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Don't use Primaris Marines, and don't use too much Mk7/8.

If Mk7 is being used, mix it up with other patterns to make it non-production Mk5. Back in't day, we didn't have fancy plastic kits for the Heresy patterns and made do with what we had which was Mk7 with shaved chest aquilas, Death Company Mk3+4 heads, Armour Through The Ages and the odd Mk6. If you were more flush with cash, you might have some of the proper FW models.
For example, a chunk of my Iron Warriors and Iron Hands use Mk7 bodies but I've mixed in Mk3/4/5/6 heads, shoulder pads, arms, and backpacks.
Hell, some even have OG 3rd Edition Marine backpacks and 2nd Edition Bolters.
I have a Flamer and Missile squad each of the 3rd Ed Marines, because they have the Heresy weaponry and are relentlessly adorable models (they are so short it makes one of my group twitch a bit).

What people don't get is that it isn't about rivet counting (for some people it may be but I've yet to meet one IRL), it's about matching the vibe. I have more respect for someone who has a lot of conversions or customs in their army and a "that'll do pig" paint scheme than I do for someone with a perfect paint scheme but stock models.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
As a side note, how important is the armour marks for the Legions in Horus Heresy?

Do players care that your force is using the right version of armour?

The impression that I get is that Marks are less important, since all the Legions were pressing all sorts of armor into service due to stupidly-high attrition. Some Legions may show preference for certain styles, but I think you can get away with pretty much anything on that front.

It's very strange when someone complains about colour scheme if it not historical miniature or things lice HH where colours represent legion. Or if it offensive by itself like nazy for example. I seen two guys playing big game like 4k points of ultramarines each, with GW "recommend" colours. Iirc in turn 3 they start miss if it their or opponents miniatures. It's modelling and painting hobby in grim dark power fantasy. It's ok to follow some guidance from gw. But complaining some one not follow them is stupid. It's Not scale modeling where you trying reproduce a copy.

I mean if you're painting your Space Marines with Nazi iconography it tells me all I need to know about you as a person.

Allowing that sort of casual acceptance of Nazism is why Warhammer has its bad social rep. Combating it at every turn is important.

I always wondered if FLGS or Warhammer shops police offensive paint schemes.

I can't imagine someone showing up to a shop with a nazi 40k army and thinking that it's okay to play.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
I always wondered if FLGS or Warhammer shops police offensive paint schemes.

I can't imagine someone showing up to a shop with a nazi 40k army and thinking that it's okay to play.

It would depend on the individual stores. I don't think GW have any explicit written policies about it but the store manager's word is law, and I doubt they'd want to deal with the reputational damage. Hell, I've been to GWs where they didn't want you playing with the Juan Diaz daemonettes because boobies

FLGS though? Depends on the owner.

As far as other weird colour schemes go, Salamanders canonically have a yellow and black striped camo scheme. You can justify pretty much anything

When I was a youngling I hated any sort of homebrew Space Marine theme. As i got older I realized I thought that way because the small circle of similar aged kids I was around that made up homebrew chapters always had lore to the effect of "these space marines are, like, totally the best space marines ever. they never lose a battle and better/stronger/faster/bigger even than other space marines and no, you cant win when we play because that wouldn't happen because they never lose."

As I got older and got away from the thought process that homebrew always = childish nonsense I really came to appreciate it. As I got better at painting and learned how hard it is to paint *really well* I gained a lot of appreciation for painted armies painted to almost any standard.

I guess now i still have a bias, but my new bias is - if you have a problem with homebrew paint schemes, thats a "brand" of rules lawyering and is just kind of silly.

Marvel Multiversal Crossovers?

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
Marvel Multiversal Crossovers?

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
Marvel Multiversal Crossovers?

When you mention that Callidus, it got me thinking about the reverse of that, something that was not intended to be a reference, but something comes out later that makes it seem like one.

For example, my Callidus Assasin is painted up with purple hair, and looks very similar to Rumi from the recently released K-POP Demon Hunters in her black leather hunter outfit. I painted that model years ago, but now that's all I can see when I look at my Callidus.

My Eyes!

This is what I was talking about when I mentioned eye searing models...