Games Workshop Citadel Pot de Peinture - Base Retributor Armour

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Even when using an airbrush I’ve found it difficult to get the tones right over a metallic base, but Contrast paints made it much simpler. For the scratching effect, I used Leadbelcher and Runefang Steel with the tip of my brush, and even put a little thinned Rhinox Hide onto the model here and there for a greasy weathering effect. If you’re not familiar with them, they’re translucent paints with a consistency thicker than a wash, but thinner than regular acrylic paints. The metallic Alpha Legion colour scheme is much loved by hobbyists but was always difficult to achieve consistently.

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If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. Understandably, it can sometimes be a daunting task given the size of armies which take to the battlefields of the Age of Darkness.During this project, I was particularly impressed with how quickly a model can be made Battle Ready with Contrast paint. To get a clean bright blue to represent the Legion at the end of the Great Crusade (before being covered in red became more than just a hobby for the XII Legion as the Horus Heresy progressed) I applied a coat of Talassar Blue to each shoulder pad. On the shoulder I carefully drew in some hazard stripes using Averland Sunset , the thickness of the base paint covering the black quite easily. I think this was my favourite result out of all of the Legions I’ve painted, and I’m now sorely tempted to do some more Death Guard! As your fingers bend in that direction you’ll have far more control painting vertical lines from top to bottom.

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The Word Bearers ’ metallic colour scheme has always been one of the more challenging ones to achieve.The best Citadel paint for bright rust spots This Underworlds warband was inspired by ‘80s animation like Masters of the Universe and The Black Cauldron. Once that was dry I darkened the shoulders even further with a coat of Black Templar , before painting all of the trims with Balthasar Gold giving the worn iron a dull brass contrast. Going over gold gave the red an almost orange shine, which I think looks fantastic for the Thousand Sons, making them gleam like the pyramids of Tizca. Gamer Network Limited, Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom, registered under company number 03882481.

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Fortunately, Horus Heresy mastermind and Alpha Legion commander Anuj is on hand to guide us through painting the nine Traitor Legions to a fast, Battle Ready standard with Contrast paint.It’s a rich, chocolatey colour with great coverage that is my number one choice for dark brown basecoats. It was so quick and simple I momentarily considered daubing unholy runes on the armour and devoting myself to the dark gods! If you like what we’re doing here you could really help encourage more content with a share on any social media platform.

5 best Citadel paints for Warhammer - and what to use them for

While I use paints from a bunch of different ranges, Citadel Colour still makes up the majority of my collection. At times, they haven’t been great, but we’re fortunate to live in a time when they’re the best Citadel paints have ever been.

Even if you’re not interested in using them as intended, they can be really useful paints to have to hand and Ratling Grime is one of my favourites. TBH, all you need to do is mix a nice and strong yellow gold Vallejo paint with a few splashes of their fleshtone shade ink to mix your own up to get the same rich and dark gold colour. When I approached painting the Traitor Legions with Contrast paint, I wanted to replicate the way each of the Traitor Legions would have appeared at the onset of the Horus Heresy, retaining some of the character of the Great Crusade in my Legionaries. I generally put that over primer (I almost always use white primer) then wash with Reikland Fleshshade.