Warhammer 40,000 · Chaos Knights
Custom Dread Household (Chaos Knights) Paint List for Warhammer 40,000
A custom cursed household — choose your corruption. Total freedom.
Choose your god or undivided corruption. Base + corruption effects on top.
Recommended undercoat
black
— Several priority paints in this army converge on black.
Paint list
Sorted by priority🔴 Must-Have
Corrupted base
- Abaddon Black (Citadel) — Main armour · 2 coats
- Leadbelcher (Citadel) — Structure · 2 coats
- Retributor Armour (Citadel) — Chaos ornaments · 2 coats
- Nuln Oil (Citadel) — All the structure · Wash
🟠 Core
Corruption
- Agrax Earthshade (Citadel) — Gold + ornaments · Wash
- Runefang Steel (Citadel) — Metal (highlight) · Drybrush
- Rhinox Hide (Citadel) — Rusted areas · Irregular drybrush
- Jokaero Orange (Citadel) — Rust (orange) · Drybrush
🟡 Recommended
Chaos symbols
- Gal Vorbak Red (Citadel) — Corruption fissures · Brush fine
- Liberator Gold (Citadel) — Gold (highlight) · Drybrush
Painting order
Recommended steps
1
Step 1: Primer suited to the scheme
2
Step 2: Basecoat the main armour
3
Step 3: Chaos ornaments
4
Step 4: Structure Leadbelcher
5
Step 5: shading Nuln Oil + Agrax
6
Step 6: Rhinox rust + Jokaero Orange
7
Step 7: Runefang Steel drybrush
8
Step 8: Runes and mutations
Tips
Hints for this army
1
Be deliberately irregular — the corruption is not supposed to look clean.
2
Sponged rust (dabbed Rhinox Hide + Jokaero Orange) looks very realistic.
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