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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

– Sly Marbo, as depicted in TTS

"We're like animals. It's in the blood. It's natural. Peace? That's an accident. It's what is. When you're pushed, killing is as easy as breathing."

John Rambo.
I'm a lead farmer motherfucker!

Sly Marbo in a nutshell.

Sly Marbo (Sly as in Sylvester Stallone, Marbo as in an anagram of Rambo, with a recent dash of Arnie and Snake Plissken) is a renowned member of the Catachan Jungle Fighters, however, he operates separately from other Catachan units as he's a lone wolf almost all the time. One of two people to ever win a Paradox poker match at the Chaos Casino.

Marbo in Universe[edit | edit source]

As RAMBO a Catachan native, the jungle is his element, and he is capable of buttfucking entire armies through his innate skill at jungle and guerrilla warfare. He strikes from seemingly nowhere and disappears back into the dense jungle. He is famous for his excellent sniping skills (Which make a Vindicare Assassin look like an Ork) and is considered to be one of the deadliest Humans in existence; not bad for a Guardsman...

Mysterious and aloof, little is known about Marbo's origins, and most of what is said remains speculation. Only his bro, Colonel Traupman (totally not Trautman from the Rambo films) knows the truth of his past. Marbo is so majestically ripped, that his fellow Jungle Fighters compare him to a small Ork, to the point that his muscley bulk is considered almost inhuman, oh and his eyes are scary as all fuck.

It is said that he was one of ten brothers inducted into the Catachan XII Regiment, but they all ended up getting killed by Orks. Pissed off that he had lost his Bruva Marbos, Sly hunted down the Ork Warboss, killed him, and strode on back to base with his head.

Marbo then gained renown as one of the few survivors of the Dark Eldar incursion of Galabad. The small garrison of Jungle Fighters stationed on the planet was too few in number compared to the hordes of xenos, and was soon overrun. Many historians recount the horrific details of long, dark nights of torture, in which the Catachan prisoners were dismembered whilst Wyches and Mandrakes bathed in the blood of their victims (kinky). It was Marbo's boi, Colonel Traupman who led the rescue force that eventually found Sly: the mad bastard was standing alone and armed only with a knife, covered from head to toe in alien blood. Marbo had prepared for his pal's arrival though, as he was surrounded by destroyed vehicles, piles of alien bodies and had even bothered to put the head of the Dark Eldar leader on a fancy stake. What a nice guy!

Marbo's exploits have gotten to the point where regular Guardsmen practically worship his holy Rambo-ness. Good ol' Sly has fought his way from one end of the galaxy to the other attached to various Catachan regiments, including the famed badasses, the Catachan II. Here Sly works alone: Straken only needs to give him the order and he will turn enemy leaders into lasagne, break the back of enemy advances, and blow the fuck out of enemy war machines. On Pardus, it is said that he destroyed a Tau armored convoy by booby-trapping an entire ravine, while on Sask's World he captured a command post single-handedly, slaying the alien leader and all of its tentacled bodyguards, using only his BARE HANDS and a RATION TIN! It is said that during the Octavius War Marbo hunted Lictors for sport. That aside, Marbo has a collection of medals that would rival a Warmaster, having been awarded the Star of Terra multiple times for his legendary exploits (The Star of Terra is the IG's Medal of Honor/Victoria Cross).

On the planet of Nordassa, Marbo destroyed a BANELORD FUCKING TITAN. Nobody knows how, because the pussies at Segmentum Command decided to make the details of his mission highly classified, even on his own file. He probably wrecked it simply by pissing in its general direction.

During Rambo II the Third War for Armageddon, Sly fucking Marbo was sent out to get shit done against the Orks. Normally, entire warbands of elite Assassins and soldiers would venture into Armageddon’s wastelands. But everyone knew that Marbo don't need that shit, so they sent him out on his own.

At the start of Rambo III the 13th Black Crusade, Marbo began his own shadow war against the enemies of the Imperium. Marbo wrought so much havoc using well-placed headshots and improvised explosives that entire encampments full of Chaos Space Marines were found destroyed. The destruction was on such a scale that Imperial forces figured it could only have been caused by a force of loyalist Spehss Marines, eventually finding out that it was Sly fucking Marbo, alone and doing what he does best.

If you consider If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech Device canon, then there is a spinoff where Vulkan and Corvus Corax take a vacation, and learn from Colonel Straken and the Catachan II why Marbo was so powerful: He's actually a Living Saint. He was so fucking awesome alone that he achieved apotheosis, however, unlike that of the kinds of Saint Celestine, he rejected all the blatantly Christian parts of angel wings, halos and doves because they were too unmanly for his presence (but he won't judge any men that do, cause he is a bro like that, not holding anything inherent against anyone except Erebus but that goes without saying). Marbo and the Catachans abhor such fabulous pretentiousness, for they were born and made to survive in the worst, poorest and dirtiest of conditions, and adorning such elements of fabulous wealth is hypocrisy, and a betrayal against their native roots.

Marbo in Game[edit | edit source]

Marbo is an Elites unit choice for the Imperial Guard even though he's the quiet type and can't take a warlord trait (HQs secret weapon?). In 9th edition he is still a force to be reckoned with, albeit not the OP meme character some of us know.

9th edition[edit | edit source]

Name M WS BS S T W A Ld Sv Points PL
Sly Marbo 6 2+ 2+ 4 3 5 5 7 5+ 50 3
Weapon Range Type ROF S AP D Abilities
Ripper Pistol 12 Pistol 3 5 -2 2 Ignores Look Out, Sir. Unmodified wound rolls of 6 inflict 1 additional mortal wound.
Envenomed Blade 1 Melee 5 +2 (6) -2 1 Increase D to 2 against non-vehicle models.
Frag Grenade 6 Grenade D6 (3.5) 3 0 1 Blast

Abilities[edit | edit source]

  • Hidden Ambush: Sly Marbo can Deep Strike. On the turn he Deep Strikes, he can re-roll charge rolls.
  • Like Fighting a Shadow: Once per battle, at the end of any fight phase, Sly Marbo can disappear. If he does, remove him from the battlefield. At the end of your next Movement phase he deep strikes in (but doesn't re-roll charge rolls).
  • Loner: Sly Marbo can never have be your Warlord (cuz he's mooooooody).
  • Regimental Tactics
  • catachan, melta mine, sly marbo: Can use the Melta Mine stratagem and gets +3 to the roll when using the Vicious Traps stratagem.

Previous editions[edit | edit source]

In 5th edition he used to cost the same amount as the current Marbo at 65 points (so the same as a 10-man squad of Guardsmen with a grenade launcher and power weapon) but took a hiatus in 6th, no doubt fighting xenos scum in the corner of the galaxy. He returned (as in more than just in SW:A) as of 5/4/17 for 7th. In 5th Edition, he used to have a demo charge to toss an S8 AP2 pie plate of death on a unit upon his arrival. That's how he would usually make his 65 points back. His 25 point incarnation loses the demo charge and instead gained the ability to "booby trap" 3 pieces of terrain, making them dangerous terrain for enemy units for the duration of the game. His method of gaining his points back is to hope that someone dies on the terrain or that he manages to kill a couple of models with his pistol or in CC.

If you were able to strike him into enemy lines, Sly would inevitably die because your opponent would really want him dead due to the threat he posed against infantry. Marbo, however, IS the shit. His knife was 2+ poisoned, and his pistol was Strength X, AP3 with Sniper, and carried a melta bomb as standard, he was pretty good at assault and shooting (although his shooting attack was somewhat short-ranged, so you're better off charging the enemy lines) and would invariably wreck some expensive squad's day before he dies a glorious death, assuming he got close, due to his 5+ FNP, Stealth, Move Through Cover, Hit and Run and Fleet, and the special rules "He's Behind You", "Like a Shadow" and "Master of Ambush" allowed him to charge out of cover to strike into the enemy lines, unleash SIX ATTACKS (4 standard, +1 on the charge, +1 for having two weapons) AT I5 onto whichever poor SOB is in his sights, then disengage and RETURN TO RESERVES to strike from the shadows once again. If he ever DOES die, reality will stop for a brief moment and The Emprah will be heard to shout "What's wrong? Sly? Sly? SLYYYYYYYY!" (what really happens is he is dead, in pretend, and then slips back into the jungle to strike at his foe at a later date...)

Marbo in Novel[edit | edit source]

Marbo appeared in the novel Deathworld. In the novel, the main characters, though in a squad of 10, were already having trouble surviving the planet and its life. It was made impossible to fall asleep and wake up (because you'd already be dead!) without someone keeping watch over you. How the hell then did Sly Marbo do it? Nobody really knows, maybe it's because of the facts below. In fact, he is one of the most poorly developed characters in the entire 40k history; some speculate that he is on par with Boreale and Carron. And in the Codex the little that is mentioned of him makes him out to be even more of a badass; he is known to have been awarded multiple Stars of Terra (the highest military award in the Imperium), so many in fact that he stopped caring and needed someone else to hold them for him.

Death, Return, Death, and Return of a Hero[edit | edit source]

According to the 7th edition Codex, he wasn't listed anymore (rumored due to Ultramarine fans' bitching). Pray to your gods for the return of Marbo. The Emperor protects.

PRAISE TEH EMPRAH! Marbo's model is now available for purchase again (for now) still no rules though... Sly doesn't need rules. Fielding him is an instant victory.

SLY IS REALLY BACK FOR GOOD! HE HAS RULES FOR BEING FIELDED IN SHADOW WAR: ARMAGEDDON! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! (With Ld 7 lol what a fucking pussy *BLAM* Heresy! and he's fearless anyway, the ld value is just the standard there as filler) - He´s also back for Full-Scale 40K now, with new rules that basically turn him into a light Eversor. New rules that will only be valid for the next couple of months before 8th drops (and for 8e as GW said every character and unit that has rules will be getting an updated set, even if Sly's is just another PDF), but who cares, SLY IS BACK (and is probably right behind you). As it turns out, his new model is a conversion from Catachan sets. And he's gone again so fuck this shit.

And now he's back again... for real this time. A White Dwarf page has leaked showing a shiny new (and not converted) Sly Marbo model to be released on December 23rd. His model has Snake Plissken's Gun, Arnold Schwarzenegger's biceps from Commando, and he even comes with Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors on the base (he's still behind you). He's once again locked at 65 points, and is once again an HQ. He retains his deep strike capability but can no longer appear RIGHT BEHIND YOU (using the standard 9" deep strike deployment), instead forcing you to choose between a melta bomb of horror, a free snipe, or a free movement, letting him move in. Unfortunately, due to his comparatively low stats, other than the fact that he has up to 8 Attacks on 2s and 2s, only the bomb will be likely to do anything, but who cares HE'S BACK, PRAISE THE EMPRAH.

Sly Marbo Facts[edit | edit source]

Now canon according to the Regimental Standard, although it insists they're all just exaggerated rumors because they're spoilsports. Warning: repeating these in front of a Commissar is punishable by being reassigned to Plasma Gunner duty.

Now collapsible for ease of reading.

Fanmade Rules[edit | edit source]

Although awesome in their own right, Sly Marbo’s current rules lack the... gravitas and bombasticness of his fan portrayal. As such, some fan made rules are in order (but are still “somewhat” playable).

8th edition[edit | edit source]

Name M WS BS S T W A Ld Sv Points
Sly Marbo 8" 2+ 2+ 4 4 9 4 11 2+ 1000



Weapon Range Type S AP D Abilities
Ripper Pistol 12" Pistol 2 4 -3 2 Models with less than 10 wounds which are wounded by this weapon are automatically slain.
Envenomed Blade Melee Melee User -3 1 This weapon automatically wounds its target on a 2+. If you attack with this weapon you may only make 1 attack in total in the fight phase, if that hit is successful, every enemy model within 3” takes a hit from this profile.
Penetrating Glare Infinite Macro 1 32 -5 10 This attack does not require line of sight, ignores cover and invulnerability saves, and deals any damage dealt in mortal wounds. Any unit destroyed by this attack explodes, dealing D6 mortal wounds to all units within 2D6”.
Marbo’s Sneeze 6" Grenade D6 6 -2 D3 -

Abilities:

  • AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!:
    • Sly Marbo may re-roll failed hit and wound rolls, and re-roll those failed re-rolls but only if you scream “AAAAAAAAAAAAA” while doing so. In addition to this, Sly Marbo charges 4D6” instead of 2D6”.
  • The Manliest man to ever grace the galaxy:
    • Sly Marbo has a 2++ invulnerability save and halves all damage received (rounding down). Any damage saved by Sly Marbo is dealt back to the attacker as mortal wounds.
  • Rules are for mortals:
    • Sly Marbo does not suffer any penalties for moving and firing any weapons, and may fire all his weapons in the shooting phase (including his grenades).
  • Saviour of the galaxy:
    • Sly Marbo may not be your warlord. Before the battle begins you may set this model up in reserve. If you do, you may deploy this model at the end of any of your movement phases anywhere that is 9” or further away from enemy models. Alternatively, you may deploy this model anywhere that is further than 5” from an enemy model that deals fatal damage to your warlord during the fight phase (but not after this model has already been deployed using the first method). If you do, immediately make a charge roll for Sly Marbo. If the charge is successful, the damage your warlord would have received is ignored and Sly Marbo immediately makes a round of attacks.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Yes his knife is bigger than his leg (but it's not bigger than something else).

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