Brother_Ovis Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I've started painting my first scout squad and I'm kind of lost. I want to keep them blackish, generally dark, so it's black armour and boots, and hair (they're RGs after all), but I don't really know what to do with the rest of their gear - visible clothing and harnesses. At first I thought to paint it black as well, as in modern day police special forces (think SWAT), but it doesn't really look good on a mini, I want them to be a little less monotonous colour-wise. I looked up some camo patterns, but I'm not really convinced to any of them. Help me out, brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatman Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I go with scorched brown, with a drybrushing of codex grey, followed by fortress grey. Keeps it dark but adds texture to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shadow Guard Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 The scout clothing can be painted in any camouflage pattern you wish..only their body armour retains their chapter colours. The RG scouts painted up by the 'eavy metal team in Codex Spacemarines actually show white shoulder pads. However, in Imperial Armour Volume Eight: Raid on KAstorel-Novem, there is a full page artists illustration of a Ravenguard Scout, whose shoulder pads are dark and the chapter insignia/squad markings are described as being low visibility pattern..looks almost grey, suggesting that they obviously makethemselves less visible in the combat zones. That aprticular image depicts the trousers and smock in brown and green camouflage pattern. Hope that helps SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Ovis Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 I've already painted their armour black, now I need just some advice as to what colour will look nice on the visible parts of their uniform and harness. I've seen the scout sgt picture in IA Kastorel-Novem, but it's got this greenish hue to it that distorts actual colours. Been trying to clean it up by changing brightness/contrast/hue settings of a scanned image on my computer, using black colour of armour as reference, but all I've really managed to squeeze out of it is dirty, muddy, darkish brown (?) on the clothing parts. Oh, and the sniper rifle's casing is definitely dark green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I use a black and white scheme for my scouts, i can try and grab a picture if you want? They're not Ravenguard but they're the same colour scheme-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luther - the fallen Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I run my RG scouts with a (very)dark grey uniform, and brown webbing. Hope that helps. Luther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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