chosen40k Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 The World Eaters had their red color scheme during the Heresy right? Or were they strictly white until after the Heresy? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Eremon Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 If I remember correctly, there is no definitive point in time in which they go red. As of right "now," by AD-B's Betrayer, they are still wearing white and blue. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegnor Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Their armour always ends up looking all red anyway, within a few minutes of meeting the enemy. Suspect with Angron's ascension and presumably a move to explicit Khorne worship, a uniform change won't be far away. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnabel Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I hope they will change colours only after the heresy, 'cause I love the white and blue scheme. And it really makes blood spatter look good. You can't really see bloodstains on red armor. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Semper Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 This is interesting. I do not think that there is an explicit mention of when or what triggered the change in livery. I could be a gradual thing as suggested or it could be an event. Now Skalathrax was an event after which the WE seized to operate as a coherent Legion so any uniform descision must have been taken before then - I'd assume. Maybe a ritual descision before the Battle of Terra? Let's see what BL (or FW for that matter) has in store for us. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Skalathrax could have also been the breaking point in which they stopped caring if they wore the same colors and in a piece of irony, they all painted their armor in(or let get stained with) various shades of red while adopting the symbols of their warbands over that of their Legion. Heck, there's probably a black warband running around. Or a white one that sees itself as the Harbingers of Purity, whose holy mission is to baptize the galaxy in red. And I think I strayed into 40K. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Wasn't there a short story about World Eaters starting to paint their armor red? I think it was during Isstvan V, and it's probably retconned already, but I do remember it being mentioned. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Wasn't there a short story about World Eaters starting to paint their armor red? I think it was during Isstvan V, and it's probably retconned already, but I do remember it being mentioned. The only short story I know of that would fit the bill of being at Istvaan V with World Eaters would be The Face of Treachery by Gav Thorpe, which was the beginning of the ill-fated "the Alpha Legion are everywhere" streak. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Food for thought, maybe the World Eaters NEVER changed their colour scheme, but instead became so BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE, that they simply stopped cleaning their armour, and their current scheme is 10,000yrs of blood.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Wouldn't that get into the joints? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Wouldn't that get into the joints? Would a World Eater care ?? Although there is a FW unit called The Red Butchers inbound, so who knows...... Cheers, Jono Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Food for thought, maybe the World Eaters NEVER changed their colour scheme, but instead became so BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE, that they simply stopped cleaning their armour, and their current scheme is 10,000yrs of blood.... Psst. What about the bronze? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Food for thought, maybe the World Eaters NEVER changed their colour scheme, but instead became so BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE, that they simply stopped cleaning their armour, and their current scheme is 10,000yrs of blood.... Psst. What about the bronze? It's not bronze. It's rusting iron that happens to look like bronze. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Food for thought, maybe the World Eaters NEVER changed their colour scheme, but instead became so BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE, that they simply stopped cleaning their armour, and their current scheme is 10,000yrs of blood.... Psst. What about the bronze? It's not bronze. It's rusting iron that happens to look like bronze. ... Okay. Psst. What about the rusting iron? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3520949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 If anything now that angrons ascended and can now form thoughts and more coherency I believe he will issue his sons to descend into the blood rage and loose the control to appease a true god Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3521009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Painting their armor with blood is goofy. Anyone who has seen dried blood sees that it dries a brownish color. So in fact, the World Eater's paint scheme would look like a bunch of Jokaeros threw their poop at them. Terrifying. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3521046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I agree and even so blood stains wouldn't create a crimson or deep red and the pristine white of the WE would still show in some areas. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3521052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Painting their armor with blood is goofy. Anyone who has seen dried blood sees that it dries a brownish color. So in fact, the World Eater's paint scheme would look like a bunch of Jokaeros threw their poop at them. Terrifying. There's your rusting iron Olis :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3521385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegnor Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Painting their armor with blood is goofy. Anyone who has seen dried blood sees that it dries a brownish color. So in fact, the World Eater's paint scheme would look like a bunch of Jokaeros threw their poop at them. Terrifying. What kind of lame-ass failure of a World Eater ever lets enough time to pass for the blood to dry before giving it a fresh coat? Fresh blood is a nice cheerful red colour. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3521534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanct Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Painting their armor with blood is goofy. Anyone who has seen dried blood sees that it dries a brownish color. So in fact, the World Eater's paint scheme would look like a bunch of Jokaeros threw their poop at them. Terrifying. What kind of lame-ass failure of a World Eater ever lets enough time to pass for the blood to dry before giving it a fresh coat? Fresh blood is a nice cheerful red colour. You reminded me of blackadder: ''Now get out that door before I re-decorate that wall an interesting new colour called 'hint of brain!''' Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3521545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Painting their armor with blood is goofy. Anyone who has seen dried blood sees that it dries a brownish color. So in fact, the World Eater's paint scheme would look like a bunch of Jokaeros threw their poop at them. Terrifying. There's your rusting iron Olis Yuck. Anyhoo, back on-topic, I got no evidence to back this up to hand but didn't the World Eaters have red armour by the time the Siege of Terra occurs? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3521562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I think the artwork does depict them wearing red at Terra but I'm not sure what it would say now. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3521579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Face of Treachery does have the World Eater Captain comment on how some of the Marines are taking to painting their armor red. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3521709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_son_of_Dorn Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I'm glad this was bought up, to worship Khorn it's not about painting yourself a diff color, and i'm sure Angron wouldnt give a flying fudge abotu color patterns either, so i've always wondered what (if anything) triggered the color change. I thought they would look cooler with brass coated armor than red myself personally. I know world eaters werent exactly philisophical in their approach to war fare, aka, no particular color schemes or patterns to denote leaders, so why white and blue in the first place? Unless the red is just purely symbolic for the color of blood which they are so eagre to spill. Always occured to me though that a dedicated servant of Khorn in the pure rage aspect would not even adorn armor. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3521719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I dont see world eaters getting around an area like a bunch of hippies and repainting their armor......I always get the Dawn of war quote from the beserkers in my mind instead: "WHY AREN'T WE KILLING YET????!!!" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/283229-red-world-eaters-during-the-heresy/#findComment-3522349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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