Wayne England was 'just' an artist, he has hardly had as much influence as the designers/sculpters.
I'M RATHER DEFINATELY SURE FEMALE SPACE MARINES DEFINERTLEY DON'T EXIST.
Chief Educator of the Horsemen of Derailment "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought, which they avoid." SOREN KIERKEGAARD
I started collecting and playing blood angels mid way through 2nd ed. He single handedly killed off blood angels with his codex.
Also, once releasing the codex, he didn't bother to give decent faqs post new edition release and allowed the very few good points to be nerf'd.
The guy didn't take to Sci fi, and was mis-appropriately employed.
Good riddance!
Elvis
To be fair, if that's true (and, let's remember, big "if" - rumor becomes fact in people's minds with unbelievable speed), it's entirely possible that he was given these lore changes and instructed to fluff them up.
Keep in mind that I say this as someone who's stated that Matt Ward is the worst thing to happen to England since the Black Death.