Astral Swords Colour Scheme

[.Torch.]

Yes, no?

At the moment I'm feeling it may be to close to the Ultramarine colour scheme. I'm pretty useless at DIY, so any help is much appreciated :)

[Ecritter]

Yes, no?

 

Yes, no, What?

[.Torch.]

Yes, no, What?

 

Sorry I mean't opinions :L

[Ekim_Trub]

Could work, but i'd re-do the image, adding the yellow/gold to the backpack exhausts and adding colour to the pipes, face grill, soft armour and eye lenses.

 

Its a darker blue so not too similar, and even then would only resemble the 2nd Company of the UM's.

[soddinnutter]

Smurftastic!

[.Torch.]

It can't be worse than the Avenging Sons

 

just found them on lexicanum ;)

[Heru]

and adding colour to the pipes, face grill, soft armour

Yeah... don't do that.

 

Another thing you tend to do is colour the soft armour and piping. No Chapter in their right mind would bother doing that, you can't paint it as it's flexable (which in certain enviroments would make the paint flex off or compromise the part's flexibility) and having it produced in those colours is resource wasteful, considering that those areas most likely get replaced allot (due to being weaker than ceramite plating). Then there is the grill, which you wouldn't paint either because if a marine needs to switch to using that for air intake and it's clogged with paint, he is going to have a problem. Their colouration shouldn't really be part of the scheme, and you don't really want to draw the eye to those sections (tactically or aesthetically - because it looks daft).

 

In my first saved painter selection, I have those bits pre-coloured and the grid pre-added, so I don't treat a fully white marine as my starting point. That saves me from trying to do silly things with those bits.

Helmet pipes and grill = Chainmail

Abdomen pipes = Charadon Granite

Soft armour = Chaos Black

[NightrawenII]

This scheme is similar to the Imperial Paladins scheme too.

[Argon]

Then there is the grill, which you wouldn't paint either because if a marine needs to switch to using that for air intake and it's clogged with paint, he is going to have a problem.

 

 

Huh. I thought the exact same thing when I was young and just starting out with the hobby.

 

Great minds think alike?

 

 

 

Now, back on topic.

 

Your scheme is blue and yellow. As you can see, there's already quite a few chapters that use blue and yellow. That doesn't mean you can't use it as it is now. I'm assuming the pauldron trim indicates the company, so it's not fixed. If you really want it to be unique, maybe you could use a little more of the gray (or even grey) you're using on the backpack.

[Wolf Priest Haelaeif]

I don't really see a problem with having the same basic colours as another chapter, not even when that chapter is the UMs. Blue, red, and yellow are simply very good, powerful colours and they look good on the tabletop.

Actually, although it probably doesn't matter looks-wise, the idea that those other chapters with the exact same colour scheme as the UMs are basically just additional UMs and see themselves as such, much like all DA-successors follow the Chapter Master of the DA, is rather cool.

 

If you want to have your marines look different, you could use a different marking system, like for example displaying the company colour on the helmet instead of shoulder pad trim or only using a company number on the kneepad instead. Or you could use a rarely-seen company (I think the 5th - black - is used rarely), or a combination of the reserve companies instead of one battle company, making your army look even more different from an ultramarine one.

 

Or if it is just your limited creativity regarding colours, why not pick a scheme done by someone else? You should probably ask their permission first, but what DIYer would not be honoured when another hobbyist wants to collect an army from their chapter?

[.Torch.]

How about these guys:

Standard Marine

Veteran

[Wolf Priest Haelaeif]

I like it. What about creating more different markings? Your chapter needs a marking for sergeants, too, for example.

[.Torch.]

The knee pad is the company designation

And the shoulder inset will be the Rank/position.

For the sergeants, I'll probably use red, then change the veterans to a yellow.