Weapons of Ultramarines the Movie!

In the Ultramarines movie, the squad, and even the captain, are equipped with basic and iconic weaponry from the space marine armory: bolters, a flamer, a heavy bolter...a bolter and chainsword even for the captain. I love these weapon choices for the Ultramarine movie for several reasons.


1. The bulk of the squad is recently promoted from scouts. Scouts are generally experienced with bolters and bolt pistols as well as either a missile launcher or heavy bolter. The heavy bolter is an obvious choice for this new squad.

2. The mission is to investigate an ancient and holy shrine. Expecting that something may be wrong within the shrine, there is no reason to take the biggest and most "explody" weapons in the arsenal. After all, the desired outcome of the mission at first glance would be to clear any problems and leave the shrine intact.

3. Fluff about the space marines is very clear about standard issue equipment. The flamer and the heavy bolter (or missile launcher) are the standards. Just because the game mechanics of the current edition cause players to spam rarer and more revered weapons in order to get an upper hand on the tabletop does not mean that these weapons (meltagun/plasmagun) are not the rare and holy relics that the fluff states them to be. The thunder hammer in the film is treated with the honor and respect I would hope that the rarer firearms might be.

I would love to see more films about the 40k universe by Relic. Their attention to the details and near flawless development of the background for this film make them the obvious choice for any future feature film endeavors. If you have not done so yet, go out and get yourself a copy of Ultramarines.