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House Malinax (Knight Houses) Paint List for Horus Heresy (30K)

intermediate Knight Houses

Bone, steel grey, red, and black. House Malinax matches the better-known 30K sources when bone and cold grey dominate the panels, with red and black kept as secondary heraldic tones.

Start with the bone panels and grey chassis, then keep the red and black for divisions and markings. If bronze takes over, the result drifts away from the heraldry most often described for Malinax.

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

Paint list

Sorted by priority

RED Must-Have

The bone-and-steel core of House Malinax.

ORANGE Core

Shading and accents for the traitor house.

YELLOW Recommended

Finishing paints that keep the large panels crisp.

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Basecoat the large panels with Rakarth Flesh, then block in the grey areas with Dawnstone.
2 Treat the chassis and joints with Leadbelcher.
3 Add the red divisions with Khorne Red and the black panels with Abaddon Black.
4 Shade the metals with Nuln Oil and the bone surfaces with Agrax Earthshade.
5 Return to the metallic edges with Runefang Steel.

Tips

Hints for this army
1 Keep the red secondary so the bone-and-steel read stays immediate.
2 Strong black lining between the panels helps House Malinax a lot on the larger Knight plates.
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