Blood Seekers - a stange new successor

[biglou666]

hi :D biglou here, im thinking of starting a new chapter called the Blood Seekers, and ive had an absoloutely crazy idea to paint my chaplains and death company in a bright orange colour, with red detail. Do you think its a terrible idea? Beacause i think that red and orange could look awesome if i got it right. The bulk of my normal infantry would be red but with orange detail, so the colours from normal to dc would be 'inverted'.

 

Also, if you couldnt paint your dc black, white or red as the main armour colour, what other colour would you choose?

[fivepointedstar]

dark purple DC. with orange trim somethin different.

or warlock purple

[BLACK BLΠFLY]

I don't know.. Maybe check out the Celebrants color scheme.

 

0b :)

[biglou666]

but what do you think of MY colour scheme?! ;)

[BlackSpike]

Orange with red trim?

Maybe. If there are bits of black in there, it might look like flames. That what you are after?

 

Maybe post pics of a test model? Along with one of your Red with Orange trim, to compare?

[biglou666]

ok :D just wait for me to whip up a model. it will be at least a week, cos im still in egypt for summer hols ;)

anyone know how to paint orange??? :)

[Drachnon]

I'd use a brush B)

[Leonaides]

I'd use red... :whistling:

[biglou666]

u guys are a riot.... sigh.... B) anyway im back in england atm, but not anywhere near my hobby station atm (its about 170 miles away :( ) so it will still be a while until i can get a few test models done... im visiting some family you see.

 

oh, and does anyone know a good TECHNIQUE for painting orange? ;)

 

ps, tread carefully with your answers to this one, drachnon and leonaides... xD

[MadGreek]

White primer, orange paint, orange ink for shadow, original orange highlight. Repeat ad nauseum.

[Kurgan the Lurker]

All you need to know about orange:

 

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...;showentry=4718

[Zealadin]

Orange can be hard to paint, as it easily ends up looking dirty or uneven.

It also doesn't contrast with red much, if at all.

Unless you go a really dark red I think you will be dissapointed by the results.

 

As others have commented orange with black, or orange with purple or a very deep blue generally is much nicer on the eyes, and would give the squads a more prominent place in your army.

 

I wouldn't say that it can't work (depends on painting skills and the tones of colour you use) but if your really set on using red and orange I'd make it an extremely deep dark red.

 

In the end as long as your happy and they look good who cares if people don't like your colour scheme, there are far too many sheep who think they can only use colours used or listed in a codex, or on the model box.

[biglou666]

wow thanks guys those are really useful, looks like im going to be upp to my neck in orange paint within a week, btw where caan i get orange ink????