MotherFuhrer Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I chose to start a Salamanders army because my favorite color was green! I never really liked the Dark Angels, so my next choice was naturally the Salamanders. I have lots of fun painting them, and I think they come out looking good. I'm going to add sand and paint the sand when I get the chance. First up is the sarge from BR. I had a little trouble with the Salamanders symbol on his left shoulder, but its barely noticeable. Front Back Here's the Dreadnought from BR. I thought it came out really nice. Front Side1 Side2 I'll post more as they come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Looking good. But I recently heard that all Sallies have black skin...Why is this so? (I know its fluff related, but whats said in thy fluff.) I like the sarge. Why are there white lines on the paneling for the Dnought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherFuhrer Posted October 20, 2008 Author Share Posted October 20, 2008 Well, I believe they wanted to make the Salamanders a little more unique, so they gave them jet black skin and red eyes. I personally don't want to follow this fluff because it's pretty silly, and the dark skin looks better. As for the paneling, do you mean the areas with black? I highlighted the black with Codex Grey, but the pictures made them come out pretty bright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Couldn't any SM have black skin? So why just the Sallies..hmm. Like...in the "front" picture, the two "chest" plates have white lines on them, not on the hard edges either, just..there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherFuhrer Posted October 20, 2008 Author Share Posted October 20, 2008 Oh, those are scratches made with Boltgun Metal. My little attempt at weathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 OHH. =-D Okay. That explains a lot! Try using black before you add the BG metal, and leave a bit of the black around the edges. Thats how GW used to teach it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greycloak Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Looking good. But I recently heard that all Sallies have black skin...Why is this so? (I know its fluff related, but whats said in thy fluff.) On their homeworld is a lot as heck radiation and extreme heat, so they evolved to counter this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nipples Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 GW=Racists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattsama Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Couldn't any SM have black skin? So why just the Sallies..hmm. Any can. No one said just the Sallies do. They just said all Sallies do. GW=Racists They're sticking to science and nothing more... Darker pigmented skin is a natural effect of generations of high exposure to heat. Look just at Earth (ours). People who live on the equator are naturally darker than others. North Americans are "white" while if you get down into central America and the northern part of South America (Equador, etc.) they get much darker, and down into deep South America (Brazil is still a bit close to the equator, but already they are looking more like Native Americans than Colombians and such...), and Argentinians are almost naturally as white as most North Americans. Obviously there are inter-longitudinal pairings that merge the pigments and reduce or enhance them in certain areas but the fact remains... Its the same in Aisa. Chinese, Koreans, Russians: all mostly of a paler skin tone until you get south. They darken up in Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Bengladeshees and Indians are naturally dark as well, and I can speak from experience, its freakin hot there. So wouldn't the inhabitants of an unnaturally hot planet (volcanic activity) have unnaturally darker skin than someone from an Agri, Hive or Forge World?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alys Dwr Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 And apart from the fact that all space marines bar the Raven Guard have an active melanchrome organ and can thus change their skin colour with a mere thought in order to cope with any light environment.... Mattsama, using North americans as an example is not the best as all white north americans are in fact europeans. The native people to north america actually had darkish skin, Including the Inuit of the far north. Heat is not what causes dark skin, it's exposure to UV radiation. The dark pigment is Melanin, this is stable and absorbs UV light so that it cannot penetrate below the skin. UV light breaks down folic acid, an important nutrient during pregnancy which floats around in the blood but on the flip side UV is required for the body to build vitamin D, important for fixing calcium phosphate from the diet. In climates with high UV levels (the equator, deserts, snowy latitudes) the UV levels are high, so more melanin = safe folic acid, higher live birth rates whilst still producing enough vitD to survive. In areas with lower ambient UV levels, less melanin is required. I always imagined the sallies homeworld as a dark place, hot and volcanic, the sky choked with ash and soot - they should all be rather pale. Anyways. Your painting is looking nice and clean, keep at it and it will only get better! Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exhumed Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 They're black cos big burly black blacksmiths look boss ^_^ My own sallies are black in the african dark brown skins sense of the word. The newly painted skin tones in the 5th ed Sm dex looks frankly a bit poo, and doesn't have as much character as the african-looking miniatures and fluff artwork that was presented in 3rd/4th edition. Nice sergeant and dreado, by the by. Nice green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Sha'son Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 They're black cos big burly black blacksmiths look boss ;) Classic!!! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Well, I believe they wanted to make the Salamanders a little more unique, so they gave them jet black skin and red eyes. I personally don't want to follow this fluff because it's pretty silly, and the dark skin looks better. As for the paneling, do you mean the areas with black? I highlighted the black with Codex Grey, but the pictures made them come out pretty bright. No more silly than super humans running around with power armour and laserguns! I think it makes them a little different I like it! The human chapter whom look look more than a little demonic! ;) Nice start, a clean crisp paint job. Good job keep it up and keep the pics coming. GW=Racists What and why? This strikes may as increadbley short sighted and ignorant! I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khairney Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 apparently they are all black because of a genetic flaw in their geneseed reacting to the radioactive conditions on their home planet. i like the idea of jet black marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disistablishmentarianism Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 GW=Racists What and why? This strikes may as increadbley short sighted and ignorant! I I believe that is whats called a joke, minus the haha part on your behalf. Otherwise, nice painting, I like the greens. Personally, black marines aren't for me (nothing intended with that, in case someone wants to jump me), because imo they should spend all their time in their power armor, and those that do take their helmets of for the epic poses should therefore be pale in skin color, but that is just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 nice job! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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