Warhammer 40K : A couple of questions

[A Weakgeek]

I have 2 questions.

1.Are there some rules about painting your figures? for example: Do i need to paint my Space marines according to a specific chapter? Or is it however you want?

2. If I choose to paint them blood ravens (From Dawn of war) should i get the normal spacemarine codex or the blood angels codex?

Thank you in advance

 

[Undead Dragon King]

1. You don't have to paint them specifically for any chapter. Go crazy with your own color schemes if you want.

2. The Blood Ravens don't have the particularities of the Blood Angels, who are one of the more unique chapters. Just use the regular Space Marines codex for them. You would need to have it anyway to play any Space Marine chapter.

 

[kijebe]

I have 2 questions.

1.Are there some rules about painting your figures? for example: Do i need to paint my Space marines according to a specific chapter? Or is it however you want?

2. If I choose to paint them blood ravens (From Dawn of war) should i get the normal spacemarine codex or the blood angels codex?

Thank you in advance

you can paint them anyway you want, though they do offer schemes, but if not then at least 3 colours minimum are required to be officially recognised in tournaments

2. i suggest regular, blood angels arew (literaly) insane

 

[manythings]

You should paint however you want but it'll look better if you have consistant colour schemes. If you pick Blue, yellow and red (let's say) then you should work with them for most of the army. Details in metallics and such will really help to set squads apart. Special units have some great little nuances so you should always keep in mind picking those out.

I imagine on the games workshop website, or any number of WH:40k forums, you would probably get some pretty concise rules on playing blood ravens along with tutorials on painting techniques and such.

 

[Neverhoodian]

1. I really have no idea, as I've never gotten into the tabletop aspect. I just play the video games and read the novels.

2. Again, I'm not an expert on tabletop, but probably the normal codex based on what I know about the chapter. Despite what their name suggests, the Blood Ravens actually have more in common with the Ultramarines (fun fact: the Space Marines in Dawn of War were originally Ultramarines, but Relic wanted to create their own chapter. Thus the Blood Ravens were born). They're a Codex Chapter and tend to employ conventional tactics. It is worth noting that they have an unusually high number of Librarians though. Also, the fact that their Primarch is unknown means they usually give praise to the Emperor more than other chapters.

There's also the dark rumors that the chapter's origins may be connected to the Thousand Sons Traitor Legion, hence the reason why the Blood Ravens are reluctant to talk about their past...

 

[SckizoBoy]

I have 2 questions.

1.Are there some rules about painting your figures? for example: Do i need to paint my Space marines according to a specific chapter? Or is it however you want?

2. If I choose to paint them blood ravens (From Dawn of war) should i get the normal spacemarine codex or the blood angels codex?

Thank you in advance

1. No, but there is a painting guide by 'Eavy Metal (How to Paint Space Marines... unoriginally...) You can (technically) paint them however you like. If you're going to competitions though, you can still paint them how you like, but so long as it looks 'Spehs Muhreeny' enough (i.e. regular, uniform, fairly sedate and identifiable, though a little imagination won't go amiss).

2. Blood Ravens and Blood Angels are two completely different entities (Blood Angels being a Legion-born chapter, while Blood Ravens are descended from Ultramarines (probably)). So it's the regular codex you need. Though Blood Angels are funky in their own right (just know what you're doing if you want to take Mephiston).

If you want tips on full effect painting (i.e. battle damage, armour sheen, 'Eavy Metal look), give me a shout, I can give you some advice on it, but be prepared to spend money and a lot of time!

Enjoy!

i suggest regular, blood angels arew (literaly) insane

The Blood Angels themselves? Yes, they are very much so. But to paint? Most boring experience ever...

 

[Cxizent]

1. If you want to use a particular chapter's codex, paint them according to that chapter (eg. Salamanders should be a darkish green, Space Wolves a light greyish blue; but you have some artistic license), if you're happy to just use the regular Space Marine codex, go apeshit bananas and paint them however you want.

2. Normal codex, most officially. But they're red and adorned with drops of blood, so you could quite rightly get a Blood Angels codex and simply field them as Blood Angels

 

[A Weakgeek]

Thanks all of you, you are all kinds of awesome. This has wiped my doubts and I can continue making my space marines. Peace out guys. (Mod you can lock now)

 

[Aurgelmir]

Thanks all of you, you are all kinds of awesome. This has wiped my doubts and I can continue making my space marines. Peace out guys. (Mod you can lock now)

1. I do suggest you look at the other space marine chapters to understand how general markings and such work.

Most space marines have their chapter mark on the left shoulder and squad mark on the right etc

Pauldrons are often where you find other colors than the main color, either at the pauldron base or the border.
the Knee Pads are also sometimes colored.

All in all just make them look Space Marineish and you are good to go kick some Chaos butt

 

[thedoclc]

1) If you want to write your own fluff for a chapter, you are generally making a "Codex Chapter" which grants you access to the entire Marine codex. You -can- field special characters from other chapters according to the rules. Just cross the name off of the original character. Simply paint to taste, as has been mentioned before. Blood Angels and Blood Ravens have nothing to do with each other.

2) You're entering the game at a point when two specialized marine chapters have received insanely powerful new codices and the Sphess Mehrine Codex is nearing the end of its current edition run. Space Marines tend to get updated first, and the Marines were the first major army updated to 5th edition. Right now, the Blood Angels and Grey Knights codices are both very, very powerful while the Space Marines are middle-of-the-pack. The Space Wolves have also been recently updated and are much less OP. However, this is a cyclical thing; every army eventually gets its day in the sun, even if it takes more than a decade (poor Dark Eldar...they finally have a "good, not great" codex in fifth edition; their last update was 2nd edition). Before you start painting, pick up a how to paint minis guide; Citadel makes theirs, and it's good, but there are others. Watch a few tutorials, read some pages, etc. A lot of new people just dallop paint on and it comes out awful.

3) You didn't ask this, but a lot of new players -immediately- latch onto Space Marines as the army to be, only to find Marines don't really suit their play style or are less interesting to paint and model than something less "vanilla." I always recommend you find a group with a lot of different armies and see how everything plays. It spared me the terrible, terrible fate of being a marine player. Marines suffer a bit from being the "Mario" of 40k; they're good at everything but great at nothing and people expect to face them frequently in the metagame. This isn't to say, "Don't play marines!" but rather, "Try before you buy." I had two friends drop several hundred on a Marine and IG army, respectively, only for both to find the army they liked in universe wasn't fun for them to play on table top; the Marine player now plays 'Nids, and the IG player Orks.

Edit: typo fix

 

[Mandalore_15]

I have 2 questions.

1.Are there some rules about painting your figures? for example: Do i need to paint my Space marines according to a specific chapter? Or is it however you want?

2. If I choose to paint them blood ravens (From Dawn of war) should i get the normal spacemarine codex or the blood angels codex?

Thank you in advance

Have you had a look about to see what other chapters there are? My favourites are the Salamanders. Their backstory is awesome, not to mention they look really cool. Before going for a fairly generic codex chapter like the Blood Ravens or Ultramarines or whatever, do a bit of research and see if there are some other chapters you think would better suit your play style or you just think LOOK cooler...

Also, don't count out some of the other armies. There are some really interesting ways to customise them too!

N.B. If you don't think any of the chapters really fit you, you could always try inventing your own chapter. A lot of experienced players do this, but you should be careful. It can be difficult to balance them and also to get the colour schemes and thematic elements working across the whole army, so I probably wouldn't recommend it until you've invested some time in learning the game.