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Hi all! I need some help; long story short, where do these 3 legions sit on the "red-ness" levels? which is the brightest? which ones is the darkest? how would you all paint these legions? From what I've heard and red (Ha!) , Word bearers are the darkest, along the lines of Khorne red, while blood angels and thousand sons are similar reds, but I'm not sure. Any input would be appreciated.

Thousand Sons are a bit mixed at the moment. The artwork so far has been quite light red, but the fw test minis have been dark. Similar story for blood angels.

Word bearers are much darker than both


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Wait, what? Word Bearers were grey during 30k.

 dusara217 wrote:
Wait, what? Word Bearers were grey during 30k.

"After the Word Bearers revealed their true nature at Isstvan V, the crimson of the Gal Vorbak spread to the rest of the Legion in fits and starts" ~ Massacre, page 142

"By the time of the Battle of Calth the arterial red and abyssal black first worn by the Serrated Suns Chapter ad become widespread throughout the legion." ~ Tempest, page 307

 Gashrog wrote:

 dusara217 wrote:
Wait, what? Word Bearers were grey during 30k.

"After the Word Bearers revealed their true nature at Isstvan V, the crimson of the Gal Vorbak spread to the rest of the Legion in fits and starts" ~ Massacre, page 142

"By the time of the Battle of Calth the arterial red and abyssal black first worn by the Serrated Suns Chapter ad become widespread throughout the legion." ~ Tempest, page 307

Oh, cool. For some reason I had thought that the Word Bearers turned color after fleeing to the Eye of Terror. My mistake.

I have seen Thousand sons with golden trims and with white trims. Which one is correct?

I am planning to paint my Battle at Calth on Thousand sons colors and I prefer that golden trim variant. But which one is correct? Golden only for sergeants?

The CCG art tended to have entire squads with the same colour markings, be it all-gold, all-white, all-silver, or a mix:
https://www.pinterest.com/brandonfrisch/thousand-sons/

I expect FW will do the same thing, as they've done it with some of the legions so far (Emperor's Children sometimes have gold trims, sometimes silver. Death Guard have a random mix of black, gold or white backpacks, and gold or green pad trims).

 Draco wrote:
I have seen Thousand sons with golden trims and with white trims. Which one is correct?

I am planning to paint my Battle at Calth on Thousand sons colors and I prefer that golden trim variant. But which one is correct? Golden only for sergeants?

My personal theory is white for infantry and gold for characters and veterans.

Looks like FW is going for gold for all.

I've mulled over this question for how I'd distinguish the legions in 30k, and while this isn't official, this is what I've settled on.

Thousand Sons - Gleaming, metallic red, pure silver or gold highlights, probably with gold trim
Blood Angels - True, neutral, primary colours, red. Essentially the traditional Blood Angels scheme
Word Bearers - Dark grey blending into dark red edges and brighter red highlights.

These schemes are fairly distinct while remaining true to the spirit of the colour schemes that we've been presented with over the years

Interestingly the word Bearers went back to grey post heresy, the red support erebus, the grey kor pharon, that's what I got from the word Bearers books anyway.