A LOT.</u>

This daemonic armour is laden with unholy runes, allowing Champions of Chaos or Daemons wearing it to be all but immune to the blows of enemy mortals. In part of its nature, Warp-Forged Armour can be considered as the Chaos equivalent of the [[Grey Knights]] Aegis Armour. Chaos Champions and Chaos Lords who adorn these armour pieces could gain the added benefit of their armour regenerating due to it being partially daemonic.

They offer the middle ground between normal Chaos Powered Armour and Fleshmetal Armour.

Also, it’s partially daemonic. In case no one told you.

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File:Chaos_Chosens_Armour.JPG|<center>Chaos Chosens in Warp-Forged Armour</center>
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