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Well, I want to do the same thing for my Dark Angels. There's nothing like it shown in the codex about it so I'm not sure what colours to go with.

Is there anything the extended fluff that could guide me? If not, other than white, what do you reckon will look good? I was going to do the shoulder pad trim in orange.


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TR: Red
FA: Yellow
HS: Blue
EL: Gold, except Termies, that stay red
HQ: Depends, usually bare heads. Shows off the fangs. I make a small alteration and use White.

So the colours follow a Primary Triad, and the EL get a metallic that looks best with the base colour. To make that more DA, you might want to go with a Secondary colour Triad...

TR: Green
FA: Orange
HS: Purple
EL: Copper [?]
HQ: Depends

I know nothing of DA fluff, but colour wise, that would probably work the best.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/666819/8185321.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/666819/8185321.page GMT Dark Angels - painting the helmets different colours depending on the squad type. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/666819/8185408.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/666819/8185408.page GMT Re:Dark Angels - painting the helmets different colours depending on the squad type. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/666819/8185550.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/666819/8185550.page GMT Dark Angels - painting the helmets different colours depending on the squad type.
Think I'm going to go with white for devastators, red for assault and copper/gold for elites.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/666819/8186924.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/666819/8186924.page GMT Dark Angels - painting the helmets different colours depending on the squad type.
 pumpinchimp wrote:
I'm really not sure about green and purple and my shoulder pads are going to be orange. I like the copper for the elites though.

Think I'm going to go with white for devastators, red for assault and copper/gold for elites.
That sounds pretty good. The reason I chose the colors I suggested was that Assault Marines are similar to the Ravenwing, i.e. the Black Marines. Elites are similar to the Deathwing, i.e. the Bone Marines. Red goes to Devs because FIRE! But white for Devs(Bone white or White white?) sounds like it would look cool.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/666819/8186928.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/666819/8186928.page GMT