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Darkwalkers (Beasts of Chaos) Paint List for Age of Sigmar

intermediate Beasts of Chaos

Darkwalkers is built around Abaddon Black, Rhinox Hide, and Mephiston Red. Accent and support colours come from Nuln Oil.

Start with Abaddon Black, Rhinox Hide, and Mephiston Red as the foundation. Use Nuln Oil for secondary details, shadows, or focal accents. Finish with Eshin Grey and Dawnstone for highlights and extra contrast.

Recommended undercoat black — Several priority paints in this army converge on black.
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Paint list

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

Fourrure dark

🟠 Core

Shadows

  • Nuln Oil (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Fourrure · Wash

🟡 Recommended

Highlights nocturnes

  • Eshin Grey (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Highlight fourrure · Drybrush
  • Dawnstone (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Highlight final · Light drybrush
  • Wild Rider Red (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Highlight yeux · Dot

🟢 Optional

Foret nocturne

  • Astrogranite (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Pierres dark · Direct application
  • Dawnstone (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Drybrushing pierres · Drybrush

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Basecoat the main surfaces with Abaddon Black, Rhinox Hide, and Mephiston Red.
2 Apply Nuln Oil to the secondary details and support areas.
3 Use Eshin Grey and Dawnstone to sharpen highlights and final contrast.
4 Keep the strongest accent colours for the focal zones so the scheme stays readable across the army.

Tips

Hints for this army
1 Keep the foundation colours dominant so the army still reads clearly at tabletop distance.
2 Use the last accent and highlight paints sparingly to sharpen the focal points instead of repainting every surface.

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