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Post by vegna on Oct 12, 2011 16:37:51 GMT -5
OK firstly no I'm not ditching the guard for smurfs!
Just let's face it the space marines are the figure heads for 40k, just look at the pc games and the number of different chapters of them compared to the number of kits of the other races/factions.
But ok want to get an idea of a good colour scheme for my marines, I'm thinking calling them the Penance Legion. Basically they formed after the heresy to atone for the betray of their brothers to the imperium. So was thinking black and white for the basics. Sort of like the crusaders from history, many of the men went to atone for their sins... Also can see some of the fluff coming through already.
Oh and a little more fluff/ideas: the scouts will be green armour and bleached bone clothing. I know might be out of touch but to me they are scouts so should have some camo but also as they are new marines they haven't earned the right to wear the colours. Also my marines recruit from worlds they save/saved and if a marine chapter is lost members may join. Last one is very important to the general idea, they failed the emperor and their chapter thus they join the crusade to eradicate the traitors!
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Post by Angelus firedrake on Oct 12, 2011 16:44:07 GMT -5
i recon a kinda black/white quaters pattern would look awsome  though if you did a white cross on the loin cloth and a red cross as the chapter symbol (or use the black templars logo but in red) that would work well i think |
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Post by vegna on Oct 12, 2011 16:54:45 GMT -5
Thinking now, as there's a lot of black space marines like legion of the damned and black templars that I'll go the other way, main plates white with black edging, may also wash them with black.
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Post by 3ff3ct on Oct 12, 2011 17:43:42 GMT -5
may also wash them with black. I think that'd just make them look dirty. I like the quarters idea, not something you see much of nowadays. What about trying a marbling technique, theres a hell of a lot of space on marine models and it'd look great if you pulled it off   |
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Post by vegna on Oct 12, 2011 19:17:29 GMT -5
Don't think I've got the skill for the marbling, might do some of it on my special models and that tho a good idea.
And I know it does, would be a very light wash just to make it look less like a new car and more like a battled soldier, might use sephia insted. or i could buy the Devlan Mud. Just don't want the white to look full and not good at doing battle damage so would have them looking a bit weathered insted. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
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Post by vegna on Oct 15, 2011 13:58:34 GMT -5
and scratch that, the megaforce he wants about £130! yes ok it has quite a few other models and the apoc rule book that i want but still...half it's been made and painted... >.< going in monday to try and barter it down below it, or in parts  |
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Post by 3ff3ct on Oct 18, 2011 13:37:35 GMT -5
not good at doing battle damage Rubbish! Even I can do it! Add some grey scratches, paint the inside of the grey (leaving a bit showing) with chainmail and bobs your uncle! £130 is quite a lot for something that was £200 before it was half built and painted  |
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Post by vegna on Oct 19, 2011 7:04:46 GMT -5
yeha it's worth £203 quid now if it was all seperate from gamesworkshop. the bosx it's in now is so old you have to slide it on to a book so i could move it off the shelf without it falling apart lol. and aparently didnt it cost £100 originally?
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Post by vegna on Oct 30, 2011 16:12:49 GMT -5
What about trying a marbling technique, theres a hell of a lot of space on marine models and it'd look great if you pulled it off Thinking of trying the axe colour on a marine. might work well...  |
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Post by treadiculous on Oct 30, 2011 16:22:42 GMT -5
I think the green axe idea is cool!
if you want to see how not to do white, have a look at my attempt in the painting guides section, I started with a dark grey and worked up, but they have ended up looking bright grey rather than white (I was going for white templars).. Reckon you're better off starting with a white base colour, then do a very thin black wash and then dry brush with a few coats of watered down white colour.
I look up to people who can do white well!
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Post by vegna on Oct 30, 2011 20:01:39 GMT -5
Yeah guessing I'll need a couple of new paints and a new brush to try it.
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Post by majorspeirs on Oct 30, 2011 20:40:00 GMT -5
I like the fluff concept of the "penance legion". One possible way to expand upon it could be that it isn't a dedicated chapter of it's own, but it is where marines of other legions go to atone for their sins. I can see it either with lots of different armour patterns, or a uniform scheme with chapter specific shoulder pads (like death watch). Just a thought anyway.
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Post by 3ff3ct on Oct 31, 2011 5:21:40 GMT -5
What about trying a marbling technique, theres a hell of a lot of space on marine models and it'd look great if you pulled it off Thinking of trying the axe colour on a marine. might work well... Yeah ;D Ambitious painting is great, push those boundaries dude! Good luck too, and great on you for trying something different! I imagine that there will be a 'how to' when the 'crons come out, if not just swap the coulours in the blood angel/space hulk painting guides for greens  |
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Post by vegna on Oct 31, 2011 6:48:49 GMT -5
yeah it's going to be quite some time till I do it and if it works...might try it on a huge scale with my storm lord!
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Post by Empirespy on Oct 31, 2011 13:27:56 GMT -5
If you want a quick easy marbling technique, here's how I do my bloodletter swords, primer, base colour, light wash all over, once dry overload your brush with wash an drop it on, draging it in a few places, and bobs your uncle, done.
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Post by vegna on Oct 31, 2011 15:45:40 GMT -5
see one that seems a good idea, just water some colours down so they arent as watery as washes but are less then the other.
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