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So, I'm really trying to get back in the hobby. I've constantly have ideas, but i never get around to them. Everyone who's read my thread knows I have a motivation problem. So moving on, I'd like to put out some of those ideas

I'm thinking of taking my Dark Vengence Chosen and painting them using the old Astral Claws pattern. (The orange and stripes, not the silver and blue.) I'm not sure it will work. The DV chosen are really cool models with alot of detail. So I have the perfect orange but I'm worried it will be overwhelmed by all the chaos detail. Thats not the major hurdle, the major hurdle would be fluff... why whould they keep their colours? It states everywhere that they abandon their colour for Blood red ... So stuck ... prolly dead end.

Next idea is finally doing a renegade unit. A squad called "the Oathbreakers" new recruits that left their chapters to worship Huron. This one might help my slump. 10 marines, 10 different chapters, should mix things up a bit. They would be regular marines, nothing fancy except for the red "X"

So as for chapters does any one have any requests?

An Ultramarine and a Spacewolf... because it would give purists' fits...

There was an ultramarine that had half chapter armour and khorn armour in the melstrom book back in the late 1980's early1990's.

Lol the Spacewolf I will pass on, because I have too many wolves as it is. but the smurf seems fun. I have to buy blue but I'll give it a go. I do Like that Idea Dee. it might look really cool as one of the DV chosen


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Any other ideas..is there anything that is orange. I have some Grabber orange from my '70 mustang Mach1 Im working on and thought it would look awesome on a mini

The Pyre have orange power armor.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/The_Pyre#.U9uv5uNdX6M

https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=643&q=chaos+the+pyre+40k&oq=chaos+the+pyre+40k&gs_l=img.3...310.2849.0.3000.18.11.0.6.1.1.211.1131.1j6j1.8.0....0...1ac.1.51.img..11.7.919.fQyjqu_A4Ho&gws_rd=ssl


That's the only Legion I can think of with orange.

I like that thanks Moltar. Not sure the fluff, but would they be found with the RCs?

On a side note. I been talking to Spiralingcadaver who is doing Astral Claws and Tiger Claws. He suggested that the Orange Astral Claws could be in transition to RCs. Which gave me an Idea. What if they were lost In the Maelstrom like the SW 13 company thingy. They were lost in the warp before the fall of Badab and recient found. They would be twisted and very corrupted by chaos. Which would explain DV Chosen Models with so much chaos taint.
That could work with my fluff right?

Hi-chiming in here once I saw that you had a painting blog too, yeah, I think that the chosen a group that got separated could work really nicely (and it kind of ties in with the FW story on the tiger claws as a corrupting influence).

I'm also interested in a more sympathetic (though still piratical etc.) alternative history of the astral claws, so it's cool seeing another approach like that.

Thanks for visiting.

I wouldn't say alternative history.. more of a different perspective. History is written by the victor and is usually skewed. loyalist propaganda and lies. Huron is the true emperior, but they call him a megalomaniac. What he tried to do was for the greater good. They Destroyed the Astral Claws out of fear. The Astral Claws were becoming too strong and questing the false emperiors currupt ideals.

Hail Huron, Hail the Blood reaver. True Lord of the Maelstrom!

If you look at the Star wars Movies the Astra claws would be the rebels, but instead of saving the universe, they lost.

Renegade imp fists

"Oatbreakers" Squad so far

Ultramarine
White Scar
Marine Malevolent
Iron Champion or Yellow Jacket.
Imperial Fist


I have the squad picked out already and the models ready for priming

10 Grey Hunters (2 meltaguns)
I haven't decided if I want to add a Wolf Guard But it might be an option

Did they crush a field of wheat?

How about a Dark Angel? Maybe one that is a scapegoat for doing something shady while hunting a Fallen? Or a Mentor Legion for using some Xenos tech?

^^^ I dont get it?


"Oatbreakers" Squad so far

Ultramarine
White Scar
Marine Malevolent
Iron Champion or Yellow Jacket.
Imperial Fist
Dark Angels

Oat breakers? Not oath breakers?

HA HA good catch

A renagade Inquisator

"Oathbreakers" Squad so far

Ultramarine
White Scar
Marine Malevolent
Iron Champion or Yellow Jacket.
Imperial Fist
Dark Angels
Marines Errant

I feel like the Sgt should from the Scythes of the Emperor

Gotta reap those Oats.

They look pretty cool. and a power Scythe would be awesome.

I managed to get a little done. It's kinda refreshing to paint something different. Ultramarine Oathbreaker:



So far just the basecoat. I hope I got the blue right. I had to mix up my own. I didn't want to buy paints for one marine. I still have alot to do



Thanks for watching

Nice colour base a few blue washes and you are there

I think i wrecked it! It's too light. It looks like icy blue



Im not sure how to fix it. It doesn't look like ultramarine to me. more like one of Iceangels marines

C&C is needed

Start on another marine and prime with a darker blue like necron blue.

Looks like he'd make a good Novamarine.

I gave it a water down wash of guilliman blue glaze. Still dint like it then gave up.

Sorry Whale, I didn't get you post in time. That looked like a great idea. but this morning I ended up doing some freehand. Now it's kinda too late to change it.

Let me know what you think. It needs another coat of white



hopefully it brings it together. I'm prolly gonna cover it in battle damage and weathering anyway

That's a really nice blue. Looks great so far. Clean, crisp.

Just do a blue wash and then go over the freehand

I really liked how this turned out so far. I really hate to have to cover this with red "X"s



Let me know what you think?

Cool stuff, and yeah, I agree about it being hard, covering designs by red corsair-ifying them. My best experience with it was to incorporate the marks into the logos, so it highlights what's underneath rather than just obscuring it.

Thanks, it really turned out well. I very happy with it. It will prolly take me a while to get the balls to paint "X"s over it. But I'm not sure what you mean by "incorporate the marks into the logos"

In the mean time I could start the next one

"Oathbreakers" Squad so far

Ultramarine 95% complete
White Scar
Marine Malevolent
Iron Champion or Yellow Jacket.
Imperial Fist
Dark Angels
Marines Errant

Hey came out really well Stryo.