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Just keep in mind, you can do whatever paint scheme you want with the army in the book. Strictly adhering to what is in there doesn't make for a good hobby.

You like the colors on the Slaanesh armies, but really want to use a ton of Plague Marines? Nobody says you can't paint 'em pink and purple! The only thing the codex does is give you a list and rules to abide by. The "fluff" is loose enough that you can do anything you want. If anyone gives you guff about "blah blah blah, that Legion doesn't exist, I'm an elitist donkey-cave" just laugh in their face and say your army is one of the lost legions, or a renegade chapter.

Basically, the point of my rather long winded post is: get out there, have fun, paint what you think looks good on a ruleset and modelset that you like, and play the game!

I for one, is going to paint my Necron's 'armoury' pieces in Lich Purple, and their faces in Skull White. Atleast I'm gonna try it out and see how it looks, before I paint them all, of course.

But just as Shrike said, and just as I mentioned in the PM, there aren't really any restrictions in your armies paint-schemes, you can paint anything in any colour you want. (I for one saw something that looked like a Monolith vandalised by hippies, pink with flowers on it!)

I'm not sure which army you're leaning towards starting as of now, but if you're going for Iron Warriors, you should keep in mind that their black/yellow hazzard stripes is pretty much what says they're Iron Warriors, of course you may ignore them completely, but it's a visual attribute that screams 'Iron Warriors' if they're stuck on some CSM.

And I paint my models the following:

Dark blue armor
Medium blue cloth
Shining gold trim and iconography
Boltgun Metal (with a dark blue undercoat) weapons

A minor order with a few thousand members in it, the Order of the Sapphire Blade guards a system where a power sword STC rests, and indeed whenever the system can get the resources, the system produces said weaponry. The "Sapphire Blade" comes from said power weapons, which crackle with a light blue power field, along with the most ancient version of it, the blessed weapon wielded by the Canoness-- the Sapphire Blade.

You can do a LOT of customization with minor orders, make your own up and have fun with it.

And daemons? feth, they're random enough that it doesn't entirely matter what you paint them...

Melissia is fluffy, me likes. *nod*

I've been painting on my Necron for some 6 hours or so now... Either I'm going to have to change colours, or stop being such a perfectionist... Although the resoult is nice... But I start to change my mind about the choise of colour. =<

Shrike325 wrote:Just keep in mind, you can do whatever paint scheme you want with the army in the book. Strictly adhering to what is in there doesn't make for a good hobby.

You like the colors on the Slaanesh armies, but really want to use a ton of Plague Marines? Nobody says you can't paint 'em pink and purple! The only thing the codex does is give you a list and rules to abide by. The "fluff" is loose enough that you can do anything you want. If anyone gives you guff about "blah blah blah, that Legion doesn't exist, I'm an elitist donkey-cave" just laugh in their face and say your army is one of the lost legions, or a renegade chapter.

Basically, the point of my rather long winded post is: get out there, have fun, paint what you think looks good on a ruleset and modelset that you like, and play the game!

If nothing else, you could create a bunch of custom Slaanesh units, but use the standard rules for them all.

Say like, Slaanesh Blade Dancers, where the models are slender, four armed, and very Slaaneshi, but use the Berserker Codex Entry for them. Not something I would recommend for your first army, but it's an option.

Melissia wrote:the Order of the Sapphire Blade

The "Sapphire Blade" comes from said power weapons, which crackle with a light blue power field, along with the most ancient version of it, the blessed weapon wielded by the Canoness-- the Sapphire Blade.

FWIW, whenever I see you mention your Sisters, I read that as "the Order of the Sapphic Blade"...

Hah. That would be rather amusing. A blade that turns anyone it cuts into a lipstick lesbian.

*swings it at the Marines, scaring them off lest they becme FSM*

Until the WH book came out with Repentia, Sisters had something of a lipstick lesbian feel, being the most obviously feminine humans in the entire model range.

Lipstick Lesbian...? What's that? It sounds scary. =o

"Lipstick Lesbian" is a term for a lesbian that is very feminine. Contrast it with "butch lesbian" for one whom is... more masculine. Though technically speaking "butch" can apply to straight females, too. Some guys are into that.

Riffzor wrote:Lipstick Lesbian...? What's that?

Ever watch lesbian porn for guys? Those are lipstick lesbians.

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Riffzor wrote:Lipstick Lesbian...? What's that?

Ever watch lesbian porn for guys? Those are lipstick lesbians.

I'm a 19 year old guy, what do you think? xD

Alright, now I know what that's called. *ponders for a moment*

Soo... Nice weather today, right? *grin*

I think that a normal 19-year-old guy should know what a lipstick lesbian is without having to ask.

And yeah, it's a nice, sunny day out today.

Back to topic, right now, CSM are a safer choice than Sisters, Sapphic or otherwise.

Safe is boring.

Haha....SOB do look like a bunch of Lesbians. I never found them overly interesting at all. Possibly one of the worst concepts for 40K armies in my opinion. Nuns with an attitude. They should have died off with the squats long ago.

Gorgarak wrote:Haha....SOB do look like a bunch of Lesbians. I never found them overly interesting at all. Possibly one of the worst concepts for 40K armies in my opinion. Nuns with an attitude. They should have died off with the squats long ago.

I think space marines are boring and not interesting. I think they should have died instead of squats.

Gorgarak wrote:
Haha....SOB do look like a bunch of Lesbians. I never found them overly interesting at all. Possibly one of the worst concepts for 40K armies in my opinion. Nuns with an attitude. They should have died off with the squats long ago.

I think space marines are boring and not interesting. I think they should have died instead of squats.

Really? I will admit I think they should have killed off at least a couple marine chapters. There are definatly a few useless ones. Too much SM makes Gorgarak a dull boy. REDRUM.

Melissia wrote:Safe is boring.

Indeed. However, as already been adviced a few times, pick an army that >looks< good, else you'll end up being bored with painting them, leaving them unpainted, and probably even abandoned after a while.

I'd love to field some Ork Speed Freaks but painting Orks is probably one of the worst things there is for me. (I'm bad at skin, and they show quite a lot on their arms and big heads.. and it's green, making me pretty much blind to choose a good shading/highlighting).. Besides I think their helms/headwears are pretty dorky.

What you need when deciding what to play, you need to know the basic strategy stuff (which to most armies are pretty much the same as one another, melee goes into melee, ranged goes into ranged and stays there, skimmers are kept infront of ranged fighters to pull off some fire and such), and to like the looks of your choise.

Once again, however, I'd like to remind you, or anyone else reading this, that you may paint whatever army however you want, in whatever colours you want, in whatever colour-schemes you want, and so on and so on.

Gorgarak wrote:Haha....SOB do look like a bunch of Lesbians. I never found them overly interesting at all. Possibly one of the worst concepts for 40K armies in my opinion. Nuns with an attitude. They should have died off with the squats long ago.

And GK, BA, BT, SW, DA, and CSMs should have, too. Also Dark Eldar. All of them can be melded with their parent list quite nicely.

Sisters, at least, are actually unique, in that they are human soldiers in power armor, as opposed to superhuman drugged up genetically modified psychotic monstrosities.

Don't forget about their faith in the Emperor which allows them to perform miracles in his name, thus making them truly a unique army.

And GK, BA, BT, SW, DA, and CSMs should have, too. Also Dark Eldar. All of them can be melded with their parent list quite nicely.

I agree with all except CSM and Dark eldar. Dark eldar play a huge part of imperium history with their cousins, they add a huge depth to the 40K universe. If not for them, there would be no fall of the eldar, no eye of terror, or slaanesh, no warp storms leaving earths solar system, leaving humans stuck on odd planets to be killed off by Eldar, orks, etc, which means no SM or SOB for that matter. At least fluff wise, they deserve their own codex and list, models, etc.

As for CSM, they are equally integral part of 40K for more than obvious reasons.

But I do agree all the branch off space marine chapters could definatly go. They certainly have gone a little marine crazy.

Lol about all the lesbo stuff

Yes, but they're still Marines. Marines who are angry at their dad and are a little bit too fond of spikes, but Marines nonetheless

The only thing that really made CSMs unique (to me) were Daemons. They hav their own codex now.

Melissia wrote:Yes, but they're still Marines. Marines who are angry at their dad and are a little bit too fond of spikes, but Marines nonetheless

The only thing that really made CSMs unique (to me) were Daemons. They hav their own codex now.

Any chance you thought of a 500pt SoB army >_<

emielizabeth wrote:Thank you for the tips guys!

I'm confused on what micahaphone was saying about illegal/legal stuff too....heh. But thank you for the warning if I did read it correctly!
I am trying to figure out what color scheme I want and I like ones on certain factions (mainly the pinks/purples that come from Slaanesh) but still figuring out about 'fluff' to make it work.

If anyone does say something like that to me micahaphone I will not be insulted, I'm good at taking critique and if it's justing aimless, rude ranting I can ignore it

I will be very careful with who I play with Slarg...but once I get into it I am usually pretty competetive too!

Sorry for being confusing. I was simply stating that in your original post, you mentioned an online codex. I don't know where or how you accessed it, but the majority ( and by that I mean all of them) of GW books online that are NOT upon their website being illegally shared.

Have fun, pick an army based upon the models, because you can always make your own color scheme.

emielizabeth wrote:

Melissia wrote:Yes, but they're still Marines. Marines who are angry at their dad and are a little bit too fond of spikes, but Marines nonetheless

The only thing that really made CSMs unique (to me) were Daemons. They hav their own codex now.

Any chance you thought of a 500pt SoB army >_<

Look in the Army List section. I posted it for you.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/295711.page

Melissia wrote:

emielizabeth wrote:

Melissia wrote:Yes, but they're still Marines. Marines who are angry at their dad and are a little bit too fond of spikes, but Marines nonetheless

The only thing that really made CSMs unique (to me) were Daemons. They hav their own codex now.

Any chance you thought of a 500pt SoB army >_<

Look in the Army List section. I posted it for you.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/295711.page

Oh, OOPS!!

Thank you!! Sorry about that...again...

Melissia wrote:Yes, but they're still Marines. Marines who are angry at their dad and are a little bit too fond of spikes, but Marines nonetheless

The only thing that really made CSMs unique (to me) were Daemons. They hav their own codex now.

You just don't understand, no one understands what their going through!

Craaaaaawling iiiiiin my skiiiiiiin....
(quite literally in the case of Nurglites)

Yes, but they're still Marines. Marines who are angry at their dad and are a little bit too fond of spikes, but Marines nonetheless

The only thing that really made CSMs unique (to me) were Daemons. They hav their own codex now.

I do agree they could have went a bit more individual with them, rather than just throw some spikes on them and call them evil. It does sorta suck that they took daemons away from them. I still support CSM though, for the simple fact of fluff!