Tiger9gamer Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Seems like this is the only place to put this. I can't decide wether to paint my new knight as an imperium household or a mechanicus one. I like the mechanicus, but I don't like solid red color scheme.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffersonian000 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Knights all have unique color schemes that denote their personal heraldry first and foremost, followed by their Household, and only then by any allegiance sworn to a faction such as the AdMech or the Imperium. Which means, paint them however you choose, there are no limits. SJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffJedi Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 They don't have to be solid red. The Titan Legions have all sorts of interesting color schemes and they are pure Ad Mech. The Knights Households are just as varied as the Titan Legions. Maybe more so since they can be fully independent of the Ad Mech. I looked up as many Titan Legions as I could find when the Knights were first shown to help me pick a color scheme for my Knight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 I was thinking a dark burgundy and maybe a dark green for the heraldry. I think mine would be imperial, but would they still be close allies with a forge world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 My advice is to wait for the codex and the companion to be released. This is a "we don't know what we don't know" situation. While there's a good chance that all the Mechanicus houses will feature some redness, because red is the Mechanicus's color, we don't know it. We know that Raven is red with hazard stripes, but we don't know much about the colors of House Krast except that there's red in their coat of arms. We don't know anything at all about House Vulker, House Trainor, or House Taranis. Personally, I need my Knights to be able to play nice with my Knights of Blood, who are Blood Angels successors, so probably not a Mechanicus house. I want to pick a noble house to do three of my Knights as, and then eventually add a couple of freeblades once I've had enough experience with the Knight kit that I'm more comfortable freehanding my own made-up symbols. I was originally going to do Hawkshroud - in homage to their previous incarnation as House Hawkwood - but white and yellow seem like such a pain in the ass to paint... At the moment, I'm waiting on the details of House Cadmus, Degallio, Griffith, and Mortan, and of course, any new houses introduced by the companion. Anyway, the point is, I'd wait if I were you. Get the kit partly assembled, paint the skeleton seperately, and wait a little while on the armor plates. It'll pay off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggnuggath Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 According to some background about the AdMec in forgeworld's Horus Heresy Massacre the deep red colour is reserved for sworn and initiated members of the priesthood. See pg 47. ElectricPaladin 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 According to some background about the AdMec in forgeworld's Horus Heresy Massacre the deep red colour is reserved for sworn and initiated members of the priesthood. See pg 47. So that's why they don't get along with Blood Angels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I know we don't know what we don't know yet, but is it feasible that a house aligned with a particular Titan legion could adopt their color scheme? I'm not going to do anything yet, just thinking ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I know we don't know what we don't know yet, but is it feasible that a house aligned with a particular Titan legion could adopt their color scheme? I'm not going to do anything yet, just thinking ahead. From what I've seen so far, that seems unlikely. The Knight houses are fiercely independent and protective of their unique cultures and histories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Sefiel Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 HelloIt's your toy, paint it whatever colours you like; if anyone doesn't like it, that's their problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATemplar Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I've got both the codex and the Knigpht Companion book and all the mechanicus aligned houses have predominantly red armour paint schemes although one house is mixed red and white armour. The Imperium aligned houses and the lone freeblades have a much greater variety of paint schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 According to the companion, Mechanicus aligned houses typically use red, silver, or white as their main color. The "typically" allows for other colors to be used, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clanfield Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 my house hold is on permanent attachment to my titan legion so purple all the way :) (found that in the fluff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel23 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I was thinking of doing House Degallio. Thier colors are a little vague as well. I'm guessing from the shield and heraldry that they are a combination of yellow and blue. Since I also have a Warhound in Legio Astorum colors that would fit into my overall army. The thought being is since House Degallio was wiped out on Alaric Prime a few may have survived in service to the Warp Runners of the Legio Astorum. In any event thats how I plan to do the Knight I have. According to the fluff they don't really have anywhere is else to go now. my house hold is on permanent attachment to my titan legion so purple all the way (found that in the fluff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clanfield Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 yep my story is my titan order astro novarius was helping house thorne defend its home world from hive fleet leviathan which ultimately failed when the world was evacuated the remnants of the house swore oaths to the order firstly to gain resource secondly as the amount of titans that fell should be honoured for the sacrifice .so they realign with the mechanicus but use the titan orders colours what's cool is that's a old epic 2nd edd game I fought 20 odd years ago :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verythrax Draconis Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I was thinking of doing House Degallio. Thier colors are a little vague as well. I'm guessing from the shield and heraldry that they are a combination of yellow and blue. Since I also have a Warhound in Legio Astorum colors that would fit into my overall army. The The thought being is since House Degallio was wiped out on Alaric Prime a few may have survived in service to the Warp Runners of the Legio Astorum. In any event thats how I plan to do the Knight I have. According to the fluff they don't really have anywhere is else to go now. my house hold is on permanent attachment to my titan legion so purple all the way (found that in the fluff) Degallio have the same colors of the Freeblade White Warden, according to the companion. You can follow that as a guideline and extrapolate from there. The additional transfer sheet have all you need for full Degallio knights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel23 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I was thinking of doing House Degallio. Thier colors are a little vague as well. I'm guessing from the shield and heraldry that they are a combination of yellow and blue. Since I also have a Warhound in Legio Astorum colors that would fit into my overall army. The The thought being is since House Degallio was wiped out on Alaric Prime a few may have survived in service to the Warp Runners of the Legio Astorum. In any event thats how I plan to do the Knight I have. According to the fluff they don't really have anywhere is else to go now. my house hold is on permanent attachment to my titan legion so purple all the way (found that in the fluff) Degallio have the same colors of the Freeblade White Warden, according to the companion. You can follow that as a guideline and extrapolate from there. The additional transfer sheet have all you need for full Degallio knights. I dont have the companion so I have no referance. So if they are the same as the "White Warden" I'm guessing white then. I hate white.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The White Warden is on the cover of White Dwarf Weekly Issue 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel23 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Thanks for the WD cover. I missed that issue when I got my Knight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Bjoern Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) I have an Astorum Warhound too (and now a Warlord). I came up this the same idea as you, Archangel23. But meanwhile i decided against painting my Knights in the same Colors as my Titans. Finally i had choosen House Taranis. I think the red will be a good contrast to the Warp Runners. And i will add a small contingent (~1000 points) of AdMech units from FW. Edited March 22, 2014 by Dark Bjoern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel23 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Dark Beorn, I would like to have done the houses of Dutonis as they are close to Lucius. But, as you know they have not givin color schemes and heraldry for either of the two houses. I would assume red, but no idea on heraldry. I'm trying to place everyone in the same segmentum as my Wolves. Thats why I picked Lucius as my Titan homeworld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Bjoern Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 LOL. Same reasons for me. SW and Astorum. But i like the paint scheme of House Taranis. For me, House Taranis was send to Lucius by the Fabricator General to help Astorum settling the problems on Dutonis as neutral judges. That was their traditional role in the past so why should it be their role now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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