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I've seen the Salamanders painted in lots of different ways, but typically the big dividing line is they're either a rich/vibrant green (i.e. Warpstone Glow) or some sort of olive drab. Which of these do you all prefer?
   
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Depends on the overall feel I'd want? I have painted some before using the bright green up to near yellow highlights and washed back down with green and it looks good but if you want a more realistic, 'dirty' feel then i'd go olive for sure.

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Outside of a few bright energy accents and the like I prefer when all the colors are darker, murkier, more grimey. The setting is grimdark. It's best when the colors accentuate that.

That doesn't mean olive BTW. It just means don't make it cartoony green.

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I started painting my scions in olive drab, and I got to tell you, it just gets really boring looking. I guess it'd be fine if I was playing bolt action, but I've decided drab colors just aren't as much fun on the table top.

I'm switching them to a more vibrant set of colors in the next batch. Same with my normal guard.
   
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I am a fan of the grimdark over noblebright myself, but you could always do a test batch of slightly brighter green, see how it turns out and then wash them in brown/black if you need to darken them.
   
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As Baconcatbug said, once you go black, you can't go back
Try a brigther tone first, and then make it darker step by step until you reach the tone that you like.

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I mean, it could be as simple as basecoating white as opposed to black. If you wanted to go full SCIENCE! you could try spraying 3 of the same model White, Grey and Black, build up the green and see how each turns out.
   
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I was happy with painting 'em... IDK, kinda' in-between, erring towards drab?
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 spiralingcadaver wrote:
I was happy with painting 'em... IDK, kinda' in-between, erring towards drab?
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This! It's green but not cartoon green. Just because it's dark doesn't mean it has to be as greyed out as olive green.


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Bright green or bust. Salamanders are the least grimdark part of the Imperium, and that green looks awesome.

   
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Brighter than dark angels, darker than mantis warriors.
   
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If you want drab green go play Dark Angels!


 
   
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I will say that is a nice paintjob though, I personally would shade it with a nice wash or twelve.
   
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 spiralingcadaver wrote:
I was happy with painting 'em... IDK, kinda' in-between, erring towards drab?
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Lookn pretty vibrant to my eyes.

   
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Vibrant green, definitely. Olive salamanders make me sad.

The bright coloration of the Space Marines is inspired by heraldric knights. The intent isn't to blend into the battlefield but to stand out, to attract attention to yourself. It focuses the attention of the enemy away from the squishier support elements (like your Guardsmen) and onto the most resilient part of your army.

The bright green fits in much better with that concept than the olive drab.

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 Jimsolo wrote:
Vibrant green, definitely. Olive salamanders make me sad.

The bright coloration of the Space Marines is inspired by heraldric knights. The intent isn't to blend into the battlefield but to stand out, to attract attention to yourself. It focuses the attention of the enemy away from the squishier support elements (like your Guardsmen) and onto the most resilient part of your army.

The bright green fits in much better with that concept than the olive drab.


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I think the bright green always looks great on them, especially if their obsidian skin is on show too, it contrasts really well.

That said I've never seen them in drab, and I'm a fan of the worn look - my fists are more orange than yellow!
   
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It depends, but I err on the sight of a bright, 'Emerald' green - which is particularly nice when blended into dark shadows and vibrant highlights. I tend to go middle-of-the-road with Warpstone glow:

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Are you playing 30k (Olive) or 40k (Emerald)?
I used Imperial Dragon Green by Life Color for 40k Sallies

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It depends some on how much red accent you've got going for them. Without the red you'll want a brighter green to contrast with the black (as in AduroT's picture), but if you're going to work spot red in (flames, purity seals, weapon accents...) the green needs to be darker so it complements the detail rather than fighting with it and burning our eyes out (done well in Warpig1815's picture).

That said Salamanders should never be full-on olive drab. If you find yourself looking at your paint wondering if it's greenish brown or brownish green it doesn't belong on a Salamander, it belongs on a Raptor.

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I went OG on my marines and it seemed like a great idea until I noticed how much it looked like all the new Death Guard armies that are on the table now.

Definitely would go with vibrant green if I had the choice.

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The problem with dark green Salamanders is that their heraldry isn't just green, it's black and green. Dark green and black just sort of blend together, and you're left only with the gold to stand out.

   
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For 40k, I prefer a green that's not so bright as they paint them nowadays, I seem to remember the Salamanders around the time of Codex: Armageddon being more toned down, and that's when I first had Salamanders catch my eye.

30k, not quite what I think of as OD, but definitely a darker and less saturated green.

But there are times I am tempted to paint this up for a novelty squad:

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shade1313 wrote:


But there are times I am tempted to paint this up for a novelty squad:

I came to this thread to post that pic. The best Salamander's colour scheme.

   
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Think of colors on a scale of 1-10. 10 being black 1 being white.

In order for the colors to stand out and pop next to each other you need at minimum a 2 step jump.
If you put a 10 black with 9 grey highlights to give it some depth then you need a 7 green at minimum to give it some pop from the black.

That is still pretty dark. The bigger the difference the more the pop. But that really depends on the look your looking for.


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I think darker colors look better. The vibrant green looks kind of generic.

This is a good example of nice coloration:
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Too clean for my tastes. All noblebright and gak. Good clean paint job though


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I use olive drab (vallejo) for my Death Guard. I think it's a bit too dull for Salamanders
   
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 spiralingcadaver wrote:
I was happy with painting 'em... IDK, kinda' in-between, erring towards drab?
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Farkin' beautiful, that green. It makes the inner ork shed a single tear in pride.

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