BrightStarNova Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Do They Always Have To Be Blue, Or Can Librarians Make Their Armor The Same As The Rest Of Their Chapter? The Fluff Seems To Suggest Always Blue. * Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavianCool Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I think if the chapter didn't pay close adherence to the codex you could. If you had say, Space Wolves, Blood Angels, Ion Hands, Fists, Salamanders or the like I think it would be a good idea Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightStarNova Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 What About An Imperial Fist Chapter Or Descendant? * Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_F_H Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 The blue thing is a codex astartes thing for sure. Imperial fists should have blue librarians. Successors usually will be codex compliant. But at least one imperial fist successor has no librarains at all. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightStarNova Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 What if a higher ranking librarian in the chapter wanted to paint his armor the same as the rest of the chapter to show comradery and solidarity with his battle brothers? I forgot the other reason why. * Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disruptor_fe404 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Depends on how Codex-adherent the Chapter is. Fists Successors, like Ultra Successors, will run the gamut. Do whatever you want, basically! My own Fists Successors will use blue armour but with the entire left arm in Chapter colours. A quick look online will turn up a White Scars Librarian with only an arm in blue, and I believe the older Codex or Index Astartes has a Salamanders Librarian in something similar. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightStarNova Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 Maybe Imperial Fist Style, But With A Blue Librarian Shoulder Pad? * Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Blaire Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Maybe Imperial Fist Style, But With A Blue Librarian Shoulder Pad? * If that's what you want, go for it. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavianCool Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 The blue thing is a codex astartes thing for sure. Imperial fists should have blue librarians. Successors usually will be codex compliant. But at least one imperial fist successor has no librarains at all. Black templars cannot tanke psykers because of abhor the witch Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyberos the Red Wake Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Maybe Imperial Fist Style, But With A Blue Librarian Shoulder Pad? * Most Imperial Fist Librarians are blue, but I can see a Chief Librarian or other high-ranking Librarian, or maybe one who is more of a maverick having his armor in IF yellow with only the shoulders or one arm blue. Having the armor be the normal color and putting the blue only on the shoulders or on one arm or leg is something that many Codex-adherent chapters have done in past GW illustrations. Salamanders, Raven Guard, and I think White Scars are some examples that I recall off the top of my head who featured non-blue Librarians in either an old White Dwarf or one of the marine publications such as Insignum Astartes. They should still be canon even if they are a few editions old so there is precedence for a yellow Imperial Fist Librarian. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/kp13/RGLib.jpg http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/7/71/Salamanders_Librarian2.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_F_H Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 The blue thing is a codex astartes thing for sure. Imperial fists should have blue librarians. Successors usually will be codex compliant. But at least one imperial fist successor has no librarains at all. Black templars cannot tanke psykers because of abhor the witch Ding ding. Somebody gets a cookie! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Another thing to consider is that the current Codex Astartes markings and signifiers are just the "current" ones in use. Astartes change their markings regularly so their enemies do not become familiar with them, the can change as regularly as campaign to campaign. If you wanted to use DA sideways tactical arrows on your Ultras or Scars, they would still be coded compliant. As shown above, it is coded compliant to have only a single shoulder pad in Librarium colours, personally I also paint the psychic hood in blue as well. Cheers, Jono Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavianCool Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 You could have librarius based colours beside the normal chapter ones. Like blues robes or book ect. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major_Gilbear Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Another thing to consider is that the current Codex Astartes markings and signifiers are just the "current" ones in use. Astartes change their markings regularly so their enemies do not become familiar with them, the can change as regularly as campaign to campaign. If you wanted to use DA sideways tactical arrows on your Ultras or Scars, they would still be coded compliant. As shown above, it is coded compliant to have only a single shoulder pad in Librarium colours, personally I also paint the psychic hood in blue as well. Cheers, Jono Yes, exactly! Even the position of the markings on a Marine has some flexibility in order to allow for different armour features and whatnot, and still remains "Codex-compliant". For the Imperial Fist Librarian, you could paint him all yellow with a blue tabard for example. As long as he's also wearing the symbols of his office on his shoulder pad, even that would be considered "Codex-compliant", and would also look good as a paint scheme. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4445918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_F_H Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Since I plan on rehabing an old librarian, and building a few others I've often liked the returning Deathwatch approach. Where they retain the Deathwatch shoulder pad and keep their left arm painted silver. Well a librarian with lirarius shoulder pad and left arm painted blue would be pretty cool. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4446380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 The blue color denotes librarian status. How that marine applies the blue is up to them. My plog has variant schemes, all but one arm blue, blue torso, red legs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4454146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sockwithaticket Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Yep, my Librarians are in normal armour colours, but any robe/loin cloth they've got is blue. Otherwise their iconography denotes their status. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4454155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightStarNova Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Decided On My Libarian The Blue Shoulder And Chapter Armor On That. * Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/324023-librarian-armor/#findComment-4454206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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