How should i paint these Guys??

[Lazarus]

Hello All.

About to start my 7th army and i am out of ideas for marines, paint wise. So far i have two ultra marines, crimson fists, blood angles, Green/white eldar and purple Nids.

That gives you an idea of what colours i have painted. This is my Forgeworld MK5 army i am about to start working on and i don’t know what to do. I want something out the box and is a chapter from the legions before the horus Heresy.

I want a fresh new color on my self complex paint job or not i dont care. Just need some ideas, if any could post pics of some of there army colours they would like to see would be even better.

Matthew

[Derick]

Do a Pro Hart job on them and call it camoflage

First base them in with a non-white colour.
Arrange them in units
Get a paint gun and shot different colours at them from a distance.

This is best done in front of the wife's favourite curtains.
Note: Don't tell her I said this

[Hunter_Flood]

Pre-heresy paintjob Dark Angels?

[Lazarus]

tried that James and failed at it 

[Hunter_Flood]

Well, lets get down what's open to you.

Here's a list of the Legions that didn't turn traitor.

Dark Angels
White Scars
Space Wolves
Imperial Fists
Blood Angels
Iron Hands
Ultramarines
Salamanders
Raven Guard

Now lets rule out the armies you already have (Ultramarines, Blood Angels) and the army you failed at (Dark Angels).
This Leaves:

White Scars
Space Wolves
Imperial Fists
Iron Hands
Salamanders
Raven Guard

Then we'll get rid of the armies that have colours similar to the previously stated (Iron Hands, Raven Guard).

White Scars
Space Wolves
Imperial Fists
Salamanders

There is your choice. Now we can develop on what you want to work with from there.

[Gas_Monkey]

Or you could go creative and make up a legion of Space Marines, one of the two lost legions.. It is one of my projects that is for a future date when time/cash allows! 

[Tuatara]

Then we'll get rid of the armies that have colours similar to the previously stated (Iron Hands, Raven Guard).

White Scars
Space Wolves
Imperial Fists
Salamanders

There is your choice. Now we can develop on what you want to work with from there.

And when you consider his Eldar have a lot of white and green, that would cause Salamanders and White Scars to drop out as well.

Imperial Fists is a lot of Yellow. Space Wolves is a lot of blue/grey and also gives you the option of doing up some wolves. You get to practice on pelts.

The other option is pre heresy Luna Wolves. They are a very light green. Just a thought.

[Lazarus]

Imperial Fists i was thinking of that, but yellow i don't know. but all the comments are right yellow is about the only color i have not done.

[Gas_Monkey]

yellow is a mission but awesome if it comes togther....

[Tuatara]

I've seen some great Imperial Fists. Laz, you are good enough to do it well. Give it a go. Especially with your weathering techniques getting so good as well.

[Lazarus]

In saying that the Luna Wolves idea seams kool. Are chaos marines but just not yet, i could use eather codex. Paint job is simple, you the same white/gray paint stlye as my guardians. Maybe just darken the tone down just a slight bit. But i think i am sold on the Luna Wolves.

[Tuatara]

In saying that the Luna Wolves idea seams kool. Are chaos marines but just not yet, i could use eather codex. Paint job is simple, you the same white/gray paint stlye as my guardians. Maybe just darken the tone down just a slight bit. But i think i am sold on the Luna Wolves.

Just don't give me any more stick about the GK colour scheme lol.

Seriously though, yes, you could use either codex, so that gives you more flexibility.

[Lazarus]

hay painting white correclty is hard and making it look detailed is harder. I am not going to just spray them white.

[Weasel-Fierce]

I've always thought that while white is hard, yellow is harder. Whichever way you choose to go, I can't rate the P3 range any higher when it comes to coverage of light colours like white and yellow. Having painted a Deathwing army using Skull White a few years before P3 came out, I know how tricky it can be using GW paints for those kinds of colour schemes so do yourself a favour and jump the fence like I did. You'll save yourself a lot of time and frustration, especially when it comes to those large, flat tank panels...

[Lazarus]

Dont ask me how they ended up on the side but here are my 5 mk5 jumpers

[juiced]

how about pre hereasy Lamenters , aren't they from the blood angels gene so you could use that codex , and they have a yellow with checks pattern

[NeckFace]

the lamenters didn't exist pre heresy

[Lazarus]

And BA dex is crap. Dont want to use that

[Hunter_Flood]

They are from the Blood Angels gene, they just happened to find a way to get rid of the black rage and arn't telling anyone.

[juiced]

the lamenters didn't exist pre heresy

oh yearh other was they would be blood angels
Luna wolves it is then Laz how would or would you do Horus?

[richardbarby]

how about pre heresy word bearers they looked very loyal imperial spacemariney

[Lazarus]

I dont really have a list planed out yet, still waiting on forge world to bring out some more old models, the base of an army is out but i already have rhino rush armys.

[Gas_Monkey]

The new Forge World Rhino and Land Raider which are the Heresey (old school version if your old enough) look awesome.. You should do Horus there are a few images possible inspiration here http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Horus

[Lazarus]

Thinking of going imperial fists, Luna wolfs need mk4 below armor i want to use MK5.

What about this guy for my HQ

http://www.kabukimodels.com/index.php?go=produkt&id=28

[Big D]

Fluff wise, that model doesn't work due to all the eagles. Only Heresy-era legion allowed to wear the Emperors eagle were the Emperors Children.

[NeckFace]

also, i remembered something last night that may need to be considered if we're going to be real anal about things fluff-wise; Mk5 isn't pre-heresy, but rather was developed during the the horus heresy as a cheap alternative to the Mk4.  so maybe the colour scheme should be based on what the chapter at that point of times;which would be the same scheme throughout for the IFs, not so much for the Luna Wolves

[NeckFace]

 and that kabuki model is one of the goofier looking models they have

[Lazarus]

Ya i have to do during the horus heresy to do anything mk5. That model is meant to be Imperial fist Dorn dude.

Luna wolfs changed to Son of horus though the heresy. So i can even do luna wolfs in mk5 they would need to be Son of horus.