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Hello,

I am in the process of painting a crimson fist army, I don't play 40k and this is my first 40k army. I want it to look good on that table and be (kinda)true to the codex as it is being sold for charity.

With this in mind what colours should i be using for heads, weapons, shoulder pad trims and chest eagle.

I'm aware that only 1 fist gets painted until Vet. status is achieved but I'm painting both because it looks better and isn't too much of a departure from the codex.

This is what I'm planning -

Bolter's - Black and silver
Chest eagle - foundation yellow
Shoulder trims - unsure
heads - some stay blue, some to match the fist and some white.

I'm using sternguard too, are they white on trims and heads to signify 1st company

Thanks for any help.

Ben

Any help on this?

Hmm... as crimson fist is both regal blue and red, there
should be some part that is red. the yellow chest eagle would stick out like sore thumb.

as for color choices, google crimson fist images.

Start with Necron Abyss for the base coat on the parts of the Power Armor that are supposed to be blue, then work to regal blue, then high light with Ultramarine blue.

For the red bits, start with Mechrite Red, then work to red gore and high light with blood red.

Boltgun Metal and Chain Mail on the chest Aquila.

Wash as you see fit.



As you can see here, the pauldrons are the same blue as the rest of the body.

For my Crimson Fists I use the Necron Abyss, Regal Blue, Ultrmarine Blue method above.

Bolters are Boltgun Metal then a Badab Black wash.

Chest aquila is Mithril Silver then a Badab Black wash.

Red is Blood Red then an Ogryn Flesh Wash.

Paint the normal armour regal blue highlighted with ultramarines blue on the edges, the chest eagle should be boltgun metal with a golden skull in the middle. The fists should be red gore highlighted blood on the edges.
It is a good idea to do one squad's helmet blue, another's white, another's red. Don't use any other helmet colours though. When you add more squads paint the bolters slightly different. E.g put a yellow kill mark on one squad's bolters and 2 yellow kill marks on another squad's bolters.

Thanks guys. I've done my first unit now. check out www.baddice.co.uk for updates on my painting.

Pics will go up over the weekend.

Anyone trying to work out a paint scheme should check this out :- http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?autocom=pages&do=show&id=1

Its great for just playing around with colours until you get something that works.