I have been noting for a while that GW does a great job of covering the major 1st Founding and select 2nd Founding chapters with their decal sheets. However, there are a number of great looking 2nd and later founding chapters who get a good amount of back-story and have great alternative uniform colors that never have had decals produced for them. In the interest of promoting diversity in the Marine community and encouraging players to branch out beyond the "big 4" and using the Trait system, I will begin producing logo sheets for some of these other chapters who I think look great and have no GW decal support.
First up is the Relictors. These guys are just great and have wonderful background fluff, rules and wargear from White Dwarf. Here is the link to the PDF file for the decal sheet you can freely pull down and use:
Download Here
I created the original logo in Adobe Illustrator, then made variations of it for size and color (outline and solid color versions). The sheet is designed for printout on Decal printer paper which is easily available online.
The thing about decal paper is that it is clear by default (instead of white), so the decals need to be applied to a light colored surface to be visible at all. The procedure for applying the "outline only" decals is to apply them to a white surface, and wait till they are fully dried. Then using the outlines as a guide, paint in the darker color around the decal. Its is odd, but gets the job done.
Size wise, the larger decals towards the top are best used for super heavies/terrain, and move down in size to the large array of Marine Shoulderpad towards the bottom.
In any case, enjoy and I wish you the best in using this set for your forces.
Please feel free to leave comments if there is a special Marine Chapter you would love to collect, but have no GW decals, and I will see what I can do.
-bigred
5 comments:
When should we expect the rainbow marines?
Hmmm, Rainbow Warriors... their logo is shared with a couple of other chapters like the Death Strike...
You all know the Space Sharks have one of The most hilarious Icons ever....
First of I love the decals big red thx for them all. I was curious if you know of any chapters besides Emp's Children that use the colors of purple and gold, and any decals for them. I would love to see decals for the Soul Drinkers, as they have a ton of fluff from the books. My marines are purple/gold but I can't bring myself to use a traitor chapters decals. Thx alot I appricate it.
Hi bigred. I´ve seen your Relictors army and i find it very nice. I play W40K since January of this year. Before that i have played Battletech and i painted my Mechs himself. I´ve seen the Relictors on the GW Site and found it very cool. Than i read the history of this Chapter and i decided to play Relictors. My question is, if it is possible for you to give me a hind for the Colour and some painting tips? Wich colour do you take for the grey? Wich Areas of the Figures do brushed? The ground colour is black? I know i ask many things but for any help i will be very thankfully.
So sorry for my bad english and thanks for answers. If you wanted to answers directly here is my Email: obergothenord@gmx.de.
Greetings from Germany.
Hey man,
Nice looking decals. I've been tossing up between Relictors and the Flame Falcons for an army to collect - been in the hobby 13 years and finally breaking my proverbial Space Marine cherry. I don't suppose you could come up with something exciting for the Flame Falcons, could you? Something with a phoenix motif, perhaps?
Allan.
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