Re: [Epic] Chapter Colours

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 22:23:01 GMT

At 05:44 PM 22/3/97 +0000, you wrote:
>As I'm bound to end up buying Epic 40k, I'm likely to end up with even
>more marines. I'll probably swap the Orks I'll get, plus the old
>mega-gargants, for extra marine sprues.
>
>Now I already have 2 chapters painted up - UltraMarines (blue) and Viper
>Knights (green). I'm going to paint up the new marines as a third
>chapter - question is, which one?
>
>it's got to paint up easy - therefore red is right out (I've never been
>any good at painting red)
>it mustn't be one of the boring ones that get all the special rules and
>equipment - no dark angels or space wolves.
>rather I'd like to go for one of the chapters mentioned in the original
>rogue trader background. but I don't have the books.
>
>Thoughts so far -
>emperor's children (purple)
>white scars (white)
>I also remember a chapter in silver - the silverskulls?
>or I could make up my own again - perhaps the Black Guard (there's one
>for the sci-fi gaming dinosaurs - 10vp to the first person who
>recognises where they came from) - painted in sand with black shoulder
>pieces.

Hmmm... Black Guard from... Barbarella?

I went for my own chapter (likewise I don't approve of the chapters with
special bitz) and I have my "Imperial Stormroopers" painted white with black
detain and a single shoulder pauldron coloured on a single troop ala Star
Wars and I have a chapter painted in bright metalic green who are the
"Denebian Slime Devils" (for any Treckies in the audience).

Agro


>
>Any suggestions from the list? What would you choosse?
>
>Richard
>The one true idiot
>
Received on Sat Mar 22 1997 - 22:23:01 UTC

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