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Blood Angels (IX) (Légions Loyalistes) Paint List for Horus Heresy (30K)

beginner Légions Loyalistes

This scheme is built around Mephiston Red, Abaddon Black, and Leadbelcher. Accent and support colours come from Evil Sunz Scarlet and Fire Dragon Bright.

Primer red or grey dark. The red must be saturé and deep — The ombres black contrastent fortement with the highlights éclatants.

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

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

Bases — the colours fondamentales sans lesquelles the scheme est impossible

🟠 Core

Shadows and highlights principaux — the simplified scheme officiel

🟡 Recommended

Highlights supplementaires and details qui donnent of the relief

🟢 Optional

Dot highlights and finitions avancees for un resultat showcase

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 recoins
4 Deep shade Abaddon Black into deep recesses
5 Chunky highlight Evil Sunz Scarlet on arêtes larges
6 Highlight Fire Dragon Bright on arêtes fine
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 in the éclats suffisamment larges
10 Base Leadbelcher, shade Nuln Oil, highlight Stormhost Silver
11 Lentilles : base Kabalite Green, shade Incubi Darkness, highlights Sybarite Green then Gauss Blaster Green

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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