recon0321 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/smsbeta...&krk=CC0000 the chapter uses the same insignia markings as the blood angels haven't fleshed out any background yet but what do you guys think of the color scheme?? C&C are welcome and much needed really set on the red and grey is there anything i should change or leave it be? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/224247-covenant-of-blood/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecritter Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I like the colors Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/224247-covenant-of-blood/#findComment-2681363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightrawenII Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 haven't fleshed out any background yet but what do you guys think of the color scheme?? C&C are welcome and much needed really set on the red and grey is there anything i should change or leave it be? Just an observation: Of the twenty founding legions and thirty-four known Second Founding Chapters, we have color schemes for eighteen legions and twenty-eight of their successors (not counting Chaos chapters/warbands/what have you). This gives us a remarkable pool to draw from. Doing some simple calculations (assigning a quartered or halved scheme 50% of a color for each and giving 25%/75% of a color for shoulders and head being one color and the rest another, while silver is counted as grey), this gives us the following results (note that having multiple schemes means they all get counted): 12% of chapters are blue. 2% are purple (that's the Emperor's Children). 23% are red. None are orange. 6% are yellow. 14% are green. 18% are black. 7% are grey. 18% are white. None are brown, and 1% are pink (that's half the Emperor's Children post-heresy). Thus, from most common to least common: Red, black and white, green, blue, grey, yellow, purple, orange. What does this show us? Red, black and white are inordinately popular colours when GW makes chapters (with red ridiculously common). A little looking around the forums will also show that black and red are inordinately popular colors among DIY chapter creators, too. I would honestly guess that at least a third of DIY chapters are black. Grey is also remarkably popular, though not nearly to the extent of black. What this means is that red and black are poor choices for creating a memorable chapter scheme that stands out in the crowd of IAs in this forum. Use black or red, and your chapter will start to blend together with dozens of others in people's minds. This can be avoided through the use of other colors, different patterns or particularly interesting badges (though other colors is by far the easiest method). A scheme quartered between black and another color is far more memorable than a plain black one, and so is a red color scheme with a unique and interesting chapter badge and a bit of wargear. Making your color scheme interesting helps make your chapter interesting – especially on the tabletop, where reams of prose can't save them. ~ Octaguide 2.0 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/224247-covenant-of-blood/#findComment-2681577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomus Sardauk Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 the chapter uses the same insignia markings as the blood angels Sorry but do you mean to say they use the same chapter symbol or just the Blood Angel company/squad markings instead of those in the Codex Astartes? In regards to the Chapter symbol might I suggest a blood drop in the palm of an open hand? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/224247-covenant-of-blood/#findComment-2682065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
recon0321 Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 yes they use the same chapter symbol and squad symbols..also they are red and dark grey not black Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/224247-covenant-of-blood/#findComment-2682143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riconas Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 The color scheme is cool, especially if you're a Cougars fan. <_< As for using the same chapter symbol as the Blood Angels, I don't think that's a good idea; first of all, it makes it look like you're not serious about creating your own chapter, or that you're simply too lazy to come up with your own symbol. Besides that, I don't think that the Adeptus Mechanicus would use the same symbol for 2 different chapters, especially with one being a First Founding chapter, even if the other chapter is a successor. It would be too confusing. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/224247-covenant-of-blood/#findComment-2683817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummus Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 cool name but thats a raven guard marking not a blood angel marking on his shoulder Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/224247-covenant-of-blood/#findComment-2684051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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