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House Hawkshroud (Imperial Knights) Paint List for Warhammer 40,000

intermediate Imperial Knights

Yellow and or — The Maison of the loyauté. Difficult like all the yellow.

White primer is mandatory. Averland Sunset + Casandora Yellow shade + Yriel Yellow layer.

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

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

Armour and structure of the knight

🟠 Core

Shading.

🟡 Recommended

Highlights.

🟢 Optional

Heraldic

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Basecoat the main surfaces with Averland Sunset, Abaddon Black, and Leadbelcher.
2 Apply Casandora Yellow and Nuln Oil to the secondary details and support areas.
3 Use Yriel Yellow and Runefang Steel 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 A Knight complete takes 4-8h — Sous-assemblez (jambes, torse, bras séparément).
2 The grandes plaques se prêtent well aux effect of dommages of battle.
3 The héraldique distingue the Knights — Take your temps on these éléments.

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