Horus Heresy (30K) · Loyalist Legions
White Scars (V) (Loyalist Legions) Paint List for Horus Heresy (30K)
Ivory armour with red chevrons and gold or bronze bands. Every legionary displays his titles of glory in Chogorian script.
Ivory white is built with successive glazes. Start from a grey primer to avoid a white that is too harsh.
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
- Corax White (Citadel) — Armour · Base
- Mephiston Red (Citadel) — Red markings · Base
- Leadbelcher (Citadel) — Metal · Base
- Retributor Armour (Citadel) — Gold / Trim · Base
- Kabalite Green (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Base
- Abaddon Black (Citadel) — Black undersuit and weapon casing (base) / red markings (deep shade) · Base / Deep shade
🟠 Core
Main shades and highlights — the official Simplified Scheme
- Dark Reaper (Citadel) — Armour · Deep shade
- White Scar (Citadel) — Armour (highlight) / helmet lenses (dot) · Highlight / Dot
- Baneblade Brown (Citadel) — Armour · Chipping inside the White Scar chips
- Evil Sunz Scarlet (Citadel) — Red markings · Chunky highlight
- Nuln Oil (Citadel) — Metal · Shade
- Stormhost Silver (Citadel) — Metal / Gold, trim · Highlight
- Gore-Grunta Fur (Citadel) — Gold / Trim · Shade
- Sybarite Green (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Highlight
- Dawnstone (Citadel) — Black undersuit / Weapon casing · Highlight
🟡 Recommended
Extra highlights and details that add depth
- Thunderhawk Blue (Citadel) — Armour · Soft shade
- Khorne Red (Citadel) — Red markings · Soft shade
- Fire Dragon Bright (Citadel) — Red markings · Highlight fine
- Incubi Darkness (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Shade
- Gauss Blaster Green (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Secondary highlight
- Eshin Grey (Citadel) — Black undersuit / Weapon casing · Chunky highlight
🟢 Optional
Dot highlights and advanced finishes for a showcase result
- Ungor Flesh (Citadel) — Red markings · Dot highlights
Painting order
Recommended steps
1
Grey primer light or base Corax White
2
Soft shade Thunderhawk Blue in the recesses
3
Deep shade Dark Reaper into deep recesses
4
Highlight White Scar on the edges
5
Chipping: Baneblade Brown inside the chips
6
Basecoat Mephiston Red on the chevrons and markings
7
Shade Khorne Red, deep shade Abaddon Black, highlight Evil Sunz Scarlet
8
Base Retributor Armour, shade Gore-Grunta Fur, highlight Stormhost Silver
9
Base Leadbelcher, shade Nuln Oil, highlight Stormhost Silver
10
Lenses: Kabalite Green, shade Incubi Darkness, highlights Sybarite Green then Gauss Blaster Green
11
Dot highlights Ungor Flesh on the red and White Scar on the lenses
Tips
Hints for this army
1
The White Scars add Chogorian script to their armour — a very distinctive detail to reproduce with a fine brush.
2
The trim is gold, bronze or sometimes enamelled red, depending on the legionary.
3
Chipping on the white needs chips large enough to paint Baneblade Brown inside.
4
For the red chevrons: masking tape for clean, sharp edges
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