A New Empire is rising! Painting schemes help..

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A New Empire is rising! Painting schemes help.. Feb 18, 2019 21:22:06 GMT via Tapatalk grandmasterwang likes this

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Post by copperpotmd on Feb 18, 2019 21:22:06 GMT

Good afternoon everyone! The last few months has seen me buying and building an Empire army, and I'm about to take the next step...Painting!

I have a few ideas of what I'm thinking about doing, but can't find many good examples online.

The colors I'm interested in are Red, Green, and Gold...and I'll list how below my thoughts on that.

- Red and Green (traditional empire quartering), but I'm worried about looking like Christmas warriors.

- full red or full green with the remaining color for feathers, accents, etc.

- Green or Red and Gold...but I haven't seen anything that makes me think I can do a non metallic gold.

Any examples or additional ideas would be great!

strutsagget God Posts: 4,212	A New Empire is rising! Painting schemes help.. Feb 18, 2019 21:38:59 GMT via Tapatalk grandmasterwang and copperpotmd like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by strutsagget on Feb 18, 2019 21:38:59 GMT Have you looked at empire heralds book?
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larabic Full Member I'm your Huckleberry... Posts: 108	A New Empire is rising! Painting schemes help.. Feb 18, 2019 22:48:20 GMT via mobile copperpotmd likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by larabic on Feb 18, 2019 22:48:20 GMT Christmas warriors are a real thing, be careful.

copperpotmd Full Member Posts: 162	A New Empire is rising! Painting schemes help.. Feb 18, 2019 23:16:21 GMT via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by copperpotmd on Feb 18, 2019 23:16:21 GMT I have looked at the heraldry book, and I dont recall seeing those colors, but it has been a little bit.

copperpotmd Full Member Posts: 162	A New Empire is rising! Painting schemes help.. Feb 18, 2019 23:17:15 GMT via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by copperpotmd on Feb 18, 2019 23:17:15 GMT Feb 18, 2019 22:48:20 GMT larabic said: Christmas warriors are a real thing, be careful. Definitely the last thing I want lol

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A New Empire is rising! Painting schemes help.. Feb 18, 2019 23:39:54 GMT copperpotmd likes this

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Post by Naitsabes on Feb 18, 2019 23:39:54 GMT

I think you are right to be worried about ending up with a christmas look. What might help is if you completely avoid white for any kind of ribbons/plumes etc. It's kind of the third unofficial christmas color. Hochland official colors are red-green. if you search for Hochland armies on warhammer-empire you can certainly find some inspiration.

The heraldic version of gold is yellow. Is that an option? yellow-green which I don't think is a province or yellow-red (Talabecland).

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A New Empire is rising! Painting schemes help.. Feb 18, 2019 23:43:21 GMT grandmasterwang, strutsagget, and 1 more like this

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Post by mottdon on Feb 18, 2019 23:43:21 GMT

It sounds like you're doing a Hochland Province army. I've actually done a few Hochland units since they are a neighboring province to my main army of Middenheim, and are on loan to Boris. Here's what I've done so far.

Uniforms and Heraldry of the Empire - Hochland:

Halberdiers:

Handgunners (Gunderman's Surefires):

Hopefully that'll help.

My armies: Empire, Dwarfs, High Elves, Wood Elves, Dark Elves, Lizardmen, Skaven, Tomb Kings, Ogre Kingdoms, Orcs and Goblins, and Skitarii (40K).

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A New Empire is rising! Painting schemes help.. Feb 19, 2019 0:21:48 GMT grandmasterwang and strutsagget like this

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Post by vulcan on Feb 19, 2019 0:21:48 GMT

So I'm not the only maniac who felt the need to paint slashed sleeves properly!

Sadly, it was such an enormous pain that my Empire army never progressed beyond a couple test models...

saniles God Posts: 594	A New Empire is rising! Painting schemes help.. Feb 19, 2019 2:33:20 GMT via Tapatalk strutsagget and copperpotmd like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by saniles on Feb 19, 2019 2:33:20 GMT I can’t wait to see you get started man!! It’s been such a long road

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A New Empire is rising! Painting schemes help.. Feb 19, 2019 21:14:57 GMT via Tapatalk grandmasterwang likes this

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Post by copperpotmd on Feb 19, 2019 21:14:57 GMT

Thanks for all of that gents! I guess I wasn't remembering that heraldry book correctly at all lol. There are some great ideas...Hochland, exactly. I love those example units you put below also.

Purchasing the paints are next, and I'll keep you all updated!

copperpotmd Full Member Posts: 162	A New Empire is rising! Painting schemes help.. Feb 19, 2019 21:15:07 GMT via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by copperpotmd on Feb 19, 2019 21:15:07 GMT Feb 19, 2019 2:33:20 GMT saniles said: I can’t wait to see you get started man!! It’s been such a long road No kidding lol

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