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So, some background here, I got some space marine models a while ago after being inspired by Jchrispole's Scornful Tides setting for Warhammer 40k on deviantart (basically it takes place on an ocean planet.

Here's the link:
https://www.deviantart.com/jchrispole/art/Scornful-Tides-40k-aquapunk-variations-879790298

Anyways that inspired me to do my first army, an aquatic Salamanders Successor Chapter called the Sea Drakes, they hail from an ocean planet, are somewhat based off of East Theater WW2 U.S. soldiers. But I'll cover them later when I get to actually working on the fluff and the chapter painting. My big question is, well, what would be good for aquatic basing (like they're fighting underwater), and what would be some necessary conversions for the actual models before I paint them.

Here is a kitbashed librarian I made from a tactical marine and a primaris librarian helmet after I got fed up with the latter because his right leg wouldn't stick. What would you recommend that I add to him to make him look like a librarian?



Edit: IIIIIIIIIIIIII FIXED IT!!!! Thanks Ghaz

My plan for the color scheme would be to first prime it Uniform Grey (I've mostly got Army Painter and Reaper Paints), then base coat it with Reaper Mithril (for that white metallic) then wash all over it with Army Painter Blue Tone.

I want them to have a blue metallic (but not easily mistaken for Ultramarines) so after that I'm thinking of a dark-green left arm or hand (as a nod to the Salamanders) and for sergeants I'll paint the helmet Mithril again (or use the unhelmeted head, and paint that bronze since that is their chapter mutation, bronze skin and crystal blue eyes). I don't exactly know what to paint the weapons yet, heck, I'm still fleshing out what I want for my color scheme as you can see right now.

How do you do that? liking the file extension because I tried and it didn't work the first time. Is it attachments or something else?

 Tim 121RVC wrote:
Nice idea! You don't see underwater themed armies that often, besides Idoneth Deepkin.
Google "WH underwater bases" or "Idoneth Deepkin bases" and you'll get a lot of inspiration and tutorials.
Personally I'd use at least a piece of coral, some curly seaweed and a typical sea creature like a starfish, turtle or seashell.



This tutorial looks like pretty simple with a very nice result:



Perhaps even a "string of bubbles" as if something is living under the sand, but I don't know how that would be made.

For posting pics you can also use imgur.com for example.

Looks great... but unfortunately since I've already got my librarian on the base I may have to look for ways to do basing with models already on them. Thanks anyway.

Sooo... I just spray primed my Librarian... it was... somewhat messy. After it dried I proceeded to base coat it with MSP Bones Shining Mithril (I don't know whether or not that was a good idea). Here are the pictures so far.

Edit: Aaaandd.... They're sideways, whoopty doo.