Painting Flesh Tearers

[Deadpool1713]

Hello everyone, I had a couple of questions when it comes to painting my Flesh Tearers. I have a tournament coming up soon and I have to paint an 1850 point army. Here is the list for that tournament if anyone is interested:

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275093-final-1850-flesh-tearers-tournament-list/

 

Anyways, I had two questions. How do Flesh Tearers denote veterans and sergeants? I asked my mentor this and he said that they don't paint their helmets white or gold or anything, they are just left black. From the cover of Flesh of Cretacia, this appears to be true because the Terminator helmets are black. Can anyone else confirm this information? If this is the case, how do you tell the sergeants/vets apart? Besides a sergeant having a power weapon or something, I mean their visual appearance, not just what weapon they are carrying.

 

Also, is it normal that I don't like to paint my special models their specific colors? For example; Librarian - blue, Techmarine - red, Sanguinary Priest - white, etc... I don't like the idea of having one random blue  or white model on the table and have everything else be black and red, you know? It must be my CDO or something.... Anyways, I prefer to have all of my guys painted the same colors. Does anyone else do this, or am I weird?

[TheFlayedMan]

Your mentor is right, they dont do anything to distinguish veterans from the grunts as far as the fluff is concerned. But being your hobby I say do what you like. Iv seen many examples of how people get around this i.e. boltgun metal / silver stripe on the helm.

[Xenith]

 It must be my CDO or something.... 

 

I don't think your CDO affects you that much ;)

 

Nothing wrong with having specialists painted in chapter colours - the blue librarians etc are codex designation, and the FT aren't exactly codex.

 

Non-rulebook paint schemes are often more interesting, especially on the characters.

[Deadpool1713]

Your mentor is right, they dont do anything to distinguish veterans from the grunts as far as the fluff is concerned. But being your hobby I say do what you like. Iv seen many examples of how people get around this i.e. boltgun metal / silver stripe on the helm.

Sounds good :) I have one assault squad sergeant whose helmet I already pained solid black :P Also, this works well with my CDO :P I'd hate to have just a few guys with golden helmets or something

[Deadpool1713]

It must be my CDO or something....

I don't think your CDO affects you that much

Nothing wrong with having specialists painted in chapter colours - the blue librarians etc are codex designation, and the FT aren't exactly codex.

Non-rulebook paint schemes are often more interesting, especially on the characters.

Just being sure :P Some people think it's weird that I paint everyone in chapter colors

[Gondow]

Squad sergantas have white shoulderpads, (according to BA dex) and they are more 'codex' correct then BA regarding squad and unit markings.

 

This is from memory so I might be off! :)

[sockwithaticket]

My current WIP librarian has blue robes to denote his position but has kept the same armour colour as everyone else (black and white). Obviously do what you like as they're your models, but certainly in a chapter like the Flesh Tearers, not overly preoccupied with ornamentation, I can't see any issue with using unadulterated chatper colours on characters like librarians

[Deadpool1713]

My current WIP librarian has blue robes to denote his position but has kept the same armour colour as everyone else (black and white). Obviously do what you like as they're your models, but certainly in a chapter like the Flesh Tearers, not overly preoccupied with ornamentation, I can't see any issue with using unadulterated chatper colours on characters like librarians

That's a clever Idea (robes thing)

[terminatorAM]

Squad sergantas have white shoulderpads, (according to BA dex) and they are more 'codex' correct then BA regarding squad and unit markings.

This is from memory so I might be off!

I haven't heard about the white shoulder pads, but you are correct in saying they are more "codexy" with their squad markings as in using the tactical arrow and what not. However, since the FT are so few in number and regularly through together squads with whoever's available to meet battlefield needs, it wouldn't be uncommon to see a unit sporing tactical, assault, and devastator insignia not matter what their role. They're too busy ripping enemies bowls out through their throats to both repainting their armor (or even bother cleaning last battle's blood off).

Following this train of thought, it would make sense to have the sergeant be drafted from a command squad or such to lead this rag tag unit and thus retain their skull insignia to mark them out. For my vets, I have the models a little more ornate and try to include a tabard, loin cloth, or blood soaked piece of cloth attached somewhere to their armor so that the cream/white color will stand out against the dark red and black armor of their brethren. Even if you don't have time to replace models before your tournament, these are usually easy to add bits to models that haven't been painted yet.

[TheFlayedMan]

Another way you can make veterans stand out is by painting the Aquila on their armour Silver instead of black.

[Deadpool1713]

Another way you can make veterans stand out is by painting the Aquila on their armour Silver instead of black.

Interesting concept, and subtle too :P

[Malus the Destroyer]

I use a skull on the right shoulder to denote my sergeants. I had a bunch of old Legion of the Damned bits from 2nd or 3rd ed. They had a host of skull shoulderpads to use for my sgts.

[Deadpool1713]

I use a skull on the right shoulder to denote my sergeants. I had a bunch of old Legion of the Damned bits from 2nd or 3rd ed. They had a host of skull shoulderpads to use for my sgts.

Well if it isn't my mentor! What's up Mauls! I haven't heard from you on xbox in a while, partly because I don't have live :/ I've been using those instructions you gave me (that you had to repeat like 7 times) and they are working quite well Anyways, I will try to look up pictures of those shoulder pads sometime.