Regem Nox Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I have just finished legion- which by the way I found quite boring- and it mentions there that the alpha legion have purple armour, is this what they normally wore pre heresy or is it just a type of camouflage/disguise? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codicier Lucion Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 It depends upon your opinion, some people regard their pre heresy colours as purple and some blue: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/5/53/Alpha_LegionPH.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2833977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torvak Kyre Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I think it's just how people see it. IMO they wear blue armour but other people see it as purple. I guess it's just how your brain processes it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2833979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplain belisarius Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 ha! is funny that the alpha legion colour scheme causes confusion too! :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2833980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
esinhorn Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 ha! is funny that the alpha legion colour scheme causes confusion too! :) Thats why I paint them a violet that is so blue it could go either way. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2834038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Styphus Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Can we just settle on Indigo? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2834043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coryphaus 101 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Why not make a new colour. Call it Alpha :). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2834045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmaster Anaziel Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Why not make a new colour. Call it Alpha :). Because that would make too much sense... :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2834048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzdougs Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 The Cover art for legion clearly shows the armour as purple. The Index Astartes is not as clear cut... Trust the Alpha Legion course confusion. Personally i prefer the purple. http://www.blacklibrary.com/Images/Product/DefaultBL/xlarge/Legion.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2834133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coryphaus 101 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Why not make a new colour. Call it Alpha :P. Because that would make too much sense... ;) Good point. And the day the AL make sense is the day Mat Ward writes decent fluff. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2834174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustmanifesto Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 the purple depicted looks heavy towards the utramarine (color) side. SO, to my view, something like a purple-blue rather than a purple-purple sported by Fulgrim and his "boys." Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2834181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coryphaus 101 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 This conversation could go on forever. You could say that it's so blue it's purple or so purple it's blue. GW may have even done that to throw people and make the Alpha Legion even more mysterious. How about we argue about whether they have green or a really ugly yellow as their secondary colour, at least then we'll get an outcome. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2834185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethrion Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Yeah it's definitely got a hint of purple about it but it is more on the blue side. Certainly not as rich a purple as the Emperor's Children. Sadly the exact Pantone reference for their armour was lost during the heresy... :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2834186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphariusomegon20 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 AL has had 3 different paint schemes since being introduced in 2nd Ed. The purple armor thing started with John Blanche's drawings in the 2nd Ed. Chaos Marine Codex. It even states it is a purplish blue armor within that book. The proper color to replicate it used to be Nauseating Blue, which was discontinued a few years ago. If you wish to replicate it now, you need to use Vallejo's Game Color Dark Blue (it was called Sick Blue until recently), it's a perfect match for the old Nauseating Blue, and creates a striking unique color scheme for AL, not normally seen used anymore. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2834189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 This is the colour I settled on that works quite well. Mix of mordian blue and warlock purple. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/Doghouse12/Photo031.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2834852 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Emperor's Champion Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 It's not blue or purple... It has a name. It's indigo. The hex code for it would be #4710b5 which is "Moderate Indigo" Go type that code into the newest version of the Space Marine painter. Alpha Legion color. For the record, The Emperor's Children wear the Phonecians' Tyrian Purple ( the unique color the Phonecians made from the Purple Dye Murex). The original source of the terms "Royal Purple"/"Imperial Purple". (somewhere between hex code #66023C and #8F0160) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2834941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artein Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 They are dark blue in Dawn of War 2 http://images.wikia.com/dow/images/e/e5/Do...lpha_legion.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2835305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Given that we are talking about the Alpha Legion I'd say you could paint them any shade of purple or blue you want! :huh: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2835421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring-around-the-roses Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Its obvious that they wear indigo to confuse the traitors into thinking they're atacking EC and the loyalists into thinking they're attacking UM <_< Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2835435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 This is the colour I settled on that works quite well. Mix of mordian blue and warlock purple. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/Doghouse12/Photo031.jpg :) That's spot on, I'd say. :cuss Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2835520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zincite Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Actually, it depends on where you look in the HH book art. At the Gauntlets/Bolter it looks blue, at the Shoulders/Backpack it looks purple. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2835553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrion Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 They're blurple. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2835842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradill Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Any deep shade of Blue or Purple should suffice. I go for more of a blue hue (hehe) for my own AL force but as long as it is in the darker edges of these two colours, it's all cool with me. After all it's the Alpha Legion, it wouldn't surprise me if they all wore bright blue armour with a white 'U' just for kicks. Paradill Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-2835849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightleit Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Perhaps this is an out of date comment, but I thought I would add to it. I believe the color is Iridescent Blue. Meaning it is a dark blue from head-on but changes colors at different angles, depending on how light hits it. Therefore, it could appear green or purple as well, depending on the angle. They use this coloring on cars sometimes. Here is an example of it on a bead: http://www.abelmanbeads.com/store/image/ca...al1-400x400.jpg Hope that helps. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-3138563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unintentional Batman Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I believe the color is Iridescent Blue. Who knew Alpharius would be into iridescent paint jobs? Tuesdays on MTV40000: Pimp My MKIV. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235319-alpha-legion-purple/#findComment-3138623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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