how can there be a black ultramarine if they are supposed to resemble their gene father

[Chapter Master Mel]

shouldn't they look like Guiliman? Blonde hair blue eyes white skin>?

[Cheyenesku]

Originally posted by Chapter Master Mel:

shouldn't they look like Guiliman?

Space Marines are not clones

[Mildly Nuclear]

Nobody, LITERALLY NOBODY said that space marine candidates are selected based on their resemblance to their Primarch. Take your thong-wearing race bait and go farm for clowns somewhere else

[donut32]

marines recruit from feral worlds. im sure its a whole wonderful tapestry of culture out there in the hostile 40k galaxy that knows only war

[Darth Revan]

i am not shure if it works that way, i mean unless my source was wrong i think the salamanders for example have thair charcoal black skin because of the planet they get thair recruits from

[Ghom]

Originally posted by Chapter Master Mel:

shouldn't they look like Guiliman? Blonde hair blue eyes white skin>?

The process of creating a space marine starts with a human and with the ultra-marines recruiting from multiple planets a little genetic diversity is entirely possible. The ultra-marines aren't like the salamanders who's skin turns charcoal black and eyes turn red as part of the process.

[Pokemastuh]

If memory serves, the way geneseed should work he should have some of his genefather's features, and some of his own. For example, eyes, hair, bone structure, any of these could and some of them should resemble Guilliman. Skin color should actually be one thing that changes frequently with some exceptions like the ravenguard and salamanders, since those two chapters have the same misfunctional gene that would normally adjust their skin color to the amount of radiation they're exposed to. Effectively, space marines cannot get sunburnt normally.

[Moonlight Knight]

Originally posted by IS0LAT0R:

wokisme dictates laws of nature dont apply anymore :cartel_roflmao:

I need to inform you that, being a soft sci-fi series, there's no relationship between almost anything happening in 40k and the laws of nature.

[HAPPY]

well i hate wokeism as much as any other normal person who isnt DEImonic globalist satanist but SMs dont change to 100 % look like their primarchs they only take some traits not whole look. Look at space wolves they dont all have same hair color ar Leman Russ you have Ragnar with dark hair and some others are gingers they dont all turn blonde.

[Ghom]

Originally posted by Moonlight Knight:

Originally posted by IS0LAT0R:

wokisme dictates laws of nature dont apply anymore :cartel_roflmao:

I need to inform you that, being a soft sci-fi series, there's no relationship between almost anything happening in 40k and the laws of nature.

This is incorrect. There are rules in every setting. For example in 40k the ultra smurfs can never lose, ever.

[Perfect Femcell]

Originally posted by Mildly Nuclear:

Nobody, LITERALLY NOBODY said that space marine candidates are selected based on their resemblance to their Primarch. Take your thong-wearing race bait and go farm for clowns somewhere else

in
7+ books in the Horus heresy that is one of the main plot points loser

[Moonlight Knight]

Originally posted by Chapter Master Mel:

shouldn't they look like Guiliman? Blonde hair blue eyes white skin>?

Real question: Why does nobody ask this question about mister Alpine Titus with black hair and steel-grey eyes?

[Moonlight Knight]

Originally posted by Ghom:

Originally posted by Moonlight Knight:

I need to inform you that, being a soft sci-fi series, there's no relationship between almost anything happening in 40k and the laws of nature.

This is incorrect. There are rules in every setting. For example in 40k the ultra smurfs can never lose, ever.

I didn't say there are NO rules, I said the rules AREN'T the "laws of nature" by a long stretch.

[ElviraDemonQueen]

i not a space marien fan i more of a sisters of battle but just to point this out for you all

The race or skin has nothing to do with gene seed compatibility and worthiness of a normal human turning into an Astartes. The only exception are the Salamanders, but mostly because they literally turn charcoal black (or whatever the name of the color is) due to a gene mutation.

[Moonlight Knight]

Originally posted by ✠Barack Olobster✠:

Originally posted by Mildly Nuclear:

Nobody, LITERALLY NOBODY said that space marine candidates are selected based on their resemblance to their Primarch. Take your thong-wearing race bait and go farm for clowns somewhere else

in
7+ books in the Horus heresy that is one of the main plot points loser

the Luna Wolves/Sons of Horus were considered weird because that was happening, so if anything this may be a legit case of "the exception that proves the rule."

[Yrghul]

Unless there is a problem in their geneseed (geneseed being the name of the genetic augmentation a space marine get), they look like they were before they became space marine.
Also, Ultramarine recruit on their home system, they have several worlds and likely climates similar to our earth, giving peoples living there similar colored skin as what you would find on earth.