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So I have been stumped for a while now as to which SM chapter I want to choose... and I have now decided I'd like to base it on 2 things... In order...

Easy To paint colour scheme!
and Fluff.

So I am here to ask which chapters are easy to paint so I can start to wittle them down?
and if you like, any ideas on easy colours to paint not based on a particular chapter as I have not yet ruled out the chance of creating my own chapter...

Many thanks!

And if anyone would like to help on the fluff side you can find the thread here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/404291.page

thanks again!
E40KG

Are we talking about known established chapters of home-made ones?

Established Chapters, and then just easy colour schemes incase I do decide to start from scratch

Cheers

blood angels.. just spraypaint red litle highlight black banding and you're done.. and they have some cheesy units and the fluff is ok IMO

I would say Blood Angels, as well.

Spraypaint red, Ogryn Flesh wash (or Ball Red), add black banding and you are done.

The normal ultramarine scheme seems pretty easy. Blue armour then paint the details and give the whole thing a wash with something like badab black.

Blood Angels sound good! I'll need to look further into their fluff but the painting seems do-able! many thanks - and even though I like UM no-one else would ever game with me again if I was to choose them haha, thanks for the suggestion none the less

any other suggestions?

E40KG

black templar? HIghlighting them well would be tough but if you could pull it off it'd look really nice

Black templar. spray black. paint shoulders white. done? add detail to your liking afterthat.

All the official codex chapters are pretty easy to paint (except Imperial Fists because of all the yellow) - how much detail you put into each is up to you.

I would concur with the others, that Blood Angels would be your best choice painting and fluff wise.

Cheers,


IK-Painter

Everyone says Black Templars, but forget an even easier scheme; Raven Guard.

Prime black, paint weapon silver, eyes and right shoulder trim red and done.

Raven guard. Red is actually hard to paint.

Blood Angels. I vote against Black Templars because it involves painting white over black. May take several tries to get that right. With Blood Angels, you spray red and you're already 90% finished.

IMPERIAL FISTS, Mark. You know you won't be able to sleep at night if you choose another chapter

Scarper wrote:IMPERIAL FISTS, Mark. You know you won't be able to sleep at night if you choose another chapter

Creeping on my threads again Tom! Haha I'm a busy man and wouldn't have the time or patience for the yellow... Yes I do love IF but it's just too much - perhaps once I get more practice painting properly I'll have that time to build my dream IF army lol

Solorg wrote:Blood Angels. I vote against Black Templars because it involves painting white over black. May take several tries to get that right. With Blood Angels, you spray red and you're already 90% finished.

blood angels are looking promising! And I agree I very much like black Templars for a lot of reasons but I couldn't handle the white on black as it's a toughy to make it look right

IK-Painter wrote:All the official codex chapters are pretty easy to paint (except Imperial Fists because of all the yellow) - how much detail you put into each is up to you.

I would concur with the others, that Blood Angels would be your best choice painting and fluff wise.


Cheers,


IK-Painter

GamzaTheChaos wrote:Black templar. spray black. paint shoulders white. done? add detail to your liking afterthat.

I'm currently looking further into the blood angels fluff so I'll let you know and which ever I go with I'll create a blog for it and I hope all you knowledgable people will point out ways to improve my painting!


Many thanks to you all for all the help!

E40KG

Make your own chapter. Black with gold trim. Spray black then a little gold for contrast, and gun metal for weapons. Done. Alternately, use copper instead of gold.

Any of the main chapters from the dex, paint them one color(be it blue, red, green, black, etc) and you're 90% done. Personally i think SM are one of the easiest armies to paint

I second Raven Guard

Black templars are actually not that easy to do right - I would suggest Salamanders - cool fluff and relatively easy paintjob.

My 2 cents. Any of the single color patterns would be relatively easy. How difficult they would be will all depend on how much detail you put into them.

Salamanders, Ultra Marines, Blood Angels, Raven Guard and Death Angels would be the ones to get my vote.

If you want easy painting, Black Consuls.
They are featured in Codex Space Marines, in the section with the chapters and armour pictures.
They are what I started with for exactly that reason, nice easy paint job.

Another advantage of a chapter you create is that you can make up whatever fluff you want. That's the beauty of this hobby.

I second black and gold homebrew, but I'm probably biased as that's what my own chapter wears.