Morpheous Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 hey I'm starting up a DIY chapter soon and i'm going to have this colour skeme http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/PuRe_EvIl26/tester.jpg And this as the chapter badge http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/PuRe_EvIl26/Skull1.jpg What do you think? i'm not really happy with the badge...any ideas? -Morph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironloki Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Looking good. Do you have a name for them? Any ideas of what you want them to be like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Molotov Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 As Loki says, your chapter's character, culture, traditions and methods of fighting will have likely an influence on the chapter badge, so perhaps you need to tell us more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheous Posted August 11, 2005 Author Share Posted August 11, 2005 WEll i haven't really thought about it tbh..i was wanting them to be called "the lost souls" and have them using infiltrating tactics....and having mostly infantry (that means hardley any tanks,dreads OR bikers :P ) and i aslo wanted to put alot of scouts in there and i also had the idea of a devastaros squad or 2 in razor backs? and i was thinking they could have their geneseed from the ravenguard? ^_^ -Morph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironloki Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 If they are sneaky they dont need to be from Ravenguard stock. Its normally genetic qualities you gain from geneseed. So fangs from wolf stock (although its unstable) and pale skin from Ravenguard ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Molotov Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Okay, well that's why we're here - to get you to think about it. Have a think about your chapter's theme. Why were they created? When? What's their homeworld like, if they have one, and does the character of the homeworld influence the chapter? How does the chapter fight? How are they organised? Do they follow the codex or something totally different? Which Primarch are they descended from, and has his gene-seed affected them at all? The best chapters are one that have a strong theme running through them. You're saying the Lost Souls. Why are they lost? What have they done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainwhizz Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 the flaming skull brings up images of ferocious, aggressive marines, but the colour scheme looks more cols and calculating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Race Bannon Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 They don't even have to be "Lost" per se or even been the catalyst for something dark in their past or present. Maybe they are just doomed, that fate has played a cruel joke on their existence - and therefore ... "Lost". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheous Posted August 12, 2005 Author Share Posted August 12, 2005 Okay, well that's why we're here - to get you to think about it. Have a think about your chapter's theme. Why were they created? When? What's their homeworld like, if they have one, and does the character of the homeworld influence the chapter? How does the chapter fight? How are they organised? Do they follow the codex or something totally different? Which Primarch are they descended from, and has his gene-seed affected them at all? The best chapters are one that have a strong theme running through them. You're saying the Lost Souls. Why are they lost? What have they done? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmm,i'm not going into great detial but i will later and i'm not good with fluff so here is goes..,they were created to carry out lightning assults upon the forces of chaos during abadons 13th crusade. They have no homeworld and they fight by using infiltrating and deepstrikng tactcs and don't use many tanks.They are organised so they use hardley any vechiles but lots of scouts and 6 men tactcial squads to make it easier to carry out covert operations. The Primarch they descend from is Corax ( or Jaghtai Khan,because they have changed to use the element of surprise rather than speed...and corax becasue they infiltrae forward and find weak spots in the enemys battle line and concentrate fire upon that spot.) The only reason why they were called the lsot souls is because of the colours... :rolleyes: they just looked sort of etheral and ghost like so i called them lost souls... :unsure: -Morph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Molotov Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 - They can't have been founded to carry out assaults during the 13th Black Crusade. The twenty-sixth marine founding occured over 200 years before the current time. The Imperium also didn't have advanced warning of the 13th Black Crusade. It takes 50 years or so to fully establish a chapter. Perhaps your marines were founded in the aftermath of another black crusade... though that would make your chapter Astartes Praesus - one of the twenty chapters guarding the Eye of Terror. I find that "the lost souls" isn't really a likely name for a chapter master to choose for his marines... it just sounds overly whiny. My opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheous Posted August 12, 2005 Author Share Posted August 12, 2005 Yeah,infact stuff that name,i just thought of it on the top of my head becasue i was fiddleing around with tehhmarine painter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator_of_Bahamut Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Finally! Somone has found a use for my idea. I've had something similar in my mind for a while. A zombie/undead themed army. It'd be especially awesome if you made them look dirty and "fresh" from the grave. Not sure about the name. but I like the flaming skull idea. You should tweak it so the flames coem from BEHIND the skull, and give it glowing red eyes. As for the paint scheme, it could look similar to this. I think that looks like the rotting flesh is falling off the bleaced bones. The wings even look like a ribcage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheous Posted August 13, 2005 Author Share Posted August 13, 2005 I wasn't really getting into the idea you have,i was thinking about them using infiltrateing tactics...and a ghost/etheral feel to it goes well don ya think? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator_of_Bahamut Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Well who says they can't infiltrate? They could use the tunneling machines to rise up from the ground! I just don't think a paint scheme heavy on rotting flesh says "ethereal." If you want a ghostly army, the Legion of the Damned comes to mind, they appear and disappear where they are needed, and have that cool flaming skeleton look. If you want a ghostly DIY army, they should be painted in way that makes them hard to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellChyld Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 I just don't think a paint scheme heavy on rotting flesh says "ethereal." <{POST_SNAPBACK}> with white and rotting flesh GW painted up all the ghosts for LotR. but thats just a side note. maybe your army was founded after a the 11th black crusade to defend againist the eye of terror named something else. serving a long and well fought history they were heavily massacred during the 12th black crusade. feeling dishonored the chapter disappeaered. even reported as fully destroyed. during the 13th crusade the lost souls were reported at several enguagements infiltrating and desturbing the supply lines and other things to the chaos troops. it is since to be found that the lost souls have taken a life pentience crusade again forces of chaos till the dishonor they befell during the 12th crusade has been revenged. or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator_of_Bahamut Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 OT: Ugh, please don't mention the movie version of those ghosts or whatever. The glowing green guys were cheesy compared with the book version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howxat Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 the undead theme is an interesting idea but with a pale green colour scheme aren't they going to look like plaugue marines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator_of_Bahamut Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 It's a risk, I'd imagine, but since they don't have chaos style gear, not to mention no boiling pustules or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheous Posted August 14, 2005 Author Share Posted August 14, 2005 the undead theme is an interesting idea but with a pale green colour scheme aren't they going to look like plaugue marines? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No,not at all..if i put on loads of purity seals and that then i should think they don't look like death guard...:D -Morph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st.germaine Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 I have to disagree with the statements that white & pale green don't give an image of ethereal. I think that this could be pulled off with any pale color combinations trying to give an airy feel and pale green would be my 2nd choice (after pale blue/greys). With lots of imperial iconography to make it clear that these are not Chaos marines, you shouldn't have any problems with people thinking they're Nurgle's boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheous Posted August 15, 2005 Author Share Posted August 15, 2005 Hmm i could change the colour skeme to whites and blues....but what i would really like it to be is bleached bone and purple... -Morph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st.germaine Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Purple could still work but you'll need to use more subdued levels of the color - lavender, pale grayish purple, that type of thing. Actually, I think that your original idea of green is the better choice. You might find some of the replies to this thread in the Painting forum useful: Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheous Posted August 15, 2005 Author Share Posted August 15, 2005 Thanks,i'll try and get some differant marines with the colours on them and see what you think **edit** Becasue i have a thing for salamanders chapter i've made a differant colours skeme,name and badge Here -Morph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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