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Together as a color scheme for an army.
Pink and brown. More pink than brown and I'm not sure what shade of brown. I'm going to try an online painter thingy when I get to work.
Just wondering if anyone's tried it before or how the 6 of you that haven't put me on ignore think it might look. Pink and grey go awesomely together, but brown... I'm not so sure about.

Thoughts?



Ghidorah

Yeah... what army?

SM Legion "Victoria's Secret Angels of Death"?

They look awesome about 1 1/2 inches apart .........

But other than that it would be a unique color scheme and stand out.

Clay hahahaha

Caffran9 wrote:Clay hahahaha

Just no.

but back on topic i generally associate pink and brown with vomit (dont ask) so i would probably avoid it outside nurgle...

I think it would go together famously. My baby girls first diaper bag set was brown and pink. It goes very well together. What are you planning on painting like this?

KingCracker wrote:I think it would go together famously. My baby girls first diaper bag set was brown and pink. It goes very well together. What are you planning on painting like this?

You sound way too British to have an American flag, sir.

Clay Williams wrote:They look awesome about 1 1/2 inches apart .........

Funniest thing I've read in a VERY long time. Holy s***...


I'm thinking a small Marine force just to use all these jerkasses I have laying around. Stupid Marines.
I came up with a stupid name for a chapter that I like and the only colors that would make sense are pink and brown. Plus, pink Marines? Totally...



Ghidorah

Hey why not? The house army I made here, I call the Almighty Apples, Or the Emperors AA!!!! They are really the lamest chapoter ever invented, ever, PERIOD. They even have green thumbs for goodness sake. I dont like SM in general so go for it. Besides you might end up saying, "yanno, those look pretty good"

Clay Williams wrote:They look awesome about 1 1/2 inches apart .........

Wow. It took me a second, but wow... Epic.

Ghidorah wrote:Together as a color scheme for an army.
Pink and brown. More pink than brown and I'm not sure what shade of brown. I'm going to try an online painter thingy when I get to work.
Just wondering if anyone's tried it before or how the 6 of you that haven't put me on ignore think it might look. Pink and grey go awesomely together, but brown... I'm not so sure about.

Dunno, dude. I think that's going to be hard to do. Maybe if it were a dusty pink like a salmon or coral and it were used sparingly. The only way to find out is to paint up a test subject and post it for our amuse... er, I mean, critique.

the_Armyman wrote:The only way to find out is to paint up a test subject and post it for our amuse... er, I mean, critique.

Truth.


Here's as close to what I envision as the painter will let me do:



I don't think it looks too bad at all, really.




Ghidorah

Hmm, getting the angry red X of doom on my end. Anyone else see the pic?

Nope, no pic. But the angry red x of denial is a good colour scheme... oops, thats white scars already.

"Taint Lords"

The shocker?

It would be a good slaanesh army I guess. Like Leather with pink armor.

need pics of the brown and pink.

maybe im on the wrong site for that.

Im starting to think I somehow wandered over to a fantasy porn chat site..... what the hell?!?!
Is it wrong that I "LIKE" this thread so much!?


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OH yea, the pic isnt working for me either. Totally shot down

I hate that I know this, but recent fashion trends have used a brown/pink color combo - usually for bags, dresses, and accessories. The wife sports a brown bag with pink polka dots that actually looks nice.

On marines though... I dunno. I'd like to see the pic too but I've got the red x as well. Hosting on Dakka?

SO....these are all marines that are fighting to hold the LAST KNOWN Baskin & Robbins ice cream parlour in the known universe?

apparently, the secret to making ice cream is a lost technology, and even suggesting they recreate such a recipe borders on heresy.

Heres some Sisters of Battle I painted in the same scheme,


Armed with flowers of er...doom.

Death dealing brides maids,AWESOME.Spread the emperors light sisters spread it!


On topic,I think fo what you want.I am not sure how they will look together.Perhaps for a certain army it would look good.

Edited to make the pic show up.

Psylon wrote:SO....these are all marines that are fighting to hold the LAST KNOWN Baskin & Robbins ice cream parlour in the known universe?

apparently, the secret to making ice cream is a lost technology, and even suggesting they recreate such a recipe borders on heresy.

Genius. Pure, unadulterated genius. Consider this as gospel.




Ghidorah

Pink and brown..?

I can't honesty say I like this paint scheme... makes them look quite pansy. Pink armor for Orks and Demons, that is about it; yes pink Orks kick too much @#$.

If you like it go for it, but I would be blinded by the sheer metro-sexuality of it all.

"Note"
Only business men with BALLS, and 10 year old girls can truly pull of this scheme... oh, and the Sisters of Wedding of course .

BrookM wrote:Pink and brown..?

... hmmm, I seem to have forgotten what I was going to say..... that is all I have to say. WAIT, brown and pink how???

"Note"
Only business men with BALLS, and 10 year old girls can truly pull of this scheme... oh, and the Sisters of Wedding of course .

I think it can work:

However , it'll need a very sharp contrast of white somewhere ( hair if not bald and screaming / cape / tabard / insignias )

How about this:



I've reversed the color values, going from a cool pink to a warm pink and vice versa on the brown. Wasn't there a guy named Clouseau that made Pink Panther Marines a while back?

Pink and brown are analogous so they should go together okay but, why?

Then again, they'll certainly be unique B&R Marines from the 31st Founding.

Also, (seriously) think about an aquamarine or turquoise highlight for split complements.

I think the pink Marneus i posted looks good ....

the_Armyman wrote:I've reversed the color values, going from a cool pink to a warm pink and vice versa on the brown.

I know it's more than likely just the shading inherent in that army painter, but that pink looks more red to me. I don't want cartoony, but I do want there to be no mistake that it is, in fact, pink.

GoFenris wrote:Pink and brown are analogous so they should go together okay but, why?

Because the world *needs* another Ultramarines army...

GoFenris wrote:Then again, they'll certainly be unique B&R Marines from the 31st Founding.

Exactly.

LunaHound wrote:
I think the pink Marneus i posted looks good ....

I agree, Luna. That is a really nice-looking model, but it's way too cartoony for me. I don't want a blatant, in-your-face pink, but just a normal, everyday pink.

I am going for a 'storybook pigskin' color. Like, the stereotypical pig. Wilbur and all that. Ask a 10 yr. old to color a picture of a pig for you and that is what I am going for. A nice, soft, lighter-hued pink that will highlight very subtly and a nice brown to offset it. As far as tie in colors go, that will be the yellow/orange like the little sun on the shoulder of my example. This will be a VERY small Marine force with VERY few models in it. 1500 points, TOPS. I am basically just looking for something to do with the smattering of Marines I have acquired over the years. I'm going to sell off the bulk of them, but keep some that I like for whatever reasons.




Ghidorah