A question on Dark angel colours

[Kratenser]

Before this begins: By dark angels I mean the Space Marine chapter from Warhammer 40,000.
Sorry if you thought i meant something else. (http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Angels for reference)

I've tried searching for this in a few places and turned up with no results, so i thought I may try my luck here on the Escapist.

The standard army colour for Dark Angels is Dark angels green, which has been my most used colour throughout the entire time I have spent painting. The trouble I am now having, is that Terminators appear to be a different colour. These are standard space marine terminators which i received in a box of 5.

Wherever I have seen them, Dark angels players have painted their terminators bleached bone, the same colour as the Dark angel veteran robes. I would follow suit, but the thing that caught my notice is that the bleached bone terminators are Deathwing terminators, which are sold individually on the Games workshop website.

All i want to know is, do i paint my own terminators dark angels green, or are they all Deathwing terminators by default?

If it helps, i bought the Dark Angels conversion kits when I first got my space marines, so all of my terminators are already wearing Dark angel weapons/armour.

Also, I apologise if you had trouble understanding what the hell i was saying. It made sense to me, but I recently discovered that others sometimes have difficulty understanding just quite wtf I'm on about.

 

[Moc]

Hi, if my information is correct, all Dark Angels Terminators are Deathwing Terminators, but I am not sure, I only have some Dark Eldar, and no one I know plays Dark Angels

 

[Shemming]

Deathwing are part of the dark angels, but have their own unique backgroud, and a few special items. In the fluff all terminators are the chapters veterans, and all veterans wore black terminator armour, later painted bone in honour of something. Painting them green is fine, but they should be bleached bone, and a few dark angels parts on them will probably improve the look, not ruin it.

 

[Raikov]

Sound to me that you are wondering if the unit changes gameplay-wise if you paint them in a certain scheme. they do not, it all depends on what units are available in the Dark Angel codex, and what gear they have. If you say that they are regular Termies, they will be regarded as such.

 

[Projo]

I thought Deathwing was a part of the Dark Angels chapter. Deathwing terminators are white, and are part of the Angels. Perhaps the reason you never see green terminators is that the Dark Angels don't typically field non-Deathwing terminators? I'm not familiar with the Dark Angels lore and fluff, so sorry, I'm just guessing here. That's from an rp and canon perspective though.

For practicality, it doesn't matter. Go with what's cheapest and easiest to do, if you say they're Angels, they're Angels.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Right, as per @Moc, all Dark Angels Terminators, or specifically, Dark Angel's First Company (Dark Angels and successor chapters) are Deathwing, just as all Dark Angels bikers are Ravenwing.

As for the colour scheme, go with bleached bone if your regular tactical (etc.) Space Marines are the DA green (if you've gone for a successor chapter, then they'd most likely be bleached bone as well, due to 'tradition' but it's not necessary).

 

[manythings]

The Deathwing is a sect within the chapter if I remember my errata right. I would assume you go with the chapter veterans scheme since terminators, with the exception of Dreadnaughts (and certain characters), are the most veteran soldiers.

 

[EMFCRACKSHOT]

Unless there is a separate codex entry for no deathwing terminators, then they are deathwing. You can of course paint them any colour you please and use the deathwing rules from the codex.

 

[Kratenser]

Thanks for all the help, thats cleared things up a LOT.

Yay, my army is now a step closer to completion!

 

[fer-]

Also you can get a solid response somewhere like warseer.com as well..

 

[SckizoBoy]

The Deathwing is a sect within the chapter if I remember my errata right. I would assume you go with the chapter veterans scheme since terminators, with the exception of Dreadnaughts (and certain characters), are the most veteran soldiers.

Erm, not fully accurate... the Chapter Veterans (or DA SM Veterans, are the robed ones, and are Deathwing out of Terminator armour, so green power armour with red-inlayed bleached bone robes). As for the dreads, they can be separated too, with the normal dreads being green and the vet vendreads being bleached bone. And, to a man, the Ravenwing wear black, whether or not they are veteran (see Sammael), Azrael has green power armour as well IIRC.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Thanks for all the help, thats cleared things up a LOT.

Yay, my army is now a step closer to completion!

No sweat, but just a small piece of advice, play them with regular SM rules (unless you're running with Belial) as they suck otherwise (in gameplay and army size terms).

 

[Kageshin]

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Deathwing <-- Includes part the fluff reason why their armour is white (bleached bone effect). Also yes if its a Dark Angels army they're all part of the Deathwing as thats the whole first company of the chapter, just as all mobile units are considered ravenwing (The second comany, with black armour).