Can we get different colors for las guns/cannons?

[Nasa Engineer]

In many of the Warhammer 40k games the lasers are mostly red with SM predators usually being blue.

Requesting that the devs make the imperial guard las guns as well any other units they have that use lasguns to be red and for SM predators to be blue. It doesn't seem like it would be a major effort to simply change the color if it doesn't require changing the animation, but what do I know?

If there is a mod out there that changes the color of the lasers, can someone point me to it? I haven't seen one in my searches.

[Rok]

Yellow is on official codex art and was requested by GW. We won't be changing it, but you can mod it.

[Nasa Engineer]

Originally posted by Rok:

Yellow is on official codex art and was requested by GW. We won't be changing it, but you can mod it.

Ah, I figured it had something to do with that. I'm no good with modding myself, but I'll keep a lookout to see if someone else does.

[The_Pastmaster]

Originally posted by Rok:

Yellow is on official codex art and was requested by GW. We won't be changing it, but you can mod it.

Really? o_O Wonder why they did that. In DoW and Space Marine Las Cannons were blue and Las Guns had red shots. Now they picked a universal goldy yellow?
IDC about the colours TBH, just curious on the reasoning.

[Nasa Engineer]

Originally posted by The_Pastmaster:

Originally posted by Rok:

Yellow is on official codex art and was requested by GW. We won't be changing it, but you can mod it.

Really? o_O Wonder why they did that. In DoW and Space Marine Las Cannons were blue and Las Guns had red shots. Now they picked a universal goldy yellow?
IDC about the colours TBH, just curious on the reasoning.

I used a land raider for the first time yesterday and it had a nice red beam for its melta gun animation. This is so weird. Melta guns have always been bright hot white and now they want it red? This is especially wierd because Inquistor Martyr which was released around the same time as Gladius (maybe even more recently) follows the old conventions of las guns being red and melta being white.

[Quasicide]

Originally posted by The_Pastmaster:

Originally posted by Rok:

Yellow is on official codex art and was requested by GW. We won't be changing it, but you can mod it.

Really? o_O Wonder why they did that. In DoW and Space Marine Las Cannons were blue and Las Guns had red shots. Now they picked a universal goldy yellow?
IDC about the colours TBH, just curious on the reasoning.

I'd wager GW felt red, blue and green lasers gave off a Star Wars vibe, and plan on trying to patent yellow lasers! ;D

[The_Pastmaster]

Originally posted by Quasicide:

Originally posted by The_Pastmaster:

Really? o_O Wonder why they did that. In DoW and Space Marine Las Cannons were blue and Las Guns had red shots. Now they picked a universal goldy yellow?
IDC about the colours TBH, just curious on the reasoning.

I'd wager GW felt red, blue and green lasers gave off a Star Wars vibe, and plan on trying to patent yellow lasers! ;D

But GW is using ACTUAL lasers, not plasma bolts!

[Tirrikface ☢]

The colour of the Las and Melta weapons has been bugging me for years! As off yesterday I have made a mod to make the Las and Melta weapon colours flipped. If you want to check it out you can find it here:
Las = Red & Meltas = Yellow

[Noodlesocks]

Originally posted by The_Pastmaster:

Originally posted by Rok:

Yellow is on official codex art and was requested by GW. We won't be changing it, but you can mod it.

Really? o_O Wonder why they did that. In DoW and Space Marine Las Cannons were blue and Las Guns had red shots. Now they picked a universal goldy yellow?
IDC about the colours TBH, just curious on the reasoning.

Officially they've always been white/yellow. It was Relic that changed it to red and with DoW 1 gaining so much popularity, most people have it in their heads that lasguns are red.

I don't think GW are too fussy about it since lasguns have been yellow, red and even blue in different video games but I figure Proxy would prefer to stay as true to the official lore as possible?

[Fingusa of the East]

Weird that las are red in Dark Tide as well and that's not only new, but also popular and GW supports this idea.

Seems weirdly sus.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Fingusa of the East:

Weird that las are red in Dark Tide as well and that's not only new, but also popular and GW supports this idea.

Seems weirdly sus.

I already covered a possible reason for the lasguns in Darktide being red on a mod for this game, and the creator of that mod didn't even consider that possibility.

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by Tirrikface:

As off yesterday I have made a mod

Mods that changed the lasgun colors have already been out for at least the past 3 years. :b

[WildMoon]

Originally posted by Rok:

Yellow is on official codex art and was requested by GW. We won't be changing it, but you can mod it.

Are there any other things that GW specifically requested?

[Nasa Engineer]

Originally posted by Tirrikface:

The colour of the Las and Melta weapons has been bugging me for years! As off yesterday I have made a mod to make the Las and Melta weapon colours flipped. If you want to check it out you can find it here:
Las = Red & Meltas = Yellow

Thanks, glad to see I wasn't the only one really bothered by this, hahaha.

[Tirrikface ☢]

Originally posted by DasaKamov:

Originally posted by Tirrikface:

As off yesterday I have made a mod

Mods that changed the lasgun colors have already been out for at least the past 3 years. :b

True although mine does the melta as well and I think the one you are referrring changed all yellow beam weapons to red which caused compatibility issues with some other mods I use.