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What would be a cool color for a marine that crash-landed on a deserted snow planet?
Because I am making an army out of that...I'm also basing it on either Dark Angels or Black Templars.

I was thinking of like a grey armor, with a more dirty red/blue/green/purple. And I would sprinkle a TINY bit of modeling snow on the front of the marine to impersonate it's snowing...

Sounds like a good idea. The modeling snow on the marine sounds cool but too much might be bad. Perhaps bases with model snow and some grey boulders peeping out of the snow?

Personally if they have crash landed, I would like to think that they are a completely contrasting colour to the snowy environment that they're in as they're not supposed to be there. So from the paint scheme perspective id choose something like Angels Sanguine chapter because the black is the opposite to the snow, but the red provides a nice contrast.

I also really like the idea of some pieces of white flock on the marines themselves! Only problem I could see is it being too sparse to look good, or too much like they dove head first into a snow drift!

Nice i say go for them! lol they would look like mine but mine are rocky/deserty

i´d go for the snowtrooper look of star wars. they are the essence of cool...



as for contrasting colors... i think not even sm would be so dumb as to prance around for long on white snow in glowing red or blue...

you know who is meant... we want some of that^^

cheers and good luck with your new friends^^

vik

What army would be better:
Dark Angels
OR
Black Templars

I'm basing the army off either of these rules. And I want to know everyone's opinion.

modelwise i would look into the DA minis. ruleswise, i don´t know...

vik

I'd go with Black Templars. Ever read Helsreach?

Hmm, I think I would go for DA because all those cloaks and hoods would look very nice on a snowy background.

second that, also the snowtrooper look would make them look ace...

also have one further recomendation to make:

http://hephsforge.blogspot.com/2010/01/cyclops-pattern-helmets.html

this is some very good looking idea i would suggest to you to do with your minis...
would make them look outstandingly original...

vik

Draglide12 wrote:I'd go with Black Templars. Ever read Helsreach?

No I have not, the only 40k that I've read was Salamander. It was pretty good too. Still need to read Firewarrior

Commander Cain wrote:Hmm, I think I would go for DA because all those cloaks and hoods would look very nice on a snowy background.

That would look cool, and have like a dark color to them would look awesome.

Viktor von Domm wrote:second that, also the snowtrooper look would make them look ace...

also have one further recomendation to make:

http://hephsforge.blogspot.com/2010/01/cyclops-pattern-helmets.html

this is some very good looking idea i would suggest to you to do with your minis...
would make them look outstandingly original...

vik

Thanks for the cool idea, I may do the separate parts to my guys.
Have a black, then either Bone (Templar) OR Dark Green (Dark Angels)

Where would I find the rules for the BT's and DA's ?
The Space Marine Codex?

Hello Mr. Awesome,

With this army I suggest either camouflage, or something completely contrasting to the snow, like a dark blue. Maybe even really get into it (ok, the following will not sound very cool) and give them icicle- looking blades, maybe put a layer of gloss mixed with a slight amount of the modeling snow and put it over metal and make it look frozen-ish? Not sure if any of this inspires, but have at it.

I havebased my army entirely on that, being the first ultra marines sent to planet loki to use it as a front on chaos, that planet is now home to space wolves, thus these being the very first based space wolves. But still using space marine codex.

Aqua, you have just inspired me!
I have painted a marine as a test model and he turned out great. Will post a picture soon (lost camera)
I used a techneque sort of like yours, with two very close colors and the brighter one as the trim. I used a black with a black-ish grey. Turned out pretty cool.

There is another idea, how would cool would it be to make my army look like it's in Black and White?

like a black templar? cool but not very original, i think the other options are better and more unique...

vik

Nono, like They would look like they would be in a B&W movie. There would be like different tones of grey.

a greyscale SM army :O im getting the most amazing ideas ever for this, but how would you do it?

Perhaps take black and white piccies of marines you painted already and paint the marine off the black and white photo?

How about white and bits of brown?

Black and white anbd lots of greys... a film nir Space marine chapter... now that would be something worthwhile to look at. maybe for details just the slightest hint of mecharite red....

that would be cool. be sure to post really quick your first models. now i´m very interessted...

vik

Like this?

an00bis wrote:Like this?

As soon as I read 'greyscale army' I instantly thought of your models. Love the Sin City feel about them. Instead of the red though they would possibly fit better in the snow with a nice bright blue (Enchanted Blue?). Just a thought.

Yeah that would make them pop out really good and it will go well with a winter enviroment.. maybe ill do some blue ones in the future lol

Aqua wrote:I havebased my army entirely on that, being the first ultra marines sent to planet loki to use it as a front on chaos, that planet is now home to space wolves, thus these being the very first based space wolves. But still using space marine codex.

Sorry to s**t on your fluff, but there's no way the Space Wolves were founded by members of the Ultramarines...that's just...no. Have a read up on the Space Wolves here

Space Wolves are one of the orginal legions

I was looking for a snowy, more feral look to my space marines. This was the result, on tabletop standard miniatures:

(the temple that serves as a background is just a Work In Progress, it is being textured right now)

SNOW LEOPARDS




Captain Iolus Sheridan





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Chaplain Ulkesh (“Counts as” Chaplain Ortan Cassius)






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Chaplain Kosh





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Tactical Squad Allanis







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Tactical Squad Corwin








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Scout squad Sakai






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DropPod Frozen Will





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DropPod Burning Ice






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Dreadnought Sinclair






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Ironclad Dreadnought Lochley






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Landspeder Tiphon Aegean









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[b]Terminator squad Garibaldi

Anyway, I have to say 2500, that army looks really good.
And to an00bis, you're on the right track, but more too the look of black and white dark angels.
Idk how to post pictures saved onto my comp, but if you want to see the view I'm going for:
Save a picture of a dark angel
Open in photoshop
Image > Adjustments > Black and White
Blue Filter

and there you have it.

at 2500kgm3

as much as i lkie your camo marines....i have to add one thing:




your my cardboard hero!!!!!!

what on earth made you built this big outstanding beauty??? how did you cut all that from just normal cardboard? man that had to take ages...
this cathedreal is absolutly gorgeous. even non painted it blows my mind. if you have any templates for that please pm me!!!

thanks in advance.

to op i still use red as detail and i would do them a bit darker still...

vik

I second this, holy COW that is some awesome cardboard work. Did you use a template or something?


Also the fluffy hoods on your scouts is just awesome. And those sniper rifles are sweet, shotguns/boltes right?. Really nice work on your army

2500kgm3 wrote:
SNOW LEOPARDS

Are you by any chance a mac user ?