Space Marines Clothes

[Claudio]

What do they wear when they are not wearing power armor?

[Mr Zoat]

Depends on the Chapter. Most pictures I have seen show robes.

[Messiah]

Xxxxxxxxl.

[Erazmus_M_Wattle]

Back in the days of rogue trader when I was just a nipper all imperial adepts wore a monks habit. The colour being dependent on which organisation you were from.

So marines wore a habit when not in armour.

It probably very much depends on the practices of each chapter in current fluff though.

[Hrw-Amen]

I can't imagine they wear anything too extreme. I think in some of the BL novels they are just described as wearing robes, so I imagine that too be anything from a monks habit through to a martial arts outfit. Probably depends on the chapter and circumstances.

[Lord Damocles]

Dante from Bloodquest.

Suave.

[Leftenant Gashrog]

Back in the days of rogue trader when I was just a nipper all imperial adepts wore a monks habit. The colour being dependent on which organisation you were from.

So marines wore a habit when not in armour.

Actually no, the section of the RT rulebook that covered the habit colours had a picture of Dark Angels in military uniforms - there was also no Astartes entry on the habit colours list because Astartes were properly 'Legiones Astartes' not Adeptus.

Space Marine 1st edition had reference to uniforms rather than habits whilst Advanced Space Crusade and the novel Space Marine had marines wearing tunics IIRC.

[Erazmus_M_Wattle]

I never actually stated it was in the Rogue Trader rulebook. It was the compendium if memory serves or perhaps one of the White Dwarfs.

[stormblade]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jvPgSIs9LJ.../Tarpaulin.jpg

or you know whatever is large enough.

[Iron Puritan]

Don't ask about the Emperor's Children. I'm not sure we really want to know.

[Nazguire]

Dante from Bloodquest.

Suave.

Is that Hugo Weaving? Man, he's just the baddest dude.

[Inquisitor Aaron]

I believe there's a number of books (have to sort around the house for a definitive source) but I think they say when their training as in something like sparring they wear a tabard of some sort, now that's only when training. I have honestly no clue what they wear in their leisure time...

[RBLFunk]

Ian Watson's Space MArine novel would have had descriptions of various dress for different ranks of space marine out of power armour. The most vivid description was of an Imperial Fists recruiting sergeant on Necromunda. My memory fails me but the impression I'm left with is something between combat fatigues and parade uniform made from exotic materials including lizard skin.

[Polaria]

I remember from Deliverance Lost that the Raven Guards used to wear simple black robes when out of armour.

[MajorWesJanson]

generally a mix of robes and plain pants+tunic. Sometimes tabard added.

[Sai-Lauren]

Depends on the Chapter. Most pictures I have seen show robes.

That - IIRC, most tend to monks robes (although whether that's western/Christian-style or eastern/Buddhist-style would depend on the chapter), the UM and IF might go to togas (although Lexandro has only a loincloth at some points of the Draco trilogy), Wolves would be furs, tunics and breeches, and Salamanders would likely be geared towards smithing (aprons and leather gauntlets), fleet based chapters might tend to wear light pressure suits in case of emergencies, and some might wear enlarged civilian clothes - tunics and trousers, possibly one or two who wear kilts/ Egyptian shendyts, or (if DA has anything to do about it ) bodygloves. There might even be one or two that simply eschew clothing for the most part, or wear clothing that's deliberately uncomfortable, or even moderately damaging to them.

And of course, most chapters would have a dress uniform of some kind for ceremonial occasions - in some cases, that would be their armour, in others, a formal uniform.

[RBLFunk]

Found the passage in Ian Watson's Space Marine. The Imperial Fists recruiter is dressed in:

"A fur-trimmed dark blue cloak embroidered with unfamiliar icons and sunbursts hung to lap the Marine’s heavy jackboots, partly concealing a pus-yellow uniform chevroned in azure - a uniform bulging with slabs of muscle. Fanged skulls within potent crosses adorned his knees. The giant was wearing an engraved power sword and a similarly enchased boltgun in a holster of brass lined with slithery lizard hide."

[nazrag]

Iirc, Space Wolves wear "body gloves" in the Ragnar series when out of armour.
So..spandex it is then

[stormblade]

Everybody wears bodyglows in Abnett's books, it's the fashon of the grim darkness of the 41st millenium.

[ChaplainCharlie]

Body gloves in fabulous pink! That is the TRUE style of the Emperor's Finest. If it was good enough for Fulgrim, it's good enough for you...