snow cadians

[Rune Priest Jbickb]

Hey all, as my collection starts to roll in I was wondering how to paint it. My primary army is space wolves and at the moment all of my terrain and my battle mat are snow themed. So in order to keep the asthetic consistent with the snow theme I though I would go with snow camo for my army. My 2 questions are 1 in the fluff would cadians be deployed to a snow environment, and 2 is there a good snow camo tutorial out there that any one knows of.

 

Thanks for your time

[Daemon2027]

Question 1 I believe is yes. I think the Imperial Guard would expected to able to deploy anywhere, and a highly sought after force such as as the Cadians will be used to fighting in any environment. Also FW did Snow Cadians to showcase their hostile environment kit (http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Cadian_Shock_Troops/CADIAN_HOSTILE_ENVIRONMENT_TROOPS_CONVERSION_SET.html)

As for 2, I would like to see some good snow camo examples and tutorials, as well.

[Adeptus-Alaska]

well, coming from real world Army experience.(retired Ranger) our Snow camo was, well, white. just white. not the white/grey/black you see on pants/coats in the military surplus store.

 

the good news, it's easy to paint.

 

the not-so-good news, it's not that dynamic.

 

if you go the white route, paint the uniform white. paint the flack armour(including Helmet) light grey to break up the white a bit. and paint the boots, gear, and weapons in regular guard colors(or whatever colors your SW pouches and stuff are to tie them in to the army, visually)

 

the "camo" pattern, just as easy. paint it white as above. then break it up with a medium grey in patches. fianlly, break that up even further with smaller black patches. be sure the black gets on the white base too, or it will look off.

 

this is a youtube tutorial.

 

http://youtu.be/bR_8q_a8q6E

[Seahawk]

Any military force can be deployed anywhere at any time under any conditions and expect to perform, so yes, Cadians in the snow is as normal as can be. Granted, they'll generally be wearing great coats and thick hats, just like, well, Valhallans, because otherwise you're just sending your men out to die.

 

Those FW models are probably not snow, but more like salt plains or some other hostile environment, considering the lack of cold-weather gear. Fatigues will only take you so far. ;)

 

To start with the right look, you can go with Wargames Factory Greatcoat models. Just swap the arms and heads and you're good to go. A quick Google search will then give you assorted real-world camo schemes that are easy to replicate. If you want to see what other's have done, adding "cadian" to the same search will give you probably exactly what you're looking for.

[Fibonacci]

Snow Cadians.  Don't most people call those Canadians?

[hendrik]

a great tip, paint the hands in a leatherlike/black colour to represent gloves! as most painters forgo this and paint them in a skin colour, which, while looking good, seems highly unpractical. the standard cadian gear can easely pass as snow proof clothing though.

[Daemon2027]

I always thought they were super insulated or something else 'futuristic'.

 

Tbh you could paint them in any camo and give them snow bases. Chances are the regiment wasn't told they were dropping onto Hoth during Christmas.

[Rune Priest Jbickb]

Thanks for all the thoughts guys. I am trying to stick with gw models, but the Valhallan one aren't that stellar and dkok with green stuff hats would be wicked pricey. Plus I have a bunch of cadian guys already. I figured that in the grim dark far future they sorted out how to keep warm without a coat like demon said

 

thanks Seahawk for the camo schemes link that will help figure colors

 

thanks for the tutorial video furioso that help sort me out as well.

 

I like the gloves idea hendrik that's a good one.

 

@ fibonacci that is hilarious and might get incorporated...

[WarriorFish]

Sounds like a good plan, I'll add that my Guardsmen have gloves and it looks good, easily makes them look quite weather proof :)

[Rune Priest Jbickb]

This is my first stab at my snow camouflage paint job, let me know what you think

 

All constructive c and c welcome

 

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/gallery/image/127082-20140427-194025

 

Couldn't figure out how to post the pic, odd because there used to be a button for it but now I can't seem to find it.

[walter h]

Looking good. A rocky snow pattern.

[Marshal Argos]

For the most part I think its a good start, there's just not enough white for my tastes.  With so much blue and black, I think he would be pretty easy to spot moving around.  IMHO I would increase the white, and cut back on the blue.

[WarriorFish]

Agreed, it looks good but needs a little more to make it really pop I think. Maybe another colour?

[Brother Lorien]

If your a little bit skilled with greenstuff its VERY easy to make winterized cadians.

 

Al you have to do is create fur like colars around the arms , lower part of the jacket and around the next , or raised as a hood, a guy on te warseer has an army like this, but you can also find pictures through google pictures

 

Search for Winter Drogans

[Rune Priest Jbickb]

Thanks guys, I was thinking they got a bit dark. What do you think of going in with some dawn stone to lighten it up a bit?

[Blackwinter]

hi brothers,

 

with the same fluff i'm using this camo for my Guards of The Aett:

 

[WarriorFish]

That's a good camouflage scheme, and quite similar to yours jbickb! Perhaps if you explained how you did it it could give jbickb some ideas for his colours?

[Brother Lorien]

Mind you these miniatures are not mine , but from a user who posts on several other boards

[incinerator950]

You're making me want to do a honor guard-Badab Snow Raptors force.

 

So delicious.