Horus Heresy (30K) · Traitor Legions
World Eaters (XII) (Traitor Legions) Paint List for Horus Heresy (30K)
Chipped, worn white armour with blue shoulder pads, heavy chipping and traces of blood. The longer the war runs, the more of the white turns red.
Prime white or light grey. The white main armour is Corax White with Baneblade Brown chipping, so leave the chips broad and let the effect read. The blue of the shoulder pads is a distinct azurite blue.
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
- Corax White (Citadel) — Main armour · Base
- Kabalite Green (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Base
- Retributor Armour (Citadel) — Gold / Trim · Base
- Macragge Blue (Citadel) — Blue armour (shoulder pads, knees) · Base
- Leadbelcher (Citadel) — Metal · Base
- Abaddon Black (Citadel) — Black undersuit, weapon casing (base) / blue armour (deep shade) · Base / Deep shade
🟠 Core
Main shades and highlights — the official Simplified Scheme
- Dark Reaper (Citadel) — Main armour · Deep shade
- White Scar (Citadel) — Main armour (highlight / chips) / helmet lenses (dot) · Highlight / Dot
- Baneblade Brown (Citadel) — Main armour · Chipping (inside the White Scar chips)
- Sybarite Green (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Highlight
- Gauss Blaster Green (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Secondary highlight
- Gore-Grunta Fur (Citadel) — Gold / Trim · Shade
- Stormhost Silver (Citadel) — Gold / metal · Highlight
- Altdorf Guard Blue (Citadel) — Blue armour · Chunky highlight
- Calgar Blue (Citadel) — Blue armour · Highlight
- Nuln Oil (Citadel) — Metal · Shade
- Dawnstone (Citadel) — Black undersuit, weapon casing · Highlight
🟡 Recommended
Soft shading and extra highlights
- Thunderhawk Blue (Citadel) — Main armour · Soft shade
- Incubi Darkness (Citadel) — Helmet lenses · Shade
- Kantor Blue (Citadel) — Blue armour · Soft shade
- Eshin Grey (Citadel) — Black undersuit, weapon casing · Chunky highlight
🟢 Optional
Dot highlights for a result showcase
- Fenrisian Grey (Citadel) — Blue armour · Dot highlights
Painting order
Recommended steps
1
Prime white or light grey
2
Basecoat the whole main armour with Corax White
3
Soft shade the recesses with Thunderhawk Blue
4
Deep shade Dark Reaper into deep recesses
5
Highlight the edges with White Scar, and leave the chips broad for the chipping
6
Chipping of Baneblade Brown inside the White Scar chips
7
Blue armour: base Macragge Blue, soft shade Kantor Blue, deep shade Abaddon Black, chunky highlight Altdorf Guard Blue, highlight Calgar Blue
8
Lenses: base Kabalite Green, shade Incubi Darkness, highlights Sybarite Green then Gauss Blaster Green, dot White Scar
9
Base Retributor Armour, shade Gore-Grunta Fur, highlight Stormhost Silver
10
Base Leadbelcher, shade Nuln Oil, highlight Stormhost Silver
11
Undersuit: base Abaddon Black, chunky highlight Eshin Grey, highlight Dawnstone
12
Dot highlights of Fenrisian Grey on the blue armour
Tips
Hints for this army
1
Early in the war the armour is white with blue. The more of a veteran the legionary is, the more blood-red takes over the white on some panels.
2
Make the chipping broad, with Baneblade Brown showing inside the White Scar: that is the official GW trick for impact damage.
3
The azurite blue of the shoulder pads is not Ultramarines blue. Macragge Blue, Altdorf Guard and Calgar Blue run lighter and colder.
4
That weathering is lore-accurate: warplate on a Legion that never stops fighting.
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