Skitarii Colourschemes!

[marshall Egregorius]

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CommodusXIII: At first I thought of going almost Greek toga-style white with marbled bases shiny golds and silvers etc. Then I thought...mmm, no. Metalica would be my choice if I did white. Red, orange and darker reds and blacks were also covered by the codex. I didn't think I could do blue as well. Yellow would lure me away with thoughts of rebuilding my Imperial Fists army. Green seemed a nice unifying colour. I can still play with the metallic for rank or unit types.

 

Mithril: I have to remember the green will most likely be darker than my image above (illuminated screens can be so deceiving, Omnissiah forgive me). As for your base trim, I think the XV-88 appears a nicer contrast. You're going classic Mars, right? The scorched brown may give it a dark bottom, medium red base to light body. Not sure how the eye would take that. The XV-88 being lighter in colour makes the base a contrasting middle to the model. I'm not an artist, so my colour theory isn't the best.  

 

marshall Egregorius: Grey basing sounds nice. Almost a lunar vibe. My macrolade can't always be fighting on Mars. Another reason I was considering a non-red theme is that my Skitarii tend to be assigned to some areas where the Mechanicum isn't directly acknowledging their official involvement. If they are discovered someplace they shouldn't be then the Mechanicum will deny their being authorized to be there, etc etc.  Why should the Inquisition have all the fun with covert ops. Some fellow Mechanicum may not be aware of their status and questions of loyalty could inadvertently run into conflict with fellow Mechanicum Magos (in case I run against any other Skitarii army).

 

Thanks for the input. It is certainly helping me finalize some plans.

 

R.

 

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Greetings, brother of the Mechanicum.

 

While you may think I suggested grey basing material as an alternate to Martian ironearth at first as a change of scenery, my idea was dictated more on the objectivity of color. Additional: It was also to show praise to the great machine god, and avoid embarrassing questions of faith.

 

Green with red (even muted, earthy red) is still reflective of the Ecclesiarchy's so called "Emperors Feast day" Or otherwise known in the archives as "Emperor-mass"

 

Be at one with the machine, brother.

[MithrilForge]

LOL the fear of the christmas colour, i don't think that his army would look christmas like if it had red earth...a bright red rim would def make it bauble'ish but i guess a test model will have to be done won't it...Rashbold? get to it man!!

@dusktiger- i remember seeing yours! is that colour similar to the old calthan brown?...

Mithril

[Battybattybats]

I've been basing in grey since i started my Knight and Mechanicum armies.
My reasoning being that New Ares is well protected so rarely will my force be fighting on home soil, further i wanted basing that could work in outdoor and indoor battles so many of my bases have rusty mesh with holes in, rusty girders and cogs and shattered grey stone which could be on the surface of a forgeworld where stone rubble has covered over ancient ruins as much as indoor where stone building material has been cracked and shattered from ceilings and walls by hivequakes and the passing of aeons. Additionally it helps stand out from the red that would otherwise be effective at making things harder to see.

I will do a couple of purely display figures though with martian cracked earth and sand on their bases, and i'm also going to use martian ironearth on non-gw miniatures for other games.

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Thought for the day: The Omnissiahs will is made manifest in the firepower of his God-machines.

Greetings, brother of the Mechanicum.

While you may think I suggested grey basing material as an alternate to Martian ironearth at first as a change of scenery, my idea was dictated more on the objectivity of color. Additional: It was also to show praise to the great machine god, and avoid embarrassing questions of faith.

Green with red (even muted, earthy red) is still reflective of the Ecclesiarchy's so called "Emperors Feast day" Or otherwise known in the archives as "Emperor-mass"

Be at one with the machine, brother.

The clarification of your data has been acknowledged.

Praise to the Iron Messiah, and good function to His machines on Mars!

LOL the fear of the christmas colour, i don't think that his army would look christmas like if it had red earth...a bright red rim would def make it bauble'ish but i guess a test model will have to be done won't it...Rashbold? get to it man!!

@dusktiger- i remember seeing yours! is that colour similar to the old calthan brown?...

Mithril

Actually, when considering the combination of red and green hues together, I calculated this esteemed Fabricator as inspiration:

The variances in Skitarii and Sicarian plate armours don't appear to accommodate a balanced transfer. Perhaps a test subject could be chosen.

It could always be used to represent the Magos operating from his orbital arkcruiser directing the army.

Again, my appreciation to all of my esteemed Brothers of the Cog.

[Dusktiger]

LOL the fear of the christmas colour, i don't think that his army would look christmas like if it had red earth...a bright red rim would def make it bauble'ish but i guess a test model will have to be done won't it...Rashbold? get to it man!!

@dusktiger- i remember seeing yours! is that colour similar to the old calthan brown?...

Mithril

no...i believe calthan brown is now mournfang brown. doombull brown replaced...dark flesh i believe.

[marshall Egregorius]

LOL the fear of the christmas colour, i don't think that his army would look christmas like if it had red earth...a bright red rim would def make it bauble'ish but i guess a test model will have to be done won't it...Rashbold? get to it man!!

@dusktiger- i remember seeing yours! is that colour similar to the old calthan brown?...

Mithril

no...i believe calthan brown is now mournfang brown. doombull brown replaced...dark flesh i believe.

Your Data is correct, Brother. doombull brown is the replacement for dark flesh.

[Emperor's Furor]

I'm not liking the blue on my skitarii now, may change it all and just go traditional, the blue and red makes me think of spider man or optimus prime.

[Lord Daidalos]

Would love to see some of the colour-schemes from codex on actual minis. It´s a shame to get those cartoon-pics instead and only Mars + Metallica on the model pages.

I wonder if the light cloth looks good or would disturb the dark and archaic theme. Mechanicus standard grey actually does look great on vehicles (if you do the weathering part... otherwise it looks like the original plastics^^).

[Jae]

Blue and green for me, no red at all!

 

http://i.imgur.com/S3dREhY.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/WS2uDsW.jpg

[Lord Daidalos]

@Jae: I personally just don´t like blue at all, especially on AdMech, but really great painting... most of all Armor and Weapons look phantastic!

[TredHed]

Jae, I really like that.

 

I am contemplating making my armor blue and the cloaks mechanicus red. Two tone blue on the armor plates like my favorite sentient potatoes....

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/Sontarans_2008.jpg

[Vash]

^

Super like on the above one!

[TredHed]

Thanks Vash ;)

Just waiting for my 2 boxes of troops to arrive....due on Thursday the 23rd...then Sat the 25th...now Tuesday the 28th >.< 

GAH!!!!

[MithrilForge]

@Jae - they look great, and very different,which i suppose your intention was!!

am i guessing the rifle stocks are simply a brown wash over white? ,it looks very effective if it was!

and the green lenses go POP but in a good way !

look fwd to seeing a whole unit of these together just for the overall effect.

@tredhed - i hope your stuff turns up cause im super keen to see your paint scheme too!

Cheers, Mithril

[Vash]

Err that sucks man. Waiting for something that long is never fun. 

Well, you could watch some Dr. Who and get inspired to paint your "Sontaran Skitarii". 

[Vash]

@Jae -

am i guessing the rifle stocks are simply a brown wash over white? ,it looks very effective if it was!

Cheers, Mithril

Nah, its brown with lighter brown layers.

Well executed layers.

[TredHed]

Jae,

 

More I look at your Skitarii the more I like it. Can wait to see more. Also...the rifle stocks....those are great.

 

 

Vash, mithril,

At least I have gotten to work on an Onager in the mean time. I am LOVING this kit. Wish it and the Dragoon didnt cost so much for the kits though, I would buy a ton of them.

 

Will post some pics next week sometime.

[MithrilForge]

@Jae -

am i guessing the rifle stocks are simply a brown wash over white? ,it looks very effective if it was!

Cheers, Mithril

Nah, its brown with lighter brown layers.

Well executed layers.

.... Im not 100% convinced...i see the hallmarks of wash pooling(in a good way) yes i do see highlight browns...but i'm waiting for his answer(if im wrong i bow down to vash's paint-fu )

Mithril

P.S TredHed - get that onager pic up pronto!

[Jae]

Thanks for the kind words, folks. The Ranger is not finished yet, hence why he is still tacked to a paint pot :D for the brown I went Battlefield Brown, Bootstrap Leather, then Menoth white added in. I went in with the wash around the details on the stock because I had trouble keeping the metallics well defined. So I guess both right on some aspects! 

 

I'm glad the lenses pop as well as they do, my first experiment with fluo green paint. Woo. Just gotta keep at it. These are the first 2 "test" models. Fingers crossed I can keep truckin on the rest. 

[MithrilForge]

Jae , thanks for explaining your great weapon colours, and vash a nod to you but he said he used wash so i feel safe too ...

Keep working Jae, a whole squad will be awesome!!

Mithril

[Vash]

Using multiple techniques is the key to victory when painting. 

For my speed painting I use washes, layering and dry brushing for optimal effect. 

[MithrilForge]

Using multiple techniques is the key to victory when painting.

For my speed painting I use washes, layering and dry brushing for optimal effect.

And we all take your work as inspiration !! ,that's whats so great about the B&C... the encouragement & inspiration one gets from seeing others work and also extremely vital is their knowledge on tips and mistakes to avoid !!.

i hope to post some of my work soon that has utilized all the ++Hard Data++ acquired from this site

Cheers Mithril

[Father Mehman]

Alright gents and ladies, my colour scheme has been achieved. Well, not so much "achieved" as thought-up.

 

Think about this: Brown, Black, and Cream.

 

"Hey, there's no red!" you might be saying to yourself. Here's the deal: the planet my Forge World is based upon found its ores, minerals, and other shiny things in brown rocks. Also, it was pretty much a brown landscape when they got there anyway so, really, it was a no-brainer. Second, the black symbolizes the promethium they found hidden away in the north and south poles' glaciers (there's a nod to a Cain novel). That brings us to the cream colour. Originally, the trees on the planet- and all flora, for that matter- were this colour. This became the colour for all of the sacred weapons the Forge World produces.

 

Along with all the mandatory shiny metals, how does that sound?

 

EDIT: Never mind on the weapon colour as I want the secondary colour to be cream. Maybe a nice wood grain colour on the galvanic rifles is what I'll do.

[MithrilForge]

Alright gents and ladies, my colour scheme has been achieved. Well, not so much "achieved" as thought-up.

Think about this: Brown, Black, and Cream.

"Hey, there's no red!" you might be saying to yourself. Here's the deal: the planet my Forge World is based upon found its ores, minerals, and other shiny things in brown rocks. Also, it was pretty much a brown landscape when they got there anyway so, really, it was a no-brainer. Second, the black symbolizes the promethium they found hidden away in the north and south poles' glaciers (there's a nod to a Cain novel). That brings us to the cream colour. Originally, the trees on the planet- and all flora, for that matter- were this colour. This became the colour for all of the sacred weapons the Forge World produces.

Along with all the mandatory shiny metals, how does that sound?

EDIT: Never mind on the weapon colour as I want the secondary colour to be cream. Maybe a nice wood grain colour on the galvanic rifles is what I'll do.

What about Medium to Dark brown robes *cough,jedi,cough* with a red inner skirt?? then cream pants-"ushabti"(it'll make the lower half not dissappear into the body like the black does). and perhaps black or a real light brown weapon stocks with mithril and gold trim?? now that i mention it im liking that scheme!,shame i already decided mine.

mithril

[Father Mehman]

Cheers, mithril! Your reply came right after I put paint to the model, sadly. The Jedi robes will be done, though, as that is just too cool not to use!