saadeath Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I was just wondering how many people here on the black templars forums actualy have a black,white,semi-gold regular black templar army. i had seen alot painted just like that so i went ahead and painted mine a variation of purple,red, gold. does that fit the fluff? and if you painted your a different variation than the standard black templars tell me your color scheme, :P. yes this is an odd question but i couldnt stop myself from asking it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I went very classic with the color scheme. The only exception is that I use quite a bit more gold than normal. My hq's use A LOT of gold, and all of my initiate's with special weapons have them in gold. Kind of a spin on 007, the men with the golden guns. Though, meltaguns do look good in gold. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1836788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Richard Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Can we see a pic? I have seen dark blue variations, silver and grey crusaders, white templar, red variations, and even a very dark green all of which looked really nice and very templarish in their own ways. Slightly more subtle are when they do a blue, red, or grey highlight to the black armor which can have a very dramatic effect. I have geared mine more towards the blues and reds to enhance the brotherly connection of our crusade. I am curious how yours turned out. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1836812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wink Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Mine are pretty regular, but on HQ models I use quite a lot of bone. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1836826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Krux Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 All my Crusaders are fairly typical, though I had considered dark blue or the new black (the one from the foundation line). I changed my mind the first time I saw an example of shiny black armor. I have decided to go with that instead. However I do have plans to do special paint jobs on Sword Bretheren squads (terminators and standard). The only things I changed were... I added Scab Red accents and a Chesnut wash to my scheme; I have gotten several compliments. I also rediscovered the joys of Brazen Brass (found an old bottle in some stuff I had packed). Sadly I am in transition, otherwise I would post some pics (thus I have not entered any painting comps or challenges). When I am able to I will join challenges and post pics. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1836912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saadeath Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 brother richard id love to post pictures but i dont rlly know how, i could prolly use my digital camera and get one on here. i think my HQ turned out really nice. and i was looking at your black templar army, the emperors champion and banners pic, on the right theres a chaplain looking HQ and i was wondering were did u get that hammer/mace he is using. looks very nice. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookster Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 my crusade is red gore, black white and silver aka bolter metal Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T14 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Neophytes: Black jumpsuit. White chest armour, pads and helmet. Initiates: black armour from helmet to boots, white pads, gold chest eagles, red tabards. Sword brethren: Same as initiates. Gold is used on other emblems than just the chest eagle Commanders: same as sword brethren. Chaplains: All black armour, black pads. Bone Helmet, Gold trim, white chapter badge and red tabards. undecided on techmarines and apothecaries Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
col.woods606 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I have just a standard colour, except that some of my initiates are meant to stand out and be kinda like squad leaders and so have some gold and red too (that's the same for HQs, apart from with the EC) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I did not go with the standard paint scheme. I use bone white rather than white because I play "dirty templars". Basically, their bases are muddy I have brown paint specs all over the place, tabards are muddy, and the white is "staind". Also, devlen mud wash has been use fairly extensively all over the unit. Also, I do tend to use a bit more purple than other people mostly for my non termie hq's... http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o65/Mementos1/bt2.jpg http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o65/Mementos1/sdeg.jpg http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o65/Mementos1/IMAG0031.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomX Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 One of the best, and most important in my views, perks to being a Templar is the fact that we are highly individualized. There is not a single Initiate of mine that looks like another one. Litanies are great for this, before all of a sudden everyother Astartes in the Imperium suddenly has them. I heavily use bone/ivory colored marines. I have Initiates with Red hemets, bone, and the standard black. I have solid Bone/ivory colored marines, that are not Apothecaries. I just toss them into the mix of my crusader squads. I have Marines in Red robes. Of late, my ivory colorings have really lightened up due to my progressing skills with the brush. I am going to be touching up a lot of models here in the future cause of it. Pics are in my blog in my sig if you are interested in seeing them. But this is an older shot of part of the Crusade. Happy painting! http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i117/RandomTemplar/DSC00277.jpg Random Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymatt1988 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Some of these colour schemes sound really cool, definatly like to see some pics If anyone has got any. Kudos to RandomX and Belfast, some lovely models there! My army goes as follows Neophytes- Urban camo jumpsuit, black armour, white shoulderpads without templar crosses (kinda whitesheild style of needing to earn them in combat) Initiates- Black armour, white shoulderpads, standard except more silver than gold on detail Assault squad- No red on shoulder pad lips, white line down centre of helmet. Sword Bretheren- standard but with white helms Sword Bretheren Terminators - take a look... Command Squads- More silver, a little gold, white helms and right shoulder pad in the quartered style shown on the Terminator. (This guy isn't finished yet, just whipped him off my painting table to take a quick pic : ) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saadeath Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 Well here is my finished Marshal for my BT army. My color scheme is very far from the origional black and white templars. I'am new to painting so constructive critisim would be nice. My Chaplain is also included he follows the universal chaplain colors except he has my companies color on his left shoulder. Yes there are a few black/mixed color spots that need touching up. Id really like to have a cooler painted sword but all i could think of is a blue power sword. Some ideas on how to paint that nicley would be very helpful. Marshal Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saadeath Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 Here is the chaplain Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymatt1988 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Hey, great start saadeath, i'm not brave enough to post some of my early models, some of them are really shocking ^_^ Very individual colour scheme, but i like it :) I'm no master, but if you're looking for some tips, how about starting with a much darker colour than you want the outcome to be, then painting a lighter coat or two, leaving a little in the recesses for shading. You'll be amazed how much life it brings to the model. This works really well with faces, starting with Dark Flesh and working through Dwarf and Elf Flesh. Mostly though, i'd say just keep painting :) it's all about practice. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saadeath Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 i wanted to do somthing like that on the tabard/loin cloth on my chaplain iv seen people do it were it is very dark in the crevices and lighter everywere ealse. is that a type of ink wash? and for the faces do u mean like dry brushing lighter coats over like a darker coat? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymatt1988 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Different methods for different people really, it's a lot about what works best for you. I like to paint the whole thing, lets say a tabard, scorched brown, then paint over it again with a mix of scorched brown and bestial brown , leaving just a little bit of the darker colour showing. The next coat is lighter and covers less, and so on, until the final coat is an extreme highlight of skull white. Here's a pic of how this method turns out: Although, one of the brown washes over a coat of Bleached Bone should produce a similar effect, and be much less time consuming! As for flesh, my method is very similar to the tabard one, though quicker methods are painting the face say Dwarf Flesh, and then lightly drybrushing it elf flesh. You could combine this with a light brown wash, for an effective and characterful face. Head over to http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?showforum=63 though, if you surf through the threads you should find some more in-depth descriptions of different methods, I was just there drooling over some of the incredible results. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saadeath Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 I have redone his face, i can definetly see a difference his face seems more defined now than before, and i followed your link and looked at some cool power sword ideas and i attempted one. So what do you think of the changes? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1837872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FateSealer Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Just black and white is boring. I use reds, blues and golds often, and for power weapons I go crazy. For my assault squad I use a blue flame theme, they don't even look like templars until you see the symbols. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/ryanchen/Games/Warhammer/IMG_0933.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/ryanchen/Games/Warhammer/026.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1838202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marine Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 all my templars are plain, just the initiates get their left shoulder pad yellow to mark a joint crusade with my imperial fists. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1838423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henshini Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I chose my paint scheme before I chose my codex, so my marines are gretchin green with iyanden darksun trim on the shoulder pads and a wash of badab black over everything. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1838727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saadeath Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 fatestealer-that assault squad and chaplain are very awsome. must be a intimidating sight for your enemy. Henshini-you should definatley post some pics of your army that seems like out there color for black templars. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1838836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Hadafix Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 As for painting, do it when you feel awake and your hands are steady. I also undercoat depending what I want the outcome to be. Say I want a old style paper or cloth affect it undercoat in dwavern flesh and mix white in the next layer or a brilliant gold or silver sword edge would have been undercoated white with the rest being grey. My BT are close to normal, Purple eyed helmets, and white with tin bits or gold to trim the pack exhausts. Eagles donr the same. I am designing my own transfer for the Left shoulder to mark out my own crusade. There was a link on the GW site on using heraldic designs on BT or to keep it simple pinch them from the Empire or Brettons. Nice job on the your HQ, looks like they going to look awesome. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1838955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saadeath Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 As for painting, do it when you feel awake and your hands are steady. I also undercoat depending what I want the outcome to be. Say I want a old style paper or cloth affect it undercoat in dwavern flesh and mix white in the next layer or a brilliant gold or silver sword edge would have been undercoated white with the rest being grey. My BT are close to normal, Purple eyed helmets, and white with tin bits or gold to trim the pack exhausts. Eagles donr the same. I am designing my own transfer for the Left shoulder to mark out my own crusade. There was a link on the GW site on using heraldic designs on BT or to keep it simple pinch them from the Empire or Brettons. Nice job on the your HQ, looks like they going to look awesome. were/how are you designing your own transfer that sounds pretty cool Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1839151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Molotov Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Though I've shelved my Templars, they used a pretty classic GW scheme, although the red was replaced with blue. You can see a terrible picture of the army: http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z121/mnesimache/Army1.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157040-color-variations/#findComment-1839160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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