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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 08:07:35
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Steadfast Grey Hunter
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Hi folks, ive just read 'thousand sons' and 'prospero burns', but why did the thousand sons change colour from red (pre-heresy) to blue after the heresy?
Sorry if this has been discussed before, i could find it in the vast amout of TS stuff on here.
Thanks.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 08:13:09
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Frenzied Berserker Terminator
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Blue is Tzeentch's colour so.... Plus red is the colour of Khorne, and the World Eaters post-heresy.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 08:26:43
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Dark Angels Librarian with Book of Secrets
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Most of them changed color. Word Bearers were green before, now they are red. World Eaters were white, now red. It just happened...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 08:29:40
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Jealous that Horus is Warmaster
Third ditch from the left, Istvaan V
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As part of the Rubric of Ahriman, the sorcerous energies that sealed their armour also remade in a form more pleasing to Tzeentech.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 10:53:18
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Death-Dealing Ultramarine Devastator
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Thought they started out as grey?
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DarknessEternal wrote:Christianity; Jesus may have had some ideas, but Paul made it popular. Omegus wrote:It's hard to fight a guy when your nipples are daemons. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 11:15:11
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Norn Queen
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Yeah, they started as plain grey, and went deep red with silver trims during the heresy.
Maybe he's getting confused with Alpha Legion?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 11:18:00
Subject: Re:Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Preacher of the Emperor
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They were the Imperial Heralds before meeting with Lorgar, wearing green.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 11:28:41
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Trigger-Happy Baal Predator Pilot
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All the heretical chapters changed their color to be more like their patron god: death guard-pestilent green world eaters-blood red emperor's childern-pink and finally... thousand sons-blue (please don't be offended if i couldn't be bothered to name your particular legion, but their all the same save for the name and the god they follow)
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 11:29:24
Subject: Re:Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
A garden grove on Citadel Station
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4oursword wrote:They were the Imperial Heralds before meeting with Lorgar, wearing green.
Huh, interesting. I did not know that many Legions changed their colors upon meeting their primarchs. I know the Death Guard used to be the Dusk Raiders, with unpainted armor except red right arms and shoulders.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 11:29:29
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
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It wasnt just traitors that changed colour, the dark angels changed from black to dark green
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 11:43:03
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Trigger-Happy Baal Predator Pilot
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true, true...
Any ideas why?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 12:22:13
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Renegade Inquisitor de Marche
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They ran out of black paint?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 15:15:28
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Green is the color of caliban. Prior to the outbreak of the heresy the lion had given permission for those companies raised on caliban, as opposed to terra, to use the dark green of caliban on their shoulder pads.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 15:24:52
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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[DCM]
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On a side note, I believe they now state that the infamous 'Space Marine' box cover with the honoured Scarface-marine upon it, now represents a force of dismounted Ravenwing, rather than the fact Dark Angels used to be black at the time epic was first released. Oh and regarding the Thousand Sons, it troubles me to no end that the 'Legion of one Thousand' took up both the colour and black M symbol of the original Sons, no idea why, just bugs me.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/02 23:07:34
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
A garden grove on Citadel Station
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Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:On a side note, I believe they now state that the infamous 'Space Marine' box cover with the honoured Scarface-marine upon it, now represents a force of dismounted Ravenwing, rather than the fact Dark Angels used to be black at the time epic was first released.
Oh and regarding the Thousand Sons, it troubles me to no end that the 'Legion of one Thousand' took up both the colour and black M symbol of the original Sons, no idea why, just bugs me.
Maybe the Legion of one Thousand chapter are secretly TK loyalist geneseed?
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The Polito form is dead, insect. Are you afraid? What is it you fear? The end of your trivial existence?
When the history of my glory is written, your species shall only be a footnote to my magnificence. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/03 12:43:52
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Death-Dealing Ultramarine Devastator
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ph34r wrote: Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:On a side note, I believe they now state that the infamous 'Space Marine' box cover with the honoured Scarface-marine upon it, now represents a force of dismounted Ravenwing, rather than the fact Dark Angels used to be black at the time epic was first released.
Oh and regarding the Thousand Sons, it troubles me to no end that the 'Legion of one Thousand' took up both the colour and black M symbol of the original Sons, no idea why, just bugs me.
Maybe the Legion of one Thousand chapter are secretly TK loyalist geneseed?
Could this make the idea of Blood Ravens being desendents more likely?
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DarknessEternal wrote:Christianity; Jesus may have had some ideas, but Paul made it popular. Omegus wrote:It's hard to fight a guy when your nipples are daemons. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/03 20:25:32
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Their original colors were those of loyalty to the Imperium.
When they broke that tie, they probably wanted a new identity. Realistically, only a handful of the traitor legions kept their colors.
In fact, only the Night Lords, Iron Warriors, and Alpha Legion kept their colors.
World Eaters - White/Blue -> Red
Black Legion - Green -> Black
Death Guard - Off white -> Green
Thousand Sons - Red -> Blue
Emperor's Children - Purple -> Insane
Word Bearers - Gray -> Red
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/03 20:33:35
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Jealous that Horus is Warmaster
Third ditch from the left, Istvaan V
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The World Eaters were already Red, thanks to Angron's psychotic makeover.
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Place your faith in your warmachines
Blood for the Blood God!!!!!
Skulls for the Skull Throne!!!!!
AND MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES!!!!!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/03 20:42:03
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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[MOD]
Making Stuff
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To tell each other apart when they attacked the Fallen on Caliban.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/03 20:49:40
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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The World Eaters didn't switch to red until the Heresy.
While the exact point in time has changed (as with many things due to the novel series), but it's still tied to the Heresy, not Angron taking over the legion. They kept the White/Blue for the remainder of the Crusade.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/03 21:20:08
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/04 18:13:53
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Jealous that Horus is Warmaster
Third ditch from the left, Istvaan V
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Nope, I'm sure it the World Eaters changed during the Great Crusade.
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Place your faith in your warmachines
Blood for the Blood God!!!!!
Skulls for the Skull Throne!!!!!
AND MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES!!!!!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/05 00:02:50
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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blood guard26 wrote:All the heretical chapters changed their color to be more like their patron god:
death guard-pestilent green
world eaters-blood red
emperor's childern-pink
and finally...
thousand sons-blue
(please don't be offended if i couldn't be bothered to name your particular legion, but their all the same save for the name and the god they follow)
Only four had patron gods. Word Bearers are chaos undivided.
Iron Warriors stayed the same.
Night Lords stayed the same.
Alpha Legion modified their colours but are pretty much the same.
Black Legion chose black to represent their new commander Abaddon.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/05 00:20:29
Subject: Re:Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Gimlet-Eyed Inquisitorial Acolyte
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I don't know if Thousand Sons actually changed their colors. I believe it was Tzeentch who did the changing. I seem to remember one of the Heresy artbooks had a pic of a Thousand Son sorcerer whose armor was both red and blue, as if it was spontaneously changing, or the blue paint was creeping over the top of the red.
As for World Eaters, they have always been red. In the sense that you can't see their paintjob for all the blood and gore coating them.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/05 00:49:05
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Furious Raptor
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Alpha Legion changed their color too. They used to be purple before going blue.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/05 00:54:57
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander
New Zealand
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Black legion changed colour twice. Green, white, then black.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/05 01:14:26
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Nasty Nob on a Boar
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Nope you're wrong. They changed to please Khorne
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/05 06:31:18
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Death-Dealing Ultramarine Devastator
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Thought the World Eaters just got bored of cleaning their armour.
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DarknessEternal wrote:Christianity; Jesus may have had some ideas, but Paul made it popular. Omegus wrote:It's hard to fight a guy when your nipples are daemons. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/05 13:32:43
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Solahma
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leroy233 wrote:why did the thousand sons change colour from red (pre-heresy) to blue after the heresy?
They've been holding their breath this whole time.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/05 13:56:43
Subject: Why did thousand sons change colour?
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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I have that box, and they're quite definitely black, not green. It's just a bad scan, or more likely a faded picture; old (read 20th century) colour print inks fade to yellow-green hues unless kept out of ultraviolet light.
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