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(1/3)One of the problems of painting Blade guards badge is to come up with a good design for your chapter. Although Ultramarine has many good examples on box art, other chapters only have a few. I make a design sheet for you to make your own blade guards badges much easier:
(2/3) First step is to decide the overall layout of the badge. Since it's really small, I think a 2 cut design will be sufficient.
Second step is to find the color you want to use, usually it's your chapter's primary color and secondary ones.
Second step is to find the color you want to use, usually it's your chapter's primary color and secondary ones.
(3/3)Finally, pick some icon or something meaningful to your chapter! I also love to have script on the badges. If you still cannot choose what to draw or transfers to put on, here's some very commonly seen elements:
Here are two examples I painted. The intercessor has a very simple design with only a red strip, indomitus mark and some scripts, yet it add more details to the overall model, making it more interesting to look at 
For perfectionist: here's a blank design sheet for you. You can print it and draw some ideas on them before actually painting on the model. I hope this tutorial is helpful for you guys as always
