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Word Bearers (XVII)

intermédiaire Légions Traîtres

Rouge sombre avec symboles d'hérésie.

Primer black. The red of Word Bearers is Khorne Red — More dark and désaturé that the red of Blood Angels. C'is a red of fanatisme, pas of gloire.

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

🟡 Recommended

Ombres douces and highlights supplémentaires

  • Incubi Darkness (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Shade
  • Gauss Blaster Green (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Highlight secondaire
  • Eshin Grey (Citadel) — Armure black (Highlight) / Sous-vêtement black, carter arme (Chunky highlight) · Highlight / Chunky highlight

🟢 Optional

Dot highlights for a result showcase

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Primer black
2 Base Khorne Red over the full armour
3 Deep shade Abaddon Black into deep recesses
4 Chunky highlight Wazdakka Red on arêtes larges
5 Highlight Squig orange on arêtes fine
6 Dot highlights Ungor Flesh on points maximaux
7 Armure black : base Abaddon Black, chunky highlight Corvus Black, highlight Eshin Grey, highlight Dawnstone
8 Sous-vêtement : base Abaddon Black, chunky highlight Eshin Grey, highlight Dawnstone
9 Lentilles : base Sotek Green, shade Incubi Darkness, highlight Sybarite Green, highlight Gauss Blaster Green, dot White Scar
10 Base Retributor Armour, shade Gore-Grunta Fur, highlight Stormhost Silver
11 Base Leadbelcher, shade Nuln Oil, highlight Stormhost Silver
12 Dot highlights Administratum Grey on armure black

Tips

Hints for this army
1 The red Khorne Red is more dark and less saturé that Mephiston Red — C'is intentionnel, the Word Bearers ont a red of dévôtion sinistre
2 The montée Wazdakka Red → Squig orange is bright on the arêtes — Cela crée a contraste fort with the deepshade Abaddon Black into the recesses
3 The lentilles green (Sotek Green) are a choix inhabituel by rapport aux lentilles red of autres legions — They tranchent well on the red dark
4 The inscriptions and textes sacrés are often painted en white or crème on the knees and the épaulières — Use Corax White thinned for the hiéroglyphes