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House Herpetrax (Chaos Knights) Paint List for Warhammer 40,000

advanced Chaos Knights

Green Nurgle corrompu with rouille. A Knight of Nurgle — Detail of pourriture.

Even approche that the Death Guard but à the échelle Knight. A lot of corruption and rouille.

Recommended undercoat white — Several priority paints in this army converge on white.
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Paint list

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

Base corrompue

🟠 Core

Corruption

🟡 Recommended

Symboles chaos

🟢 Optional

Mutations

  • Corax White (Citadel) — Runes of corruption · Fine brushwork

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Basecoat the main surfaces with Death Guard Green, Leadbelcher, and Retributor Armour.
2 Apply Agrax Earthshade and Runefang Steel to the secondary details and support areas.
3 Use Gal Vorbak Red and Liberator Gold to sharpen highlights and final contrast.
4 Keep the strongest accent colours for the focal zones so the scheme stays readable across the army.

Tips

Hints for this army
1 Soyez intentionnellement irrégulier — The corruption must pas be clean.
2 The rouille en éponge (Rhinox Hide + Jokaero orange tamponnés) = very realistic.

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