Judaz Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 How have you guys painted your scouts? I'm about to start on my scouts and I would love some ideas and maybe some pics. In my eyes, the white they are painted in in the codex is a bit too "happy". My army is defending Baal, so the bases are mostly wasteland, vulcanic rocks and such. Giving the scouts white uniforms feels wrong. And how should I do the camo cloaks when they are fighting on this barren wasteland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bifrons Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 For all my space marines armies, I usually paint them in desert, woodland or urban camo, depending on the bases color. They're supposed to be scouts, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglou666 Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 my scouts have all the red armour plating, but with a bleached bone kind of coulour on their fabric. Washed with brown, to look dark, almost dirty. if i get some time ill take some pics later. they took me a while to do tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Chris Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Camouflage is the colour of fear. I'm sure scouts don't worry too much about it. They are wearing bright red armour, after all. My guys have a sandy desert colour for their fabric (Snakebite Leather?), based on the idea their uniforms are derived from Baal and its moons, not dependent on where they are fighting. Soldiers down the ages have always complained about being issued with the wrong gear for the theatre, and I'd expect this to be true in spades in the grim darkness of the 41st millennium. Imperial authorities have a tendency to label all worlds as though they have a single climate or vegetation type: 'desert world' 'ice planet' 'dinosaur swamp planet'. Imagine how they might be dressed for a Martian campaign which happened to stray into the planet's polar regions. I totally agree that the white looks very wrong, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spagunk Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/spagunk/army%20completed/BAScoutA.jpghttp://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/spagunk/army%20completed/BAScoutC.jpghttp://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/spagunk/army%20completed/BAScoutD.jpghttp://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/spagunk/army%20completed/BAScoutB.jpg Just like this. http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/spagunk/army%20completed/BAScoutB-1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus Mortifer Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 First squad I painted when I got back into the game after a break about 3 years ago. Still happy with the way they look but my painting has improved since. Not sure I would do camo again for the next 5 (or subsequent squads), and the new 'dex renders my squad markings obsolete (I'm a bit of a stickler for that but can't be bothered to change them now :D ) http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/SebJones_photos/Blood%20Angels/SniSq1Yarren.jpg http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/SebJones_photos/Blood%20Angels/SniSq2ndYarren2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglou666 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Nice scouts, spagunk and mortifer! ill be getting up some pictures of mine tonight! :D promise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Trader Voril Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 I used the regular red and black to tie them into the death company feel that the BA's have. White is sooo wrong for them... Hell, even our apothecaries wear red.http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww322/roguetradervoril/100_3676.jpghttp://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww322/roguetradervoril/100_3677.jpghttp://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww322/roguetradervoril/100_3678.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judaz Posted October 23, 2010 Author Share Posted October 23, 2010 Thanks for all the input guys, those are some beautiful scouts. Love that camo Mortifer, it's a good thing that my guys don't wear forest camo, because I can't paint like that :) That red and black would work with my guys, only trying to find a good camo for a volcanic ash kind of wasteland. And then it's those faces. I hate doing faces. Oh well, better get to it, they aren't painting themselves sadly enough. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloody Angel Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 May not be the best looking scouts you've ever seen, but this is how I did the ones I currently have. I actually like the Bleached bone look as it is shown on the box. Scouts arent most fun to paint, but I like to paint them alot. It's the faces indeed, and so on. I'm soon to be having scouts with camo cloaks too, and I was thinking of painting them with black legs and such. But I will have enough time to think about what to do, as I got 3 more boxes of models to be painted :P http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1393/dscf7814l.jpg EDIT: PS: It looks like im one of the few people who paint them with bare hands :D Bloody Angel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRCHAOS Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 This is how my Flesh Tearer Scouts will turn out like: Just missing the blood drop on Chapter badge http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s26/MRCHAOS001/DSC01630.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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