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Alpha Legion (XX) (Légions Traîtres) Paint List for Horus Heresy (30K)

advanced Légions Traîtres

This scheme is built around Leadbelcher, Sotek Green, and Corax White. Accent and support colours come from Akhelian Green and Aethermatic Blue.

This scheme is the more technique of all the legions traîtresses. The base is a metal Leadbelcher recouvert d'a filtre Contrast blue/green for the effect iridescent. A airbrush is idéal but pas mandatory.

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

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🔴 Must-Have

Bases — the colours fondamentales sans lesquelles the scheme est impossible

  • Leadbelcher (Citadel) — Armour/metal · Base
  • Sotek Green (Citadel) — Armour (panels blue green signature)/lentilles casque · Base
  • Corax White (Citadel) — White/carter arme · Base
  • Abaddon Black (Citadel) — Sous vetement black (base)/armour (recess shade)/lentilles casque (deep shade) · Base/recess shade/deep shade

🟠 Core

Effet iridescent and highlights principaux — the simplified scheme officiel

  • Akhelian Green (Citadel) — Armour (panels blue green) · Filtre airbrush/glacure (contrast)
  • Aethermatic Blue (Citadel) — Armour (panels blue green) · Filtre airbrush (contrast, melange 1:1:2 with akhelian green and contrast medium)
  • Ultramarines Blue (Citadel) — Armour (panels blue green) · Glacure (contrast, melange 1:1:2 with akhelian green and contrast medium)
  • Contrast Medium (Citadel) — Armour · Medium of dilution for filtre and glacure
  • Runefang Steel (Citadel) — Armour · Scratches/chunky highlight
  • Stormhost Silver (Citadel) — Armour (edge highlight/scratches)/metal (highlight) · Edge highlight/highlight
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet (Citadel) — Lentilles casque · Chunky highlight
  • Fire Dragon Bright (Citadel) — Lentilles casque · Highlight
  • Nuln Oil (Citadel) — Metal (shade)/armour (soft shade) · Shade/soft shade
  • Dark Reaper (Citadel) — White/carter arme · Deep shade
  • White Scar (Citadel) — White/carter arme · Highlight (with chips)
  • Dawnstone (Citadel) — Sous vetement black · Highlight

🟡 Recommended

Shadows douces and finitions supplementaires

🟢 Optional

Dot highlights for un resultat showcase

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Basecoat the main surfaces with Leadbelcher, Sotek Green, and Corax White.
2 Apply Akhelian Green and Aethermatic Blue to the secondary details and support areas.
3 Use Khorne Red and Thunderhawk Blue to sharpen highlights and final contrast.
4 Keep the strongest accent colours for the focal zones so the scheme stays readable across the army.

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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