Temple Guard - an IF Successor chapter

[Redfinger]

This thread is to document my WIP of my chapter, the Temple Guard. Progress will be slow, but progress will happen. Once I finish rounding out the fluff I will post it for those interested. In the mean time, here are some ideas I have been throwing around for color and chapter symbol.

I came across this image and loved the green, I would like to work with this I think.

I would like to give a nod to the original 7th Legion, so I came up with the following that uses this green color;

I also played around with some grey, but i feel they look a little "Space Wolves"-ish

Personally I like the second, with the Khaki Green and white the best, I think the green/yellow combo is too "Packers"-ish. As for the Chapter symbol I was thinking a Raptor head set against crossing lighting bolts, something very similar to the original iconography of the 7th.

I also briefly played around with the idea of using the Dark Angel logo since I have a Dark Vengeance box, but I dont think it works. I am not sure though.

Anyway, going for a very military feel with these guys, hoping to build a decent drop pod army and possibly an Assault Marine army using BA rules.

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[deathspectersgt7]

Like the second image, look forward to this project.

[Redfinger]

Like the second image, look forward to this project.

2nd image as in order, or 2nd Space Marine Painter image?

[Kastor Krieg]

Bone + Khaki + gold trim. 2nd Painter image. Go with that, Brother. For the glory of Dorn and Him on the Golden Throne.

[deathspectersgt7]

2nd painter image.

[Dosjetka]

2nd scheme is good, but 3rd takes my vote, especially if you go with a dark solver instead of grey.

[Conn Eremon]

If it's the green you like, then yes the 2nd green/bone Painter image looks the best. The one with grey is pretty striking too.

[Redfinger]

I did a test model last night in the grey and yellow, looks pretty good.  I will do a green one this weekend and post some pics before the weekend is out.

 

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[Redfinger]

So I changed the green up real quick before I sit down and paint, took the bone color off of the chest and put it on the weapons, I think it will make for some nice contrast when all is said and done. White weapons are not often seen on SM's.

And since rank and file already have white helms, I am going to go with black for vets, red will still mean sgt.

[Armond]

Looks good! And here I was considering using Olive Drab as a primary color in a future creation. I like!

[Redfinger]

So here is the olive drab/bone color test. Assault Marine, 5th Company, 7th Squad.

[Kastor Krieg]

Awesome, white weapons work.

[Pearson73]

Nice clean colours. Looking good.

[Redfinger]

For giggles I went ahead and painted a grey/yellow scheme up. It is not done as nicely as the green but now I am really torn!

If I was to make some changes to this scheme I think I would do a darker red weapon and a darker grey so that it was less "Space Wolves", any thoughts?

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[Gaius Atticus]

The newest version of the green scheme is easily the best. What's also good about it is that if you wanted to use official codex company markings I could see every company colour (or a variation of every colour) working with the green/bone e.g:

Bone, Dark Mustard Yellow, Scab Red (not sure on new name), Olive, Black, Dark Gray, Magenta, Bronze, Indigo.

[Armond]

Go with the green guy!

[Lachdannan]

I echo the statements earlier. I do like the colour palette of the green and white. The yellow and grey just doesn't seem to work as well. That and the white weapon casings looks rather nice.

[Redfinger]

Thanks everyone!  The more I look at it the more I do think that the green is the way I am going to go.  I also like the "round lip" style base.  The basing rules seem to have more flex now, how do you guys feel about the round lips? 

 

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[Armond]

I do t think it matters honestly, as long as base size is standardized across your army for uniformity and the bases are appropriate size for the models. I know space marines come with 32mm but you can still use the 25mm ones.