Horus Heresy (30K) · Loyalist Legions
Blood Angels (IX) (Loyalist Legions) Paint List for Horus Heresy (30K)
Vermilion red armour and gleaming gold ornamentation. Even in battle, the Blood Angels keep a splendour no other Legion matches.
Red or dark grey primer. The red has to be saturated and deep — the black shadows cut hard against the bright highlights.
Recommended undercoat
black
— Several priority paints in this army converge on black.
Paint list
Sorted by priority🔴 Must-Have
Bases — the fundamental colours without which the scheme is impossible
- Mephiston Red (Citadel) — Armour · Base
- Abaddon Black (Citadel) — Black armour and undersuit (base) / main armour (deep shade) · Base / Deep shade
- Leadbelcher (Citadel) — Metal · Base
- Corax White (Citadel) — White · Base
- Kabalite Green (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Base
🟠 Core
Main shades and highlights — the official Simplified Scheme
- Evil Sunz Scarlet (Citadel) — Armour · Chunky highlight
- Fire Dragon Bright (Citadel) — Armour · Highlight
- Corvus Black (Citadel) — Black armour · Chunky highlight
- Dawnstone (Citadel) — Black armour / black undersuit · Highlight
- Sybarite Green (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Highlight
- Gauss Blaster Green (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Secondary highlight
- Nuln Oil (Citadel) — Metal · Shade
- Stormhost Silver (Citadel) — Metal · Highlight
- Dark Reaper (Citadel) — White · Deep shade
- White Scar (Citadel) — White (highlight) / helmet lenses (dot) · Highlight / Dot
- Baneblade Brown (Citadel) — White · Chipping inside the White Scar chips
🟡 Recommended
Extra highlights and details that add depth
- Khorne Red (Citadel) — Armour · Soft shade
- Incubi Darkness (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Shade
- Thunderhawk Blue (Citadel) — White · Soft shade
- Eshin Grey (Citadel) — Black armour (highlight) / black undersuit (chunky highlight) · Highlight / Chunky highlight
🟢 Optional
Dot highlights and advanced finishes for a showcase result
- Ungor Flesh (Citadel) — Armour · Dot highlights
- Administratum Grey (Citadel) — Black armour · Dot highlights
Painting order
Recommended steps
1
Primer red Mephiston Red or primer grey dark
2
Base Mephiston Red over the full armour
3
Soft shade Khorne Red in the recesses
4
Deep shade Abaddon Black into deep recesses
5
Chunky highlight Evil Sunz Scarlet on the wide edges
6
Highlight Fire Dragon Bright on the fine edges
7
Areas black : base Abaddon Black, chunky highlight Corvus Black, highlights Eshin Grey and Dawnstone
8
Base Corax White, shade Thunderhawk Blue, deep shade Dark Reaper, highlight White Scar
9
Chipping: Baneblade Brown inside the larger chips
10
Base Leadbelcher, shade Nuln Oil, highlight Stormhost Silver
11
Lenses: base Kabalite Green, shade Incubi Darkness, highlights Sybarite Green then Gauss Blaster Green
Tips
Hints for this army
1
The Blood Angels are the most splendid legion — keep the weathering light, the armour should stay immaculate.
2
Cloth segments and details are usually black, which cuts hard against the red.
3
The vermilion red has to be saturated — Mephiston Red then Evil Sunz Scarlet build a strong bright highlight.
4
Trim gold is done with Retributor Armour (optional here, but worth it for the ornamental details).
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