Hello.
I'm starting a Word Bearers army, using the forgeworld miniatures from the Horus Heresy, but I'm also going to use them as a
40k Chaos army. However, I've seen the colour scheme differentiate quite a bit. Warhammer TV itself, has 3 different videos covering this scheme. Two of them the same, using Mephiston red as a base, and another one using Khorne red with highlights of Karak Stone. Why would they use two different shades of red? And which one would be the correct one? Personally I lean towards the Khorne red base, as I've always seen the Word Bearers as having a darker armor than the Blood Angels and Thousand Sons. Also, black or red shoulderpads? And when did this change during the Heresy from black to the red we see in
40k?
I hope that I can get some answers on this
On a side note, I would like you to refrain from the usual "do whatever you think is the coolest, it's your army, etc, etc, etc". I'm trying to do an armor that suits the fluff perfectly.
Cheers.