Leave Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Hello all. I just recently got into actually purchasing 40K stuff, having been in love with the lore and look for a 8 years or so now. I've decided to assemble a Blood Angels squad, because... duh. They're awesome. However, in perusing eBay for cheap options, I realized I accidentally purchased a set of Dark Angel Tactical Space Marines instead of Blood Angel... Being a complete newb (and low on funds...) I was wondering if it was still possible to use them in a Blood Angels army. My apologies if this is overwhelmingly foolish, but I couldn't find the answer through cursory google searches. Thanks for any help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Personally, I wouldn't see a problem with it. Both Chapters use winged iconography. The biggest problem would be the DA's symbol of a Winged Sword versus a Winged Tear of Blood. So if you can manage to fix that, paint them red, bam you have yourself a very unique looking bunch of Dark Angels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Mage Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 A small file will take the sword right off their shoulders, and then you just paint the teardrop on- or mold it out of a modeling putty like greenstuff- and BAM! beautifully sculpted Blood Angels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morticon Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Part of the hobby is the modelling experience bud! Dont sweat about the iconography too much. A handy craft knife will do wonders as Grey Mage said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venerable Jazzman Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 If you're nervous about converting them, remember that Sanguinius had a massive sword. Just paint them red and gold and you'll be sorted :P You can say that the sword is broken to represent his final fight with Horus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Just send them back or sell them again. I can guarantee it will be 1/100th of the effort of converting them if you haven't done it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smendrik Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Easiest solution: Invent you own chapter and claim the DA icongraphy for yourself :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appiah4 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Just send them back or sell them again. I can guarantee it will be 1/100th of the effort of converting them if you haven't done it before. Unfortunately, this is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 If when trying to remove the DA icons you mess it up just call it battle damage. If you really really mess it up call it battle damage and paint them up for the death company. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_f Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Easiest solution: Invent you own chapter and claim the DA icongraphy for yourself :lol: This. Just call them The Blood Gulpers or some similar awesome name. Or paint the wings white and then paint the blade of the DA sword in the shape of a white blood drop (keep the hilt red so it will blend into the background). Honestly, any person who would have an issue with this is not any person you'd wanna play with anyhow =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Are they the new Dark Vengeance marines? Just get a file, and some very fine sand paper. File off the symbol, smooth down with the paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leave Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 Thank you all for your answers and help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Drake Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Just keep them and run Dark Angels *ducks to avoid fruit* - Dallas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Mage Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Just send them back or sell them again. I can guarantee it will be 1/100th of the effort of converting them if you haven't done it before. If you never start converting youll never get any good at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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