FallenLion Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 what colour do you paint your tabards for your honour guard or command squad black or cream? all help is appreciated any pictures would be great Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/221846-tabards/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKobra Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I went for a creamy colour...but I did toy with the idea of black too example: http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab36/IronKobra84/WIPSternguard37.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/221846-tabards/#findComment-2650654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seva Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I think the "cream" looks really good with the red of the Blood Angels. (Nice vets btw Kobra) I have tried all types of colors. Black looks good until you start highlighting it. I tried (and failed) with white on my guys. It didn't look quite right. The cream color works the best for Blood Angel robes I think due to the warmth of the red. White, I really want a pure white to work and I know it should, but something in my execution of the color just wasn't right. I love dark models and dark moods to models I just think that too much darkness becomes a parody. I know black can work as well, its all in the highlights and how high you want to make them. Black cloth highlights differently than black armor if that makes any sense at all. Same with white; white i can do for armor no problem. White cloth just looked "bleached out". Like I said, I know it can be done, I just don't have the skill yet is all. I think white looks better on Ultras or any of the blue armies than it does for Blood Angels. It's all very subjective however. Good luck with your robes! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/221846-tabards/#findComment-2650864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I use blue. Just cos I like blue. I think it contrasts nicely with the reds and yellows. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/221846-tabards/#findComment-2650883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I usually opt towards cream since, as Seva put it, it works well with the warmth of the reds. I'm always looking for colors that match well with the reds of the BA armor. I've had some success with purples and greens, though only in small quantities like on gems. I've considered doing greens for a cape but I worry that it'll make the models too "christmas-ey," especially with the inevitable addition of gold. Seva, your problem with white on capes may lie in the color of your undercoat. Undercoats like the typical codex-fortress gray undercoat make for a very cool white that contrasts with the reds. I haven't tried this yet so I can't vouch this'll work, but I've been toying with the idea of progressively-lightened coats of Dheneb Stone to Skull White, perhaps with a SW Gray transition in the middle. Maybe you should give it a shot if you get the chance. Kobra I'd love to hear your recipie for those robes. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/221846-tabards/#findComment-2651006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zid Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Grey when the armors blue/darker colors, bone white when they're lighter colors (red) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/221846-tabards/#findComment-2651015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKobra Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Kobra I'd love to hear your recipie for those robes. I started with Graveyard earth and just built up the colours by addng a little Dheneb stone into the mix, and successively highlighting... Last stage was a mix of bone and white. Seva has some very similar (but I think much more striking) Vets with a similar scheme...The cream colour just works against red! Thanks Seva :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/221846-tabards/#findComment-2651462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaleOpener Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I prefer the bone color often seen on DA models. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/221846-tabards/#findComment-2651513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallenLion Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab36/IronKobra84/WIPSternguard37.jpg OMG they are amazing <_< I gone for black, well i left it there from the primer stage, for highlights I think I am going for extreme drybrush [on edges/raised] with atronomican grey then fill in a darker highlight in between folds will post up what I mean, thanks guys Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/221846-tabards/#findComment-2665173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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