Crimson Fists Testmarine

[Brother Cassern]

Here's my first who's really just a test scheme to get my colors down. I've two full units, a unit of Sternguard, an Assault Squad, my scratch-built Librarian ( to go with the Assault Squad ) and Pedro Kantor to paint.

 

Really happy with how the blue turned out even if my highlighting is very half-assed. It's just a 1:2 ratio of VMC Dark Prussian Blue and VMC Royal Blue, highlighted with RMP True Blue and RMP Sky Blue as the final highlight. I primed white first but I think I could do this just as easily with black. I made the cardinal mistake of assembling him with his Bolter and have opted to leave them off of the rest of the models in the future -- my brush control isn't 100% accurate!

 

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http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e201/PicosMiniatures/CrimsonFist3.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e201/PicosMiniatures/CrimsonFist4.jpg

[KYR GKIKAS]

not bad my friend not bad at all.May i revoment to paint the skulls silver and to thin down a bit your highlights?Keep us posted of your progress

[homerjwho]

Looks really good, nice neat colours. One thing though, isn't it only the CF veterans that get both fists red? I thought the rest had just the left hand.

[Brother Cassern]

Looks really good, nice neat colours. One thing though, isn't it only the CF veterans that get both fists red? I thought the rest had just the left hand.

 

I didn't know there was that distinction. In all the artwork I've seen it's always both hands. Worse comes to worse I'll throw him in my Sternguard squad.

[wienas]

According to the (original) fluff, having both red fists was to designate a Crusade Company. These days, it is used to designate veterans.

 

I suppose you could imagine that all active Crusades were called back after the Rynn's World incident, and those marines became the 1st Company and other assorted Veterans.