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Night Lords (Chaos Space Marines) Paint List for Warhammer 40,000

advanced Chaos Space Marines

Blue nuit with éclairs gold. Scheme visuellement spectacular — éclairs characteristic.

The défi : éclairs gold on background blue nuit. Brush 0 with Averland Sunset thinned. Kantor Blue is more dark that Macragge.

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

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

Blue night profond

🟠 Core

Eclairs signature

🟡 Recommended

Highlights blue

🟢 Optional

Trophees terreur

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Basecoat the main surfaces with Kantor Blue, Abaddon Black, and Retributor Armour.
2 Apply Averland Sunset and Flash Gitz Yellow to the secondary details and support areas.
3 Use Altdorf Guard Blue and Calgar Blue 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 The éclairs are the signature absolue — Take your temps with a brush 0.
2 Kantor Blue more dark that Macragge — C'is this that gives the atmosphère nocturne.

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