Josh84 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Hi everybody, I'm relatively new to Blood Angels (as can be seen in my gallery!) and I was wondering that if the finest veterans of the 1st company wear terminator armour, how cone their helmets aren't golden, like the other veterans in the army? I may well be missing some of the fluff so go easy on me please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 No fluff reason, I think they've just always been depicted like that. The gold helmets are a little blurred in thier application too now, they used to be just honour guard but have no been extended to include veterans. If anything I'd imagine because space hulk terminators have always been full red and so that became the norm for BA terms as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atia Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 well, what Charlo said - it was just a design decision from the 'eavy metal team to paint terminator helmets red and veteran helmets golden^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh84 Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 I didn't know they used to only be for honour guard. I would have thought they would have rolled it out across the board, like they have with the black shoulder pads for all sergeants. It appears I shall be keeping my termies with red helmets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Yeah, as far as I can tell we only used to have "veteran assault squad" and they still had yellow helmets :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolchiate Remembrancer Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Yeah, as far as I can tell we only used to have "veteran assault squad" and they still had yellow helmets Golden also actually. That's how I differentiated mine, well that and the power weapons they were allowed to carry! But hey, welcome to 40K, nothing stops you from having golden helmeted termies or even designating the golden helmet to be an even greater honour among terminators! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I have Gold Helmeted BA Terminators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Yeah, as far as I can tell we only used to have "veteran assault squad" and they still had yellow helmets Golden also actually. That's how I differentiated mine, well that and the power weapons they were allowed to carry! But hey, welcome to 40K, nothing stops you from having golden helmeted termies or even designating the golden helmet to be an even greater honour among terminators! Fair enough, my 3rd Edition dex is in storage and I only had the WD one to go off where the model they use has a Yellow helm :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlangWhanger Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I guess a gold helmet (and other colours for that matter) could be to differentiate between Power Armoured warriors. Termis look different already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_F_H Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Back in third all veteran blood angels has gold helmets I think... I'll check my 3rd edition codex in a week or so when I get home if I remember... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh84 Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 I think I shall keep mine red. I was just curious as to why they weren't golden was all. May do the assault guys golden to differentiate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutherMax Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I think termies look better with red helmets personally. My power armour veterans (if I ever get around to doing any!) will have white helmets - again just cos I think it will look cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkangilos Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Yeah, what others said, back in the day only Honor Guard had gold helmets (officially). I have the codices to prove it if you want :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just4uCupCake Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Blood angels just look better with more gold and black to me I add it here and there to look a little better IMO all that red is just.. too much red. All of my vets have gold helms even my sergeants have gold. To me it is just a matter of taste. I do love how the blood angels differentiate each role blue for heavy support, yellow for assault oriented guys, red for tacticals, gold and white for vets. Oh and black... black for the foaming about the mouth angsty Death company. The blood angels are so nice I love the paint scheme, fluff, models, and how they play. THEY SO SHINIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I guess a gold helmet (and other colours for that matter) could be to differentiate between Power Armoured warriors. Termis look different already! That and also everybody knows that only veterans get to wear TDA, jump packs can be worn by any marine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh84 Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 Also, as another aside is this the same reason that some commanders such as Dante and Tycho are painted gold but all others, such as karlaen are painted red? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I think this is simply creative freedom and/or greater leniency for the dress code of such prominent individuals. Mephiston for example is red while librarians are supposed to wear blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Reinhard Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Like I think has been mentioned, gold helmets were first only used on Dante's honorguard (who otherwise looked like normal assault marines, back in the AoD codex) then it was extended for blood angel veterans in PA that were equipped like vanguard, essentially making the gold replace the yellow of the assault marines. Terminators never really had an issue of being mistaken for any other unit so never needed a different helmet colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evildrcheese Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Funnily enough, when I painted some terminators a few months ago I pondered this very question! The answer has already been covered. Obviously you are free to give the gold helmets if you want but the convention for Termies is red helms. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I have seen a few people paint their Termie helmets golden and I think it looks pretty good. I might go for it myself if I add any more to my army (unlikely at the moment). As always, your models, your choice. :) http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee199/Karhedronuk/Termie_zps9d43d850.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Raul Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Hell yeah. I love this thread, really got me to thinking and the first thing I was drawn too is how good gold would look with lense flair. Really make the green pop. Then this was posted. Now I want a termie squad AND a vv squad >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh84 Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 After seeing the golden helmed termie above some of mine will have golden helmets for sure! When they're painted (in a few weeks) there shall be photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutherMax Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I gotta admit... That does look pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh84 Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 So after spending all day umming and ahhhing whether or not I should repaint some red helmets gold on the squad I'm currently working on, I decided to go with gold. So glad I did. Here's the WIP of these guys, although they are very nearly there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evildrcheese Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Damn they are cool. Here comes the regret of doing the traditional red... D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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