Chaos Marks

[NerdyOgre254]

Hello All,
i\'m currently writing up an army list at the moment for Chaos. I want to make it look like a Soul Drinkers army that is led by a Chaos Sorceror with the Mark of Tzeentch.
The question here is that because my HQ unit has a chaos mark, do i need to have the same mark on all my other units? I wrote a list that was appropriately themed (only the Lord has a Mark) but if i want to take it to a tournament (as i will do one day) i want to know if it\'s tournament legal.
So can i have a leader with a mark and then have no-one else with the same mark?

 

[Moribund]

That\'s absolutely legal! IIRC, if your Lord has the Mark of Tzeentch, the rest of your army can bear the marks of Slaanesh, Khorne and Chaos Undivided.

 

[Arkzein]

Aye, Slaaneshi and Khornate Units become elites though. Undivided Tzeentch marines become troops. Only start having the heavy restrictions when you go for a cult force, ie Thousand Sons. (Think i got that right, been an age since I played a game)

Might want to know the new codex will be out in a few months though, so best not to get too attached to the list. (Though the new codex should remove a lot of the confusion around chaos now thankfully)

 

[NerdyOgre254]

Oh no...

Oh damn... i forgot aobut codexes. soon enough i\'m going to need to buy a new codex (with money i don\'t have )

 

[DarkSoldier]

The new Chaos Space Marines codex is coming out in August or September, with a lot of awesome new models.

Unmarked or Undivided marines are always legal under any army commander. Marines with a different mark than the commander are Elite (or not allowed under the Ancient Enemies rule).

A marked independant character cannot join a squad of marines with a different mark, unless he\'s marked Undivided.