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Despoilers (Slaves to Darkness) Paint List for Age of Sigmar

intermediate Slaves to Darkness

Pure Chaos warriors: heavy corrupted armour and malformed flesh. A dark, imposing palette.

Heavy dark armour — black and rusted steel dominate.

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

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

Corrupted armour

🟠 Core

Shadows and corruption

🟡 Recommended

Steel highlights

  • Eshin Grey (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Black armour highlight · Edge highlight
  • Ironbreaker (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Metal highlight · Edge highlight
  • Ryza Rust (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Final rust · Stippling

🟢 Optional

Wasteland

  • Stirland Mud (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Barren ground · Direct application

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Black undercoat
2 Leadbelcher on the metal areas
3 Bugman's Glow on the flesh
4 Nuln Oil on the armour and metal
5 Agrax on the flesh
6 Typhus Corrosion on the worn areas
7 Eshin Grey edge highlight on the armour
8 Ironbreaker on the metal edges
9 Ryza Rust stippled on

Tips

Hints for this army
1 Typhus Corrosion plus Ryza Rust is the perfect combination for believable rust.
2 Despoiler flesh can take unhealthy tones: Reikland with Carroburg Crimson.
3 Add chips of Stormhost Silver along the armour edges for worn steel.

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