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I think I've got a reasonably quick scheme figured out for my White Scars:

We joke about the Hammerfall bunker but the model is great and it's one rule ammendment away from being fun. Just needs Deepstrike...

Oh wow man, just checked the Space Marine pack, and if you're okay with Legends, Chaos can take Spartans and Leviathans. I don't know if that was always the case, but I love these models for Loyalists, and they're even cooler if you Chaosify/ Convert them. Thanks for the detailed analysis/ comparison of IA DW to Index DW- I didn't even notice that the IA Teams were the old composition. That's cool because I can still use my Outriders in a KT as long as it's an IA list. I am now motivated to finish the conversion (getting DW shoulderpads to work on outriders is not going to be fun (it's been a while since I looked at the kit, so I'm not sure it's all three riders that have shoulderpads built directly onto the arm, but at least one of them does).

I took out all (almost, one squad with plasma guns is missing) my Imperialis Militia infantry out for a shoot:

The Deathwatch Datasheets they've added are the new DW Killteam one, although with a different name and slightly different rules from it's version in Deathwatch proper (which makes me think that's been done so IA can still have a native Deathwatch unit when DW get a proper Codex again in Legends) and Legends Datasheets for the old Primaris Killteams prior to them getting updated when we got the Deathwatch Index back. You can tell because Fortis have Outriders and all 3 teams have Jump Pack options, even Spectreus with the Supressors that didn't make it into the Talonstrike team for some reason. Speaking of which, Deathwatch also got their killteam, which HAS NOT replaced the Deathwatch Veterans unit and is instead the faction's second Battleline option (tho it looks poised to become the only Battleline option in 11th since the old DW Vets kit isn't on sale anymore. Space Marines got their new characters and detachments, but I've not taken a closer look at that yet.

Since they don't really use tacticus (im building them with horus heresy models), i didn't pay the aquila much thought. But it'd be gold like the trim. And i forgot to mention their bolters are white, like the iron hands bolters. But aside from that, you got it entirely right. And for the veteran sceme you'd change the purple for dark red. And for their ship crew. While they probably started off with tech priests, now they're entirely phased out. Now they hometrain their own techmarines (forgekeepers), and have a lot more than normal chapters. And i haven't really thought about a chapter symbol. As im building the paint sceme mostly through the table top, and i suck at freehanding. But any suggestions are welcome.

You already have what? Debating about an in-universe position and how it could be approached is trolling now? How have goalposts shifted? Go back to my original post on this point. No change in my point.

So the only one I've looked at so far is Imperial Agents- it's a huge improvement- Karamazov, the Jokaero and Daemonhost are back and they added a ton of Deathwatch Cards. I'm going to to check out the others that interest me, but I won't be checking out all of them- I made the thread general to updated packs rather than specific to IA, so anyone can post changes to their favourites.

I already have, and since you seem to be intent on either shifting goal posts or trolling, thats the end of that.

It seems like a cool set; but there are so many excellent paints and paunt sets, including from brands I like to support, that cant really justify buying another big set. And while I would really like many of those colors, many I would likely never use.

Nope as my point has never been about how BL/GW present them but rather how they really ought to be in-universe. AND you seem to be under the impression this is an argument that needs to be won!

I agree (see my other posts - just proceeding in interest if interesting discussion) but… ”Typically” is doing some heavy lifting there. Here is another definition… “of or denoting the sex that produces gametes, especially spermatozoa, with which a female may be fertilized or inseminated to produce offspring.“ So not a Space Marine ha ha

You could have just said a few pages ago, "Scribe is correct."

Thanks chaps, much appreciated!

Yep BL/GW present SM as male. No argument about how they are presented. I am just saying that it can be argued (in-universe) that they are actually no longer male, they are other. Genderless or a third gender perhaps. They are also no longer human in the same way Squats (oops Votann), Ogryns and Ratlings are no longer human.

Indubitably.

Oh let's not pretend that I was totally clear! You were polite in your challenge and indeed, I cannot speak for others when I'm observing what I believe to be are trends accurate or not. Well, at least not consistently or accurately.

Not seen anyone argue that

they primed white (I dont do that tbf, i prime with mephiston red spray) 50:50 mephiston red + evil sunz scarlet all over till even glaze with 2:1 lahmian + khorne red in all recesses and other areas shadow should sit paint all recesses with 50:50 khorne red + incubi darkness 1mm(ish) highlight evil sunz highlight wildrider fine highlight fire dragon bright dot highlight lugganoth orange tbf, the last two colours i used different but partly because different paints available when i started painting them :D (I also havent got that far on many models ;) )

From Minicompare - like coloured lines are same length. From what I can tell, a warhound is more than twice the size (volume) of a Cerastus. It might not be hugely taller but each leg is as wide as a Knight's torso... I'd be very much surprised if you could get away with twice the plastic as a big Knight - it looks closer to 3 times to me. It'd be cool if it happens, but Knights are already just barely achievable as a project for me (only ever painted one Questoris). I don't really want to paint something 3 times as big as that... I'm guessing 300 GBP. Cheers, The Good Doctor.

I don't know; I was never good at identifying fonts.

Name that text!

To be fair I don't think anyone who read the Vigilus books thought the same either.