Snejk Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Hello! I'm about to assemble and paint some Sanguinary Guard for my Flesh Eaters, and my personal opinion is that golden armour looks... To put it mildly awful, borderline criminal. So I browsed the popular computer network known as The Internet prowling for alternative colors. I have seen some red, some yellow, some white and I have even seen a green Sanguinary Guard. None of them really tickled my fancy. None except for the Alabaster white ones. But since my experience with painting white is limited to some poorly executed minis who met their deaths in accidents involving lighterfluid and matches I'm not going there again. So i started thinking that White is the heraldic color for silver and white metals I could possibly paint them in Boltgun metal, with Mithril silver Highlights, red shoulderpads, black wings, and adding some corrosion to the armour. Just to give them a feeling of a doomed chapter with limited maintanence capability. C&C is always welcome. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulochromis Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 do you have Death Company? If not Black, makes for a reasonable option, especially given the Flesh Tearer's red, black & white scheme. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3282128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snejk Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 I thought of black as well, but I'm getting a DC later on. Decisions, decisions. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3282210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomjoad Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 That's funny, as I am about to paint my DC gold as I don't want to try making them look good in black. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3282245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demoulius Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 AFAIK their colour are normal BA colours but with white trims and helmets... Offcourse shouldnt stop you from following "the rule of cool" I have a squad with beaky helmets with a priest who has one as well, but sargeant colours for the helmet Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3282261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth_giles Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 White Sanguinaries are an Angels Encarmine thing, but I could see it working for the Flesh Eaters as well. What comes into my mind, though, is a corroded gold/bronze scheme using drybrushing. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3282364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demoulius Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Oh wait sorry my bad, thought he was asking about sanguinary priests Gold/bronze is I think their fluffy colour but a deep red with gold details would fit in just as well I think. Theyre your characters, do as you see fit with them Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3282379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormleader Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I enjoyed the scheme of the Sang Guard painted here: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=18500033a I painted up my Sang Guard similar, except I used Screaming Skull on my wings and washed the feathers with Seraphim Sepia. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3282420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicodemus Doloroso Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 White used to be the bane of my existence, too, but I've found that using the new Citadel paint line and using their paint chart for white works nicely. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3282431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I think white would look excellent covered in blood/guts and heavy weathering for Flesh Eaters, but so would the silver scheme. Personally, I'm going for a heavily weathered gold, possibly with red helms. Basically, you are cool with anything, especially weathered, 'coz we don't have time to polish as we are too busy applying boot to ass in the name of the Emperor Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3282737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrat Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Although my SG are still in the process of finding themselves on the actual painting schedule, I'm going to make them silver. I have a test mini done, and imo, it looks awesome. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3282745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivepointedstar Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I like the all white, and bloody idea that MR stated. But the battered bronze would also look fitting for the sang guards Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3282861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesI Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I personally like the gold SG. But, bronze would look good, or white. Or even black with gold to separate them from DC with Black and red. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3283447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Mapple Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I've been doing a deep, almost brownish, copper. I don't use GW paints though. The Copper color on all the armor and such, but I'm using copper where other people use gold on other marines like veterans and such. My colors are similar to flesh tearers, and the color does a good job of not making them look ornate. Then you could do some off green/turqoise for verdigris to show corrosion. Not Skaven levels, of course, but enough to show wear and tear. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3283746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snejk Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 I've been doing a deep, almost brownish, copper. I don't use GW paints though. The Copper color on all the armor and such, but I'm using copper where other people use gold on other marines like veterans and such. My colors are similar to flesh tearers, and the color does a good job of not making them look ornate. Then you could do some off green/turqoise for verdigris to show corrosion. Not Skaven levels, of course, but enough to show wear and tear. Do you use Valejo or P3 Formula? I used Valejo colors some years ago and i really liked their copper and bronze colors. I'll probably go for some corroded bronze. I remember painting my old Chaos Warriors for WHFB in bronze and I was happy with that result. And I imagine my painting skills have improved some so I'll see an even better result now. I'll probably go with Tin Bits as base and work up to a brighter bronze from there and finally corrode them some with a watered down Ice Blue. I have a couple of havocs with Ice Blue corrosion on them. Or I might try Sybarite Green. Or both. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3283750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchbox Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I did my Snag guard and DC in white for my Fleshtearers. Looks really cool on the armour. also makes them stand out great in a red/black army. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3286167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snejk Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 I started the project today and this is what I have done so far: The base color i Tin Bitz, high lighted wit the following: Brass scorpion, Hasnut Copper and Boltgun Metal. I also started corroding the armour somewhat using watered down Ice Blue in some of the recesses. They are a bit more golden on the pic than in reality. They look slightly more bronze. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3286182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivepointedstar Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 bronze looks good on them. keep them coming along Brother! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3286231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchbox Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 i Like it. Certainly looks more hoarse than the glinting gold of the standard colours Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3286282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Mapple Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I didn't use P3 or Vallejo either. I use Apple Barrel or Folk Art paints, which are cheap acrylic craft paints, since they're less than a dollar a pot with a coupon I get for the craft stores. I can get a bottle the size of a spray can for like $3. I have to thin them and do more coats, but I like the wine/burgundy color I have for my Flesh Tearer similar chapter, and a glossy black. If I ever did a second army, I'd use GW, but I don't want to change formulas halfway through when I already have a couple thousand points with some coats on them. It's Folk Art Antique Mettalic Copper and... I can't remember the other off the top of my head, but it might just be "Metallic Copper". But the Antique is much darker, so I do it first and then highlight/layer the brighter one. Then wash with a flat, opaque brown to make it look like the edges are not as shiny. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269485-alternative-paint-scheme-on-sanguinary-guard/#findComment-3287241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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