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I'm trying to figure out a paint scheme for the Traitor Guard portion of my
Lost and the Damned army. This is the army I've been working on in the
"Tales of RGMW" thing - a Plague/Nurgle themed list. There will of course
be a small amount of Death Guard, who I'll paint in 'official' DG colors,
and the mutants will be sort of mixed up looking, but I was trying to figure
out a relatively simple paint scheme for the Cadian/IG plastics that make up
my Traitors. I want it to look sickly enough to complement the "plague"
imagery, but not something really blatant; in other words, I'd like for it
to be at least a little believable that this is the same color scheme they
used before turning to Chaos. Note that I will be either carving off or
painting 'strikethroughs' over all the Imperial eagles and so forth.
Anyway, I was thinking of using either a very dark grey (like a charcoal
color) or a dark brown (like GW Beastial Brown) - for their hardshell armor,
with a dirty or mustardy yellow for their cloth suits (equivalent to GW
Golden or Sunburst Yellow). Any mechanized units (sentinels, tranports or
tanks) would be primarily done in the yellow color - I want what little
mechanized stuff they have to suggest construction/earthmoving equipment, to
help reinforce the idea that until they turned traitor, they were more
likely to deal with natural disasters or public works than actual combat.
So, any recommendations on choosing between the dark grey or the dark brown
for the armor color? And I know people have mentioned that yellows can be
hard to paint, but since I want sort of a 'muddy' effect on the yellow
anyway, should I be alright?
--
Ken Coble
I am just an aging drummer boy
And in the wars I used to play
And I've called the tune to many a torture session
Now they say I am a war criminal
And I'm fading away
Father, please hear my confession
-Dire Straits, "The Man's Too Strong"
I'm trying to figure out a paint scheme for the Traitor Guard portion of my
Lost and the Damned army. This is the army I've been working on in the
"Tales of RGMW" thing - a Plague/Nurgle themed list. There will of course
be a small amount of Death Guard, who I'll paint in 'official' DG colors,
and the mutants will be sort of mixed up looking, but I was trying to figure
out a relatively simple paint scheme for the Cadian/IG plastics that make up
my Traitors. I want it to look sickly enough to complement the "plague"
imagery, but not something really blatant; in other words, I'd like for it
to be at least a little believable that this is the same color scheme they
used before turning to Chaos. Note that I will be either carving off or
painting 'strikethroughs' over all the Imperial eagles and so forth.
Anyway, I was thinking of using either a very dark grey (like a charcoal
color) or a dark brown (like GW Beastial Brown) - for their hardshell armor,
with a dirty or mustardy yellow for their cloth suits (equivalent to GW
Golden or Sunburst Yellow). Any mechanized units (sentinels, tranports or
tanks) would be primarily done in the yellow color - I want what little
mechanized stuff they have to suggest construction/earthmoving equipment, to
help reinforce the idea that until they turned traitor, they were more
likely to deal with natural disasters or public works than actual combat.
So, any recommendations on choosing between the dark grey or the dark brown
for the armor color? And I know people have mentioned that yellows can be
hard to paint, but since I want sort of a 'muddy' effect on the yellow
anyway, should I be alright?
--
Ken Coble
I am just an aging drummer boy
And in the wars I used to play
And I've called the tune to many a torture session
Now they say I am a war criminal
And I'm fading away
Father, please hear my confession
-Dire Straits, "The Man's Too Strong"
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