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

intermediate Beasts of Chaos

Beasts of the night woods: dark fur and eyes that catch the light. A darker, stranger palette.

Darker than the Allherd — black and grey dominate.

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

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

Dark fur

🟠 Core

Shadows

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

🟡 Recommended

Night highlights

  • Eshin Grey (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Fur highlight · Drybrush
  • Dawnstone (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Final highlight · Light drybrush
  • Wild Rider Red (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Eye highlights · Dot

🟢 Optional

Night forest

  • Astrogranite (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Dark stones · Direct application
  • Dawnstone (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Stone drybrush · Drybrush

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Black undercoat
2 Abaddon Black on the fur
3 Rhinox Hide on the horns
4 Mephiston Red in the eyes
5 Nuln Oil on the fur
6 Eshin Grey drybrush
7 Light Dawnstone drybrush
8 Wild Rider Red dot in the eyes

Tips

Hints for this army
1 Red eyes glowing out of black fur hit hard, so take care with that detail.
2 Keep the drybrush over the black subtle, or you lose the darkness.
3 A few tufts of dark flock on the bases reinforce the night-forest mood.

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