I think that a reconceptualization of the Astartes that might interest me is if each chapter was more unique in style, combat tactics, armor, weapons, etc. For example, one chapter wears light armor and is super fast. Another chapter is the reverse, they are all basically terminators. With Blood Angels, if we go with the vampire theme, focus more on their supernatural physical prowess, their thirst for blood, maybe regeneration or something. Not just red armor. With Chaos Astartes they could go even more wild - Alpha Legion could be all stealthy models, no power armor as we normally recognize it. Some chapters are a bit more unique in that regard and they are cooler for it, in my opinion.
Of course, one might say that we already have stealthy armies or what ever niche I want Astartes to fill. That is true, and I am often more interested in those other factions. I wouldn’t expect GW to make such changes except in subtle ways.
In some regard, what I am asking for is likely too much of a thematic change to be practical, since the Astartes originated from a common design in the fluff.
I have no interest in Astartes having children, unless they were really heavily thematically changed, I don’t think it would make sense.
I’m also not crying, just stating my opinion of Astartes and 40K. I’m not making threads about how GW is bigoted or anything, I’m just expressing my personal feelings. I just happen to find other factions with the 40K setting more interesting.
Yeah, the campaign has interesting potential for that. I was thinking it might be cool to use a wiki to describe the sector we’re in, the major movers and shakers there, our important characters, and how the results of various battles change things.