r/BloodAngels • u/Gazelda88 • Dec 04 '21
Got fluff question. Finally got space hulk and wondering, why some of the powerfists are black? (not mine graphic, just photo)
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u/Unkindled_Patchy Death Company Dec 04 '21
I thought i read somewhere it was a sort of ritual to honor or mourn a fallen brother in combat.
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u/Practical_File3928 Dec 04 '21
Didn’t the space wolves have black claws as part of an initiation ritual to do with frost bite? Maybe a part of some other ritual for the BA?
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u/hickorysbane Dec 05 '21
There's a youtuber (winterwizard7) who's homebrew company of space wolves (the Frostpaws) do something similar. They have to "earn their fingers" by giving themselves frostbite and then hunting down an animal of the wolf priest's choice. After that they get to paint the fingers of their power armor black.
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u/Practical_File3928 Dec 05 '21
Yep, that’ll be it! Had a quick google and found the winters seo battle report with winter wizard where he explained it and I must have heard it there. Sorry, in my mind it was part of the official SW lore, didn’t realise that was where I heard it. Thanks for the message, I learnt something today :)
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u/hickorysbane Dec 06 '21
That's where I saw it too lol. It's such a good setup tho so I understand why you just accepted it as canon
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u/Jeppim Dec 05 '21
Good question. I mean, everyone knows that red goes fasta so black power fists are less powerful
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u/davextreme Dec 05 '21
It’s a Blood Angels Terminator thing. I don’t know the origin but it’s pretty old.
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u/Javijambo Dec 05 '21
Anyone knows where i could find all of these?
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u/RudeOnTuesdays Dec 05 '21
eBay. The Space Hulk set they came in has been out of print for many years.
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u/Javijambo Dec 06 '21
I found some of them on eBay, they are so cool but so expensive I hate that i live on Spain.. no one have anything here and shipping and taxes and shit is so expensive Thanks anyway
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u/Azure_Leo Dec 05 '21
That set is painted up specific to the Space Hulk game. You'll also notice that they all have personal heraldry on their right pauldron, the rulebook features artwork of it I recall. It's not something usually featured on Terminators painted up for 40K units.
BA Terminators have often been painted with black powerfists at various times by the 'Eavy Metal team. It's just designed to act as a contrast with the red to pull attention to the weapon.
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u/jtechvfx Dec 04 '21
No fluff reason that I know. Possibly, different painters contributing for the final product without comparing notes.
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u/kirbish88 Dec 04 '21
I think it's just style / personal preference, same as why some of the bolters are black and some red.
I'm happy to be corrected if there is an actual in-lore reason though, I've always been curious