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Hammers of Sigmar (Stormcast Eternals) Paint List for Age of Sigmar

beginner Stormcast Eternals

Sigmar's bright gold with sky blue and silver. The iconic AoS scheme: spectacular, and simpler than it looks.

Hammers of Sigmar live or die on the gold — take your time with Retributor Armour and the Agrax shading. Good gold is 80% of this scheme.

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

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

Sigmar's gold — the base of the scheme

  • Retributor Armour (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Main gold armour · 2–3 opaque coats
  • Abaddon Black (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Joints and under-armour · 1 coat
  • Leadbelcher (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Metal and weapons · 1–2 coats
  • Agrax Earthshade (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Gold armour · Generous wash in the recesses
  • Nuln Oil (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Metal and weapons · Wash

🟠 Core

Sky blue and gold highlights

  • Liberator Gold (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Gold armour (highlight) · Light drybrush
  • Macragge Blue (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Cape and blue details · 2 coats
  • Drakenhof Nightshade (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Blue cape (shade) · Wash into the recesses
  • Runefang Steel (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Metal (highlight) · Light drybrush

🟡 Recommended

Details and finishing touches

  • Calgar Blue (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Cape (layer) · Layer on the blue raised areas
  • Corax White (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Feathers and ornaments · 2 thin coats
  • Bugman's Glow (Citadel (Games Workshop)) — Skin (if visible) · 2 coats

🟢 Optional

Sigmar's lightning effects

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Step 1: Gold undercoat (Retributor Armour spray if you have it)
2 Step 2: Retributor Armour over all the gold armour
3 Step 3: Abaddon Black on the joints and black cloth
4 Step 4: Leadbelcher on the metal and weapons
5 Step 5: Macragge Blue on the cape
6 Step 6: Generous Agrax Earthshade over all the gold armour
7 Step 7: Nuln Oil on the metal, Drakenhof on the cape
8 Step 8: Light Liberator Gold drybrush on the gold
9 Step 9: Calgar Blue layer on the cape, Runefang Steel on the metal, Corax White on the plumes

Tips

Hints for this army
1 The Retributor Armour spray is perfect for Hammers of Sigmar — ten seconds and the gold base is done.
2 Agrax Earthshade is the key step — don't skimp on it, work it into every recess of the gold.
3 For the white helmet plumes: white undercoat, Corax White, a very thin Seraphim Sepia, then an Ulthuan Grey highlight.

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