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Hey there Dakka,

I recently bought a librarian model to round out a list I'm working on... and I'm a little hazy on how I should paint him.

Most of what I read says that the Librarian's Power Armor should be blue, with the left shoulderpad painted with chapter colors. Is this correct? Are there any other options?

Thanks!

Paint it the paint scheme as the rest of you army and for the little details pick colors that would make them stand out. For example, i am doing gk and i am doing white and red with gold for the wording and copper for weapons so for me the librarian would follow that same paint scheme because i am in the same boat as you where i want to use a librarian in my army list

Like with Techmarines--it varies from Chapter to Chapter.

The Codex heavy Chapters go for the flat blue with the left shoulderpad painted in the Chapter's livery.

However, you can do them in your Chapter's livery and do them with some blue accents.



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ernshmagl wrote:Paint it the paint scheme as the rest of you army and for the little details pick colors that would make them stand out. For example, i am doing gk and i am doing white and red with gold for the wording and copper for weapons so for me the librarian would follow that same paint scheme because i am in the same boat as you where i want to use a librarian in my army list

Grey Knights are exempt from the whole "Codex Astartes" rulings, but that shouldn't be any real surprise.

With the Grey Knights, no matter what you'd have the steel color and the standard red/white heraldry on parts and the gold detailing.

Well It really only matters on your chapter. If your chapter is noncodex following, then you can paint any color you want.
But if your a strict codex chapter you need to paint him in blue with chapter livery on the right shoulder pad.
And left shoulder pad to show which rank he is.

Thanks for the input guys! Still trying to make a damned decision, though...