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Hi, i'm going to start a marines army, with all mounted on bikes, attack bikes and maybe land speeders. So after some time thinking for a color scheme, i post here what it's camed out:










C&C are welcomed!

And i need some ideas about how base them...i have wondered a a dark, lavic surface to make colour contrast, or a wasteland, good for bikes, but maybe a bit too light and not enough contrasting in colors...

Now i have just finished to assemble the one that will be the Company Champion on bike, and i think he would be a rather...cool character ^^]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/538244.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/538244.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/538247.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/538247.page GMT
Are you considering using Khan? Your paint scheme is very similar to White Scars.

Or are you making a white Ravenwing?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/538257.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/538257.page GMT SM codex, so yes, Khan is the way!
I think Ravenwing makes a good bikes army, but IMHO in this kind of list the codex SM is a bit superior.

On and NOT, i'm not using the new SM codex to put inside an outflanking redemeer filled with stormshielded terminator, just bikes

But i'm using the Ravenwing bits because i find them much more enjoiable to see than plain bikes!


Now i have just to find a nice way to base the bikes! Oh well and paint 30+ bikes


]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/538275.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/538275.page GMT I'm looking out for your speeders, I bet your scheme will look really nice on them.

Random]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/538316.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/538316.page GMT have you considered a road base? i think the gray would stand out and make the model color choice really show.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/538341.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/538341.page GMT WIP of the Champion!




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Also, what about using a desert theme for the bases?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/542738.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/542738.page GMT
I think a dark Base will do the job better, with an hard contrast that makes each bike resalting more.
IMHO marines are not people that cares mimetiziong or atleats not mine!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/542742.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/542742.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/542797.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/542797.page GMT
As mentioned earlier the gold and white look really good.

I also agree with MeanGreenStompa... go for a dark and gritty basing to offset the light paintjob.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/542833.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/542833.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/542920.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/542920.page GMT
Now i'm working at two normal bikers with meltas, then i will go for the first assault bike and the Apothecary!






]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/553801.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/553801.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/554268.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/554268.page GMT WIPs, Stendard Bearer and Apothecary!
The arm of the SB is magnetized, to allow a better transport when the stendard will be finished.





Here the WIP of the stendard, scrolls needs to be completed!
I know that it may not fits exactly the traditional Space Marine's icoography, but if GW can justify that the Deathwing's Stendard is "a naked angel dead under a mountain that is hit by a thunder" i'm quite sure that with my moderate fantasy i can easily justify "a winged girl with a sword"...



As usual, C&C are welcomed!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/579736.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/579736.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/579757.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/579757.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/579774.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/579774.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/579838.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/579838.page GMT BSB finished. C&C welcomed as usual!

I'm sorry for the pics, not very good this time!

http://img142.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=apo1v.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=bsb1k.jpg

Now because i want to keep the other two members of the command squad for later, i will wait for a friend that has some normal bike to sell me, to start doing some flat troop bikers, obviusly still with the winged front and "tail".


***i'm posting here, but if is a problem for the mods, move it freely to the blog section as someone has stated***]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/603291.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/603291.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/603301.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/603301.page GMT
Is the bone colour Iyenden/Bleached bone/skull white added for highlights?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/604299.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/604299.page GMT
-White basecoat
-Bubonic brown
-Flesh wash
-Bubonic Brown (if you are in hurry you can skip this, but the next step would take a couple more layer of colour)
-Bleached bone+ Skull white 50/50
-Higlights of skull white, just a few of them.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/604847.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/604847.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/604874.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/228557/604874.page GMT

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