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I just wanted to get an idea as to what people paint their Space Marines as. Please vote in the poll, and if you wish, you can answer in a post (particularly if you have a personal scheme or later-founding codex scheme).

This is partly out of curiosity, but also about non-conformism. If everyone paints their marines as Salamanders, I don't want to end up as just another green marine clone.

While I don't own any Space Marines myself, my friend collects Black Templars. I've done lots and lots of commissions for him.

They probably have my favorite paint scheme out of any pre-made chapter, especially when you paint the shoulderpads an "aged" brownish white.

Blood Angels, only because they were my first army I did way back in 1990.

If I was new to the game I'd just start a new army, with my own background and use all the Codii for it.
Like my Sons Of Gonads Marines...

My scheme is my Avatar.

I have always wanted to model with originality. No offense to anyone else but I never liked the idea of painting my stuff to look like a pre-existing army.

If you choose to do your own scheme I promise you will be happy with it. People love my stuff, not because I paint to a really high standard but because its something they've never seen before.

Good luck :-)

My original SMs aren't properly an SM army as I bought them for SF games generally and Space Hulk.

They are painted an allover khaki camouflage colour.

My new army I am currently planning will be a bit more traditional. Their colours are based on a Napoleonic Hussars uniform and have a dark green top, buff legs and a crimson stylised pelisse flying from the left shoulder. Some details (facings and cuffs) will be picked out in another colour as yet undecided but probably yellow.

my original SM army was the ever dark green Dark Angels, having come back into playing SM after so many years I decided that I didn't want a main chapter paint scheme. So i Picked out the Nova Marines, a Checker of Blue and in my case White, since i didn't like the way the Bleached bone looked, i opted to change it over to Regal blue and white... So slowly my 3rd Company of Nova marines are coming to life.

Legs are Left Skull white, right Regal blue,
Torso and arms, Left Regal blue and right Skull white with a Sunburst yellow hand
Helmets are Sunburst yellow for the tactical squads, Veteran units, termies and Sgt have Blood red helmets
wargear, bags, clips holders are in codex gray.
It looks damn good on the table...all markings are of course painted on since there are no Decals i can use to make the Nova Marine sig...
when i get around to charging my camera i'll get some pic's thrown up...

and yes for anyone paying attention...that paint scheme is in fact flipped from standard Nova Marine paint scheme...let alone the wrong color...but the Chapter has been flying around space i figure the companies that are loose in the Strike cruisers have some freedom to their schemes...

I'm painting my marines as the mighty Face Punchers chapter, thusly:

My personal scheme is Midnight Blue armor, bleached bone shoulder pads and mithril silver highlights

Blood Angels are a good chapter if you're looking for something with history and a uncommon color scheme

EDIT: and by Angels, I mean Ravens. Blood Ravens are the way to go

My scheme is white with some blue detailing, in a nod to my other hobby (Costumer - NOT, I repeat, NOT a COSplayer). I'm in the 501st Star Wars group.

It used to get comments like " Oh, you're doing pre-heresy world eaters" then they saw the distinctive Imperial roundel and the realisation would dawn.

my scheme is Hawk Lords the purple and gold one from the book

My (former) chapter was the Hawks of Carillon - green with grey arms and cuisses and grey helmets for vets..

Now long since sold - I often wonder what they're up to now...

I have been collecting spacewolves for the last 5 years or so, painting them and converting them just because I like the concept and the models. Now if they ever release a new codex for them I just might field them.

Iron hands with a little bit changed paint sheme

I have two marine chapters, both of them are "named chapters" in the background info.


My Flesh Tearers:


My Celestial Lions:

My Doom Turtles chapter has a nearly identical colour scheme to Salamanders', but my backpacks are green and shoulder insets are black. Also some heavy weapons are painted red.

Black, Purple, Silver (or other Metallics as they are fairly liberal on the 'trim colour')

You should've allowed for multiple answers! I have some Space Wolves, Deathwing w/a few Dark Angels, as well as my own Chapter the Darkhounds who sport a dark green armor (they'll probably become Dark Angels soon though).

WS FTW!!! I am surprised that so few people have gone ultrasmurfs although IMO the less people play the emperors boyscouts the better

I called my Army the Omega Marines back when 3rd Ed just came out. before GW released pics of the Omega marines in a black and white color scheme.

It was originally in a Storm Blue base with Red Gore highlights. with boltgun and black added in there.

here is one of my assault marines. I hate painting the metal ones, the paint never looks as good as when it is on plastic.

Amen Brick wrote:

Black, Purple, Silver (or other Metallics as they are fairly liberal on the 'trim colour')

as the great Lonestar once said "WHAT the HELL was that?"

seriously im laughing, it looks funny but looks like something I would totally put on a table top. DAMMIT now you got my brain working on something orky

Subdjugators. Imperial fists subfound currently fleet based around the eye of terror in the Scarus Sector.

I use Vallejo cammo green with all black trim for my 5th company. No metallics at all.

purple base, with red crests, white helmets with red upper vents (that what they are called?) white right sholder pads with red trim and tactical insignia(or whatever type they have)

My scheme is my avatar: neutral grey armor, with back shoulder insets. Veterans have white helmets.

well my scheme is different then most you will see. Mine are pink with a white crotch and chest plate... They are called the Panthers(painted after the Pink Panther http://www.thegamestime.com/pinkpanther1.jpg). Why did I do this? Cause frankly as much as I like playing space marines I hate painting them. To me they don't have much character between the models so you painted one space marine you have painted them all. At least that is my own personal opinion. No pics of them right now though.

Pink marines FTW!

I have some in pink and black, but they are spikey marines. I also have some rotting spikey marines and purple and gold spikey marines.

My non-spikey marines are tan with crimson trim. They are called the Crimson Skulls, because in the 41st millennium, there are only skulls. I think I would like to paint some Space Wolves, though, because they are vikings that seem to wear Union (the loyal vikings) and Confederate (the cursed vikings) colors.

Paint them up as MegaMarines! Join me in my quest!

Voted for my actual project: the Sand Vipers



What i've done before:

Black Templars (only a few changes), Salamanders (before official scheme,so they differ), Raven Guard (old WD style),
Iron Hands (official), Space Wolves (i'm sure they're grey), Crimson swords (DIY,armyprofile with pics on dakka),
Golden Dragons (DIY,some pics on dakka), Dark angels successor (need still a name ,a black/green/grey scheme).


Some Pics of the unofficial:

My Paxmen Chapter were painted Ral Partha Ivory (a bit less yellow and more white than bleached bone) with deep purple kneepads, headstripes and pauldron trim. The chest eagle I painted gold and the eyes red.

Pauldron color determined squad designation: red for tactical, blue for assault, green for heavy, orange for support, gold for command and 1st company. Termies were an awful ivory drybrush over a burgandy base coat... yuck.

I loved them dearly and even though I didn't ink or wash them way back when, they took forever to paint. That Ivory I used took 4-5 coats to get decent coverage and the purple looked almost black if it went on too thickly, which was more often then not.

My newest batch of marines were going to be ultras - my son's choice - but the blue is a tad too dark for the blue boy scouts so I'm going to make them Crimson Fists or a CF successor chapter.