Inspiration Needed

[Gen.Steiner]

So I've planned a new army just for 8th Edition - a full company of Imperial Guard Infantry, Yellow Company, Black Battalion, Paradisan CCCXVII Infantry.

Paradiso, as the name suggests, is a paradise world. It's also a matriarchy, and its soldiers are traditionally all female. So the Guard tithe is all female too.

I'm going to use GW Cadian models with Statuesque Miniatures heads, which is fine - it works well, I checked with some bits I had - and the reason I'm making  this thread is because I don't know how to paint them.

So. Ideas please.

I want them to be relatively easy to paint, as I'm going to have 163 of them (plus 10 Ratlings, a Primaris Psyker and a Commissar) to do.

Pictures to fire my imagination please!

[Plasmablasts]

Paradiso? I'm thinking tropical beach: clear blue sea and sky (for the fatigues) and white sands (armour and helmet). The colour coding (yellow and black) could be on the shoulder pads: either one of each or vertically halved on one pad.

[ThatOneMarshal]

I'm thinking somewhat of scarif from the recent Star Wars movie. A beautiful, tropical paradise.

 

A picture: https://www.google.com/search?q=scarif&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS715US716&hl=en-US&prmd=inv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT1rTHidfUAhVExGMKHQelCnwQ_AUICSgB&biw=320&bih=492&dpr=2#imgrc=-eMufgze7-o1qM:

[Dr_Ruminahui]

I second plasmablasts suggestions - I was played with a guy whose guard were blue fatigues and bone (highlighted up to white) armour - they were gorgeous.

 

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[Gen.Steiner]

Hm. Interesting. That probably would look pretty awesome. Any more ideas?

Also, Scarif - yes - that sort of lush, warm, clear, paradise world.

[Mitchverr]

I would say be careful on painting white, its a devil of a colour to do well if you pick the wrong base colours or go wrong with it, as was said above I would pick something like bone or a very light tan/sand myself over directly going white and then shade up if you fancy going into more detail on it.

Edited June 24, 2017 by Mitchverr

[Gen.Steiner]

I wouldn't be highlighting up to white. I've painted enough white with my main Space Marine army. No more!

I'm erring towards a sort of camouflage approach personally though, perhaps riffing off USMC camo from the Pacific Campaign on the armour and then a flat colour on the battledress.

Perhaps a sand-tinted khaki, or maybe a French blue?

thoughts?

[NatBrannigan]

At risk of sounding slightly sexist, maybe some pinks if it's an all female company? Nothing too over the top, maybe a Pink and Black (predominantly Black) Camo scheme? I only say this because my finance declared my Red-coats "boring" and painted a Pink and Black trooper up, which actually looked really good (just a very rough job).

 

Now this won't go with the "Scariff Camo" scheme of course. Light blue and bone would look great.

 

Just don't get anything from Raging Heroes... I thought a female Commissar would be nice but the one I tried from that site looked more Commissar / stripper...

[Gen.Steiner]

Oh, my Commissar and Primaris Psyker are going to be blokes - they're not from Paradiso.

I think that I'm going to end up with a pale khaki for the fatigues with blue berets, and camouflaged armour panels.