wedgie2007 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Hi guys, I was wondering do all Space Marines have to have the same armour colour in a custom chapter? i would like to run my own "custom" squad but paint them a different colour, my custom chapter is a successor chapter of the Black Templar's that was created to avenge Sigismund and to hunt down Abaddon and his black legion. Cheers Wedgie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephaniah Adriyen Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Nah, go for it. It's your Chapter, you decide the heraldry, and if you want individual squads, you can go for individualized squads. Personally, I'd recommend having some color somewhere to tie the army together (maybe a pauldron?) but again, Your Dudes comes first. Exilyth 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedgie2007 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 Thanks for your quick reply, My chapter has mostly black armor with left shoulder white with the chapter symbol on it, so i could change the armor color but keep the shoulder to tie in the army? Zephaniah Adriyen 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephaniah Adriyen Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 That's what I'd recommend, yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedgie2007 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 Awesome, one last thing. would changing any squads armor color other than for a veteran squad would it be uncodex and/or cause any gaming opponent to hyperventilate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephaniah Adriyen Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Nohp, as long as everyone's WYSIWYG you shouldn't run into problems. Keep your weapons straight and make your veterans a little more decorated and you're good IMO. Then again, I'm in a relatively lax environment as far as these things (I have an opponent who has a dedicated Dark Angels collection who also picks up models specific to other Chapters, paints them up Dark Angels and fields them with rules for other Chapters, namely Guilliman and Feirros at different times) and I'm a lax opponent, too. So... yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Caerolion Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Hey, Blood Angels do it for their helmets, and nobody minds. It's your Chapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casb1965 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Let's think, off the top of my head DA Ravenwing and Deathwing are different colours to the rest of the DA, Death Company in BA as well. So it's not common but some chapters definitely have a different colour scheme for certain companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Just to note a point of fluff, there are no Black Templar successors as they are as successor themselves. There are many Crusades of Templars, but they are all part of the BT chapter, they aren't separate chapters in and of themselves. (even though some of them might be the size of several companies of a codex chapter) Thanks for your quick reply, My chapter has mostly black armor with left shoulder white with the chapter symbol on it, so i could change the armor color but keep the shoulder to tie in the army? BT are all about individualization of their armor, though in the fluff their armor is always black. Their shoulder pads though do change in color depending on rank or role and sometimes personal preference of the individual battle brother. All that being said, it is still your army and you may paint them how you wish, I just wanted to let you know what the lore states! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painting.for.my.sanity Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 BT are all about individualization of their armor, though in the fluff their armor is always black. Isn't there some properly old John Blanche artwork with an Ancient in red and a plasma gunner in white? Sword Brother Adelard 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracos Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Ive gone that way sort of. I am playing as <Raven Guard> but I’m painting my unite based on the role they play in the army Everyone gets army green pauldrons and backpacks - the difference is in the arms torsos and legs Intercessors and Incursors desert yellow Aggressors and Centurions army green Still deciding on the Inceptors Reivers and Eliminators. Likely desert yellow for the two latter either army green or urban grey for the former. Definitely will make it the same as the Xiphons. It’s my take on the idea Reasonable Marines adapt to match their environment, but using the army green on the shoulder pads and backpacks as a unifying color on all patterns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'm Heckus Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 My Space Badgers chapter is all brown and black except for one squad of easy-build flamer aggressors which are painted “firebat red” as an homage to Starcraft. They’re not the most competitive build but seeing that one odd colored squad seems to psyche some of my opponents out. They can’t help but diverting an unnecessary amount of firepower towards them. I’ve taken to saying they are my elite “Flaming Mad Badgers”. Forge the narrative!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine God Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Awesome, one last thing. would changing any squads armor color other than for a veteran squad would it be uncodex and/or cause any gaming opponent to hyperventilate? Un-Codex? Your Chapter are Successors of the Black Templars who are non-codex anyway. jeremy1391 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lorne Walkier Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 My chapter of RG successors is a motly crew. Each marine is a different color. Actually in the fluff they are all from different chapters. They only have their base in common. Space wolf next to Imperial fist next to a DYI chapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword Brother Adelard Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) BT are all about individualization of their armor, though in the fluff their armor is always black. Isn't there some properly old John Blanche artwork with an Ancient in red and a plasma gunner in white? Yep. Hence: Edited November 25, 2019 by Brother Adelard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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