Blank05 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Greetings, fellow Unforgiven, I just finished building the new Librarian in TDA to add to my Conclave and now I'm getting ready to paint. I was wondering what color should the shoulderpads be? They're supposed to be my Deathwing Librarians so my first thought was bone white, but then I saw the Picture on the box and that model had green shoulders. Honestly, I think the green shoulderpads look better, aestetically, but I believe the bone is more proper, fulffwise. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndigoJack Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Traditionally, they're painted green. The bone color is specifically for the first company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkn3ssF4lls Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Traditionally, they're painted green. The bone color is specifically for the first company. Right but he stated their for his Deathwing, but I do see what your saying because the Librarians are their own thing per say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnesiadidit Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Librarians are only attached to the Deathwing, they are not actually part of it, they always fall under the Librarius so they would maintain their original DA shoulder colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkn3ssF4lls Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Librarians are only attached to the Deathwing, they are not actually part of it, they always fall under the Librarius so they would maintain their original DA shoulder colors. Yup :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank05 Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 Awesome! Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Belial Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The only time I would consider a bone pad is if the Librarian was wearing Terminator Armor. All other times it would be green and even the new Terminator Librarian has a green pad if I am not mistaken. Just my two coppers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berzul Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Depends on how strict you are with color schemes, and how much you value fluff over personal taste. Some players hold the cannon color schemes as very important, while others use them as general guidelines and then paint them how they like. Personally, I'm all for personal taste over strict adherence to the fluff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMek83 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I used Green which is traditional, however I made is tabard Bone white instead Yellow. I reasoned that aslong he is attached to the Deathwing, he will show bone white somewhere, so tabard was good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyfellow Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I did bone for the woe arm. I say have fun. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/bukowski01/Celestial%20Lions/20141007_202517_zpszxchyqgd.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berzul Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Looks great! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Runner Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Back in days gone by, when the original story of the Deathwing was developed alongside Space Hulk 1st Ed, the Deathwing terminators all wore white (later bone white) armour, including the librarians. For me, the only deviations from white terminator armour are: Chaplains - always look great in black Heresy era - should always be black as per long standing fluff (cf - Deathwing story armour goes from black to white) At the end of the day though, it's YOUR mini so paint it however YOU think it looks best - rule of cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmaspam Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Except that all Librarians - PA, TDA, Biker - now have the "Deathwing" special rule, implying all Librarius personnel of field-service rank have been inducted. So all can arguable carry some DW bone livery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Lucifer Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Personally go for rule of cool. There isn't a right answer (well some are more right than others, but still) so it is for you to see what looks cooler. Green shoulder pads aren't wrong, bone aren't wrong either, choose what is best for you to paint. If you field your TDA libbie with Green marines, Green shoulder pads will look best, tying the force together, if you field him with terminators, then bone shoulder pads will tie it together . Or you can just go out of the box and paint them black. Maybe the Librarian is atoning for something and the black shoulder pads signify a century long atonement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillyfish Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Personally, I always believed a Deathwing Librarian should be head-to-toe bone as there was a Librarian involved in the Plains World incident. That's my rationale for it and I think it demonstrates that you can pretty much do whatever you like, so long as you're happy with it. So my advice would be not to worry about it too much and pick the scheme that you think looks nicest and is most satisfying to paint. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interrogator Stobz Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I do what Gillyfish does, mostly because I think it looks cooler. But then I paint my PA Librarians green with a blue shoulderpad so I'm not traditional. bs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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