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Thousand Sons (XV) (Légions Traîtres) Paint List for Horus Heresy (30K)

intermediate Légions Traîtres

This scheme is built around Ironbreaker, Evil Sunz Scarlet, and Kabalite Green. Accent and support colours come from Wyldwood and Screaming Bell.

This scheme ideally needs an airbrush for the red filter over metal. The armour starts from an Ironbreaker metallic base covered with Clear Red for the translucent red finish, which behaves differently from a classic opaque red.

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

  • Wyldwood (Citadel) — Armour · Recess shade (contrast)
  • Screaming Bell (Citadel) — Armour · Edge highlight (melange 1:1 auric armour gold)
  • Auric Armour Gold (Citadel) — Armour · Edge highlight (melange 1:1 screaming bell)
  • Stormhost Silver (Citadel) — Armour (sharp highlight)/gold/metal (highlight) · Sharp highlight/highlight
  • Sybarite Green (Citadel) — Lentilles casque · Highlight
  • Dark Reaper (Citadel) — White/panels blancs · Deep shade
  • White Scar (Citadel) — White/panels blancs (highlight/chips)/lentilles casque (dot) · Highlight/dot
  • Baneblade Brown (Citadel) — White/panels blancs · Chipping (to l'interieur of eclats white scar)
  • Gore-Grunta Fur (Citadel) — Gold/bandes · Shade
  • Nuln Oil (Citadel) — Metal · Shade
  • Dawnstone (Citadel) — Sous vetement black · Highlight

🟡 Recommended

Shadows douces and highlights supplementaires

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Grey primer argent or Leadbelcher spray
2 Basecoat Ironbreaker over the full armour for the base metallic
3 Airbrush Clear Red for the translucent red veil
4 Shade Flesh Tearers Red 1:1 Wyldwood in the recoins
5 Recess shade Wyldwood into deep recesses
6 Edge highlight Screaming Bell 1:1 Auric Armour Gold on the arêtes
7 Sharp highlight Stormhost Silver on the points the more hauts
8 Lentilles : base Kabalite Green, shade Incubi Darkness, highlights Sybarite Green then Gauss Blaster Green, dot White Scar
9 White/panneaux : base Corax White, soft shade Thunderhawk Blue, deep shade Dark Reaper, highlight White Scar, chipping Baneblade Brown
10 Base Retributor Armour, shade Gore-Grunta Fur, highlight Stormhost Silver
11 Base Leadbelcher, shade Nuln Oil, highlight Stormhost Silver
12 Sous-vêtement : base Abaddon Black, chunky highlight Eshin Grey, highlight Dawnstone

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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