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Thousand Sons (XV)

intermédiaire Légions Traîtres

Armure rouge et or égyptienne.

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.

Paint list

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

Bases — the fundamental colours without which the scheme is impossible

🟠 Core

Main shades and highlights — the official Simplified Scheme

  • Wyldwood (Citadel) — Armour · Recess shade (Contrast)
  • Screaming Bell (Citadel) — Armour · Edge highlight (mélange 1:1 Auric Armour Gold)
  • Auric Armour Gold (Citadel) — Armour · Edge highlight (mélange 1:1 Screaming Bell)
  • Stormhost Silver (Citadel) — Armure (Sharp highlight) / Or / metal (Highlight) · Sharp highlight / Highlight
  • Sybarite Green (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Highlight
  • Dark Reaper (Citadel) — White / Panneaux white · Deep shade
  • White Scar (Citadel) — White / Panneaux white (Highlight / chips) / Lentilles casque (Dot) · Highlight / Dot
  • Baneblade Brown (Citadel) — White / Panneaux white · Chipping (à the interior of éclats White Scar)
  • Gore-Grunta Fur (Citadel) — Gold / Trim · Shade
  • Nuln Oil (Citadel) — Metal · Shade
  • Dawnstone (Citadel) — Sous-vêtement black · Highlight

🟡 Recommended

Ombres douces and highlights supplémentaires

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 Clear Red over Ironbreaker is the signature step of the scheme. Without an airbrush, thin it down and apply several light coats with a soft large brush.
2 The mélange Screaming Bell 1:1 Auric Armour Gold for the edge highlight crée a or chaud that s'harmonise with the red metallic
3 Chaque légionnaire porte of symboles prosperiens uniques — Take the temps of the tracer au Corax White before of the shade
4 The panneaux white (Gun Casing) contrastent vivement with the red metallic — Soignez the chipping for a aspect ésotérique but battleworn

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