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Michael B23 Feb 2011 2:38 p.m. PST

Is there a website that lists what paint color goes with whatever chapter. I know in some of the SM codices had sort of a list and the painting guides have photos, but is there anything else?

paintingden23 Feb 2011 3:01 p.m. PST

Games workshop website you should be able to get everything there.

billthecat23 Feb 2011 3:10 p.m. PST

There are a couple of pages in the ol' Rogue Trader book, or was it the Compendium? Sons of Medusa, Rainbow warriors, etc… 'The only true source.' Just out of morbid curiosity, is this really an issue for a lot of 40K players these days? That's not an attack, it's just that I always felt (and still dp) that part of the fun of painting miniatures lies in the ability to choose how you want to paint them… Not that I would play a game with those silly 'hello-kitty' marines either…

Michael B23 Feb 2011 3:17 p.m. PST

I have the "early" editions of the Space Marine codices. Which had the x paint + y Paint = z space marine lists in the back of the book. I also have the How to Paint space Marines book, it has photos but not a paint guide. I don't know, I eyeball the photos in the books and my marines sometimes don't look close to the pictures.

Olaf the hairy23 Feb 2011 3:25 p.m. PST

The original RT book had 12 chapters, all single colour with a helmet stripe. Back then the Dark Angels wore black and the Space Wolves grey, not blue-grey.

The Compendium has about 40 uniforms including some camoflage patterns for specific campaigns.

cloudcaptain23 Feb 2011 3:27 p.m. PST

There's a digital tool built into the older Dawn of War video games where you can try out paint schemes.

Jovian123 Feb 2011 3:31 p.m. PST

The Badab War has at least a dozen space marine chapters in the two volume set with fairly detailed paint schemes for each chapter and subchapter. The various codexes also have various chapters in them with painting examples too. Codex Space Marine covers at least 5, Blood Angels covers an additional 4-6 chapters/successors, as does the Dark Angels codex. There are also older books with plenty of stuff in them, including the Rogue Trader books with lots of the original chapters.

Aliosborne23 Feb 2011 3:34 p.m. PST

The colour schemes in the compedium are for the BADAB war which are in the new forgeworld books also

also check out
link

Dave Jackson Supporting Member of TMP23 Feb 2011 3:35 p.m. PST

GW does sell a book "How to paint Space Marines" that has the main Chapters in detail with most of the other Chapters delineated.

The Gray Ghost23 Feb 2011 5:11 p.m. PST

seems like anymore they only want you to play the main chapters.

28mmMan23 Feb 2011 5:24 p.m. PST
richarDISNEY23 Feb 2011 7:22 p.m. PST

Yea 28mmman… I got that hanging up in my work office wall.

Kid you not…
beer

JLA10523 Feb 2011 10:04 p.m. PST

Try this link
For many of the chapters, if you click on the name it pulls up an illustration/photo.

WarpSpeed23 Feb 2011 10:30 p.m. PST

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parrskool24 Feb 2011 4:52 a.m. PST

Please see Marine Supplement A19 at £65.00 GBP which deals with kneeling figures.
Other supplements cover colour schemes for :
Standing figs :£89
Seated Figs £56.00 GBP
With helmets £67.00 GBP
Without helmet £90.00 GBP etc

Sorry for the heavy cynicism

Lampyridae24 Feb 2011 5:34 a.m. PST

28mmman,

Looks like an explosion in a paint factory…

NobleHero24 Feb 2011 2:08 p.m. PST

This site lists all the official chapters, including those that turned to Chaos. If you click on the chapter, it gives you some details, but it also shows a picture of armor colors.

link

Farstar25 Feb 2011 4:00 p.m. PST

Rule of thumb: GW won't keep making a color of paint if they can't figure out how to make that color look good on a Space Marine.

Little Big Wars25 Feb 2011 4:41 p.m. PST

Is that why there's no more Tentacle Pink?

Lampyridae26 Feb 2011 5:37 a.m. PST

They put a stop to Tentacle Pink because of the proliferation of the Hello Kitty Chapter.

28mmMan26 Feb 2011 7:36 a.m. PST

Tentacle Pink say you?

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While looking for pink I found these picture picture picture picture I gotta say I like this brown application…something about it pops.

28mmMan26 Feb 2011 7:39 a.m. PST

Wow this guy really loves 40k picture

Gabriel Guerin03 Jan 2012 8:29 a.m. PST

Check out this one too
link

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