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The Living City (Cities of Sigmar) Paint List for Age of Sigmar

beginner Cities of Sigmar

Living City is built around Caliban Green, Screaming Skull, and Leadbelcher. Accent and support colours come from Warboss Green and Nuln Oil. It is a beginner scheme.

Start with Caliban Green, Screaming Skull, and Leadbelcher as the foundation. Use Warboss Green and Nuln Oil for secondary details, shadows, or focal accents. Finish with Moot Green and Runefang Steel for highlights and extra contrast.

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

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

Signature scheme colours.

🟠 Core

Highlights.

🟡 Recommended

Finishing details.

  • Moot Green (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Body (highlight) · Edge highlights
  • Runefang Steel (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Metal (highlight) · Drybrush

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Basecoat the main surfaces with Caliban Green, Screaming Skull, and Leadbelcher.
2 Apply Warboss Green and Nuln Oil to the secondary details and support areas.
3 Use Moot Green and Runefang Steel 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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