Hi all

I'm a gnat's crotchet away from finishing the assembly on my Dark Angels army (starting to wish I'd done a different chapter, everyone seems to be the Unforgiven these days!), and I have a quick question about colour schemes.

I'm going fairly retro with my infantry schemes (red weapons, old school banners, plenty of yellow warning chevrons) and I was wondering what people thought about the colour of Deathwing weapons? I'm very tempted to go with the retro green colouring, though I don't think I've seen it done on Epic scale Terminators. Thinking of green weapon casings, green chest eagles and probably green power weapons too.

Any thoughts folks?  Whilst I did my Imperial Guard blog on warseer I'm hoping to put my DA on here in the near future.

Thanks all


-Moronguhl

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My Epic Deathwing Terminators ...

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I went with green. Also did you go for bone colour drybrushed/highlighted to white?

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Looking good L4! Loving the old school bone white, nice to see how the characters will come out too.  Is there any army you haven't painted?!  

I'm using the Chaplain with a converted Crozius, and I've just managed to recover my eyesight after having done a head swap and lightning claw conversion on my Grand Master.

I'm planning a more modern bleached bone type colour (white spray, gryphonne sepia wash) i reckon, inspired by silent bob's termies.

-Moronguhl

EDIT: Just noticed those transfers L4, good work! I'm almost convinced that at this scale painting stuff on by hand is actually easier than fiddling around with transfers!

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Yes, thank you "M" !  It's actually a pale desert grey ... But could work as camo in snow and ice also ...     And to answer your question, my Epic SM Forces include - DA, UM, BA, SW, IF, SAL + a detachment of LoD ... and Heresy Vintage Traitors - SoH, TS, EC, WE & NL ...     And I'm not skilled enough to paint on insignia ... So I use decals from all sources !  

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Well I have never had any luck with transfers.

What is your technique, if you don't mind me asking?  I know some folks swear by transfer solutions and complex applications of varnishes, what do you use?

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Black undercoat. Drybrush of Snakebite Leather, Drybrush of Bleached Bone and then if you want drybrush with Skull White. Add details.
At least this is do with ALL bone coloured things

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Well I cut the decal to fit with X-acto knife and/or shears ...  cutting off any excess film. Place decal in water, then put on model using a small brush and knife.  Lightly brush the decal with a Decal Set.  And after dry, I brush on a clear flat paint on the decal.  And of course, after it is dry, I spray the whole model with a clear flat spray ...  Easy !!

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Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

My own DA Terminators are with the old school green weapons. Personally I think it adds some nice color variety to the stand combined with a red DA shoulder symbol. I think any pics must have disappeared during the crash but I'll snap a few tomorrow and post.

For painting these I began with a white undercoat. Then a wash of snakebite leather followed by another wash of Snakebite leather and Chaos black for the places where I wanted the darkest shadows. I then went back and touched up flat areas such as legs and shoulder pads, working from a mix of snakebite leather and skull white from a tome slightly darker than Bleached bone, to a highlight color that is sligtly brighter.
Today you could probably get a similar, or even better result using some of the new citadel washes.
Personally I would not use drybrushing over blavk for anything bone colored as the result tends to look quite gritty IMO. If you insist on working from a black undercoat I would suggest traditional layering techniques instead. But of course that's just my personal preference and some may have better luck with it that I do

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I'd love to see a few pics WMN, though I fear they may shame my attempts!

I think the green/bone/red combo can look really nice, so I think I'm going to go for it.  I'm going to use a similar paint scheme I think: white spray basecoat and a few washes for the basics, with the painted on highlights to add some accents.  I've also had little success with white drybrushing.  Unless you really want a gritty effect, it has limited uses.

-Moronguhl

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I like the traditional Christmas look too. Bone Termies with Red icons and Green weapons.

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Ooo, very nice WMN, as predicted they're awesome!

How did you make your Lightning Claws btw?  I've made one for my Grand Master out of Scout knives, and I'd be interested to know how you managed yours.  I used cut down BFG lances for my cyclones rather than scratch building them as you have, they're kind of super deformed but I like 'em!

-Moronguhl

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Amazing!!!  

I would I could be that talented at conversions in Epic scale.

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Thanks Yeah. The lightning claws are relly fiddly. To make them I started with a small square of plasticard that I glued on to form the basic fist. I then sliced some small triangular shapes from the same sheet of plasticard (0.25 I think) and then glued them in place. To make this work you need to use a bit of abstraction. There's just no way to fit every single blade in that the 40k model has. INstead I used fewer blades. It still gives the right impression from a distance with the important thing being that the overall dimensions of the weapon looks right.

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