captain maleck Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I've been collecting and painting Blood Angels for a while now, but I've never had the inspiration to paint company banners (namely because I don't think my painting technique was up to scratch!!!) However, I now want to start thinking up ideas for a banner for each of the companies' captains. I've got some ideas for colour scheme and patterns, however, I've got no idea for what symbol to use for each company. Also, I'd like to try to understand the significance of Tycho's blood wing, when 3rd company is nicknamed 'ironhelms'. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/222244-company-banners-and-captain-iconography/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Mike Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Well, seeing as how the fluff in the BA codex only makes mention of 2 captains (both from the same company, 1 pwned by a Greater Demon) I think you just gotta make the stuff up. You look back to past fluff for names and heraldry, but it might conflict with the new fluff. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/222244-company-banners-and-captain-iconography/#findComment-2656620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain maleck Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Thanks for that, but what I was hoping for was a few ideas for the symbol of each banner. I tend to be one of these people who tries to make sure that a symbol is related to what it's representing (which is one of the reasons why I don't understand tycho's bloody wing.) For example, in the codex it displays the banner for second company, which is a clawed wing holding an overflowing blood chalice. This I can make sense of because the company's nickname is 'the blooded'. The chalice makes reference to the initiation rites for a human to be inducted into the initiates of the chapter. One idea I was thinking of was to try and make use of a wing or two for the symbol, but apart from that I'm totally stumped. Again any ideas will be much appreciated. Captain Maleck For the Emperor and Sanguinius!!!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/222244-company-banners-and-captain-iconography/#findComment-2657424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nathan Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 teres a helaldry thread somewhere... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/222244-company-banners-and-captain-iconography/#findComment-2657440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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