arutha Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Quick question, i cant find anything saying one way or the other. I want to do a tactical squad in all robes. is that acceptable fluff wise/rule wise? Second, i want to make the robes purple? will that be ok? Any info would be appreciated. I am just painting tactical squad ebay, so i dont want to buy the codex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droma Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 You can make the robes whatever color you want. The most common are some form of tan but I've seen purple before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPK Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 There are no rules about how you paint your models. Fluff wise people could make an argument against all marines of a tactical squad wearing robes as well as them being purple based on tid bits of information in the codex and novels. But again, there are no rules about how you paint your models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arutha Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 Thanks guys, Did some more looking. I believe only the vets wear robes? Ohh well worse case will have two vet squads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droma Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 It's not vets but members of the inner circle that wear robes. Inner circle members could hold any position within the chapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Semper Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Hmm... On p.59 of current Codex it says that robes: "indicate a brother's rank, role or position within the convoluted structure of the Chapter and therefore are most often seen on Company Veterans, Veteran Sergeants and higher ranking officers." Emphasis mine. This means that virtually every marine is eligible... But visually it is better in my opinion to go easy on robes - that way they are more special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPK Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Hmm... On p.59 of current Codex it says that robes: "indicate a brother's rank, role or position within the convoluted structure of the Chapter and therefore are most often seen on Company Veterans, Veteran Sergeants and higher ranking officers." Emphasis mine. This means that virtually every marine is eligible... But visually it is better in my opinion to go easy on robes - that way they are more special. This is my standard practice; Vets and Sergeants. That said, fluff wise, there is no reason you can't say a tactical squad has a veteran member or two (of course not by stats) along with it's sergeant. I believe Droma might be referring to the novel(s) (Purging of Kadillus is it?) mentioning that robes may be a sign of the Deathwing members, even those that have been reassigned outside of the Deathwing. Yes, in that case, yes, the robes do in turn denote that they are part of the Inner Circle, however, that would be a secret, so to their non-Inner circle comrades, they wear the robes simply because they hold the honor of being part of the 1st company. Of course, like Captain Semper just said, the codex presents it in a completely different and more convoluted manner. Like I said though, they are your models, paint them as you wish. If you want to be fluffy, you jut got the gist of it above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Indeed. Put robes on whoever you want as there is no hard or fast rule on it. Personally I like the 'look' and it's been a long time since I've seen an all-robed DA army. So buck the trend. Cheers I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droma Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 @EPK I wasn't referencing that exactly but there are indications that the robes aren't directly related to ones rank within the chapter(ie sergeant/veteran/company master) but rather their relative rank within the inner circle. So any marine could wear a robe but yes in general you will see them on veteran sergeants/company vets/hq's and things like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimdarkness Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 How purpel is purpel i,m just thinking that dark green and purpel might clash a bit. have you thought of trimming the robes in purpel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoyoteGospel Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 How purpel is purpel i,m just thinking that dark green and purpel might clash a bit. have you thought of trimming the robes in purpel? Green and Purple clashing? No way! Can anyone say "hulk smash!"? ^_^ http://avengerswallpapers.com/images/wallp...ers-278937.jpeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Immolator Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Well a lot of novels seem to point that wearing the robes the marine has learned a portion of the chapters secrets.Remember the Dark angels novel? One of them even painted their power armor bonewhite. But the codex indeed states that the robes is more likely a veteran thingie.The veterans box set also has them all with robes.Personaly i use a mix in my squads and my command squad is fully robed(except the old school helmetless apothecary whos just too damn cool not to have him there). I just dont have robbed heavy weapons specialists.Totting a heavy bolter with a robe is not very practical now is it? But i believe its a matter of preference in the end.Paint and model them whoever you like,there is no set rules for what they are if they wear robes. I ve even seen deathwing termies painted green and my libby has more gold in him that the codex allows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kovash Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I'm only using robes on my veterans and each squad sergeant. However, there's no reason why you can't have a squad or two of veterans in your army. As far as having purple robes, are you making a DIY chapter or the Dark Angels themselves? Not sure how the color scheme would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Toddius Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I experimented with Blue robes a few years back. It sorta clashed a little too much for me. But I also do a lighter green then normal as well. My Favorite is more of a brown/leather suede color. Or the tried and true bleached bone/white robes If you check the hotlink to my older dark angel battle force i did a command squad of Angels of Absolution where the banner bearer is wearing a black robe over his bleached bone/white armor. Hope that helps. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Order_of_the_Dragon Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 For my DIY DA project, I am looking to make a desert themed look and I hope they release some more generic robed marines ... if I used the DA chapter badge it wouldn't be a problem, but right now it'd be expensive to get just the 1 or 2 'Generic Robed marines' to cover my list. Back OT: If you want all robed, go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillyfish Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Purple works very well, particularly if a deep shade is used, although you may want to add a lighter colour to the model too, for contrast. You'll see some good examples of this in the colour sections of the Codex. There was also a nice diorama of Azrael that I believe had him in purple. So it certainly works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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