Thousand Sons Alternative Paint Scheme Inspiration Thread

[Xenith]

Hail, Exalted Sorcerors of the Legion! Welcome to the Thousand Sons Alternative Paint Scheme Inspiration Thread (TSAPSIT for short).

 

It's a universal truth that Thousand Sons are among the hardest 40k armies to paint, mainly due to the large amounts of trim involved, difficulty in getting a nice yellow over blue and other such considerations. While not technically difficuly, they are time consuming which leads to all kinds of motivational problems.

 

This thread is intended to act as a resource for people to share any alternate/unconventional Thousand Sons/Rubric Marine colour schemes that they come across with the aim of showing people that collecting Thousand Sons doesn't have to be painful. Whilst Rubrics themselves are undying golems of Tzeentch, the God of Change surely can cause a little variation in colour among his followers. Similarly, Rubrics whose fickle masters have changed allegiance over their 10,000 year exile might have had their armour repainted. 

 

Please post any cool schemes you've seen in this thread [with a link to the source], and I'll add them to the list so people can find them, and I'll group loosely accoring to main colour themes. Warband names would also be great if possible!

 

I've found a few already, which I'll lead with, but I'm looking forward to what you guys use for inspiration!

Edited August 5, 2021 by Xenith

[Xenith]

 

RED

 

The Crimson Sons

 

 

 

Preheresy metallic

 

 

 

 

 

ORANGE

 

 

 

YELLOW

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

From https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/844807-Chaos,%20Thousand%20Sons,%20Tzeentch.html

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThousandSons/comments/h7ls3m/help_finding_the_paint/

 

 

 

 

BLUE

Red and Blue

 

 

By @sitnam

 

 

Silver Sons

Spoiler

 

 

 

INDIGO

 

 

 

https://imgur.com/gallery/ljqB8

 

 

 

 

Violet

 

 

BLACK

 

Black Legion Rubricae

 

 

 

https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/850061-Rubric%20Marine.html

 

 

Black Legion Rubricae 2

 

From https://www.reddit.com/r/ThousandSons/comments/cx585q/i_love_is_colour_scheme_for_my_thousand_sons_but/

 

 

WHITE

 

Asectic Sons Rubricae

 

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThousandSons/comments/dsm3yl/finally_found_a_scheme_i_love/

 

Silver/Iron Warriors-esque:

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/6zwipv/3_months_into_warhammer_and_loving_it_looking_for/

 

Other

Ghost Rubrics

Ghost - Green

 

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThousandSons/comments/bwwxdo/rubric_marine_portion_of_what_will_be_my_thousand/

 

 

 

Ghost Green2 from White Dwarf

 

 

 

 

Ghost - Blue

 

 

By @Valkyrion http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/370901-ghost-thousand-sons-test-scheme/?do=findComment&comment=5731988

Edited June 21 by Xenith

[sitnam]

I added my paint scheme to my galler, if you want to add it to the main post