XstaSea Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Hey so I'm pretty new to the hobbie, currently play grey Knights because I love terminators so I thought dark Angels would be good because they can also field lots of terminators. I also love the look of the black bike squadrons, not too big of a fan of the green colour tho but Mabey I can make it very very dark green to suite my own tastes. But as the new codex is coming out I was just wondering what Dark Angels are like to play as an army. I love there 'outsider' story as well seems solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Jiraco Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 If terminators are what you want, you've come to the right place. Lookup successor chapters for alternative colours. You don't have to go green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellSpokenMan Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Dark Angels have three general builds: Deathwing - The entire first company (which is probably overstrength) is all terminators. This is probably what you are looking for. This is an elite, small model count army. Ravenwing - The entire second company (which is also probably overstrength) is all bikes and landspeeders. This is your maneuver army. Greenwing - The rest of the chapter is very similar to Codex chapters and plays similar to how they play, or at least it would if we had all the toys they have. you can also combine these elements. The DW and the RW in particular are supposed to work well together. I've seen Dark Angels done in very Dark Green with lighter green highlights and it looks very good imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zepyrous Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 You can field the Angels of Vengeance from the 2. founding: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Angels_of_VengeanceThey wear black armour only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillyfish Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 The questions about colour schemes have been pretty well answered and hopefully that is what you're looking for. On top of that I would add that the background for the Unforgiven Chapters allows you to dial up the gothic aspects on your models. So pauldrons, heraldry and ornate, gothic-style armour work well (think medieval plate mail armour and you'r ein the right ball-park). Then you have the monkish robes to add and it cna give you some nice options. I also wouldn't dismiss the dark green scheme - done well it can look really effective and the dark colour is quite forgiving of mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonBased Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 There's also a few particularly crazy ones among us who go for all custom paint schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polythemus Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Hey so I'm pretty new to the hobbie, currently play grey Knights because I love terminators so I thought dark Angels would be good because they can also field lots of terminators. I also love the look of the black bike squadrons, not too big of a fan of the green colour tho but Mabey I can make it very very dark green to suite my own tastes. But as the new codex is coming out I was just wondering what Dark Angels are like to play as an army. I love there 'outsider' story as well seems solid. Dark Angels have three general builds: Deathwing - The entire first company (which is probably overstrength) is all terminators. This is probably what you are looking for. This is an elite, small model count army. Ravenwing - The entire second company (which is also probably overstrength) is all bikes and landspeeders. This is your maneuver army. Greenwing - The rest of the chapter is very similar to Codex chapters and plays similar to how they play, or at least it would if we had all the toys they have. you can also combine these elements. The DW and the RW in particular are supposed to work well together. I've seen Dark Angels done in very Dark Green with lighter green highlights and it looks very good imo. The questions about colour schemes have been pretty well answered and hopefully that is what you're looking for. On top of that I would add that the background for the Unforgiven Chapters allows you to dial up the gothic aspects on your models. So pauldrons, heraldry and ornate, gothic-style armour work well (think medieval plate mail armour and you'r ein the right ball-park). Then you have the monkish robes to add and it cna give you some nice options. I also wouldn't dismiss the dark green scheme - done well it can look really effective and the dark colour is quite forgiving of mistakes. Well you have some really good answers right here. If you're looking for more of a philosiphical / tactical perspective then here's my take. Tactical - Dark angels have a long been a slightly underpowered and unforgiving codex to play, so if your looking to play 40k on hard mode they are a good bet, that being said I'm skeptically optimistic they could be improved slightly by the time the next codex rolls in. If some of the space marine formations roll into our codex then perhaps all will be forgiven. We will see how all this changes. Philosopical - Dark angel are the classic example of good intentions can make for bad policy. They are ruthless and singleminded in the pursuit of their goal, but they can have motives of their own to further their own chapter based ambitions. that said they are entirely dedicated to the defense of the imperium and the justice of the emperor. in this way they are similar to many other chapters. they are distinct in the sense that part of their chapter is dedicated to hunting traitorous former brothers from the time of luther's heresy. they also seem to operate as a Legion in terms of their sucessor chapters following the dictates of the the supreme Dark Angel master, coordinating goals, infomation, and movements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaSY Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 “We were the First Legion, Brother Sapphon. Consider for that moment what that means. We had to do everything. We fought fleet actions and planetary assaults, razed fortresses and captured whole worlds. We were both the hammer and the anvil, the bait and the trap. We brought death from afar and slaughter at close hand. We acted and others followed.” -Merir Astelan from Master of Sanctity” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XstaSea Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 Thank you for all that it's been a great help, will probably go for the black color oud chapters :) I just don't like green lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Consider successors, either custom or pre-set. You are part of the first Legion either way ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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