Captain Kael Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 I want to make some pre-heresy models for fun. I don't know what colors the legions were before. I know that many legions changed their colors after the heresy. So it would be great if you guys could help. The ones I know (correct me if wrong) : Blood Angels: Red and Gold trim Ultramarines: Blue and Gold trim World Eaters: White and Blue trim Emperor's Children: purple with gold trim Imperial Fist: yellow with black trim Death Gaurd: ? Word Bearers: ? Luna Wolves: white and ? trim Dark Angels: dark green and ? trim Space Wolves: blue grey and ? trim Alpha Legion: dark tealish green and ? trim Thousand Sons: ? Irond Hands: ? Iron Warrios: silver and ? trim White Scars: white and ? trim Salamanders: light green and ? trim Raven Gaurd: black and ? trim Night Lords: dark blue with ? trim Please note that these are not the current chapter colors. They are the Legion colors. Thanks Captain Kael :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CernunnosX Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Thousand Sons were red with gold trim I believe. I think Iron Hands remained the same, so black primarily. Word Bearers were primarily grey prior to the Heresy, not sure about their trim though. Death Guard were a dirty white with...green trim I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimdarkness Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 The dark angels where black with a red chapter icon. The word bearers where a granite or slate grey. The wolfs where grey as well. The White scars had red trim and there tribal markings in red as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custodian Athiair Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 also the Alpha Legion arnt dark tealish green they are purpley/bluey with silver trim Death Guard are a dirty white with green trim hope it helps Athiair B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Tyrak Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 DG Terminator suits are plain metal, not the white/green colours that the rest of the Legion uses. I believe the same is true for the IH veterans. If you can get hold of the Index Astartes articles they include a picture of (Insert Legion)'s colour scheme in addtion to the current scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 [b; background-image:url(http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/hq2.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 8px 2px; padding: 12px 8px 12px 8px; border: 1px solid #DDD; margin-left: 0 auto; text-align: left; color: #fff; text-indent:50px; font-size:130%; width:50%;">The Legions [/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodunius Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Blood Angels: Red and Gold trim The BA IA article shows mid-heresy Beakies as being trimless but with black gun casings. the Horus Heresy artbook shows a mix of red, black, silver and gold trims, but with most of the gold trimmed BA identified as being Veteran squads. The dark angels where black with a red chapter icon. Theres conflicting fluff on that, the IA article clearly shows the pre-heresy scheme to be black with a white chapter badge. The cover to Descent of Angels shows them as black with white shoulderpads with gold trims, with black chapter badges on the pads and red markings on the tabards. Whilst the Horus Heresy Artbook both reprints the pre-heresy pic from the IA article, but also shows some marines with greeny-black armour and red chapter badges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensis Ferrae Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 The Raven Guard's colors, pre-heresy, were all black, with the right shoulder pads scheme denoting squad type.. i believe that one example used in the RGs IA article, the tactical marine shoulder pad from the RG was half green, half black; the assault marine was quite abit like a black widow black, with a red hourglass looking design. Also, depending on the Mk. of armor, the Legion symbol (the white raven that is seen in the current chapter) would be on the left shin (really, if both shoulder pads were studded) hope that helps you with the raven guard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Either Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 sorry to ask this but what colour is the Sons of Horus Powew Armour on the gw colour chart????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodunius Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 sorry to ask this but what colour is the Sons of Horus Powew Armour on the gw colour chart????? They don't use a straight up GW colour. The closest I've seen to the proper colours is: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=135889 Theres a recipe in the 4th post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Either Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 cool thanks Vodunius :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kael Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 also the Alpha Legion arnt dark tealish greenthey are purpley/bluey with silver trim Well according to this picture they are not a purple / blue color. http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/d/d0/Alphariusmin.jpg Thanks for the help guys. I am planning to also make a Horus mini and wanted to know what he wore. I remember him wearing white power armour with gold trim and I think a fur coat. I think thats what is said in Horus Rising. But thanks! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raulmichile Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Haha! I almost forgot than horrible mini GW made for Alpharius!! The head is funny to say the least... :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkey Kong Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Haha! I almost forgot than horrible mini GW made for Alpharius!! The head is funny to say the least... :P Apologies friend, Games Workshop did not make that miniature. It was made by the US Team for Games Day 2007, I believe. They also made Dorn, Perturabo, Khan, Johnson, Ferrus and Fulgrim. In Legion, the Alpha Legion are described as Purple. Miniatures are always an artistic license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 dude read the HH novels ^_^ alpha legion: purple with green trim Luna Wolves: white with gold/black trim blood angels: red dark angels: black thousand sons: red word bearers: black/grey death guard: white with green trim iron hands: black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensis Ferrae Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 in the book legion, i believe the leadership of the alphas MAY or may not be denoted with silver trim (we dont know for sure, because the alpha legion are so secretive in their ways ;) ) to the OP: what sort of pre-heresy models are you planning on making?? are you thinking captains or other leadership types, or your average line trooper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kael Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 I see I was mistaken with the Alpha Legion colors. :D in the book legion, i believe the leadership of the alphas MAY or may not be denoted with silver trim (we dont know for sure, because the alpha legion are so secretive in their ways :) ) to the OP: what sort of pre-heresy models are you planning on making?? are you thinking captains or other leadership types, or your average line trooper? Planing to make average troopers first. If I am satisified with the troopers than I will create captains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Tyrak Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Nah, paint your troopers as captains and your captains as troopers. This is the AL here. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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