AgentP Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 I think I'm going to abandon the idea of making a chapter tied to the mechanicus, and just focus on what would be interesting to paint. I think I've narrowed it down to either White Scars, or Stormlords. I never wanted to do white scars, or a successor chapter of them before because I didn't want to do a bike army. But I think now, especially with sky hammer some new and interesting options have opened up for them beyond the typical bike army. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentP Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Mostly I'm just intrigued by painting white 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Make your own chapter! Make them still close allies of the AM! Let's see, good names: - The White Noise - Clear Results - The White Papers - The Emperor's Lab Coats - Angels of the Bit - The Disassemblers - Watchers of the Nexus - Knights of the First Law - Angels Annihilant - The Silent Runners - Runners of the Blade - Iron Saints - The Angels Prime - The White Sentinels - Wardens of the Bend - The Oncoming Storm - Knights of Kraal - Knights of Androzani - Guardians of Lore - Space Crows - Watchers of Calculon - The Centurions - Knights of Doom - Deus Machina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Templars of Steel is another I was sitting on for a while before I went with Crimson Thunder. That'd work pretty well with AdMech. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Templars of Steel is another I was sitting on for a while before I went with Crimson Thunder. That'd work pretty well with AdMech. You can also mix Knights, Space, Templars, Wardens, Crusaders, etc with any of the names I came up with. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burk Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Mostly I'm just intrigued by painting white ABANDON THREAD....dont do it. you will hate it.......I know I hate painting white now after doing a whole army in white...worst ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 My experience has actually been that yellow is even worse than white. And actually, I should try the yellow foundation paint. Ceramite White makes all the difference in the world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarlessllama Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 I think I'm going to abandon the idea of making a chapter tied to the mechanicus, and just focus on what would be interesting to paint. I think I've narrowed it down to either White Scars, or Stormlords. I never wanted to do white scars, or a successor chapter of them before because I didn't want to do a bike army. But I think now, especially with sky hammer some new and interesting options have opened up for them beyond the typical bike army. Stormlords are really neat looking. I like the idea of the halved scheme, and using the helmet color to indicate company number. It's an idea that I wish I had thought of first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentP Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Imperial fists would be amazing . I love the look of them when they're done correctly. And nobody needs to be able to reroll ones like me and my dice. Painting yellow scares me so much. I've never seen a yellow that covered in less than eight coats. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Mostly I'm just intrigued by painting white Try an apothecary if you want to do a white marine or two. I totally agree with Burk, it's a pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarlessllama Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Well I have been having luck with the new GW base yellow paint. Although, if you are super worried out it, you can either run the paint through an airbrush, or use a yellow primer like the Army Painter primer. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 I did my Angry Marines with the Daemonic Yellow Army Painter Primer, it was a good foundation to work from. That said, I am after a more cartoonish look (blacklining on light colors) so it involves a few extra steps. The GW base/foundation paint for yellow (my old one is Iyanden Darksun, I believe it is something different now) is handy, but is darker than I would like if you're after a vivid canary/lemon yellow finish. I pre-highlight with ceramite white before I apply the flash gits yellow since the layer paint yellow is a bit translucent and helps with the coverage issues, but that is also over top of . Imperial fists are likely about the same, and a well done yellow is always visually appealing, but hard to keep really clean looking and not muddy from layers showing through. A good white army is somewhat similar, but I've generally found the yellow paints to be more translucent than the white ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentP Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Grabbed an old Vanguard Veteran I had and painted him up tonight, to test painting white. He's done in white and red, ala White Scars or some other chapter. Painted pretty easily all in all. It took a while, but it was more a factor of the detail on the marine models than anything else. What's more, I think an army painted like this would really stand out on the table and look appealing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PourSpelur Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Just gonna leave this here.... ;) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentP Posted June 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 I found the perfect chapter! After painting up a test model, I really liked the white armor with red accents. Bryan also encouraged me to find a way to use my Blood Angels models, which of course made using wing iconography necessary. So after a few hours of internet searching I discovered....drum roll....... The Storm Hawks They are an existing chapter, but a blank slate. Nothing written about them. Founding uncertain, possibly from Raven Guard, but possibly not. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 The necessity of folding in BA Models with all the wing details is part of why my Crimson Thunder SM are also referred to as The Angels of the Storm :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarlessllama Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 I found the perfect chapter! After painting up a test model, I really liked the white armor with red accents. Bryan also encouraged me to find a way to use my Blood Angels models, which of course made using wing iconography necessary. So after a few hours of internet searching I discovered....drum roll....... The Storm Hawks They are an existing chapter, but a blank slate. Nothing written about them. Founding uncertain, possibly from Raven Guard, but possibly not. Very nice. I look forward to seeing them on the table top. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 I found the perfect chapter! After painting up a test model, I really liked the white armor with red accents. Bryan also encouraged me to find a way to use my Blood Angels models, which of course made using wing iconography necessary. So after a few hours of internet searching I discovered....drum roll....... The Storm Hawks They are an existing chapter, but a blank slate. Nothing written about them. Founding uncertain, possibly from Raven Guard, but possibly not. This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about! This is perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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