What paints do I need for Death Guard (XIV)?

The paint list for Death Guard (XIV) includes recommended Citadel / Warhammer Colour, Vallejo and Army Painter paints, ranked by priority. Browse the full list on this page.

What is the base colour for Death Guard (XIV)?

Death Guard (XIV) (Légions Traîtres) typically starts with a primer suited to its primary colour scheme. Blanc et gris avant la corruption.

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Death Guard (XIV)

intermédiaire Légions Traîtres

Blanc et gris avant la corruption.

Grey primer or beige. The white off-white se makes with Rakarth Flesh — Well more chaud and sale that Corax White. The green Loren Forest is désaturé and militaire, pas a green bright.

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

Rakarth Flesh (Citadel) — Main armour · Base
Mephiston Red (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Base
Loren Forest (Citadel) — Armure green (épaulières, detail) · Base
Leadbelcher (Citadel) — Metal · Base
Abaddon Black (Citadel) — Sous-vêtement black, carter arme (base) / Lentilles casque (Deep shade) · Base / Deep shade

🟠 Core

Main shades and highlights — the official Simplified Scheme

Rhinox Hide (Citadel) — Armure hands / Armure green · Deep shade
Pallid Wych Flesh (Citadel) — Main armour · Highlight (with chips)
Steel Legion Drab (Citadel) — Main armour · Dot inside chips
Evil Sunz Scarlet (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Chunky highlight
Fire Dragon Bright (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Highlight
Death Guard Green (Citadel) — Armure green · Chunky highlight
Ogryn Camo (Citadel) — Armure green · Highlight
Nuln Oil (Citadel) — Metal · Shade
Stormhost Silver (Citadel) — Metal · Highlight
Dawnstone (Citadel) — Sous-vêtement black, carter arme · Highlight

🟡 Recommended

Ombres douces and highlights supplémentaires

Hobgrot Hide (Citadel) — Main armour · Soft shade
Khorne Red (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Soft shade
Castellan Green (Citadel) — Armure green · Soft shade
Eshin Grey (Citadel) — Sous-vêtement black, carter arme · Chunky highlight

🟢 Optional

Dot highlights for a result showcase

Ungor Flesh (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Dot highlights
Nurgling Green (Citadel) — Armure green · Dot highlights

Painting order

Recommended steps

1 Grey primer or beige light

2 Base Rakarth Flesh over the full armour hands

3 Soft shade Hobgrot Hide in the recoins

4 Deep shade Rhinox Hide into deep recesses

5 Highlight Pallid Wych Flesh on arêtes — Leave of éclats larges

6 Dot inside chips Steel Legion Drab à the interior of éclats

7 Armure green : base Loren Forest, soft shade Castellan Green, deep shade Rhinox Hide, chunky highlight Death Guard Green, highlight Ogryn Camo

8 Lentilles : base Mephiston Red, soft shade Khorne Red, deep shade Abaddon Black, chunky highlight Evil Sunz Scarlet, highlight Fire Dragon Bright

9 Base Leadbelcher, shade Nuln Oil, highlight Stormhost Silver

10 Sous-vêtement : base Abaddon Black, chunky highlight Eshin Grey, highlight Dawnstone

11 Dot highlights Nurgling Green on armure green and Ungor Flesh on lentilles

Tips

Hints for this army

1 The technique Steel Legion Drab à the interior of éclats of Pallid Wych Flesh is spécifique aux Death Guard — They gives the impression of metal oxydé sous the émail

2 The green Loren Forest is militaire and désaturé — Death Guard Green like chunky highlight is more light but reste in the tons terreux

3 The weathering is délibérément négligé selon the lore — Nettoyez pas the bavures d'shadow in the recoins of the armure hands

4 Rhinox Hide en deepshade is partagé between the armure hands and the green — This cohérence in the ombres unit the deux surfaces

Death Guard (XIV)

Paint list

🔴 Must-Have

🟠 Core

🟡 Recommended

🟢 Optional

Painting order

Tips

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