I've been back and forth on how I want my DE to look. I wanted to avoid purple as I have a few purple armies kicking about already. I'd probably avoid green too, as my skaven use that as their main colour. I narrowed it down to the following 3 schemes. All of which are, admittedly, slightly sloppy (bad priming for one) but they should get the idea across.
SCHEME ONE
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Pros: Yellow is pretty striking. Yellow is pretty unique as well, so I'm less likely to run into someone else with a similar army.
Cons: Took ages. Painting yellow is a pain and I don't the way I did it looks that good. Painting yellow on the smooth flat vehicles will probably drive me insane.
SCHEME THE SECOND
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZV6-hRniGMq6qprmeG5Nws3qmSno4SS2LAuEKKK29OG8fS5VdkokIEm5ciyig7ynPJPRZqCN2pW6jGUQIdQFqwVeT83iUFO63vCvvejFVOnQqJx4SBABJIguiP8ItqC-8Xqi1VOFUR4w/s320/DEcolourtest2.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AVdo-xtggYnD_d6T2RpJd0UKYP7Hetxlk8xNpSvk22df1zjp1IdqLpk9uRFHyLkoAbU5f4MCmwUrV1Kc1vvE1w-N5-aot2WP0lCbYUlMHt97gJE6G7I0pIImmt7RbfLX0LCR-0QReX0i/s320/DEcolourtest3.jpg)
Pros: Looks the most vibrant of the 3 in real life. Scheme would be very easy to do on vehicles as well as infantry.
Cons: Fairly standard looking DE scheme, perhaps? No distinction between the clothy bits and the armoury bits like there is on the other 2 tests, but I can always play around with that I suppose.
SCHEME C
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9YDT8DcHMOcWWtQVMegTa0G-kMA2RZQGytkBKAJDenbOOpe0Ml3w6YKGqZnC0XV98A-ivKFtDzLee2AQ7Sm9-XEsxbjN0fJWW7fjXY3V56SZXy13X45QWE3gbecA1bmhZtl9zS61I4JP/s320/DEcolourtest4.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhH4ejKvUFrt3hAfSKI7u8ES7mklsFAb6AQm5Xor3wV6kCqDmDQYsuxoUlL4fS0kJQAYkE6MjLFdh22C6EwppegYbmTjt2yeiBbbaVX2BTYDKYFBP5mYeCWwvc0sAcyCwSp5bzLTuCyBF/s320/DEcolourtest5.jpg)
Pros: Red and black looks suitably evil, I think. Contrasts nicely with the bright hair colours that will be dotted about the army too.
Cons: Very similar to my Dark Elf scheme, if and when I decide to pick them up again. Even with foundation paints, getting a smooth red on vehicles might be a challenge?
Anyway, what do you guys think? Which is your favourite?
3 comments:
You could use the dark scheme for the warriors and the red scheme for the Whyches, or maybe there could be a middle ground between the two?
Red all the way for me. Mix mechrite red in to your red of choice and you'll get a nice smooth coat - or spray gun it.
Yeah I agree of Red now. all DE armies are going with black, be unique rob, be unique
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