Larkyn Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 The Alpha Legion's colors have been changing now for some time. They started as a bluish-purple in the Index Astartes. The Horus Heresy artwork books show a blue, whereas the Horus Heresy novels have changed them to purple and green. Last week, I asked Forge World what their Alpha Legion color scheme will be. They responded: You want a sort of aquamarine shade, really - more details will follow in future books, of course Aquamarine will certainly set them apart from Ultramarines and Emperor's Children. Children of the Hydra, with this knowledge, how are we to paint this color. I've tried out P3 Meredius Blue with the P3 Turquoise Ink, and that came out pretty well. I've also tried out GW's Temple Guard Blue and Coelia Greenshade, which also came out ok. Any other ideas out there? EDIT: Here's my WIP example: http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss32/Hellghast/DSCN1320_zpsd39e0484.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Father Ferrum Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Eh. I'm not a fan, it's too bright. I prefer the dark blue with green accents. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3336505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Eremon Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 You know, it would certainly be Alpha Legion-y of them to have given you the wrong colour. Jus' saiyan. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3336515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim AMM realgenius Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Not bad. i like the blue-- you've hit aquamarine perfectly, but I think I prefer a purple as the contrast color instead of the green. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3336519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verythrax Draconis Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Behold the new GW poster boys, the chapter that is an influence for all Space Marine chapters: The Aquamarines! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3347061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excessus Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Behold the new GW poster boys, the chapter that is an influence for all Space Marine chapters: The Aquamarines! Wait, that would make our primarch...Aquaman? http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2jjf3d4ll1ro9f2xo1_1280.jpg [Edit]: Check out ADBs blog for some Alpha Legionnaires from FWs lead writer and games designer, Alan Bligh... http://aarondembskibowden.wordpress.com/ (below the DA) I guess that's as close to an "official" colour scheme as we can get...too bad the pictures are so dark... :( Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3347091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerbero666 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I prefer the purple-green colour scheme. By the way in the blog of A-D-B, in the last entry, there are a bunch of Alan Bligh (from Forgeworld) Alpha Legion's guys, I think that's the colour scheme they gonna use in the next book for the AL. Not a big fan of it since I prefer the purple scheme, but It's not too bright, and would be more appropiate than the one you already have. By the way I would leave the aquamarine scheme for a particular unit or post-heresy AL instead of pre-heresy AL, just for the diference between both schemes and periods, but well, if the FW guys got them look awesome I won't have any problem. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3347206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkyn Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I prefer the purple-green colour scheme. By the way in the blog of A-D-B, in the last entry, there are a bunch of Alan Bligh (from Forgeworld) Alpha Legion's guys, I think that's the colour scheme they gonna use in the next book for the AL. Not a big fan of it since I prefer the purple scheme, but It's not too bright, and would be more appropiate than the one you already have. By the way I would leave the aquamarine scheme for a particular unit or post-heresy AL instead of pre-heresy AL, just for the diference between both schemes and periods, but well, if the FW guys got them look awesome I won't have any problem. Yeah, I noticed ADB's blog post not long after I painted that guy. I'm hoping for better pictures at some point. From the looks of it, it's more of a turquoise than aquamarine. I'll have a go at that this weekend, and see what I come up with. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3347242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verythrax Draconis Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I liked the idea, and I see where FW in coming from - if you search for aquamarine on google, you'll see several examples where you get that green tint over a blusish shade. I'm inclined to believe that FW's AL will be some kind of mettalic light blue with a green tint, so the final, complete look of AL will be like aquamarine, not simply aquamarine instead of blue. If you give some kind of bluish wash, or try a mix of your aquamarine tone with blue, you'll get something closer. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3347547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerbero666 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I liked the idea, and I see where FW in coming from - if you search for aquamarine on google, you'll see several examples where you get that green tint over a blusish shade. I'm inclined to believe that FW's AL will be some kind of mettalic light blue with a green tint, so the final, complete look of AL will be like aquamarine, not simply aquamarine instead of blue. If you give some kind of bluish wash, or try a mix of your aquamarine tone with blue, you'll get something closer. Yes, I think what FW is triying is to create a colour scheme where there are two shades of colour, and depending of the light would look more blueish or greenish. AL Style Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3347555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavement Artist Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Something to take into account is that Forge World has a distinctive painting style. I wouldnt feel pressured into following their line. For example, i use xereus purple on my Alpha Legion because when you look at the visions of heresy, they are a purple in colour. Forge world would tell you that xereus is the emperor's children colour (It isnt, screamer pink is what you want). Look at the sons of horus. Their colour scheme is "sea green" with very little definitive information beyond that. Which in fact is very cool as it opens up a lot of interpretation of the scheme, making for a lot of individual looking armies. go with what feels right to you, probably sticking within that purple/bluey area :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3347839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ravenhood Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 alpha leigion is all about steath paint them as a mute black or grey or they are about deception so paint them as other chapters with little hydras on the battle plate somewhere. i tryed painting the purple but never got it right going to try the aquamarine i think Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3361146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavement Artist Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 May i ask what you found so arduous about applying xereus purple from the pot? :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3361271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Emperor's Champion Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I'm perpetually amused by people trying to figure out what to call the Pre-Heresy Alpha Legion's color scheme."Dark blue!""Purple!""Blueish purple!""Dark purpley-blue!"etcetcetcIt has a name you know....It's indigo.The hex code for it would be #4710b5 which is "Moderate Indigo"If you could type that code into the newest version of the Space Marine painter I promise you it's the exact right color. BOOMAlpha Legion color.Modern Alpha Legion are this iridescent blue/green (sorry, I have no idea how to do iridescent blue/green on a tiny model...): For the record, The Emperor's Children wear the Phonecians' Tyrian Purple ( the unique color the Phonecians made from the Purple Dye Murex). The original source of the terms "Royal Purple"/"Imperial Purple". (somewhere between hex code #66023C and #8F0160)It's not a coincidence they call Fulgrim "The Phoenician". And The Sons Of Horus aren't really "seafoam green" OR "grey". They're a color in-between that apparently gets interpreted in one way or the other depending on who's writing.The middle one (the other two are the same image filtered with the extremes of the color from the original middle image):http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a367/Ieyke/Warhammer%2040k/aaaaaaaSOH.jpgCrazy Traitor Legions, always gotta be unorthodox and obscure with the colors.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3361632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excessus Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Crazy Traitor Legions, always gotta be unorthodox and obscure with the colors.... That's how we roll! :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3361737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artein Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 And yet there's always this color cheme from Dawn of War 2 http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7489/alphawa.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273313-alpha-legion-and-colors/#findComment-3361944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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