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Test figure. All it's missing are the shoulder transfers. This scheme is an amalgam of the pictures of EC out of Book One. Elements you see here are common to every figure pictured. Sergeants & commanders will get more gold, less silver.

Gitsy, if I could offer come advice, replace almost all the silver with gold on the armor and some parts of the bolter. Not only is this the more traditional EC scheme, you will upping the contrast interaction by miles. These guys are blinged to the 9's, 2nd only to BA after all!

As an example, just that gold hilt on the dagger, look how active it is and how it draws the eye to it like a target because compared to the other metals the contrast vs the purple is in a different league -

All imho of course! You may of course disagree!

The armour looks great Gits but I gotta agree with MajorTom on this one, more gold would be the best way to go, and if you need to bling them up more for sarge's and special marines just add more bits! :-)

Yup, bitz, red, even more gold (complete kneecaps for example) markings etc... but honestly, replacing all the silver (well almost, not the bolter barrel or magazine etc) for gold on your example is kinda bare minimum for traditional EC.

I agree with you both, I was just going off the pictures in the book, which have far more silver than gold. Not having a "background" in EC myself, I didn't have anything else to go on.

No need to justify your work Gits :-) what you've done is still great it's just that more silver usually speaks to hobbyists as Alpha Legion at a glance.

Looks like I need t touch up the purple by his brow...

Let's just say that Forge World sometimes messes around with things with no real reason to. It doesn't mean that their schemes aren't sometimes cooler too (Alpha Legion metallic green/blue is pretty cool compared to the lavender and neon green). But for EC, gotta say, the silver doesn't blow up my skirt at all. White is a great color to call out officers etc for them, in addition to bits and more gold -

For me, this kinda stuff is the epitome of pre-chaos EC schemes -















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ninja'd! Lookin good now, nice!

New version is king of bling. Very nice indeed, though I did like the silver edge trim on the pads.

Definitely like the gold better . Plus where is that version of the primarch from?

I prefer the gold too. I think the gold you've used is a bit too rich and coppery. I think a gold moving towards a slightly more silvery colour would be better. However, the gold is definitely best, plus it matches the transfers better by the look of it. It might look better with some almost-silver highlights?

I prefer the gold, looks very nice Git's.

Liking it!

Awesome reference material from major tom there, almost makes me want to do EC!

EDC

Very nice, Gits.
For what it's worth, I like both the silver and gold schemes!

Gold looks a million times better Git. He is very sharp!

I prefer the gold. Really shows the depth of the purple. Going to be a very pretty army.

Might be nice to see some swirls (like Damo does) on the gun casing. Maybe other places on the Sgt and other important folk.

That looks great, Gits.

Just a reminder... I'm really up against it time-wise. I want to get these guys to a fundamental state of decent painting before Adepticon. Details and frippary can come later.

All I'm hearing is excuses when you could be painting!

Friperry... he went there...

Everyone step back, give the man some room!

Are they still Emperors Children if they are lacking in frippery?

I'm Roger, Roger the Fripper

 nerdfest09 wrote:
I'm Roger, Roger the Fripper

Indeed, you are Nerdfest. Indeed, you are.

Nice work, Gits. Love the purples.

The purple looks great.
Also love the added warmth given by the gold.

That purple is so luscious and deep.

Will these be for Adeptacon?

Very nice, but expected from a guy whom wins every painting prize at local tourneys!

I like the silver tbh, the gold does make them contrast more, so decide and get to it .. you have 9 days!

 deadmeat85 wrote:

LOL!!! . Thank You, audible chuckles were had.


Gits to painting or we'll get the hose out