Blood Angels Librarian Dread - Why not all blue?

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**Coronasan**

I was going to convert a Venerable Dreadnought into a BA Librarian, but now GW released the new Librarian model, I bought that instead. I had always intended to paint him all blue, but the new model is shown in red with a blue sarcophagus. Why is that? Why is he not all blue? I still think a blue dread would look better in my BA army.

**ph34r**

I would paint it all blue with a red shoulderpad (dreadnought shoulder).

**The Power Cosmic**

Paint it how you like, it's your army.

**Gorlack**

Great minds must think alike. Go to the 7:08 mark and watch from there, seems you're not the only one with those thoughts - and imo it looks awesome. Of course its BTP so it's hard to know if it's them or the paint scheme, but you should definitely go for it.

**MechaEmperor7000**

I think they actually explained it on the Furioso spotlight article that they chose a primarily red color because they didnt want it looking like an ultramarine dreadnought. Here's the article: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=&pIndex=3&aId=13700019a&multiPageMode=true&start=4

**Coronasan**

MechaEmperor7000 wrote:I think they actually explained it on the Furioso spotlight article that they chose a primarily red color because they didnt want it looking like an ultramarine dreadnought.

Thanks. If thats the only reason, I reckon I will go mostly blue with some red and gold. I kinda want the contrast with the other models. There is almost too much red in a Blood Angels army!

**tavoittamaton**

Coronasan wrote:
MechaEmperor7000 wrote:I think they actually explained it on the Furioso spotlight article that they chose a primarily red color because they didnt want it looking like an ultramarine dreadnought.

Thanks. If thats the only reason, I reckon I will go mostly blue with some red and gold. I kinda want the contrast with the other models. There is almost too much red in a Blood Angels army!

Heresy! You cannot have too much red.

You could easily say that the Dreadnought chassis itself was one of legacy in the chapter, but they had a librarian they wanted to put in it so his sarcophagus denotes his position. That's how I've always thought of it, anyway.

But they repaint the DC armor so...go for it, paint him all blue! I agree with The Power Cosmic on this one.

**kronk**

Guys, everyone knows that psychic powers operate on the wavelengths of 467.89 nm. Blue light is in the visible spectrum of 450–475 nm. This blue armor amplifies and intensifies these psychic energies, making the psycher more powerful.

If you were to paint your librarian dreadnought red, the wavelengths in the 620–750 nm range will interfere with the psychic energies.

Don't do it!

You're medling with powers you don't understand!

**obsidianaura**

Red + Blue = Purple Dreadnaught

**Gibbsey**

Duh its red so you can magnatize the front plate so you can switch between regular furioso and librarian

**insaniak**

The 'Librarians are Blue' rule is one that has been allowed a bit of leeway these days. It's perfectly acceptable to paint your Librarians all blue, or with just certain parts blue.

On a practical note where the dreadnought is concerned... painting just the sarcophagus blue means that when the Librarian dies, the Techs only have to swap out the sarcophagus rather than repainting the whole dreadnought

**bubber**

My DA libs will have no blue at all (they'll also be black - so there!!).
The psychic hood will show that they are libs.

**MechaEmperor7000**

My Libbies are all red, but I dont play BAs