Editing Beakie

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[[Image:Beakies.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Look at this fucking [[Brits|armour]]. You know you want it. (Not even [[Ultramarines|the toilet seat]] painted on it will discourage you).]]

Popular name for Space Marines (and the [[Orks]]' term for them as well), derived from the helmet shapes of [[Mark VI: Corvus Armour|Mk. VI 'Corvus' powered armour]], an earlier pattern of [[Space Marine]] armour. [[Rogue_Trader_(Sourcebook)|Looked like KNIGHTS IN SPAAAAACE.]] Now they look like [[stormtrooper#Star Wars|Stormtroopers]] on steroids. The [[Raven Guard]] has more of this pattern of armor than any other chapter, due to genetic similarities to those feathery beasts.

Also known as [[Reclaimers|Womble-Marines]] after their striking similarity to a popular British Television show of old... #Making good use of the things that we find... {{BLAM}}
Only the marines in fact occupied a small patch of grass, just down from Chewton Street Hilltop, Eastwood, United Kingdom amidst the white dog turds and bottles of White Lightning Cider until ~1998 when Games Workshop moved it's HQ to Lenton... It is believed this small patch of Eastwood green may have been the inspiration for the Rynn's World Campaign of the [[Crimson Fists]]... Nearby Coronation Park was the most likely origin of the Ork Waagh! Being a land of mushrooms and stoned skater kids.

Actually a result of games workshops' shitty [[casting|molding]] skills in the early days and later attempts to [[retcon]] old models into being acceptable.

There are some Space Marine units that apparently only use beakie helmets: [[Ravenwing]] Black Knights and Command Squad from the [[Dark Angels]], the [[Consecrators]] have full companies worth of them, and [[Mor Deythan]] from the Raven Guard (at least during the [[Horus Heresy|Horus Heresy]]).

Recently, [[Forge World]] actually put out a line of the old pre-Heresy armors, including the Corvus (Beakie) Pattern, and even older armors as well. This is far more awesome than it sounds, and the line comes with weapons accurately modeled to old [[Rogue_Trader_(Sourcebook)|Rogue Trader]] illustrations. You know those old, crappy show models you keep on your shelf to prove your [[Neckbeard]] superiority? Well, now you can actually get ''good'' versions of them, that you aren't pants-wettingly scared to play with.

'''Geedubs has put out a 30th anniversary Beakie mini!''' It also costs $30. That's a lot for just one limited-run mini, though it also comes with 40k rules for the marine and his fancy disintegration weapons, as well as (according to the video) Index Astartes: Apocrypha, which has stuff like the evolution of the Space Marines and power armor since Rogue Trader, early uniform guides, old school Horus Heresy stories, vehicles artwork, and stuff generally relevant to [[Old School Roleplaying|OLD SCHOOL ROLEPLAYING!]] https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Imperial-Space-Marine-2016

Looks like Cawl has decided that giving his Primaris Marines some chapter personality with Primaris Beakies for the Raven Guard.

Beakies are now being mass produced in plastic for the new edition of the [[Horus Heresy]] tabletop, further confirming their superiority. This has caused much [[skub]] however, as the fans are split between [[Grognard]]s who seethe at the Corvus rarity being kinda retconned, the fanboys who get hyped at every release made by GeeDubs, and people who are just glad to see the Heresy getting some attention.

==A Comparison==
For comparison's sake, let's pit the Beakies up against modern day Space Marines.

*'''Beakies...'''
**Have dicks that work.
**Are badass space cops.
**[[/tg/ gets shit done|Get shit done]].
**Are not afraid to choke a bitch.
**Betrayed the Emperor! <s>[[Wat]]</s> Oh please, like the [[Horus Heresy|Horus Heresy]] was perpetrated by [[Imperial Guard|Guardsmen]].
**Armor was apparently shit, judging by the picture.

*'''Modern Marines:'''
**[[Indrick Boreale|ARE DA SPEHSS MAHREENS! DEY ARE TEH EMPRA'S FUREH!!!]]
**Have [[Pauldrons]].
**Are comprised of about 30% [[Mary Sue]]. The remaining 65% includes [[White Scars]], [[Salamanders]], [[Iron Hands]] and [[Raven Guard]] and the other 5% [[Scythes of the Emperor|consist]] [[Crimson Fists|of these]] [[Lamenters|poor bastards]].
**Choke two bitches at once! Choke one bitch twice!
**Are basically [[Star Wars|Stormtrooper]] if they were [[Awesome]].

Was there ever any contest?

== Links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI9rMRjUYbU A video guide to Oldschool Marine models.] Predominantly features Beakie marines and their history.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Beakie_has_a_soda.jpg|A Beakie enjoys a nice cold one, like 80's action heroes did.
Image:Marineslol.JPG|[[Heresy|Excuse me, WTF are you doing]]?
Image:Watchandlearn.png
Image:Beakieshot.JPG|For the EmperoAAAAGGGHHHH
Image:Beakies 2.JPG|It's awesome, isn't it?
Image:Plush Beakie.jpg|Aren't beakies [[Dawww|Dawwwesome?]]
Image:Beakie gon choke ya.jpg|Beakie [[Dark Angels|attempting to kiss]] an [[Orks|Ork]].
File:ImperialSpaceMarine.jpg|The model that started it all
File:MK6Squad.jpg|Forgeworld
File:UpgradedRGPrimaris.jpg|Even the [[Primaris Space Marines|Primary Suemarines]] recognize their badassery
File:Getting shit done.PNG|Beakies don't screw around
File:Warhammer-Boltgun-Cover.jpg|[[Rip and tear|E1M1 intensifies]]
</gallery>

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