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Spiderfang (Gloomspite Gitz) Paint List for Age of Sigmar

beginner Gloomspite Gitz

Spiderfang is built around Mephiston Red, Abaddon Black, and Waaagh! Flesh. Accent and support colours come from Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade.

Start with Mephiston Red, Abaddon Black, and Waaagh! Flesh as the foundation. Use Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade for secondary details, shadows, or focal accents. Finish with Evil Sunz Scarlet and Eshin Grey 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

Red and black

🟠 Core

Shadows

🟡 Recommended

Highlights

  • Evil Sunz Scarlet (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Highlight red · Edge highlight
  • Eshin Grey (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Highlight araignees · Edge highlight
  • Skarsnik Green (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Highlight skin · Edge highlight

🟢 Optional

Toiles and cavernes

  • Astrogranite (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Sol rocheux · Direct application

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Basecoat the main surfaces with Mephiston Red, Abaddon Black, and Waaagh! Flesh.
2 Apply Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade to the secondary details and support areas.
3 Use Evil Sunz Scarlet and Eshin Grey 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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