Regional Colour Guide

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gaurdian_of_the_citadel · Mon May 22, 2006 2:02 am

My questing nobles are a dark blue robes and boltgun metal armour the gems ar all yellow I think there colour scheme fits to an outpost type as they appear to be royalty to lesser races but not quite as magnificent as elves of ulthuan

Lord Anathir · #32 Post by **Lord Anathir** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:44 pm

quick question...does it snow in Caledor? if not...where?

Cal · #33 Post by **Cal** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:32 pm

I use snow on my caledor bases, it's quick and easy with a good method so just go for it.

Alpoco · #34 Post by **Alpoco** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:26 am

Im into a sorta, shadow warrior thing going on i take it that nagarythe, but im using regal blue and hawk turquoise.

Alanor · #35 Post by **Alanor** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:57 am

Alpoco wrote:Im into a sorta, shadow warrior thing going on i take it that nagarythe, but im using regal blue and hawk turquoise.

Blues? Well... I never really thought of them as having blue colors (not even GW painted them blue). Shadow Grey mixed with Chaos Black on armour, then wash with Balck Ink/Water mix and highlight with a brighter Shadow Grey/Chaos Black mix. Thats how I doo it, it is really neat.

xxmarioxx · #36 Post by **xxmarioxx** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:18 pm

To top all the regional colours i think there should be like National colours to add...I liked the idea for White to be the national or provincal which ever word u would like to use to be for all of the high elves. Lastly we must also add a colour for Outlaws, the HE of which are not following the nobles but act on there own such as the Shadow warriors which i have are midnight blue, black, and chainmail so something like that for people who are not from a city but more of a band, or group of mercenaries...

Sethannon · #37 Post by **Sethannon** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:35 pm

thats what I'm planning, I put a pot, it's going to be dark gray and a jade/scaly green, or a red (leaning to green)

Prince Elileth · #38 Post by **Prince Elileth** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:09 pm

the HE of which are not following the nobles but act on there own such as the Shadow warriors

Shadow warriors follow the orders of the prince. They make up the army of Nagarythe, they're not just rogue elves looking for a good time. Also there wouldn't be a national color scheme for a HE army because there is no national army. Each province maintains its own army and uses the colors from that province. When a large army is needed several provinces come together to make a giant army, they're not going to repaint everything and change their robes to make a unified army color scheme.

xxmarioxx · #39 Post by **xxmarioxx** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:20 am

maybe the Ulthuanians who travel alot wont kno what nation to put themselves under

Plus its always good for some cores like Spearmen and archers to have "Unranked" or "Outcas" colours... i mean it would be nice to have a rogue party.. and isnt Nagrythe Dark Elvian?

Prince Elileth · #40 Post by **Prince Elileth** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:30 am

That's naggaroth. Nagarythe was Malekith's province and really the only place he has a claim to a throne although after the shadow crown was stolen buy Alith Anar, another famous nagarythian, Malekith doesn't even have that anymore.

Rhianedd · #41 Post by **Rhianedd** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:23 pm

I agree with Prince Elileth, the regional troops aren't going to repaint or dress different just because they are fighting in a different region in a large battle. Thats the whole reason I came to this post was to get ideas to depict a couple of regions' colors in my army.

Faith mage · #42 Post by **Faith mage** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:38 pm

im not so sure but i would say red and black for caledor

Prince Elileth · #43 Post by **Prince Elileth** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:58 pm

red and green are caledor's colors if memory serves.

Vil-hatarn · #44 Post by **Vil-hatarn** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:09 pm

What are your opinions on leaving out the white robes? It seems to be pretty standard, but I'm doing a pure Nagarythean army so wanted them to look a bit darker...the robes are black, with greys and greens for most of the rest. I'm using off-whites for certain details to provide contrast.

Faith mage · #45 Post by **Faith mage** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:29 pm

red and green. ok ill remember that

xxmarioxx · #46 Post by **xxmarioxx** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:20 am

u can see a picture of green dragon princes here: http://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n120 ... h=imgAnch5[/img]

Ugrin · #47 Post by **Ugrin** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:08 pm

My army is themed around being descendants from the tower of starts who left at the summons of the Pheonix King only to return to their tower decimated. The island is known for its horse bla bla bla. Anyway I wont put the whole story up now but what colors are you thinking might be good??? I want it to represent stars and night but not be too dark and menacing....

thnks in advance

Rhianedd · #48 Post by **Rhianedd** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:55 pm

Very dark blue, perhaps regal or midnight blue and mithril silver would be my choices.

Ugrin · #49 Post by **Ugrin** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:28 pm

Or I was thinking maybe a dark purple? I already have crimson fist 40k SM who use mid blue so I dont want 2 armies with same colors, also it doesnt come out so well for me, well I was tihnking maybe a mix of regal blue and one of the dark purples? how dya think thatd look?

xxmarioxx · #50 Post by **xxmarioxx** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:56 pm

a) i use enchanted blue as base and shade with midnight
b) Urgin you double posted
c) Its cool to have 3 letter facts

Rhianedd · #51 Post by **Rhianedd** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:11 pm

purple would work if you can get it dark enough; very very dark.

#52 Post by **TimmyMWD** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:39 am

Grammar check! I don't like to post this often but please do your best to spell out words, use correct punctuation, et cetera. Thanks!

gandalf · #53 Post by **gandalf** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:29 am

Thanks to all for this very good post.
I now know what my army scheme correponds to (I initially wanted something different).
So I'm from Eataine having used light purple as a second colour after white.

You can view how it looks like to be from Eataine here:

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4672/01elfesgq7.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/553/ ... es2dm4.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7407 ... rs2ao6.jpg

Paraicj · #54 Post by **Paraicj** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:21 pm

Hmmm, I think a point was missed here. I's great that armies be painted to look like they originate from a certain area, but there's one main problem.

Say you have an Eataine army, mostle blues and whites etc. If you put in White Lions, should they bee in Chrace colours, and Dragon Princes in the Greens Reds etc. of Caledor, Shadow Warriors in the greys etc. of Nagarythe. In background terms, would soldiers from elite units be expected to don the local colours if they join a local army. It's difficult to imagine, especially for Dragon Princes and Nagarythe troops, who are especially proud of their region's heritage.

Rhianedd · #55 Post by **Rhianedd** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:51 pm

I think the elites would wear their own colors; I can't see where anyone would go,"Hey guys we need to be color cordinated" or "we can't fight yet because our new clothes aren't made". I fully intend to have 2 spear units wearing different colors from their own regions.

Denomic · #56 Post by **Denomic** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:52 pm

interesting thoughts Paraicj...

I was told a couple days ago that my army (not fully painted yet but will be for the tournament this upcoming weekend) would not score well for presentation. Now I'm not as good as a painter but their point to me was to have a uniformed colour for everyone. I brought up exactl the same point as you did. Elves in the past may have worn similar colours while exploring abroad, but now that they are more focused on defending themselves in their own island. This to me meant each unit would be of different colours unless they came from the same region.

I'll find out this weekend how that arguement fairs against the judges.

Rhianedd · #57 Post by **Rhianedd** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:01 pm

Good Luck

Cal · #58 Post by **Cal** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:52 pm

Mine are all the same because they ain't shadow warriors or swordmasters or whatever, they're a unit from Caledor with a seperate name and I don't like the ununifified look seperate colours give.

Vil-hatarn · #59 Post by **Vil-hatarn** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:08 pm

You can have unifying colors and still have units be individualistic. For example, a fairly typical elf army would use white as a unifiying color, and then have extra colors by unit. Other options are to use a certain metallic color throughout or have matching detail parts--belts, sashes, and whatnot.

Paraicj · #60 Post by **Paraicj** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:47 pm

I'm not saying that a unified HE army is bad, in fact, my whole army is white with red trim. I did however give the swordmasters and Phoenix guard some blue, give gold armour to the Dragon Princes and give grey and crimson to the Shadow warriors. In terms of painting, a unified theme looks great. However, the high elves are a disparate race.

I think it would be very unfair if Denomic was docked points for his (her?) paint scheme as long as it has good background, which it does!