Brother Captain Kezef Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 ne of the most famous pieces of BA artwork shows a gold Captain with a bolter and full mask, Dante is gold and so is Tycho. I'm curious, should all Captains be gold? I have a red tactical captain and painted up a gold Assault captain. can't figure out which scheme is best or even canon. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/218701-captain-colour/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevulf Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I may be wrong but I think that gold refers mostly to the artificier armour... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/218701-captain-colour/#findComment-2607471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazer Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I second bevulf's opinion. I don't know of any fluff/canon out there to back it up, but in most fo the codexes, when a captain is in gold, it's artificer armour, and since our normal captains can't take artificer, I'd say red armour makes the most sense. However, a red captain with gold Sanguinary Gold wouldn't look too good, so really, do what you want that looks best with your army :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/218701-captain-colour/#findComment-2607478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Kezef Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 Yeah, that confuses the bloody hell out of me. Why are the BA the only Chapter that doesn't have artificer for their Captains? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/218701-captain-colour/#findComment-2607487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nathan Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 i think it can change for each of the companys. those few that have gold are artificer armour. yeat nt all artificer armour is gold(mepheson) and the codex shows pics ofcaptains in reds. (the one built out of san guard bits) and then th pics of the likes of the old capain with the black powerfist with yellow flames. so some just incorperates lots of heraldry etc. ive done all 10 for my storm angels and came up with a fre different things to do. if i rember tychos company colour is yellow/gold. so that could be why his armour is that colour. also the iron helms i gave metalic helms to the captain etc. and all jewels on each captain were iin the colour of their company if not the chapter colour. hope that helps. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/218701-captain-colour/#findComment-2607739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Scout Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I always held the impression that it was Dante in the image but it was painted before any of the chapter codices were published/created in middle of 2nd edition Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/218701-captain-colour/#findComment-2607898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malatox Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I personally think it's all about the heraldry of sed Captain and what honours he has accomplished... Malatox Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/218701-captain-colour/#findComment-2607909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Priest Haelaeif Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Although I don't play BA, I really like their golden colour scheme on single models like a captain (on a squad I think it is too much). I do not really understand how that red captain armour is not artificer armour. Nah, looks completely bog standard, dunnit? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/218701-captain-colour/#findComment-2607928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodunius Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 if i rember tychos company colour is yellow/gold. so that could be why his armour is that colour. Nope, his company colour is white. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/218701-captain-colour/#findComment-2607946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nathan Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 ahh, crap, there goes that theory. though my second co is my tycho stand in so thats why hes gold... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/218701-captain-colour/#findComment-2608359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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